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Super Movies – Captain America (1990), Part 2
Sorry this is so late, but this summer has been hell on my productivity. Continuing our look at the early 90’s version of Captain America directed by Albert Pyun and starring Matt Salinger. When we left off, Cap had been … Continue reading
Super Movies – Captain America (1990)
Continuing our look at Captain America on the big and small screens. Okay, that 1990 above is a little misleading. In 1990, Â 21st Century Films produced Captain America for theatrical release in the U.S., but the film was pulled before … Continue reading
Super (TV) Movies – Captain America II
Less than a year after the Universal pilot of Captain America aired, they gave him another shot with Captain America II (the DVD box and IMDB list the full title as Captain America II: Death Too Soon, but that title … Continue reading
Super (TV) Movies – Captain America (1979)
So yeah, I’m breaking my own rules here by featuring a TV movie version of Captain America. Â I can only justify including this and not, say, the 1970’s TV version of The Incredible Hulk with two excuses. Number one, the … Continue reading
Super Movies – Captain America, Chapters 11-15
This is it, the conclusion to Captain America, the most expensive serial of all time and the first appearance of a Marvel Comics superhero on screen. This may seem to go by more quickly than previous entries simply because some … Continue reading
Super Movies – Captain America, Chapters 6-10
Continuing our look back at Captain America, the 1944 Republic serial that marked the first on-screen appearance of a Marvel Comics character, sort of. As in past serials, I thought I might try a drinking game this week, but was … Continue reading
Super Movies – Captain America, Chapters 2-5
Continuing our look back at Captain America’s first screen appearance, the 1944 Republic serial Captain America. At the end of Chapter One, “The Purple Death,” Captain America (also known as crusading district attorney  Grant Gardner) was trapped in a building … Continue reading
Super Movies – Captain America (1944)
While discussing Howard the Duck last time, I mentioned that the only Marvel Comics character to make it to the big screen previously was Captain America. Given the current release of the latest (and one might even say “Ultimate”) Marvel … Continue reading
Super Movies – Howard the Duck, Part 2
Continuing our recap of 1986’s Howard the Duck. Burdened with a bad script, a bland lead and a cartoonish supporting cast, Howard would just be another forgettable 80’s comedy, except for two things. Number one, this was not some cheap … Continue reading
Super Movies – Howard the Duck
Besides co-creating Omega the Unknown, Steve Gerber also wrote what some consider the defiinitive run of issues of Marvel’s Man-Thing. And in one of Gerber’s Man-Thing stories, he introduced a talking humanoid duck named Howard, who went on to star … Continue reading
