Captain America(Steven Rogers)(1459)

Cpt. **Steven "Steve" Rogers** aka **Captain America**, the First Avenger, was rejected by the U.S. Army during World War II due to numerous health problems. He ultimately volunteered for Project Rebirth where he received the Super Soldier Serum.

## Character Info

### Relatives

Joseph Harvey Rogers (father, deceased);Sarah Alicia Rogers (mother, deceased);Ian Carter (son, deceased);Douglas Lincoln Rogers (brother, deceased);unnamed nephew (deceased);unnamed niece (deceased);unnamed nephew-in-law (deceased)

### Occupation

Adventurer, federal official, intelligence operative; former soldier, liaison between S.H.I.E.L.D.

## Out Of Character

### Early Lifeedit | edit source

Steve Rogers was born July 4, 1922, to poor Irish immigrant parents, Sarah and Joseph Rogers. Rogers grew up a frail youth during the Great Depression in New York City, New York, America. Little else is known about Rogers' early life other than the fact that a strong sense of duty, honor, and humility was instilled in him; perhaps due to his Irish Catholic upbringing. Rogers' father died when he was a child and his mother died from pneumonia later, when he was in his late teens

teve used to go to a school in the Lower East Side neighborhood. Among the people responsible for instilling the patriotic values in him were his civics teacher Edna Crosley, who taught that as an American it was their responsibility to protect the United States which gave more rights than any other country in the world to its citizens.

a scrawny kid protected from neighborhood bullies by his best friend James "Bucky" Barnes. Horrified by newsreel footage of the Nazis in Europe, Rogers was inspired to enlist in the Army around the time the United States entered World War II, but because time and again he failed the physical tests, he was rejected.

### Becoming America's Super-Soldieredit | edit source

Horrified by newsreel footage of Nazis ransacking Europe and atrocities in Asia that the Empire of Japan committed in China and Korea, Rogers tried to enlist in the Army but was rejected as 4-F because of his frailty and sickness. Overhearing the boy's earnest plea to fight for his country, General Chester Phillips, of the US Army, offered Rogers the opportunity to take part in a top-secret performance-enhancing experiment called Operation Rebirth.

Rogers agreed and was taken to a secret laboratory in Washington, D.C., where he was introduced to Doctor Abraham Erskine (code named Professor Joseph Reinstein), the creator of the Super-Soldier Serum.

The night before the treatment, Erskine revealed to Rogers that his first test subject, Nazi officer and head of HYDRA, Johann Schmidt, underwent an imperfect version of the treatment, becoming super-human but suffering side-effects. The reason for his failure with Schmidt was that not only was the procedure not perfected, but the man was not right for the experiment. Erskine also tells Rogers the reason he was chosen for this new trial was because having once been weak, he would respect the power he had been given and would show compassion instead of being a bully. He also urges Rogers not to become a perfect soldier, but rather, remain a good man. The request would have a lasting effect upon Rogers' life.

Schmidt, having discovered Erskine's location, dispatched an assassin to kill him. In America, Erskine subjected Rogers to the super-soldier treatment, injecting him with the Super-Soldier Serum and dosing him with Vita-Rays. Rogers emerged from the experiment taller and muscular. After the experiment, one of the attendees blew up the lab and murdered Erskine, revealing himself as Schmidt's assassin, Heinz Kruger. Rogers pursued and captured Kruger but the assassin committed suicide via cyanide capsule before he could be fully interrogated.

### Captain Americaedit | edit source

With Erskine's death, the super soldier formula was lost and the plans for an army of super-soldiers could not be fulfilled. Colonel Phillips announced that the President was sending the SSR after Schmidt and HYDRA. Rogers asked to be allowed in on the campaign, but Phillips turned him down, saying he was an experiment and would be sent to Alamogordo. Unwilling to be confined in a laboratory and still wanting to help the American war effort however he could, Rogers chose to accept an offer made by Senator Brandt and joined the USO. As "Captain America", he donned his first red, white and blue costume and toured the country to promote the sale of war bonds. After touring throughout the United States, in November 1943, Rogers appeared in Italy before active servicemen, who jeered his performance. The ridicule rankled Rogers, who told Peggy Carter, "You know, for the longest time, I dreamed about coming overseas, being on the front lines, serving my country. I finally got everything I wanted...and I'm wearing tights."

