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30-560: Solarr debuted in Captain America #160 (April 1973), created by Steve Englehart and Sal Buscema . He appeared in the 1963 Avengers series. Silas King was born in Carson City, Nevada . King was a latent mutant and drug runner whose mutation was catalyzed when he spent several days out in the desert sun after his truck broke down. While recovering from sunstroke and dehydration in the hospital, he realized he could discharge

60-604: A " pocket universe " separate from the main Marvel universe by Franklin Richards , during a battle with the supervillain Onslaught . While the rest of the world believed these characters had died, they in fact were now in a new universe, essentially "reborn", without any memory of their past universe, which allowed Lee and Liefeld to establish new, revised origin stories for modern readers. For example, Ben Grimm fought as

90-635: A pilot in the Gulf War instead of World War II , with Susan Storm and Johnny Storm being explained to have been financial backers for Reed Richards' rocket, hence their presence on the mission. In addition, while Richards' goal of becoming the first man to get to Mars remained, it was revealed that he secretly aimed to explore the interstellar anomalies of that area. Marvel ended Liefeld's contract early after six issues, citing low sales on his two titles, which were reassigned to Lee. Walt Simonson took over Avengers when it moved to WildStorm. Although

120-462: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Captain America (comic book) Captain America is a comic book title featuring the character Captain America and published by Marvel Comics . The original Captain America comic book series debuted in 1968. Atlas Comics published the short-lived title Captain America #76–78 from May 1954 to September 1954. Atlas came to adopt

150-760: The George W. Bush administration, and all the really right-wing fans all want him to be over in the streets of Baghdad, punching out Saddam Hussein ." The character's co-creator, Joe Simon , said, "It's a hell of a time for him to go. We really need him now." Artist Alex Ross designed a slightly revised Captain America costume that former sidekick Bucky Barnes began to wear as the new Captain America in vol. 5, #34 (March 2008). As of 2007, an estimated 210 million copies of "Captain America" comic books had been sold in 75 countries. The storyline of Rogers' return began in issue #600. Marvel stated in May 2011 that Rogers, following

180-615: The Project Pegasus research center in New York State, where scientists studied his powers. One of the other captives and subjects for study at Project Pegasus was Bres , one of the other-dimensional Fomor . Bres began to use his powers to manipulate the staff at the facility, and caused a guard named Harry Winslow to die of heart failure. Bres also freed Solarr from his cell. Solarr hated Winslow, and when he found his corpse, he incinerated it. Bres used his magic to animate

210-573: The trade paperback Fantastic Four: Heroes Reborn , collecting Fantastic Four vol. 2, issues #1-6 under the 'Marvel's Finest' banner, but no other "Heroes Reborn" reprints followed for some time. With 2006 marking the 10th anniversary of the "Heroes Reborn" crossover, Marvel marked the occasion by having the reality-traversing Exiles team visit the "Heroes Reborn" Earth, in Exiles #81-82. The company reprinted original "Heroes Reborn" series and produced trade paperbacks collecting issues #1-12 (excluding

240-475: The Falcon from #134 (Feb. 1971) to #222 (June 1978), although the Falcon's name was not on the cover for issues #193, 200, and 216. The 1972–1975 run on the title by writer Steve Englehart and artist Sal Buscema saw the series become one of Marvel's top-sellers. In 2010, Comics Bulletin ranked Englehart and Buscema's run on Captain America fourth on its list of the "Top 10 1970s Marvels". Kirby returned to

270-773: The Listener . Eventually, Thor is returned to Asgard, while Doom's whereabouts are left unknown. In 1999, Marvel collected Heroes Reborn: The Return #1-4 limited series re-titled as the Return of the Heroes trade paperback. It was re-released in 2009 as Heroes Reborn: The Return trade paperback again collecting the 4-issue mini-series, and also the Heroes Reborn one-shot specials from 2000: Doomsday #1, Ashema #1, Masters of Evil #1, Rebel #1, Remnants #1, Young Allies #1, and Doom #1. In July 2000, Marvel published

