Charles Apple

So at the Wednesday budget meeting, the question was raised: What if we put the death of comic book character Captain America on page one?

I scoffed. Captain America is dead? Yeah, right. They die, they come back to life. And I rolled off a number of other comic icons who have died.

I got on a bit of a roll. At some point, our editor, Denis Finley, pointed at me and said, “That’s funny. Write all that down.”

So I did. And our brand-new-yet-most-excellent Features Editor, Elizabeth Thiel, used it on her Daily Break front today.

I thought you might enjoy it:

The news moved on the wire Wednesday: Captain America is dead.

Yeah, right.

These comic-book jokers — please note the pun — are always dying.

Superman died several years ago. He came back.

Flash died, and was replaced by the former Kid Flash. Now he’s vanished.

Green Lantern died. He was resurrected after a higher power made him serve several years as The Spectre, the avenging spirit for good and evil.

Green Arrow died and came back.

Spider-Man died. But it turned out to be his clone.

Deadman died. Obviously.

Batman never died, but he spent a year in a wheelchair after his back was broken by a drug-powered bad guy. Robin quit, and the replacement Robin was killed by the Joker. But he came back, too.

The Joker shot Batgirl. She’s now in a wheelchair, coordinating databases for heroes worldwide. Batgirl’s replacement died.

So Cap is dead. Yeah, yeah. And those X-ray specs advertised in the old comics really work, too.

– Charles Apple

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