Posted on 03/07/2007 5:00:19 AM PST by jmc1969
Captain America is dead.
The Marvel Entertainment superhero, created in 1941 as a patriotic adversary for the Nazis, is killed off in Captain America #25, which hits the stands Wednesday.
As Captain America emerges from a courthouse building, he is struck by a sniper's bullet in the shoulder and then hit again in the stomach, blood seeping out of his star-spangled costume.
His death is sure to ignite controversy in the comic book world - still reeling from Superman's death in 1993 and resurrection the following year - and even political pundits, who may see Captain America's demise as an allegory for the United States.
"It's a hell of a time for him to go. We really need him now," said co-creator Joe Simon, 93, after being informed of his brainchild's death.
Simon and artist Jack Kirby came up with the character in 1941 as an adversary for Adolf Hitler. Since then, the patriotic hero has appeared in an estimated 210 million copies sold in 75 countries.
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I was thinking they'd make this simple. Some Army Captain...at a lonely experimental lab in New Mexico...drops a vial of bacteria...and gains super-human powers. Of course, he is blond, blue-eyed, a Michigan St grad, a Republican, and is ready to take on Rosie, Blitz, and the media crowd. We can only hope.
He'll probably be back next week, when he will assume the identity of Ronin. Marvel has already announced that Echo, the deaf woman who currently wears Ronin's costume, will be handing it over to someone else to wear at the end of the next New Avengers issue, which is slated to come out next Wednesday.
Karaoke in the Bat Cave? That's so "John Edwards."
Karaoke in the Bat Cave? That's so "John Edwards."
Only Bucky stays dead...JFK
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