Captain America

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After the events of Fear Itself, Steve Rogers has resumed his Captain America identity once again and continues leading the Avengers.

Origin

America's Super-Soldier: Captain America

After the outbreak of World War II in Europe, a young patriot named Steve Rogers attempted to serve his country by joining the army. Steve was rejected, due to his scrawny and frail physique, and was classified 4-F. However, he garnered the attention of certain people including scientist Doctor Abraham Erskine, who was searching for suitable volunteers/test subjects for a top secret experimental program designed to create an army of Super-Soldiers.

As a result of Operation: Rebirth, Steve Rogers gained speed, strength, endurance and agility that was nearly superhuman. His abilities, unwavering courage, and “never say die” attitude eventually made Captain America a living legend.

For information on the Captain America that substituted for Steve Rogers when the latter apparently "died", see the Bucky Barnes character page.

Creation

America's most patriotic superheroes: Captain America & Bucky

Captain America was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby as a response to the booming popularity of patriotically-themed super heroes. Though it was rare for any character, let alone a new one, to get a self-named title in those days, he debuted in Captain America Comics #1 (March,1941). He was depicted fighting Adolph Hitler himself on the cover even though the United States had not yet entered World War II and wouldn't for another 9 months. Debuting along with Captain America in this comic was his teenage partner Bucky, and his arch-enemy the Red Skull. This issue sold nearly one million copies and Captain America soon became Marvel's best-selling character.

"Cap" (as he came to affectionately be called) spent World War II punching, kicking and defeating Nazis, Japanese, and other Axis members. In addition to help from Bucky, he battled the Axis forces alongside other Marvel (Timely) stalwarts: the Sub-Mariner and the Human Torch. Simon and Kirby did ten issues before leaving Timely to work for DC. When the war eventually ended, superheroes fell out of favor and comics sales declined. Captain America Comics was printed up to issue #75, but by then it had become a horror book and soon ended.

Captain America was revived by one of his original co-creators Jack Kirby and Stan Lee during 1964 in issue #4 of the Avengers. This was the start of Cap as we know him. He became an instant hit and was soon leading the Avengers. A short time later he shared and co-headlined a comic called "Tales of Suspense" along with fellow Avenger Iron Man. He has since become one of the cornerstones of the Marvel Universe and even transcended comics becoming a true American icon. Additionally, Captain America has been recreated many times over the years in comics featuring stories that take place in alternate universes. One of the most well-known alternate universe versions of Captain America is in the Ultimate Universe.

Character Evolution

Golden Age

Captain America punches Adolph Hitler!

On July 4, 1920, Steven Rogers was born to a pair of Irish immigrants. Steve was always a courageous kid as well as a diligent student, but he wasn't very athletic and he was quiet and introverted. Although he would eventually grow to 6'2, he was scrawny and weak, always last in athletic games (much like one Peter Parker, that would be born much later). A target for bullies as he grew up, he was protected by his best friend Arnie Roth, and, on at least one occasion, by neighborhood tough-guy Duvid Fortunov. Though it wasn't apparent at the time, he possessed fierce loyalty, a courageous fighting spirit and a noble heart. Knowing he had no future in athletics, Steve majored in fine arts and was an exceptionally talented artist specializing in illustration.

His life changed, though, when the Axis forces sweep across Europe starting World War II. Seeing their atrocities on newsreels, Rogers becomes convinced they need to be fought and that the European war would soon pull America into the conflict, inspiring him to enlist in the U.S. armed forces to fight against the Axis forces.

Steve was immediately rejected due to his physically frailty and classified as "4-F." Steve was puny and didn't even come close to passing the mandatory physical exam for induction, although he wanted with all his heart to serve his country, he was rejected. It seemed there was nothing he could do. He eventually makes an impression on the Army recruiters and trainers. He'd shown them just how desperately he wanted to do his part, and how it is his dream to fight for America. Steve catches the attention of an officer whom is looking for men to volunteer as test subjects for an experimental program which was part of a top-secret defense plan known only to less than a dozen men. The experimental program was Operation: Rebirth. The plan was to create physically superior soldiers with a new serum dubbed the Super-Soldier Formula. If it worked, it would make ordinary men into super soldiers. They would become perfect physical beings; possessing strength, speed, stamina, agility, reflexes, and recuperative powers that bordered near the upper limits of human evolutionary potential.

After a rigorous process to choose a suitable candidate, Steve Rogers was chosen to be the first man whom the Super Soldier Serum would be administered to. It was Dr. Abraham Erskine who had developed the process, and it was he who administered it to Rogers. Rogers was injected with the Super Soldier Serum and was then bathed in Vita-Rays which activated and stabilized the serum's chemicals in his system.

The process worked perfectly; Steve Rogers' entire physical being was boosted to the maximum of human potential and efficiency. In addition, he virtually doubled in size as millions of new cells were created almost instantaneously. His muscle strength, flexibility and reflexes improved to the peak of human potential. Steve marveled, he had become the ultimate specimen of human physical power and ability as all weakness and deficiencies drained from his body. Just then, a Nazi spy burst in with a gun. He cried "Hail Hitler" and shot Erskine through the head. In order to keep Nazi spies from obtaining it, Erskine hadn't written down the serum's ingredients, along with much of the procedure, having instead committed it to memory. Therefore the secret of the Super Soldier Serum died with him. Steve Rogers would be the only Super-Soldier. He chased after and caught the Nazi spy who'd assassinated Erskine and broke his neck, killing him. He then vowed to use his power to fight the enemies of America and become a symbol of freedom.

Captain America - The Sentinel of Liberty

The U.S government, disappointed at the loss of their planned super soldier army were determined to use Rogers to his fullest potential. To this end, they decided to use him as a superhero to fight the Nazis; to become a symbol of freedom and hope against Nazi forces as well as a counter-intelligence agent. He also would be their answer to and main weapon against the leader of the Nazi terrorist operations - the Red Skull. The U.S. Government gave him a costume based on the American flag, an unbreakable shield (given to him by President Franklin Roosevelt), a sidearm, and the name Captain America. From that point on, Steve Rogers was Captain America. A short time later he was stationed on an army base in Virginia serving as private Steve Rogers.

While there he continued his extensive training and was deployed several times both domestically and abroad on covert missions. When on base as private, Steve purposely develops a persona and reputation as a clumsy soon-to-be soldier. It was also during this period that he meets Bucky Barnes - a young teenager who accidentally found out that Steve Rogers was secretly Captain America. With the U.S. Federal Governments permission, Steve trains Bucky and makes him his sidekick. Captain America and Bucky became a formidable fighting duo during World War II.

The two fight crime and Nazis on their own and, after Pearl Harbor, help found the Invaders, an Allied superhero team that fought against the Axis and their super-powered agents. The Invaders were featured in a comic book of their own in the 1970s. Recently, it has been stated that Bucky was already being trained when Steve/Captain America met him at the military base, hence, his being able to fight side-by-side with Cap almost immediately despite not having any super-powers.

A few years passed, and, in part due to Captain America and the Invaders' contributions, by 1945 the war was drawing to an end in Europe with the Allies driving the Germans out of the countries they had occupied. With the Nazi's retreating, Cap and Bucky were on a routine mission-they are trying to stop the evil Baron Heinrich Zemo from destroying a drone plane. The patriotic duo engaged Zemo and his troops but before he was could be stopped, Zemo managed to launch the plane up into the air towards allied forces armed with a huge bomb. Racing towards the plane as it's about to launch, Captain America and Bucky managed to jump onto it so they could try to defuse the bomb. Cap realized they couldn't defuse it in time and tried to get Bucky, who was closer to the bomb, to jump off but it exploded and seemingly killed Bucky while throwing Captain America into the freezing waters of the north Atlantic Ocean. All searches to rescue or recover him fail and he is eventually presumed dead. Steve Rogers was believed to be dead for many years, and efforts to replace him failed.

