http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/hasrg/ablit/amerlit/comics.html

Way to go Stanford.

Going to start looking into a few things dealing with the emergence of the Captains; Captain America, Captain Britain, and Captain Canuck. Stanford University has the complete collection of Captain America as Ben pointed out, so ordering that Micro fische will be a good start. Now i know where my Weekend is going. Other sources i thought of are Interviews of Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and the recently deceased Joe Simon...some of which are on Youtube.com

Late night ideas
            - X-men = Theory of Evolution and is a Portrayal of The Civil Rights Movement. Xavier is Dr. Martin Luther King and Eric (Magneto) represents Malcom X. Idea came via a Journal article entitled Americans Dream in Mutants.
            -For the paper i could take a couple themes in American History and show how they are portrayed in the works of Marvel. Would most likely do; WWII, civil rights movement, The Cold War, and something  else that i haven't decided...possibly Outer Space and exploration.

Some works I want to include...X-men, Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos, and Captain America (and the other captains from various countries ex: Captain Britain and Captain Canuck.)

http://thenewamerican.com/history/american/8351-when-marvel-comics-was-anti-communist

http://comicbooks.about.com/od/cultureofcomics/a/societyissues.htm

http://skullsinthestars.com/2010/02/13/captain-america-has-a-tradition-of-social-commentary/

http://www.americansc.org.uk/Online/Captain_America.htm

http://www.enotes.com/topic/Sgt._Fury_and_his_Howling_Commandos

http://marvel.wikia.com/File:Sgt_Fury_and_his_Howling_Commandos_Vol_1_125.jpg

I decided to write my paper on social issues for american through the medium of comic books. Then i narrowed that down into just Marvel Comics because they are more issue oriented than their DC rival who have been known to have more chaotic story lines. Knowing that the topic is still broad i figure that i would either pick a couple social issues and show how all of marvel's comics show them. Another possibility is to approach a couple different Titles and explore their series and how they tackle social issues. So far i have found several journal articles that i need to read through, then post my findings on here and see if i can come up with something more concrete.