Steve Rogers

Steve Rogers at a press conference in 2018

Captain **Steven Grant Rogers** was the first Super Soldier, a World War II veteran and a founding member of the Avengers.

## Biography

### Early Life

Steve Rogers was born on July 4, 1918, to Sarah and Joseph Rogers in New York City. His father had been killed in action during World War I, so Sarah had to raise Steve on her own in Brooklyn.

As a child, Steve suffered from asthma, scarlet fever, rheumatic fever, high blood pressure, and heart trouble. All of these factors, along with his small body frame made him a target for bullying in his youth. Steve's childhood best friend was Bucky Barnes, who later became the Winter Soldier. Barnes would frequently defend Rogers in physical altercations.

Rogers attended George Washington High School from 1932 to 1936, and later attended Auburndale Art School for one year.

In 1936, Rogers' mother died of tuberculosis and Rogers began living on his own.

### Beginning of World War II

In 1937, Rogers' attempted to join the army but was rejected on account of his health conditions. In the following years he made four more attempts under different aliases but was rejected each time.

### Project Rebirth

In 1943, at the Stark Expo, Rogers was accepted into Project Rebirth based on his character after failing to enlist in the army. Rogers was then taken to Camp Lehigh, where he trained for weeks in order to be tested for Project Rebirth.

On the completion of his training, Abraham Erskine, the head of Project Rebirth, chose Rogers as the candidate for the Super Soldier Serum. Rogers was taken to a SSR facility where he was given the Serum by Howard Stark and Abraham Erskine. After the injection, Erskine was killed by a HYDRA assassin who attempted to steal the Serum, but was stopped by Rogers.

### Working for the USO

After the death of Erskine, the US Military deemed Rogers too inexperienced to serve in the military, and assigned him to star in USO War Bond shows. He also starred in various war movies and comic books.

### Serving in World War II

In 1943, while touring in Italy, Rogers was informed of the capture of his friend Bucky Barnes. Barnes and half of the 107th Infantry Regiment where captured and being held in a HYDRA prison in Austria. Rogers took it upon himself to rescue the soldiers, and enlisted the help of Howard Stark and Peggy Carter to fly him to the prison. Once at the prison, Rogers liberated the prisoners of war, and brought them back to the American base camp. News of his actions were published in newspapers across the world, and Rogers was awarded the Presidential Medal of Honor for the events.

After the rescue mission, Rogers was assigned to a permanent spot in the military, and created the Howling Commandos unit. The Commandos served in conjunction with the SSR to fight HYDRA in Europe.

In 1944, Rogers saved 600 men by stopping a Nazi blockade. He also met with President Eisenhower in the same year.

In one battle in the Alps, Rogers and the Commandos apprehended Arnim Zola from a HYDRA train. During the battle, Bucky Barnes was presumed dead after a fall from the train. Following the capture of Zola, the US Military extracted the location of HYDRA's headquarters through interrogation. The Commandos were sent to the location of the base alongside the SSR and the US Army.

During the battle at the compound, Johann Schmidt attempted to flee on a bomber loaded with atomic bombs. Rogers managed to climb aboard the bomber, and hijacked the enemy plane that was headed to New York City. In order to stop the plane from suicide-bombing the city, he crash landed the plane in the ice of Greenland.

### Disappearance

After his disappearance and presumed death, Rogers became a famous figure in pop culture from until the late 1960s. Many comics, war movies, biopics, action movies, and radio serials were based on him and his time serving in World War II. Many of these adaptations of his life were heavily criticized by his friends, who claimed that they were severely inaccurate.

### Discovery

In 2011, a SHIELD unit discovered Rogers' frozen body in Greenland, and found that he was alive due to the Super Soldier Serum. They took him to a medical facility where he was thawed out and told of the circumstances of his awakening.

### Time as an Avenger

#### Chitauri Invasion

During the Chitauri Invasion, Rogers was recruited by SHIELD to join the Avengers and defend the Earth against the invasion. He grouped with the Avengers and successfully led them in battle in New York City against the Chiaturi.

#### SHIELD Operative

After the defeat of the Chitauri, Rogers joined SHIELD as special operative. Some of Rogers accomplishments during his time at SHIELD include stopping a terrorist threat in Chicago, saving a Nobel laureate from abductions, and stopping an assassination attempt on President Ellis. He frequently worked closely with Nick Fury, Natasha Romanoff, Clint Barton, and Brock Rumlow.

#### Fall of SHIELD

In 2014, HYDRA infiltrated SHIELD and assassinated Nick Fury, forcing Rogers to go on the run. He teamed up with Natasha Romanoff and Sam Wilson to stop SHIELD from carrying out Project Insight, and killing millions of civilians. The trio stopped the attacks and crashed the HYDRA Helicarriers into the Potomac River.