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The Marvel Super Hero Squad Video Game On Sale NowOct 20, 09
As posted in Marvel Video Game News:  Gamers everywhere rejoice! Today is the day you can finally get your hands on the "Marvel Super Hero Squad" video game!
Launching on the Wii, PS2, PSP and DS, gamers have a wide variety of ways to battle evil—or spread it.
Based off of the hit televison show and comic book, the "Marvel Super Hero Sqaud" game promises to deliver non-stop action, a wide variety of super powers and endless hours of entertainment.
With a roster of over 20 characters, gamers of all tastes are sure to find the squad member that suits them best. Whether you want to be armored like Iron Man, fly with Falcon or transport anywhere as Nightcrawler there is no stone in the Marvel Universe left unturned. And if you're feeling evil, take control of Lethal Legion members including Dr. Doom, Abomination and more!
Watch the final trailer below and be sure to run out and buy the "Marvel Super Hero Squad" game today. And as always, Hero Up!
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Celebrate Marvel's 70th Anniversary With Your Local Comic Shop!Aug 11, 09
As posted in Marvel news:  On August 11, 2009, comic fans all over will celebrate Marvel's 70th Anniversary at their local comic shops and we've got the complete list of participating retailers.
Click here to download a full list of retailers participating in Marvel 70th Anniversary parties, offering exclusive limited edition variants, early on sale release of THE MARVELS PROJECT #1, special sales, and more!
All retailer parties begin at 9 p.m. local time. As a special thank you to retailers, Marvel is sending a limited edition CAPTAIN AMERICA: REBORN #2 70TH ANNIVERSARY FRAME VARIANT to all participating stores!
Plus, at select Barnes & Noble STORES across the country, you can meet Marvel's most popular creators, sit in on Q&A sessions and get your favorite comics autographed. All events begin at 7 p.m. local time. As a special added bonus, all participating Barnes and Noble locations will feature guest appearances by major Marvel Characters!
NEW YORK CITY
SPECIAL GUESTS IRON MAN AND SPIDER-MAN
150 E 86TH Street
New York, NY
Joe Quesada
Chris Claremont
Greg Pak
Klaus Janson
Fred Van Lente
ATLANTA
SPECIAL GUEST WOLVERINE
2900 Peachtree Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30305
Daniel Way
Paul Jenkins
Mark Bagley
LOS ANGELES
SPECIAL GUEST HULK
The Grove at Farmer's Market
189 Grove Drive Suite K 30
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Jeph Loeb
Craig Kyle
Chris Yost
Mark Waid
PORTLAND
SPECIAL GUEST ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN
Clackamas Towne Center
12000 SE 82nd Avenue
Portland, OR 97266
Brian Michael Bendis
Jeff Parker
Rick Remender
SEATTLE
SPECIAL GUEST CAPTAIN AMERICA
2675 NE University Village Street
Seattle, WA 98105
Ed Brubaker
Clayton Crain
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Marvel Comic Subscriptions Super Deal But Only for August 11, 2009Aug 10, 09
As posted in Marvel news:  It's Marvel's 70th Birthday and we've got a surprise for all the True Believers out there. But what is it, you ask? For one day-that's today, August 11th-you can order ANY 3 print subscription titles for just $39! That's a once in 70 year deal for 3 titles of your choice delivered to you! But hurry, because this offer expires faster than you can say "Hulk Smash!"
To take advantage of this offer, just call 800-217-9158 or 845-457-3124 and mention promo code "M8MN39". All orders must be placed by 10PM (ET). Don't hesitate, Make Mine ‘39!!
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Preview the Reborn #2 CoverJul 6, 09
As posted in Marvel:  Take a look at Bryan Hitch's cover for Captain America: Reborn #2 where Cap's got a hold on none other than the Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler.
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Read Reborn Prelude for FreeJun 30, 09
As posted in Marvel:  Captain America Reborn: Prelude, from Eisner-winning scribe Ed Brubaker and fan favorite artist Luke Ross, reveals just what happens before the hotly anticipated Captain America: Reborn #1 hits stores!
There may be a way to save Steve Rogers, the man known as Captain America who was brutally gunned down in Captain America #25 and captured the attention of the mainstream media worldwide, but how does the daughter of his arch-enemy the Red Skull play into all this? What does she know about the assassination of the world’s greatest hero? Find out now in this eight-page Captain America Reborn: Prelude.
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Steve Rogers Comes Back from Death in "Reborn"Jun 16, 09
As posted in Marvel:  Steve Rogers was Captain America, the world's greatest hero since the days of WWII, a champion for all citizens of the world. One fateful day, the Sentinel of Liberty was struck down, seemingly ending his life. But can the American Dream really die? Find out this July in
CAPTAIN AMERICA: REBORN #1!