Replacing A Legend

The Spirit of '76

With Captain America frozen in a block of ice, the government decided that Captain America is still needed. Even though the war was won, they figured if the American public found out Cap was dead, their morale would be severely diminished, something that could not be risked while Japan continued to fight Allied forces in the Pacific. As it would turn out several replacements were needed to try to carry the mantle of "Captain America."

The first replacement they hire is the Spirit of '76, a patriotic hero whose abilities were similar to Captain America. His “Bucky” is Fred Davis, a relatively normal young man. Cap and Bucky operate very well (working with the All-Winners Squad), but Adam II (an android) killed Cap in 1946. He was replaced by The Patriot, another Golden Age hero, but two years later, "Bucky" was shot in the legs. Golden Girl then became Cap's partner, until they both quit to marry each other. Seeing that replacing Cap was hard, the government let the idea fade and there was no Captain America and no Bucky.

1950s Commie-Bustin' Cap

In the 1950s, there was a brief run of the Captain America comic where, in keeping with the spirit of the times and the newly started 'Cold War' with communist Russia and China, Captain America becomes a more aggressive, conservative, communist-fighting character. When the real Captain America made his return in the '60s, the appearance of the '50s Cap was left unexplained, until Steve Englehart started on the book.

In 1953, a man named William Burnside found the lost formula for the Super-Soldier Serum in Nazi files in a German warehouse. This man idolized and almost worshiped Captain America. He had a Ph.D. in American History and he had done his thesis on Captain America. He immediately tells the government about the formula in exchange for becoming the next Captain America. He underwent plastic surgery to look like Steve Rogers and was set to be the symbol for the Korean War. However, the project was never finished, so "Steve Rogers" became a teacher.

Jack Munroe: Nomad

While teaching, he finds a young student named Jack Monroe (eventually known as Nomad) who also is a huge Captain America fan. They use the formula on themselves and became the new Captain America and Bucky. They fight Communism, but they didn't know of the Vita-Ray process that was required to stabilize the recipient after taking the super soldier formula. Since they don't take it, it affected their minds and they became overly paranoid, attacking anyone they even have the slightest suspicion of being a Communist, seeing threats to America where none existed. The government quickly realized they were out of control, and shut them down, placing them in suspended animation. Years later they are freed by a disgruntled government employee. Newly awakened in the 1970's, they confront the real Captain America and his new partner, the Falcon.

Regarding the differences that underpinned this confrontation, Steve says, "In this case, the comics mirrored their eras; the late '30s-early '40s Cap was a liberal and the early '50s Cap was a conservative. The first one looked up to Roosevelt; the second looked up to McCarthy. That's about as fundamental as it gets." Thus, it was not only a physical battle, but a battle of ideologies in which Cap confronted the impostor with just how out of touch and extreme he has become, and in doing so, manages to defeat him.

The Modern Age

Ironically, it was Cap's former Invaders teammate, Namor the Sub-Mariner, who finds an Inuit tribe worshiping a frozen figure in a block of ice near the icy waters of the North Atlantic. Namor, seemingly enraged that they are worshiping an inanimate object, lifts the block of ice and hurls it into the sea. Apparently damaged by the impact of hitting the water, the ice began breaking apart revealing the frozen figure within as a man. The Avengers, who are still in the area after battling the Hulk and Namor, spot this man floating in the water and pull him aboard their craft. They soon recognized the iconic uniform the man wore beneath his torn and tattered clothing and identified him. He was Steve Rogers, Captain America! The Avengers determined he was still alive and they revived him. Upon becoming conscious, Captain America didn't recognize any of the Avengers so he assumed they were Nazis and immediately sprung into action battling the entire team alone. Fortunately, the battle and misunderstanding ended quickly.

From his impossibly youthful appearance and actions after his revival the Avengers determined he had been preserved in a state of suspended animation while frozen in the ice. Though he was out of his own time and unfamiliar with the modern world he is still at his. Recognizing his value as skilled fighter in combat, a great tactician, and a natural leader; the Avengers invite Captain America to join their team. The Living Legend of World War II accepted, and soon became team leader, a position he has held more times than anybody else. This was quickly followed by his own monthly gig in the Tales of Suspense anthology, wherein he shared equal billing with Iron Man.

Cap appears in an extended run by Stan and Jack in which Captain America leads the Avengers for a long time, fighting their enemies and some of his old enemies-such as Baron Zemo. He finds out what had happened to Bucky, his young World War II partner, and is devastated. He was grief-stricken for many years. Shortly after Captain America's revival, honorary Avenger Rick Jones convinces Cap to let him become the new Bucky and partners with him for a short time. Captain America doesn't want to be responsible for another young partner's death. Just as he relents, and allows Rick to assume the Bucky identity, the Red Skull (Cap's arch-enemy from World War II) uses the Cosmic Cube to drive Bucky away. Afterwards, the title's creative reins transferred over to Jim Steranko. A Silver Age stylist who helped redefine comic art expectations. One of his greatest Marvel triumphs was in the pages of Captain America! (Cap #110, 111, 113), packed with high drama, proportion expanding page layouts, and Steranko's sultry, spy-oriented action.

While acclimating to modern times Captain America became reacquainted with old friends and met with people with whom he became friends and allies. Colonel Nick Fury was a fellow veteran whom Cap had met and served with during World War II when Fury lead the Howling Commandos as a sergeant. They reunited, becoming friends and allies again. Fury now leads the intelligence agency S.H.I.E.L.D and when situations beyond the capabilities of his agents cropped up, Fury would frequently ask Cap to undertake and complete these missions for S.H.I.E.L.D. Later, he meets Sam Wilson, an African-American social worker from Harlem whom Captain America met on Exile Island. Captain America trains Sam to become the Falcon and Captain America's new partner renaming his series Captain America and The Falcon. Throughout their partnership they combat numerous foes including the Grey Gargoyle, Scorpion, Mr. Hyde, The Serpent Gang and even the Red Skull.

Steve Rogers as The Nomad

A bit disillusioned, Captain America retired his mantle due to the Watergate scandal. Later he was convinced by Hawkeye to continue fighting evil leading him to adopt a new superhero persona; the Nomad. However, after the death of the new Captain America, Roscoe, at the hands of the Red Skull, Steve realized that the costume is a powerful symbol of American ideals and not a tool for the government, he became Captain America once again. Relishing his return to his Captain America role, Steve nonetheless promises to never forget what he learned during his time as Nomad. Nest he fought the Red Skull once more and it was revealed that Red Skull had been a burned out youth in Germany before a chance meeting with Adolf Hitler himself. Seeing the inner anger and sensing his potential for evil, Hitler trained the boy to be his protege and he eventually became the Red Skull. Captain America defeated the Red Skull again, preventing him from using his Dust of Death to first decimate the population and then to attempt the restart of the Third Reich with which to take over the world.

