Does America Need a Hero?
Captain America: an all-American superhero. Clad in red, white, and blue, he carries only a shield. And he fights only when he must. When it's right.
But what happens when what's right isn't so clear? And how does a comic book hero designed to represent America's values survive in a changing world?
Guests:
Danny Fingeroth, author of A Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee and Jack Ruby: The Many Faces of Oswald's Assassin
Michael Goodrum, author of Superheroes and American Self Image: From War to Watergate
Rick Verbanas, co-host of the Captain America Comic Book Fans podcast
Steve Englehart, comic book writer and novelist
This episode included audio from the Senator Joe McCarthy Audio Excerpts collection, Archival Collections, Raynor Library, Marquette University.
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