Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America five issues, each based on Elizabeth Kubler Ross' Five Stages of Grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Loeb lobbied hard to write the series, and succeeded, saying that he could draw upon his own experience of having lost his son Sam Loeb. In the Spring Preview issue of "Wizard" magazine, Loeb said: Wolverine confronts The Winter Soldier about the improbability of Captain America dying from the gunshot wounds suffered at the court house; especially since both Captain America and Winter Soldier, the former Bucky, have both been thought to be dead at one time yet survived. Unable to get
The Grief of Others considered "Generally favorable reviews". The "New York Times" said "It's an artful portrait of a world that refuses the order we try to impose on it when we close ourselves off to heartache, doubt and pain." "Variety" said the film is "A delicate, elliptically structured portrait of six wounded souls coping with the aftermath of tragedy." The "Los Angeles Times" said "Harder to miss, however, in every grainy 16mm shot and heartfelt performance is the movie's understated soul, as Wang guides us, sometimes awkwardly, usually touchingly, from isolation and secrets into understanding and connection." The Grief of Others The Grief