Captain America shocker

SPOILER ALERT.

Comic book icon Captain America has been killed off:

He fought and triumphed over Hitler, Tojo, international Communism and a host of supervillains, but he could not dodge a sniper's bullet.

Comic book hero Captain America is dead.

After close to 60 years in print, Marvel Comics has killed off Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, one of its most famous and beloved superheroes amid an already controversial story line, "Civil War," which is pitting the heroes of Marvel's universe against one another.

More details here. Marvel's statement here.

Update (3/8 11:00a): One reader vents his frustrations.