300-431: The artwork "showcases the extreme and many times highly unrealistic anatomy seen in the comics of the era", and came to be viewed as emblematic of Liefeld's artwork as a whole. The image went on to become an internet meme , and was included in critical articles such as "The 40 Worst Rob Liefeld Drawings", "A Gallery of Rob Liefeld's Anatomical Abominations" and "Worst Rob Liefeld Covers", earning Liefeld his status as one of

330-722: The charred corpse, which killed Solarr. It was later revealed that Solarr was one of the possible targets of Scourge of the Underworld , until Scourge found out that Solarr was already dead. Solarr was later seen among the revived mutants on Krakoa at the time when the X-Men, Juggernaut, and Deadpool dealt with the Human-Adaptoid. Solarr is a mutant who possesses the ability to absorb, store, and manipulate large amounts of energy from light, especially direct sunlight. This Marvel Comics supervillain -related article

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360-507: The four titles in "Heroes Reborn" were slated for a 12-issue run, James Robinson wrote a thirteenth and final issue for each book. The storyline, entitled "World War III", was a crossover between the Marvel and WildStorm characters. At the end of the storyline, which lasted one year, WildStorm's agreement with Marvel ended, at which point the Fantastic Four and Avengers were returned to the mainstream Marvel Universe , again through

390-596: The industry's most controversial comics artists. Liefeld poked fun at the matter in 2016, tweeting, "Of course I'm #teamcap. I didn't give him those big tits for nuthin…" He revisited the illustration in September 2023, with a New York Comic Con variant cover for Captain America (vol. 10) #1, depicting the Sam Wilson incarnation of the character in the same pose. Posting the image on Twitter, Liefeld commented, "Had to get something off my chest." In October 2023

420-758: The intervention of Franklin Richards, in the storyline " Heroes Return ", which included a central miniseries Heroes Reborn: The Return , by writer Peter David and artist Salvador Larocca . To promote the Captain America series, Liefeld produced a piece of promo art depicting that character, which became one of the most famous and mocked illustrations from that period of Liefeld's career. The artwork depicted Captain America with "cartoonish proportions", in particular his stomach, arms, and "gaping barrel chest", as Comic Book Resources (CBR) put it. Referred to by Comics Beat as "the most infamous piece of art in comics history," Timothy Donohoo of CBR observed that

450-404: The name Marvel Comics in 1961. During the Marvel era, Captain America was starring in the title Tales of Suspense , which was retitled Captain America with issue #100 (April 1968). The new title Captain America continued to feature artwork by Jack Kirby , as well as a short run by Jim Steranko , and work by many of the industry's top artists and writers. It was called Captain America and

480-494: The original 1996 artwork was put up for auction with Heritage Auctions , the second time it had been made so available. On November 17, the final piece was auctioned for $ 132,000 USD . All of the titles experienced a large upsurge in sales. According to Lee, Marvel proposed continuing the Heroes Reborn lineup indefinitely, but under the condition that Lee would draw at least one of them. Lee refused. Critically,

510-400: The public death of Bucky Barnes in the " Fear Itself " crossover, would resume his Captain America identity in a sixth volume of Captain America , by writer Ed Brubaker and artist Steve McNiven . The Captain America title continued from issue #620 featuring team up stories with Bucky (#620-#628), Hawkeye (#629-#632), Iron Man (#633–635), Namor (#635.1), and Black Widow (#636-#640), and

540-486: The publisher four years earlier to form Image Comics , and who still enjoyed great popularity among the comics-buying public. The two creators would launch four new titles, with Jim Lee 's WildStorm Productions producing Fantastic Four and Iron Man , and Rob Liefeld 's Extreme Studios handling Captain America and The Avengers . These books would be set in a new continuity . In-story, it would be explained that these characters had been accidentally transported into

570-464: The remaining heroes break the boundaries between the two worlds, they all suddenly remember their past lives. Bruce Banner and the Hulk are merged back together into one singular being. The returned Anthony Stark possesses the memories of both the original and teenage Anthony Stark, and thus considers himself to be essentially both of them. The pocket universe was then placed under the authority of Ashema

