FAREWELL CAPTAIN AMERICA - WE’LL MISS YOU!
March 2007
Steve Rogers is dead like a doornail, finished, bought the farm, screwed the pooch. Who is Steve Rogers? He is better known to most of us as Captain America. You know the comic book superhero. For more than 67 years, we have been treated to the adventures of Captain America, and now Marvel Comics has pulled the plug on him, literally.
According to the Daily Bugle, Captain America’s hometown newspaper, the fatal attack took place on the steps of the Federal Courthouse. The Captain was taken to Mercy Hospital where he succumbed to gunshot wounds in the shoulder, chest and stomach. Really, you can’t make this stuff up.
You couldn’t find a superhero more patriotic than Captain America. In fact he was created in 1941 to foster patriotism during World War II. It obviously caught on because more than 210 million Captain America comics have been sold in more than 70 countries since he first broke onto the scene.
Now the good news is that death comes and goes in comic book land. Don’t be surprised if the good Captain is resurrected sometime in the future. As I recall Superman has been killed a few times and always made it back.
Why should we care about the passing of a member of the Justice League? It’s not so much the Captain, but more of what the Captain stands for. During the war years he represented all that was good about our country. From his red white and blue uniform to good triumphing over evil Captain America, was the real deal to many. To many he was what America was all about.
Captain America triumphed over the Nazis during WW II. He beat back the communistic threat during the fifties and early sixties and flattened other super villains (now known as terrorists) in his spare time. It’s almost ironic that he would be snuffed out by a sniper’s bullet.
With everything that is going on in the world and in our country today, it would seem to me that we should have a guy like Captain America around to help get us through these rough and unsettling times.
One of Cap’s creators, Joe Simon who is now 93 told the Associated Press that “We really need him now.” Marvel Comic’s Editor-In-Chief Joe Quesada told reporters that there are many unanswered questions following the Captain’s untimely demise.
“What happens with the costume? And what happens to the characters that are friends and enemies of Cap?" Quesada said with a smile. "You're going to have to read the books to find out." Now there’s marketing in action!
Not to worry too much. You probably won’t be too surprised to learn that a Captain America movie is already in the works. He was a real American hero and will be sorely missed by many. This news along with the death of Anna Nicole Smith is really more than I can take.
Lee Degenstein has covered the financial markets for print and broadcast media for more than 15 years. Mr. Degenstein was also the news director and morning anchor at two major radio stations in New Jersey. He has been a reporter/contributor to United Press International, The Associated Press, The Mutual Broadcasting System and New York 1 News. A winner of the Associated Press award for 'best business story' he lives and works in New York City. Mr. Degenstein can be reached by email at: lee723@verizon.net
© Copyright 2007,
Lee Degenstein.
All rights reserved
www.leereports.blogspot.com
Steve Rogers is dead like a doornail, finished, bought the farm, screwed the pooch. Who is Steve Rogers? He is better known to most of us as Captain America. You know the comic book superhero. For more than 67 years, we have been treated to the adventures of Captain America, and now Marvel Comics has pulled the plug on him, literally.
According to the Daily Bugle, Captain America’s hometown newspaper, the fatal attack took place on the steps of the Federal Courthouse. The Captain was taken to Mercy Hospital where he succumbed to gunshot wounds in the shoulder, chest and stomach. Really, you can’t make this stuff up.
You couldn’t find a superhero more patriotic than Captain America. In fact he was created in 1941 to foster patriotism during World War II. It obviously caught on because more than 210 million Captain America comics have been sold in more than 70 countries since he first broke onto the scene.
Now the good news is that death comes and goes in comic book land. Don’t be surprised if the good Captain is resurrected sometime in the future. As I recall Superman has been killed a few times and always made it back.
Why should we care about the passing of a member of the Justice League? It’s not so much the Captain, but more of what the Captain stands for. During the war years he represented all that was good about our country. From his red white and blue uniform to good triumphing over evil Captain America, was the real deal to many. To many he was what America was all about.
Captain America triumphed over the Nazis during WW II. He beat back the communistic threat during the fifties and early sixties and flattened other super villains (now known as terrorists) in his spare time. It’s almost ironic that he would be snuffed out by a sniper’s bullet.
With everything that is going on in the world and in our country today, it would seem to me that we should have a guy like Captain America around to help get us through these rough and unsettling times.
One of Cap’s creators, Joe Simon who is now 93 told the Associated Press that “We really need him now.” Marvel Comic’s Editor-In-Chief Joe Quesada told reporters that there are many unanswered questions following the Captain’s untimely demise.
“What happens with the costume? And what happens to the characters that are friends and enemies of Cap?" Quesada said with a smile. "You're going to have to read the books to find out." Now there’s marketing in action!
Not to worry too much. You probably won’t be too surprised to learn that a Captain America movie is already in the works. He was a real American hero and will be sorely missed by many. This news along with the death of Anna Nicole Smith is really more than I can take.
Lee Degenstein has covered the financial markets for print and broadcast media for more than 15 years. Mr. Degenstein was also the news director and morning anchor at two major radio stations in New Jersey. He has been a reporter/contributor to United Press International, The Associated Press, The Mutual Broadcasting System and New York 1 News. A winner of the Associated Press award for 'best business story' he lives and works in New York City. Mr. Degenstein can be reached by email at: lee723@verizon.net
© Copyright 2007,
Lee Degenstein.
All rights reserved
www.leereports.blogspot.com
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