tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048006265600046573.post4297280089687097118..comments2020-06-23T18:44:02.034-07:00Comments on Captain America! Redefining Modern Myth: Emails #57: Two-Fisted JusticeBen Alpihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02349155228789121570noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048006265600046573.post-60642996134174923492011-06-17T11:07:20.166-07:002011-06-17T11:07:20.166-07:00Through the course of this project I have wondered...Through the course of this project I have wondered that myself. I didn't uncovering any written materials that would give a clear indication but maybe a Simon & Kirby fan could point to something in the record. Their Captain America comic came out in early 1941, several months before the events of Pearl Harbor. I think I see Cap as an expression of fantasy empowerment on their part. The war was already raging. America was supplying munitions. We as a whole wanted to stay out of this European conflict. Various groups wanted complete isolationism and others wanted complete involvement. Simon & Kirby being Jewish has probably more to do with the publishing business at the time but I might like to think that they recognized the evil being done and felt, strongly, that the U.S. should be involved even if that meant just by superhero proxy. Good question. Thanks for asking. If you can find out an answer, please post it here. RICKRICK Arthur, Founderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16925622575714675074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048006265600046573.post-52377089425962389952011-06-17T09:56:33.184-07:002011-06-17T09:56:33.184-07:00I wonder what role Kirby and Simon being Jewish pl...I wonder what role Kirby and Simon being Jewish played in how and why they created the character when and as they did. At a guess, they might have had a better idea than most in this country what was going on inside the Reich. By 1941, the direction it was headed was fairly clear to anyone who cared to see. Most, even many in power and with influence, didn't even late into the war.Noddfa Imaginingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182325682409922681noreply@blogger.com