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New York Times article detailing list of voted for and approved comics and magazines for soldiers to read during WWII.

Cover of the Captain America #13 comic book, showing Captain America fighting the Japanese during WWII

Cover of the Captain America #77 comic book, released during the Red Scare and McCarthyism

Slurpee Cup from 7-Eleven with limited edition design sold in 1975. They featured one of 10 designs, each showing a famous Marvel superhero. This one shows the character Captain America and this quote: DURING WORLD WAR TWO, I WAS A LIVING SYMBOL FOR…

Image of a child reading a Captain America comic in front of a magazine stand in 1942

Image of the cover of the first Captain America comic book published

Photo of a parade by the German American Bund in New York City in 1939

Article from the New York Times detailing a charity event of sending gifts to those in need during WWII.

Theater listing for State Theater from Onslow County newspaper

Photo of the aftermath of Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor