Captain America and the Surveillance State
WARNING: THIS COLUMN CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER At midnight, audiences around the United States crowded into theaters for early screenings of Captain America: The Winter...
View ArticleQOTD: Do Politics Belong in Super-Hero Films?
With Captain America: The Winter Soldier already being lauded as the most political super-hero film to date, we want to know if that makes you more or less likely to see it! Vote and share your...
View ArticleCoffee and Comics: The Steve Rogers Round Table
Welcome to the first installment of Coffee and Comics. Where we, the writers here at Capeless Crusader get to voice our opinions as a group by discussing the big topics of the previous week. Think of...
View ArticleQOTD: How does Captain America: The Winter Soldier rank among comic book movies?
The latest release from Marvel studios took the box office by storm this weekend, notching one of the best openings for any super-hero film not named Avengers or The Dark Knight Rises. Steve Rogers and...
View ArticleMarvel Basks in that Captain America Glow!
My inaugural post for Capeless Crusader gives me an opportunity talk about what really gets me going these days. Marvel movies. I have always been a nerd at heart with a particular soft spot for...
View ArticleComic Book TV Buzz: Marvel’s Agent Carter
Saturday news from DEADLINE revealed that ABC is moving forward on Marvel’s ‘Agent Carter’. Here is a the report from their discussion on shows going to pilot or straight to series next TV season: Then...
View ArticleThis Week in Marvel
Welcome back to This Week in Marvel. There is a lot to dig into so let’s get to it. First and foremost Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Period. That’s the end of the sentence because do I really...
View ArticleComics and Nationalism: Super-Heroes Go To War
This article is the second in a series I will be publishing over the next several weeks on Comic Books and Nationalism. Each week I will be exploring a different era in American comic books, from the...
View ArticleComic Book Movie Buzz: Captain America Continues to Dominate!
Captain America: The Winter Soldier is going into its third weekend as #1 at the box office. Early estimates are that Cap will make $26 million this holiday weekend, which is only a 35.5% decrease from...
View ArticleCapeless Characters Dominate Paste Magazine’s “100 Best Comic Book Characters...
Image courtesy of Pastemagazine.com Paste Magazine published their “100 Best Comic Book Characters of All Time” list this week and while several super heroes made the cut, the list was dominated...
View ArticleThis Week in Marvel
Welcome back to This Week in Marvel. There is a lot to dig into so let’s get to it. First and foremost Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Period. That’s the end of the sentence because do I really...
View ArticleComic Book TV Buzz: Marvel’s Agent Carter
Saturday news from DEADLINE revealed that ABC is moving forward on Marvel’s ‘Agent Carter’. Here is a the report from their discussion on shows going to pilot or straight to series next TV season:...
View Article10 Patriotic Comic Characters That Aren’t Captain America
Happy America, everyone! This Fourth of July, as we all express patriotism in our own ways, why not celebrate those comic characters from indie titles that while not as iconic as Marvel’s main avenger,...
View ArticleMarvel Basks in that Captain America Glow!
He must be shielding himself from all the falling money. Pun intended… My inaugural post for Capeless Crusader gives me an opportunity talk about what really gets me going these days. Marvel movies. I...
View ArticleThis Week in Marvel
Welcome back to This Week in Marvel. There is a lot to dig into so let’s get to it. First and foremost Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Period. That’s the end of the sentence because do I really...
View ArticleComics and Nationalism: Super-Heroes Go To War
This article is the second in a series I will be publishing over the next several weeks on Comic Books and Nationalism. Each week I will be exploring a different era in American comic books, from the...
View ArticleComic Book Movie Buzz: Captain America Continues to Dominate!
Captain America: The Winter Soldier is going into its third weekend as #1 at the box office. Early estimates are that Cap will make $26 million this holiday weekend, which is only a 35.5% decrease...
View ArticleSam Wilson to Replace Steve Rogers as Captain America
In a special appearance on tonight’s Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert, Marvel Editor-In-Chief Joe Quesada officially announced the identity of the character slated to replace Steve Rogers as Captain...
View ArticleMarvel Sends Three “NOW!” Titles to Second Print
Marvel Comics is on quite a roll. Many new comic book series falter in the early going as they struggle to find an audience. While this is the case more often than not, Marvel has seen a string of it’s...
View ArticleInhumans Loom Large in First Look at Uncanny Avengers #1
Marvel has released a bundle of new images from the first issue of Rick Remender and Daniel Acuna’s Uncanny Avengers series. The images give us an idea of the complete roster, and tease some of the...
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