Captain AmericaHollywood is home to a lot of creative people, but when it comes to bringing Marvel Comics' superheroes to the big screen, last summer's "Iron Man" proved that employing a consulting brain trust from the publisher's internal talent is a key ingredient to nailing the details. With "The First Avenger: Captain America" ramping up for its 2011 release date, current "Captain America" scribe Ed Brubaker believes Marvel Studios is likely repeat that formula by tapping him for input on the project.

"I've seen the preliminary stuff for the movie, a year or so ago before [Marvel Studios] hired the new screenwriter and director," Brubaker told MTV News. "I know Kevin Feige was talking about bringing me in when they put together the 'Captain America' brain trust for the movie -- like they did for 'Iron Man' with Matt Fraction and [Brian] Bendis." Read More...

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Halo: UprisingA comic book based on one of the gaming world's most popular franchises, created by one of the comic book world's most popular writer/artist teams, Marvel Comics' "Halo: Uprising" was as near to a perfect crossover project as we tend to get in the comics and gaming scenes.

Next week, the four-issue series by the award-winning team of Marvel Universe architect Brian Michael Bendis and celebrated artist Alex Maleev ("Daredevil") hits shelves in a special hardcover edition that collects all four issues and features a variety of early art and "making of" content. Marvel has provided MTV News with an exclusive preview of some of that content -- including several inked pages showcasing Maleev's much-praised work in bringing Master Chief, The Covenant and Bendis' "Uprising" tale to life. Read More...

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Splash Page welcomes Ed Tadem to our cover artist family (our custom-designed theme up top). Currently working on the forthcoming "Avengers" animated series, Tadem's work can also be seen in the "Jackie Karma" issues of Image's "'76," and in "Pop Gun, Volume 1." Ed Tadem can be found online at EdTadem.com.
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