*(Transcribed from George Olshevsky's The Marvel Comics Index v1 #8A.)
Eventually, of course, the War ended. The Axis was crushed. (Was there ever any doubt that we would win?) And all the Marvel superheroes found themselves effectively out of a job. Captain America and Bucky began serving their country in a different way--by fighting thieves, black marketeers, gunrunners, murderers, swindlers, extortionists, blackmailers and all the other reprehensible types who prey upon society. Discharged from the Army, Steve Rogersbecame a schoolteacher (in Captain America Comics #59), with Bucky as his ward. Captain America and Bucky briefly served as members of the All-Winners Squad, another team-up of Golden age Marvel characters, which stayed together for just two episodes (actually, it was three episodes).
Then there was an unfortumate accident. In Captain America Comics #66, April 1948, Bucky was wounded by a female criminal named Lavender in a gun battle. This event removed Bucky from active participation in Captain America's adventures; he was hospitalized and was not seen with Captain America again except for a brief appearance in Captain America Comics #71, March 1949. Bucky was replaced in most of the few remaining Captain America stories by none other than Betty Ross, who donned a costume and became Golden Girl (no doubt naming herself after the earlier Golden girl, Gwenny Lou Sabuki of the Kid Commandos, first seen in Invaders #26). Actually, Golden Girl had two costumes--a yellow and green one she wore in the later issues of Captain America Comics, and a red and blue one she wore in some of Captain America's stories in Marvel Mystery Comics. The last issue of Captain America Comics was #73, July 1949; his final Golden age appearance was in the next issue, retitled Captain America's Weird Tales #74, October 1949. He fought a Red skull in the first issue of his comic, and he closed his Golden age career with another, final, Red skull battle.
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Here's a quick and dirty timeline for Jeff Mace as Captain America.
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