Captain Capped
“Ladies and Gentlemen, we are gathered here today to celebrate the life of Captain America”:
NEW YORK, March 7 (UPI) -- Comic book lovers were in mourning Wednesday over Marvel Entertainment's decision to kill off Captain America with two bullets.
In Issue 25, which hit bookstands Wednesday, the superhero that never had super powers was struck once by a sniper's bullet in the shoulder as he emerged from a courthouse and then a second, fatal shot hits him in the stomach, the New York Daily News reported.
Series writer Ed Brubaker, 40, said he wanted to explore what the hero meant to the country.
"What I found is that all the really hardcore 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) all want him to be over in the streets of Baghdad, punching out Saddam," Brubaker said.
Joe Simon, 93, who co-created the hero with artist Jack Kirby in 1941, said he was disappointed.
"It's a hell of a time for him to go. We really need him now," Simon told the Daily News.
The comic character has sold about 210 million copies in 75 countries, the report said.
I think that anti-war speeches and fighting in Baghdad will be the least of Brubaker’s problems from here on out. What he should be really worried about is the angry, torch-wielding mob outside his cheap studio apartment. As a comic book fan myself, I was never a huge fan of Captain America, but if there’s one thing you should never EVER do is kill off an important comic book character. I know the whole “Death of Superman” thing worked, but only once because they brought him back obviously.
At the ripe age of 40, I predict that Brubaker will have some unnecessary complications with his upcoming mid-life crisis.
NEW YORK, March 7 (UPI) -- Comic book lovers were in mourning Wednesday over Marvel Entertainment's decision to kill off Captain America with two bullets.
In Issue 25, which hit bookstands Wednesday, the superhero that never had super powers was struck once by a sniper's bullet in the shoulder as he emerged from a courthouse and then a second, fatal shot hits him in the stomach, the New York Daily News reported.
Series writer Ed Brubaker, 40, said he wanted to explore what the hero meant to the country.
"What I found is that all the really hardcore 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) all want him to be over in the streets of Baghdad, punching out Saddam," Brubaker said.
Joe Simon, 93, who co-created the hero with artist Jack Kirby in 1941, said he was disappointed.
"It's a hell of a time for him to go. We really need him now," Simon told the Daily News.
The comic character has sold about 210 million copies in 75 countries, the report said.
I think that anti-war speeches and fighting in Baghdad will be the least of Brubaker’s problems from here on out. What he should be really worried about is the angry, torch-wielding mob outside his cheap studio apartment. As a comic book fan myself, I was never a huge fan of Captain America, but if there’s one thing you should never EVER do is kill off an important comic book character. I know the whole “Death of Superman” thing worked, but only once because they brought him back obviously.
At the ripe age of 40, I predict that Brubaker will have some unnecessary complications with his upcoming mid-life crisis.
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