2008 Woodie Awards
Salute to America
By Chase Hoffman
3/28/07 - Features
For over 60 years, Captain America a.k.a. Steve Rodgers fought evil villains like the Red Skull, Hitler, and Communism on that flimsy paper. Recently, Marvel Comics killed off this beloved hero in the now notorious storyline, "Civil War."
The storyline is an intentional allegory about current event issues like the Patriot Act. In the comic, Steve Rodgers defies the superhero registration act after a hero tragically sets off a 9/11-like disaster. Rodgers eventually surrenders to police and later is fatally shot on the steps of a courthouse.
Superheroes have died in comics before, only to be resurrected later. Marvel Editor-in-Chief, Jose Quesada says this time it is different. "All I ask of my writers is if you're going to kill a character off, please let that death have some meaning in the overall scope of things," stated Quesada.
The storyline is an intentional allegory about current event issues like the Patriot Act. In the comic, Steve Rodgers defies the superhero registration act after a hero tragically sets off a 9/11-like disaster. Rodgers eventually surrenders to police and later is fatally shot on the steps of a courthouse.
Superheroes have died in comics before, only to be resurrected later. Marvel Editor-in-Chief, Jose Quesada says this time it is different. "All I ask of my writers is if you're going to kill a character off, please let that death have some meaning in the overall scope of things," stated Quesada.
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