Peggy challenged Rogers' belief that he had only two choices, to be a lab rat or a dancing monkey, subtly urging him to find a new path of his own. From Peggy, Rogers learned that he had been performing for what was left of the 107th, which was both his father's old unit and Bucky's current unit. The rest of the men, including his friend Bucky, were captured by Schmidt's forces and were being held far behind enemy lines. When Rogers asked Colonel Phillips if a rescue mission would be mounted, Phillips replied that no rescue mission would be mounted because more men would be lost than saved, but he didn't expect Rogers to understand that, because he was a chorus girl .

Both Peggy's comments and the ridicule spurred Rogers to action. Unwilling to abandon his friend and wanting to prove himself, Rogers mounted a solo rescue attempt. Peggy volunteered her help and talked Howard Stark into flying Rogers behind enemy lines so he could parachute in closer to his target.

After infiltrating a fortress belonging to Schmidt's HYDRA organization, Rogers released the captured soldiers. While investigating the rest of the base, he pocketed a sample of HYDRA's power cells and freed his friend Barnes, who was strapped to an examination table in a medical lab and who had obviously been a subject of scientific experimentation. In the lab, Rogers also noticed a map that showed the locations of other HYDRA bases in Europe. Rogers then encountered Schmidt and had a brief physical confrontation with him before Arnim Zola, Schmidt's chief scientist, separated the two. Schmidt revealed his "face" to be a mask, removing it to display the red-colored, skull-like face that earned him the nickname "The Red Skull". While Schmidt and Zola departed, Rogers narrowly escaped from the self-destructing HYDRA facility before returning to base with the liberated soldiers. Though he offered himself up for discipline for disobeying orders, Colonel Phillips refused and instead, finally Rogers was then put through an intensive physical and tactical training program that taught him gymnastics, hand-to-hand combat from Colonel Rex Applegate and William Essart Fairbairn, and military strategy. Three months later, he was given his first assignment and given his own unit, the Howling Commandos.

Rogers recruited Barnes, Dum-Dum Dugan, Gabe Jones, Jim Morita, James Falsworth, and Jacques Dernier to attack the other known bases belonging to HYDRA. Stark provided Rogers with a new outfit and a new, circular shield made of vibranium, capable of negating large amounts of damage. In command of his own personal team of soldiers, Captain America embarked on a quest to sabotage and destroy HYDRA's efforts to rule the world.

For the next three years, he undertook numerous covert operations, often accompanied by Bucky, now a war photographer, and sometimes "Lucky" Jim Howlett (later the X-Men's Wolverine). in 1945 he would unknowingly get Peggy Carter pregnant. During his final battle of World War II he came into battle with the Red Skull whom had received Tech from alien Chitauri Herr Kleiser, who introduced a prototype A-Bomb made with alien technology and meant to target the United States. Though too late to stop the bomb's launch, Captain America managed to get to the bomb moments before its explosion. In a successful attempt to stop it in mid-air, he fell to the sea, presumed deceased. However, through a combination of his super soldier physiology and the arctic cold, Captain America went into a cryogenic state for over fifty years.

### Revival

Decades later, the body of Captain America was found in the Arctic Ocean, frozen in a block of ice. When scientists analyzed him, it was as if he had not aged a day; it is yet to be known whether cryogenic preservation or the super soldier serum prevented aging. Once awakened, he thought the assigned S.H.I.E.L.D. agents were a group of Nazi soldiers who had captured him, but eventually realized that he was in a different time after seeing modern New York City.

After catching up to his new era, a group of SHIELD Agents came together and were faced with the Hulk. Rogers was able to put down the Hulk briefly in combat. When he was about to inject the Hulk with the antidote, Hulk made a surprise attack and broke the needle and Hulk then began beating Cap, until Thor came to the rescue. After Hulk had reverted back to Banner, Cap knocked him out and had him taken back to the Triskelion.

