Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another rip-roaring Comicscape! Two important things happened in comics this week: the new CaptainAmerica premiered and Y The Last Man concluded after a very well-regarded run. Each deserves their own Comicsca...
Happy Wednesday, Maniacs, and welcome to another sequential art escape, courtesy of Comicscape. Last week’s column about the death of CaptainAmerica and the successful release of 300 at the movies garnered a respectable amount of mail &nd...
WHAT IF: CAPTAINAMERICA is the first one-shot in a series of six that depicts an alternate Marvel Universe through the eyes of Hector Espejo, a master hacker known online as The Watcher. Unlike the Watcher of the original WHAT IF? that showed readers th...
CAPTAINAMERICA: DEAD MAN RUNNING, a three-issue mini-series, will bridge the gap between the current series and the Marvel Knights relaunch in April.The mini-series will be written by Darko Macan, with art by Danijel Zezelj and painted covers by Derek He...
A group of US commandos make their way through the Colombian jungles, with a the cocaine mafia on their trail and a group of Colombian children in tow. It seems like a hopeless situation, but help comes in an unexpected form as CaptainAmerica arrives on ...
...sp; Then, CaptainAmerica died on the steps of a federal courthouse in Manhattan – sniped by Crossbones at the behest of the Red Skull, acting through the body of Aleksander Lukin, as part of a conspiracy within S.H.I.E.L.D. to implicate agent...
In an unpublished review written not long after September 11, I lambasted the recent issue of CAPTAINAMERICA because the patriotic homilies Cap was often fond of spouting in that incarnation rang so hollow in the wake of the horror we'd all witnessed. Ca...
CAPTAINAMERICA #50 is special for a number of reasons. For one thing, even though it's one of December?s "'Nuff Said" issues, the creative team has chosen wisely to devote only a portion of the book to the experiment du jour. For another, it's the first ...
It's no secret that the Marvel Knights imprint has gained a new soldier: CaptainAmerica. Under the guidance of writer John Ney Rieber (BOOKS OF MAGIC) and penciler John Cassaday (PLANETARY), the shield slinger's series will be relaunched in early 2002 as...
In the latest CaptainAmerica comic, the superhero is killed as a sniper shoots down the shield wielding hero while he leaves a courthouse.And so end the long run of CaptainAmerica.Created in 1941, some 210 million copies of CaptainAmerica comic books h...
The return of CAPTAINAMERICA to comics isn't exactly shocking news but the new look as designed by his next artist Alex Ross seems to be split half way down the middle from comic fans. Half the people love it and half the people hate it so I'll publish i...
I apologize for the lateness of this review, but with all of the noise in the mainstream and comics press surrounding the return of CaptainAmerica, I thought it prudent to see if the 34th issue of the series actually merits your attention. I can hap...
Much has passed since Steve Rogers died on the steps of a New York courthouse in CaptainAmerica #25. Bucky Barnes – his old partner and the Winter Soldier – has resolved to kill Tony Stark for his role in the superhero war that led to Ca...
This fifth and final issue of Fallen Son: The Death of CaptainAmerica concludes the miniseries with CaptainAmerica’s funeral at Arlington National Cemetery. The issue focuses on Tony Stark’s final acceptance of the death of his one-time...
This first issue of Fallen Son: The Death of CaptainAmerica shows Wolverine in the throes of the first stage of the Kübler-Ross model of loss – denial. Subsequent issues will showcase a different character in the ensuing stages &ndash...
CaptainAmerica may be coming back next year, as a different person, but Steve Rogers did briefly return from the dead for a newly released special comic. Well, sorta. In the fifth of a special comic series strictly published for the military, Marve...
...ersion of CaptainAmerica and hopes that Steve will join his revolution to take America back from the white usurpers. But Steve decides to fight thunder with thunder, and calls in an old friend...It had to happen eventually: the Marvel Knights version ...
Ever since I grabbed my first copy of Marvel’s TALES OF SUSPENSE, I’ve always felt a strong bond between CaptainAmerica and Iron Man. These two heroes were not only brightly colored, but just really appealed to me on a more human-type level. After all, t...
At Wizard World on Sunday, Marvel Comics formally introduced John Ney Rieber and John Cassaday as its new creative team on CAPTAINAMERICA.The book, which will be moving to the Marvel Knights imprint, relaunches in March with a new #1, but will also maint...
Steve Rogers, CaptainAmerica, died last issue. Crossbones (perhaps) shot him with a sniper rifle as he ascended the steps of the courthouse. Hypnotized S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and Cap’s former lover Sharon Carter finished him off with her serv...
...But then, CaptainAmerica has always been a symbol of our ideals, not our norms - he's the embodiment of what our country should be, not what it is. That's especially apparent in this issue, which begins with Cap fighting off a group of terrorists who ...
