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* BlatantLies: In the fourth chapter of ''Fallen Son'', Captain America's death is shown to have plunged Spider-Man into a deep depression, causing him to reflect on his previous failures and question his own worthiness as a hero. Wolverine tries to reassure him by explaining how Captain America threatened to quit the Avengers if Wolverine refused to grant Spider-Man a spot on the team. However, Spider-Man immediately sees through the lie, since he had actually been asked to join the Avengers ''before'' Wolverine was even a part of the team.
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''The Death of Captain America'' is a Creator/MarvelComics story arc written by Creator/EdBrubaker. It was published from August 2007 to November 2008, and serves as the conclusion to the ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' ''ComicBook/{{Civil War|2006}}'' arc.
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The arc was accompanied by a sister miniseries titled ''Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America'', which took the focus off the ''Captain America'' supporting cast and instead depicted the reactions of the superhero community, especially that of {{ComicBook/Wolverine}}, {{ComicBook/Hawkeye}}, The Mighty Avengers and New Avengers, Franchise/SpiderMan, and ComicBook/IronMan.
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* HideYourPregnancy: [[spoiler:Sharon Carter tells no one that she's pregnant with Steve Rogers' child. Of course, it doesn't take long for the villains, two of which are doctors, to find out. S.H.I.E.L.D. also finds out after discovering her pregnancy test.]]
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About a year later though, it would turn out that [[DeathIsCheap death was just as cheap as it has always been]], as Steve Rogers was resurrected in the series ''Captain America: Reborn'', which ran from July 2009 to January 2010.
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The superhero civil war over the Superhuman Registration Act continues to rage, with [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]] leading the anti-registration SecretAvengers. Meanwhile, [[ComicBook/{{Agent 13}} Sharon Carter]] wrestles with her ComicBook/{{SHIELD}}-sworn duty to support the Registration Act versus her love for Steve, ComicBook/NickFury spies on S.H.I.E.L.D. with the help of ComicBook/BuckyBarnes[=/=]Winter Soldier, and the ComicBook/RedSkull has formed an alliance with Doctor Faustus and Arnim Zola for a new plan to dismantle America and its famed Captain.
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When the war hits its peak in a climactic battle in New York, Steve Rogers has a crisis of conscious and surrenders the fight with ComicBook/IronMan. He is arrested and taken to Manhattan's Federal Courthouse to be tried, but on the steps of the courthouse he's suddenly shot by a sniper. Sharon Carter is there to witness the assassination, with chaos and mourning ensuing in the aftermath. While the Red Skull continues to sow more seeds of panic to place the country in his command, Iron Man looks for the best way to reassure the nation while still honoring Rogers' memory. Winter Soldier hunts Iron Man down, believing him responsible for Rogers' death. Sharon Carter struggles with a dark secret about the assassination. And the question on many's mind is, Steve Rogers is truly dead but is Captain America?
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When the war hits its peak in a climactic battle in New York, Steve Rogers has a crisis of conscious conscience and surrenders the fight with ComicBook/IronMan. He is arrested and taken to Manhattan's Federal Courthouse to be tried, but on the steps of the courthouse he's suddenly shot by a sniper. Sharon Carter is there to witness the assassination, with chaos and mourning ensuing in the aftermath. While the Red Skull continues to sow more seeds of panic to place the country in his command, Iron Man looks for the best way to reassure the nation while still honoring Rogers' memory. Winter Soldier hunts Iron Man down, believing him responsible for Rogers' death. Sharon Carter struggles with a dark secret about the assassination. And the question on many's mind is, Steve Rogers is truly dead but is Captain America?
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* BeamMeUpScotty: Many other Marvel comics, and media reporting on Steve's death, said he died as a result of [[ComicBook/CivilWar.]] Although his arrest at the end of it put him at the site of his assassination, he was killed by the Red Skull and his henchmen in a scheme wholly unrelated to Civil War. WordOfGod says the plan was to always kill Steve, but Civil War sped the plan up.
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The superhero civil war over the Superhuman Registration Act continues to rage, with [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]] leading the anti-registration SecretAvengers. Meanwhile, [[ComicBook/{{Agent 13}} Sharon Carter]] wrestles with her ComicBook/{{SHIELD}}-sworn duty to support the Registration Act versus her love for Steve, ComicBook/NickFury spies on S.H.I.E.L.D. with the help of ComicBook/BuckyBarnes / Winter ComicBook/BuckyBarnes[=/=]Winter Soldier, and the ComicBook/RedSkull has formed an alliance with Doctor Faustus and Arnim Zola for a new plan to dismantle America and its famed Captain.
