One part history lesson, one part critical analysis, this series will examine the life and times of Captain America in an attempt to derive some deeper meaning contributing to the…
Author: Tim Capel
Tim Capel has a PhD in X-Men continuity with a minor in post-Crisis Superman. His other interests include travel, food, 1990s network primetime dramas, staying out of jail, and going to the bathroom at work. He's even dumber in person. Send Tim an email
Philosophy of the Shield: The Case for Cap – Part 3
One part history lesson, one part critical analysis, this series will examine the life and times of Captain America in an attempt to derive some deeper meaning contributing to the…
Philosophy of the Shield: The Case for Cap – Part 2
One part history lesson, one part critical analysis, this series will examine the life and times of Captain America in an attempt to derive some deeper meaning contributing to the…
Philosophy of the Shield: The Case for Cap – Part 1
The Sentinel of Liberty. The Living Legend. Winghead. Methuselah. (Thanks, Hawkeye.) Or affectionately, just “Cap.” He wasn’t Marvel’s first superhero, but he is unquestionably its most enduring. I’ve long felt…
Hard-Traveling Fanboys: GIANT-SIZE (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Mild-mannered reporters by day, Greg Phillips and Nick Duke share an intense love of comic books that has made them the Hard-Traveling Fanboys. Some events, however, call for more than…
The Fill-In Files: Marvel Mutant Merriment
Like the comics of their namesake, the Fill-In Files will interrupt your regularly scheduled programming with inconsequential, off-the-wall installments pulled from the mothballs. A veritable smorgasbord, you can never know…
A Place to Be Nation Comic Cornucopia of Thanksgiving
We here at The Place to Be Nation’s comics department have lots to be thankful for. So let us count the ways, and together may we enjoy this feast of…