Hard Hero Entertainment will be offering a 1000 piece Limited Edition CaptainAmerica Cold-cast Porcelain Statue. The figure will stand approximately 14 1/2 inches tall and will come in a color collector's box.Seth Vandable sculpted the statue. The sugge...
CaptainAmerica fans get ready. Comics2Film.com reported today that the Cap will appear in the "Operation Rebirth" episode of X-MEN: EVOLUTION.Unfortunately, the airdate for "Operation Rebirth" has yet to be announced. Stay tuned.
Marvel Comics has released preview images from CAPTAINAMERICA #1, the re-launch of the character from the Marvel Knights imprint.The new series is written by John Ney Rieber, with art by John Cassaday.Here's how Marvel describes the issue:"In the afterma...
In this 38th issue of CaptainAmerica, writer Ed Brubaker continues his recasting of Bucky Barnes as the titular character. The Star-Spangled Avenger continues his mission to stop the combined forces of the Doctor Faustus, Arnim Zola, and the Red Sk...
In a press release issued early today, Marvel Enterprises announced that the lawsuit filed by Joe Simon, co-creator of CAPTAINAMERICA, has been dropped and a settlement reached between the two parties. Precise details of Simon's settlement are not being ...
Marvel Comics has released the cover image to first issue of CAPTAINAMERICA, which is being relaunched as a Marvel Knights title in April.The cover is by series penciler John Cassaday, who joins new writer John Ney Rieber.According to Marvel, the first i...
...o to Play CaptainAmerica?
Rumor: One of the wildest rumors of the past week is the one that has Leonardo DiCaprio possibly grabbing a shield for Marvel Studios and donning the CaptainAmerica costume in the near future.
Source: Latino Review
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...y changed.CaptainAmerica, the character at Marvel that most closely parallels Superman, is a different story. Why do I call him the closest parallel, you may ask? Because at several points during our discussion of the Man of Steel, and truthfully
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Marvel Knights editor Stuart Moore says that CAPTAINAMERICA will start with a new No. 1 issue when it relaunches under the imprint in March."It's keeping with the Marvel Knights tradition," Moore says, citing DAREDEVIL starting over as an example.John Ne...
What They SayThe timeless anime favorite Irresponsible Captain Tylor is finally available in sterling release it deserves - a Limited Edition Collector\'s Ultra Box Set! This astounding collection includes: the entire 26-episode Irresponsible Captain Tylo...
OPINION: I'm not entirely sure why, but I got neither death threats nor a lot of positive feedback on last week's musings about CaptainAmerica. I hope that doesn't mean no one cares about the old man anymore... My thanks, though, to the two(!) readers wh...
...rn Up for CaptainAmerica and Conan?
Rumor: And the possible CaptainAmerica casting choices continue to spurn in rumor land. The latest one has “American Gladiator” Mike O’Hearn up for the role of CaptainAmerica or ...
...a British CaptainAmerica,` says Raab. `The legacy that Captain Britain has is that he’s a modern Arthurian myth. I’ve tried to incorporate that in this limited series.`For the unenlightened, Captain Britain’s lengthy history predates Excalibur, and is...
Based on Actual Television ShowsGreetings Cinescapers! Last week I asked you to name five current shows to recommend to persons living overseas and you answered my call. Why, we even got a response from Eryk of the band Pulling Down Stars (check them out ...
While many may recoil in disgust at the idea of enduring a musical, there always seems to be that one that slips through and becomes a favorite. Standing in line at the ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW dressed as Brad I leaned over to my Janet and mentioned that...
I can't help it but I'm a sucker for giant robots busting up cities, which is why I like the new trailer for SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW. If you liked THE ROCKETEER and the idea of futuristic technology in the America of the 1930s, SKY CAPTAIN w...
Patrick Stewart is psyched. It's been four years since he last donned the Starfleet uniform as the beloved Captain Picard, and he can't wait for his return to the Enterprise, which takes place today in theaters across America with the debut of STAR TREK: ...
Ever since its conception in 1978, Battlestar Galactica has been offering viewers a layered SF universe, one that manages to stay grounded with the world around us and in sync with contemporary American society. Like any good sci-fi series BSG explores th...
...erman and CaptainAmerica. The comic universe is chock full of 'relevant,' brooding, conflicted (and in some cases, corrupted) superheroes (or super-anti-heroes). Those who find Superman and Cap to be one-dimensional Boy Scouts can find satisfaction in...
The Review!This disc, along with the second Ginyu DVD, is a major revelation with anime fans because they are completely uncut and have English and Japanese language tracks. This is the first time Japanese Dragon Ball Z TV episodes have been released lega...