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* PregnantHostage: [[spoiler:Sharon Carter, though it's not known she's pregnant until several weeks after the villains have her.]]
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* FateWorseThanDeath: The Red Skull, of all people, [[EvenEvilHasStandards finds cheating death to be horrifying]] if it involves [[spoiler:being uploaded into one of Zola's spare robot bodies, which was the doctor's backup plan for the Skull.]]
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* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: To test if Bucky is loyal to him, Faustus orders him to shoot Sharon Carter. Instead, Bucky shoots as at Faustus, but it's to no avail since the gun is filled with blanks.
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* BackFromTheDead: When a Steve Rogers' lookalike saves presidential candidate Wright from assassination, the public wonders if it's really him alive again. [[spoiler:As it turns out, it's William Burnside, the LoonyFan of Cap who pretended to be him during the 50s.]]
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** When a Steve Rogers' lookalike saves presidential candidate Wright from assassination, the public wonders if it's really him alive again. [[spoiler:As it turns out, it's William Burnside, the LoonyFan of Cap who pretended to be him during the 50s.]]
** It's implied within this arc, but not confirmed until 2009's arc, that the Red Skull's device loaned from Doctor Doom [[spoiler:was going to be used to resurrect Steve, and transfer Skull's mind to his body. Sharon even sees a glimpse what resembles Steve's corpse, but she damages the machines and so disrupts the process.]]
** When a Steve Rogers' lookalike saves presidential candidate Wright from assassination, the public wonders if it's really him alive again. [[spoiler:As it turns out, it's William Burnside, the LoonyFan of Cap who pretended to be him during the 50s.]]
** It's implied within this arc, but not confirmed until 2009's arc, that the Red Skull's device loaned from Doctor Doom [[spoiler:was going to be used to resurrect Steve, and transfer Skull's mind to his body. Sharon even sees a glimpse what resembles Steve's corpse, but she damages the machines and so disrupts the process.]]
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* BackFromTheDead: When a Steve Rogers' lookalike saves presidential candidate Wright from assassination, the public wonders if it's really him alive again. [[spoiler:As it turns out, it's William Burnside, the LoonyFan of Cap who pretended to be him during the 50s.]]
* BatmanGambit: After Faustus keeps forcibly trying to re-indoctrinate Bucky, Bucky pretends it worked so that Faustus will set him free. Faustus isn't so easily convinced, though, and orders him to kill Sharon Carter.
* BatmanGambit: After Faustus keeps forcibly trying to re-indoctrinate Bucky, Bucky pretends it worked so that Faustus will set him free. Faustus isn't so easily convinced, though, and orders him to kill Sharon Carter.
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** In ''Fallen Son'', Tony Stark suggests to Hawkeye that he take up Captain America's shield. Kate Bishop, herself a Legacy Character of Hawkeye, chastises him for it, and Hawkeye ends up reneging on the offer.
** [[spoiler:Steve Rogers' letter to Tony Stark asks that Bucky take up the title after him, believing it will help solve his guilt. Bucky agrees to the offer only if he doesn't answer to anyone, as Steve Rogers was independent and so was he. The rest of the story concerns his journey to fit in his role as the new Captain America.]]
** In ''Fallen Son'', Tony Stark suggests to Hawkeye that he take up Captain America's shield. Kate Bishop, herself a Legacy Character of Hawkeye, chastises him for it, and Hawkeye ends up reneging on the offer.
** [[spoiler:Steve Rogers' letter to Tony Stark asks that Bucky take up the title after him, believing it will help solve his guilt. Bucky agrees to the offer only if he doesn't answer to anyone, as Steve Rogers was independent and so was he. The rest of the story concerns his journey to fit in his role as the new Captain America.]]
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** Red Skull and Lukin are still trapped in the same body since ''ComicBook/CaptainAmericaWinterSoldier''. They're just barely getting along, and relying on Zola to find them a wayout.out.
** Bucky visits the grave of Jack Monroe aka 50s Bucky, who he killed as Winter Soldier previously. While there he reunites with [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]], who he fought with during World War II.