Steve Rogers as The Captain

New enemies came, such as Flag-Smasher and the Scourge of the Underworld. Captain America also resigns his role when the government tries to force him to work solely for them. They hired John Walker to do his job when Rogers refused, taking the name of “The Captain.” During this time Steve has some questionable run-ins with the law that made him realize how much credibility he had as Captain America. Sometimes he even had to resort to working outside the law as much as it pained him. Cap and Walker tussled a few times, until Walker was driven insane. He later became U. S. Agent and Steve Rogers once again became Captain America.

Later, it had been revealed that the chemicals that allowed the Red Skull to retain his youth had worn off, and now the Red Skull was in his 80's. The Red Skull had kidnapped several of Cap's closest allies including the Falcon, and forced Captain America to revert to his natural age by subjecting him to the same artificial aging process that he used to advance his own daughters age. The two had one final battle where they would battle as equals. Cap came out the victor but refused to kill the Red Skull, who died right after the battle of a heart attack. Cap's youth was one again restored by the Avengers.

During the Streets of Poison story arc, Captain America had discovered that Avengers staff member Fabian Stankowicz had been on a new street drug called Ice. After suspending Fabian and sending him to rehab, Captain America had taken it upon himself to clean the streets of drug dealers. During a raid on a warehouse, a drug dealer blows the building up and Captain America finds himself caught in the fumes of Ice. Captain America finds himself hooked on the drug which makes him prone to violence and causes outburst of rage. Caught in a the middle of a turf war between The Kingpin and The Red Skull, Captain America's condition worsens until he subdued by Diamondback and The Black Widow. Captain America undergoes a blood transfusion to cleanse his blood of the drug, he is however temporarily stripped of the super soldier serum. Vowing to break the drug circle, Captain America heads to Yankee stadium where a final confrontation between the Red Skull and Kingpin occurs to determine who would control drug trafficking in New York. At the stadium Captain America is confronted by Crossbones, after a brutal fight Steve Rogers prevailed proving that even without the super soldier serum, he could still be Captain America.

However disaster strikes when Captain America avoids an explosion at a drug lab full of a chemical that causes a reaction with the Super-Soldier serum in his system. It alters his biochemistry, and he begins to deteriorate. He turns to Iron Man, who helps him by making a powered exoskeleton for him in the vein of the Iron Man armor. Eventually, he is cured by a transfusion of blood from none other then Red Skull, who had transferred his mind into a cloned body of Captain America. Eventually, the Avengers broke up, in Avengers Disassembled.

Rogers revealed his secret identity, but then a new villain, the Winter Soldier, had shown himself. The Winter Soldier's secret identity turns out to be Bucky Barnes. Bucky had been saved by the Soviet Union, who brainwashed him and made him their super soldier and assassin. Eventually, Bucky's memory was returned to him and he once again became Cap's sidekick.

One of Captain America's predecessors: Isaiah Bradley

After Steve Rogers' participation in Project: Rebirth, the U.S. Army tested the early version of the Super Soldier Serum on 300 black soldiers. Black Americans were infected with syphilis, without their knowledge, and left untreated to study the effects of the disease on the human body. A married man and father to a newborn girl, Isaiah Bradley was a infantryman at Camp Cathcart, Mississippi in 1942, during the first year of the United States involvement in World War II. Bradley's platoon is among the 300 test subjects that were randomly chosen from the two of the all black battalions are Cathcart which were murdered after the 300 left for Project Super Soldier. Barbaric medical practices are performed on the subjects. The surviving seven were sent forward to Europe, one of their number dying on the boat ride to complications with the serum. The remaining six entered the war in July 1942.

Bradley's only known costumed mission involved the destruction of the Nazi Super Soldier Project at Schwarzebitte, Germany in October 1942. Bradley steals a spare Captain America costume that had been set aside for Steve Rogers who was to lead the mission. He completed his mission, however he is captured and later interrogated by Hitler himself before being shipped off to Auschwitz. Bradley escaped and is taken in by the German and Belgian Underground Resistance. He is eventually able to sneak back to behind Allied lines in 1943, but receives a court-martial from the Army and a sentence to life imprisonment for stealing Captain America's costume. Bradley served seventeen years and was released by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on the day of President John F. Kennedy's inauguration. Bradley was the only test subject to survive the war.

He became an underground legend among the Marvel African-American community - he was their Captain America. Eventually, however, the serum's long-term effects damaged Isaiah Bradley, in his body and mind. He became childlike and began to disappear as a hero. It was then that he is discovered by Steve Rogers, who tracks him down and acknowledges his sacrifices and heroism. Isaiah Bradley remains as one of Cap's greatest allies - the black Captain America.

He is the grandfather of Elijah Bradley, Patriot from the Young Avengers. He is also the genetic father of Josiah X. Isaiah Bradley first appeared in Truth - Red, White, And Black #1 (2003).

Major Story Arcs

Civil War

Cap and Iron Man: At odds during the superhero Civil War

For further details: Civil War

A super-human battle in Stamford, Connecticut causes the deaths of hundreds of school children and leads directly to the superhero Civil War when the public called out for super-humans to register their powers, abilities, and identities, and hang up the costumes. In the wake of this horrible tragedy, the Super-human Registration Act is quickly passed. This new law requires everyone in the United States to register with the federal government, submit to evaluation, training and even become a government operative. Some heroes are for it while some were against it. Captain America is the most highly-respected hero against it. He believes it infringes on the rights and personal freedoms of super-humans.

He elects to lead the anti-registration faction of heroes against the pro-registration people, who are led by none other then his friend and fellow Avenger; Iron Man. Cap and the other heroes refusal to register immediately makes them all technically criminals and fugitives to be hunted down by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, police, their former friends, and even enemies/villains who'd registered and agreed to work as government operatives. The two factions clash several times with Iron Man beating Cap savagely in their first fight. However, as the War goes on, Cap's side grows by recruiting and attracting mostly street-level heroes like Daredevil, Luke Cage, and later Spider-Man (after he defects from Iron Man's pro-registration side). Captain America's faction even recruits one true powerhouse; Hercules.

Eventually, Cap's anti-registration faction gained enough strength to match Iron Man's pro-registration forces. Captain's morals were sorely tested too, when he enlisted the help of many figures he would normally apprehend and turn over to the authorities. The most notable of these questionable allies were Frank Castle, a.k.a. the Punisher and Wilson Fisk, a.k.a. the Kingpin.

Eventually events lead to the final confrontation between the opposing factions where Captain America confronted and batters Iron Man. The tide of the battle was turning in favor of Captain America's forces and victory was at hand when a group of ordinary civilians intervene and attempt to restrain Cap. It was at this moment that Captain America realizes he was endangering the very people he had sworn to protect. "We're not fighting for the people anymore. We're just...fighting." he said tearfully, surrendering even as he was about to win. Captain America then removed his mask, surrendered to authorities as Steve Rogers and orders the anti-registration forces to stand down. As Rogers is led away in handcuffs, the Punisher retrieves Captain America's discarded mask. The majority of the other anti-registration heroes subsequently elect to register, while some decide to take their chances, stay outside the law and remain fugitives. After his arrest, Captain America is incarcerated by the federal government to await trial.

The Civil War strains relationships between the former Avengers, too. Thor was dead. Iron Man and Captain America led opposing forces. Hank Pym was on Iron Man's side, Vision was on Cap's. Due to the Scarlet Witch's mental instability and breakdown the Avengers had been disassembled already (in Avengers Disassembled), but the events of the Civil War made it nearly impossible for the team to reform and function effectively. Eventually, several different versions of the team either formed or re-formed as the Mighty Avengers, the New Avengers and the Secret Avengers.

