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History: Steve Rogers was
born during the Depression and grew up a frail youth in
a poor family. His father died when he was a child, his
mother when he was in his late teens. Horrified by newsreel
footage of the Nazis in Europe, Rogers was inspired to try to enlist
in the Army. However, because of his frailty and sickness, he was
rejected. Overhearing the
boy's earnest plea to be accepted, General Chester Phillips of the
U.S. Army offered Rogers the opportunity to take part in a special
experiment called Operation: Rebirth. Rogers agreed and was taken to
a secret laboratory in Washington, D.C. where he was introduced to
Dr. Abrahan Erskine (code named: Prof. Reinstein), the creator to
the Super-Soldier formula.
After weeks of
tests, Rogers was at last administered the Super-Soldier serum.
Given part of the compound intravenously and another part orally,
Rogers was then bombarded by "vita-rays," a special combination of
exotic (in 1941) wavelengths of radiation designed to accelerate and
stabilize the serum's effect on his body. Steve Rogers emerged from
the vita-ray chamber with a body as perfect as a body can be and
still be human. A Nazi spy who observed the experiment murdered Dr.
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Erskine died without
fully committing the Super-Soldier formula to paper, leaving Steve
Rogers the Sole beneficiary of his genius.
Roger was then put through an intensive physical and
tactical training program, teaching him gymnastics,
hand-to-hand combat and military strategy. Three
months later, he was given his first assignment, to
stop the Nazi agent called the Red Skull. To help
him become a symbolic counterpart to the Red Skull,
Rogers was given the red, white, and blue costume of
Captain America. During the war, he served as both a
symbol of freedom and America's most effective
special operative. Then, during the final days of
the war, he was trying to stop a bomb-loaded
drone-plane launched by Nazi technician Baron
Heinrich Zemo when the plane exploded, killing his
partner Bucky; and throwing him unhurt into icy
Arctic waters. The Super-Soldier formula prevented
crystallization of Captain America's bodily fluid,
allowing him to enter a state of suspended
animation. Decades later, he
was rescued by the newly-formed Avengers and became a cornerstone of
the team. His might undiminished. Captain America remains a symbol
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Height: 6 ft. 2 in.
Weight: 240 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blond
Strength Level:
Captain America represents the pinnacle of human physical
perfection. While not superhuman, he is as strong as a human being
can be. He can lift (press) a maximum of 800 pounds with supreme
effort.
Known Superhuman
Powers: Captain America has agility, strength, speed, endurance, and
reaction time superior to any Olympic athlete who ever competed. The
Super-Soldier formula that he has metabolized has enhanced all of
his bodily functions to the peak of human efficiency. Notably, his
body eliminates the excessive build-up of fatigue-producing poisons
in his muscles, granting him phenomenal endurance.
Captain America has
mastered the martial art of American-style boxing and judo, and has
combined these disciplines with his own unique hand-to-hand style of
combat. He engages in a daily regimen of rigorous exercise
(including aerobics, weight lifting, gymnastics, and simulated
combat) to keep himself in peek condition. Captain America is one of
the finest human combatants Earth has ever known.
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Limitations:
Captain America is subject to all human vulnerabilities, although
his immunity to diseases is extraordinary.
Weapons: Captain
America's only weapon is his shield, a concave disk 2.5 feet in
diameter, weighing 12 pounds. It is made of a unique
Vibranium-Adimantium 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 combined Vibranium with an Adamantium-steel
alloy he was working with and created the disc-shaped shield.
MacLain was never able to duplicate the process due to his inability
identify a still unknown factor that played a role in it. The shield
was awarded to Captain America by the government several months
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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.
Notes:
Played by Matt Salinger in Captain America (1991)
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