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.
This blogger is off to cry himself to sleep.
UPDATE: The Onion - What do you think?
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OK, this is guff. He’ll be back. He’s died a few times now and come back as other people.
Now, I’m off to perv over Lara Croft and play dungeons and dragons.
In the comics, nobody dies but Bucky.
I blame Karl Rove.
More HERE. Via David Thompson’s blog.
Dan,
Is that a Kevin Smith quote?