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Captain America Brave New World Spoiler Alert

A Marvel Cinematic World without Captain America feels weird. And even though I know what’s planned, my question is can Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) fit in Steve Roger’s shoes? He can, because one earns the title rather than it belonging to a specific person. And if he is to represent a new generation in Captain America Brave New World, hopefully the people of Earth 616 will embrace it.

When this new hero is important to President Thaddeus Ross’s (Harrison Ford) master plan, hopefully getting that approval is enough. This standalone film doesn’t feel like one. And when they saved the only hint of the grander plan for last, I could have hit the fast-forward button. Not everyone knows it is part of “The Multiverse Saga.” The idea started with Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) and continued in Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness (2022) and later on, Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania (2023), hopefully those people invested in seeing this seventeen old franchise go on won’t be waiting too long for this new grand arc to hit its finale.

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ACE Comic Con

By Sandy Sheehan

It seemed like forever for ACE Comic Con Seattle to arrive, but arrive it did. I drove from Spokane, Washington to this city on Friday morning, unaware that my VIP seat assignment was determined by my check-in time rather than by when I purchased the package or stood in line before the panel. It started on Thursday. Needless to say, I was much further back than I thought. VIP seating was also only good for two of the Marvel Entertainment panels.

I am no stranger to conventions and have been to a variety, from Creation Conventions (Star Trek: The Next Generation and more recently Supernatural), city-specific shows such as Mid South Con in Memphis (where I used to live) and more recently Lilac City Comicon (Spokane) and Anglicon (Seattle). I even went to things that would be hard pressed to be called conventions, such as answering phones for the Arkansas PBS station where Jon Pertwee (3rd Doctor from Doctor Who) spoke to the volunteers as well as Paul Darrow (Blake’s 7). ACE was by far the largest one I have attended.

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