The Jewishness of Captain America

Jennifer R. Povey
3 min readMar 10, 2021
Photo by Steven Libralon on Unsplash

Today, March 10, 2021 is the 80th anniversary of the first appearance of one of America’s most beloved comic book characters: Captain America.

Most non-comics fans know the character from Chris Evans’ amazing portrayal in the MCU. But that also means that they don’t know how the character was created, why and, most importantly, who by.

The Creation of Captain America

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Jennifer R. Povey

I write about fantasy, science fiction and horror, LGBT issues, travel, and social issues.