Marvel Kills Off Captain America
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James Joyner | Wednesday, March 7, 2007 |
Marvel Comics has Captain America assassinated by a sniper in the latest issue, hitting the newsstands today. The publishers are being coy about whether someone else will wield the mighty shield, but insist that “This is the end of Steve Rogers, the meat and potatoes guy from 1941.”
We shall see. Rogers has been killed off, only to return years later from “suspended animation.” He’s hung up the cowl before, only to become Nomad and ultimately put the red-white-and-blues back on. He’s been replaced by a panoply of other guys in similar costumes. My guess is that, in the not-too-distant-future, Marvel will figure out another implausible way to bring him back.
Many more details at Gone Hollywood.
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.
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He'll be back, one way or another--especially since there is Captain American movie in the works...
Uncle Ben - Still the only character in the Marvel Universe to stay dead.
Uncle Ben - Still the only character in the Marvel Universe to stay dead.
What about Jean grey?
Bwahahahahahahahaha!
Uncle Ben alive would be a great comic! Spidey asks himself, what was it all for?
(Along the lines of the Onion's 1918 front page, "Austrian Archduke Found Alive -- 'How Fares Europe?' He Asks.")
A positive image for an adult white male in America??
He HAD to die!
He won't come back. He'll be replaced by Captain Global, who submits all of his proposed crimefighting actions for UN approval.
... or replaced by Algorax who speaks for the trees
Actually, Uncle Ben Parker (kind of) came back recently in Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, leaving Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) as the only...
Um... how about Gwen Stacy? Nope, she came back as a clone.
Captain Ned Stacy? I think he's still safely planted...
J.
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