Captain America Comic Book 1940s Life Size Heater Shield Replica Rare Limited Ed

Get Vendio Gallery - Now FREE! DON'T LET THIS DEAL PASS YOU BY! Please Note: THIS IS VARIANT VERSION SHIELD, AS PICTURED. Steve Rogers was a scrawny fine arts student, in the 1940's, before America entered World War II. Attempting to enlist in the army, he is turned away, but offered an alternative way to serve his country by being a test subject in a Top Secret defense research project.

Rogers accepts and is given the formula dubbed the "Super Soldier Serum" and exposed to a controlled burst of "Vita-Rays, " which activate and stabilized the chemicals in his system. The process successfully altered his physiology from its frail state to the maximum of human efficiency. Rogers is given a costume modeled after the American flag, a bulletproof shield, a personal sidearm and the codename: Captain America. After a bomb explosion toward the end of WWII where he was presumed dead he resurfaces and accepts membership in the Avengers and S.

Commanded by his old war comrade Nick Fury. This beautiful 1940's version of his full size shield is a replica as issued to Rogers is expertly hand formed steel and hand painted. Do to this there may be some minor variation between shields as there would have been in 1940, we've kept it as accurate as possible!

It even has the leather carry straps on the back, bolted in place per the blueprints provided by Marvel and proper curvature to the steel. When initially drawn in the iconic comic there were multiple artists used and it's hard to know exactly when, but this variant is drawn into many of the comics with red & white vertical stripes as opposed to the red, white & blue of many original drawings.

Either way it gives all you Cap fans a chance to own some very rare and unique comic history! Includes full size, wood display plaque which mimics an old Army crate and is hand stenciled, plus full color, numbered certificate of authenticity. Includes full sized wood display plaque. Plaque is color coded and hand stenciled to look like the top of an old WWII Army crate. Hand numbered certificate of authenticity. Shield Measures appx 29" X 22". Display Measures 32" x 24". Due to these shields being hand forged, there may be some minor imperfections in the shield's surface. CHECK OUT THE RMC STORE! The item "CAPTAIN AMERICA COMIC BOOK 1940S LIFE SIZE HEATER SHIELD REPLICA RARE LIMITED ED" is in sale since Thursday, March 26, 2015. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Comic Books & Memorabilia\Comics\Comics & Graphic Novels". The seller is "respectablemoderncollectible" and is located in Chicago, Illinois.

This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Main Character: Captain America
• Publisher: Marvel
• Genre: Superhero
• Character: Captain America