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Captain America Is Gone But Not Forgotten

Marvel Comics has killed off its oldest character.

In the wake of Captain America's demise, I've been monitoring the new websites to see which one posts the best follow-up story. And the Oscar goes to .... Vito Pilieci's report on the website OttawaCitizen.com. Here are excerpt from his story.
Within hours of the news that Marvel Comics had killed off its oldest character, copies of Captain America No. 25 sold out in comic book shops across Ottawa. The book shows the American folk hero being assassinated by a sniper while he is being led, in handcuffs, into a federal court.
At The Comic Book Shoppe on Bank Street, 60 copies of the book sold out in less than three hours. The store has ordered 50 more copies and has a waiting list of people eager to get one.
``We put out 60 copies at around 10:30am. Within the hour, we were down to 20,'' said Kris Maxwell, assistant manager of The Comic Book Shoppe. ``We had people flying in here just to check it out.'' Maxwell said not since DC Comics killed comic book superhero Superman in 1993 has there been such buzz around a comic book.
As with most items that are hard to find, many collectors are turning to Bay to try to get their hands on a copy of the latest Captain America. A quick look at the site showed more than 518 copies of the comic had been available to be purchased Thursday. Most, with a cover price of $4.99, were selling for between $80 and $100.
Maxwell said several people were buying multiple copies of the comic when it was released Wednesday, likely with the intention of flipping them on eBay. He had a word of advice for those people: ``Turn it around now or right away. In the world of comic books, no one stays dead forever.''
There are already rumblings on comic book-themed websites that Captain America may be back in action much sooner than many had anticipated.