Captain America(Isaiah Bradley)(1459)

**Isaiah Bradley** aka the **Black Captain America** was one of 300 African-American soldiers who were used as test subjects at Camp Cathcart as part of the Project Rebirth's attempt to recreate the Super Soldier Serum. Bradley, the only survivor, took on the mantle of Captain America and traveled to Europe to fight in the war. This was seen as treasonous by the military, who sentenced him to life in prison as punishment, although he was released after 27 years. His legacy remained a secret to the world at large but became a legend and a hero to the black community.

## Character Info

### Affiliation

Formerly United States Army, Project: Rebirth

## History

### Early Life

Isaiah Bradley grew up in New York City. When he met Faith Shabazz, the two fell in love and were soon married in 1940. They spent their honeymoon at the World's Fair in Queens. Unfortunately, the two were soon parted when, after Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese, the United States of America entered the war, and Isaiah joined the the army. This parting was compounded by Faith's pregnancy with their first daughter, Sarah Gail Bradley.

### Super Soldier

After losing the secrets of the Super Soldier Serum with the death of Dr. Erskine, the United States Army still wanted to produce more Super Soldiers like Steve Rogers. Col. Walker Price and Dr. Wilfred Nagel forcibly recruited Isaiah and 300 other African-American soldiers to serve as test subjects to recreate the Super Soldier Serum. To keep the operation secret, families were sent letters informing them of the soldiers' deaths. Although, Faith refused to accept Isaiah's death, and continued to look for the truth.

Of the 300 African-American soldiers, only a handful of men survived the gruesome process. These survivors became a convert black-ops team. After only a few missions, only Isaiah, Maurice Canfield and Sgt. Luke Evans remained. While waiting in Sintra, Portugal for the arrival of Captain America, Maurice discovered the truth about his parents' death. Enraged by the information, coupled with PTSD and an exaggerated thyroid gland, Maurice was led into a confrontation resulting in his death, the death of Sgt. Evans, and the severe injury of Isaiah and Pvt. Merritt.

Bradley’s last assignment was a suicide mission to kill Doctor Kosh, stop the development of the German Super Soldier formula, and destroy a Nazi death camp in Schwarzebitte, Germany. Before leaving on the mission, Isaiah took a Captain America costume and shield with him. His mission was successful but was also captured. Luckily, while being transported, Isaiah was rescued by a group of German freedom fighters. Months after Isaiah was rescued from Germany, he was able to finally return home where he was promptly court-martialed and given life in prison for stealing the Captain America costume. Starting in 1943, Isaiah served Twenty seven years in solitary confinement. There his body and mind slowly deteriorate due to unforeseen side effects of the Super Soldier Serum. He was only released because Faith wrote President a letter every month for three years. In 1970, Isaiah was granted a full pardon and swore to secrecy.

### The Legend

Though they were sworn to secrecy, the legend of Isaiah Bradley, *The Black Captain America* began to spread through among the Black community, via the *Blackvine*. Numerous members of the Black community began and continued to come and visited Bradley as a sign of respect and, in many cases, hero worship. Some notable visitors include Malcolm X, Richard Pryor, Muhammad Ali, Angela Davis, Alex Haley, Nelson Mandela, and Colin Powell.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

After receiving the experimental recreation of the Super Soldier Serum, Isaiah gained peak human abilities, including:

* **Peak Human Strength:** Isaiah's strength was increased to the peak of human potential. He was stronger than normal humans. While not superhuman, he could lift up to 800 lbs.
* **Peak Human Speed:** Isaiah was faster than normal humans, which makes him run and move at great speeds. He was capable of reaching up to 30 mph.
* **Peak Human Stamina:** Isaiah's musculature produced fewer fatigue toxins during physical activity than most other humans, though not to a superhuman degree. He could physically exert himself at peak capacity for up to 1 hour before the build up of fatigue toxins in his blood began to impair him.
* **Peak Human Durability:** Isaiah was more resistant to injury than that of normal humans. While not superhuman, he was able to fall from several stories like 100 ft and withstand to certain amounts of blows from superhuman opponents. For example, if a person beats him with an ironwood baseball bat, the bat will easily break and he would show a little discomfort.
* **Peak Human Agility:** Isaiah's agility was also increased to a level that, while not superhuman, was superior to that of any Olympic athlete that has ever competed.
* **Peak Human Reflexes:** Isaiah's reflexes were increased to the levels that were superior to that of any Olympic athlete.
* **Peak Human Healing:** He was capable of healing from giving a certain amount of blood to Eli after he suffered massive blood loss within a matter of minutes. Isaiah was able to heal broken bones, torn muscles, several gunshot & knife wounds and other severe injuries within several days and most lesser injuries like cuts, scrapes, and burns within hours.
* **Peak Human Senses:** Isaiah's senses are enhanced to the peak of human potential.
* **Peak Human Longevity:** The Super-Soldier Serum has dramatically slowed Isaiah's aging due to having incredibly healthy cells.

### Abilities

Isaiah was trained in unarmed combat by the US Army.

### Weaknesses

Unforeseen side effects of the experimental recreation of the Super Soldier Serum include:

* **Mental Deterioration:** Isaiah lost much of his cognitive functioning while not receiving treatment in solitary confinement for seventeen years. This neglect left him with the mind of a child.
* **Sterility:** Isaiah was made sterile by the formula.

## Paraphernalia

### Equipment

* **Captain America's Uniform**
* **Isaiah Bradley's Shield:** Isaiah carried a concave triangular metal shield, useful for either defense or offense, which he decorated with the Double V Campaign eagle crest. For protection he wore a loose chain mesh shirt over light padding, the shirt was capable of blunting the impact of most small arms fire.