Who would have thought that in just about 2 years after Steve Rogers was killed by a shot to the head, Marvel is resurrecting him again? OK well maybe EVERYONE. The sick thing is we all WANT him back. We are so used to them killing and resurrecting characters that we are starting to juts assume that eventually they all come back.Including me. And now we get our wish.
Captain America: Reborn is a 5 issue miniseries from writer Ed Brubaker and epic artist Bryan Hitch (!!!) that hits store shelves on July 1. It will be followed two weeks later by “Captain America” #601, which then goes on hiatus after #601 for the run of ‘Reborn’. I do love Bryan Hitch’s artwork.
“When Ed had the idea of “Reborn” and we knew it was going to be a big deal and wanted to get the most out of it, we wanted to use one of our nuclear bombs to draw it, and that’s Bryan Hitch. So it was literally that simple. You want to bring your A-Team for your A-Story and have them bring their A-Game. That’s easy math for us.”
Captain America #600 (on sale NOW) leads into this sure-to-be-epic tale…
Where were you when Captain America died? It’s the anniversary of the day Steve Rogers was killed, a day of reflection and mourning in the Marvel U…a time to look back on the things Steve did and what he stood for… or is this issue actually the beginning of the most wicked plot twist since issue 25? Yeah, actually it’s both. Plus, contributions from Cap creators past and present, including a very special essay by Joe Simon, a classic story from Cap’s Golden Age, a full gallery of 600 Cap covers, and more anniversary shenanigans than you can shake a shield at!
OK, I was bummed to see him die. But they killed him, and he’s just a normal human – a perfect human, but he didn’t have otherwise supernatural powers that would help him return. There was a body. There was an autopsy. There was a funeral. Not that these things ever stopped a writer from waking the dead before. Why is it that the dead are never allowed to Rest In Peace in comic books? Although I did want Steve Rogers back, another part of me was kind of hoping that for once they would leave it alone.
Captain America” #600 sets the stage for “Reborn,” which will be about the search for Steve Rogers and the efforts to bring him back from beyond the grave. “The action in ‘Reborn’ is primarily carried by Bucky and Steve’s closest friends–the Black Widow, the Falcon, Sharon Carter, etc–as they strive to locate and revive Steve,” Brevoort explained. “Steve himself is a character as well, and where he’s been and what he’s been experiencing will be important to what comes next for him. We’ll also be seeing characters from throughout the Marvel Universe, including Norman Osborn and the Dark Avengers, some members of the Mighty Avengers, and Doctor Doom.
Just because we’re bringing back Steve, don’t think you know everything we’re going to do,” said Brubaker. “I wouldn’t have ‘Captain America: Reborn’ be this big of a deal and not have some tricks up my sleeve.
If Steve Rogers stood up and openly defied Tony Stark, Norman Osborn had better watch the fuck out. His days as top dog are numbered. Steve wouldn’t let America fall prey to his machinations.
Posted in Journal, SFW on 06/16/2009 02:49 pm by fanboi
For those of you on mobile devices, a little something to improve your experience here… HeroesNHunks is on Twitter! I added a new plugin that sync’s my blog posts with twitter updates, so you can see the headlines tweeted at twitter.com/heroesnhunks.
Posted in Gay Porn, NSFW on 06/16/2009 02:11 pm by fanboi
If you’ve been paying attention to porn scandals on the internet at all over the past year, then you know all about the news bonanza that followed after nationally ranked Nebraska wrestlers (Paul Donahoe and Kenny Jordan) at who were exposed for exposing themselves on gay porn site Fratmen.TV as adorable muscled twinks Nash and Cal, causing quite an online stir. Now with a new ESPN featureOutside the lines (see video below) its all coming out.
You can find the preview videos and more of their pics in my original post, but I found a few shots I left out the first time around, so enjoy. One image shows Nash without his tattoo digitally removed. Fratmen.TV removed it in all but this image – which was the one that busted him.
Paul Donahoe (a.k.a. Nash) earned All-American honors twice as a Cornhusker, winning the national championship at 125 lbs. in 2007. He is now the top-ranked 125-pounder in the country with hopes to become the first wrestler to win an individual NCAA title for two different schools.
The ESPN video goes into detail about trouble both athletes had been in before being linked to the gay porn site. Both boys had run in with Nebraska police and the coach described the porn scandal as “the final straw.” Donahoe mentions that there were far worse (and more unlawful) things than posing nude that wrestlers did that didn’t get them kicked off the team, but didn’t give details. When told he would only be released to wrestle at 3 schools (if he wanted to be on a team anywhere else, he’s have to wait until next year) he threatened coaches, saying he would go on the “6:00 news turn the TV on, Ill talk about all the illegal shit that you guys do.”
He was quickly released to wrestle at the school of his choice (Edinboro University of Pennsylvania – which is Division II in all other sports, but is somehow Division I in wrestling).
For some reason, Kenny Jordan was not as lucky in his negotiating he must wait a full season at his Purdue. He says because his wasn’t quite the champion that Paul was (or maybe it was that he was “only in jail 3 times”).
ESPN uncovered a number of documented incidents involving team members that did NOT result in dismissal, including: underage drinking, assault and gambling for large amounts of money (on team buses). The coach refused to comment, so they brought back Donahoe. But when interviewed again and asked for specifics, Donahoe backpedaled, saying “I must been on drugs or something” when asked about what illegal activities he was alleging. ESPN discovered he has still been in contact with the coaches. It seems to me he’s either been bought off or made to think that saying such things is unwise and he should do his best to stay out of the spotlight.
The incident became a hot topic again at the JUB forum in May when people noticed “Nash” on the Fratmen.TV LIVE! schedule, sparking more online discussion. But the appearance never happened, which started up even MORE discussion. Fratmen’s Hostmaster John released the following statement – which is contradictory to what was said in the ESPN special – and to their stated policy of not using models real names.
Paul is indeed returning as fratmen Nash for some visits to Fratmen.TV LIVE! but we are postponing the first show and Paul is indeed being featured on the ESPN show “Outside the Lines” that was originally postponed from early May and is currently scheduled to air June 14th. He feels (and I agree) that it would be better to postpone his return Fratmen.TV LIVE! show until after the ESPN story airs to see how it all plays out.
You can tell they ARE straight (if progressive) by the stilted way Donahoe says “homo-sexual”). Here’s a bonus for you wrasslin’ fans… video of matches from both athletes time as Cornhuskers…