** A key player in the third act is [[spoiler:the insane Captain America from the 50s, still convinced he's the real deal]]. Sharon knows it's him when she sees the burn scars on his chest, from when [[spoiler:he was the Grand Director and Doctor Faustus made him set himself on fire.]]
** Red Skull and Lukin are still trapped in the same body since ''ComicBook/CaptainAmericaWinterSoldier''. They're just barely getting along, and relying on Zola to find them a way
** Bucky visits the grave of Jack Monroe aka 50s Bucky, who he killed as Winter Soldier previously. While there he reunites with [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]], who he fought with during World War II.
** A key player in the third act is [[spoiler:the insane Captain America from the 50s, still convinced he's the real deal]]. Sharon knows it's him when she sees the burn scars on his chest, from when [[spoiler:he was the Grand Director and Doctor Faustus made him set himself on fire.]]
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* AnalogyBackFire: Red Skull and Lukin trade blows verbally and [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind mentally]].
-->'''Lukin''': This isn't what we agreed on, Skull. Our pact was highly specific in the details.
-->'''Red Skulll''': So was the pact between Stalin and Hitler, and we know how ''that'' ended.
-->'''Lukin''': Yes, with the death of [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler your master]] and the rise of the Motherland.
-->'''Red Skull''': You call that rising, do you? Slowly losing a war for five decades while your entire country crumbles at your feet?
-->'''Lukin''': And how is your Glorious Thousand-Year Reich faring, then?
-->'''Lukin''': This isn't what we agreed on, Skull. Our pact was highly specific in the details.
-->'''Red Skulll''': So was the pact between Stalin and Hitler, and we know how ''that'' ended.
-->'''Lukin''': Yes, with the death of [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler your master]] and the rise of the Motherland.
-->'''Red Skull''': You call that rising, do you? Slowly losing a war for five decades while your entire country crumbles at your feet?
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'''''The Death of Captain America''''' is a Creator/MarvelComics story arc written by Creator/EdBrubaker. It was published from August 2007 to November 2008, and serves as the conclusion to the ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' arc.
The superhero civil war over the Superhuman Registration Act continues to rage. [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]] continues to lead the anti-registration SecretAvengers. [[ComicBook/{{Agent 13}} Sharon Carter]] wrestles with her ComicBook/{{SHIELD}}-sworn duty to support the Registration Act versus her love for Steve. ComicBook/NickFury spies on S.H.I.E.L.D. with the help of ComicBook/BuckyBarnes / Winter Soldier. And the ComicBook/RedSkull has formed an alliance with Doctor Faustus and Arnim Zola for a new plan to dismantle America and its famed Captain.
When the war hits its peak in a climactic battle in New York, Steve Rogers has a crisis of conscious and surrenders the fight with ComicBook/IronMan. He is arrested and taken to Manhattan's Federal Courthouse to be tried, but on the steps of the courthouse he's suddenly shot by a sniper. Sharon Carter is there to witness the assassination, with chaos and mourning ensuing in the aftermath. While the Red Skull continues to sow more seeds of panic to place the country in his command, Iron Man looks for the best way to reassure the nation while still honoring Rogers' memory. Winter Soldier hunts Iron Man down, believing him responsible for Rogers' death. Sharon Carter struggles with a dark secret about the assassination. And the question on many's mind is, Steve Rogers is truly dead but is Captain America?
The arc was accompanied by a sister miniseries titled ''Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America'', which took the focus off the ''Captain America'' supporting cast and instead depicted the reactions of the superhero community, especially that of {{ComicBook/Wolverine}}, {{ComicBook/Hawkeye}}, The Mighty Avengers and New Avengers, ComicBook/SpiderMan, and ComicBook/IronMan.
In promotion for ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', the arc was rereleased in March 2014 in the form of a prose novel.
Compare ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman''.
!!''The Death of Captain America'' provides examples of:
* BeardOfEvil: Dr. Faustus's big red beard grows longer as the story progresses. Eventually it's bigger than his own head. [[spoiler:After choosing to leave the Skull, he shaves it all off to disguise himself.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Thanks to Doctor Faustus's influence, a whole bunch of allies have become puppets for his bidding.
** [[spoiler:Sharon Carter turns out to have fired the fatal shots that killed Cap, and remembered nothing of it until Faustus and Sin made her remember it. As the story goes on she becomes brainwashed for longer periods.]]
