American cartoon characters played a part in World War Ⅱ. Even Tarzan was conscripted to fight invading Nazis in the jungle. No cartoon character did more to humble the nation's enemies than Captain America. The superhero made his debut in a magazine of the same name in March 1941, before the United States entered the war. The cover of the first issue showed the shield-bearing warrior punching Hitler on the jaw. For the next eight years he fought tirelessly against Nazis and Japanese.
And he was not alone in the struggle. Superman and Batman had first seen the light of day in the late 1930s, and their popularity received a boost from 1942, when the villains they fought became the nation's enemies in war.
美國的連環漫畫人物，在第二次世界大戰之中，也有出力，連泰山都被徵召，對付叢林中的納粹侵畧者。論勇挫敵國的漫畫人物，最厲害的要數美國隊長。這位超級英雄一九四一年三月在《美國隊長》雜誌初次出場，當時美國還未參戰。該雜誌第一期封面畫的，是這位戰士一手執盾牌，一手出老拳，重重擊中希特勒下顎。此後八年，他孜孜不倦，不斷和納粹黨和日本人戰鬥。
而他並不是孤軍作戰。超人和蝙蝠俠都是一九三零年代末葉出現的，但一九四二年開始，他們轉而對付的惡棍，都是美國敵人，於是更受讀者歡迎。