Captain America – 1953 RR

Condition: Very Good/Good

Folded as Issued 

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Size: 27 x 41 inches (69 x 104cm)

Original American One-Sheet poster for the 1953 re-release of “Captain America.” The poster is in great condition, with minimal edge and light handling wear. 

Captain America is a 1944 Republic black-and-white 15-chapter serial film loosely based on the Timely Comics (now Marvel Comics) character Captain America. It was the last Republic serial made about a superhero. It also has the distinction of being the most expensive serial that Republic ever made. It stands as the first theatrical release connected to a Marvel character.

A rash of suspicious suicides among scientists and businessmen, all found holding a small scarab, gets the attention of Mayor Randolph. He demands that Police Commissioner Dryden and District Attorney Grant Gardner get to the bottom of the case, while openly wishing that Captain America, a masked man who has helped defeat crime in the past, were around to solve the mystery. Gail Richards, Grant Gardner's secretary, investigates and realises someone knows of the "Purple Death", a hypnotic chemical responsible for the suicides.

“Captain America arrived in time … the toll of doom for the Scarab!”

Tags: 1940s American 1950s One Sheet Action Adventure