The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that circulation numbers for early comic books featuring Captain America remained close to a million copies per month, outstripping news magazines such as Time?
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... that Captain America co-creator Joe Simon chose Adolf Hitler as the character's nemesis because he was the "best villain of them all" and "hated by everyone in the free world"? Source: Dutter, Barry. "Simon Says..."
ALT1: ... that Captain America co-creator Joe Simon created the superhero in part as a response to the American non-interventionism movement during World War II? Source: Wright, Bradford W. (2001). Comic Book Nation: The Transformation of Youth Culture in America.
ALT2: ... that circulation numbers for early comic books featuring Captain America remained close to a million copies per month, outstripping news magazines such as Time? Source: Daniels, Les (1991). Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics.
ALT3: ... that in the 1950s, Captain America was briefly billed as "Captain America, Commie Smasher" in a commercially unsuccessful comic book series that was cancelled after three issues? Source: Wright, Bradford W. (2001). Comic Book Nation: The Transformation of Youth Culture in America
Overall: @Morgan695: This article is very well written. I think the primary hook is not a good choice because it's not really about Captain America. Of all the alternative hooks, in my opinion ALT2 sounds the most interesting. FlairTale (talk) 23:51, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Courge Marvel:The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe states pretty clearly that Captain America does not have superpowers. In the Captain America entry in the 1985 edition of the Handbook cited in this article, under Known superhuman powers, the Handbook simply states None. In the most recent 2004 edition of the Handbook (volume 4, issue 3), the entry for Captain America under Superhuman Powers reads Strictly speaking, Captain America possesses no superhuman powers; however, his body has been mutated to the pinnacle of human perfection. This seems pretty unambiguous to me. Morgan695 (talk) 01:39, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Courge Marvel:, please provide the sources here that you claim support the information you are adding to this article. As it stands right now, the source you are currently citing (the 1983 edition of The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe) states unambiguously that that Captain America does not possess superpowers, per my comment above. Morgan695 (talk) 14:53, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Morgan695:, I found the source from Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Master Edition #2, and according to that handbook, it said that Captain America possesses superpowers and the main source of his superpowers is the Super-Soldier Serum. It said that he does have the source of superhuman powers.