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You all probably already know this by now, but in Captain America #25 Steve Rogers (Capt. America) is assinated.

After the shocking events of Captain America #25, Steve Rogers, better known to the world as the star-spangled Captain America, lies dead, having been assassinated on the steps of a federal courthouse. Being led to trial for violating the Superhuman Registration Act and engaging in the Civil War that pitted super hero against super hero, Rogers was senselessly taken from a world that he had helped save countless times before.
Source: Fallen Son: Death of Cap - Marvel.com news

Captain America was started by Marvel during WWII as a force to battle the Nazis.  The character has had a long history and changed over the years. There are folks who think that Cap isn’t really gone and Marvel will bring him back somehow.

Comics have “killed off” lots of characters in the past (e.g. Superman) and brought them back.  Wonder how this one will be handled?

Any guesses?

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I’m just old enough to remember the original series.  It does, believe it or not, come on in the wee hours of the morning on YTV I believe.  Ah the 60s cartoon, the theme song, ah the memories.  Regardless great news here:

Spider-Man swings back into television action in early 2008 as an animated series from Culver Entertainment to air on Kids’ WB! on The CW, it was announced by Kids’ WB! Senior Vice President and General Manager Betsy McGowen and Sony Pictures Television Co-President Zack Van Amburg.
Source: Marvel Announces New Spider-Man Cartoon! - Forever Geek

I hope this one is better than the Fantatic Four that’s out now.  Man I wanted to like it, but it just doesn’t thrill me.  I also hope that it comes to YTV since I don’t have any WB channels on my cable system.

Any of you remember all the Spidey appearances on Electric Company?  Yes, when Morgan Freeman was on the show.

Yes, I’m old.

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I think one of the reasons I liked A-Ha’s video for “Take On Me” so much — besides the fact that it’s one of the greatest music videos of all time — is because it showed a girl reading a comic book (and getting sucked into the comic book — how cool is that?). (via YouTube)

I’m old enough to remember getting funny looks when I went to the local comic store. Girls didn’t read comic books. Girls didn’t go to comic stores. That was the stereotype, that was the message. I kept doing it anyway. I needed my “G.I. Joe” fix.

Happily, I don’t get funny looks anymore. In fact, there’s likely to be a girl working behind the counter.

I love progress.

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