tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post2458988386092900712..comments2024-03-19T11:29:27.538+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: Captain America #110.Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-30799768659282166722016-11-19T08:35:04.960+00:002016-11-19T08:35:04.960+00:00Thanks for the Madame Hydra info, Anonymous.Thanks for the Madame Hydra info, Anonymous.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-13388416219736268292016-11-19T06:00:08.290+00:002016-11-19T06:00:08.290+00:00Captain America #110 was, in fact, the first appea...Captain America #110 was, in fact, the first appearance of Madame Hydra. Supposedly, one side of her face was badly scarred, which was why she wore her hair hanging over it. In later appearances, though, it had apparently healed, or been restored by plastic surgery. <br /><br />She turned up in later issues of various Marvel comics, masterminding terrorist plots and fighting Cap, Wolverine, and other heroes. In her later appearances, she was renamed Viper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-87011431149976299732014-01-30T01:50:41.590+00:002014-01-30T01:50:41.590+00:00The Comics Code restricted Madame Hydra to a lengt...The Comics Code restricted Madame Hydra to a length of rope, but somehow Catwoman was allowed to use a whip on the cover of Batman #197.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-46194830498129995982011-12-21T03:10:25.804+00:002011-12-21T03:10:25.804+00:00It's the next issue, No 111, that has one of t...It's the next issue, No 111, that has one of the most iconic covers of that era. It truly transports one back to a time and a place.R. W. Watkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14660716315419914578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-40248510097436861142011-12-18T08:45:47.037+00:002011-12-18T08:45:47.037+00:00B, I did wonder why it looked so rope-like in clos...B, I did wonder why it looked so rope-like in close-up.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-75368784130303196052011-12-18T00:25:27.784+00:002011-12-18T00:25:27.784+00:00At another blog that mentioned censorship in comic...At another blog that mentioned censorship in comics, it was pointed out that in this issue of CA, the Comics Code drew the line at whips, so that if you look at the panel you've reproduced, Madame Hydra is actually carrying a length of rope.B Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18016629838915185467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-43242817949695290012011-12-17T23:21:46.271+00:002011-12-17T23:21:46.271+00:00(Oh, come on Steve - it was a HERBAL cigarette.) M...(Oh, come on Steve - it was a HERBAL cigarette.) Marvel UK released a nice hardback Annual back in the late '70s or early '80s devoted to Steranko's CAP. It featured this story. You can still see the Kirby influence in Steranko's work here, mainly in the stances of his figures.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.com