In The Wake of the Civil War, a Hero Falls
Yesterday I received an odd update from the Marvel RSS Feeds, saying a “Superhero has been fatally shot and is in critical condition” and that “details would be revealed later.”
It was revealed within an hour of the post that the superhero in question was none other than Marvel Comics staple Captain America. The report ran on Marvel’s own site, and also appeared on a few of the official news wires this morning.
Marvel’s “Civil War” recently ended (poorly, I might add), and Captain America had surrendered himself over to the Registration Nazi’s (Iron Man and S.H.I.E.L.D.). In the most recent issue of Captain America that hit the newstands and comic shops on Wednesday, he was brutally shot while exiting a courthouse.
Superhero deaths are something to take lightly, however. There’s no way that Marvel permanently killed off one of their top tier of superheroes. I imagine it was just a stunt pulled by the remaining anti-registration resistance to get Cap off the map.
Should Marvel keep Cap dead? Have today’s more maturely written comics simply outgrown the boy scout Steve Rogers? What do you think, readers?
Source: AOL Entertainment News
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