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2007-03-07 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-03-07 10:16|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 No...

The only god thing here is that in comic books, Death isn't forever.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2007-03-07 11:15|| 2007-03-07 11:15|| Front Page Top

#2 He should have retired...then went consulting....

Posted by crazyhorse 2007-03-07 11:18|| 2007-03-07 11:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Actually I heard he faked his death and now works as a contractor for Halliburton's Earthquake divsion.

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-03-07 11:37|| 2007-03-07 11:37|| Front Page Top

#4 The all time great superhero for getting killed and being brought back to life is Jean Grey, from the X-Men, aka "Wonder Girl" and "Phoenix". Here is a funny flash cartoon on the subject. (There are a bunch on the same subject by the same animator at the site.)

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/219810

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-03-07 13:35|| 2007-03-07 13:35|| Front Page Top

#5 I think you mean Marvel Girl -- Wonder Girl is one of DC's New Teen Titans.

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2007-03-07 14:03|| 2007-03-07 14:03|| Front Page Top

#6 Marvel girl it is, back in the olden X-men.

Posted by anonymous5089 2007-03-07 14:22|| 2007-03-07 14:22|| Front Page Top

#7 Excellent flash animations, I'm having quite a laugh over there, hé hé.

Posted by anonymous5089 2007-03-07 14:43|| 2007-03-07 14:43|| Front Page Top

#8 too bad about Captain America.

The funniest line I heard about Jean Grey was from the 'revolution' series where Wolverine was chewing out The White Queen for her position: "Jean would be rolling in her grave, providin' you could keep her in it longer'n a week."

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2007-03-07 14:59|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2007-03-07 14:59|| Front Page Top

#9
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.

yeah: Our Creator will be the only one capable of taking us out.

Series writer Ed Brubaker - who grew up reading Captain America comics while his father, a naval intelligence officer, was stationed on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - said it wasn't easy to kill off the character. The 40-year-old, however, wanted to explore what the hero meant to the country in these polarized times.

...and the world will be left to explore what it means to be without the United States.

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2007-03-07 15:01|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2007-03-07 15:01|| Front Page Top

#10 Ptah,

Myself, I think that Cap will be back, it just won't be Steve Rogers. On the other hand, I'd be willing to bet the rent check that the new Cap will be a female, a minority, or both.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2007-03-07 17:48|| 2007-03-07 17:48|| Front Page Top

#11 "Steve turned around and Bobby Ewing opened the shower door. It was all a ~~bad~~ dream"

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-03-07 18:00|| 2007-03-07 18:00|| Front Page Top

#12 Article: Series writer Ed Brubaker - who grew up reading Captain America comics while his father, a naval intelligence officer, was stationed on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - said it wasn't easy to kill off the character. The 40-year-old, however, wanted to explore what the hero meant to the country in these polarized times.

I love how these guys have a million ways of saying "I'm looking to boost my sales by making remarks that sound vaguely topical, while appealing to the nostalgic feelings of the masses, who had forgotten my product exists."

Posted by Zhang Fei 2007-03-07 19:28|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2007-03-07 19:28|| Front Page Top

#13 Mike: I wonder if they will finally re-invent the super soldier formula that made Cap in the first place? The best bet would be that they were able to extract it from his blood, post-mortem. That way, it could still be an unknown formula.

The hardest part will be how they handle finding a super patriot to inject it into.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-03-07 21:20|| 2007-03-07 21:20|| Front Page Top

#14 Well, after the Thing was retconned to be Jewish, they had to do something new.

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2007-03-07 22:05|| 2007-03-07 22:05|| Front Page Top

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