Apparently, Joe Simon was not happy (Does Not Approve) of Marvel killing off Captain America, and I bet that if Jack Kirby is still around, he wouldn't have either. You can always state 'Simon and Kirby canon', and...discount the part where Steve was killed, because that totally smack of Executive Meddling (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ExecutiveMeddling) (also why Captain Kirk was killed in the TNG movie, because they want to 'pass the torch', that was the moment I called 'Roddenberry canon', and see everything afterwards as high budgeted fanfic, because hello, discontinuity abound!)
It's probably easier for me, since I'm not much of a comic book fan, and am just starting. I read Marvel Zombies because Spiderman and X-Men was in it, and that's my first impression of a lot of characters! I really like Steve Rogers a lot once I've started reading the other comics (he's like a cross between Captain Kirk and Sailor Moon, if I can doodle, I would doodle that), but I started liking him after he was dead...and now that I've read the first volume of Marvel Adventures, I think I'm going to pick MA as 'my canon', because it's so much better. It's funny, the art is pretty, the women are realistically proportioned and will not end up int he fridge, MA canon!
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It's probably easier for me, since I'm not much of a comic book fan, and am just starting. I read Marvel Zombies because Spiderman and X-Men was in it, and that's my first impression of a lot of characters! I really like Steve Rogers a lot once I've started reading the other comics (he's like a cross between Captain Kirk and Sailor Moon, if I can doodle, I would doodle that), but I started liking him after he was dead...and now that I've read the first volume of Marvel Adventures, I think I'm going to pick MA as 'my canon', because it's so much better. It's funny, the art is pretty, the women are realistically proportioned and will not end up int he fridge, MA canon!