... would be CaptainAmerica, and the young man they chose...was black.Bet you don't remember that last part, do you? That's because it's taken sixty years to reveal THE TRUTH, but now Marvel has recruited a team to take on that daring mission - to uncove...
What They SayThe amazing sequel to The Irresponsible Captain Tylor TV Series is finally available in sterling release it deserves - a Limited Edition Collector\'s Ultra Box Set!
This astounding collection includes: all three Irresponsible Captain Tylor ...
...more like CaptainAmerica with every world record (at press time, five in 2008) and every gold medal he snags. While Aquaman learned to breathe underwater, harnessing submarine power to make him swim like a fish, he was little more than a really talent...
I’ve always been a big Justice Society fan. There’s just something mythical about the team. They are the first, and arguably, truest team of superheroes. They are dedicated to the ideals of heroism and have been relatively uncor...
...ve joined CaptainAmerica and other heroes in a costumed sit-in, allowing themselves to be arrested for civil disobedience, and when the super-villains start to overrun things the public and the government would quickly concede some points to get t...
...y thought CaptainAmerica and those heroes against the registration act would win. I thought the ideal would stand in the face of pragmatism. While I appreciate Marvel’s willingness to venture beyond a common understanding of its univer...
...tected by CaptainAmerica, he sets out on a mission to find such pieces as the Cosmic Cube and the Mandarin’s 10 rings.`His purpose in collecting them is part of the mystery that others around him need to uncover,` explains Ross. `But it won’t be for e...
...upes from CaptainAmerica in terms of basic characterization, and Cap's modernization has gone off fairly well overall. It's just a question of whether the writers and DC are willing to make Superman as socially relevant as he once was, without delving...
... Death of CaptainAmerica
If you’d asked me on March 6, 2007 whether the death of Steve Rogers would affect me, I’d have said no. I didn’t read CaptainAmerica, though I’d heard fantastic things about it up until t...
...ionship. CaptainAmerica prefers to fight alone, much to the distress of Natalia Romanov the Black Widow and S.H.I.E.L.D.'s General Nick Fury. Bruce Banner remains confined in a transparent prison, where the sadistic Dr. Whaler forces him to repeat...
...illing of CaptainAmerica was a cheap shot, but it also inspired me to do a book about the good Captain, which I am working on now. KA: You read every Marvel graphic novel you could to do this book. What impressions of the Marvel's universe do yo...
First Knight by Arnold T. Blumberg (Sat 07-21-2001)
He's been called the moral center of the Marvel Universe, a man with his feet firmly planted in two eras, and a leader who inspires loyalty in gods and monsters alike. Now CaptainAmerica is about to embark on one of his most thrilling adventures as he jo...
...SUPERMAN, CAPTAINAMERICA, etc., who just want to keep enjoying their favorite characters - is it fair to them to have their favorite characters' adventures come to an end just because some writer thinks he is showing courage by forcing his opinion on ...
...king, and CaptainAmerica dying. With The Dark Knight only weeks away from its theatrical release, one would hope that DC would milk the attention for all it’s worth. But, a book like Final Crisis will do nothing to endear DC to new rea...
...ICK FURY, CAPTAINAMERICA, and THOR. SHAUN OF THE DEAD director Edgar Wright will helm ANT-MAN, which he promises to take very seriously. Jon Favreau writer of SWINGERS, director of MADE, and actor of Foggy Nelson in DAREDEVIL -- will direct IRON MA...
...ield with CaptainAmerica? WTF?) with the exception of Wolverine and his claws, and a few villains with blaster guns. The A roster of heroes and villains of the Marvel universe were made into this series. CaptainAmerica, Iron Man, Daredevil, Dr. D...
...ey are:5. CAPTAINAMERICA: So many people included this one in their votes over the past month that I can't even list them all. It certainly seems like this movie (not the two TV movies in which they got the letter on his helmet wrong, but the so-calle...
...the best! CAPTAINAMERICA #49Cover by Dan Jurgens and Bob LaytonWritten by Dan Jurgens; art by Dan JurgensCaptainAmerica starts a bold new life! After the events of "America Lost," Steve Rogers relaxes with his pal Sam Wilson to get his bearings on hi...
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Ben: These have proven to be the worst way to honor the memory. Just sucktastic.
Kurt: I didn’t find them too terrible. That’s really glowing praise, I realize, but still.
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According to a Press Release, SEGA has acquired the rights to develop and distribute games based on the following franchises: CaptainAmerica, The Incredible Hulk, Thor and Iron ManMore from the Press Release:"Video games are an ideal medium to showc...
...nity, and CaptainAmerica's overbearing alpha masculinity. The film relegates those issues to a few defining character moments and proceeds quickly. For instance, we see Hank and Jan argue a couple of times, and, thus, the viewer understands that they ...
