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Did you know nomination
[edit]- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 13:33, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
- ... that Captain America co-creator Joe Simon chose Adolf Hitler as the character's nemesis because he was the "best villain of them all" and "hated by everyone in the free world"? Source: Dutter, Barry. "Simon Says..."
- ALT1: ... that Captain America co-creator Joe Simon created the superhero in part as a response to the American non-interventionism movement during World War II? Source: Wright, Bradford W. (2001). Comic Book Nation: The Transformation of Youth Culture in America.
- ALT2: ... that circulation numbers for early comic books featuring Captain America remained close to a million copies per month, outstripping news magazines such as Time? Source: Daniels, Les (1991). Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics.
- ALT3: ... that in the 1950s, Captain America was briefly billed as "Captain America, Commie Smasher" in a commercially unsuccessful comic book series that was cancelled after three issues? Source: Wright, Bradford W. (2001). Comic Book Nation: The Transformation of Youth Culture in America
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- Comment: Plenty of material to mine for hooks, as one would imagine.
Improved to Good Article status by Morgan695 (talk). Self-nominated at 03:13, 22 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Captain America; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
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Overall: @Morgan695: This article is very well written. I think the primary hook is not a good choice because it's not really about Captain America. Of all the alternative hooks, in my opinion ALT2 sounds the most interesting. FlairTale (talk) 23:51, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
- @FlairTale: QPQ has been completed. Morgan695 (talk) 16:44, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
- @Morgan695: Updated, and checking Interesting hook for ALT2. FlairTale (talk) 02:14, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
False Hero's and Fake gods?
[edit]A case of, when they grew up - they (REFUSED to) put away their childish things? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.149.166.218 (talk) 18:50, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
Grant Gardner
[edit]Concerning the reference to the 1944 serial as Captain America's first appearance outside of comics, would it be better if the lead sections and the "In other media" section mentioned that it wasn't Steve Rogers using that moniker? PanagiotisZois (talk) 00:19, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- Mentioning it in the lead is probably excessive (the statement
"Captain America was the first Marvel character to appear in a medium outside of comic books, in the 1944 serial film Captain America"
is not inaccurate, even if the film's Captain America is not Steve Rogers), but a fleeting mention in "In other media" is probably fine. Morgan695 (talk) 05:52, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
Superpowers
[edit]@Courge Marvel: The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe states pretty clearly that Captain America does not have superpowers. In the Captain America entry in the 1985 edition of the Handbook cited in this article, under Known superhuman powers
, the Handbook simply states None
. In the most recent 2004 edition of the Handbook (volume 4, issue 3), the entry for Captain America under Superhuman Powers
reads Strictly speaking, Captain America possesses no superhuman powers; however, his body has been mutated to the pinnacle of human perfection.
This seems pretty unambiguous to me. Morgan695 (talk) 01:39, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
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