Captain America
Overview
Captain America is a fictional character
Character (arts)
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...

, a superhero
Superhero
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 that appears in comic book
Comic book
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s published by Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
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. The character first appeared
First appearance
In comic books and other stories with a long history, first appearance refers to the first occurrence to feature a fictional character.-Monetary value of first appearance issues:...

 in Captain America Comics #1 (cover-dated March 1941), from Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics
Timely Comics
Timely Comics, an imprint of Timely Publications, was the earliest comic book arm of American publisher Martin Goodman, and the entity that would evolve by the 1960s to become Marvel Comics....

, and was created by Joe Simon
Joe Simon
Joseph Henry "Joe" Simon is an American comic book writer, artist, editor, and publisher. Simon created or co-created many important characters in the 1930s-1940s Golden Age of Comic Books and served as the first editor of Timely Comics, the company that would evolve into Marvel Comics.With his...

 and Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby , born Jacob Kurtzberg, was an American comic book artist, writer and editor regarded by historians and fans as one of the major innovators and most influential creators in the comic book medium....

. Over the years, an estimated 210 million copies of "Captain America" comic books have been sold in a total of 75 countries. For nearly all of the character's publication history, Captain America was the alter ego
Alter ego
An alter ego is a second self, which is believe to be distinct from a person's normal or original personality. The term was coined in the early nineteenth century when dissociative identity disorder was first described by psychologists...

 of Steve Rogers, a frail young man who was enhanced to the peak of human perfection by an experimental serum in order to aid the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 war effort.
Quotations

Keep flying, son. And watch that potty mouth!

Crashing on top of a flying F-15, after the pilot exclaims "Jeezus!" in Civil War 1

Weapons down or I will not be responsible for what comes next.

Facing S.H.I.E.L.D. Cape-Killers in Civil War 1

Ninety percent of the casualties of World War I were soldiers, fraulein. But half the people who died in World War II were civilians... Half of sixty-one million. I know why I'm fighting, fraulein. I don't want to see World War III.

To a German student, Captain America vol. 4 5. Actual WW2 death figures around 72 million.

I'm loyal to nothing, General.. except the Dream.

After an army general confronts him about his loyalty, Daredevil(Marvel Comics)|Daredevil 233

I fought your kind every day of that war, Zemo! You mocked democracy and said that free men were weak! Well feel this grip, Zemo - it's the grip of a man who loves liberty! Look into the eyes of your foe, and know that he will die for his freedoms! The world must never again mistake compassion for weakness! And while I live - it had better not!

Avengers (comics)|Avengers, vol.1 6

Avengers assemble!

Various comics where he appears with the Avengers (comics)|Avengers

Do you actually think the fact that you know how to program a computer makes you more of a human being than me? That I'm out of touch because I don't know what you know? I know what freedom is. I know what it feels like to fight for it and I know what it costs to have it. You know compromise.

To Tony Stark, Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. , Civil War: The Confession

 
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