...ople like CaptainAmerica and Spiderman have to deal with the crap of day to day living as well as fighting Baron Whoever and still make a go of it. Marvel heroes are harder, grittier, so you'd think they'd have an edge when fighting their DC counterpa...
... would be CaptainAmerica, and the young man they chose... was black.Bet you don't remember that last part, do you? That's because it's taken 60 years to reveal THE TRUTH, but now Marvel has recruited a team to take on that daring mission to uncover t...
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MMW Golden Age CaptainAmerica HC Vol 02 Var Ed 99 $59.99
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...e cosmos; CaptainAmerica fought for his country and American ideals; the Hulk only cared about himself; but Spider-Man? He was out there swinging through the city streets and bashing the bad guys for you.
Spider-Man looks in disbelief at what us...
...ke seeing CaptainAmerica struggle with the notion that his vision of the country has died. I enjoy reading about Wolverine’s internal fight between his human and his animal nature. Spider-Man should worry endlessly about his famil...
...R #5 $2.99CAPTAINAMERICA LTD ED VARIANT #6 $2.99FANTASTIC FOUR #528 $2.99The start of JMS' run on FF has been pretty good, although I still miss the mighty Waid. I like the idea that the Thing is the richest guy in the group, though. FANTASTIC FOUR 12...
...OLDEN AGE CAPTAINAMERICA VOL 1 HC VAR DUST JACKET $54.99Variant dust jackets are about as dumb as that Superman issue where you could make your own cover with stickers. Lame.MARVEL MASTERWORKS GOLDEN AGE CAPTAINAMERICA VOL 1 NEW ED HARDCOVER $49.99N...
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Ben: Roses are red, violets are blue, dear Mr. Brubaker, I’m gay for you.
Kurt: I hope you’re into open relationships, because he’s mine too.
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...the Wasp, CaptainAmerica, and the X-Men - in short, almost every other Marvel character then appearing in another title - all with accompanying cross-reference captions telling readers in which book each character could be seen monthly. The sales figu...
...ncluding 'CaptainAmerica,' 'Thor,' 'Ant-Man,' and 'The Avengers,'" said Marvel Studios Chairman David Maisel.
WGA also issued a statement...
"Marvel Studios' signing of an interim agreement with the Writers Guild is more good news for our ...
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Kurt: It’s nice that we didn’t have to wait three months again. I still love you, Ed Brubaker.
Ghost Rider #12 WWH $2.99
Ben: I don’t want to go all Comic Book Guy, but there is no w...
...aredevil, CaptainAmerica, Iron Man, and Spider-Man have all been "outed" either by choice or by force. Last year's DC miniseries IDENTITY CRISIS explored the idea of secret identities in uncomfortable detail, breaching some of the ethical issues that...
...niverses. CaptainAmerica is both an Avenger and an Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., but he usually avoids killing (with a couple of exceptions). I wonder if he has a problem with the NYPD taking out a lunatic shooting at people from atop a hotel, or if he think...
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CaptainAmerica Red Menace Vol 2 TP $10.99 Al: Great arc here.
Civil War Front Line #8 (of 11) $2.99
Kurt: Late series here. I’m just full of cheap shots.
Daily Bugle December Newspaper PI
Daredevil...
...s to hunt CaptainAmerica for Iron Man. Good idea.Criminal #3 (MR) $2.99Kurt: Ed Brubaker successfully defends his “I Kick Ass” award for another month.Daily Bugle January Newspaper PIDaredevil Father HC $24.99Kurt: I know this is like maki...
...ider-Man, CaptainAmerica, and the like have graduated from characters out of fiction into something resonant that makes up part of our cultural landscape.
To try to understand this process forces one into a series of ethereal, unscientific a...
...y. I read CAPTAINAMERICA every month and enjoy it. I love the big-budget Marvel movies because they do Marvel's characters justice. I would like to give Marvel another try since they've improved the quality of their product considerably. I just can't ...
Steve Rogers' investigation of an imprisoned white supremacist leader's ownership of a WWII-era CaptainAmerica costume leads him to discover the existence of a black CaptainAmerica, Isaiah Bradley, who went on a suicide mission into Nazi Germany in 1942...
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Still by Ed Brubaker!
CaptainAmerica Chosen #3 (Of 6) $3.99
Still by David Morrell!
CaptainAmerica Chosen 2nd Ptg #1 (Of 6) $3.99
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...past) and CaptainAmerica`s resurrection from a block of ice. Continuity can be `ret-conned` (retroactively changed) from book to book, but these elements remain cast in stone.It`s occurred to me that Marvel Continuity is not unlike Catholic Truth, whi...
