Marvel Issues Apology For Captain America Gaffe Involving Tea Party Movement
Marvel Comics has found itself in the midst of a, pardon the use of the expression, tempest in a teapot. In the latest issue of Captain Amierca, issue 602, current Captain America, Bucky Barnes and The Falcon are attempting to infiltrate a group called “The Watchdogs”, an anti-government militia group that has begun to swell in its numbers as of late. That in itself is not the sole source of controversy. What has caused a stir is the appearance of several protest signs that, unintentionally or not, point to the Tea Party movement that has popped up in parts of America. Cap and Falcon are observing an anti-tax gathering, and several of the signs in the crowd indicate anti-tax and governement sentiment. One sign that stands out ties directly to the Tea Party movement, and that link has caused a minor wave of uproar amongst Tea Parties for this depiction, which puts them on the opposite side of a popular American superhero.
Fantastic Five: First Five Avengers for Relaunch Fully Revealed!
Over the past week, Marvel has been slowly revealing the first five members of its highly-anticipated relaunch of the Avengers series, which will be in the highly capable, talented hands of Brian Michael Bendis and John Romita Jr. Now, the dust has settled, the teasers have been shown, and now we know the first five characters who will make up the new team. So far, it appears to be an interesting mix of the classic team lineup and a bridge to characters of the past few years! As we see here, Thor will be in the lineup! It’s going to be interesting to see how he overcomes the current events of Siege to make his return to the team that he helped to found! The artwork featured gives us a great tease as to what’s to come, and just what sort of stance we can expect from our heroes as we enter a new era and age in Marvel Comics! Let’s see who else will be joining the Asgardian god!
Comic Book Releases for August 5th, 2009
August is here! This first week of our eighth month has lots of comic book action and goodness, so hold on, here we go!
Marvel releases several big issues this week, with Captain America: Reborn #2 continuing the surprising events and twists from Captain America #600 and Reborn #1. Ultimatum’s finale sees the release of two one shots, wrapping up the stories of the Ultimate X-Men and Ultimate Fantastic Four in two separate Requiems. Black Panther kicks off it’s second arc with issue seven, and expect an interesting run on the limited series Ghost Rider: Heavens Fire, which starts this week as well. Luke Cage is given an interesting solo story in the creative Luke Cage Noir #1, which sees the hero back home in the Prohibition era! Read more
Kevin Feige Talks Marvel Films
The man behind the plan of Marvel Studios is Kevin Feige. If you want to know anything about upcoming films, he’s your go-to guy. Read more
Upcoming Sci-Fi/Comic Book Film Remakes That Will Crush the Originals
With a recent spike in bad film remakes (War of the Worlds) and planned remakes (The Karate Kid), we decided to take a more positive approach. Here are five four movie remakes that are going to absolutely destroy their originals: Read more
Top 10 American Flag Comic Book Covers
The American flag is used on many a comic book cover. Earlier this week, Comicbook.com selected our choices for the Top 10 Most Patriotic Comic Book Covers. Many of the covers we selected included an American flag in their design. For this Fourth of July, Comicbook.com decided to focus exclusively on covers that included the American flag in their design, and we selected our Top 10 American Flag Comic Book Covers. We tried to include variety, so we didn’t pick more than one cover from any one comic book series. Read more
Top 10 Most Patriotic Comic Book Covers
No, we’re not going to just show 10 Captain America covers. What would be the fun in that? Even though the good Captain is well represented, there are numerous comic books that have had patriotic covers throughout the years. In order to celebrate the upcoming Independence Day, Comicbook.com has selected our Top 10 Most Patriotic Comic Book Covers of All Time.
Some of the covers on the list are likely to turn out to be controversial choices, and there are likely to be some covers that we overlooked that belonged on the list. While there are literally thousands of comic book covers depicting superheroes in various patriotic poses, we tried to give some representation to other types of comic books as well, and not have it all be just about superheroes. We also tried take into account the historical significance of the cover (especially as we got to the top of the list). Read more
Harvey Nominations Include Fairly Diverse Representation
The recently announced final nominees for this year’s Harvey Awards, the comic book industry’s own award for work in its field, represent several names from larger publishers such as Marvel and DC and a few smaller ones such as Amulet Books and Oni Press. This span was reflected in the three major categories, Best Writer, Best Artist and Best Continuing or Limited Series. Read more
Captain America: Reborn #1 Begins a Compelling Puzzle
Just in time for Independence Day comes one of Marvel’s biggest projects of the summer, Captain America: Reborn. With issue number one coming out today, fans of the series and those who are simply curious about how Marvel plans on executing what seemed to be certain death for the costumed patriot are in for some answers right away in this first issue, as well as an intriguing mystery.
To say that writer Ed Brubaker has shaken up the world of Captain America over the past several months would be an understatement. With former sidekick James “Bucky” Barnes donning the costume of his former mentor, Brubaker has taken this new Cap on globe-spanning adventures that have explored new facets of the character and have touched on the backgrounds in espionage of not only Bucky, but of supporting characters such as the original Black Widow. Read more
Comic Book New Releases for July 1st, 2009
Before you rush off to that Fourth of July barbecue or picnic, be sure to swing by your local comic book shop this Wednesday and pick up these explosive issues from all your favorite publishers, guaranteed to cause plenty of fireworks on their own!
It’s finally here! For Marvel, the biggest release this week is certainly Captain America: Reborn #1. The book, with multiple variant covers, is set to be a bestseller, and Marvel has been relatively quiet on what impact this return will have on a Marvel universe currently dealing with the events of Dark Reign. On the lighter side, Deadpool: Merc With a Mouth debuts, with our anti-hero on a quest to retrieve his own head. Read the book to find out what that means! We can’t ruin all the fun! Not letting the boys have all the fun, Marvel Divas #1 drops into stores, focusing on four of Marvel’s lesser-used female characters. Also, don’t miss the second chapter in the Dark Avengers/X-Men arc Utopia; get Uncanny XMen #513 Wednesday! Read more
