The world loves superhero movies. For every release, it seems that audiences can’t wait to see the next superhero flick. And see it you will. Because if there’s one thing that people love more than the average movie, it’s Harry Potter. But now that Harry Potter‘s done, you have time for more superhero movies! Yay! But, if you’re anything like the rest of the world’s population, based on sales, you probably don’t read a lot of comics and you might be a little confused by the convoluted plot lines and science fiction elements you see in these films. It may be a little tough for the average moviegoer, but that’s why I’m here!

So, in honor of this week’s Captain America: The First Avenger, I’m going to take the time to sit down with each and every one of you in a feature I like to call Captain America 101 to discuss some of the characters and terminology that you’ll be seeing in this weekend’s #1 movie, that is, unless the world decides to see Harry Potter again, but I digress.

Let’s get to it, soldier!

Marvel has released the first theatrical poster for their upcoming film, Captain America: The First Avenger.

Check the banner above for the full, larger view of the poster.

You can catch a 30-second ad for the film, along with Marvel’s Thor, during this Sunday’s Super Bowl telecast.

Captain America: The First Avenger, which stars Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America, arrives in theaters on July 22, 2011.

What do you think of this first poster?

Marvel has released a new image from the forthcoming film Captain America: The First Avenger showing Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) and his sidekick Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) walking against a crowd of soldiers on a U.S. Army base.

Whenever I hear the word “sidekick” mentioned within a superhero movie I immediately tense up and have horrible images of Joel Schumacher’s Batman and Robin flash through my mind. Fortunately, having seen the war-hardened expression on Stan’s face made me breathe a sigh of relief.

It seems director Joe Johnston has taken care to see that Bucky has none of the campy, cartoonish stigma we’ve come to expect from sidekicks.

Click the thumbnail above to see the enlarged image and then let us know your thoughts in the comment section.

Last week, EW released online the first official photo of Chris Evans as Captain America for Marvel’s upcoming film Captain America: The First Avenger [Read First Official Photo Of Chris Evans As Captain America]. The image was on the cover of their most recent issue, which also contained several other photos from the film.

Now, Marvel Studios and Paramount Pictures have officially released the high resolution versions of eight new images. Check them out there below.

The images feature Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America; Hugo Weaving as Johann Schmidt/The Red Skull; and Hayley Atwell as Major Peggy Carter, as well as a group of HYDRA soldiers and a HYDRA submarine. (The last image is of concept art.)

Captain America: The First Avenger comes to theaters on July 22, 2011.

*UPDATED BELOW*

Well, after what seems like months of nothing but unofficial set photos and test shots to go on, Entertainment Weekly has the first official pictures of Chris Evans as Captain America in the upcoming film Captain America: The First Avenger.

In the upcoming issue, of which Evans as Cap graces the cover, Evans talks about his doubts about taking the role. The article also reveals that Cap’s enemy, the Red Skull (Hugo Weaving) has a “plan for world domination [that] involves a magical object known as The Tesseract” (aka, The Cosmic Cube).

I have to admit, I was not pleased when they first announced Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America, since he’s already played Johnny Storm/The Human Torch in the Fantastic Four movies. I am not really fond of actors playing different characters in the same comic book universe; it tends to ruin my “make-believe time.” Also, I was unsure whether Evans could bulk up to really look the part.