... image of CaptainAmerica with flames behind him and the word “Return” printed across his chest. Fortunately, Ross quickly dispelled the obvious insinuation of the image – the resurrection of CaptainAmerica – and explained...
...expecting CaptainAmerica or the Hulk, or something. What he didn't know was that Phil brought me clanking into the green room in my chain mail bikini, and they put me behind the revolving doors the guests had to come out of and walk through the audie...
...pidey and CaptainAmerica, for the unheard-of early 90s price of $1.75! Heck, even adults should appreciate that!A new Silver Banshee in ACTION COMICS #820 ($2.50)? Wow, these folks don't stay under warranty for long, do they?The joy of Bat-stories pas...
...number in CaptainAmerica. Bucky Barnes, who Marvel swore for years wouldn’t return, came back as the Winter Soldier. Apparently, the Soviets recovered Bucky after he “died” trying to defuse a drone plane. They turned h...
...niverse ? CaptainAmerica!In the waning days of the war, Cap infiltrates a secret German base containing a frightening secret. It turns out that the Axis forces have managed to develop a rocket-based weapon that could turn the tide of the war, and of c...
...ease of a CaptainAmerica film, with an Avengers movie to follow shortly thereafter. Supposedly, there’s an Ant-Man project in there somewhere directed by Edgar Wright, but that wasn’t mentioned in the recent announcement. Hopeful...
...ariant of CaptainAmerica #34. Both Marvel and DC pack the shelves with mediocre miniseries, spin-offs, tie-ins, one-shots, and other filler—with a few exceptions, mostly sub par comics designed to part character-devoted readers from their ...
...Avengers
CaptainAmerica
With so many movies on the agenda for Marvel, obviously there are a lot of questionable factors which come into play on which movies come first and which movies fall into development hell for a while. Things have to c...
...Iron Man, CaptainAmerica, Thor and Sub-Mariner all get their spotlight here. The four series, originally shown in seven minute long segments as part of the Marvel Superheroes Show, barely count as animation, instead lifting the art wholesale from orig...
...piderman, CaptainAmerica and others, mixing in sound and music with his later efforts. The true thrill in watching these 41 films is seeing the progression of a moviemaker take place right before your eyes. There is so much on these two DVD ...
...ons Gate) CaptainAmerica, Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, Wasp and Giant Man unite to fight evil in this original movie. But can they control the Hulk? Includes annotation track, featurettes DVD-ROM and more. A sequel is already on the way. See above for giveaw...
... would be CaptainAmerica, Thor, and Iron Man,” Quesada stated. “You can have anyone outside of that, but if you had those three characters, you have a tremendous Avengers movie. Those three characters are sort of the Holy Trinity here at M...
... Cage and CaptainAmerica starts hurtling accusations at Fury, you know something terrible happened. Bendis hooked readers early on with a delicious mystery and, frankly, failed to live up to the anticipation. It turns out that Fury had his heroes cut ...
...ies! Whee!CaptainAmerica Winter Soldier Vol 1 TP $16.99Daughters Of The Dragon #2 (of 6) $2.99Al: Shot! (Yes, you could argue that nipples alone make this series relevant. But you'd be wrong.)Doc Samson #3 (of 5) $2.99Al: Shot!Essential Off Handbook M...
...Batman or CaptainAmerica - no special powers, but can whip ass mightily. And has amazing gadgets.
MANIA: In your opinion, what is it about the Black Panther that sets him apart from other "royal" super heroes or other heroes in gen...
...es apart; CaptainAmerica, a soldier with John Glenn's buzz-cut cool, John McCain's style of politics, and Mike Tyson's right cross; and Thor, a New Age guru who may either be the living son of a Norse god or a lunatic with a big hammer."
...and a new CaptainAmerica series, and a new Punisher series, and on and on. Marvel's kind of bad about the series relaunches. They always have been. HEROES REBORN, anyone? "The 6-12 issue story arcs need to relax. I know guys at my comic shop that coll...
The 1950s weren't a great time for most of those working in comics, but they were especially hard on Jack Kirby. After he and Joe Simon created CaptainAmerica for Timely, they tried creating characters with equal success for other companies before formin...
...citizens CaptainAmerica himself. Guiding all of these characters through their new adventures is Group Editor Stuart Moore, who has also been responsible for the team title that drew the entire line together, also titled MARVEL KNIGHTS.While that gro...
Vidgame publisher THQ has secured the rights to Marvel's new animated series SUPER HERO SQUAD. The show features stylized versions of Marvel characters like Iron Man, CaptainAmerica and Wolverine aimed at tots.
Though the series do...