** The S.H.I.E.L.D. agents have therapy with the disguised Doctor Faustus disappear shortly after the assassination. [[spoiler:They turn up again at a public protest at the White House, and open fire on the crowd.]]
** Downplayed with the return of [[spoiler:William Burnside, aka 50s Captain America/The Grand Director. He is brainwashed under Faustus's control, but as the Falcon points out, he was already crazy well before then.]]
* BackFromTheDead: When a Steve Rogers' lookalike saves presidential candidate Wright from assassination, the public wonders if it's really him alive again. [[spoiler:As it turns out, it's William Burnside, the LoonyFan of Cap who pretended to be him during the 50s.]]
* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: Subverted. Bucky goes to the Smithsonian, intending to steal Captain America's shield from there, but the exhibit is so sparsely guarded that he realizes the shield displayed can't be the real one. Sure enough, Tony Stark has the real shield under study.
* ConvenientMiscarriage: Subverted. [[spoiler:Sharon and Sin get in a fight, and at first it looks like Sin overpowered her and stabbed her in the stomach. Later on, though, Faustus questions her and finds that Sharon stabbed herself, in an attempt to kill herself and her child so the Skull couldn't use either of them.]]
* EasyAmnesia: Invoked. [[spoiler:In a moment of mercy Doctor Faustus erases Sharon's memory of her pregnancy after she miscarries.]]
* FalseReassurance: "Just relax, woman. There's no need to struggle. Arnim Zola [[MadDoctor is a doctor too]]."
* FakingTheDead: After realizing Winter Soldier may be able to inform S.H.I.E.L.D. of the Skull's survival, Red Skull and Lukin fake their death in a plane crash.
* FightingFromTheInside:
** Faustus' attempts to rebrainwash Bucky go badly, as he's able to fight off the hypnosis every time.
** [[spoiler:Sharon Carter eventually starts to overcome Faustus's mental control, enough for periods of lucidity whenever he's not around.]]
* HideYourPregnancy: [[spoiler:Sharon Carter tells no one that she's pregnant with Steve Rogers' child. Of course, it doesn't take long for the villains, two of which are doctors, to find out. S.H.I.E.L.D. also finds out after discovering her pregnancy test.]]
* MythologyGag:
** As Bucky recalls meeting Steve Rogers in Issue ''#25'', a panel is shown of Steve beating up Nazis at a dock, their poses resembling [[http://i.annihil.us/u/prod/marvel/i/mg/f/30/4bc47abf542ee/detail.jpg the famous "Cap punching Hitler" cover of his first issue]].
** In a flashback to Christmas 1944, Bucky asks Steve if he ever has any fun.
-->'''Steve''': Remember when I punched Hitler? That was fun.
* OneWomanArmy: As Bucky zeroes in on the S.H.I.E.L.D. vehicle delivering Captain America's shield, he wonders who's in that car that Tony Stark would trust only them with such valuable cargo. It turns out to be none other than ComicBook/BlackWidow, who's nearly a match for Bucky.
* WhamEpisode: ''Captain America #25'', when the fatal assassination occurs.
[[caption-width-right:260:The Death of the Dream]]
'''''The Death of Captain America''''' is a Creator/MarvelComics story arc written by Creator/EdBrubaker. It was published from August 2007 to November 2008, and serves as the conclusion to the ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' arc.
The superhero civil war over the Superhuman Registration Act continues to rage. [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]] continues to lead the anti-registration SecretAvengers. [[ComicBook/{{Agent 13}} Sharon Carter]] wrestles with her ComicBook/{{SHIELD}}-sworn duty to support the Registration Act versus her love for Steve. ComicBook/NickFury spies on S.H.I.E.L.D. with the help of ComicBook/BuckyBarnes / Winter Soldier. And the ComicBook/RedSkull has formed an alliance with Doctor Faustus and Arnim Zola for a new plan to dismantle America and its famed Captain.
When the war hits its peak in a climactic battle in New York, Steve Rogers has a crisis of conscious and surrenders the fight with ComicBook/IronMan. He is arrested and taken to Manhattan's Federal Courthouse to be tried, but on the steps of the courthouse he's suddenly shot by a sniper. Sharon Carter is there to witness the assassination, with chaos and mourning ensuing in the aftermath. While the Red Skull continues to sow more seeds of panic to place the country in his command, Iron Man looks for the best way to reassure the nation while still honoring Rogers' memory. Winter Soldier hunts Iron Man down, believing him responsible for Rogers' death. Sharon Carter struggles with a dark secret about the assassination. And the question on many's mind is, Steve Rogers is truly dead but is Captain America?
