Marvel At My Ignorance

The Error Was Really Comical


My thanks to Diesel, Fletch and Victorya, who all pointed out that the illustration with Post Haste showed characters from DC Comics, rather than Marvel Comics. Thank you, all of you. And rest assured I have corrected the error. I have also enrolled in remedial classes.

Post Haste

Let’s All Marvel At These Stamps

The post office in the small southwestern Colorado town of Marvel has been flooded with requests for souvenirs of the new Marvel Comics super heroes stamps. The post office began selling commemorative envelopes on Saturday. Postmaster Cindy Crosby said she's had calls and letters from across the country and some avid collectors even drove to the town from as far away as Las Vegas Monday. She has ordered 500 more envelopes, for a total of 1,000 to meet the demand.

To view the stamps, go to USPS.com

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Give No Quarter, Take No Quarter

Pointing out stories you may have missed. A Marvel Comics hero is giving George Washington some company on the quarter, and the US Mint is not at all happy about it. To promote the upcoming film "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer," 20th Century Fox and The Franklin Mint altered 40,000 US quarters to feature the character. The US Mint says it learned of the promotional quarter this week and advised the studio and The Franklin Mint they were breaking the law. It's illegal to turn a coin into an advertising vehicle. Violators can face a fine. The altered coins feature George Washington on the front, as usual, but a colorized version of the Silver Surfer on the back. A Fox spokesman said that neither the studio nor The Franklin Mint intended to violate any laws.

News source: SanDiego.com.

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Captain America Is Gone But Not Forgotten

Marvel Comics has killed off its oldest character.

In the wake of Captain America's demise, I've been monitoring the new websites to see which one posts the best follow-up story. And the Oscar goes to .... Vito Pilieci's report on the website OttawaCitizen.com. Here are excerpt from his story.
Within hours of the news that Marvel Comics had killed off its oldest character, copies of Captain America No. 25 sold out in comic book shops across Ottawa. The book shows the American folk hero being assassinated by a sniper while he is being led, in handcuffs, into a federal court.
At The Comic Book Shoppe on Bank Street, 60 copies of the book sold out in less than three hours. The store has ordered 50 more copies and has a waiting list of people eager to get one.
``We put out 60 copies at around 10:30am. Within the hour, we were down to 20,'' said Kris Maxwell, assistant manager of The Comic Book Shoppe. ``We had people flying in here just to check it out.'' Maxwell said not since DC Comics killed comic book superhero Superman in 1993 has there been such buzz around a comic book.
As with most items that are hard to find, many collectors are turning to Bay to try to get their hands on a copy of the latest Captain America. A quick look at the site showed more than 518 copies of the comic had been available to be purchased Thursday. Most, with a cover price of $4.99, were selling for between $80 and $100.
Maxwell said several people were buying multiple copies of the comic when it was released Wednesday, likely with the intention of flipping them on eBay. He had a word of advice for those people: ``Turn it around now or right away. In the world of comic books, no one stays dead forever.''
There are already rumblings on comic book-themed websites that Captain America may be back in action much sooner than many had anticipated.