March 7, 2007I wouldn't worry too much about Captain AmericaThe death of Captain America somehow made national news today. Well, don't shed a tear for Cap just yet. He's already died probably a half-dozen times in the past, and so have all of his fictional friends. Even comic book characters who get killed off "permanently," like Hal Jordan and Norman Osborn, turn out to have not been dead after all, after enough time has passed and writers realize that they can't infuse brand-new characters with any kind of depth or emotional resonance. Semi-insulting quote from a Marvel spokesman: "This is the end of Steve Rogers, the meat-and-potatoes guy from 1941...But Captain America is a costume, and there are other people who could take it over." I'm fairly sure Mark Gruenwald already covered the idea that Steve Rogers is the only Captain America, ass. Andrew - 6:10 PMComments
Clearly the one, true, original Captain America is Isaiah Bradley. The whole "Civil War" story Marvel's been running wound up being kind of disappointing. On the surface it sounded like a good allegory for what's going on in the US these days, but they just didn't execute it all that well. James F - Mar 8, 2007 - 10:11 AM |