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This Friday marks the premiere of Captain America: Civil War.
It’s a major event, the first Marvel film of 2016 and the launch of
their 3rd phase that will climax in the epic Infinity War two-parter.
What’s more, this is the first big, multi-hero Marvel film after Avengers: Age of Ultron, which was good
but received a less than stellar reception from fans and at the box office,
losing out to Jurassic World and Star Wars: Force Awakens in the year end
wrap up. There’s a lot riding on
this but at the same time, Captain America has emerged to be the
superhero of the 2010s, embodying the ideal of the superhero within the
cultural zeitgeist in a way few others have.
Chris Evans’ Captain America is right up there with
Christopher Reeve’s Superman, Michael Keaton Batman, and Toby McGuire’s
Spider-Man as the living symbol and ambassador of this whole genre. Given that wait and circumstance, let’s
celebrate this turn of events with another dive into the shallow end to get the
Cover Story on the top 10 Silver Age Captain America covers.
