Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Ol' Groove is getting so excited about the upcoming
Captain America: Winter Soldier movie that I can hardly stand it!
Cap has always been at the tippy-top of my list of fave Marvel characters and I've loved Chris Evans' turns as
Cap in
The First Avenger and
Avengers, so April 4th can't come soon enough for moi! That being said, yers trooly was in the mood for some
Cap history...and one of the all-time best articles on the life and times of
Steve Rogers was written nearly 40 years ago by Roger Stern for
FOOM Magazine #8 (late 1974). "Well, Come on All You Big, Strong Men...", as well as shorter articles on
Bucky and the
Falcon were illustrated by John Byrne and Duffy Vohland. As most of ya know, in the early 80s, Stern and Byrne teamed for one of the best
Captain America runs of all time, but that's a story for another time (and another blog). I bet you'll dig these articles on
Cap, Falc, and
Bucky--these heroes will be quite different from the movie versions--but underneath it all, Ol' Groove has the feeling they won't be too
terribly different after all...
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| Cover art by John Romita, Sr. and Mike Esposito |
Foom!
ReplyDeleteAlways LOVED Captain America! Bucky & the Falcon!
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I'm surprised they won't premiere the new movie on the 4th of July! Just sayin'.
ReplyDelete- Mike 'Captain Trinidad' from Trinidad & Tobago.
Ah, that was the first issue of FOOM I edited! And I remember how heartbroken I was over the separations error that caused Cap's boot to be white instead of red on the cover.
ReplyDeleteI always wondered (well, wondered for 40 years, close enough) why that boot was white! Seriously, may I say, Scott, that after Steranko, you were my fave FOOM editor! I loved that you covered "fringe" Marvel characters like the Cosmic Heroes and X-Men (at the time, kiddies--Mr. E. knows of which I speak!) Plus you gave us art by Starlin, Cockrum, and Byrne!
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