### 2018 Fall out

Captain America and Hawkeye fought a group of AIM terrorists in Chicago who stole valuable and powerful technologies. After defeating a majority of the terrorists, Cap encountered a man that looked like Red Skull, who easily beat him. The Red Skull then shockingly revealed to Steven that he was his own son before throwing him out of a helicopter. Cap was saved by Hawkeye.

Believing this Red Skull to have been telling the truth, Rogers went rogue to find out the truth for himself. After learning that the Red Skull was indeed his son by Gail Richards, Captain America decided to personally confront his son. He also discovered during this investigation, that there were secret experiments after him in trying to recreate the Serum, including experimenting on hundreds of African American's during the War. He abandoned the Avengers and attacked S.H.I.E.L.D. agents in the process. Rogers later infiltrated the Army's computer database and discovered the truth about the Red Skull. Cap was then tracked to Paris, France but knew the Avengers were after him and who had been placed on the team. Rogers placed tracers on Nick Fury's Avengers, who were coming to capture him and planned on following the tracers to his son, who the Avengers were also after. After a brief fight, Cap managed to place the tracers . Cap was subsequently subdued and captured by the Avengers as part of his plan.

Escaping the French S.H.I.E.L.D. guards, Cap stole a Quinjet, and used it to travel to Alaska, where the Avengers were fighting the Red Skull. When he arrived, Red Skull, subdued Rogers's jet. However, Hawkeye gave cap the coordinates for the Red Skull's position and Rogers fatally impaled his son to save the Avengers. Rogers Retired from the team, disenchanted by his Governments actions to recreate the Super Soldier Serum and by SHIELD for helping to hide it from him.

### 2020 Disaster

Along with the Active Avengers, Rogers even though Retired from The Avengers group attended A-Day to celebrate the opening of their West Coast Headquarters and the unveiling of their personal helicarrier, the Iliad. During the event. He was called away by Romanoff to appear on stage to talk about the Terrigen Crystal power source. Rogers personally introduced General William Ross on stage to talk about the specifics of the Avengers new Initiative.

When Taskmaster and his mercenaries attacked the Golden Gate Bridge, Captain America remained aboard the Iliad while the rest of the team dealt with the incident. While aboard, Rogers was attacked by Masters' agents sent to take over the ships bridge. After defeating the attackers, he made his way to the Terrigen generator, where he learned there was an unknown heat signature which upset the San Andreas Fault and was drawing them into the San Francisco Bay.

Knowing that the entire West Coast could be destroyed unless he destroyed the Crystal, Rogers ordered Ross to seal him inside the reactor and to get to the Command Deck. Once locked inside, Cap smashed the reactor with his shield. While the action did stop the reactor and caused the heat signature to disappear, the chain reaction caused the Iliad to crash and destroyed most of San Francisco. This also released Terrigen Mist into the air, creating countless Inhumans around the city. Due to the damage done to the Iliad, Captain America was believed to have died in the tragedy. It, along with Banner's testimony at Congress, were the main factors in disbandment of the Avengers.

Unknown to all except Monica Rappaccini, Rogers survived the events and was placed into cryogenic storage. Taking blood samples from him, she was able to create a regenerative serum, which she used to treat Ross when he began to display abilities. Using her newly acquired resources from the reorganization ofSHIELD, Monica hid Roger's body on a space satellite. Using his DNA to continually create her serum, he was kept in cryogenic storage to prevent him from escaping. Cap's fate and his presence on the satellite remained a secret to all except Rappaccini and several other trusted individuals.

## Powers and Abilities

**Super-Soldier Serum Treatment:** Rogers has underwent extensive experimental hormonal treatments to become a genetically perfected "super-soldier". Dr. Erskine noted in his log that the Super-Soldier Serum success on Rogers may be attributed to "pure intent of the subject's will."

