Captain America Issue 1

• Clear right and wrong
• Nazis caricatures, ugly
• Cap perfect physic
• No remorse or regret (knows in the right) - moral certainty
• Clear outlines the American values they are fighting for

Comics I'm going to read

Ultimate Patriot - First issue (I own it)
Nomad - Captain America #180 (£1.49 on Kindle, can't get from library)

Post 9/11 - The Amazing Spider-Man volume 2 #36

- http://uk.complex.com/pop-culture/2011/07/the-10-best-captain-america-stories-of-all-time/captain-america-no-more

Post 9/11

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2004/apr/24/guesteditors3

https://psmag.com/the-post-9-11-ethics-of-captain-america-civil-war-e7367a3deb70#.587tp2q4z

• The Amazing Spider-Man volume 2 #36 explores how Spider-Man and other Marvel characters like Captain America, Daredevil, Doctor Doom, and Magneto react in the aftermath of the attacks.^[3] Also called the "Black Issue" for the solid black cover. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_comics_about_the_September_11_attacks

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3693960?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

http://euroacademia.eu/presentation/o-captain-my-captain-terrorism-in-post-911-captain-america-comic-serials/

Ultimate Patriot

Ultimate Patriot - First issue??
This is the issue that started it all. Created by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon in 1941, Captain America was a direct response to DC Comics’ success with superheroes such as Superman and Batman during the previous decade. Captain America Comics #1 hit newsstands just months before the bombing of Pearl Harbor and sported a cover featuring the eponymous character landing a haymaker flush on the jaw of Adolf Hitler. It was brash, controversial, and wound up selling over 1 million copies. Timely Comics (later known as Marvel) had a hit on its hands, but little did anyone know the character would still be around 70 years later.

The inside of the comic is broken up into multiple stories, but the most famous one is Meet Captain America. Showcasing how a scrawny army reject named Steve Rogers that gets transformed into a patriotic behemoth, Captain America’s origin still stands up despite being crafted in the '40s. It needs no updating, no reimagining, no remaking; it simply captures everything that is great about the character. It’s quaint, and somewhat campy, yet still amazingly relevant.
Combining real world problems with comic fantasy, Captain America Comics #1 created such a perfect image of the character that there hasn’t been a need for very many changes over the years. This issue needs to be read by anyone who claims to be a comic fan and is interested in seeing how the industry has progressed over the years. - http://uk.complex.com/pop-culture/2011/07/the-10-best-captain-america-stories-of-all-time/captain-america-comics-1

Nomad

In 1974’s Captain America #180, published just two years after the Watergate scandal, readers saw Rogers become disillusioned with the United States. In the text, he, like his cinematic counterpart, left his shield and helmet behind. He thus became Nomad, and while the Nomad comics do illustrate him wearing a horrendously goofy dark blue and yellow outfit, it’s the emotion behind his identify shift that still resonates. Cap’s stint as Nomad lasted only four issues, and those were written by Steve Englehart and illustrated by Sal Buscema. - https://www.inverse.com/article/15444-why-civil-war-should-turn-captain-america-into-post-nixon-comic-character-nomad

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/05/11/the-bizarre-story-of-when-captain-america-battled-nixon/

https://intensitiescultmedia.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/captain-america-watergate-and-the-falcon-rediscovering-the-american-dream-michael-ahmed.pdf

Watergate scandal resources

<A href="http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=27829553&site=ehost-live">WATERGATE SCANDAL.</A>


<A href="http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ukh&AN=31469704&site=ehost-live">"Those Aren't Rumors"</A>
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ukh&AN=31469704&site=ehost-live

<A href="http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=9884351&site=ehost-live">The Watergate Affair.</A>
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=9884351&site=ehost-live

<A href="http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=9887805&site=ehost-live">Presidential Tapes And Materials.</A>
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=9887805&site=ehost-live     

Diary - 19.06.16

• I started to look at whether I could do an EPQ on Comic books reflecting American culture
• I made a list of resources available on EBSO and the History Reference Centre

Diary - 05.09.16

Changes to my plan and what I need to do

I want to focus on a few specific times in history. For each time I would
- Read a comic
- Look at key dates and the effect on American moral and identity
- Read relevant articles

Possible times in History

- WW2, partiotism and the need for captain america and the background
- The Watergate Scandal, Nomad and the American disaffection
- Cold War, Commie Smasher
- 9/11, surge in patriotism