As exciting as this new phase for Marvel is, it’s important to understand its incredible legacy and that includes Captain Amerca himself, who was originally created by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon and has now reached the ripe old age of 80. Just like the man himself, the comic book is ageing rather gracefully and is as popular as it ever was, and this new comic-book chronicle from The Folio Society perfectly demonstrates why.

Check out the trailer for the edition below…

For this new edition, former Marvel editor-in-chief Roy Thomas has selected and introduces key stories from Cap’s career – from wartime battles with the Red Skull to his Reagan-era resignation. Award-winning Marvel illustrator Michael Cho also provides inspiring cover art of Cap himself in glorious red, white and blue, as well as a sapphire slipcase design stamped with the iconic shield emblem.

Not only that, but this edition features a replica issue of 1941’s Captain America Comics #1, whose cover famously depicts our hero punching out Hitler months before America fully entered World War II. This iconic piece of comic book history has been reproduced in its entirety for this new edition, with every page being painstakingly scanned from an authentic copy. The size and page quality perfectly mimics the original, meaning you can’t help but delicately unsheath the book from its slipcase when you open it, and… ahem… marvel at the beginning of a character that readers will love for the next eight decades.

Bound in blocked cloth and paper printed with a design by Michael Cho, The Folio Society’s new celebratory edition includes 288 pages printed in four-colour throughout. You really are immersed in the hero’s history with this new edition, right down to the yellowing of the original comic pages. Just take a look at our gallery from the book below…

The ten milestone tales collected within the hardback book itself have been carefully curated by Stan Lee’s editorial successor Roy Thomas. They showcase the galaxy of comic book talent – from writers Lee and Ed Brubaker to artists Frank Miller and Gene Colan – who chronicled Cap’s adventures throughout the modern era. This collection also includes the fan-favourite 1976 story ‘Screamer in the Brain!’, written and drawn by Jack Kirby himself following his return to Marvel.

So before you ready yourself for a whole new hero to take up the iconic shield, take a trip back to 1941 to see where it all began…

The Folio Society edition of Captain America, selected and introduced by Roy Thomas, is available exclusively at www.foliosociety.com  © Marvel 2021

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But before that, if you haven’t seen the explosive trailer for the series yet – or if you just want to revel in it once more – here it is below…

Following on from the success of Marvel Studio’s first foray into television with WandaVision, The Falcon And The Winter Soldier will be told over six episodes and follows Sam Wilson aka The Falcon (Anthony Mackie), and Bucky Barnes aka The Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan). The pair, who came together in the final moments of Avengers: Endgame, team up on a global adventure that tests their abilities – and their patience.

The character posters show Mackie as The Falcon, Stan as The Winter Soldier, alongside fellow MCU returnees Daniel Brühl as Zemo, and Emily VanCamp as Sharon Carter…

Can’t quite remember the full story behind the characters? Well Marvel Studios has got you covered there (funny that) with the release of its ‘Falcon’ and ‘Winter Soldier’ episodes of Legends on Disney+ on 5 March, with the ‘Zemo’ and ‘Sharon Carter’ episodes launching a little later on 12 March. See a snippet from the episodes in the trailer below…

The Falcon And The Winter Soldier is directed by Kari Skogland (The Handmaid’s Tale), and also stars Wyatt Russell (Overlord), Desmond Chiam (The Shannara Chronicles), Miki Ishikawa (The Terror) and Erin Kellyman (Raised By Wolves).

The Falcon And The Winter Soldier debuts on Disney+ on 19 March.

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Ah, the Super Bowl. That oh so American football event which means impressive snacks, halftime shows and, of course, a first-look at new movie and TV trailers!

Now, there weren’t too many trailers this year. With film release dates having to change to keep within Covid-19 guidelines, studios are loathed to push any particular film. However, there was still plenty of genre content to get our teeth into.

Here are the genre trailers shown at Super Bowl 2021…

The Falcon and The Winter Soldier

Still riding high on the reactions to WandaVision, Disney+ gave us a more in-depth look into its second MCU series being shown on the streaming service with The Falcon and The Winter Soldier.

The series stars Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson aka The Falcon, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes aka The Winter Soldier, Emily VanCamp as Sharon Carter, Wyatt Russell as John Walker and exciting, Daniel Brühl back playing the evil Zemo…

The Falcon and The Winter Soldier will be available on Disney+ from 19 March 2021.

Raya And The Dragon

We were also treated to another look at Disney’s new animated epic, Raya And The Last Dragon, during Superbowl 2021. 

This is the first film from the animation giant set in Southeast Asia and it follows Raya (Kelly Marie Tran), as she endeavors to find the last dragon (Awkwafina) and fend off an evil that has returned to her land of Kumandra after centuries… 

Raya And The Dragon is due to be in select theaters and available on Premiere Access for Disney+ from 5 March 2021.

Old

We wouldn’t expect anything less than disquiet creepiness and intrigue from an M. Night Shyamalan project and that’s exactly what we saw in the first-look trailer for Old.

The film is inspired by the graphic novel Sandcastle by Pierre Oscar Levy and Frederik Peeters which sees a group of people who find themselves unable to leave a strange and secluded beach that – we soon discover – hides a terrifying secret: those gathered are aging at a rapid pace…

Starring Gael García Bernal, Eliza Scanlen, Thomasin McKenzie, Alex Wolff, Old is due out later this year.

Old is due in theaters on 23 July 2021.

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