Saturday, April 5, 2014

Captain America Silver Age Gallery


Today we're re-presenting a gallery of Captain America art from the Silver Age by Jim Steranko (above) and the character's co-creator Jack Kirby (all the rest).
Why?
Because we're going to see Captain America: the Winter Soldier, and I'm in a "Captain America" sorta mood!
Besides, I don't plug my collectibles everyday! Just most days...  ;-)
Click on any of the panels to enlarge
Enjoy!

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Reading Room: NOT BRAND ECHH "Original Origin of Charlie America"

With the NEW Captain America movie opening tonite, we thought we'd present...
...to prepare all three of you unfamiliar with the character ('cause we're really nice guys)!
Admittedly, this ain't exactly how they portrayed his origin in the previous movie.
But hey, this classic from Marvel's Not Brand Echh #3 (1967) is a lotta fun anyway!

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Marvel Characters Inspire Clothing Designers...

Ever wondered if a cape and tights could pass for haute couture?
On Thursday, Project Runway: Under the Gunn viewers will find out.
The four remaining competitors on the reality show will use Marvel characters such as Black Widow, Captain Marvel (shown above), Falcon, Hawkeye and the Guardians of the Galaxy as inspiration for a ready-to-wear challenge.
Jaimie Alexander (Lady Sif on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Thor films) will serve as a guest judge ready to school the hopefuls on all things fierce.
Cort Lane (that name just sounds like a superhero), Marvel’s vice president in charge of animation development and production, will also be on hand as a guest mentor.
Catch it Thursday evening on Lifetime, 9 p.m. ET/PT.

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Happy 75th Birthday, Caped Crusader!

It was 75 years ago this week that criminals first stammered "Th...th...th...BAT-MAN!"
Thank you, Bob Kane...and Bill Finger, Jerry Robinson & Gardner Fox.
Above art by Bob Kane, scanned from recently-discovered page proofs of Detective Comics #27 (1939), is his first appearance in a story.
(He's also on the first page of the tale, but in silhouette.)
BTW, those first-generation proofs as close as any of us will ever get to the long-lost original art.