Sun Apr 1, 2007 — by Elayne Riggs

Chocolate Cap Controversy

Heroic resurrection in bad taste?

Marvel fans clamoring for the return of Captain America should be careful what they wish for.

On the heels of the recent brouhaha over the just-cancelled My Sweet Lord art exhibit, which proved too much for the delicate sensibilities of a kook who likes to rile his kook-troops to harass my friends until they resign from their jobs, artist Cosimo Cavallaro has signed a deal with Marvel Entertainment to recast the mold for his Christ figure (see right) adding Steve Rogers' familiar costume and shield (which will be temporarily on loan from its current owner, Stephen Colbert), and readying it for display in the lobby of Marvel's offices at 417 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan through April.

"The fans have spoken," said Marvel EIC Joe Quesada, "and what they clearly want is the return of Cap.  And chocolate.  Mmm, chocolate," he added in a wistful Homer Simpson voice.

Cavallaro (no relation to DC editor Joey Cavalieri or The Three Caballeros) is known for past artistic expressions using food, including repainting a Manhattan hotel room in melted mozzarella, spraying five tons of pepper jack cheese on a Wyoming home, and festooning a four-poster bed with 312 pounds of processed ham.  The unveiling of Chocolate Cap will not be catered.

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