Everyone knows the story of the Death of Captain America, how Steve Rogers was struck down on the steps of a New York courthouse and how the American Dream died that day. But now there may be a way to bring back the World’s Greatest Hero and it begins this July in CAPTAIN AMERICA: REBORN #1. Get your first look at the exclusive Marvel.com trailer for the biggest comic book event of the year as the original Captain America returns!
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Captain America Movie Logo DebutJun 2, 09
As posted in AintItCool.com: Photos from the Licensing show in Las Vegas reveals the logo for the upcoming movie "Captain America" to debut in July 22, 2011.
See the movie logo here
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Matthew McConaughey as Captain America?Apr 29, 09
As posted in EW.com:  By Jennifer Armstrong
The prospect of playing Captain America seems to be growing on Matthew McConaughey -- either through sheer repetition of his name in connection with the planned movie about the patriotic superhero, or because he's actually grown as tired as we have of him playing doofy (if hot) dudes with commitment issues (who also at some point go shirtless). Does anyone else get the feeling in, say, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, that he's thinking, "I still can't believe they keep paying me for this, but what the hell"? As much as I wonder if we need still more comic book creations roaming our multiplexes, I enjoy a good superhero flick. (Hey, those Iron Man and Batman movies last summer weren't bad, right? Hell, I even liked The Incredible Hulk okay.) And casting McConaughey could do a lot of good for everyone involved: It would attract female moviegoers who still swoon over his shirtless pics in Us Weekly, and it would put the right kind of guy -- if you think back, you may remember a good actor lurking in McConaughey's past, right around A Time to Kill -- in the prime role. It would also give McConaughey something constructive to do besides getting third-rate romantic comedies greenlit by signing onto them indiscriminately. A win for us all!
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Channing Tatum Wants ‘Captain America’ RoleApr 13, 09
As posted in MTV:  Though his name is out of the running for Marvel’s “Thor” adaptation, Channing Tatum wouldn’t mind taking a shot at becoming Steve Rogers — provided Will Smith doesn’t want the role.
After last year’s “Stop Loss”, three of Tatum’s next major roles feature him in various iterations of the US Military, including “Dear John”, “G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra” and “Pinkville”. Could Tatum’s public perception as the homegrown American soldier extend to the Marvel Universe in Joe Johnston’s “The First Avenger: Captain America”?
“I would love to talk about it,” Tatum told MTV News, admitting that a few people have told him to go after the role, though nothing solid has happened on that front.
What’s holding him back, however, is last year’s internet rumor that Will Smith would don the red, white and blue, something that Smith has categorically denied. Tatum’s still not convinced that Smith isn’t an inspired choice.
“When I’d heard that Will Smith was [interested], I’m just like, ‘God, yeah. That’s who should play it,’” said Tatum. “It would be a different Captain America than we all know in the comic, but it’s perfect.”
Of course, Smith isn’t the only name that has been bandied about around chatrooms and message boards. Rumored contender Matthew McConaughey has also stated that he’s not in the running while John Cena has recently provided his own self-endorsement.
The film, still slated for summer of 2011, was recently pushed back two months to a July 22nd release. Meanwhile, Joe Johnston remains as director on the project with a script currently in development by “Narnia” writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely.
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Captain America Comics Voted Among Marvel's BestMar 31, 09
As posted in Marvel:  In honor of Marvel Comics 70th anniversary, the comic book publishing company invited readers to vote for their favorite comic of all time. These are the Captain America comics that made it to the list:
69) Captain America Vol. 5 #34
61) Captain America Vol. 5 #1
25) Captain America Comics #1
22) Captain America Vol.4 #1 (2002)
8) Captain America Vol. 5 #25
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Toy Fair 2009: Secret Wars Two-PacksFeb 20, 09
As posted in Marvel:  The 25th Anniversary Marvel Legends Secret Wars two-packs action figures includes a Captain America doll.
Check it out here
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Toy Fair 2009: Marvel Super Hero Squad 2-PacksFeb 20, 09
As posted in Marvel:  The Marvel Super Hero Squad duos toys presented at Toy Fair 2009 includes Captain America dolls.
Captain America with Black Widow
Captain America with Red Skull
Other characters featured include Spider-Man, the Punisher, Blade, Ghost Rider, the Beast and Rhino.
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Toy Fair 2009: Mini-VehiclesFeb 20, 09
As posted in Marvel:  Hasbro has released Marvel Mini-Vehicles, one featuring Captain America and Wolverine, and the other Spider-Man and the Thing.
Check it out here
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Toy Fair 2009: Mighty MuggsFeb 20, 09
As posted in Marvel:  Mighty Muggs presented at the Toy Fair 2009 include a Captain America figure. Other featured characters include Wolverine, Cyclops, Iron Man, and the Vision.
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Toy Fair 2009: Marvel TransformersFeb 20, 09
As posted in Marvel:  Take your favorite Marvel super heroes to the roads and the skies with Hasbro's Marvel Transformers! Feature characters include Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, and Spider-Man.
