Marvel can’t really kill Captain America but…

March 8, 2007 by Chris Mosby · 1 Comment
Filed under: Comic Book News, Commentary 

They can’t really kill Captain America; Marvel has too much tied up into licensing on that character, which is one of the things keeping them from going bankrupt.

They CAN kill the man that wears the costume, Steve Rogers, who has been Cap since WWII. The next issue of Captain America is reported to show Steve’s autopsy. Even the CNN article notes the difference.

“After close to 60 years in print, Marvel Comics has killed off Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, one of its most famous and beloved superheroes amid an already controversial story line, “Civil War,” which is pitting the heroes of Marvel’s universe against one another.

In the comic series, Rogers was to stand trial for defying a superhero registration law passed after a hero’s tragic mistake causes a 9/11-like event.

Steve Rogers eventually surrenders to police. He is later mortally wounded as he climbs the courthouse steps. (Watch the story of an American hero Video)”

I predict you will see an Iraq war veteran wearing the costume within 6 months.

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TALKING CAPTAIN AMERICA #25 WITH ED BRUBAKER - SPOILERS - NEWSARAMA

March 8, 2007 by Chris Mosby · Comments Off
Filed under: Comic Book News, Comic Creator Interviews, Marvel Comics 

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TALKING CAPTAIN AMERICA #25 WITH ED BRUBAKER - SPOILERS - NEWSARAMA

TALKING CAPTAIN AMERICA #25 WITH ED BRUBAKER - SPOILERS

If you had something to do off planet yesterday, you may not have heard about Captain America #25.
For the rest of us that were on earth, it was a pretty big deal –
something that brought back memories of the Death of Superman,
Spider-Man unmaksing and a very small handful of other events where
comics crossed into the mainstream consciousness in a huge way.

Oh – and of course - SPOILER WARNING FOR CAPTAIN AMERICA #25.

We spoke with the man at the center of the story, Captain America writer Ed Brubaker to get an inside look on what will be one of the landmarks of comics for 2007.

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