Fallen Son

Captain America: Assassinated

For further details: Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America

The tide of the superhuman Civil War turns, as Captain America is assassinated in a scheme perpetrated by his greatest foe, the Red Skull. It is later revealed that Steve Rogers is not dead. When S.H.I.E.L.D. and Tony Stark take possession of Captain America's body, and they wanted to conduct tests because he was the only perfect Super-Soldier. What they discover was the serum seems to have reversed the effects on his body after he died. Though his death demoralized even those he had fought against, the new order of super heroes had already begun, spearheaded by Iron Man, who had been appointed as the new director of S.H.I.E.L.D.. with the launch of the Fifty State Initiative program, Iron Man's dream of

Bucky assumes Captain America's mantle

a dedicated super hero team in each U. S. state was being realized. Little did he suspect that the mounting Skrull invasion was secretly placing one of their agents on each of those teams. In Captain America: New Deal, Steve Rogers left instructions for Tony Stark in a letter written before his death to "save" Bucky and that the mantle of Captain America should go on.

When the Winter Soldier (Bucky) is brought into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody, he managed to escape, only to attack Iron Man. The two fight to a standstill until Stark mentions the letter from Steve. Bucky isn't sure that Cap had meant for him to actually become Captain America. Tony said that there's no way Bucky would let anyone else fill those boots and asked if he wanted to be the one to let Steve down. Bucky says he'd do it under two conditions. The first was that his mind would be completely probed to ensure there was no trace of brainwashing or fail safe code-words left over from when he was under control as the Winter Soldier. The second condition is that he doesn't have to answer to S.H.I.E.L.D. or to Stark, just as Steve didn't. Tony thought about it and agreed. The Norse god Thor later communicates with the spirit of Steve Rogers on the one-year anniversary of his death.

Captain America Reborn

Reborn: Cap comes back!

For further details: Captain America Reborn

As the machinations of the Red Skull continue despite the intervention of the new Captain America, Black Widow and the Falcon, he and Arnim Zola reveal to an astonished Norman Osborn that the gun Sharon Carter used to kill Steve Rogers actually froze him in space and time at the moment of his death. That moment of spatial and temporal stasis could be used to bring back his body from any moment in the future via a modified version of Dr. Doom's time device and Sharon Carter herself, whom they referred to as "the constant." At the time of the intended retrieval, Sharon's actions disrupted the process, resulting in Steve being lost in time and space. He is shown reliving moments of his past, most notably events during the Second World War, badly disoriented and bewildered. While going through the time stream, Steve finds himself back in 1944, at one of the Red Skull's bases, fighting Master Man. As he begins to fight Master Man, Cap figures out that he has somehow been sent back in time and reliving all of the battles he has fought in over the years. After he defeats Master Man, Steve is then sent to the time he met with President Franklin Roosevelt at the White House.

Back in the present, Bucky and Black Widow begin to fight Ares and Venom inside a H.A.M.M.E.R. Helicarrier, but Bucky and Black Widow are defeated and taken to Norman Osborn. At the Baxter Building, Hank had brought Sharon Carter to Reed Richards, so that he could examine her. While Reed does this, Hank mentions that Falcon and the Vision are out looking for Bucky and Black Widow, since they never returned from their mission. Reed then tells Hank that he has found something in Sharon's blood stream, Reed then mentions that there was something similar to what's in Sharon's blood, in Steve's body that Reed had found after he had done an autopsy on it. Reed then tells Hank that there was something Tony Stark didn't like about the rapid cellular decay in Steve's body.

Norman then meets with Crossbones and Sin, telling them that he knows about the second shooter and that he would love to have a Captain America on his side, leading his Avengers, even if the Red Skull's mind was in that Captain America's body.

Back in the past, Steve finds himself back in 1940 with Dr. Erskine, Steve then begins to ask the doctor about time travel and what would happen if someone were to go back and kill Hitler before all of this madness began. Dr. Erskine then tells Steve that doing something like that would have both an action and reaction that could end up making it so that your loved ones might have never been born. After this, Steve is taken into a lab and is about to relive the moment he became Captain America, Steve knows that the doctor is going to be killed by a Nazi spy, but is forced to do nothing but go through with the experiment. After he does, the doctor is killed and Steve begins to ask himself why he is reliving all of his past memories.

Back at the H.A.M.M.E.R. Helicarrier, Norman is talking to the now captured Bucky and Black Widow, Norman then reveals that he had told the whole world that Sharon Carter was the second shooter in the assassination of Captain America and is now the world's most wanted. Norman then tells them that he is letting Black Widow go so that she could tell Sharon that if she doesn't turn herself in within twenty-four hours, Norman will kill Bucky.

Still trapped in time, Steve relives the time he was trapped in the ice, he begins to wonder why he even keeps track of the time anymore, since he believes time has no meaning for him now. As he ponders on this, Namor appears, as Steve knew he would, picking up the large chunk of ice that holds Steve. Everything happens like it always did, Namor throws the piece of ice into the water, even though Steve tries to yell Namor's name, to where Steve would be found by the Avengers. Back in the present, Reed Richards has met with Namor in the Arctic Ocean, where Steve's body was secretly laid to rest. Reed asks Namor to raise Steve's coffin, which Namor had already done, and as Reed examines Steve's body, the body disappears, shocking both Reed and Namor. As Reed tried to figure out what happened, he gets a call from Hank Pym, who tells Reed that Norman Osborn has outed Sharon Carter as the second shooter who killed Captain America, and to Black Widow's disapproval, Sharon tells them that she's going to turn herself in.

Elsewhere, Bucky is being transported by Norman's Thunderbolts, while Sharon tries to figure out what she should do. Back in time, Steve finds himself reliving his time during the Kree-Skrull War, fighting alongside Clint Barton, who was going by Goliath at the time, fighting off an army of Skrull soldiers. Steve watches Iron Man, Thor, and Captain Marvel, Steve then asks the Vision, who had asked him to meet with the other Avengers on the command deck, if the Vision could remember something and then store it deep in his memory storage, something Vision said he would have no problem doing. Back with Bucky, Falcon attacks the Thunderbolts' jet, fighting off the Thunderbolts, while the Thunderbolts' Ant-Man frees Bucky, after that Bucky and Falcon escape unharmed.

Still jumping through time, Steve finds himself reliving the time he and Rick Jones, who was going by the name of Bucky at the time, fight off a group of HYDRA agents. Steve then feels the remorse of losing the original Bucky, his close friend James Barnes, when he almost calls Rick "Bucky". Back in the present, Norman Osborn has announced that Sharon Carter, Steve's lover, was the second shooter in his death. While he does this, Sharon is being taken to Latveria. At the Infinite Avengers Mansion, Hank Pym and Mr. Fantastic activate the message Steve left with the Vision back during the Kree-Skrull War, telling them that he is lost in time.

Elsewhere, Bucky, Black Widow, and Clint Barton (Ronin), attack a H.A.M.M.E.R. mobile data-collector, trying to find out where Sharon Carter is. Once in Latveria, Sharon is shocked to see that the Red Skull is alive still, and is with Dr. Doom. They quickly then attach her to a machine that will bring Steve back to the present. In the English Channel Islands, 1945, Steve finds himself and Bucky escaping Baron Zemo's fortress. Bucky and Steve then jump onto the drone bomber that will explode, sending them to their apparent deaths, only to live to become how they are today. Steve, who has relived this day so many times in his mind, and nightmares, decides that he won't let Bucky get blown up again and become the Winter Soldier. As he tries to stop Bucky, Steve is suddenly pulled back through time, he then finds himself being attacked by the Red Skull as he flies through time.

