RIP Steve Rogers

Did you know that Captain America was assassinated?

What is the world coming to?

Actually, it has to do with the Civil War storyline, where the government wanted to force all the superheroes to work for it and reveal their names. Spider-man publicly announced his identity...

Comics mirror life.

EDIT 3/15/07
Steven Colbert dealt with this issue on the Colbert Report. It's actually a pretty good discussion of the subject.
As Colbert says, pick a side, Wolverine.