... voice of CaptainAmerica on the SPIDERMAN animated series and recurring roles as both Solid Naked and Old Snake in the hugely popular
METAL GEAR SOLID video game franchise. Mr. Hayter's anime voice credits
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...tic Four, CaptainAmerica and the Falcon, and the Hulk. (By the way, all this information comes from "powerrecordsguy"'s site which can be found here, though it still surprises me that his is the only site devoted solely to the Power Records phenomenon...
...istory of CaptainAmerica and the man who would have taken on that mantle - had he not been black. Whoa! The first issue of this six-part miniseries ships this week.The week of November 27:X-STATIX briefly gets a new artist this week, as issue #5 featu...
Last time, Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada and writer Bob Morales talked about the genesis of THE TRUTH, a new story that reveals the secret origin of the Super Soldier project that gave birth to CaptainAmerica. In the concluding part, the two discuss...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY notes that Joe Simon's long-running legal wrangle with Marvel over the ownership of CAPTAINAMERICA has cleared a legal hurdle and may proceed.U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a ruling by the U.S. District Court for ...
...Punisher, CaptainAmerica and Origin Wolverine. With a three-year contract, that pretty much guarantees fans some 36 figures to add to their collection a collection that'll consist of some popular characters as well as some pretty offbeat ones.
...s or so), CaptainAmerica, Plastic Man, the Spirit, and more. Prior to this essential introduction to the pleasures of old-time superheroes, Feiffer writes a thoughtful, funny, and personal memoir of living in New York as a child in the '30s, and growi...
...- leading CaptainAmerica to identify him simply (and stupidly) as "greatest of the Spaceknights!" For that same reason, the SPACEKNIGHTS miniseries beginning in May of that same year and written by Jim Starlin never mentioned the character by name, bu...
...ters like CaptainAmerica and Iron Man," Frank says. "Besides, it seems that Marvel is the place to be right now. Joe (Quesada, Marvel editor-in-chief) has gathered together some great writers with which to work and it looks like there are exiting time...
...r-Man and CaptainAmerica to save the passengers...and to save Doom. Straczynski's probably going to catch some flak for having two of Marvel's most popular heroes save the life of one of its most popular villains, much the same way he caught some fire...
...lin, will CaptainAmerica and the rest of the Ultimates be enough to stop their threat?Written by Brian Michael Bendis, pencilled by Trevor Hairsine and with covers by PLANETARY's John Cassaday, the 40-page first issue of ULTIMATE SIX will retail for $...
... evil, or CaptainAmerica deciding to become a terrorist for Allah. What's also interesting about the Wildstorm books is that they seem far more willing to unpack the idea that "absolute power corrupts absolutely" which the more mainstream books tend t...
Spider-Man by Branislav "Bane" Babovic (Fri 10-26-2001)
... and even CaptainAmerica made "guest appearances" in this game.Spiderman is a third-person, platformer with action elements. Apart from a huge number of Super-villains, Spiderman will have to face bank-robbers, run away from police choppers, and fight...
...uke Cage, CaptainAmerica, and the Black Widow. Their mission was to overthrow the government of Latveria. A year later, none of the heroes can remember what happened there and then Luke Cage has his hero-for-hire ass handed to him by a chick (riiiii...
...ld become CaptainAmerica!)As Schneider films EUROPEAN GIGOLO, the FEARLESS screenplay is being written by Josh Lieb, a former writer for THE SIMPSONS and NEWSRADIO. The idea began as a simple pitch by Travis Mann and Bob Kosberg.Got a scoop? Know som...
...t between CaptainAmerica and Batman (though we talked a couple of weeks ago about how that latter fight also points out the "DC universe tougher than Marvel universe" theme of the Busiek crossover). Interesting, though, that Busiek brought Christ into...
...review of CAPTAINAMERICA Vol. 3 #48, an issue which was mediocre even by the standard set before such people as John Ney Reiber and Chuck Austen came along and upped the ante. At the time, I trounced Dan Jurgens for giving CaptainAmerica the same sor...
...Oeming on CaptainAmerica, David Mack on Wolverine, P. Craig Russell on Doctor Strange and Dave Gibbons on Fantastic Four. Bendis also promised "surprises" from Zander Cannon, Ashley Wood, Leonard Kirk, Craig Thompson, Jacen Burrows, Steve Rude, Brett ...
...ind, Joss!CAPTAINAMERICA #9 $2.99DAREDEVIL FATHER #2 (OF 5) $2.99Al: This still exists? What's next, SPIDER-MAN/BLACK CAT?Kurt: Or maybe DAREDEVIL: TARGET? Yeah, it's Marvel's time to clean out the closet.ESSENTIAL X-MEN VOL 6 TP $16.99INCREDIBLE HULK...
...e cosmos; CaptainAmerica fought for his country and American ideals; the Hulk only cared about himself; but Spider-Man? He was out there swinging through the city streets and bashing the bad guys for you.That's how it felt anyway, and it's that person...
