Anyone remember that classic line from Monyt Python and the Holy Graiol? If not, go back and watch this wet-your-pants-funny film. Anyway, that’s not what we’re talking about today. We’re talking about Captain America.
Everybody out there who thought that Steve Rogers (who was “killed†in Captain America #25 in March of 2007) raise your hand. Then march yourselves over to the corner and put on the Dunce cap.
You see, you folks just don’t understand marketing (don’t feel bad, I know quite a few folks who also don’t, but well, that’s another story altogether) Anyways, apparently the good Captain, and sentinel of Liberty isn’t quite dead yet. Or to be more specific, “He’s gotten better.†So says Sr. Marvel editor Tom Brevoort.
As reported earlier this morning, the July-debuting five issue miniseries Captain America: Reborn will be just that – Steve Rogers returning to the land of the living. The seeds of that return are planted in Captain America #600, on sale today in comic shops. Safe to say, what Sharon Carter (who fatally shot Cap back in Captain America #25) originally remembered happening on those courthouse steps may not actually be what happened. And that gun? Maybe it wasn't what she thought it was. In Reborn, Cap writer Ed Brubaker and artist Bryan Hitch – along with Butch Guice – will bring the original star-spangled hero back.
For the rest of that story check out Newsarama.
Well, I’m going out to check my local shop, and I’ll get back to you more of this “surprising†story.
The (Star-Spangled) Perfessor