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Most vintage collectors are aware that Marvel's Silver Age superhero revival began with Fantastic Four #1 in 1961 — but this was not the first time since Marvel's superheroes ended in the waning days of the Golden Age that such a superhero revival had been attempted at the publisher.  There was a previous try at[...]

In Captain America #321, Steve Rogers faces a situation that would change the course of the character Captain America and the series itself.  Faced with a situation in which a terrorist opens fire on a crowd of hostages, Captain America uses a gun to return fire on the terrorist, killing him and ending the hostage[...]

When The Falcon and The Winter Soldier ended, no one was that surprised to see that Marvel reportedly greenlit another Captain America movie The entire series seemed to be setting up Sam Wilson, played by Anthony Mackie, to be the new Captain America and not much beyond other forms of setup for the world[...]

The following five comic books being published by Marvel Comics on the 8th of September 2021 are having their page pagination increased from 32 pages to 40 pages – Amazing Spider-Man #73, Daredevil #34, Excalibur #23, Ka-Zar: Lord Of The Savage Land #1 and X-Force #23 for no increased price. Bleeding Cool understands that this will[...]

Captain America charges into battle as Sideshow Collectibles reveals their Marvel Comics statue Standing 21" tall, the First Avenger is highly detailed and sculpted, showing off his patriotic costume straight from the comics Steve is posed in an action stance as he takes on Hydra as bullets ricochet off of his iconic shield The Captain[...]

For the first time ever, Iron Man and Captain America are– what's that? Oh For the first time in a long time, the duo of– oh, really? Okay, let me start again Though Captain America and Iron Man have been teaming up together for years, and though they are currently teaming up in the Avengers[...]

To coincide with that, the studio and streaming service handed the official Captain America Twitter account over to Carter as a way of promoting the series premiere this Wednesday And that's when more than a few fans of Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson took issue on Twitter with the move, seeing it as a slight to[...]

Last week, we discussed some of the details surrounding the fan reaction to the Silver Age revival of Captain America in Avengers #4, cover-dated March 1964.  But if you're a fairly knowledgeable Silver Age Marvel collector, you know that's only part of the story.  Captain America actually returned for the Silver Age in the Human[...]

Be sure to check the Zombie Hunter Spider-Man who has pre-orders up here, and keep your eyes out for the Zombie Captain America figures also coming from Hot Toys…. Hot Toys has already started off their 1/6th scale Marvel Studios What If…? figure line with a bang Zombie Hunter Spider-Man is kicking off the line,[...]

I was a bit leery about the return of Captain America but his return in the Avengers dispelled any fear that you might not give him the greatness due him.  The scenes where the Avengers discover Captain America, those where he tells of the death of Bucky, and those where he rediscovers the world will[...]

Bleeding Cool recently ran a piece with Todd McFarlane talking about how he gets paid twice as much by DC for a minor character on the Stargirl TV series as he does by Marvel for Venom, despite the games, cartoons, Spider-Man 3, Venom movie, and the upcoming Venom 2. This also gave us the opportunity to[...]

In histories about the Golden Age of comic books, it's invariably noted that Captain America Comics #1 was published nearly a year before America entered World War II.  That March, 1941 cover-dated release hit the newsstands around December 20, 1940, according to Library of Congress copyright records, while America declared War on Japan on December[...]

After Dean Cain went on Fox News to complain about a Captain America comic book that he hadn't read, for containing aspects that it didn't contain, sales boomed online and United States Of Captain America #1 is currently selling copies for twice the cover price Well, today sees the second issue of United States Of[...]

Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson find themselves on the opposite side of the law in this preview of United States of Captain America #2 That's because one of the Captains, the people around the country who take up the mantle of Captain America to protect their communities, has been framed It all ties in with[...]

Well, he may have lost some – and gained some – this week with his mailout saying. Yes, Captain America went as woke as a bad bottle of Coke Last week I commented on Superman actor Dean Cain's take on the new Captain America comic, which I had not yet seen: "Actor Dean Cain spoke out[...]

More could be revealed throughout the week, but so far, Funko has officially revealed five new Marvel Pops, which will consist of Captain America, Blade, Wolf Cap, The Falcon, and a new 10" Galactus. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Credit:[...]

