Marvel Gold/Captain America

Captain America is a comic series created as part of GazzaB9's Marvel Gold project.
==Characters==
===Main===
*Steven "Steve" Rogers/Captain America - a soldier born with many health complications who agreed to be the test subject of Project: Rebirth, transforming him into the peak of humanity. However, due to the death of the project's lead, Steve is the first and last of the experiments. He is patriotic, hopeful, optimistic, and a natural born leader who wields a ricocheting shield made of the rare metal Vibranium.
*James Barnes/Bucky - a young member of Steve's platoon who lied about his age to join the army. Following what should have been a fatal shot, Steve agreed to a blood transfusion, which granted Bucky many of Steve's own abilities. Despite his age, Bucky has proven to be just as hopeful as his mentor, if more immature and snarky.
===Supporting===
*Margaret "Peggy" Carter - a medic and highly respected officer and agent, Peggy Carter is known for her quick thinking and surprising number of hidden talents. She is a former member of the French Resistance who joined the army in order to help those that were dying on the battlefield. She is Steve's most trusted confidant and primary love interest throughout the series.
*General Samuel "Happy Sam" Sawyer - the commanding officer of Captain America, Peggy, and the Howling Commandos. Sam is a cigar chomping military general who is known for his overly serious nature, hence his ironic nickname. However, he has proven to be in possession of a sense of humor, a fact that constantly surprises his subordinates.
*Howling Commandos - a platoon of elite soldiers trained for the specific purpose of fending of Nazis, Axis, and terrorists. They are known for their howling cries during battle.
**Sgt. Nick Fury - the leader of the Howling Commandos and a stern leader who will do everything in his power to win a battle. He is later revealed to also be a member of the Brotherhood of The Shield, a secret society dating back to ancient times. Their Elixir of Life has left him blind in one eye but incredibly physically powerful.
**Cpl. Timothy "Dum Dum" Dugan - a brave and somewhat cocky Irish American who is Nick Fury's second-in-command and best friend as he is known for his strength and a devotion to trying to stop Nazi scum.
**Pvt. Gabriel "Gabe" Jones - a close friend of Nick Fury's who is best known for his quiet, introspective, and thoughtful nature. He has a lot of art and music, carrying a trumpet with him which he plays jazz music from. He is fluent in multiple languages, which makes him an asset among military ranks. Gabe is also African American, a fact considered strange by others due to integrated ranks not having become common yet.
**Pvt. Isadore "Izzy" Cohen - the chief mechanic among the Howling Commandos, able to fix both vehicles and weapons. His gruff and abrasive exterior often drives people away, but he is is incredibly loyal to his allies and willing to sacrifice or offer himself if it means that it will protect one of his friends.
**Pvt. Percy "Pinky" Pinkerton - a sniper with an expert shot, Pinky is known for his egocentric behavior and overly animated tendencies. He is mildly germophobic and complains about his military rank the most out of his teammates, who often pick on him because of it.
*T'Chanda/Black Panther - the aloof king of Wakanda who consumed a herb that enhances his strength and speed as after an attempted Nazi siege on Wakanda, he reluctantly works with Captain America, not being happy with the fact that he wields a weapon made of Vibranium.
*Alexi Shostakov/Red Guardian
*William Nasland/Spirit of '76
*Jeffrey Mace/Patriot
===Antagonists===
*Johann Shmidt/Red Skull - a highly influential SS officer and general of the German Axis who is best known for his deformed, skull-like face. He is a man fueled by his own hate and who uses his hatred of others to justify his own sadism. The Skull has also proven to be a genius, both as a scientist and as a soldier, being a master in all forms of science and a master tactician and strategist.
*Baron Heinrich Zemo - the reigning Baron of Sokovia who has allied himself with Germany. Zemo is an aristocrat who views himself as being of the elite, looking down on most other members of the Axis. He has a keen eye for science and is best known for his purple hood that protects him from dangerous fumes, though later serves the additional purpose of hiding his deformed face following his exposure to his own Virus X.
