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Tag Archives: Captain America
First Image of Captain America’s Red Skull
Entertainment Weekly has posted the first image of Hugo Weaving as the Red Skull – actually, an image of Weaving sans hideous makeup debuted several months ago, but that’s not quite the same – and he looks every bit the part.
Perhaps the two surprises here (albeit minor ones) are just how sci-fi influenced the costume design is (definitely reminiscent … read more
Posted in Comic Movie News
Tagged Avengers, Captain America, films / movies, Marvel Comics, superhero movies
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The Heroic Age: Secret Avengers #1 Review
Marvel, $3.99
Story: Ed Brubaker
Art: Mike Deodato
Colours: Rain Beredo
If you’ve been in a coma for the past five years and are wondering what the ugly Heroic Age banner is all about, it’s simply Marvel’s way of saying “here we go all over again!” with another batch of new titles and super-team configurations that will hopefully appeal to … read more
Posted in Comic Book Reviews
Tagged Avengers, Captain America, Dark Reign, Heroic Age, Marvel Comics, Moon Knight
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Dominic Cooper Confirms Captain America
SuperHeroHype has confirmed that Dominic Cooper will play Howard Stark, Iron Man’s father, in Joe Johnston’s 2011 superhero flick Captain America: The First Avenger.
Howard Stark recently made an appearance in Iron Man 2, played by John Slattery. Cooper will portray the pioneer some thirty years before Slattery’s Stark Expo footage, in the film’s World War II segment.… read more
Posted in Comic Movie News
Tagged Avengers, Captain America, comic book movies, Iron Man, Marvel Comics, superhero movies
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Marvel’s Siege #2 Review
Marvel, 3.99
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Pencils: Olivier Coipel
Inks: Mark Morales
Colours: Laura Martin
Now that Siege is halfway through, is it an epic “seven years in the making” or yet another oversized crossover that is more likely to bore me off the Marvel Universe for good than lengthen my pull list? A return to the action packed superhuman … read more
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Tagged Captain America, comic books, Iron Man, Marvel Comics, superhero comics, Thor
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Siege: Embedded #2 Review
Marvel, $3.99
Writer: Brian Reed
Artist: Chris Samnee
Colours: Matthew Wilson
While the Civil War crossover event a few years back turned out to be a big fuss over nothing, one of several highlights was the Front Line miniseries, which detailed the unfolding events post-Stamford from journalist Ben Urich’s perspective. And with Siege looking to be a similarly empty affair, … read more
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Tagged Captain America, Iron Man, Marvel Comics, superhero comics, Thor
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Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America TPB Review
2007, Marvel
Writer: Jeph Loeb
Art: Leinil Yu, Ed McGuniness, Dexter Vines, John Romita Jr., Klaus Janson, David Finch, Danny Miki, John Cassady
Colours: Dave McCaig, Jason Keith, Morry Hollowell, Frank D’Armata, Laura Martin
With Steve Roger’s dead, Marvel has seen fit to churn out this collection of reactionary tales advertising featuring their finest properties. The gimmick here is that … read more
Posted in Graphic Novel Reviews
Tagged Captain America, Civil War, graphic novels, Marvel Comics, superhero comics
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Captain America: Red Menace vol. 2 TPB Review
2006, Marvel
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Art: Steve Epting, Mike Perkins
Colours: Frank D’Armata
With Civil War steadily approaching, Ed Brubaker is evidently in a hurry to wrap up many of the loose ends from his excellent Winter Soldier arc. Its red buses aplenty as Steve Rogers trails Lukin to sunny ol’ England, teaming up with his English counterpart Union Jack, … read more
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Tagged Captain America, Ed Brubaker, graphic novels, Marvel Comics, superhero comics
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Captain America: Red Menace vol. 1 TPB Review
2006, Marvel
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Art: Mike Perkins, Javier Pulido, Marcos Martin
Colours: Frank D’Armata, Javier Rodriguez
Covers: Steve Epting, Eric Wight
See also: Winter Solider vol. 1, Winter Soldier vol. 2
With the Winter Soldier arc tentatively pushed aside, Red Menace picks up that story’s many loose plot strands, predominantly the relationship between Russian General Aleksander Lukin and … read more
Posted in Graphic Novel Reviews
Tagged Captain America, Ed Brubaker, graphic novels, Marvel Comics, superhero comics
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Captain America: Winter Soldier vol. 2 TPB Review
Marvel
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Art: Steve Epting, Michael Lark, Mike Perkins
Colours: Frank D’Armata
The Winter Soldier storyline is a prime example of a comic property handled intelligently without completely forsaking its history, and indeed a more than serviceable slice of science fiction. Captain America is vocally conflicted by S.H.I.E.L.D. procedures yet works alongside the agency through an ingrained but … read more
Posted in Graphic Novel Reviews
Tagged Captain America, Ed Brubaker, graphic novels, Marvel Comics, superhero comics
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The Ultimates vol. 1: Super-human TPB Review
2002, Marvel
Story: Mark Millar
Pencils: Bryan Hitch
Inks: Andrew Currie
Colours: Paul Mounts
From the very first issue, The Ultimates defines its intentions with a suckerpunch; this is the Avengers in our world, driven by our politics and prone to our vices.
Back to that first issue. The last hurrah of World War II era Captain America, and his … read more
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Tagged Captain America, Iron Man, Mark Millar, Marvel Comics, Ultimate Marvel
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