{"id":166,"date":"2011-06-30T17:00:57","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T17:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/06\/30\/patriotic-potential-captain-americas-history-on-film\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:18:29","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:18:29","slug":"patriotic-potential-captain-americas-history-on-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/06\/30\/patriotic-potential-captain-americas-history-on-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriotic Potential: Captain America\u2019s History on Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

Realizing that most average (the non-super geek unlike those that frequent RevSF and this very blog) film goer has no idea that not only will the forthcoming, much hyped Captain America: The First Avenger<\/span> not be the first Cap movie but actually the fourth such attempt, I decided to compile a history of these largely forgotten films<\/a>. Luckily, the mainstream film site Moving Pictures<\/span> gladly hosted my endeavor. <\/p>\n

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For his second big-screen incarnation in the 1973 Turkish film \u201c3 dev adam\u201d (\u201cThree Mighty Men\u201d), a shieldless Captain America (Aytekin Akkaya), wearing the hero\u2019s traditional garb, joins forces with Santo (of Mexican wrestling fame) to confront the villainous Spider-Man. Set in Istanbul, the story reveals little of this version\u2019s origin, powers or identity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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Beyond just discussing the films, I established some of the sociopolitical realities around Cap’s original publication.<\/p>\n

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Captain America proved very popular, with sales that rivaled Superman. But not everyone loved the comic. Numerous threatening phone calls and anti-Semitic hate mail attacked publisher Martin Goodman and the creative tandem, all three Jewish. After reporting the incidents, police responded surprisingly quickly. A few days following the first threats, a stunned Simon received a call from New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. He declared his love for the book and promised that the city would protect the creators and publisher.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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These excerpts are just a drop in the proverbial bucket to the kinds of info in the piece<\/a>. Be sure to check it all out Moving Pictures<\/span><\/a>. Perhaps even the super geeky can learn a thing or two.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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