I know information moves fast on the Net, but six days isn't that old.

I like the quote "He's pretty intact." I'm thinking not really. He's dead.

It's ok Ace. We understand.

But....

Some people *cough* send you more recent things....*cough*....

:-)

Who the hell is Steve Rogers?

"... although lord knows we could have done with some of that kind of luck."

Ain't it the truth!

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Who the hell is Steve Rogers?

Repair yourself immediately to a DC Comics remedial reading program. You should start, in this particular instance, with Captain America. One can only hope that your Marvel reading hasn't suffered as well.

Er, actually, Captain America *is* a Marvel hero, but the sentiment is right....

Actually, they have explained how Rogers has remained intact - it's a byproduct of the Super Soldier Serum - it slows his aging process.

Why buddies like Tony Stark and Clint Barton stayed young right along with him, though, I don't know.

Haven't read any Cap books since Reiber et. al. turned Captain America into some leftist cliche-spouting lettuce-head. When Marvel turns Cap back into an ass-kicking hardcase, let me know; until then, I'm a Punisher kinda guy.

Er, actually, Captain America *is* a Marvel hero, but the sentiment is right....

Ugh. Curse me for a novice! With my All-Seeing Eye of Agamoto I should have immediately recalled the correct publisher. Or maybe I should have used my mighty Uru Hammer . . .

Monty, read the Ultimates. Though Thor's a complete hippie (amusingly so) and there's some awful leftie stuff in the comic (like almost all comics today), Cap is a real bad-ass (without being a tool a la the Punisher) and Nick Fury has been re-imagined in the mold of a certain actor's persona.

You might like the current series, written by Ed Brubaker and gorgeously drawn by Steve Epting. It's got Cap kicking terrorist ass, mysterious events that seem to trace back to his WWII days, a surprising twist related to the Red Skull... Good stuff, and plays not unlike, say, *24* at its best.

Why buddies like Tony Stark and Clint Barton stayed young right along with him, though, I don't know.

Tony Stark is a gimme, but Clint Barton... Hawkeye?

Ace, yes.

And what about the Natasha Romanov, the Black Widow? I mean, geeez! She's gotta be pushing 80 or something.

Oh, fuck! That was my ex. No, not the dead guy, one of the rangers. Fall off the damn mountain, why don't you!

Not to pitch it again, but The Ultimates addresses the chronological issues...Nick Fury is a Gulf War (instead of an ageless WWII) vet, the Black Widow is a freelance agent after the fall of the Soviet Union, Hawkeye is a complete loser -- oh, wait, that's not a change. And Cap's and Wolverine's backstories get tied together.

Some of the Ultimate titles are worth reading (like the Ultimates, which are the Avengers in the Ultimates universe) and others are not (Ultimate Fantastic Four).

Read the first Ultimates arc and it was pretty good. I felt mixed about the Hulk storyline, though. Just like the regular Marvel run, that damned super soldier serum gets blamed for a whole lot.

I want new flabotins, dammit.

Hey, knock off the Hawkeye bashing! At least he uses real arrows instead of that cartoonish "handcuff" arrow that that hippie Green Arrow uses. "Oh, gollie, Ollie. The bad guy just HAPPENED to have his wrists clutched together right next to the lamp post where you shot your magical handcuff arrow." Losers.

Yeah..Hawkeye was pretty badass in the West Coast Avengers run.

Plus, he banged/was married to Mockingbird. That has to count for something.

He did Natsha, too. Boy gets around.

Whatever. Green Arrow could kick Hawkeye around the block. Proof: In spite of having a name like "Ollie", he was able to hold his own in a regular monthly with Batman. And I'd take Black Canary over Mockingbird or Black Widow any day.

Hawkeye? Well, at least you guys know how to pick your fights and aren't trying to defend Falcon.

More endless retcons. Whoopee.

Can't they have characters get old and retire/hand over the costume?

But Lobo would crushify all of those panty waists.

Oh, and for the aging - it cuz, um, a) he's not real and b) noone wants to see GeriatricMan using his walker to beat up on WellAgedBadGuy.
/TJ

A modern ice man frozen all these years holy cryagenics batman and its not steve rodgers alias CAPTIAN AMERICA weird isnt it?