Comic books are always a delicate, contentious subject. Forever relegated to the world of geekery, it’s rare that a comic book storyline finds its way into the newspaper.
The death of Superman and his later, temporary costume change, the death of Captain America, and the breaking of Batman are probably the only few times that the world was aware that comics are an ongoing narrative and not just a bunch of emotionally-arrested, pseudo-sexy pictures drawn by really old teenagers.