Captain America Kills A MCU Avenger

Marvel’s villainous Captain America just keep on killing, with his latest victim now confirmed to be Natasha Romanoff, the Black Widow. It’s not the first famous face from Marvel’s Cinematic Universe that Steve Rogers has killed in the rise of his Secret Empire, after revealing that the hero known as Captain America was a Hydra spy all along. As the rest of Marvel’s heroes try to undo the cosmic twist that turned Steve evil, the body count continues to grow – as it turns out, Agent Phil Coulson was just the first MCU fan favorite to die.

But where Coulson was killed because he knew too much, and killed indirectly by Deadpool, Steve Rogers has done the latest deed with his own two hands. Well, to be more specific, he took the life with his signature shield. It wasn’t the Avenger he set out to kill, but with killing blow left little doubt about the victim’s survival. There was a chance that it was simply a twist – one of the now-mandatory bombshells in each Secret Empire issue – but with the story marching on, it seems certain. Black Widow is dead, and Steve Rogers just can’t stop killing.