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NSA spying, drone warfare and a government conspiracy animate the Star-Spangled Avenger's latest film outing. (Contains mild spoilers) Captain America put a hurting on Adolf Hitler in his first appearance in 1941, a year before the Pearl Harbor bombings would spur the U.S. to war. "The opponents to the war were all quite well organized," reflects co-creator Joe Simon. "We wanted to have our say too." Cap creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, both from working class Jewish families, birthed a red, white and blue dynamo that was parachuting behind enemy lines to cold-cock the Fuhrer while the the rest of the country was still resistant to joining