Captain America 'Dies'
YAHOO! NEWS: Comic book hero Captain America diesWed Mar 7, 8:52 AM ET
NEW YORK - Captain America has undertaken his last mission — at least for now. The venerable superhero is killed in the issue of his namesake comic that hit stands Wednesday, the Daily News reported.
On the new edition's pages, a sniper shoots down the shield-wielding hero as he leaves a courthouse, according to the newspaper.
It ends a long run for the stars-and-stripes-wearing character, created in 1941 to incarnate patriotic feeling during World War II. Over the years, an estimated 210 million copies of "Captain America" comic books, published by New York-based Marvel Entertainment Inc., have been sold in a total of 75 countries.
But resurrections are not unknown in the world of comics, and Marvel Entertainment editor in chief Joe Quesada said a Captain America comeback wasn't impossible.
Still, the character's death came as a blow to co-creator Joe Simon.
"We really need him now," said Simon, 93, who worked with artist Jack Kirby to devise Captain America as a foe for Adolf Hitler.
According to the comic, the superhero was spawned when a scrawny arts student named Steve Rogers, ineligible for the army because of his poor health but eager to serve his country, agreed to a "Super Soldier Serum" injection. The substance made him a paragon of physical perfection, armed only with his shield, his strength, his smarts and a command of martial arts.
In the comic-book universe, death is not always final. But even if Captain America turns out to have met his end in print, he may not disappear entirely: Marvel has said it is developing a Captain America movie.
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Information from: Daily News, http://www.nydailynews.com
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Soon to return with:
* Tiny, temporary uptick in sales
* Mullet
* Living costume
* Second-base relationship with Watcher/Beyonder
* All-metal/energy creature/red/alternate universe/clone variations
* Big-budget film version set in LA, miscast to arty director, shot entirely on green stages
* Snowboard, star-spangled iPod replacing shield
Labels: captain america, comics, marvel, publicity, publishing, superhero
posted by Jeff Pidgeon at
10:51 AM
6 Comments:
Or possibly a black costume.
With:
A) a star
B) white stripes
C) white letter "A"
D) all of the above
I listed it as the living costume, but sure. Wasn't USAgent Cap in a black outfit, or was that someone else?
But... He's the Cap!? They can't kill him off! This sucks. I won't stand for it.
I'm going to start a campaign. BRING BACK THE CAP!!!
I wouldn't sweat it. Cap'll be back soon enough.
For what it's worth, Isis died on the same day. Where's the outrage??!! ;)
I didn't even know Isis went beyond the TV show.
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