Thursday, March 08, 2007

Comic hero Captain America dies

BBC News

Superhero Captain America has been killed off after appearing in US comic books for 66 years.


Captain America Dies
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The character, who appears in the Captain America comic book, was created in 1941 to build up patriotic feeling during World War II.

Co-creator Joe Simon told the New York Daily News: "It's a hell of a time for him to go, We really need him now."

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Talk about getting a peek at one's own mortality!! Captain America was only a couple years older 'n ME!

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