We should all know by now that no one really dies in comic books.
AP News | Culpeper Star-Exponent
NEW YORK (AP) -- Captain America is rising from the grave.So the original Cap is back. I was wondering how long they could keep him away.
The Marvel Comics superhero returns for the five-part series "Captain America Reborn," beginning July 1.But Marvel won't disclose how he rises from the dead. Executive Editor Tom Brevoort teases that the character has been "on a Vonnegut-esque metaphysical journey," including some soul-searching about his place in the world.
"He hasn't just been lying in a cold grave for these many months," Brevoort says. "While he seems to be dead, his mind and his spirit" are active elsewhere.
Captain America, the superhero alter ego of Steve Rogers, was apparently shot and killed two years ago on the steps of a courthouse in lower Manhattan. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
I actually see this whole "Captain America is dead" story as a metaphor for our recent political history. For many, the Bush years in America represented a time when our country had lost it's identity. With Obama in the White House, a noticeable sense of pride has been restored. I really don't think it is a coincidence that one of our most iconic American heroes was presumably killed during our darkest days.
