Sad news for Rock. Captain America is dead.

The People's DJ · Post by **The People's DJ** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:15 am

Comic superhero Captain America is assassinated

By Ethan Sacks

New York Daily News

NEW YORK - Captain America is dead.

The Marvel Entertainment superhero, created in 1941 as a patriotic adversary for the Nazis, is killed off in Captain America #25, which hits the stands Wednesday.

As Captain America emerges from a courthouse building, he is struck by a sniper's bullet in the shoulder and then hit again in the stomach, blood seeping out of his star-spangled costume.

His death is sure to ignite controversy in the comic book world - still reeling from Superman's death in 1993 and resurrection the following year - and even political pundits, who may see Captain America's demise as an allegory for the United States.

"It's a hell of a time for him to go. We really need him now," said co-creator Joe Simon, 93, after being informed of his brainchild's death.

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascit ... 849577.htm

Lester · Post by **Lester** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:20 am

Anything for a buck.

Assholes.

304live · Post by **304live** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:51 am

who do you think they are going to make have do it...

arab bad guys? the us govt? right wing extremists? anti-american americans?

SPIKE NESMITH! · Post by **SPIKE NESMITH!** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:06 am

They're outsourcing his job; give it six months and he'll be back as Captain Central America at $15 less per hour.

Rock · Post by **Rock** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:07 am

I would almost bet some white, militia type. Homegrown, of course.

Captain America will never die. Marvel's a bunch of money-grubbing fools.

Ace Purple · Post by **Ace Purple** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:09 am

Why do I suspect a miraculous recovery in Captain America #26?

Big Media · Post by **Big Media** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:33 am

The fact that we are even having this conversation gives me pause to consider why I frequent this site. We are talking about comic books here, right?

Here's what I see coming next:

Mark Hallburn wrote:When I worked for Marvel Comics back in 1994, we considered killing off Captain America. I lost that job too.

304live · Post by **304live** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:36 am

i drunk a duece of miller lite with Joe Simon back in 83

Rock · Post by **Rock** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:37 am

fanofbigmedia wrote:The fact that we are even having this conversation gives me pause to consider why I frequent this site. We are talking about comic books here, right?

Here's what I see coming next:

Mark Hallburn wrote:When I worked for Marvel Comics back in 1994, we considered killing off Captain America. I lost that job too.

Show prep? Or, because radio nerds are known to read comics, play video games, watch Star 'insert word here', and generally, be known as radio nerds.

Rock · Post by **Rock** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:37 am

304live wrote:i drunk a duece of miller lite with Joe Simon back in 83

priceless.

The People's DJ · Post by **The People's DJ** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:49 am

Ahh...the beauty that is the Marvel timeline. I'm thinking that someone in one the comics will try to go back in time and stop the assassination. However; in the Marvel universe you don't change the timeline. You create a new timeline. So even though someone went back in time and stop the assassination, they didn't change his/hers/its timeline, they made a new one.

My head spins with all these timeline.

If I'm not mistaken, Mags is no longer in the Utlimates timeline. He got stuck in a different timeline where Earth has a virus that cause all the heros and villians to turn into flesh eating zombies where he dies and is eaten.

And if Hallburn comes into this thread and states that he somehow work with Marvel, I will burn everthing I own that is Marvel.

Bob Loblaw · Post by **Bob Loblaw** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:52 am

SPIKE NESMITH! wrote:They're outsourcing his job; give it six months and he'll be back as Captain Central America at $15 less per hour.

hahahahahahahahahahahaha

fanofbigmedia wrote:Here's what I see coming next:

Mark Hallburn wrote:When I worked for Marvel Comics back in 1994, we considered killing off Captain America. I lost that job too.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Lee · Post by **Lee** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 2:37 pm

So I guess being born in 1941, his reflexes aren't as good as they used to be and he couldn't whip out that shield in time to deflect the bullet...

Captain America was lame anyway, he had a fucking SHIELD!! He threw the shield at those "dangerous" bad guys like the Red Skull...like they couldn't move out of the way..."Uh-oh...shield coming at me...WHAT DO I DO?!?"

Captain America was as useless as Aquaman. At least the Apache Chief could grow big..who wouldn't be scared of a 20 story tall Indian??

David Paleg · Post by **David Paleg** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 2:40 pm

Ace Purple wrote:Why do I suspect a miraculous recovery in Captain America #26?

Or could it be leading up to a new comic book: CSI #1 - Who Killed Captain America?

genlock · Post by **genlock** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:06 pm

cut-n-paste from somewhere on the net

The urge to hug a departed loved one again or prevent atrocities are among the compelling reasons that keep the notion of time travel alive in the minds of many.

While the idea makes for great fiction, some scientists now say traveling to the past is impossible.
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There are a handful of scenarios that theorists have suggested for how one might travel to the past, said Brian Greene, author of the bestseller, â€œThe Elegant Universeâ€

Cameron · Post by **Cameron** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:47 am

[quote="genlock"]cut-n-paste from somewhere on the net

Can You Time Travel?
The joys, terrors and true possibilities of navigating the fourth dimension, with quantum physicist Michio Kaku and astrophysicist Charles Liu.

There are a handful of scenarios that theorists have suggested for how one might travel to the past, said Brian Greene, author of the bestseller, â€œThe Elegant Universeâ€

Bob Campbell · Post by **Bob Campbell** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:11 am

The case had been re-classified as an accident. Apparently Captain America had been.....wait for it......on a hunting trip with Vice President Cheney.

Jay Nunley · Post by **Jay Nunley** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:11 pm

NERDS!!!!!!!!!!!

The People's DJ · Post by **The People's DJ** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:20 pm

Jay Nunley wrote:NERDS!!!!!!!!!!!

Whatever.

Jerk-off.

SPIKE NESMITH! · Post by **SPIKE NESMITH!** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:24 pm

In physics, time is described as a dimension much like length, width, and height. When you travel from your house to the grocery store, youâ€™re traveling through a direction in space, making headway in all the spatial dimensionsâ€”length, width and height. But youâ€™re also traveling forward in time, the fourth dimension.

NO! You're not traveling forward in time, you're moving with time, at the same speed.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to go put some more tape on my glasses. (i really do!)