Steve's body then appears in Dr. Doom's lab, but as Sharon calls out to him, it is revealed that the Red Skull has placed his mind in Steve's body, and is now in control of Captain America. Steve then finds himself in a nightmarish world ruled by the Nazis and the Red Skull. The Red Skull, who is now on his way to the White House to meet with the President to ruin Captain America and what he stands for once and for all. But as they make their way to D. C., the Skull captures the Vision who is trying to sneak on board to rescue Sharon, and commands his ship to attack the Avengers Quinjet which is chasing after them. The A.I.M. ship takes out the Quinjet, causing it to crash in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

The Avengers are forced to fight the Skull's forces. While that happens, Steve finds where the Skull is hiding in his mind, and they begin to fight over control of Steve's body. Meanwhile, Bucky fights the Red Skull outside of Steve's body. But Bucky shows that he can't kill Steve, even if it is the Red Skull controlling him. The Red Skull then takes Bucky's shield, stating that what's Captain America without his shield. He then cuts off Bucky's bionic hand, saying that it's time for a new morning in America. But before Red Skull can kill Bucky, Steve is able to force the Skull out of his mind and back into his robotic body, gaining control over his body again, and finally returning to the world he left.

Sharon Carter then uses one of Hank Pym's size changer devices to make the Red Skull into a giant, making sure he can't escape this time, Steve and Bucky then team up with the rest of the Avengers, fighting the giant Red Skull, and finally are able to seemingly kill the Red Skull. As they do so, the public sees Steve among the heroes, and yell with joy as they see that Captain America has returned. Back in New York, Steve remembers that he saw the future while he was going through time, and that he believes Bucky is going to die, but before he can think about it more, Sharon comes to get him to come down to his party. Four days after his return, Steve had been training with Bucky, getting back into shape. He talks to Sharon, telling her how he's worried that he may slip away back into time again, she then tells him that he's not going anywhere and that she has him.

Later that night, Steve decides to suit up and go out into the city, to see what has changed. He finds Captain America (Bucky) and Black Widow as they fight the Hyde who has escaped from The Raft. As Hyde tries to escape from the battle, Bucky sees Steve watching from the sidelines and throws him his shield, allowing him to defeat Hyde all by himself. Steve then says that was fun and hands Bucky the shield, but Bucky refuses telling Steve that he's Captain America and that's his shield.

Steve then tells Bucky that they need to talk. Steve tells Bucky that he should keep being Captain America, that it means something more to him, which Bucky disagrees with, saying that Steve is the only Captain America. Steve then tells him that he's not sure if he's ready or will ever be able to pick up his shield again, and asks Bucky to continue being Captain America, if not for himself, then for him.

Steve then returns to Sharon, telling her that he believes that if Bucky doesn't continue to be Captain America, that he may die, and Steve could never live with that possibility, even if it means giving up the future he wants. Steve then meets with President Obama, who gives Steve a Presidential Pardon for what he did during the Civil War, saying that he felt the S.H.R.A. was un-American to him. Steve then tells the President that he may not be able to pick up his shield again, President Obama then tells Steve that that is okay, that he has a feeling that in the coming days, America is going to call on Steve for something much bigger.

The Heroic Age

For further details: The Heroic Age

After the Dark Reign of Norman Osborn and his Dark Avengers, Steve Rogers is called on again for duty, but now as America's new "Top Cop" (S.H.I.E.L.D. director). Steve accepts the job and assembles two new teams. The Avengers under Maria Hill's command and the Secret Avengers for covert missions under Steve's direct command. Steve's first line-up of Secret Avengers include his long-time love interest Sharon Carter, Brunnhilde the Asgardian Valkyrie, Nova the Prime Centurion of the Xandarian Nova Corps, former Avenger and X-Man Beast, Black Widow, Moon Knight and War Machine.

Steve Rogers: Super Soldier

For further details: Steve Rogers: Super Soldier

Steve Rogers meets with Pete Wisdom in a diner who shows Steve files about a witness from Nextin Pharmaceuticals who was killed in a car explosion. Wisdom informs Steve that a Professor Jacob Erskine apparently works for the company. Steve claims Professor Erskine never had a son. Wisdom reveals that this is his grandson taking back the family name. He is the son of Professor Erskine's estranged daughter Esme and a man by the name Tyler Paxton. Steve Rogers knew Paxton from the Super Soldier program and was friends with him a long time ago. Wisdom goes on to inform Steve that apparently Jacob Erskine has cracked the Super Soldier serum and plans on selling it to the highest bidder. This intel forces Steve to head out to Madripoor. Steve uses his advanced training to gain entrance to the building.

Once inside he changes into a suit to blend into the crowd as he begins to look for Jacob Erskine. He finally locates him within the crowd but notices he;s accompanied by a woman he recognizes from his past which forces him to change tactics. As Jacob and the woman enter the elevator, Steve takes out the two guards guarding the elevator and proceeds to follow them up the stairs. When he reaches the next level, he runs into three bodyguards who he's forced to engage. Steve quickly realizes these men have already been injected without he Super Solider serum which angers him, causing him to lose his concentration. Steve eventually defeats the men, one of which began to have an aneurism. Steve uses a device Hank McCoy designed for him to test the mans blood.

He finds out his thoughts are correct and proceeds to find Jacob Erskine. Jacob was awaiting Steve's arrival in his office. Steve asks why he's doing this, asking if it's all just for revenge. Jacob is surprised at his accusations and claims his purpose was to cure cancer. Steve doesn't believe a word he's saying as he tells him that his men are already injected without he serum. This surprised Jacob who seemed to know nothing about this. Moments later a bullet was fired through the window hitting Jacob who fell into Steve's arms.

Commander Rogers

Gun fire continues to blast through the windows. Jacob Erskine's final words were to ask Steve to protect his wife. He thinks they will come after her next. Steve hears armed security coming towards the room forcing him to exit through the window. After a rough landing, he begins to scour the Madripoor underworld for a lead on the shooter who had already vacated the room adjacent to the building Jacob Erskine was killed in. After not being able to find a single lead, Steve is forced to assume that this was an inside job. Sharon calls Steve who is hiding in one of Wolverine's safe houses and asks him if he wants help. He refuses but doesn't tell her the real reason he doesn't want her help. Steve follows Jacob's wife Anita who is being moved to a house on the beach by Nextin security. Once she's alone, Steve approaches her.

She asks Steve if she knows him because she thinks she's dreamt about him before. Steve tells her his name and she gets a feeling of deja vu and claims that they used to be in love. She then proceeds to kiss him and Steve pulls away quickly. Anita asks why he's in her head and then runs away. Sharon then calls Steve with intel on Myron Smith claiming that there is no Myron Smith. All his records are forged and he never existed until a year ago. Steve begins to put the pieces together and enters the beach house and approaches Smith face to face. He tells him to cut the act and moments later Machinesmith reveals himself to be behind everything. Anita and Myron were both androids. Suddenly Steve is hit by an energy beam of some sort which deactivated the Super Soldier Serum inside him.

