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infinity-comics: Hawkeye (2012) #6

Thu, 23 May 2013 02:26:40 -0700

Hawkeye (2012) #6

“The wire tenses, back muscles tighten and lock. Slow your...

Thu, 23 May 2013 02:25:28 -0700

“The wire tenses, back muscles tighten and lock. Slow your breathing. Exhale— relax your hand—”

Hawkeye (2012) #2

blackgoliath: marvel comics meme: ten characters (3/10) ↳ Eli...

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:42:55 -0700

blackgoliath:

marvel comics meme: ten characters (3/10)

↳ Eli Bradley/Patriot

“It’s because of my grandfather that I became a young Avenger. But it’s hard sometimes, to be a black kid carrying a name like ‘Patriot’. I remember talking to Captain America about that before he died, and he explained what patriotism meant to him…

“It wasn’t about blindly supporting your government. It was about knowing what your country could be, what it should be… and trying to lead it there through your example. And holding it accountable when it failed.”

Stars Without Constellations: This crazy awesome man here is Eli Bradley, AKA Patriot. He’s the...

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:42:22 -0700

Stars Without Constellations: This crazy awesome man here is Eli Bradley, AKA Patriot. He’s the...:

tenshiko:

This crazy awesome man here is Eli Bradley, AKA Patriot.

He’s the grandson of “the black Captain America,” the original Super Soldier, Isaiah Bradley. Isaiah was the among a group of African American men used as test subjects for the serum ultimately given to Steve Rogers, and he was the…

jazzypom: Robert Morales, Writer Of Marvel’s ‘Truth: Red, White...

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:40:05 -0700

jazzypom:

Robert Morales, Writer Of Marvel’s ‘Truth: Red, White And Black,’ Passes Away

Read More: http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/18/robert-morales-passes-away-truth-red-white-and-black-marvel/#ixzz2R7qPKg4LRobert Morales, whose writing on the Marvel Comics miniseries Truth: Red, White and Black represents a seminal moment in the complicated history of race and comics, has passed away. The somber news was broken online by legendary sci-fi writer Samuel Delany, who was close to Morales. Delany went to Facebook to offer a few touching words on the loss of his friend.

From Delany’s post:

“Robert Morales was one of my closest friends–and had been since he was seventeen year old. He died at his home in Brooklyn this morning, leaving his father and mother. He was fifty-four. We spoke on the phone for many years, at least once a week and often more. I am shattered. His many friends will miss him deeply. He had agreed to be my literary executor, and the idea that he would pre-descease me never entered my head. For me and many others he was an indispensable friend. To say he will be deeply missed is an incredible understatement.”

Along with artist Kyle Baker, Morales’ Truth expanded upon the story of the super soldier serum that turned Steve Rogers into Captain America. Inspired by the events of the infamous Tuskegee Experiments, Morales and Baker tell a tale of black soldiers in the U.S. Army during World War 2, who are forced to act as test subjects in a military program attempting to perfect the serum eventually administered to Rogers. The results were largely disastrous, leading to painful mutation and death, and leaving a young soldier by the name of Isiah Bradley as the sole survivor.

Speaking with Entertainment Weekly in 2002, Morales described the process of pitching the story to Marvel, saying: “I wrote a proposal that was so staggeringly depressing I was certain they’d turn it down. But they didn’t.”

On a personal note, Truth is a comic that continues to mean a great deal to me. It’s a story whose existence is not only welcome, but was achingly necessary. As a fan who at times feels unwanted or unwelcome in an industry I love, this book remains significant. It was a comic I could show my mother when she questioned, perhaps rightfully, why I cared so much about an industry that often seems to care so little about me.

Robert Morales was 54 years old.

Read More: http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/18/robert-morales-passes-away-truth-red-white-and-black-marvel/#ixzz2R7r4GkdY

I loved this series, and Isaiah Bradley lead to the creation of Eli Bradley, one of the best teenage superheroes ever.

captainsaramerica: No lie I fucking miss Eli Bradley as Patriot. Marvel pls make a well-written...

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:30:40 -0700

captainsaramerica:

No lie I fucking miss Eli Bradley as Patriot.

Marvel pls make a well-written team up comic between him and Bucky, I will give you my first born child and possibly my left leg.

What we could become.

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:12:34 -0700

What we could become.

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Tue, 21 May 2013 01:53:36 -0700

kushandwizdom: concernedresidentofbakerstreet: ohanameansfandom...

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:42:57 -0700

kushandwizdom:

concernedresidentofbakerstreet:

ohanameansfandom:

thefaultinmyass:

ipaintyouwings:

Message from David Karp

everyone needs to read this.

Fuck yeah

this is great

I think we need to take an hour to talk about the fact that he signed an official letter with
Fuck yeah,
David

Thank you