Every day Marvel.com celebrates Captain America's 75th anniversary by looking deep into the Marvel Unlimited archives to showcase some of his most thrilling and important adventures.
Anyone familiar with Captain America knows his origin: skin-and-bones Steve Rogers undergoes an experimental process to make him a super soldier so he can fight in World War II. The process works, granting him super abilities, but a saboteur kills the scientist and destroys the machinery so he winds up being the only one. Still, one Captain America proves plenty as the red, blue and white clad patriot uses his shield to bring peace to the world during a time of strife. All that and more stands on display in CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS #1 by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby from 1941.
At the time, Simon took inspiration from real world villain Adolf Hitler as well as medieval and Roman mythology to come up with Red Skull and Captain America. He teamed with Jack Kirby to bring the icon to life, the first of many for the company that came to be known as Marvel.
To a modern reader, one of the most striking elements of this story is how concise, to-the-point, and up front it is. The first eight pages not only show scrawny Steve Rogers getting injected with the serum, but also the spy’s actions followed by his quick death. That still leaves enough space for Rogers to don his costume and shield and also have Bucky figure out his secret identity on the very last page!
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