**Dr. Arnim Zola - a Swiss scientist who was recruited by the Nazi powers to join them as he becomes obsessed with advancing humanity, creating numerous machinations ranging from mechanical to fleshy as he works directly under Heinrich Zemo, creating weaponry for him. Partway through the story, in a quest for immortality, Zola downloads his brain into a robotic body that he had created.
***Doughboy - a horrific gooey monster that was designed by Zola to be his bodyguard, being rather hard to beat due to his horrific goo-like nature, not truly really being able to think except for whatever Zola tells him to think.
*Hydra - a German military organization funded by the Axis, best identified by their green uniforms and symbol; a squid-like creature.
**Baron Wolfgang von Strucker - the founder and leader of Hydra who was hand-picked by Adolf Hitler himself. However, Strucker views himself as superior to Hitler, planning to overthrow him should the Axis win the war. Strucker is a strategist and planner at heart, posing less of a physical threat than other enemies, though his life draining Satan Claw gives him a slight advantage in actual fights.
**Nathaniel Essex/Nosferatu - the scientific head of Hydra who has a particular obsession with biology. He remains fairly mysterious throughout the series, but he proves that he has a lot more tricks up his sleeve than other known Hydra members. His name, Nosferatu, comes from his pale complection and sharp teeth.
*Wilhem Lohmer/Master Man - a Nazi soldier who was chosen by Hitler to be experimented on to become the Nazi's own personal Captain America as he gains strength akin to Captain America and some form of telepathy, being dangerously loyal to Hitler and his beliefs, wanting to crush Captain America to prove glory to the Third Reich.
*Fritz Klaue - a Nazi general who was sent to spread control over Africa, crash landing in the nation of Wakanda as he initially attempted to manipulate all of the residents, although he ended up being caught by the Black Panther, but not before he began an invasion of Wakanda that Captain America helped stop. He soon returns, now with a grudge against both and a mechanical hand, wanting to prove the might of the Nazis.
*Manuel Perez/White Death - 
*Claud Rathcone - one of the smartest Nazi minds out there who harkens himself as a chess master, setting pieces of conflict throughout the war, although he prefers to not fight, soon learning of Captain America, making him a target of his mind games, with him actually figuring out Captain America's civilian identity.
*Dr. Arthur Jorlstead/Destiny - a sadistic British scientist who believes that humanity is inherently flawed and had begun creating creatures he calls Clammy Things out of human flesh and bodies as he targets both innocent British people as well as the Axis Forces as well, believing that he is above war itself and he is the bringer of destiny.
*Hideki Togan/The Vampire - an Imperial Japanese scientist who created a serum that turned him into a "living vampire" as he gains an insatiable thirst for blood, targeting mainly Allied military officers as he is capable of flight, enhanced strength and being somewhat fast, although he has no morals and is willing to kill people that are meant to be his allies.
*Capt. Ryoma Okada - the captain of the infamous Dragon of Death, a submarine styled after a dragon with a lot of destructive power. Okada considers himself a man of honor and often speaks in poetic words. He holds himself and his men to a high moral standard and will often execute them if they fail to live up to this standard. This makes him a unique villain among the ranks of Captain America's rogues gallery. 
*Gunther Strauss/The Reaper
*Pascal Horta/Black Talon - an American serial killer who suffers from a strange psychosis that causes him to believe his palm can speak to him. His hand itself is a donated limb, formerly having belonged to another murderer who died on death row. While he has no ranks in the Nazis or Axis, Black Talon's demented persona has made him a particularly horrific threat.
*Circus of Crime
**Fritz Tiboldt/Ringmaster
**Omir the Snake Charmer
**Tommy Thumb
**Trapeze Trio
**Zandow the Strongman
*Fang
*Arnold Dobbs/Wax Man
*Mbizi/Spawn of the Witch Queen - an ancient Egyptian warrior who is the son of a tyrannical priestess who had made a deal with the God Thoth as she gave him an ancient book known as the Book of Thoth and then mummified him for him to be resurrected. He soon resurrects during WWII as he has no knowledge of modern society and plans on finding a way to resurrect his mother, forming a massive cult that has been moving out of Egypt and to other territories to find materials needed for the Witch Queen's resurrection.
==Issues==