Descrizione
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CAPITAN AMERICA EDITORIALE CORNO da sempre il sogno americano offre una gamma di possibilità sterminate ed inimmaginabili per riuscire ad affermarsi e sfondare nella vita, infatti negli Stati Uniti chi non ha voglia di faticare può scegliere tra tre alternative: fare il pornodivo, la rockstar, oppure il super-eroe. non particolarmente dotato per quel che riguardava le dimensioni dell’ attrezzo nè per le sue prestazioni endurance, e soprattutto essendo irrimediabilmente e scandalosamente stonato, Steve Rogers optò per la terza soluzione, e si dedicò all’ attività di buffone mascherato, indossando un bel costume tutto a stelle e strisce proprio come la bandiera della Bolivia non essendo mai stato un modello di continuità e assiduità , cominciò però ben presto a prendersi delle lunghe pause di riposo e a rimanere spesso e volentieri a casa in mutua adducendo le patologie più disparate e insolite grazie a certificati medici compiacenti, mentre in realtà non aveva nulla e stava benissimo, negli anni del dopoguerra marcò visita addirittura per circa 15 anni consecutivi, finchè Stan Lee non lo trovò indecorosamente ubriaco in un bar del bronx nell’ orario della visita fiscale, e lo precettò costringendolo a tornare al lavoro. ma il lupo, si sa, perde il pelo ma non il vizio, e così anche ultimamente ha tirato indietro le sue chiappettine incartapecorite facendo finta di essere morto, gli hanno anche fatto il funerale, ma tanto non ci crede nessuno, si tratta invece certamente di una raffinata strategia di tanatosi mimetica, cui ricorrono anche molti animali come l’ opossum, il cinghiale, l’ insetto foglia o il serpente muso di porcello, insomma è tutta una vile e diabolica scusa per non fare un bel nulla nelle edicole italiane il n.1 di CAP uscì il 23 Aprile 1973, ovvero alla immediata vigilia della famigerata austerity, e già questa piccola ma non trascurabile coincidenza avrebbe dovuto far toccare le palle a qualcuno all’ interno della Corno. infatti anche qui da noi svernò parecchi anni da vero e proprio mangiapane a tradimento, stipendiato senza fare un cacchio, finchè non ha provveduto la Madia a sistemarlo con uno dei suoi provvidenziali ed inesorabili decreti anti-fannulloni |
ALBO ORIGINALE DEL 1975
ad infastidire il povero capitano nella storia principale di questo albo è ancora una volta la vivace banda dei saltimbanchi capitanati dallo spocchioso marsigliese Batroc e per l’ occasione tutti griffati united colours così da figurare come un perfetto trio di pagliacci però appunto vistosi e sgargianti
contiene inoltre : X-MEN con un episodio regolare + due storie brevi del ciclo di backup con le origini uno per uno dei mutanti (con la conclusione di quelle dello svolazzante Angelo più quelle molto brevi e succinte della sculettante Jean Grey alias Marvel Girl)
CONDIZIONI : BUONISSIME, L’ ALBO NON E’ DI BUSTA
GRANDISSIMA DISPONIBILITA’ DI TUTTI I SUPEREROI CORNO E NON
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“All the Colors of Evil” / TUTTI I COLORI DEL MALE !
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Leila Taylor
- S.H.E.I.L.D.
- N.Y.P.D.
- Sgt. Muldoon
- Steve Rogers’ patrol partner (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Batroc
- Batroc’s Bridage
- Jakar (Impersonate the Stranger) (Cameo)
Other Characters:
- Ducks (an informant)
- Mrs. Santiago and her three sons (Rico, Paul, Juan)
Locations:
- New York City
- SHIELD Barber Shop Headquarters
- Harlem
- 46th Street
Items:
Synopsis
Another story where the Falcon
asserts his independence by refusing to go on some dumb super-hero
mission with Cap because he’s more interested in helping the people of
his neighborhood, only to learn that if he had stuck with Cap he would
have found the problem that was affecting his neighborhood anyway. Cap
thought he recognized an old villain that was lurking around and went to
investigate him while the Falcon was trying to figure out why children
were going missing. It turns out that the villain was Batroc, and he
was the one kidnapping the children.
Anyway, Batroc is just a hired mercenary here. He’s working for a miscolored Stranger called Jakar.
Notes
- Steve Rogers patrol partner Bob Courtney shown but is un-identified in this issue. His first name is revealed in Captain America #152 (in Italy in CAPC #64). His last name is revealed in Captain America #153 (in Italy in CAPC #65).
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“The Sentinels Live!” / PREPARATI MUTANTE… LE SENTINELLE VIVONO !
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Sentinels
- Sentinels Mk II (First appearance)
- Sentinel Number 7 (First appearance)
- Sentinels Mk II (First appearance)
- Larry Trask (First appearance)
- Bolivar Trask (Only in flashback)
- Professor Abdol
- Judge Chalmers (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Unnamed Egyptian policemen
- NY Policemen
- Unnamed NBS television host
Locations:
- Egypt
- Unnamed Egyptian temple
- United States of America
- Manhattan
- Lorna Dane’s apartment
- Scott Summer’s apartment
Items:
Vehicles:
- X-Men’s Aero-Car
Synopsis
New York City: Lorna Dane has settled into a new apartment and is
still trying to adjust to the fact that she is a mutant with magnetic
powers when she is suddenly attacked and captured by the mutant hunting
Sentinels.
