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Studley_Dudley private msg quote post Address this user | |
What in the blue hell? Was this actually a thing? |
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 You do know that the new guy brings the donuts, right?
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When was that published??  |
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 Suck it up, buttercup!!
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| Sounds like it never actually got made..too bad!! From syfy.com Here's how the New York Times described the plot of the musical back then: Captain America boasts a hero-sized $4 million budget. It's going to be a big one, if everything works out as befits a musical named Captain America. Big, in this case, means a budget of $4 million—a lot of money, even for a superhero fighting for the American dream, the flag and the woman he loves. The superhero will not, in fact, be particularly super when the curtain goes up. The book by Mel Mandel and Norman Sachs (who are also responsible for music and lyrics) has Captain A. going through a mid-life crisis. Fortunately, the action speeds up—his girlfriend, a candidate for President, is captured by terrorists and held hostage at the Lincoln Memorial. That's enough of the plot—when you invest millions, as are Shari Upbin, James Galton and Marvel Comics and some as yet untapped sources, you're entitled to a few secrets. Cap fighting a midlife crisis instead of the Red Skull, Baron Zemo or MODOK? Somehow we don't see that resulting in the most exciting storyline that could have come from Captain America's long history. |
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 It was a one trick pony show but always hilarious.
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| @Studley_Dudley @KatKomics that is so weird! so weird in fact we should never speak of this again. 🤣 | ||
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| I remember that ad, now that I see it again. Can't say I'm all that surprised it never happened. | ||
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 Masculinity takes a holiday.
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| @Studley_Dudley Thanks for sharing that. I'm wondering what comic book would have an ad targeted to the 10-14 female demographic. Dazzler? | ||
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 If the viagra is working you should be well over a 9.8.
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| I saw that ad too... maybe when I was reading the Firestar mini? | ||
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| @EbaySeller I took the pic a month or so ago and I may have been reading Dazzler at the time. I think it was from on of the later issues so looking around 1985/1986 for the ad. | ||
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LOL, yeah I've seen that ad online, first came upon it oh, about 10 years go. It's -- unforgettable.  Quote: Originally Posted by EbaySeller According to an article about it, seems like the ad appeared in most if not all of Marvel's comics "About six million Marvel comic books that month [December 1985] carried a full-page ad for an audition for the role of Mister." Source: https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1988-03-27-2610931-story.html |
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Masculinity takes a holiday.
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| The text of the ad is all about auditions for a female roll. But it's hard to imagine that was the true purpose of the ad. More likely it was a covert way of trying to get media buzz going or even to gauge public interest...which may have been what led to pulling the plug? | ||
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