The buzz Marvel has been sending out over the electric thought-spaces was unavoidable. Big news was coming for Captain America. For us, it was hard to get excited about it as that book is not on our pull list. This is in spite of the wondrous things being said about Ed Brubaker‘s turn at the helm. Two years since the highly publicized death of Captain America, a new thing was about to happen.

Rising from the dead after being killed off over two years ago, Captain America is being resurrected by Marvel Comics.

Though the circumstances of his return are being closely shielded, the star-spangled superhero returns July 1 in a five-comic-book series, “Captain America Reborn.”

A big-budget movie in development by Marvel is also expected in 2011.

What they forgot to admit was the “new thing” was just an “old tactic.” We’ve decided to call every Marvel, and DC, flagship character that is gloriously “killed off” Jean Grey. It’s easier on all of us that way.

(via cnn, @bryanmcb)