600-530: The series as writer and penciler with issue #193 (Jan. 1975) and remained through #214 (Oct. 1977). This series – considered Captain America volume one by comics researchers and historians – ended with #454 (Aug. 1996). Captain America Vol. 1 should not be confused with the 1940s series Captain America Comics (1941–1949, 1954) and Captain America's Weird Tales (1949–1950). This series

630-514: The series finale cross-over "World War III") of the four titles. A new edition of Heroes Reborn: Fantastic Four trade paperback was released in August 2018 ( ISBN   1-3029-1333-6 ). Also, Jeph Loeb and Rob Liefeld reunited in November 2006 for Onslaught Reborn , a five-part weekly limited series that features both Onslaught and a world similar to the "Heroes Reborn" universe. This

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660-410: The series numbering had continued uninterrupted after #454. As part of the aftermath of Marvel Comics' company-crossover storyline " Civil War ", Steve Rogers was ostensibly killed in Captain America vol. 5, #25 (March 2007). Series writer Ed Brubaker remarked, "What I found is that all the really hard-core left-wing fans want Cap to be standing out on and giving speeches on the street corner against

690-557: The solar energy he had stored as heat blasts. Calling himself Solarr, he began a criminal career in New York City, starting with bank robbery. He partnered with Klaw and became a member of the Emissaries of Evil . Solarr later battled Daredevil and Spider-Man when he was hired to kill a hitman. The duo defeated Solarr, though the hitman went insane. He repeatedly met defeat and was eventually captured and imprisoned at

720-418: The storyline was not well-received. The changes to the characters were controversial, provoking debates among fans. The change in creative team on Captain America was also controversial, since the pre-Heroes Reborn team of Mark Waid and Ron Garney had already been bringing increased sales and critical acclaim to the series, prompting the question of why it had required a reboot by Liefeld, whose artwork on

750-576: The title ended its print run with issue #640. Heroes Reborn (1996 comics) " Heroes Reborn " is a 1996–97 crossover story arc among comic book series published by the American company Marvel Comics . During this one-year, multi-title story arc, Marvel temporarily outsourced the production of several of its best-known comic books to the studios of artists Jim Lee and Rob Liefeld , who had been among Marvel's most popular artists before leaving to form independent companies. "Heroes Reborn"

780-499: The title was heavily criticized for its poor anatomy and skill, so much so that it has been subject to parody. The "Heroes Reborn" was followed by "Heroes Return", which consisted of a central, four-issue miniseries, Heroes Reborn: The Return , by writer Peter David and artist Salvador Larocca (December 1997). In the story, the Celestials take notice of Franklin's pocket universe and initially demand that he eliminate one of

810-500: The two universes, but eventually relent on the condition that all beings native to Earth-616 evacuate the pocket universe and never return. The heroes are gathered in a massive ship to leave the pocket universe. Characters including She-Hulk and several members of the Inhuman Royal Family are depicted as returning heroes, even though they were not among the missing heroes from Onslaught: Marvel Universe . Though it

840-432: Was almost immediately followed by the 13-issue Captain America vol. 2 (Nov. 1996 – Nov. 1997, part of the " Heroes Reborn " crossover), the 50-issue Captain America vol. 3 (Jan. 1998 – Feb. 2002), the 32-issue Captain America vol. 4 (June 2002 – Dec. 2004), and Captain America vol. 5 (Jan. 2005 – Aug. 2011). Beginning with the 600th overall issue (Aug. 2009), Captain America resumed its original numbering, as if

870-458: Was an attempt by Marvel to address low sales on some of its titles. While Spider-Man and X-Men -related titles sold well, as did some titles under the horror-themed " Midnight Sons " imprint like Ghost Rider , reader interest was comparatively poor on Avengers and Fantastic Four . Marvel conceived of an experiment to outsource production for titles with lagging sales to two former Marvel artists Jim Lee and Rob Liefeld , who had left

900-405: Was later mentioned that these versions of them merged with their regular counterparts. As the heroes travel to their destination, Dr. Doom suddenly escapes the ship with Franklin, hoping to use the siphoning devices he created to steal Franklin's power, but is stopped by Mr. Fantastic and Thor, who rescue the boy. Thor uses his hammer to create a portal, trapping himself and Doom in it. As soon as

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