The shield was awarded to Captain Americaīy the government several months after the beginning of His inability identify a still unknown factor that playedĪ role in it. MacLain was never able to duplicate the process due to He was working with and created the disc-shaped shield. MacLain combined Vibranium with an Adamantium-steel alloy government to create an impenetrable substance Myron MacLain, who was contractedīy the U.S. The Shield was castīy American metallurgist Dr. It is made of a unique Vibranium-AdimantiumĪlloy that has never been duplicated. Is his shield, a concave disk 2.5 feet in diameter, weighingġ2 pounds. To all human vulnerabilities, although his immunity to Is one of the finest human combatants Earth has ever known. (including aerobics, weight lifting, gymnastics, and simulatedĬombat) to keep himself in peek condition. He engages in a daily regimen of rigorous exercise Notably, his body eliminates the excessiveīuild-up of fatigue-producing poisons in his muscles,Ĭaptain America has mastered the martial art ofĪmerican-style boxing and judo, and has combined theseĭisciplines with his own unique hand-to-hand style ofĬombat. The Super-Soldier formula that he has metabolized hasĮnhanced all of his bodily functions to the peak of humanĮfficiency. Time superior to any Olympic athlete who ever competed. He can lift (press)Ī maximum of 800 pounds with supreme effort.Īmerica has agility, strength, speed, endurance, and reaction The pinnacle of human physical perfection. STRENGTH LEVEL: Captain America represents Rescued by the newly-formed Avengers and became a cornerstone Of Captain America's bodily fluid, allowing him to enterĪ state of suspended animation. The Super-Soldier formula prevented crystallization Partner Bucky and throwing him unhurt into icy Arctic To stop a bomb-loaded drone-plane launched by Nazi technicianīaron Heinrich Zemo when the plane exploded, killing his
Then, during the final days of the war, he was trying The red, white, and blue costume of Captain America.ĭuring the war, he served as both a symbol ofįreedom and America's most effective special operative. Symbolic counterpart to the Red Skull, Rogers was given Later, he was given his first assignment, to stop the Hand-to-hand combat and military strategy. Roger was then put through an intensive physicalĪnd tactical training program,teaching him gymnastics, The Super-Soldier formula to paper, leaving Steve Rogers Steve RogersĮmerged from the vita-ray chamber with a body as perfectĪs a body can be and still be human. (in 1941) wavelengths of radiation designed to accelerateĪnd stabilize the serum's effect on his body. "vita-rays," a special combination of exotic
Given part of the compound intravenouslyĪnd another part orally, Rogers was then bombarded by Reinstein), the creator to the Super-Soldier formula.Īfter weeks of tests, Rogers was at last administered Was taken to a secret laboratory in Washington, D.C. Offered Rogers the opportunity to take part in a specialĮxperiment called Operation: Rebirth. Overhearing the boy's earnest plea toīe accepted, General Chester Phillips of the U.S. However, because of his frailty and sickness, The Nazis in Europe, Rogers was inspired to try to enlist His father died when he was a child, his mother when he HISTORY: Steve Rogers was born during theĭepression and grew up a frail youth in a poor family. PORTRAYED BY: Chris Evans - Captain America (2011), Avengers (2012), Thor: The Dark World (2013), Captain America: Winter Soldier (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultra (2015) Matt Slinger - Captain America (1990) Partner to Bucky, the Falcon, and Nomad, current member of theįIRST APPEARANCE: CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS #1 (1941) GROUP AFFILIATION: Former member of the Invaders, former KNOWN RELATIVES: Joseph (father, deceased), Sara (mother, LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of the United States with no criminal OCCUPATION: crimefighter, (former) freelance artist