While in Egypt, the X-Men attempt to calm down Cyclops’ brother
Alex Summers, who is horrified by the destructive force of his mutant
powers, of which he fears that he has little control over. Alex explains
that his powers where what destroyed the Egyptian temple that was the
Living Monolith’s temple, causing the Monolith to be reverted to
ordinary Ahmet Abdol, a simple archeologist. When authorities arrive,
the X-Men attempt to turn Abdol over to them, however Abdol’s notoriety
in the area as an archeologist allows Abdol to turn the tables and
demand that the police arrest Alex instead for destroying his
archeological dig. When they attempt to arrest Alex, the young mutant
panics and fires a plasma blast from his hands at the soldiers. The
X-Men then intervene while Alex flees into the desert. Furious over the
situation, Cyclops and the other X-Men easily defeat the officers and
chase after Alex in their jet-car.
The X-Men pass a cavern, unaware that is where Alex has gone to
hide and lament over his unstable powers. Alex’s worries are short lived
when a new menace appears, another Sentinel that easily captures the
confused mutant. As the X-Men continue their search, they are alerted by
Cerebro that someone had attacked Lorna Dane’s apartment. Worried over
his love interest, Iceman convinces Scott to allow him and Beast return
to the United States and investigate Lorna’s disappearance while the
others continue their search for Alex in Egypt, unaware that the
mastermind behind the Sentinel’s resurrection is well aware of their
splitting up and hopes to use it to his benefit.
Arriving in New York, Iceman and Beast search Lorna’s apartment
for clues, however they are interrupted by the police who think that
they are involved. Trying to escape, Beast almost falls from the
apartment building to a nasty death on the pavement below when one of
the officers on the scene tosses a chair at him and Bobby, knocking them
both out the broken apartment window. However, Iceman manages to save
them and the two mutants decide to escape to Scott’s apartment and see
if they can find any information about the attack on the news. They
happen upon a news program where Federal Judge Robert Chalmers is
denouncing mutants as a menace on national television. With him is Larry
Trask, the son of Bolivar Trask the Sentinel’s original creator. Trask
has appeared on the news blaming mutants for his father’s death. He
would go on and explain that he was present when his father built his
first Sentinel’s before going off to College. Upon his return he was
horrified to find that his father was killed during a battle between the
X-Men and the Sentinels. Having kept a dossier on mutants over the
years to prove his claims and with recent reports of the X-Men’s battle
with Egyptian authorities he proclaims to the television audience that
the mutant menace will be eliminated and that the Sentinels live again.
As Bobby and Hank watch this startling development, they are
completely unaware that a Sentinel has tracked them down and is peering
into Scott’s apartment, poised to strike any moment.
Notes
Featured Characters:
- The X-Men
- Angel – (Joins team)
- Iceman
- Cyclops
- Professor X
Other Characters:
- Alma (Warren’s landlady)
- Fred (First appearance) (Alma’s husband)
- Tom (Pilot) (First appearance) & unnamed copilot
Locations:
Synopsis
Cyclops and Iceman’s attempt to recruit the Avenging Angel into
the X-Men has hit a snag when the egotistical loner suddenly attacks
them in his apartment. As the two young mutants try to stop the fight,
the Professor monitors the situation with his mental powers. Although
the two X-Men have ranged mutant abilities, they are no match for
Warren’s fighting skill. Attempting to seek an end to the fight, the
Professor telepathically contacts Warren and explains the situation,
calming the young mutant down.
However, the Professor also detects another danger, the cylinder
of a new radioactive isotope that the Avenging Angel has relinquished
from some thieves. Somehow the isotope has become active while being in
contact with the Avenging Angel’s mutant biology and is about to explode
at any moment. Realizing that only extreme cold will stop it, Warren
suddenly flies up high into the sky to prevent a potential explosion
from harming anyone. In the freezing cold of the upper atmosphere,
Warren breaks open the cylinder and the radioactive material is rendered
harmless by the cold.
The Avenging Angel blacks out from the cold and lack of oxygen,
however revives just in time to pull out of his free fall. Returning to
the X-Men, he agrees to meet with the Professor and join their ranks as
the Angel.
Featured Characters:
Synopsis
In this back up feature, Marvel Girl explains to the reading audience
how her telepathic and telekinetic powers work. Beginning with her
telekinetic powers, Jean explains that she can uses her mind to lift
objects from something as small as an apple to something large like a
sofa. She also shows how she can manipulate objects with her telekinetic
powers by peeling an apple with a knife and deflecting an enemy weapon.
She also explains how her powers can get her out of traps, such as
allowing her to control a pair of scissors to cut off a blindfold and
ropes that are bound to her hands, or use them to turn the bolt of a
locked door from the opposite side or allow her to seemingly walk above a
flaming pit without harm. Finally, she demonstrates that she can use
her telekinesis to lift herself up and allow her to land safely on the
ground.
Next explaining her telepathic powers, she explains that she can
use them to cause pain in someone’s mind, downing even the most powerful
villain with a mental bolt. She explains that her powers help her out
in everyday life which she demonstrates by tripping up a would be purse
snatcher. In the end, when a bunch of male onlookers of the scene pay
attention to her beauty, she confesses that being able to make a man
turn his head requires no effort at all.
Trivia
- Jean Grey doesn’t get an origin like the other characters did,
but she does get this issue to show off her powers in the supplemental
story. (In Silver-Age continuity, Jean first meets the X-Men and
Professor X in X-Men #1 (in Italy in CAPC #1-2), and thus no origin is necessary – she already has one from the first issue!) However, in Bizarre Adventures #27 (in Italy in MARVOMN / INCREDIBILI X-MEN # 2), it’s revealed that Jean Grey had a relationship established with Professor X far before the formation of the X-Men.
