Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America

It makes total sense that the aftermath of Cap's death should get an entire graphic novel. He's one of the biggest characters in the Marvel universe. And I didn't feel like this was some kind of marketing thing to sell more comics. You really feel for the characters, especially Spider-Man, as they take a break from saving the world to mourn one of the best among them.

This is a collection of five one-shots, showing how a variety of Marvel superheroes react to the death of Captain America. Since I haven't (yet) read any of the Civil War series, this maybe had less emotional impact on me than it would have otherwise, but I thought Falcon's eulogy and Wolverine and Bucky's angry conversation were both quite well done.

A series of stories following the death of Captain America, and how the rest of the Marvel heroes respond to his death. Cap was never one of my favorite Marvel characters - too much of a goody-goody. But there was some inspiration in seeing the eminent Jeph Loeb handle depicting the respect and admiration that this iconic character brought out in his partners in battle, whether they fought beside him or against him.

Its not that these are bad issues, as much as they are unnecessary. They don't really seem to have a reason to exist, and they're not really deep enough to honestly show what the people who were touched by Captain America are going through.

This follows the Death of Captain America and shows how those who knew him dealt with it. It deals with it via five stories each highlighting one of the stages of grief: denial (Wolverine), anger (Avengers), bargaining (Hawkeye), depression (Spider-Man), and acceptance (Iron Man).

I thought Wolverine's comment to Spider-man about how it feels to lose someone was especially poignant.

Essentially the conclusion to Marvel's Civil War series in which heroes squared off against each other over whether they should be registered with the gov't. Cap led the rebel side while everyone's favorite big screen hero, Tony Stark, was the catalyst for the sell-outs. The main storyline was very good, and timely of course. Too many side stories (how it affected all the Marvel characters, major and minor). Cap's death is a monumental development, but comic characters have been known to come back form fates worse than death.

Marvel heroes struggle to come to grips with the death of Captain America following Kubler-Ross's stages of grieving