* **Superhuman Strength:** Captain America's physical strength is enhanced to superhuman levels. He is strong enough to lift at least 2-5 tons and much more if he pushes; for instance, Nick Fury stated that Steve could "bench-press a Toyota". Captain America has been able to perform feats throughout his career such as stopping a 5 ton pine tree, which is capable of easily crushing Jeeps, from falling on a group of soldiers, curling 500 kg/1000 lbs,[*citation needed*] and physically bending metal with his bare hands.[*citation needed*] He has demonstrated that he is strong enough to knock out people with normal durability with as little as a tap to the head. He has also consistently shown the ability to hurt Hulk in hand-to-hand combat, as well as pushed Peter Parker to his limits, who has lifted a 15 ton truck, during in their shoving match. Rogers has shown enough strength to knock Giant Man to the ground. On one occasion, he was able to hurt Juggernaut's face with his shield.
* **Enhanced Speed:** Captain America is capable of running and moving at speeds beyond the finest human athlete. He is able to run at speeds between 60 mph and 80 mph, enabling him to run fast enough to expedite "eight or nine blocks" within seconds.
* **Enhanced Agility:** Captain America's agility, balance, flexibility, dexterity, and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural physical limits of even an Olympic gold medalist. He has the combined agility and acrobatic prowess of the most accomplished circus aerialists and acrobats. He has been seen to perform his agility to killed many Muslim terrorists by using both of his legs to strike two men while twisting a man's head at the same time.
	+ **Enhanced Reflexes:** Captain America's reflexes border on superhuman level. His reaction speed is 40 kph, which makes it possible for him to dodge gunfire, even at short range, from multiple gunmen at the same time; however, on one occasion, it was seen that during his training, he can get shot by a bullet if there were too many to evade.
	+ **Enhanced Stamina:** Captain America's body eliminates the excessive build-up of fatigue-inducing lactic acid in his muscles and his musculature generates considerably less fatigue toxins than the muscles of an ordinary human being, granting him superhuman levels of stamina in all physical activities. He can physically exert himself at peak capacity for several hours before fatigue toxins begins to impair him. This kind of physiology grants him phenomenal endurance. He can even hold his breath underwater for 3 minutes. Agent Carol Danvers also remarked about Captain America's stamina, stating "Cap only needs an hour or two's sleep every week".
	+ **Enhanced Durability:** Captain America's bones and muscles were far denser and harder than normal, meaning he could withstand great impacts such as falling several stories when escaping from the hospital by breaking through the windows, sky-diving into the water from a height of 182 meters/600 feet, or being struck by an opponent with super strength that would severely injure or kill a normal human with little to no discomfort. He even withstood getting smashed down on top of a car by Giant Man's hand with little harm other than a sore body.
	+ **Regenerative Healing Factor:** Captain America is capable of healing injuries faster than the average person. He was able to heal from fracture ribs, a broken nose, and his broken left arm "in a day or two." He has also become naturally immune to deadly poisons and illnesses. Captain America can heal from severe injuries in days at a time.
		- **Contaminant Immunity:** Captain America is seemingly immune to all Earthly diseases, infections, and disorders, and has never been shown to become ill after receiving the Super-Soldier Serum. He's impervious to gas attacks, poisons, and nerve-toxins of any kind and completely resistant to diseases like anthrax, smallpox, HIV and was even able to beat the Vampire infection that turned him. His immune system is so powerful that "a half a pint of tetrodotoxin" showed no ill effects. While imprisoned by Frank Simpson, he held snake venom in his mouth to attack Frank with no apparent effect to his own body. Captain America was also virtually immune to intoxication by consuming alcohol.
		- **Suspended Aging:** The Super-Soldier Serum dramatically slowed Rogers' aging process due to extensive regeneration of healthy cells. Bucky once stated that Rogers' appearance was like he came out of a flashback picture.
	+ **Enhanced Intelligence:** Rogers' mental performance has been greatly enhanced, allowing his mind to process information quickly, giving him an accelerated learning aptitude. He can quickly analyze multiple information streams as well as rapidly respond to changing tactical situations. He have the ability to speed read, and high deductive reasoning skills. Captain America was smart enough to hack into a database computer to find his son, Red Skull's records.

