News from Marvel
Mar. 7th, 2007 04:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sdelmonteSo...there's word of a big thing in Captain America #25
SPOILERS ABOUND!!!
Apparently, Captain America is dead. Shot by a sniper in a plot against him by his enemy the Red Skull.
I haven't read this, nor am I likely to. But it was sold out at my comic shop. And Marvel has suddenly announced a number of specials related to the Death of Captain America.
Show of hands. Anyone think he's really dead? Or that if he is, he'll stay dead? Anyone else tired of this?
Now it's possible that there will be a lot of good stories emerging from this. The year following Superman's death was one of the best years to be a reader of the Superman titles. That was the year we got Steel and Kon-El. And Ed Brubaker is a very good writer.
But it got old in 1993. Killing a major hero in the comics is probably the most cynical thing a publisher can do. Never mind that Marvel is going from Event to Event to Event, without a break, draining the wallets of its loyal fans ad nauseum.
Now if Marvel really intends to leave him dead at least for a couple of years, I might be impressed. But I really can't say I expect it.
And let's add one more thing...I don't want to see Captain America dead. He's a great character and also a great symbol. Is Marvel saying he's outdated?
And if he is going to die, he deserves to go out fighting. Killed by a sniper? That's sort of anticlimactic.
If you actually read it, I'd love to know what you think.
SPOILERS ABOUND!!!
Apparently, Captain America is dead. Shot by a sniper in a plot against him by his enemy the Red Skull.
I haven't read this, nor am I likely to. But it was sold out at my comic shop. And Marvel has suddenly announced a number of specials related to the Death of Captain America.
Show of hands. Anyone think he's really dead? Or that if he is, he'll stay dead? Anyone else tired of this?
Now it's possible that there will be a lot of good stories emerging from this. The year following Superman's death was one of the best years to be a reader of the Superman titles. That was the year we got Steel and Kon-El. And Ed Brubaker is a very good writer.
But it got old in 1993. Killing a major hero in the comics is probably the most cynical thing a publisher can do. Never mind that Marvel is going from Event to Event to Event, without a break, draining the wallets of its loyal fans ad nauseum.
Now if Marvel really intends to leave him dead at least for a couple of years, I might be impressed. But I really can't say I expect it.
And let's add one more thing...I don't want to see Captain America dead. He's a great character and also a great symbol. Is Marvel saying he's outdated?
And if he is going to die, he deserves to go out fighting. Killed by a sniper? That's sort of anticlimactic.
If you actually read it, I'd love to know what you think.
