Captain America of the 50s, Cold War Propaganda
In honor of Marvel comics hitting the 80 year mark, Marvel released many publications to celebrate the historic milestone. One thing they did was set of graphic novels to celebrate each decade by highlighting whatever it was they felt best displayed that era. For the 50s they picked Captain America. I ended up with a copy of that graphic novel and have been reading it lately. It has been a very interesting read. So first off you have to understand that at one point every story in this collection became non-canon as a decade later the Avengers would reveal that Cap was actually frozen during this time period, so none of these stories could have happened. This was then later ret-conned to make it a different man having taken on the role of Captain America because the government wanted to keep the legend alive. Even with all that knowledge, this post will be about the stories on their own, completely independent from any continuity issues. The first item of notice, as with any golden a