Happy 2026, everyone! In today's audio program, Becky, Jake, and Sammy the cat ring in the new year talking about one of many attempts by Marvel Comics to bring their mainstream characters to the big and small screen. Today's movie marks one of those endeavors with action star Reb Brown (of Space Mutiny fame) donning the shield, helmet and star-spangled outfit of Captain America. This movie takes the slow road in its approach to the hero's origin, chronicling one Steve Rogers, fresh out of the military with nothing better on his mind than a desire to wander the country and make art in his fully-carpeted, wood-paneled masterpiece of a van. But, trouble comes finding him when he's drawn into an investigation involving a friend's death, leading to highway hijinks that ultimately land our loveable lug in a hospital bed on life support. The solution? Pump his veins full of a serum that has killed every participant except for Steve's dad. Such risky speculation transforms Steve from mild-mannered ex-military man into the equally ultra-calm superhero Captain America. Fortunately, his opposition, a group of greedy individuals who want to explode a big bomb, are pushy enough that our man has no choice but to don his super skivvies and spring into action. By motorbike or stylish nomadic van, Captain Steve Rogers will see the fight through while rarely using his iconic shield. Still...Captain America. This is what Steve Rogers must inevitably become; the only man capable of prematurely birthing the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
