Source: screenrant.com
3. Captain America
(Captain America/The Avengers, Marvel Comics)
Of course this one would land fairly high on the list.
Spinning out of Civil War, Captain America surrendered and was arrested. But, not content with replicating the prison escape story he'd done with Michael Lark in The Devil in Cell Block D, Ed Brubaker teamed with Steve Epting to come up with a bigger Cap story.
While being walked to the courthouse, Steve Rogers was shot once in the shoulder by a helicopter-residing Crossbones, and three-timed in the stomach by a mind-controlled Sharon Carter. He died on the spot – except he didn't, because he was actually stranded in time or space or whatever it was. Omega Sanction something something. Not the point, we're talking about the death, not the resurrection.
The death was expertly conducted, and the 25th issue led into a series of one-shot specials under the Fallen Son umbrella, showing how the Marvel Universe reacted to the loss of maybe its greatest hero. We salute you, Steven Rogers.
