Captain America Buried in Arlington National Cemetary

coondoggie writes "Earlier this year Captain America was slain as the climax to Marvel Comics' Civil War event. The renowned hero will be buried in the next issue of Marvel Comics' 'Fallen Son,' due on July 5. 'Writer Jeph Loeb has been busy working through the stages of grief in his most recent titles, according to an Associated Press story. A book centered on Wolverine dealt with denial; one with the Avengers covered anger; and Spider-Man battled depression. With the story line so relevant to present-day politics, and the timing of the latest issue so precise, it's hard not to think the whole thing is one big slam on the government.'"

Comments

Re:What do you expect?

[AxemRed]

At least Harding knew that his cronies were doing wrong and had a problem with it. From Wikipedia:

"My God, this is a hell of a job!" Harding said. "I have no trouble with my enemies, but my damn friends, my God-damned friends... they're the ones that keep me walking the floor nights!"

Bush just gives them a pat on the back...

Death isn't the handicap it used to be...

[91degrees]

I'm amused by how the mainstream media has fallen for this marketting hype. We're geekier than that though. Death is one of the least permanent states for a comic character. Superman died in the 1990's. He seemed to get better and he wasn't the first. I very much doubt Jean Grey was either. Even Uncle Ben has been ressurected briefly via an alternative timeline.

Re:To the author... [SPOILERS]

[bri2000]

I think that's the point. I don't read comics anything like as much as I used to, and hadn't read any "classic" universe Marvel for a few years, when I picked up the trade paperback of Civil War a couple of months ago. The whole thing seemed to be an allegory for current US politics with Captain America representing the liberal "we must not let the terrorists win by abrogating our freedoms" wing and with the killer android and concentration camp designing Reed Richards and Tony Stark representing the neocon "things have changed and the world is too dangerous for our old freedoms" wing. The point is the neocons do win. Captain America is shown to be out of touch and unrepresentative of (and in the final issue he is attacked by) the ordinary Americans he purports to represent, whereas Richards and Stark are hailed as true heroes. Sure, Sue gets a bit miffed with Reed about the whole killer android version of Thor thing, running off to join Caps rebels but she soons gets over her feminine mood swing and comes back - in an interesting parallel to recent Scooter Libby developments, Reed demands, and gets, a full pardon for Sue while his concentration camp is slowly filled with all the other post humans who refuse to co-operate with Reed and Stark.

And that's it. Reed and Stark turn into Henry Bendix types who kill and imprison people to help bring about their conception of a finer world with no comebacks (unless, as I fervently hope, at some point during World War Hulk, the Hulk removes Stark from his armour via the neck and then uses the emtpy shell as a latrine). The whole book seemed to be an endorsement of the idea of the competent, benign (unless you disagree with him - in which case its Prison 42 for you) dictator and, for me at least, left a bad taste. A shame as I've really liked Millar's work on The Ultimates.

How do you figure this is a slam on the government

[Steeltalon]

Captain America gave up. Iron-Man, Reed Richards, and their goons were clearly in the wrong and Captain America gave up. Iron-Man and Reed are the ones who were committing (at best) "morally gray" acts. Iron-Man and Reed are the ones who cloned Thor, resulting in Goliath's death. Iron-Man and Reed are the ones who were supporting, guess what? The government. Captain America gave up the fight against the forces of oppression in a nod to the government. His death is, if anything, a sign that his breed of super-hero has no place in the Fox news world that Marvel seems to favor now. This is a slam against us. Certainly not to the government or to Iron-Man.