![]() The book goes from one extreme to the other, and it actually ends up being a distraction from the otherwise perfectly normal story that Kesel is trying to tell. Then, you turn around and our characters are being gassed and locked up in tense sequences that bring to mind old action-adventure stories. ![]() With an opening of "aw gosh shucks" faux-hilarity of Steve Rogers being yelled at by the mean Sergeant Rogers (I'm pretty sure I saw the same jokes in the "Laverne and Shirley Join the Army" cartoon) and lots of big, exaggerated winks, it's painful. Along with the Yellow Kid, Happy Hooligan, and Little Nemo, they became pioneering stars of the American newspaper funny paper sections that burgeoned in the early 1900s. Sure, the best strips of that time period had a bit of both, but this goes too much. They say laughter is the best medicine and these psychology cartoons illuminate the human condition to hilarious effect. The mischievous brothers Hans and Fritz Katzenjammer were invented by German-born cartoonist Rudolph Dirks in 1897. "Captain America: The 1940s Newspaper Strip" ends up being forever unsure if it's a comedy or an adventure story, and veers a little too far in both directions. It's unfair to try and compare "Captain America: The 1940s Newspaper Strip" to actual 1940s strip "The Spirit" by Will Eisner, of course, but even Popeye's "Thimble Theatre" is a much better example of how to run a story like this. Captain America is one of the most famous superheroes ever created, and he first appeared all the way back in 1941. Unfortunately, while Kesel gives it his all, it never quite sustains what he's going for. Captain America Coloring Pages Have some thrilling coloring fun with these Captain America coloring pages by. ![]()
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