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Well, thanks to the crew at the Fantasy Shop, I was able to get a copy of Captain America 25 and it definitely has my thumbs up!  It was very well done...there was a bit of retrospection and, given the topic, a touch of reality.  When a writer and artist can put together a story about a fictional super hero getting shot on the steps of the courthouse and make it seem real, you know they've done a good job.

What does the future hold for Captain America?  Not sure at this point.  He looked pretty dead on the gurney, but you know what they say in fiction...nobody stays dead forever!  Just look at soaps, Spock, and other super heroes who have met an untimely demise.  In my last post, I said something about an African-American character taking the post and in this issue his on-again / off-again partner, the Falcon (Marvel's first African-American super hero), was featured prominently.

Out of curiosity, I checked wikipedia for some background information on the Falcon and did find that in one story line, he did temporarily don the Captain America outfit and has been a long-time partner of the Cap.  Interestingly, he was supposedly killed off a few years ago and has just made a recent return in Marvel's "Civil War" series.  Did they bring him back to take over for the Cap?  Might be.  Stay tuned for more information!