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It caught me by surprise, I mean he made it out of Civil War so I thought he was in the clear, none the less Captain America is dead. This is pretty big as far as the Marvel universe goes. I would put it on par with the death of Superman, but I think this death has a bit more of a social context then sups did. It happens just as Civil War has wrapped up and the Marvel universe is know moving on in a new direction, as is the world at large. The question the writers lead us to became, is there a place in this new world for Captain America. The Answer is apparently no. The America that he stood for no longer exists and the dream that went along with it is dead. Tony Stark wins which means security has finally trumped liberty. This is what happens in Civil War, and this is personified in the death of Captain America. He was a champion for all those that believed in the America that gave us "give me liberty or give me death". He fought the Nazis for these ideals and finally he fought against those he used to call friend for those ideals. It remains to be seen who, if anyone, will pick up the torch that has fallen with his death. If the final pages of Civil War are any indication it will be the Punisher. This would so weird and fitting in a certain sense though. I have always seen the Punisher as just Captain America for a different generation, one that had to deal with all the horror that the Vietnam war brought. So if Punisher does take over there could be some really cool themes and stories to be explored. One being how did we lose that dream what happened to all those high ideals that once were held in such high regard. Are people that scared of all the threats out there that they really feel the lose of liberty is payable price for security. Are such things as detention without trial, torture, and murder practices that are now deemed to be necessary. These are all questions raised by Civil war and the fallout from it. Man it is a good time to be reading comics.
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