Captain America and the Struggle of the Superhero

Robert G. Weiner is the popular culture librarian at Texas Tech University. His work has been published in the Journal of Popular Culture, Public Library Quarterly, Journal of American Culture, International Journal of Comic Art and Popular Music and Society, and is the author/editor/coeditor of numerous books related to popular culture.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Key to Abbreviations      Foreword by John Shelton Lawrence      Introduction by Robert G. Weiner      GENERAL HISTORYO Captain! My Captain!Christopher J. Hayton and David L. Albright      WORLD WARMadmen, Morons, and Monocles: The Portrayal of the Nazis in Captain AmericaJohn E. Moser      The Invaders and the All-Star Squadron: Roy Thomas Revisits the GoldenMark R. McDermott      Graphic Imagery: Jewish American Comic Book Creators’ Depictions of Class, Race, Patriotism and the Birth of the Good CaptainNicholas Yanes      RACIAL ISSUESNot Just Another Racist Honkey: A History of Racial Representation in Captain America and Related PublicationsOra C. McWilliams      Weakness Is a Crime: Captain America and the Eugenic Ideal in Early Twentieth-Century AmericaBrian E. Hack.      PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILESSixty-Five Years of Guilt Over the Death of BuckyRobert G. Weiner      Captain America, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, and the VietnamShawn Gillen      COMPARISONS OF CAPTAIN AMERICA WITH OTHER CHARACTERSThe Historical Value of Bronze Age Comics: Captain America and the Haunted TankNicholas D. Molnar      The Ultimate American?Jackson Sutliff      The Alpha and the Omega: Captain America and the PunisherCord Scott      Captain America and Captain Britain: Geopolitical Identity and “the Special Relationship”Jason Dittmer      History of the Marvel Zombies and Colonel America among the Marvel ZombiesMark R. McDermott      POLITICAL INTERPRETATIONS AND THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN AMERICA“Captain America Must Die”: The Many Afterlives of Steve RogersDavid Walton      Stevie’s Got a Gun: Captain America and His Problematic Use of Lethal ForcePhillip L. Cunningham      A Genealogy of Evil: Captain America vs. the Shadows of the National Imagined CommunityChristian Steinmetz      LITERARY INTERPRETATIONSThe Man Behind the Mask? Models of Masculinity and the Persona of Heroes in Captain America Prose NovelsMike S. DuBose      GUIDESA Selected Webography: FanFictionFreedonia Paschall      A Selected Filmographic EssayCord Scott and Robert G. Weiner      A Selected Bibliographic Essay: Academic LiteratureJason Dittmer and Robert G. Weiner      Afterword by J.M. DeMatteis      About the Contributors      Index

“An excellent anthology of essays for anyone interested in both comics as well as popular of 20th century America...a great starting point for people interested in studying or understanding Captain America as well as a great tool to enlist in those already involved with studying the character”—NEPCA Journal.