Deactivated Super-Soldier

Steve is taken to a lab and strapped down to a table. Machinesmith tells Steve how he convinced Jacob to change his last name to Erskine to lure Steve into a trap. Machinemsith promises to sell the serum on the market. Steve begins yelling forcing security to knock him out. He awakes to find himself in a cell. His comm-link is out. Unable to contact anyone and with no idea what will happen next, he kills time by doing some push-ups and sit-ups. Machinesmith enters the room via holographic projection and tells Steve he no longer has any need for him. At that moment, security enters the room and take Steve at gunpoint. Steve is forced to use his years of combat experience and defend himself. A de-powered Steve is able to overthrow the guards and heads to the laboratory to active Anita. Anita takes Steve to the room where the Super Soldier tests are conducted.

She activates the vita rays which enable the serum in Steve's veins allowing him to dismantle the guards entering the room at that moment with little effort. Steve and Anita head out to the airfield base where Machinesmith plans on meeting with terrorists and sell the serum. Machinesmith begins his demonstration by showing the vials of serum to all the interested buyers who showed up. Outside, Steve and Anita arrive but security is hesitant to let Anita through. She finally convinces him but he alerts Machinesmith of her arrival. Steve enters the building and engages Machinesmith in combat.

He cuts his head off which of course doesn't kill Machinesmith who is capable of jumping from electronic device to another at will. Steve throws a grenade to cause a distraction and buy time for Anita who was blocking satellite reception in the building. With every electronic system on the base destroyed, Machinesmith's only option is to transfer into Anita who reconfigured her system only allowing wireless traffic in and not out. She then proceeds to self-destruct. The next day Steve is back at Secret Avengers HQ reminiscing about the old days when Sharon enters the room. She tells Steve that Hank has a report for him so they head to the lab.

Hank tells Steve that what Machinesmith was presenting to the buyers was not the Super Soldier Serum. Steve is perplexed at this intel and wonders what the mission was really about. In Detroit, Michigan two men are in a car. One asks the other if he's sure the serum works now. The other man says it does and that they only needed a sample of Steve's blood to confirm it. It is revealed that the second man is Jacob Erskine who was thought to be killed. The two men watch a young seventeen year old boy who they claim has a similar history to Steve's. They claim the Shadow Council will soon have an army of Super Soldiers and drive off.

Personal Information

Physical Attributes

• Height: 6'2"
• Weight: 240 lbs.
• Eyes: Blue
• Hair: Blonde

Status

• Identity: Publicly known
• Occupation: Director of SHIELD, adventurer; former public works artist, special SHIELD operative, freelance illustrator, police officer, history teacher, sparring partner, soldier, WPA artist
• Citizenship: U.S.A.
• Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York City, New York
• Education: High school graduate; one year of art school; military basic training; private tutoring in hand-to-hand combat, gymnastics, military strategy, piloting, demolition, and other disciplines
• Marital Status: Single
• Known Relatives: Steven Rogers (Captain America, ancestor, deceased), Joseph and Sarah Rogers (parents, deceased)

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Super-Soldier Serum

In the beginning the Super-Soldier Serum increased his body to the physical peak of human potential but not to any higher to super human levels. He is as strong, fast, durable and agile as any human could be. His reflexes have also been increased to peak human potential and are nearly instantaneous. He has run a mile in roughly a minute and bench-pressed 1200 pounds. Another major enhancement provided is the serum prevents the build-up of fatigue poisons in his muscles. This means he effectively never tires, making it possible for him to perform at his maximum ability when doing anything physical for an extraordinary length of time. However Captain America has displayed feats that would appear to be far outside the limits of a human being. One of Captain Americas most recent durability feats is him surviving a 200ft fall on top of a car from an airplane and he suffered no discomfort. In recent comics Captain America is being classified as having superhuman strength and agility. Whether or not Marvel will continue to classify him this way is unknown.

Captain America's Shield

The serum also enhances his constitution, making him immune or highly resistant to many diseases and increasing the speed at which he heals from injuries and recuperates from illness. The serum is constantly being replenished by his body. Cap is a master of many martial arts and has developed his own fighting-style which melds jujitsu, boxing, judo, karate, pressure points, all-terrain acrobatics and the use of his shield. His sensory perceptions have also been enhanced by the Super-Solider Serum, making them as acute as possible short of being superhuman. Cap is a great leader, field commander, and tactician. He led the Avengers for a long time, and his great experience makes him great on the battlefield. He gives orders like a sergeant. He also creates the plans for the Avengers, and has a great fighting spirit. All this means he regularly defeats enemies much stronger than him and can go toe-to-toe with foes as powerful as Spider-Man.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Captain America is usually seen with his Captain America armor that is bullet proof and is red, white, and blue. His costume covers up everything except his nose, mouth, and ears. He also has wings on the side of his mask and has a shield in which he always carries around but after giving it to Bucky Barnes has got a new costume and weapon.

Alternate Realities

Ultimate Universe (Earth-1610)

Ultimate Cap

In the Ultimate universe, Captain America's origin was much the same. He became a hero due to the Super-Soldier serum and fought in World War II. His sidekick is Bucky, who photographs him and writes articles about him but isn't a costumed fighter. Eventually, a prototype hydrogen bomb, that he was disarming, explodes and throws him into the Atlantic Ocean, putting him in suspended animation. He is discovered fifty years later by Tony Stark, and becomes a hero. He is a little different, he is more conservative and a little more violent then the 616 version, using sidearms and explosives. He is still an amazing physical fighter and has a pure Adamantium shield. Cap is selected to join the Ultimates, the Ultimate version of the Avengers, and he becomes team leader. He dates Wasp. Later, it appears he has betrayed the team, so S.H.I.E.L.D. catches him and incarcerates him before learning Black Widow did it. She leads the Liberators to destroy America. Cap joins the resistance and kills the Liberator's leader. Later, Nick Fury would ask Cap to train the supposed mutant, Black Panther. He does so, but later finds out that Fury lied to him and that Fury has not let the Panther go home.

With the help of Tony Stark, Steve makes himself a Black Panther and joins the Ultimates as the Panther and allows T'Challa to go home. Later in the Savage Lands while battling the Juggernaut, the rest of the team finds out that the Black Panther they know had been Cap the whole time. When the ULTIMATUM Wave hits New York City, Cap is saved by Iron Man, but collapses and is taking to the Triskelion and put on life support. Cap later joins Thor in Valhalla, helping him fight Hela the goddess of death for Valkyrie's soul. Captain America ultimately survives the events of Ultimatum.Post-Ultimatum, Captain America and Hawkeye are on a mission when Cap runs into the Ultimate version of the Red Skull. They battle aboard a helicopter and Cap is quickly and brutally beaten by his adversary. The Red Skull whispers something in to Cap's ear. The Red Skull is actually Cap's son and Cap is currently a fugitive on the run from Nick Fury's (ultimate) Avengers.

Ultimate Captain America can lift 2-4 Tons, and is stronger than his 616 counterpart. His fighting ability however is inferior to his 616 counterpart. Ultimate Captain America came close to beating Ultimate Hulk, though he actually lost the fight. Ultimate Captain America has also shown a high level intellect in most of his fights. His physical appearance is identical (with the exception of the helmet wings) to his 616 counterpart.

Earth-9997

The Earth X version of Captain America was hardly Cap at all. He was a war-torn, old hero, with an American flag for a top and a shaved head. He sacrificed his life to save Captain Marvel, who needed a little help. This was a dismal version of the Captain. After the death of Death, Marvel created a universe for those who had died called Paradise, one in which, with the help of a part of the Cosmic Cube, each person could live in their own universe. In this Paradise, Captain America was one of the Avenging Hosts. His role was to reveal to the people still in the Realm of the Dead that they were actually dead.