You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Captain America has always been political – in The Daily LITG, 11th July 2021 The world keeps turning, and America is beginning to heal from all the burns Even if a few scabs need pulling off first. Woke Marvel Has Captain America Call USA "A Piece Of[...]

When Captain America #100 hit the newsstand in early January 1968, it marked the first time a comic book had used that title in nearly 14 years.  After launching with Captain America Comics #1 in December 1940, the title lasted until #73 in 1949, when it changed to Captain America's Weird Tales for issues #74[...]

You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Captain America has always been political – that's kinda the point of Captain America – in The Daily LITG, 10th July 2021 Captain America Has Always Been Political The world keeps turning, and America is beginning to heal from all the burns Even if a few scabs[...]

One of their newest reveals was the Marvel Comics Captain America Loungefly backpack and pin set The limited edition backpack brings the classic Captain America costume to life and turning it into backpack form with bright reds, whites, and blue colors, The main part of the bag shows off that legendary blue scale design with[...]

In the wake (or "woke") of Marvel Comics politicizing Captain America in both the regular series and the new United States Of Captain America comic, Bleeding Cool has been made aware of the worst example yet, having Captain America call the USA "a piece of trash". Captain America by Peter Gillis, Sal Buscema and Dave Simons That's[...]

Recently, the Washington Times pretended that Captain America has said that The American Dream wasn't real Then Fox News, Dean Cain and others pretended to be offended by this Fox News specifically asked if Marvel was politicising Captain America without realising that Captain America was, from the get-go, a blatant and admitted act of politicisation[...]

And yesterday it was all about Captain America, The Suicide Squad and American politics… Captain America And Capitol Insurrection – Daily LITG, 7th July 2021 Niantic Quietly Adds Missing Legendaries To Pokémon GO Fest 2021 Bosch: Michael Connelly Offers Details on IMDb TV Spinoff Series American Horror Story: Double Feature Season 10 E01 Title Confirmed Bosch Spinoff From an Amazon[...]

Over the weekend, Bleeding Cool reported on what were blatant lies published by The Washington Times over the latest United States Of Captain America comic published by Marvel Comics Well, it seems that Fox News has been happy to go along with those lies –  and so was Dean Cain It is not clear if[...]

CAPTAIN AMERICA! There's a Cosmic Cube for sale, and everyone from Hydra to AIM to the Hand is ready to pay up for it But Shang-Chi and his Five Weapons Society might outbid them! Unless a certain Star-Spangled Avenger has anything to say about it Uh-oh … With outstanding character details, clever plotting, and energetic[...]

Recently, the conservative newspaper The Washington Times published an article referring to last week's publication of The United States Of Captain America #1 with the headline "Marvel celebrates July 4 weekend by having Captain America say American dream 'isn't real'" Of course, that doesn't actually happen – or it is at the most a wilful[...]

For decades, Captain America has battled The Red Skull, attempting to thwart the Skull's Nazi agenda — well, except for that time during Secret Empire where Captain America himself was a Nazi… but let's not speak of that, okay? But has he ever tried sitting down to a nice dinner and chatting about it? Well,[...]

Marvel is celebrating Captain America's 80th birthday this July in the most American way possible: by exploiting consumers through predatory capitalism! That's right, Marvel is releasing a collection of variant covers showing the stars of 8 unrelated titles dressed up as Captain America by the usual cast of Marvel cover artists Marvel unveiled all eight[...]

Then he has to take on Captain America in hand-to-hand combat when Cap tries to bust up the auction But that should be no problem for the greatest martial artist in the Marvel Universe, right? Check out the preview below. SHANG-CHI #2 MARVEL COMICS APR210858 APR210861 – SHANG-CHI #2 BUSTOS SPIDER-MAN VILLAINS VAR – $3.99 APR210859 – SHANG-CHI #2 MOMOKO[...]

In United States of Captain America #1, Captain America and Steve Rogers take a road trip to track down Cap's stolen shield, but instead they find that the thief is trying to murder all the Captain America immitator around the country Wait how many of those exist? More than there are variant covers for this[...]