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Toy Fair 2009: Marvel Mobile Command CenterFeb 20, 09
As posted in Marvel:  Hasbro presented the Super Hero Squad with the Super Hero Squad Mobile Command Center at Toy Fair 2009.
Featuring the fun and unique styling fans have come to enjoy, the Squad's rolling headquarters is really three vehicles in one! This super cool vehicle playset includes a 4x4 Truck, a detachable mini jet, a motorcycle, and a Wolverine Super Hero Squad Figure figure. Other figures sold separately which include the Incredible Hulk, Captain America, the Falcon, Thor, and Iron Man.
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Narnia Scripters Named for Captain America MovieNov 18, 08
As posted in ComicBookMovie.com: Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely are being named as scribes for "The First Avenger: Captain America." Markus and McFeely worked on "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" and its sequel, "Prince Caspian."
Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely are in negotiations to pen Marvel Studios' "First Avenger: Captain America." This news comes a little over a week after we reported that Joe Johnston boarded the project as its director.
Marvel's "Captain America" will be a World War II-set movie, and the character will appear in the modern day-set "Avengers."
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Jumanji director Johnston does Captain America movieNov 10, 08
As posted in The State: Joe Johnston, whose credits include "Jurassic Park II" and "Jumanji," has been signed to direct the comic-book adaptation "The First Avenger: Captain America," Marvel Studios announced Monday.
The movie is scheduled for release May 6, 2011, the same weekend that Marvel scored a blockbuster this year with "Iron Man."
Distributed by Paramount Pictures, "Captain America" is based on the Marvel Comics character Steve Rogers, who volunteers for a research program that transforms him into a patriotic super-soldier. The lead role has not yet been cast.
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What the Death of Captain America Really MeansMar 8, 07
As posted in ABC News:  By Bryan Robinson
Bullets Killed Him, But the War on Terror Really Did Cap In.
Rest in peace, Captain America.
You wore red, white and blue and had superhuman abilities, but the war on terror was too much even for you.
Comic book fans are mourning the death of the Marvel Comics' icon, who was gunned down by an assassin in "Captain America Vol. 5, No. 25." The "Sentinel of Liberty" was perhaps at his lowest point -- he had become an outlaw while fighting and ultimately losing a war against his fellow superheroes to protect the civil liberties of all Americans. At the time of his death, he was facing a life sentence in prison.
Bullets took the life of the Sentinel of Liberty, but he was really a victim -- and product -- of the times.
"Heroes are often a reflection of the times. When Spider-Man came along in the 1960s, there were a lot of kids entering college who had a hard time finding their identities, what cause to get involved in," said M. Thomas Inge, author of "Anything Can Happen in a Comic Strip: Centennial Reflections on an American Art Form."
"There were a lot of internal problems in this country, with the civil rights movement going on. A lot of kids continued reading comics after entering college, which is unusual since most teens stop at that time," Inge said.
Parallels to the Post-Sept. 11 World, Iraq
Cap's demise followed the climax in Marvel's "Civil War" storyline, in which a newly passed law requiring all heroes to register their secret identities with the government divided the superhero community.
The law, the "Superhero Registration Act," was passed after an encounter between a reckless teen supergroup and a villain called Nitro led to the deaths of hundreds, mostly children, in Stamford,
Conn.
Captain America thought the act violated basic civil liberties and led a group of crime fighters who went rogue after refusing to register.
His former friend, ambitious billionaire Tony Stark -- aka Iron Man -- championed the law and considered it a natural evolution of superheroes' role in society. He secretly orchestrated a campaign that created circumstances to scare and mislead the public and government officials into supporting the act and all the programs that it entailed.
Does this sound vaguely familiar? Politically-motivated opportunists preying on the fears of a nation? A conflict based in part on questionable intelligence, arguably lies?
You're not crazy if you think Captain America's struggle parallels the debates over the Iraq War, the Patriot Act, the Bush domestic surveillance program and other controversial programs in the post-Sept. 11 world.
The civil war among the heroes ended when a distraught Captain America, overwhelmed by the carnage around him, took off his mask and surrendered to authorities as his alter ego, Steve Rogers. Some readers may have been shocked to see Cap give up and imprisoned but they didn't expect him to get killed off.
United He Stands, Divided He Falls
Captain America was born during a simpler time when the United States was much more united against a common enemy. World War II and the battle against the Nazis provided the backdrop when he debuted in Marvel Comics in 1941. The cover of the first issue of Captain America shows the superhero punching Adolf Hitler in the face.
Both Superman and Captain America represented patriotism and in some ways, American wholesomeness, omnipotence, idealism and innocence. Besides battling the Red Skull and a slew of other supervillains, Cap battled the Nazis.
However, against the background of the civil rights movement, assassinations, and the Vietnam War, heroes -- along with the rest of the nation -- lost their innocence in the 1960s.
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