Earth-2149 (Marvel Zombies)

In the Marvel Zombies reality, Cap was known as Colonel America, and he was the President of the United States. After being turned into a zombie, he raided secret government bunkers and ate countless people until the zombie Red Skull killed him, by scooping his brains out.

In Marvel Zombies 2, we see the return of Colonel America. A Frankenstein experiment carried out by the X-Man Forge, allowed the brain of Colonel America to be transplanted into the body of the Black Panther's son T'Channa.

Earth-460/Earth-311

In Earth-460, the Purple Man had become president of the United States. He somehow sent Captain America to the year 1602 of an alternate reality, which created a divergent time-line designated Earth-311. In Earth-311 at the year 1602, Steve Rogers became Rojhaz, and joined an American Indian tribe. His arrival screwed up the time-line, and people started appearing in 1602 as analogues of themselves. Rojhaz didn't want to leave, so he could create a prejudice-free USA, but 1602 Nick Fury forced him to go back to normal time and bring everything back to normal.

House of M

In the House of M story line, Captain America (Steve Rogers) never got frozen in the ice-berg that kept him youthful in modern times. Instead, Steve Rogers continued to fight alongside the Invaders (Namor, Human Torch 1, Miss America and others) and protected the United States from all sorts of trouble and destruction. Steve Rogers gives up his mantle as Captain America after an argument with Senator McCarthy over the persecution of Mutants - particularly of Human Torch 1. He then joins the Space Program and becomes the first man to walk on the moon (changing Neil Armstrong's famous line to "One small step for man, one giant leap for for peace between man and mutant-kind). Although he marries Peggy Carter, they split up after an argument over Steve's stance on S.H.E.I.L.D and Mutant persecution. In the end, Steve retires from the service, and is accosted by a group of young mutants who beat him in a subway station.

Earth-982 (MC 2 Universe)

In the MC2 universe, Cap's origin and suspended animation was exactly the same. Once he had joined the MC2 Avengers, they went on a perilous mission that claimed most of their lives. Cap stayed behind to help others on the mission and was considered missing in action. Later, he gave American Dream his shield, as he saw in her the dedication he had when he was fighting. Steve was last seen leading the young superheroes against their superhero parents who were being mind-controlled by Loki . He was fatally injured, but in order to preserve his legacy, Thor used his power to immortalize him by turning him into a star resembling his shield to honor him.

Earth-2301 (Mangaverse)

In the Marvel Mangaverse, Captain America is both the leader of the Avengers and the president of the United States. He was killed by Doctor Doom. Carol Danvers (Ms Marvel in 616) becomes the new Cap.

Earth-398

Steve Rogers of Earth-398 was known as Yeoman America and was a member of the Queen's Vengeance.

Earth-1298 (Mutant X)

In the Mutant X reality, a mutant took the name of Captain America (Mutant X), and was a member of The Six. He was killed by the Beyonder.

Earth-9811

In this reality, also called Battleworld, Captain America and Rogue had a daughter called Crusader.

Earth-9602

In the Amalgam Universe, Captain America was merged with Superman. The new character was called Super-Soldier.

Earth-8311

In the Larval Universe, Steve Rogers and his alter ego, Captain America, are turned into a cat named Steve Mouser and Captain Americat. He is working in the Daily Beagle (this universe's version of the Daily Bugle).

Earth-295 Age of Apocalypse

In "What If both Professor X and Magneto was both killed by Legion?", Captain America is the leader of the Defenders, which is composed of Weapon X, Captain Britain, Brother Voodoo, the Thing, Colossus, Sauron, Molecule Man and Nate Summers. In this reality, Steve is in possession of Thor's hammer, Mjolnir along with his shield.

Earth-9939

In this reality Captain America leads the Avengers against Charnel and his "children". Very few people are still alive in this reality. In an effort to prevent it from coming to be in another world, Captain America and the Avengers travel to Earth-616, where they fight Death's Head II, believing him to be Charnel. When the real Charnel surfaces, the Avengers and DH II team up, and manage to defeat Charnel. Captain America is killed along with most of this reality's Avengers in the process.

Earth-1720

In this reality Captain America is known as Captain Hydra. He's the warrior of Hand. In this world Hydra rules the world.

Other Media

Film

Captain America

For further detail: Captain America

The film starts in 1936 when a fascist government kidnaps a talented boy from his family. The boy is needed for an experimental project to create a fascist super soldier; however, Dr. Vaselli (Carla Cassola) objects to using the boy, and under the cover of gunfire, flees.

Seven years later, the American government finds a volunteer in Steve Rogers, a loyal all-American that is excluded from the draft because of his illness. The formula successfully transforms Rogers into the perfect solider. Before any more super soldiers can be created using the formula kept in her head, Dr. Vaselli is murdered by a Nazi spy. Meanwhile, the Italian boy has become the Red Skull and is planning to launch a missile at the White House. Now code named Captain America, he is sent in to defeat the Skull and deactivate the missile.

However, after a brutal battle, the Red Skull tricks and defeats Captain America and ties him to the missile as it is about to launch. Cap is able to grab hold of the Red Skull, forcing him to cut off his hand in order to avoid being launched into destruction with Cap. While the missile is overhead, a young boy named Thomas Kimball takes a photograph as Cap forces the missile to change course and land, where he remains frozen until 1993.

Kimball goes on to become an honest politician and Vietnam War hero until being elected the President. In 1993, a year into his term, he is pushing for pro-environmentalist legislation that is angering the military-industrial complex, who hold a secret conference led by the Red Skull.

After the War, the Red Skull had extensive plastic surgery done in a partially successful attempt to alter his disfigured features, raised a daughter, and became the leader of a powerful crime family. In the 1960s, this American military-industrial complex hired the Red Skull and his thugs to murder various Americans who were against their militarism and Red Skull's fascism, such as Dr. Martin Luther King, President John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy. Now, Red Skull is targeting President Kimball for assassination.

Cap's frozen body is found by researchers, and he awakens still thinking that it is the 1940s. After battling some of the Red Skull's thugs, he brushes off Sam Kolawetz (Ned Beatty), a reporter and childhood friend of President Kimball, and hitchhikes his way back to his wartime girlfriend, Bernice (Kim Gillingham), in the movie.

While Bernice still lives at her old residence, she has long since married and raised her own daughter, Sharon. Sharon subsequently shows a series of VHS history tapes in order for Cap to catch up on what has happened while he was frozen in ice. Meanwhile, the Red Skull's thugs, lead by his daughter, break into Bernice's house and kill her. They also cause her husband to have a heart attack during their efforts to find where Cap is hiding out. Rogers and Sharon visit the secret underground base where he gained his superpowers, in the hopes that Dr. Vaselli's diary is still there and contains the original name of the Red Skull.

Although Rogers and Sharon find the diary, the Red Skull's thugs attempt to grab it. Rogers and Sharon vow revenge as well as the rescue of the recently kidnapped president. They locate and travel to the Red Skull's home and discover an old recording of the murder of his parents. Sharon agrees to be kidnapped in order to allow Steve Rogers, who once again dons his costume, to enter the Red Skull's castle.

In the midst of their battle, the Red Skull pulls out a remote trigger for an explosive device, but Cap knocks him off a cliff with his trademark shield before the bomb can be set off.

The United States Marines show up to save the President and arrest the Americans involved in the kidnapping. The credits roll with a comic book image of Captain in the background and a plea to support the United States Environmental Protection Act of 1990.

