And He's On A Mission To Wound Every Bad Guy In Town"Less than a year after the legendary star-spangled superhero was killed off in his comic book, his former teenage sidekick is being promoted to fill those big red boots in the latest issue, out Wednesday.
Fans were devastated when Steve Rogers - a 1941 creation of artists Joe Simon and Jack Kirby - was gunned down on the steps of a courthouse last March. It was the industry's biggest shocker since Superman temporarily went up, up and away to the great Fortress of Solitude in the sky in 1992.
Many pundits believed the death of a character draped in the American flag was a thinly veiled political allegory.
"It's an experiment," said Marvel Entertainment editor in chief Joe Quesada. "Every day, every story, I'm ready for backlash."
There's bound to be a backlash when fans see Bucky Barnes, the new Cap, toss the famous shield and whip out a firearm."
We said as much back when it was first announced that Cap would be coming back heavy, but it certainly won't be his fans who caterwaul that he's cranking out .45 ACP justice. But from the look of the released panels from the upcoming issue, it seems that Captain Bucky-B is shooting to...wound(?)
So they wimped out and hedged their bets. And here I thought that the days of The Lone Ranger shooting guns out of his enemies hands were long since forgotten. Just don't try this at home, kids. A wounded enemy can be even more dangerous.
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