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Events Leading Up to the Death of Captain America
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Spoiler Warning *******
The Civil War
First there was the beginning of
the Civil War between the entire Marvel Universe of Superheroes. The
Civil War begins when the New Warriors are battling a group of
villains while filming a reality TV show of all things. One of the
bad guys named Nitro explodes killing hundreds of people including
school children.
The public becomes furious and in
response a Superhero Registration Act is formed requiring all super
powered individuals to register with the government. The heroes
split down the middle on whether or not to register with Iron Man
taking the side of registration, and Captain America opposing.
The Act becomes law and Captain America forms a team to resist the
law and the incarceration of super powered individuals refusing to
obey the law.
Fierce battles take place between
Iron Man's registration forces, and Captain America's forces of
freedom, until the final battle to release the super powered
prisoners from Tony Stark's Negative Zone Prison.
For some strange reason which is
beyond me, Captain America has Cloak teleport both teams of
combatants to New York City. My question is why not to some place
isolated where heroes can battle without destroying property or
risking lives. Doesn't sound like something Captain America would
do.
Suddenly when Captain America is
almost ready to slam Iron Man for the winning blow a bunch of
citizens start whining, and Cap sees the destruction the battle has
caused (Duh! of course there is destruction!) and orders his team to
stand down.
Courthouse Steps The Death
Scene
Everyone else gets amnesty, but
Captain America is sent to jail. While going up Federal Court
House steps Cap is shot by a sniper. In the chaos Sharon Carter
fires a pistol into Cap's stomach. Apparently she was hypnotized by
Dr. Faustus to finish the job of the sniper who turns out to be
Crossbones.
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The whole thing was
orchestrated by Captain America's ultimate enemy the
Red Skull.
If you'll recall, some years back the Red Skull died in Captain
America #300, and here he is now orchestrating Cap's death. Of
course the Skull's death didn't last that long. For more on the
Red
Skull's history. While Cap rides
in the ambulance news reports come in stating that Captain
America is now dead, but we didn't actually see Cap's last
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We all know in comic books that a
character can die right before our eyes and still find a way to come
back to life. I'm still trying to understand how Superman came back
to life.
A major clue to Cap still being
alive comes from the Civil War: The Initiative, Ms. Marvel
claims that Captain America is not dead but "...tucked away safe on
the Raft... They're trying to save his life even as we speak."
I have not read this one yet personally, but I pulled this bit of
info off of Wikipedia.
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