### Abilities

**Master Tactician and Strategist:** Captain America was "a tactical genius." He has been considered one of, if not the greatest, tacticians in the Ultimate Universe both on and off the battlefield. He's capable of formulating sufficient victory plans in "less than a second", and his brilliant tactical sense allows him to just as quickly alter any strategy of plan to fit the needs of the situation. A best example of his tactical is changing his World War II crew's pre-articulated plan within thirty seconds of drop-time after observing the approaching battlefield's variables, while commenting "the original plan had a hole the size of Iowa". These seem to verify Nick Fury's comment that Cap "learns new skills faster than a damn computer."

**Master Martial Artist:** Although Captain America had not been taught in numerous martial arts with various private instructors like his counterpart from the Marvel Universe. However, he has mastered several martial arts and practically utilized marine combat, American boxing, and kickboxing. He ultimately defeated Frank Simpson in both armed and unarmed combat.

**Weapons Proficiency:** Captain America often used firearms in desperate times or situations where he and teammates were outnumbered, and would wield additional weapons to ensure victory. He had used staffs, bludgeons, and was adept with swords. He likely received training with different kinds of weapons during his wartime for undercover infiltration missions in the event of not being able to use his shield.

**Master Acrobat:** Rogers' years of training have made him an proficient in the field of acrobatics and gymnastics as well as a stunning aerialist.[*citation needed*]

**Master Marksman:** Captain America was often seen that he could throw most if not all projectile weaponry with great aim and was well versed in the use of firearms his masterful sharpshooter sniper.

**Advanced Military Operator:** Rogers was well-versed in all Armed force disciplines including intelligence gathering, escape arts, assassination, demolition, survival tactics, hunting, swimming, mountaineering, march or drill skills, map making, map reading, decoding cipher and other secret code messages, reading and making wood craft signs and other secret code languages, disguising, interrogation, computers, explosives, communication systems, vehicles and electronic appliances used in armed forces.[*citation needed*]

**Master Shield Fighter:** Captain America's years of training and experience with his unique shield, as well as its physical properties, allows him to accomplish mind-boggling feats with the item. Aside from bashing foes with it and blocking incoming attacks, Cap is able to throw the shield with nearly perfect aim. He was able to hit multiple targets with the same throw by means of ricochet, and can even achieve a boomerang-like return effect with it, allowing him to strike enemies from behind or retrieve the shield without objects to ricochet from.

**Multilingual:** Rogers was fluent in English, German, Russian, Spanish, Japanese, and other different languages.[*citation needed*]

**Expert Vehicular Driver:** He was proficient in driving cars, motorcycles, trucks, jets, tankers, helicopters, motorboats, submarines, army planes (including a Tornado IDS), and some types of trains and utility vehicles.

### Physical Strength

Captain America has been seen to lift 5+ tons, which classified his strength to be superhuman.

## Paraphernalia

### Equipment

* **Captain America's Uniform:** Captain America's suit was made of a Vibranium breast plate and bulletproof Kevlar. He additionally carried tactical devices and other items that a particular scenario may call for in his utility belt.

### Weapons

* Captain America's primary weapon is his shield, a concave disk that is 2.5 feet in diameter, weighing 12 pounds. It is made of a unique Vibranium and Proto-Adamantium steel alloy that has never been duplicated. The Shield was cast by American metallurgist Dr. Myron MacLain, who was contracted by the U.S. government to create an impenetrable substance to use for tanks during World War II. During his experiments, MacLain infused Proto-Adamantium with Vibranium steel alloy and created the disc-shaped shield. MacLain was never able to duplicate the process due to his inability to identify a still unknown catalyst that played a role in the metal bonding. The shield was awarded to Captain America by the government several months after the beginning of his career. The shield has great aerodynamic properties: it is able to slice through the air with minimal wind resistance and deflection of path. Its great overall resilience, combined with its natural concentric stiffness, enables it to rebound from objects with minimal loss of angular momentum. It is virtually indestructible: it is resistant to penetration, temperature extremes, and the entire electromagnetic spectrum of radiation. The only way it can be damaged in any way is by tampering with its molecular bonding.