Captain America
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Summary
The Penguin Classics Marvel Collection presents the origin stories， seminal tales， and characters of the Marvel Universe to explore Marvel's transformative and timeless influence on an entire genre of fantasy。
A Penguin Classics Marvel Collection Edition
It is impossible to imagine American popular culture without Marvel Comics。 For decades， Marvel has published groundbreaking visual narratives that sustain attention on multiple levels: as metaphors for the experience of difference and otherness; as meditations on the fluid nature of identity; and as high-water marks in the artistic tradition of American cartooning， to name a few。
Drawing upon multiple comic book series， this collection includes Captain America's very first appearances from 1941 alongside key examples of his first solo stories of the 1960s， in which Steve Rogers， the newly resurrected hero of World War II， searches to find his place in a new and unfamiliar world。 As the contents reveal， the transformations of this American icon thus mark parallel transformations in the nation itself。
A foreword by Gene Luen Yang and scholarly introductions and apparatus by Ben Saunders offer further insight into the enduring significance of Captain America and classic Marvel comics。
The Deluxe Hardcover edition features gold foil stamping， gold top stain edges， special endpapers with artwork spotlighting series villains， and full-colour art throughout。
A Penguin Classics Marvel Collection Edition
It is impossible to imagine American popular culture without Marvel Comics。 For decades， Marvel has published groundbreaking visual narratives that sustain attention on multiple levels: as metaphors for the experience of difference and otherness; as meditations on the fluid nature of identity; and as high-water marks in the artistic tradition of American cartooning， to name a few。
Drawing upon multiple comic book series， this collection includes Captain America's very first appearances from 1941 alongside key examples of his first solo stories of the 1960s， in which Steve Rogers， the newly resurrected hero of World War II， searches to find his place in a new and unfamiliar world。 As the contents reveal， the transformations of this American icon thus mark parallel transformations in the nation itself。
A foreword by Gene Luen Yang and scholarly introductions and apparatus by Ben Saunders offer further insight into the enduring significance of Captain America and classic Marvel comics。
The Deluxe Hardcover edition features gold foil stamping， gold top stain edges， special endpapers with artwork spotlighting series villains， and full-colour art throughout。
Reviews
Matt Sautman
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Included here is not only the origin story for Captain America from the 1940s， though one of the four stories from that first issue is missing， but the 1960s’ revival from Tales of Suspense accounts for most of the page count。 None of the original run of Avengers， which includes the story of how Captain America was brought to the present day， is included。 This book is great from a historical perspective， especially given the appearances of Red Skull， AIM， MODOK， Batroc the Leaper， and Nick Fury， Included here is not only the origin story for Captain America from the 1940s， though one of the four stories from that first issue is missing， but the 1960s’ revival from Tales of Suspense accounts for most of the page count。 None of the original run of Avengers， which includes the story of how Captain America was brought to the present day， is included。 This book is great from a historical perspective， especially given the appearances of Red Skull， AIM， MODOK， Batroc the Leaper， and Nick Fury， but the storytelling here pales in comparison to Lee and Kirby’s other collaborations from the same period， in part due to the focus on retelling older stories and in part to the 10 page limit the stories seemed to have prior to Tales of Suspense turning into a full Captain America dedicated comic。 These stories are foundational in Marvel comics and the mythos of the American superhero， but their significance exceeds the quality of the comics themselves。 This stated， Kirby’s depictions of Captain America are phenomenal and these pages do an excellent job detailing the inking that make Kirby’s work feel alive。 。。。more
Greg Trosclair
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Excellent collection。 Well put together。
Joshua Lawson
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They don’t call him King Kirby for nothing。 This volume provided some interesting context for Penguins Amazing Spider-Man collection。 I mean Cap is cool but he’s really only got like， one thing going on， where， comparatively， Peter Parker’s whole messy life was a tapestry of compelling supporting characters and relationship dynamics。 So while King and Steranko’s art is a joy to behold， my big take away really is how The Amazing Spider-Man was really something special。