...Civil War CaptainAmerica TP $11.99
Civil War Wolverine TP $17.99
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Kurt: You know, weeks like this make me wish for a big-ass Civil War omnibus. Oh, wait – I own all of the...
... Death Of CaptainAmerica Prem HC $19.99
Kurt: If you missed this when it came out, here’s your chance. Of course, there’s an omnibus hardcover with Brubaker’s entire run up to #25 in it. If you were a real fan, you’d...
...soon with CaptainAmerica and Spider-Man. Mego was always very cost-conscious and re-used molds over and over and freely substituted a Shazam head to be used for a Peter Parker Montgomery Ward’s exclusive figure. This cannibalizing of t...
... Death of CaptainAmerica, World War Hulk and the new FF. Marvel Spotlight: Mark Millar/ Steve McNiven, which covered the genesis of Civil War, sold out quickly and has remained on Wizard’s list of Top Ten Books since it went on-sale almost 9 mon...
... to be-a CaptainAmerica or Superman. Every battle sequence is like comic book fight come to life (They brought to mind pages from the Mighty Thor drawn by Jack Kirby in the '60's). To temper the grandness., Lena Headey performance as the queen was...
...er Became CaptainAmerica?” story..
Civil War Thor Returns Var #3 (of 7) (PP #736) $2.99
Kurt: Um, spoiler warning…yeah.
Civil War Thunderbolts Swimming With Sharks (pp#736) $4.99
Civil War Young Avengers...
...k he was CaptainAmerica. Same with Alpha Flight. There is a great history there, but they needed something radical to happen to them for people to want to see them come back. We just hope to do it justice.
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...quot;And 'CaptainAmerica' is a twinkle in Marvel's eye right now. And 'Thor' and 'Ant Man.'"[But] in the case of Marvel they're pretty clear on wanting to do it with the actors who've established the roles or to not do it at all. That's what they...
...t created CaptainAmerica during WWII. Ted discovers his lab partner has already been performing human experiments with the formula with disastrous results. Ted will soon find out that the terrorist organization know as AIM has their eyes on ...
... of Thor, CaptainAmerica and the superhero team-up "The Avengers" for 2010 and 2011.That means Warners doesn't have a sole cheerleader for its comicbook projects, or someone to work closely with filmmakers to develop them.Until now, those du...
It hasn't been an easy year for the US of the Marvel Universe. Not only has it lost CaptainAmerica (albeit temporarily), Kang the Conqueror has launched a vicious attack against the nation's capital at a time when there simply aren't enough Avengers arou...
... it was a CaptainAmerica movie and Chris informs me “actually, I’m bigger into the Marvel universe than I am DC so probably yes.” Larry chimes in that “this is a new era for DC movies. If you look at the earlier Batman, they ki...
...Artist of CaptainAmerica, The Patriot, Let's Play Detective, Human Torch, Sub-Mariner and more.
Brittney Karbowski: Briittney is an accomplished voice actress who began her career in 2005, and in three short years has amassed an impressive body of wo...
... work for CaptainAmerica and the Avengers movies?
GAH: That is a question you will have to ask Marvel. We do have Tim Blake Nelson in the Incredible Hulk who plays Samuel Sterns (aka super villain the Leader) so anything is possible.
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...Cassaday (CaptainAmerica) and Steve McNiven (Marvel Knights: 4) added their talents while Jae Lee continued to do work for the Marvel Knights series The Sentry, CaptainAmerica and Fantastic Four: 1234. Master storyteller Mark Millar teamed up with Te...
...he Thing, CaptainAmerica, Silver Surfer, Spider-Woman, Iron Man, Elektra, and Wolverine.
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...hunt down CaptainAmerica. This series has been a lot of fun to read, thanks to the art and Mark Millar's flair for The Big Moment, but half the Marvel Universe are currently acting frustratingly out-of-character and I hope Millar's got an explanation...
...ing about CaptainAmerica, Thor and Iron Man here. Forget Marvel Comics’ elite superteam. We’re talking about the sophisticated British spy show from the ’60s. (And no, that “so-called-movie” starring Uma Thurman does not count.) Heck, we’d sell our ow...
... original CaptainAmerica shield in the Collector's apartment. Sadly, that's about the only joy to be had from this book so far. Perhaps future issues of the miniseries will make everything clearer, but for now, WOLVERINE/DOOP is a gorgeously realized ...
...IDER-MAN. CAPTAINAMERICA. THE LIZARD. THOR. IRON MAN. You get the picture. [IMG3L]With over 30 figures produced (though sadly no FLASH or GREEN LANTERN), the WGSH line was easily Mego’s largest collection. Perhaps that’s why today’s toy collectors go ...
