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Date: March 8, 2007 5:35:59 PM PST
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Subject: America Dead, Assassinated
It's become a "V for Vendetta" world in Marvel's alternate-universe
America.
In the Marvel comic book, the United States is in the throes of a
virtual "Civil War," under a despotic federal government which is
now demanding that even its most patriotic defenders (read:
superheroes) submit to "registration" (identity cards, loyalty
oaths, constant surveillance) and surrender their civil liberties.
Captain America refuses, on principle -- the same principles he
fought for when he battled Adolf Hitler in America's war against
Nazi tyranny and totalitarianism. Today those same principles make
him an "enemy of the state." Think about it -- "Captain America"
is branded a traitor in the America he had fought to defend.
On his way to arraignment in court for the crime of continuing to
defend his civil liberties, rights, and freedoms, Captain America
is ambushed -- shot dead by a masked sniper, who just happens to be
secretly working for the government.
The defender of JUSTICE assassinated, ironically, on the courthouse
steps ...
Reuters
FATAL FRAME: A scene from the comic book where Captain America is
shot dead by a sniper.
Comic superhero Captain
America is assassinated
March 7, 2007
By ETHAN SACKS
New York Daily News
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070307/
NEWS07/70307062/0/NEWS07
NEW YORK — 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 of Adolf Hitler. Since then, the patriotic hero has
appeared in an estimated 210 million copies sold in 75 countries.
Not bad for an imaginary sickly kid from New York’s Lower East Side
named Steve Rogers, who volunteered to be injected with Super
Soldier serum during World War II.
Part of Captain America’s allure was that he had no true
superpowers; the serum made him an example of a human being at his
utmost potential.
He could bench-press 1,100 pounds, run a mile in about a minute and
outsmart any spy.
Series writer Ed Brubaker — who grew up reading Captain America
comics while his father, a naval intelligence officer, was
stationed on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba — said it wasn’t easy to kill off
the character. He wanted to explore what the hero meant to the
country in these polarized times.
“What I found is that all the really hard-core left-wing fans want
Cap to be standing out on and giving speeches on the street corner
against the Bush Administration, and all the really right-wing
(fans) want him to be over in the streets of Baghdad, punching out
terrorists,” Brubaker said.
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Captain America shot dead at 66
Reuters | Thursday, 8 March 2007
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/3986144a1860.html
NEW YORK: He fought the Nazis. He is revered by other crime-
fighters worldwide. But the beloved, shield-carrying superhero,
Captain America, has finally met his end – or has he?
The winged-hooded Marvel Entertainment hero created in 1941 is shot
dead in New York by a sniper in the latest Captain America issue
that hit newsstands this week, in a sensational comic-book plot
twist that had been kept a closely guarded secret.
Blood seeps from his red-white-and-blue costume as life ebbs from
Steve Rogers, the scrawny student who was transformed into the
physically perfect superhero when he volunteered to be injected
with "Super Soldier" serum during World War II.
But executives at Marvel acknowledged death is not always final in
the superhero universe – and they hope the same is true for
flagging comics sales of Captain America, who has lost ground to
more contemporary superheroes like Spider-Man.
"This is the end of Steve Rogers, the meat and potatoes guy from
1941," Dan Buckley, president and publisher of publishing, Marvel
Entertainment, told Reuters.
"But Captain America is a costume, and there are other people who
could take it over. He is iconic, and we're continuing the comic
books," he added. But he declined to speculate who could step into
the hero's 66-year-old boots.
He said the continuing comic series would initially be focussed on
the reaction of other characters to Captain America's death.
This was similar to the death of Superman in 1993, when the leading
superhero of Marvel rival D.C. Comics was killed off after about 55
years – only to be brought back months later.
Captain America has appeared in about 210 million comics in 75
countries, but currently his title sells up to 80,000 copies a
month in the United States, down from about 150,000 in their heyday.
Unlike other comic heroes such as Spider-Man, Superman, Batman and
the Fantastic Four, the Captain has yet to win Hollywood fame,
though Buckley said there are plans for a Captain America movie.
"He is still popular, but he has not been getting the same
attention as Spider-Man and others," said Buckley. "We hope this
will make him more popular in the short-term at least."
Captain America's assassination secret comes in the aftermath of a
seven-issue mini-series, Marvel's civil war, which divided
superheroes as the government ordered them to reveal their true
identities and register with authorities.
This caused a major rift and resulted in two super-powered
factions, one led by Captain America, who went underground and
formed a resistance movement, the other by Iron Man.
In the end, Captain America surrendered to Iron Man's pro-
registration forces – but is shot dead on the steps of New York's
Federal Courthouse on his way to face charges.
Gerry Gladston, co-owner of Midtown Comics in Manhattan, said
Captain America's assassination – and the fact it had remained such
a secret, even to some Marvel staff – was "pretty Earth-shattering"
and had sent sales soaring already.
"Captain America is still one of the most relevant comic book
characters and the one with the most iconic status in the Marvel
Universe who is revered by the others," said Gladston.
"I hope they bring him back. I miss him already."
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