why captain america is blond hair blue eyes

was the creator's intent, was for hitler and the nazis greatest enemy being a blond hair blue eyed guy

Because during the time Captain America was made, a blue eyed, blonde hair guy was basically the ideal of beauty in America.

@wolverine08: true, but the creator of captain america was jewish (as most early comic creators where)

so i think he just wanted to put this idea that hitler's "perfect ideal race" was his greatest enemy

... I thought because he was of irish decent, like most caucasian americans

There was actually a few story lines where it has been pointed out that Cap was pretty much the Nazi ideal but he's generally quick to remind people that he started out as a guy the Nazi's would have put death since he was handicapped due to a bout of polio when he was a child.

Because it doesn't matter

I like to think to it was an attempt to subvert Hitler's aryan Superman, but I honestly think Wolverine08 is actually correct. It is most likely because he is supposed to look like the "ideal American".

Because he is awesome. Stop looking for "racism" and "Nazis" every where.

He was just an average joe look in popular culture at the time, but they've been able to do a lot with it since then.

Chillax, it's a fair question considering the irony gets called out in the comics often enough.

Honestly I find it stranger they made Thor a blond.

@outside_85: Stan Lee admitted they weren't entirely familiar with the ins and outs of Norse myth when they first came up with their version of Thor which also explains why Thor is referred to as an Asgardian instead on an Aesir which was the original name for Thor's race in mythology.

I don't "chiliax." I'm tired of questions like these.

@joshmightbe: True true, but in the context of this discussion it's rather unfortunate since the Nazies did have a Norse-fixation and making him blond and clean-shaven just made him all the closer to their ideal. Anyways, it's not a massive deal since they weren't out to make a historically accurate interpretation of the myth.

@outside_85: Well Marvel Thor wasn't around during WW2 and while yea Nazis were and still are around by the 60s it was mostly considered an at best fringe thing in the US.

Because Captain America was secretly working for Hitler.

These issues don't go away by not talking about them, and everything falls into the same context even if it's not intentional. Without these types of examinations we wouldn't have gotten excellent reads like Truth: Red White & Black.

@fodigg: screw truth:red white black

it pretty much dismanteled the legacy of steve rogers

this, there's no hidden truth in captains blondness as i stated above. Thor on the other hand has red hair in mythology, though i remember a statement saying that he looks different because it's a marvel version, not the original.

why wouldn't thor have blond hair, he's freaking nordic

@glabal500: tell me more about red haired people not being nordic

@warlock360: thor is often told in legends to have red hair or blonde hair...... so either of those choices are fine, they went with blonde

I strongly disagree. I think it added depth to it while telling a story of a real life american atrocity.

Actually most Caucasian-Americans are of German descent.

@angryhulks: Let's agree that most are migrated :p

cap howevger is of irish descent.