Being Captain America Means standing for all that America means – and yet it looks like there’s an even more All-American hero looking to take Steve Rogers’ place in a new variant cover. In a surprise to every comic fan, it seems as if The thing squeezed into the red, white and blue tights – and he looks better than he imagined.
In a series of Marvel variant covers For titles coming out in the near future, the Fantastic Four thing is slipping into comics and stealing heroes’ looks in a hilarious way. One of the best is The Thing’s appearance on Pete Woods’ variant cover for Captain America #15 (by J. Michael Straczynski and Jesus Saiz). What previously would have been just a silly joke is starting to look a little too good for its own good.
Shows that There is nothing more American than Ben GrimmAnd maybe it really is an American pastime to beat up anyone who tries to deny freedom. Captain America is in need of a new catchphrase anyway.
Meet Earth’s newest star-spangled avenger: The Thing
Ben Grimm gives Steve Rogers a run for his money
Created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, Steve Rogers has been Captain America since his first appearance in the 1941s. Captain America Comics #1. A lot has changed since then, including massive franchise-scale events that durable heroes like only the Thing can sustain. Slipping on the red, white and blue isn’t the first time this thing has had a time travel adventure, but at least it makes Captain America more modern. The thing doesn’t even need the famous shield, because its body is itself a shield.
If Captain America is the symbol of America, this version of Captain America is every man’s hero.
Steve Rogers speaks like a news anchor of yesteryear, still talking like it’s 1941. Ben Grimm is one of the only characters who still speaks in a regional accent in Marvel Comics, one that marked noticeably working class, even during his early, Original appearances in The Fantastic Four By Kirby and Stan Lee. If Captain America is the symbol of America, this version of Captain America is every man’s hero – A Captain America who loves the simple life and clubbing his enemies, that is.
This thing makes for a hilarious catch in Avenger personas
Ben Grimm is a little too tough to be a webslinger
That’s not The Thing’s only redesign though, considering he also happens to be Aaron Kuder’s variant cover for The Amazing Spider-Man #61, which arrives on the same day as Captain America #15. As good and strong as he looked like Captain America, the thing really is not pulling off the look, showing that Spider-Man’s mode of transportation is not for everyone. Just because Spider-Man is getting a new suit doesn’t mean his old one is up for grabs.
The thing is better to break things. Not similar Captain AmericaHe’s not really a born hero, and unlike Spider-Man, he’s not really light on his feet. After trying on several costumes, it seems that Ben Grimm’s place is right where he belongs – alongside his friends in the Fantastic Four and as everyone’s favorite bad-tempered hero, The thing.
Captain America #15 Is available November 13, 2024 from Marvel Comics.
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