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<blockquote data-quote="Vigilance" data-source="post: 3395383" data-attributes="member: 4275"><p>No, I'm saying there is absolutely no way in hell that Steve Rogers is dead. </p><p></p><p>Look, if you follow Marvel closely like I do, when Quesada took over as EIC the company was basically in shambles, not only sales-wise but creatively. According to things I've read, he thought job #1 was getting Spider-Man and the X-books back on their feet.</p><p></p><p>Then what the company set their sights to was fixing the Avengers books, both the team title but also the solo components, particularly Iron Man and Cap. </p><p></p><p>Now they've finally DONE that. This strategy was part of the reason Cap and Iron Man have both been relaunched recently (within the last couple years or so), the reason the Avengers was blown up and relaunched, and the reason Cap and Iron Man were the stars of the big event book of last year.</p><p></p><p>So all this has worked. Cap and Iron Man are hot again. Their books are edgy. The last time you could say that about Iron Man was what, the 80's? Demon in a Bottle maybe?</p><p></p><p>Captain America you have to go back to the 70's. Probably when Steranko was drawing the book. </p><p></p><p>So for the first time in 20-30 years two of their icons are back on top. </p><p></p><p>Just strictly from a business sense, I will not buy that they kill Steve Rogers now. Folks have said they might want Cap to be "edgier". Well Brubaker's already accomplished that.</p><p></p><p>There's no upside in killing him.</p><p></p><p>There *IS* upside in a "Death of Superman" type arc where you take the character away just long enough for folks to miss him. That I might buy.</p><p></p><p>But from a business standpoint there's no way this happens. </p><p></p><p>From a creative standpoint, I have heard Brubaker go on and on about how much he loves Steve Rogers and Captain America. </p><p></p><p>I mean hell, Brubaker has the freaking INVADERS in this book. He isn't a guy who want to blow up the book and start over. </p><p></p><p>And then strictly from a comics standpoint, there is absolutely no way this counts even as a comics death (which of course are nearly always reversed anyway).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vigilance, post: 3395383, member: 4275"] No, I'm saying there is absolutely no way in hell that Steve Rogers is dead. Look, if you follow Marvel closely like I do, when Quesada took over as EIC the company was basically in shambles, not only sales-wise but creatively. According to things I've read, he thought job #1 was getting Spider-Man and the X-books back on their feet. Then what the company set their sights to was fixing the Avengers books, both the team title but also the solo components, particularly Iron Man and Cap. Now they've finally DONE that. This strategy was part of the reason Cap and Iron Man have both been relaunched recently (within the last couple years or so), the reason the Avengers was blown up and relaunched, and the reason Cap and Iron Man were the stars of the big event book of last year. So all this has worked. Cap and Iron Man are hot again. Their books are edgy. The last time you could say that about Iron Man was what, the 80's? Demon in a Bottle maybe? Captain America you have to go back to the 70's. Probably when Steranko was drawing the book. So for the first time in 20-30 years two of their icons are back on top. Just strictly from a business sense, I will not buy that they kill Steve Rogers now. Folks have said they might want Cap to be "edgier". Well Brubaker's already accomplished that. There's no upside in killing him. There *IS* upside in a "Death of Superman" type arc where you take the character away just long enough for folks to miss him. That I might buy. But from a business standpoint there's no way this happens. From a creative standpoint, I have heard Brubaker go on and on about how much he loves Steve Rogers and Captain America. I mean hell, Brubaker has the freaking INVADERS in this book. He isn't a guy who want to blow up the book and start over. And then strictly from a comics standpoint, there is absolutely no way this counts even as a comics death (which of course are nearly always reversed anyway). [/QUOTE]
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