Good ol' American superheroes
Good ol' American superheroes
I have to admit something to you guys. Many of you already know this, but it's something that I need to officially make public for my own sake:
I am an American boy, true blue. I love peanut butter & jelly sandwiches. I used to drink at least three glasses of milk per day. I love baseball. I call my parents at least six times a week. The biggest, dirtiest part of this whole thing, though, is that I used to love--love--Captain America comics. I probably have more Cap comics than any other (except all of my X-books combined) sitting at my parents' house. I don't think anyone knows this about me except Nick, but I only had two comics subscriptions in my life. One was from just after "X-ecutioner's Song" X-Men and the other was from Captain America.
At least I still fucking hate Superman, right?
This being said, you can imagine my delight in reading the first volume of The Ultimates. The Ultimates are part of Marvel's Ultimate Universe in which the history of the major Marvel books are scrapped in favor of kickstarting the books from the present. The Ultimates is the Ultimate Universe's take on The Avengers. It is also badass.
Cap is literally a moral relic from WWII found in Arctic ice. Thor is actually a Norse god/hippie. Nick Fury looks exactly like Samuel L. Jackson. Giant Man and The Wasp are the perfect dysfunctional couple. Tony Stark (Iron Man) is an alcoholic. The media loves them.
Go ahead and check out Volume One.
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posted by Drew @ 3:19 PM
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4 Comments:
hey, i'm more american than you.
-katy
Oh, yeah? Sez who?
-typical American boy response
Its true folks. Its True. He even has that shitty story arc where Cap became a Werewolf, found out his powers were killing him and wore a stupid looking suit of armor.
THAT is how dirty his Captain America Love is. He should also check out the new Captain America series by Ed Brubaker. Its freaking rad.
Word to that, brutha. As far as Brubaker's work is concerned, I'm making my way through his run on Catwoman, then Gotham Central and then it's on to his Captain America. Seriously, dude. You should find a copy of volume 263 of The Comics Journal. That forty-page Brubaker interview is worth reading.
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