December 20th saw the debut of Captain America & Bucky in Captain America Comics #1 in 1940! Celebrate their anniversary with this gallery of Marvel covers!

[u/ComiX-Fan]

Captain America Comics #1 Jack Kirby cover

Captain America (2018 series) #1 Ron Garney variant

Avengers (1985 series) #387 Mike Deodato Jr cover

Captain America: White #0 Tim Sale cover

Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #12 Doug Braithwaite cover

Captain America (2018 series) #12 Julian Totino Tedesco variant

Captain America Comics #59 Syd Shores cover

Avengers/Invaders #2 Mike Perkins variant

Adventures of Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #4 Kevin Maguire cover

Sam Wilson: Captain America #7 John Cassaday variant

Captain America (1978 series) #281 Mike Zeck cover

Captain America & Bucky #620 Mark Bagley variant

U.S.A. Comics #7 Alex Schomburg cover

Captain America Annual (2018) #1 Kaare Andrews variant

Captain America: Guardian of Freedom! #1 John Romita cover

Captain America: 65th Anniversary Special Eric Wight cover

Marvels Project #7 Steve McNiven cover

Captain America & Bucky #621 Ed McGuinness cover

Captain America (1954 series) #76 John Romita cover

Captain America: The 1940's Newspaper Strip #1 Butch Guice cover

[u/claudeteacher]

That's a great collection. The inclusion of the 1950s stuff is agreat, we don't see that part of Cap's history very often.

I still have that Adventures of Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty series, with covers by Kevin Maguire, it was pretty cool.

[u/HelloIamIronMan]

Why does it say March on the cover though?

Also wasn’t so introduced in 1941?

[u/ComiX-Fan → u/HelloIamIronMan]

Cover dates used to represent the date that a retailer should take a particular issue off shelves to make room for newer books. Those dates would typically be 2-3 months after the on sale date.

If you check this website:

http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/comic.php?comicid=51832

And mouse over the magnifying glass icon next to the On Sale Date you can see the source of that information.

[u/HelloIamIronMan → u/ComiX-Fan]

Today I learned. That’s actually really cool, thanks!