Tag Archives: Captain America
Captain America’s Grunge Days
Can you believe it’s been 25 years since the Captain America film premiered? No, I’m not talking about the latest pair of franchise-within-a-franchise films in Marvel’s contemporary cinematic empire. I’m talking about a direct-to-video version of the Steve Rogers story that took liberties with the shield-slinger’s legend to deliver an environmental message back in the [...]
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Tagged 1990, 2013, Captain America, cinema, Collector's Edition, Entertainment Weekly, Frank Lovece, grunge, hero, Marvel, origin story, Shout! Factory, straight-to-video
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Batman 75
While I’ve been posting all year about the William S. Burroughs centenary, I have yet to mark this illuminated text with the dark shadow of Batman who is celebrating his 75th anniversary this year. “The Caped Crusader,” “The Dark Knight,” “The World’s Greatest Detective,” first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in 1939. Batman earned his [...]
