I've been pondering the death of Captain America. It's something that hasn't left my mind over the past few days. Of course, there are those of you out there who'll say: "He's just a fictional character, get over it!" Of course, you're right. Sort of. He is a fictional character, but he also represented something that is, sadly, fading from our world - decency.
Recently, I bought the new John (Cougar) Mellencamp album, "Freedom's Road". It's good stuff, and typical Mellencamp small-townism. I recommend the album highly. There's a line in one of the songs that goes: "I like my heroes to be honest and brave..." Well, Captain America was all that. Also recently, I was talking to a local comic book dealer about the latest Superman movie and its impact on the comic business. He said it didn't have much impact at all because Superman is too "nice" a superhero. People today want "edgy" superheroes. Marvel comics, on that note, is talking about bringing out an "edgier" Captain America, sort like what they did with Batman a few years ago when Bane broke the Caped Crusader's back. A superhero named Azarael stepped in until Bruce Wayne could get back up to snuff. Needless to say, Azarael was meaner and more brutal that Batman and, thankfully, Batman fans said "Hell no."
Let's hope the same is true with Captain America.
I hope so. He was the quintessential America....brave and strong and Patriotic in the "real" sense of the word. Let's not pervert his legacy by making him vicious.
There's enough of that out there in the world already.
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