What is it with Marvel killing off its biggest characters lately? First they kill off CaptainAmerica, only to bring him back in a series ten times better than the one he previously starred in; and now they've killed off Wolverine. He'll be lucky if he fa...
Marvel Legends recreates classic Marvel characters in their original form. Here's Assortment I, due in April: Hulk, Iron Man, CaptainAmerica and Toad.Some others you can expect to see when Assortment II ships in August.Click here to check out page 16 of ...
...s such as CaptainAmerica and the Punisher to the big screen were disappointing."[The filmmakers] did their best, but they were low-budget movies, and they couldn't do much with them," he says. "But now for the first time, starting with BLADE and X-MEN...
...recting a CaptainAmerica movie, or Alfred Hitchcock toying with plots for a Batman feature. Maybe the reason that comic-book adaptations are so much better now is because bringing audience empathy to fantastic characters is so much easier now that sho...
CaptainAmerica, Hawkeye, and the Wasp have come to England to track down the Wrecking Crew, to the excitement of one of Cap's young British fans. But four members of the Crew might just be too much for three Avengers, especially when they're not on their...
...ael Lark (CaptainAmerica)! Bendis's run was one of the greats, but I love Brubaker too. We're still in good hands. Kurt: Because of my super-secret connections in the criminal underworld, I have already read this. And, my God, it does rock.Daredevil M...
...now-rogue CaptainAmerica, and the other side in favor, led by Tony Stark, Reed Richards, and Hank Pym. Mark Millar wastes no time drawing the lines and paralleling the opposing ideologies that characterize the real-life culture war so exaggeratedly po...
...AVENGERS, CaptainAmerica called Wolverine a murderer when they first brought him on the team. Yet, somehow, Cap's managed to avoid killing all but a couple of people over the years. Batman has the same problem we have to believe that he's content to ...
... Zombies CaptainAmerica, Wolverine, Spider-Man, Daredevil, and a host of others spend the better part of the issue pursuing Magneto and lose several extremities in the process to flying hunks of metal. After they finally overcome the Master of Magne...
...s, namely CaptainAmerica, Thor, Iron Man, and the Hulk, appear from out of nowhere...but are these kids really who they say they are? The series will be written by Allan Heinberg, pencilled by Jim Cheung and debuts in February.RUNAWAYS: Written by Bri...
The Marvel Studios line offers new 12-inch figures that are highly detailed and have over 25 points of articulation.Front and center, CaptainAmerica, with Blade and Wolverine behind himClick here to check out page 15 of the photos from the Toy Biz showro...
Let me say right off the bat that Thor has always been my favorite Marvel super hero, and that goes back nearly thirty-five years! To me, Thor along with others like CaptainAmerica and the Silver Surfer were always the noble, moral conscience of the...
...'t become CaptainAmerica, then Peter Parker becomes the Hulk. Of course.
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...e between CaptainAmerica and the Punisher, including Millar’s understanding via Castle that Cap’s “no kill” policy rings naively in the face of real war. Still, I thought the Punisher’s shooting of Goldbug and Pl...
...erpart on CaptainAmerica. (Just a neat geek factoid.)
In the 80s, Super Sentai shows were popular in France, Spain, Hawaii and the Philippines, as well as broadcasted briefly in parts of California. In 1987, USA Network dubbed and aired Kag...
...ight when CaptainAmerica contemplates allowing the Punisher, who stands against everything Cap used to stand for, to join his group.”
I know it probably won’t make me any friends, but I think Civil War stands as one of the better...
...rce under CaptainAmerica (with Nick Fury's support, apparently), and S.H.I.E.L.D.''s enforcement of the new law -- most notably against the Young Avenger, Patriot. All of those should, in and of themselves, take more space then they get in this issue...
...O BARROW; CAPTAINAMERICA AND THE FALCON; CAPTAINAMERICA (the series that just ended, not the one that just began); IRON MAN (ditto); ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN (Greg Rucka's run); ACTION COMICS; SNIKT; and THE AUTHORITY. If you feel that listing any of t...
...ve chosen CaptainAmerica, but let's face it, the way in which the nation reacted to these attacks was most potent in New York, where the nation focused most of its attention following the destruction of the World Trade Center towers. While many heroes...
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Kurt: The first issue with Wolverine was all right, but mostly because it had the Winter Soldier in it. He rules.
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...Thor, and CaptainAmerica never died. All of them were replaced by Skrulls, thus explaining away nearly everything that readers have complained about en masse over the past several years.
The conclusion of the first issue of Secret Invasion...
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6) CAPTAINAMERICA - In the aftermath of September 11th, and with a new series launching, this star-spangled Avenger and patriotic hero may be a hot ticket in 2002."The nation changed after September 11. It's only natural, then, that her premier...