Happy 75th Birthday Captain! Celebrate with your favorite Captain America pics!

[Straw-Man]

[Straw-Man]

[Straw-Man]

[EC ed]

Here's something you've probably never seen, unless you've lived in Rochester, NY. I lived in Rochester for a while. Turns out that Joe Simon is from Rochester. One of the best places in Rochester is the Strong Museum of Play...within it, there's a super hero/comic area. When the Super Hero wing of the museum was opened in 2009, Simon gave them this original painting:

 

 

[pemart1966]

I've always wondered why the club badge pictured in the early house ads bore no resemblance to the actual badge…

 

Does anybody know when the first club kits were mailed out?

[pmpknface]

FYI...

 

CAPTAIN AMERICA GETS 75TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL ON ABC IN JANUARY

 

http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/captain-america-gets-75th-anniversary-special-on-abc-in-january

 

 

[Moetown]

I'm saluting!

 

 

[BB-Gun]

This could be the splash I like best but there are many with cap.

[geofan]

Fantastic thread!!!

[Moetown]

This could be the splash I like best but there are many with cap.

 

Do you mind letting me know what book is that from? That page is beyond GREAT & now on the 'hit list'!!!!

[BB-Gun]

The Mikado story is from Captain America 18. I have a coverless copy but keep it in a Cap Annual cover. It is kind of a super annual since the real one was just in black and white.

Bruce

 

[batman_fan]

I'm saluting!

 

 

[batman_fan]

This could be the splash I like best but there are many with cap.

 

That is one awesome splash !

[Moetown]

The Mikado story is from Captain America 18. I have a coverless copy but keep it in a Cap Annual cover. It is kind of a super annual since the real one was just in black and white.

Bruce

 

Thanks Bruce for the information - very much appreciated! A "Super" annual it is! That splash page is great... Thanks again for sharing.

[walclark]

Another splash from Cap #19:

 

[AnkurJ]

My all time favorite!

 

[VintageComics]

I'm a tad partial to this one! It is my favorite; hands down.

 

 

[jpepx78]

You might have seen some of my favorite Capt America comic pics before…

 

It would have been cool to buy a Capt America comic off the rack.

North Carolina 1942

 

One could have gotten the Cap #1 for $2000 and the Action #1 for $4000 in Feb 1974.

 

Dave Armstrong wears a homemade Capt America costume as he reads Cap #2 during a 1960s comic convention.

 

Back in the early 1960s, a kid could afford some key books with his allowance.

This kid was trying to decide between a Cap 1 and a Marvel 1 at a New York comic con. I wonder which book he chose?

 

Joe Simon and his copies of Capt America comics.

 

[comicnoir]

You might have seen some of my favorite Capt America comic pics before…

 

It would have been cool to buy a Capt America comic off the rack.

North Carolina 1942

 

One could have gotten the Cap #1 for $2000 and the Action #1 for $4000 in Feb 1974.

 

Dave Armstrong wears a homemade Capt America costume as he reads Cap #2 during a 1960s comic convention.

 

Back in the early 1960s, a kid could afford some key books with his allowance.

This kid was trying to decide between a Cap 1 and a Marvel 1 at a New York comic con. I wonder which book he chose?

 

Joe Simon and his copies of Capt America comics.

 

Classic stuff. That picture of Simon is incredible.

[Robot Man]

You might have seen some of my favorite Capt America comic pics before…

 

It would have been cool to buy a Capt America comic off the rack.

North Carolina 1942

 

One could have gotten the Cap #1 for $2000 and the Action #1 for $4000 in Feb 1974.

 

Dave Armstrong wears a homemade Capt America costume as he reads Cap #2 during a 1960s comic convention.

 

Back in the early 1960s, a kid could afford some key books with his allowance.

This kid was trying to decide between a Cap 1 and a Marvel 1 at a New York comic con. I wonder which book he chose?

 

Joe Simon and his copies of Capt America comics.

 

Awsome group of photos. Being an "oldster" I remember the era of the kid picking between the Cap #1 and Marvel Mystery #1. In those days there were no bags, boards or comic boxes. Dealers would stack them up in piles under a sheet of clear plastic right on the table. "Lemmie see the All Flashes" and the dealer would hand you the pile. That appears to be quite the wall of Timely's in the background. I'm sure guys like Bedrock, BB and Mitch remember those days as well.

 

Anybody know the dealer selling the Cap #1 and Action #1? Looks to be quite the dapper dude.