Captain America: Reborn

[Captain]

I kinda figured they would wait until next year and bring him back as a publicity gimmick to promote the new movie. Whatever, at least Rogers is back.Curious to see how Bucky will fit in now?

...With this development and the MJ/Spidey business, you think Marvel is backtracking a bit? Figured out they were po'ing more fans than grabbing new ones with this stuff and decided to beat a hasty retreat?

[Earth 2 Chris]

I wondered about the lack of Batman coverage too. Could be WB didn't want it publicly known DC "killed" Batman during his hottest year with DK out and merchandise on the shelves. Plus, they showed Bruce alive in the past in the last issue of FC, so it kind of immediately took away any real punch it had.

Cap seemed D-E-A-D. But of course, we all knew he'd be back.

Chris

[Wee67]

What we all knew would happen is official- Marvel confirms they are bringing back Cap next month.

On a side note, I find it interesting how much more publicity Marvel has seemed to generate with the death of Cap than DC did with the death of the much more widely known Batman. Perhaps I have missed it, but I saw several news outlet report Cap's death, but I've seen nothing in the mainstream media about Batman. I think it just shows how much better Marvel is at at publicity.

Captain America is coming back to life in a comic near you

From The New York Daily News-


Captain America is making a miraculous recovery.

Two years after Marvel Comics knocked off its famous star-spangled superhero, he's gonna be back and better than ever.

"The original Captain America is finally coming back," Marvel Comics editor in chief Joe Quesada told the Daily News. "We've been patiently planning for this moment for 21/2 years."

Captain America will return next month in a five-comic book series, "Captain America Reborn."

The dramatic return is coming not a moment too soon for fans of the superhero and his alter ego, Steve Rogers.

Marvel writer Ed Brubaker was stunned at the global reaction when Captain America was gunned down on the steps of a courthouse.

"It was crazy," said Brubaker. "I had shock jocks calling me up at 5:30 in the morning - they got my home number somehow - and they were like, 'Ed, tell us it's not true, tell us Captain America is not dead.'"

It's been 68 years since creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby introduced Rogers - a scrawny kid who is injected with a "Super Soldier" serum to fight the Nazis - to an adoring fan base.

Captain America has appeared in more than 210 million comics in 75 countries since then, and a big-budget movie is scheduled for 2011.

"He's a pop culture icon," said Bryan Hitch, artist for "Captain America Reborn."

"[Captain America] at heart is a bit of an old-fashioned guy - he looks like Brad Pitt, but smells like your granddad."

Death in comics, of course, is almost never as final as it is in real life.

Marvel's archrival, DC Comics, killed Superman in 1993, only to bring him back a year later.

There's still no word about how creators plan to bring Captain America back to life.

One thing's for sure - it'll definitely be a hit.

"Consumers are responding to it like crazy," said Gerry Gladston, co-owner of Midtown Comics in Manhattan. "They don't feel like it's a stunt."