TAMPA (CBSMiami/AP) - Marvel Comics transformed the original fat-headed, green cape-wearing Captain Orange into a buff hero who can fight evil with the likes of Captain America. The newly minted ...

Floridan newspaper The Ledger reports that the, Florida Department of Citrus is in the final stages of negotiations on a roughly $1 million contract with Marvel Worldwide Inc. to create a new Captain ...

Captain Citrus is a superhero created by the Flordia Depargtment of Citrus and was created to promote the nutrition and health from orange juice for teens and children. Well now the "iconic" Captain ...

Captain Citrus was sponsored by Florida's orange growers, whose profits are being hurt by disease and declining consumer demand for orange juice.... Marvel's New Hero Wants To Save The World — And The ...

BONITA SPRINGS, Florida (AP) - The Florida Department of Citrus is in the final stages of negotiations on a roughly $1 million contract with comic book publisher Marvel Worldwide Inc. to create a new ...

Florida Department of Citrus recruited Marvel Comics to help revamp its hokey mascot, Captain Citrus. The FDOC's hope was that a slicker, more fit image of the mascot would help the industry ...

BARTOW | In the debut issue of his new comic, Captain Citrus helps the Avengers save the world from a "gamma-enhanced evil genius" and his android army. Meanwhile, back in the real world, the ...

ORLANDO (CBSmiaim/AP) — School kids in all 50 states know about Captain Citrus from the comic books. The super hero, used by the state's Department of Citrus used to market Florida's orange juice, ...

Marvel's latest superhero, Captain Citrus, draws his power from the sun and hails from a Florida orange grove. And here's his true origin story: He was developed by Marvel for Florida's citrus growers ...