MARVEL OFFICIALLY GIVES CAPTAIN AMERICA CHRIS EVANS' MCU BUTT IN NEW ART

Chris Evans' butt just became canon for the comic book Captain America, as Marvel releases art of the Sentinel of Liberty that puts the Super Soldier's gluteus maximus front and center. The art will appear on select issues of Captain America #750.

Marvel has just released a press release sharing details for the landmark Captain America #750. The comic finds Steve Rogers at a significant moment in his life, as Bucky Barnes' betrayal tears his closest alliances to shreds. The book will also include an origin story for Sam Wilson's new shield, and see Sam and Steve clash with the White Wolf. But despite the drama, fan attention has focused around one image - a variant cover by Adi Granov, which shows the Cap of Earth-616 sporting a dead ringer for Chris Evans' movie posterior, which Ant-Man famously declared to be "America's ass." The issue will include a host of talent, with the creative team of Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, Tochi Onyebuchi, J.M. DetMatteis, Gail Simon, Dan Jurgens, Stephanie Williams, Cody Ziglar, Carmen Carnero, R.B. Silva, Dan Jurgens, Daniel Acuña, Rachael Stott, Marcus Williams and Sara Pichelli.

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Captain America Finally Has "America's Ass"

Compared side-by-side with the time-traveling Captain America vs Captain America fight from 2019's Avengers: Endgame, Granov's cover shows Steve with a dead-ringer for Chris Evans' derrière. The movie includes a joke in which Tony Stark, Scott Lang, and Steve Rogers banter about Cap's original MCU costume, which Iron Man suggests is particularly unflattering. After Steve beats his past self, he admires his own butt, agreeing with Ant-Man's complimentary assessment. The joke has since passed into general Marvel lore, with the comics referring to the concept of Steve Rogers' having a celebrated rear many times since. Now, however, Marvel has given Captain America the original behind that started the joke.

Captain America's Butt Is Here to Stay

Whether the similarity is purposeful or not, Granov's cover is already beloved by fans, especially for how it seemingly engages with a longstanding trend in comics. Superheroes are often sexualized in comic art, and this includes with it a long history of sexist depictions which take bizarre liberties with the human form. One of the most common criticisms is how female characters are often depicted with impossible physiology - for example in J. Scott Campbell's hugely controversial Spider-Man cover of Mary Jane Watson, or Guillem March's Catwoman #0 art, which bend their respective characters' spines in impossible ways. Indeed, fans have critiqued such art in the past by attempting to draw in the character's spine, laying bare how far some comic art pushes the human form for a 'cheesecake' moment.

This trend was most famously parodied by the Hawkeye Initiative - a fan project where various artists drew Clint Barton in the same poses as female characters in an effort to point out how absurd many comic poses actually are, either physically or in terms of composition. Now, Captain America is getting the same treatment, as Steve Rogers angles for the cover to get his best side in more ways than one. That's not to say that all such art is inherently problematic - Steve is far from the first fictional vigilante to be admired for his physical attributes without harming his agency as a hero, and he has a long way to go before he reaches the heights of DC's Nightwing.

The running joke of Captain America's excellent backside isn't stopping anytime soon, and fans who want America's Ass to frame can grab it in comic stores when Captain America #750 arrives from Marvel Comics July 7.

Source: Marvel

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