When I think of Jack Kirby and
Stan Lee at the peak of their storytelling powers, I turn to 1968 and the Tales of Suspense storyline that
culminated in Captain America 100,
the first title devoted to the Star-Spangled Avenger’s adventures in 14 years.
His lady love in peril unknown to
him while disguised as a Nazi secret agent, Cap tackled a redoubt of the Nazi
super villain Baron Zemo, the man who had seemingly killed his partner Bucky
and who now wielded a space death ray that threatened the planet.
Odds against him, Cap was teamed
with an African prince who was the world’s first black superhero — an irony
given the fact that Steve Rogers’ archenemy was dedicated to subjugation of
“inferior races,” whether black or Jewish.
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