Captain America has a new boss.

When I was a kid, Batman was a more sociable superhero than he’s become these days, so much so that he had a separate comic book, “The Brave and the Bold,” that featured his crime-fighting exploits alongside lesser lights in the DC Comics universe’s roster of superheroes.

Hellboy II: The Golden Army: This sequel is a mind-blowing display of comic-book-movie filmmaking, director Guillermo del Toro somehow achieving mythic grandeur while providing a rollicking good time. Ron Perlman gives a truly Oscar-worthy performance as the Joe Six-pack of superheroes.

Exclusive: Stephen J. Cannell and William Katt talk about the past and the future.

People are so busy these days, it seems some would love to just have the time to sit down and read a good book. Ask a kid, and they might say they’d rather do chores instead — but not some students at Mark Twain Elementary School in Springfield.

At approximately 11 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, it was declared that Sen. Barack Obama would be the 44th president of the United States, with an overwhelming 364 electoral votes and more than 51 percent of the popular vote, when all was said and done.This undoubtedly changed U.S. history, by having not on…

Captain America has a new boss. Joe Johnston, whose credits include Jurassic Park III and Jumanji, has been signed to direct the comic-book adaptation The First Avenger: Captain America, Marvel Studios announced this week.

The film, based on a comic book series, debuts in March 2009.

A fantastic, intriguing, and inspiring book of art. This is not a pattern book; this is a book of art in which the medium happens to be knitting. Knitting Art: 150 Innovative Works from 18 Contemporary Artists by Karen Searle is, first and foremost, an art book. It just happens that the medium of choice for the featured artists is knitting. You will not find anything even remotely resembling a …

An insider’s perspective on the world of comic books will be presented at 7 p.m. Dec. 3 at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, 2929 Richmond Road, Beachwood. Terry Stewart, president and CEO of the Rock and Roll Hall of…

At Western Illinois University Libraries, Scrooge McDuck, the Hulk, Batman and Buffy the Vampire Slayer live under the same roof as Jane Eyre, Huck Finn, Holden Caulfield and Anna Karenina.

LOS ANGELES - Captain America has a new boss. Joe Johnston, whose credits include “Jurassic Park III” and “Jumanji,” has been signed to direct the comic-book adaptation “The First Avenger: Captain America,” Marvel Studios announced Monday. The movie is scheduled for release May 6, 2011, the same weekend that Marvel scored a blockbuster this year with “Iron Man,” starring Robert Downey Jr.

Marvel Studios has announced that it will produce a movie adaptation of the comic-book Captain America .

Comics used to earn scorn, hostility and in the 1950s — POW! SHAZAM! — even threats of arrest. Now they win you a prime spot at Miami Book Fair International.

Captain America has a new boss. Joe Johnston, whose credits include Jurassic Park III and Jumanji, has been signed to direct the comic-book adaptation The First Avenger: Captain America, Marvel Studios announced Monday

By editorial Tuesday, 11 November 2008 - 4:01pm. It’s the last chance for local residents to hang out with superheroes as the comic book exhibit winds down at the Fort Frances Museum.

Help Marvel save the planet with some straight on rock. Saving the planet from all manner of evil-doings is highly commendable but I can reveal that, like most superheroes, the trio that is Marvel all have a secret identity. Not only are they busy keeping us all safe in our beds, but they somehow find time to release some high energy rock ‘n’ roll as well. What’s more, they hail from…

Captain America has a new boss.

Ron Perlman exudes character playing the ornery, red-skinned, stogie-smoking demon spawn of the title, who gets drunk with his aquatic pal Abe (Doug Jones) and gets frustrated with the moods of his volatile girlfriend (Selma Blair). But the eccentric superheroes and the myth-like story sometimes get lost in the amazing visuals (wings with eyes, a mountain taking human form) from writer-director …

Joe Johnston, whose credits include “Jurassic Park III” and “Jumanji,” has been signed to direct the comic-book adaptation “The First Avenger: Captain America,” Marvel Studios announced Monday.

Captain America has a new boss. Joe Johnston, whose credits include “Jurassic Park III” and “Jumanji,” has been signed to direct the comic-book adaptation “The First Avenger: Captain America,” Marvel Studios announced Monday.

Norwalk, CT, November 10, 2008: The list of talented creators and artists who will participate in New York Comic Con (NYCC) is growing rapidly as guest appearances at the convention are confirmed daily.

Happy November everyone! Whether you spent the past week in some kind of election-related euphoria or post-Halloween recovery phase (or perhaps both!), I hope that everyone is adjusting to the fall weather well.

On the surface, the similarities are striking; they were both princesses born in the 1940s in a foreign land. Young and beautiful, the long-haired brunettes soon fell in love and followed their men to the United States where they built a reputation for steely determination and strength.

DC Comics is getting some fresh blood. First up: the introduction of Milestone Comics characters into the DC line. Milestone Media, a black-owned company, created its ethnically diverse characters in the early 1990s.