# How was Captain America brought bacK? Spoil me please **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 2, 2010, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-captain-america-brought-back-spoil-me-please/545294 "2010-07-02T12:25:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-captain-america-brought-back-spoil-me-please/545294/1 "2010-07-02T12:25:23Z")
I know Steve Rogers was shot and killed a few years ago, and I know he was recently brought back. What happened? How was he brought back to life? ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-captain-america-brought-back-spoil-me-please/545294/2 "2010-07-02T12:39:21Z")
> [@Daddypants](#): > > I know Steve Rogers was shot and killed a few years ago, and I know he was recently brought back. What happened? How was he brought back to life? > **[Captain America: Reborn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_America:_Reborn)** > > Captain America: Reborn is a six-issue (originally intended to be five issues) monthly comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics between July 2009 and January 2010. The series was written by Ed Brubaker, illustrated by Bryan Hitch, and inked by Butch Guice. The series reveals the truth regarding the death of the original Captain America, Steve Rogers, in the story arc "The Death of Captain America", and revives him in the contemporary Marvel Universe. > The series was announced April 2... the gun that shot him wasn’t your average gun, and instead “froze him in space and time” from where he sunsequently was ‘unstuck’ ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-captain-america-brought-back-spoil-me-please/545294/3 "2010-07-02T13:16:15Z")
Basically, he got better. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-captain-america-brought-back-spoil-me-please/545294/4 "2010-07-02T13:24:05Z")
Icebergs. Lots of icebergs. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-captain-america-brought-back-spoil-me-please/545294/5 "2010-07-02T14:12:02Z")
> [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](#): > > [Captain America: Reborn - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_America:_Reborn) > > the gun that shot him wasn’t your average gun, and instead “froze him in space and time” from where he sunsequently was ‘unstuck’ Wow, that’s incredibly stupid. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-captain-america-brought-back-spoil-me-please/545294/6 "2010-07-02T14:15:54Z")
> [@](#): > > Icebergs. Lots of icebergs. Wrong Captain America revival. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-captain-america-brought-back-spoil-me-please/545294/7 "2010-07-02T14:18:08Z")
Red, white and blue whoosh. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-captain-america-brought-back-spoil-me-please/545294/8 "2010-07-02T14:18:58Z")
Twas only a flesh wound. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-captain-america-brought-back-spoil-me-please/545294/9 "2010-07-02T16:09:36Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Wow, that’s incredibly stupid. Some times when reading the convoluted “event” storylines for comic books these days, I kind of wish the characters would just wake up in their beds and say “Wow! It was all just a dream!” ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-captain-america-brought-back-spoil-me-please/545294/10 "2010-07-02T17:25:01Z")
I kept an eye on the story and he was brought back within 3 months or something, although there was a replacement Cap nearly instantaneously. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-captain-america-brought-back-spoil-me-please/545294/11 "2010-07-02T20:23:53Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > I kept an eye on the story and he was brought back within 3 months or something, although there was a replacement Cap nearly instantaneously. …huh… your eye was wandering sir. Cap was dead real time for a couple of years. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-captain-america-brought-back-spoil-me-please/545294/12 "2010-07-02T20:38:08Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > Cap was dead real time for a couple of years. 2 and a half years to bring Steve back - and 6 months to have Bucky replace him. Hell, the Reborn storyline that actually brought him back, lasted 6 months. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-captain-america-brought-back-spoil-me-please/545294/13 "2010-07-03T09:22:59Z")
He was only Slightly Dead ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-captain-america-brought-back-spoil-me-please/545294/14 "2010-07-03T09:25:57Z")
> [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](#): > > [Captain America: Reborn - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_America:_Reborn) > > the gun that shot him wasn’t your average gun, and instead “froze him in space and time” from where he sunsequently was ‘unstuck’ So… why’d the dude who shot him use a fancy “time and space” gun, and not just a regular gun that shoots normal bullets? For that matter, who shot him? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-captain-america-brought-back-spoil-me-please/545294/15 "2010-07-03T09:50:31Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > So… why’d the dude who shot him use a fancy “time and space” gun, and not just a regular gun that shoots normal bullets? > > For that matter, who shot him? His old lover (and niece of an even older lover) [Sharon Carter](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Carter), aka Agent 13, while under the hypnotic command of one [Doctor Faustus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Faustus_(comics)) (an associate of [Red Skull](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Skull)), via a gun designed by [Doctor Doom](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Doom). Apparently Red Skull planned on taking over his mind, so he could lead the Avengers, and assumedly cause mayhem. Isn’t [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/) grand?[sup][citation needed][/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-captain-america-brought-back-spoil-me-please/545294/16 "2010-07-03T10:08:01Z")
They had a much better explanation in place–that the Neil Gaiman story [1602](http://www.amazon.com/Marvel-1602-Neil-Gaiman/dp/0785125698/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1278151578&sr=1-1), wherein Cap was sent back in time under almost identical circumstances, was now canon. I will never understand why they used this suckfest instead. ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-captain-america-brought-back-spoil-me-please/545294/17 "2010-07-03T12:04:37Z")
Big Averngers fan years ago. Had the original where they found Capt A. Getting shot on the courthouse steps was a lousy way for Cap to go but they should’ve left him dead. A more interesting story would have been the discovery of a son, or a clone from some forgotten experiment that was Steve Rodgers but not the original. Haven’t followed comics in years but the whole “oh he wasn’t really dead” thing gets old. It’s amazing how popular Cap was during WWII A million copies a month. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-captain-america-brought-back-spoil-me-please/545294/18 "2010-07-03T18:48:27Z")
I swear, if I ever end up writing a comic, and I need to bring a dead character back to life, I’m just going to have someone drag the body to doctor Frankenstein’s old lab and zap it with a few million volts. The revived character would spend at least a few issues afterwards with big bolts sticking out of their neck. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-captain-america-brought-back-spoil-me-please/545294/19 "2010-07-03T18:56:12Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > I swear, if I ever end up writing a comic, and I need to bring a dead character back to life, I’m just going to have someone drag the body to doctor Frankenstein’s old lab and zap it with a few million volts. The revived character would spend at least a few issues afterwards with big bolts sticking out of their neck. Thet pretty much did just that with Frank Castle(The Punisher)-in fact, he is called “Frankencastle” now. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-captain-america-brought-back-spoil-me-please/545294/20 "2010-07-03T19:20:13Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Thet pretty much did just that with Frank Castle(The Punisher)-in fact, he is called “Frankencastle” now. Hmmm…you know what that means, of course? [Themed summer megacrossover event!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0thH3qnHTbI) 😃 (Hey, it couldn’t be any stupider than One More Day.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-captain-america-brought-back-spoil-me-please/545294.md?page=2)