The arc was accompanied by a sister miniseries titled ''Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America'', which took the focus off the ''Captain America'' supporting cast and instead depicted the reactions of the superhero community, especially that of {{ComicBook/Wolverine}}, {{ComicBook/Hawkeye}}, The Mighty Avengers and New Avengers, ComicBook/SpiderMan, and ComicBook/IronMan.
In promotion for ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', the arc was rereleased in March 2014 in the form of a prose novel.
Compare ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman''.
!!''The Death of Captain America'' provides examples of:
* BeardOfEvil: Dr. Faustus's big red beard grows longer as the story progresses. Eventually it's bigger than his own head. [[spoiler:After choosing to leave the Skull, he shaves it all off to disguise himself.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Thanks to Doctor Faustus's influence, a whole bunch of allies have become puppets for his bidding.
** [[spoiler:Sharon Carter turns out to have fired the fatal shots that killed Cap, and remembered nothing of it until Faustus and Sin made her remember it. As the story goes on she becomes brainwashed for longer periods.]]
** The S.H.I.E.L.D. agents have therapy with the disguised Doctor Faustus disappear shortly after the assassination. [[spoiler:They turn up again at a public protest at the White House, and open fire on the crowd.]]
** Downplayed with the return of [[spoiler:William Burnside, aka 50s Captain America/The Grand Director. He is brainwashed under Faustus's control, but as the Falcon points out, he was already crazy well before then.]]
* BackFromTheDead: When a Steve Rogers' lookalike saves presidential candidate Wright from assassination, the public wonders if it's really him alive again. [[spoiler:As it turns out, it's William Burnside, the LoonyFan of Cap who pretended to be him during the 50s.]]
* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: Subverted. Bucky goes to the Smithsonian, intending to steal Captain America's shield from there, but the exhibit is so sparsely guarded that he realizes the shield displayed can't be the real one. Sure enough, Tony Stark has the real shield under study.
* ConvenientMiscarriage: Subverted. [[spoiler:Sharon and Sin get in a fight, and at first it looks like Sin overpowered her and stabbed her in the stomach. Later on, though, Faustus questions her and finds that Sharon stabbed herself, in an attempt to kill herself and her child so the Skull couldn't use either of them.]]
* EasyAmnesia: Invoked. [[spoiler:In a moment of mercy Doctor Faustus erases Sharon's memory of her pregnancy after she miscarries.]]
* FalseReassurance: "Just relax, woman. There's no need to struggle. Arnim Zola [[MadDoctor is a doctor too]]."
* FakingTheDead: After realizing Winter Soldier may be able to inform S.H.I.E.L.D. of the Skull's survival, Red Skull and Lukin fake their death in a plane crash.
* FightingFromTheInside:
** Faustus' attempts to rebrainwash Bucky go badly, as he's able to fight off the hypnosis every time.
** [[spoiler:Sharon Carter eventually starts to overcome Faustus's mental control, enough for periods of lucidity whenever he's not around.]]
* HideYourPregnancy: [[spoiler:Sharon Carter tells no one that she's pregnant with Steve Rogers' child. Of course, it doesn't take long for the villains, two of which are doctors, to find out. S.H.I.E.L.D. also finds out after discovering her pregnancy test.]]
* MythologyGag:
** As Bucky recalls meeting Steve Rogers in Issue ''#25'', a panel is shown of Steve beating up Nazis at a dock, their poses resembling [[http://i.annihil.us/u/prod/marvel/i/mg/f/30/4bc47abf542ee/detail.jpg the famous "Cap punching Hitler" cover of his first issue]].
** In a flashback to Christmas 1944, Bucky asks Steve if he ever has any fun.
-->'''Steve''': Remember when I punched Hitler? That was fun.
* OneWomanArmy: As Bucky zeroes in on the S.H.I.E.L.D. vehicle delivering Captain America's shield, he wonders who's in that car that Tony Stark would trust only them with such valuable cargo. It turns out to be none other than ComicBook/BlackWidow, who's nearly a match for Bucky.
* WhamEpisode: ''Captain America #25'', when the fatal assassination occurs.
