Captain America No. 252
date: label: Date made
content: 1980-12
name: label: publisher
content: Marvel Comics Group
label: author
content: Stern, Roger
label: artist
content: Byrne, John
label: artist
content: Rubinstein, Josef
label: maker
content: Marvel Comics Group
notes: label: Description
content: <i>Captain America No. 252</i> features the story "Cold Fire," written by Roger Stern and pencilled by John Byrne. The cover, done by Art MIlgrom, features the titular hero battling Mr. Hyde and Batroc.
label: Description
content: Joe Simon and Jack Kirby created the character of Captain America in 1940. The superhero made his debut in <i>Captain America Comics #1</i> published by Timely Comics, the predecessor of Marvel Comics. The Captain’s alter ego is Steve Rogers, a World War II service member who takes an experimental “super-soldier” serum through Project: Rebirth. In addition to comics and feature films, Captain America has appeared in a variety of animations, television series, and video games. Fans admire the Captain’s immense strength as well as his unyielding patriotism, fighting spirit, and sense of justice. Captain America epitomized World War II propaganda in the comics’ early years, but his evolution in subsequent decades signifies the importance of superhero narratives as vehicles for national dialogue. As a fixture in post-9/11 American popular culture, Captain America struggles to resolve issues of terrorism, nationalism, and racism whilst upholding democratic values
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Comics
label: Subject
content: Captain America
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2007.3006.04
label: nonaccession number
content: 2007.3006
label: catalog number
content: 2007.3006.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Book, Comic
label: Object Name
content: comic book
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 6 1/2 in; 25.4 cm x 16.51 cm