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252 – Agony and Torture

2019-10-30
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A gruesome panel from Captain America #37, February 1944
A gruesome panel from Captain America #37, February 1944

The stories in Timely (Marvel) Comics seem to veer off into the grotesque more than other comic book companies of the time. I found this particular Captain America panel of artwork by Syd Shores and Al Alvison pretty shocking and gratuitous from February 1944.

Tags: 1944, Al Alvison, Captain America, graphic, gruesome, Marvel, Syd Shores, torture

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