Captain America

Everyone wants a piece of the Avengers pie. When a movie with a global audience this large is at stake, there's no brand deal that doesn't make sense to at least attempt. We've already seen Under Armour, Samsung and Gillette, among others, team up with Marvel and Disney to produce a few Avengers-themed goods. It would seem however, that Adidas, already responsible for Quicksilver's sneakers, isn't content with just running shoes with Avengers designs. According to Chinese sneaker site Dunk, Adidas is planning on revisiting some of its more well-known basketball sneakers from years past, albeit with a comic book twist. Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, and Thor will all get retrofitted onto kicks from the Adidas catalog, though your mileage may vary as to how attractive these shoes really are. Though I guess it doesn't really matter given that comic book-themed footwear for adults is rather limited outside of Journeys.

The new Avengers 2 trailer has arrived online early after Marvel tweeted out a call to their fans to tweet using the #AvengersAssemble hashtag. Officially premiering on Thursday with the series premiere of American Crime on ABC and in theaters with Cinderella, you don't have to wait any longer to see the biggest and best Avengers 2 trailer yet.

Marvel has entered the 21st century! Hours after announcing that the latest iteration of Thor would be portrayed by a female character in the comics, the company revealed Sam Wilson (the Falcon) would take up the Captain America mantle in the new comic series — which is notable because the character is black...

The superheroes of The Avengers: Age of Ultron grace the cover of Entertainment Weekly, giving us our first look at the massive sequel. Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man stands next to Chris Evans' Captain America, with Ultron between them (the villain will be played by James Spader)...