CNN reports:
Shocking event for Captain America
POSTED: 2:43 p.m. EST, March 7, 2007 NEW YORK (CNN) -- He fought and triumphed over Hitler, Tojo, international Communism and a host of supervillains, but he could not dodge a sniper's bullet.
Comic book hero Captain America is dead.
After close to 60 years in print, Marvel Comics has killed off Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, one of its most famous and beloved superheroes amid an already controversial story line, "Civil War," which is pitting the heroes of Marvel's universe against one another.
In the comic series, Rogers was to stand trial for defying a superhero registration law passed after a hero's tragic mistake causes a 9/11-like event.
Steve Rogers eventually surrenders to police. He is later mortally wounded as he climbs the as he climbs the courthouse steps.
5 pence says he'll be ok, 10 pence say's he'll resurrected after four wannabee Captains fight it out to replace him, only for aliens to invade.