Yea it may sound kinda kiddy, but for those marvel comics fan
out there captain america dies in e latest issue of marvel
comic.
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.
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