Captain America Is Dead;
National Hero Since 1941

By GEORGE GENE GUSTINES
Published: March 8, 2007
Captain America, a Marvel Entertainment superhero, is fatally shot by a sniper in the 25th issue of his eponymous comic, which arrived in stores yesterday. The assassination ends the sentinel of liberty’s fight for right, which began in 1941.

Yes children, this is what found its way onto the front page of The New York TImes for a while at least, at the electronic edition

Elsewhere on the web tonight, “A former U.S. Navy sailor is arrested on terrorism and espionage charges.” shouts CNN, it font red with pent up emotion.