Andy
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Wonderfully curated original comics in Penguin format， for forewords and explanatory notes。
Gary Sassaman
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4。5， really。Everyone seems to be getting into the vintage Marvel game these days。 There’s Taschen， who started the Marvel bandwagon with their illustrated Marvel history books by Roy Thomas; they’re now back in play with their ultra-deluxe， large-size， pricey reprints （Spider-Man is out and Avengers is coming）。 The UK’s Folio Society got into the game early with a set of high-end， slipcased reprints， including The Golden Age， The Silver Age， The Bronze Age， and Captain America and Spider-Man vol 4。5， really。Everyone seems to be getting into the vintage Marvel game these days。 There’s Taschen， who started the Marvel bandwagon with their illustrated Marvel history books by Roy Thomas; they’re now back in play with their ultra-deluxe， large-size， pricey reprints （Spider-Man is out and Avengers is coming）。 The UK’s Folio Society got into the game early with a set of high-end， slipcased reprints， including The Golden Age， The Silver Age， The Bronze Age， and Captain America and Spider-Man volumes， all curated by Thomas。 Abrams ComicArts is starting a separate imprint called MarvelArts with the upcoming Alex Ross Fantastic Four graphic novel。And now Penguin has joined the fray with their own select reprints， in two formats—deluxe hardbound and trade paperback—in a series titled “Penguin Classics Marvel Collection。 The conceit of this series， edited by noted comics historian Ben Saunders， is to “（serve） as a testament to Marvel’s transformative and timeless influence on an entire genre of fantasy。” So far， they’ve published volumes featuring Spider-Man （early Ditko issues）， Black Panther （mainly the almost-unreadable—in my opinion—Don McGregor issues）， and the one I opted for， Captain America， which features the Golden Age Cap #1 （by Simon & Kirby）， a collection of Tales of Suspense issues with art by Kirby and Romita， and the Steranko trilogy from the late 1960s in Cap’s regular title。 This deluxe hardcover is pretty spiffy， with great endpapers and gold foil art on a bright blue background on the covers and clearly a lot of thought has gone into it。 It’s a very high-end product with great reproduction and added bonus content。 Two minor design points: The interior pages reproducing covers need a thin black outline around the art so the white areas don’t blend into the paper （incidentally， the paper choice for this series is excellent）， and the font used on the covers is a non-comics person's idea of a comic book font and really， really ugly。While I welcome any scholarly look at comics， eventually you have to face the fact that what you’re talking about is just a comic book。 Not to denigrate the medium I’ve loved all my life or Ben Saunders’s fine work on this series， but while I’m sure Stan and Jack would be excited that people are regarding their work in such a lofty way， in the end， this work was designed to cheaply entertain young people。 The attempts to dress up comics sow’s ear into a silk purse are a bit highfalutin to me at times。 Saunders’s introductions to both this series of books and the Cap volume in particular are very well written （despite getting the title of Cap’s original solo adventures comic series wrong—TWICE—by calling it Tales to Astonish and not the correct Tales of Suspense … proof-reading is an art， too）， but jeez， Louise … just read the comics and enjoy them in the spirit in which they were created。 I hope the series continues， but I don’t know how many times I can keep buying reprints of the same stories， no matter how beautiful they are。 I’d be a sucker for a Fantastic Four volume， even though I plan to skip the Spidey and Black Panther volumes and most subsequent ones。 。。。more
Preethi
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My two favorite pairings:- Joe Simon x Jack Kirby- Stan Lee x Jim Steranko
Amy DeRosa
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A hardcover collection of classic Captain America comics。 It has the first Captain America comic， then the comic series， Tales of Suspense #59 to #99， and Captain America #110 to #113， with a brief summary of #100 to #109。
Chris Barsanti
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I wrote about the first three volumes in Penguin Classics' Marvel Collection for The Millions。 I wrote about the first three volumes in Penguin Classics' Marvel Collection for The Millions。 。。。more
Reference
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hathitrust digital library https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?q1=Captain America&field1=ocr&a=srchls&ft=ft&lmt=ft
The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Captain America&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0