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Captain America, no. 1, cover
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Captain America, the eponymous hero of this comic series, was given a backstory similar to that of one of his creators, Jack Kirby. Like Kirby, Captain America was born on New York’s Lower East Side…

Contributor:

Jack Kirby and Joe Simon

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Date:

1941

Subjects:

Comics, Print, Nazis, Military

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Comic cover featuring superhero in American patriotic outfit punching Hitler in the face, surrounded by papers depicting invasions, a TV screen, and fascist soldiers with weapons; heading in English across the top.
The Four Sons
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This 1934 illustration of the Passover story of the four sons features a caricature of the “wicked” son dressed as Hitler.

Contributor:

Arthur Szyk

Places:

Lodz, Second Polish Republic (Łódź, Poland)

Date:

1934

Subjects:

Print, Aesthetics, Passover, Haggadah, Nazis

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Image of four panels with man in each panel: one in moustache and riding outfit; one wearing sidelocks, kippah, and suit; one muscled in boots; and one with short sidelocks, hat, and wide stance, all surrounded by decorated border and labeled in Yiddish.