Captain America History Lesson

Captain America History Lesson

Captain America was empowered by an experimental super-soldier serum during World War II, which transformed frail Steve Rogers into the exemplar of human physical perfection and the Sentinel of Liberty. He is currently the Top Cop of America and leads the Avengers team. Captain America movie will be the Saving Private Ryan of Comic Book Movies!!

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By SuperArgo - Jan 09, 2011 05:01 PM EST
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On July 4, 1920, a baby was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan to an Irish immigrant woman named Sarah and her husband Joseph Rogers. Joseph was elated about their new baby boy. They named him Steven Grant Rogers. Steve was always a courageous kid; he tried new things as a toddler all the time. Steve was a dilligent 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 before a radioactive spider bite). 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 swept across Europe and the South Pacific starting World War II. The Japanese, who were the Nazi's allies, bombed the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. This sneak attack inspired young Steve Rogers, out of loyalty to his country and his sense of patriotic duty, to enlist in the U. S. armed forces to fight against the Axis forces.



The military succeeds in transforming Rogers into a living weapon, but quickly decide that the Super-Soldier is too expensive to risk losing in combat. So, the United States Military decides to use him as an army celebrity and parade him around Europe to boost morale by having him perform at USO shows for Allied troops. Then, when a Nazi plot reveals itself, Rogers must rise up and become the First Avenger in order to save his country.

Captain America Pictures, Images and Photos


He also would be their main weapon against the leader of the Nazi terrorist operations- Red Skull. They gave him a costume based on the American flag, an unbreakable, perfectly balanced shield (given to him by President Franklin Roosevelt), the product of a metallurgical accident that became the strongest known substance on earth, a sidearm, and the name Captain America. From now on, Steve Rogers was Captain America. He traveled to a camp in Virginia, where he used a secret identity-Steve Rogers, clumsy soon-to-be soldier. There, he met Bucky Barnes-a young teenager who accidentally found out that Steve Rogers was Captain America. Steve lets Bucky be his sidekick, and trains him. Captain America and Bucky become a formidable force in World War II-they fight crime on their own and in the Invaders, a superhero team against the Axis.

Captain America Pictures, Images and Photos


A few years passed, and largely due to the efforts of Captain America, World War II was nearly won in 1945. Cap and Bucky were on a routine mission-they were trying to stop the evil Baron Heinrich Zemo from destroying a drone plane. Zemo finally shot the plane up in the air, with a huge bomb tied to it. Bucky jumped on and tried to defuse the bomb, but it exploded and he was believed dead. Captain America was thrown into the Atlantic Ocean, which was freezing, and presumed dead. He was believed to be dead for many years, and efforts to replace him failed. This is how it was for many years.

CAPTAIN AMERICA (Vol 3) #16 vs Red Skull Marvel Legends Pictures, Images and Photos


This movie will do Marvel and comic book fans around the world justice by keeping Captain America true to the comic book with great direction and great effects. THOR will be epic! Captain America will be a classic action movie.

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Denn1s
Denn1s - 1/9/2011, 5:53 PM
we all know the story, and if not, we have wikipedia for it. so why bother, man?
Exiles
Exiles - 1/9/2011, 5:58 PM
wikipedia exist for reason my friend and if this is meant to be a reply to the editorial that was made before about how its going to fail then you should have written why it WON'T fail.(which hopefully is true)
BIGBMH
BIGBMH - 1/9/2011, 8:08 PM
I agree with the others. How does say anything about why the movie will be good?
p.s. Can you please edit your Justice League/Avengers article so that there aren't pictures in the teaser? Teasers are meant for brief summaries about what you're going to talk about.
gunner
gunner - 1/9/2011, 9:32 PM
Being positive about this Movie ? ....I dont mind at all !!
StrangerX
StrangerX - 1/10/2011, 7:48 AM
I really hate the suspender look on his costume.
JackBauer
JackBauer - 1/10/2011, 9:03 AM
Superguy1591 - It's misspelled not "missed spelt" ;)

Thor will be epic but Cap will be the best.

SuperArgo - No offense dude but I thought this was an editorial not a history lesson about Cap.
HugeCapfan
HugeCapfan - 1/10/2011, 12:24 PM
It's Steven Rogers, NO GRANT, NO MIDDLE NAME!!! Father was a drunk, he did serve in the military and died when Steve Rogers was very young. Steve grew up knowing only one parent, his mother, who, Sarah Rogers worked and toiled washing clothes and doing laundry. She died when Steve Rogers was in his teens.
In his late teens, Steve bounced from job to job, when in late 1940, he saw a newsreel of Hitler and the Nazi army moving across Poland, ...THAT INSPIRED HIM TO JOIN THE ARMY. Steve Rogers became Captain America around early 1941, and fought criminals, super villians and enemy spy rings until December 1941, when America officially entered the war.
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