June 25, 2002 - CONGERS, N.Y. -- Wizard Entertainment is proud to announce that the next issue of Wizard: The Comics Magazine, #131, will premiere the very first appearance of Marvel Comics' African American Captain America. This issue will provide exclusive news from Marvel's Editor-In-Chief Joe Quesada and artwork behind this ambitious new project, which will be called The Truth.

Quesada also creates a powerful image of this new Captain America on the cover to this issue of Wizard magazine. Wizard Entertainment Chairman Gareb Shamus remarked, "I'm very excited to be able to break the story on such an exciting new project for Marvel in the pages of Wizard."

Wizard: The Comics Magazine #131 will go on sale June 26th at comic book specialty stores and on July 9th at newsstands everywhere.

Wizard Entertainment in Congers, New York, publishes the top-selling, award-winning special interest magazines Wizard: The Comics Magazine, ToyFare: The Toy Magazine, InQuest Gamer: The Gaming Magazine and Anime Invasion, which are available at newsstands, comic book and hobby specialty stores everywhere. The company also operates the annual Wizard World Chicago event, the largest popular culture/multi-media three-day convention in the country with attendance exceeding 40,000.