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

Chris Evans as Captain America in CA:TFA

Steve Rogers is a young man with a great will and attitude to do his part for his country. He continuously tries to join the Army and is continuously rejected for various health and physical issues. When he attended the Stark World Expo, on a double date with his friend James Barnes, his date is not happy with him because of his weak appearance. He tries to enlist again, and for the first time he is allowed to by Dr.Abraham Erskine, who overheard the conversation between Steve and Bucky and the good heart and will that Steve has. He is recruited into Project: Rebirth, a super soldier experiment to win the war. General Phillips is not happy with Erskine's choice in Steve being the right person for this procedure. The night before the procedure, Steve gets an unexpected meeting from Erskine, who reveals to him about Johann Schmidt, the first super soldier, who went through an imperfect version of the serum and gained super-human abilities but also suffered side-effects, as well as revealing that a "Strong man who has known power all his life, loses the respect for that power, but a weak man knows the value of strength and knows compassion." Steve goes through the treatment and transforms into a much stronger and taller human being, a Super Solider. After this procedure Erskine is killed by an assassin of Schimdt's, Heinz Kruger. Steve chases and captures the assassin, who commits suicide before an actual interrogation. Rather than use him in the Battlefield he is toured across the nation to promote war bonds as "Captain America", since he is the last and only success of the Super Soldier Serum. While on one of his tours, Steve learns of Barnes unit being lost in battle. Refusing to believe he is dead Steve goes on a solo rescue mission with the help of Peggy Carter and Howard Stark. Steve infiltrates the Hydra base and frees the captured soldiers alongside Barnes. He eventually confronts Schmidt, who reveals his true face, a red coloured disfigured skull like face. After the rescue Steve recruits Barnes, Dugan, Jones, Morita, Falsworth and Dernier to attack known Hydra bases. He is provided with an upgraded suit, that he designed, and a new circular shield made of Vibranium. They attack a Hydra train to capture Arnim Zola, but lose Barnes. Steve later on leads an attack on Schimdt's base. He jumps on board Schimdt's secret weapon, and confronts him. During their fight Steve damages the container of the Tesseract. In doing this, Schimdt for the first time grabs the Tesseract, which causes him to vanish into a bright light. Steve seeing no safe way to land the plane. with the bombs and weapons on board, makes a a daring decision to crash the plane into the Arctic. He is later found and awakens in a hospital room. He quickly figures out something is wrong, because of the baseball game in the radio. He flees out of the room into a present New York, which takes him by surprise and is confronted by Nick Fury who informs Steve that he was asleep for almost 70 years. When Fury asked if he was going to be OK,Steve in a sad tone replies "I had a date!".

The Avengers (2012)

Chris Evans as Captain America

Chris Evans reprises his role as Captain America. Steve Rogers finds himself lost in a new world, after his defrosting. He recounts various memories of his life in the 1940s and World War 2, while he is working out in a boxing gym. Nick Fury approaches him with mission to save the world again. He is informed about Loki and how he stole the Tesseract, to conquer Earth, to which Steve is not thrilled to learn about especially the Tesseract, Hydra's secret weapon and power source. Even though he accepts the mission, he tells Fury "you should have left it in the ocean", when asked about any important information on the Tesseract. Aboard the Quinjet, Steve is debriefed on each member of the Avengers Initiative, and one in particular intrigues him, Bruce Banner. He was informed by Agent Coulson that Banner tried to recreate the Super Soldier Serum, which he believed low levels of Gamma Radiation to be the key. On board the Helicarrier, he gives Nick Fury 10 bucks, since he was wrong about how much the world has changed. SHIELD later learns of Loki's location, Germany, Captain America and Black Widow are sent in to apprehend him. While Loki is about to kill an old man, Captain America intervenes and battles Loki, to which Loki has the upper hand even though Cap is not giving up, eventually Loki gives up, after the intervention of Iron Man. While escorting Loki to SHIELD, Steve is uncomfortable over how easy it was to capture him, but before he could go any further they are interrupted by the arrival of Thor, who has come to earth to take his brother and the Tesseract back to Asgard. While Thor and Iron Man are battling each other on the ground, Rogers gets ready to jump off the Quinjet, to which Natasha informs him is a dangerous idea because of them being Gods and far more powerful than he is, to which he replies "There's only one God ma'am, and I don't think he looks like that!". He stops the fight between Tony and Thor, but angers Thor to attack him, to no avail because of Rogers shield. On board the Helicarrier the team listens to the conversation between Fury and Loki. Rogers discovers that SHIELD has possession of Hydra tech from World War Two and information on Phase 2, to create weapons of mass destruction powered by the Tesseract just like Hydra, which turns into an argument over the roles of each member and Tony's characteristic as a hero, leading them to be oblivious about the attack on the Helicarrier. While the Hulk is rampaging inside the Helicarrier and Thor is trying to stop him, Steve and Tony try to restart one of the Helicarrier engines. Even though they succeed they end up losing an Agent, as well as Loki escaping his captivity. Tony and Steve devise a plan to take on Loki, and the battle in New York begins. With the arrival of the Hulk, the Avengers take on the horde of Chitauri that is entering through the portal that has opened on top of Stark tower. After the capture of Loki, Thor takes him and the Tesseract back to Asgard, and the Avengers go their separate ways.

Video Games

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance

Captain America is a playable character.

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2

Captain America is a playable character and leads the Anti-Registration side.

Marvel vs Capcom 1

Captain America is a playable character.

Marvel vs. Capcom 2

Captain America is a playable character.

Marvel vs. Capcom 3

Captain America is a playable character.

Captain America: Super Soldier

Captain America fights through Baron Zemo's castle in the movie adaptation.

Animation

X-Men: Animated Series

Captain America and Logan go way back

Captain America made an appearance in an episode that had a flashback with him and Wolverine fighting in World War II.

X-Men: Evolution

Like the previous series, an episode of devoted to showing the previous cooperation between the two. However, it goes further, explaining the Captain's absence and related to the plot when Magneto sought the physical abilities of the hero.

Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes

Avengers: EMH

TV show that Captain America was in and was a very big part of the plot that had to do with Kang the Conqueror and the Masters of Evil. He was recruited after the Avengers found his frozen body while searching for the rouge Hulk. In the first series finale, a Skrull replaced him, though he is shown to appear for real in the second season.

Ultimate Spider-Man

The Ultimate version of Captain America appears in the show as a member of the Avengers.

Novels

Captain America: Liberty's Torch

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Column Head

The trial of Captain America! Captured by a vicious militia group called Liberty's Torch, Cap is put on trial for the imagined crimes of America. Forced to defend himself in a hostile courtroom with no hope of a fair trail, the star-spangled Avenger faces his greatest challenge as his ideals are put to the acid test. Written By: T. Isabella Publisher: Berkley (December, 1998) ISBN-10: 0425166198 ISBN-13: 978-0425166192

Spider-Man Super Thriller (3): Global War

When Spider-Man tries to stop what looks like a simple robbery, he discovers that it's really the start of a sinister plot created by his archenemy, Dr. Octopus. Dr. Octopus is in control of a pair of unstoppable nuclear missiles that he plans to use to take over the world. Teaming up with Captain America, Spider-Man must race against time to stop World War III! Written By: Martin Delrio Publisher: Pocket (January, 1997) ISBN-10: 0671007998 ISBN-13: 978-0671007997

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