Captain America's Most Important Victory Happened 77 Years Ago Today
According to Marvel Comics lore, it was 77 years ago to this day that Steve Rogers fought his most important victory as Captain America in the 1945 Battle of Berlin, which effectively ended World War II. Captain America is one of the most important heroic figures in modern media, and his long ties to WWII continue to be centered in his current stories and how he approaches his heroism.
Steve Rogers first debuted in 1941's Captain America Comics #1 by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, close to the beginning of WWII, making him indelibly tied to the horrifying conflict as he fought Nazis and Hitler throughout the pages of his stories. A strong symbol for the freedom promised by the United States, Captain America's battles against the evil Axis powers quickly made him a beloved character during wartime. He was so well liked that in 1964, after testing his return with comics audiences, Steve Rogers was brought back to comic continuity by explaining he had crashed a plane into the ocean and been frozen in ice for two decades!
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The Twelve #1 — written by J. Michael Straczynski with art by Chris Weston and Garry Leach — kicked off a limited series that ran from 2007 to 2012. It focused on twelve Golden Age heroes, introduced during Captain America's debut in Timely Comics, being reawakened in modern times in a manner similar to Roger's unfreezing in the '60s. The story starts in Berlin, Germany, during the very real Battle of Berlin, and establishes that in Marvel Comics continuity the precise day that the Allied heroes stormed Hitler's Berlin was April 25th, 1945, exactly 77 years ago to the day! This shows the huge impact that Captain America has had on
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