America No. 1
date: label: date made
content: 2017-03
name: label: maker
content: Marvel Comics
label: maker
content: Rivera, Gabby
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The Marvel Comics' superhero America Chavez, known as <i>Ms. America,</i> first appeared in the 2011 comic book series <i>Vengeance.</i> This March 2017 issue marks the character's debut in her own series. The comic's story was written by Gabby Rivera and illustrated by Joe Quinones.
label: Description (Brief)
content: <i>Ms</i> America Chavez is a Latina LGBTQ student from another reality . Originally created by Joe Casey and Nick Dragotta, Chavez has been prominently featured as a member of such supehero teams as the <i>Young Avengers,</i> <i>A-Force</i> and the <i>Ultimates.</i>
label: Description (Brief)
content: Chavez's powers include super strength, speed , flight and the ability to travel through alternate realities.
label: Description (Brief)
content: An earlier version of Marvel's <i>Miss America</i> character existed in the 1940s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
topic: label: Subject
content: Latino
label: Subject
content: Comics
label: Subject
content: LGBTQ Rights
label: Subject
content: Gay Rights
label: Subject
content: LGBTQ
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Comic Books
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.0171.01
label: accession number
content: 2018.0171
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0171.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: comic book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/4 in x 6 9/16 in; 26.035 cm x 16.66875 cm