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03-07-2007 #1
America dies?
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.
I never thought this would happen. I don't know if I want to see a Captain America movie either. The first one was bad enough.
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03-07-2007 #2
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yeah i just put this in the comic book thread...
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03-07-2007 #3Originally Posted by tsntx
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03-07-2007 #4
RIP...couple old comics i have with the Captain
u will be fucking fat bitches in no time
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03-07-2007 #6
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03-07-2007 #7
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I had heard that he went quail-hunting with dick cheney...
"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity." - Poe
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03-07-2007 #8
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OMG WTF MAN. I LOVE CAPTAIN AMERICA. Him and Ironman were 2 of my favs. Plus he just starred in the Avengers cartoons just half a year ago. But hey....comic books tend to follow a different path than the cartoons. Like wolverine no longer having adamantium and marrying storm. THey ressurected superman 1 billion times....they better bring captain back.
Reality is perception.
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03-07-2007 #9Originally Posted by chefmike
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03-08-2007 #10
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Originally Posted by werwt22