NPR: Captain America, Back from the Dead (Sort Of)

NPR: Captain America, Back from the Dead (Sort Of): "In the alternate universe of comic books, there's a crisis brewing between the U.S. and Russia. America is being threatened by a former Soviet general and his Nazi partner. Sounds like a job for Captain America.

But Captain America died last year, shot by assassins on the steps of the federal courthouse in New York City.

On Wednesday, a new issue of Captain America hits comic book stores and with it comes a new Captain America. It's not the same character ... he's still dead. But the comic didn't die with him.

Ed Brubaker writes Captain America for Marvel Comics. For the past year, his stories have been about the loss of Steve Rogers, aka Captain America or 'Cap,' and about the search for his killer. One particular character has featured in many of those tales — Captain America's oldest friend, James 'Bucky' Barnes."