Captain America Flap Jacks

[Doc Holliday]

Unidentified hero shot on steps of Federal Courthouse
By The Daily Bugle Staff

Breaking news: Few details are clear at this time, but the scene outside the Federal Courthouse in Manhattan is a portrait of chaos and confusion as a former superhero has been shot.

Gunfire erupted this morning after what could only be described as a whirlwind turn of events. Hundreds of New Yorkers swarmed the Federal Courthouse after word spread that an in-custody former superhero--a major player in the recent "Superhero Civil War"--was to be arraigned in New York instead of in front of a Military Tribunal.

As the crowd began swelling to unmanageable proportions, U.S. Marshals led the prisoner up the steps of the Courthouse. Moments later--before the unidentified prisoner reached the Courthouse doors--shots were reportedly fired, sending the crowd into a panic and dropping at least one person--the former hero.

At this time, rumors are circulating as to the identity of the victim, but The Daily Bugle can not confirm anything yet--including his or her condition. We will be updating this story with continued coverage throughout the day, so don't go anywhere.

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Think it's for real or some fifteen-year-old Superman bullshit?

Also who's gonna get Osama now?

[Nick]

http://www.marvel.com/news/comicstories.392

Daily Bugle: Captain America shot and killed

Living legend assassinated on steps of Federal Courthouse

By The Daily Bugle Staff

Earlier today, we reported on the attempted assassination of a former superhero. We can now confirm that the victim has been identified as Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America. Rogers was pronounced dead at Mercy Hospital due to injuries suffered from multiple gunshot wounds to the shoulder, chest and stomach.

Eyewitness reports claim that the initial bullet, tagging Rogers in the shoulder, came from a sniper perched atop or in one of the buildings adjacent to the Federal Courthouse. Several other shots were fired during the ensuing commotion--hitting Rogers in the chest and stomach--but witnesses fleeing the scene, as well as the U.S. Marshals who were escorting Rogers, have stated there was only one sniper shot fired.

The identity of the assassin(s), as well as the origin of the other shots, have not yet been revealed. Agents from S.H.I.E.L.D., the FBI and local police are working together on the investigation and have begun combing the buildings in the area. A S.H.I.E.L.D. spokesperson declined to comment on the shooting, and stressed that few details regarding the investigation would be available while it's being conducted.

Rogers, a veteran of World War II, thought lost during the close of those hostilities, returned to action decades later and was instrumental in the early days of the Avengers. He had been at the forefront of American superheroics until recently when he openly and violently opposed the U.S. government's Superhero Registration Act. As Captain America, Rogers battled pro-Registration forces last week in Manhattan until surrendering himself to S.H.I.E.L.D. custody. He was on his way to his arraignment when he was struck down earlier today.

Rogers has never been married and has no known living relatives.

For more on the shooting, see Captain America #25 and for further perspective on Captain America and these events, keep reading the Daily Bugle.

[D_N_G]

Front Page Yahoo news

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070307/...aptain_america

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.

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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.

[Dolemite]

Comic book characters never stay dead. We all know that.

[Advocate]

I bet he went into the Witness Protection program or something similar. Nick Fury probably did it and now he'll be a rogue ... I hope he wears the U.S. Agent uni ... I always liked the Black/Gray uni. And now this will lead to Frank Castle taking the helm of Cap. Which sounds real gay.

[Bacon McShig]

What the hell...? If they were going to kill him anyway why didn't they just do it half a month earlier in Civil War? Would have been a much better ending than what we got.

[rezo]

Someone post the Civil War pages of him diving out of a building while dozens of people fire at him with machine guns.

[Advocate]

Made national news too.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,257398,00.html

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/book...ica/index.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17499797/

The MSNBC and Fox seem to be an associated press release, but the CNN one they talked to Quesada himself.

[Doc Holliday]

Someone post the Civil War pages of him diving out of a building while dozens of people fire at him with machine guns.

obviously these men were bad shots.

[Bacon McShig]

Someone post the Civil War pages of him diving out of a building while dozens of people fire at him with machine guns.

To be fair, he was anticipating those shots while wearing an armored costume, which is very different from being blindsisded by a sniper while wearing civvies.

Also, it's a comic book.