Marvel Willing to Trade Blood For Extraordinarily Ugly, Nerdy Car
Well, not blood exactly. But you can purchase an online entry here?i.e., make a donation to the San Diego Blood Bank?and have a chance to win this Honda Element adorned with several pictures of Captain America (who, being dead, possibly could have used a transfusion or two of his own), all as a socially responsible tie-in to SDCC. So the good: donating blood. Always a good thing. The bad: This is way startlingly stupid-looking car. Why not just put Cap’s shield on the hood? Hell, his old Mego car looked more stylish. The ugly: Captain America…on a fucking Honda?! Jesus, is nothing sacred?
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