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Steven Grant Rogers is a fictional character primarily portrayed by Chris Evans in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise—based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name—commonly known by his alias, Captain America.
- Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Steven Grant "Steve" Rogers[1] is a World War II veteran, a founding member of the Avengers, and Earth's first known superhero. Rogers grew up suffering from numerous health problems, and upon the United States' entry into World War II, he was rejected from serving in the United States Army despite several attempts to enlist. Rogers ultimately volunteered for Project Rebirth, where he was the ...
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Apr 4, 2024 · Steve Rogers's job was to announce Hydra's presence over the S.H.I.E.L.D. intercom in the course of a rousing speech, inspiring loyal S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to fight back against the infiltrators in their midst. Then, he was to board one of the Insight helicarriers and attempt to insert a chip that would overwrite its programming.
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Steven Grant Rogers is a fictional character primarily portrayed by Chris Evans in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise—based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name—commonly known by his alias, Captain America. Rogers is depicted as a World War II-era super soldier who was given a serum that provided him with superhuman abilities including enhanced durability ...
- Overview
- History\r This is an abridged version of Steve Rogers' history. For a complete history see Steve Rogers' Expanded History. \r Steve Rogers in his childhood\r Early Life
- Personality
- Attributes
We must all live in the real world… and sometimes that world can be pretty grim. But it is the Dream… the hope… that makes the reality worth living. In the early 1940s, I made a personal pledge to uphold the Dream… And as long as the Dream remains even partially unfulfilled, I cannot abandon it!
—Captain America
Early Life
Steve Rogers was born September 28, 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. 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 Protestant upbringing. Rogers' father died when he was a child and his mother died from pneumonia later, when he was in his late teens. Steve 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.
Becoming America's Super-Soldier
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. 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 perfect human body. A Nazi spy, who observed the experiment, murdered Dr. Erskine mere minutes after its conclusion. Dr. Erskine died without fully committing the Super-Soldier formula to paper, leaving Rogers the sole beneficiary of his genius. 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: 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. Rogers was also given the cover identity of a clumsy infantry private at Camp Lehigh. After successfully becoming Captain America, Rogers was later submitted to an experimental mind-conditioning program that conditioned his mind to accept false information about Walter Rogers' family on the chance he was captured by the enemy and forced to reveal classified information. As part of the conditioning, Rogers believed his real name to be Grant Rogers, that he had a brother named Michael who had died at Pearl Harbor, and that due to his parents being diplomats, he had a casual upper-class appointment to the Army and Captain America position. It would not be until far later in life that Rogers would recall the conditioning and his true history. Rogers was originally issued a traditionally "kite" shaped shield made of mundane steel, as well as a sidearm. Cap's original helmet served as a mask and was separate from the rest of his costume. This proved a problem as in one early outing it was nearly knocked from his face via the hard wing emblems, almost revealing his identity to an attending newspaper reporter with a camera. Adding a protective neck-plating hood to his costume, rather than his separate mask, solved this problem and afforded Rogers more protection. President F.D. Roosevelt later presented Rogers with his now-legendary disc-shaped shield. Discovering that its excellent aerodynamic properties made it an effective offensive weapon, Rogers abandoned his sidearm.
World War II Service
During the war, "Cap" served as both a symbol of freedom and America's most effective special operative. In addition to working with his young sidekick Bucky, Cap regularly fought alongside other Allied super-powered heroes such as Namor the Sub-Mariner and the android Human Torch, who were the recognized core of the World War II super-team known as the Invaders - a name suggested by English premier Winston Churchill. Rogers sometimes came into contact with a Canadian paratrooper named James Howlett, the man who would come to be legendarily known as Wolverine. Rogers faced fascist Germans and imperialist Japanese. Among his foes and adventures were battles with George Maxon, who was an impostor Red Skull, the White Death, the Legion of Unholy Beggars, the Dragon of Death, the Reaper, the Black Toad, the Black Talon, Stryker, Doctor Crime, Mock Mikado, Master Man and the Super-Axis, Togaro, Prophet of Hate, Agent Axis, the Shark, the Hyena, N2 and Mister Sinister, Dr. Togu, Doctor Destiny, Snapper, Jack the Ripper and Terdu, Dormammu, HYDRA, the Hand, the Grandmaster, the Ringmaster, Baron Zemo, Colonel Von Wagner, Fang (who later died in Hiroshima and thus became one with the Everwraith, and the Butterfly. He also prevented the murder of President F.D. Roosevelt by a group called the Defenders, the Battle of the Bulge, D-Day, stopping saboteurs (early March 1941), meeting Wakandans, saving President Roosevelt from a deranged Namor, meeting Nikola Tesla, saving a Manhattan Project scientist from Red Skull with the help of the Howling Commandos, stopping (with Howling Commando support) the Red Skull's plot to deploy a centuries-old automaton designed by a time-traveling Doctor Doom, facing the Red Skull in a hover device, scuffling with fellow Allies the Crusaders, fighting alongside the French Resistance and Peggy Carter (an American who had fallen in love with Captain America), almost accidentally slaying a war orphan, saving Michael Kramer from the Red Skull. In April 1945, Rogers stormed the Red Skull's bunker, with Red Guardian, Patriot, and Spirit of '76, in his last WWII battle with Red Skull. For a time, World War II Bucky fought alongside a time-displaced modern-era Captain America until the Avengers recovered their colleague to the present day.
Doesn't matter what the press says. Doesn't matter what the politicians or the mobs say. Doesn't matter if the whole country decides that something wrong is something right. This nation was founded on one principle above all else: the requirement that we stand up for what we believe, no matter the odds or the consequences. When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world -- "No, you move."
—Captain America
Captain America is traditionally seen as one of the greatest heroes in the universe. He is a righteous and brave man who always wanted to see the good in people. From even before his origins as a super hero, Steve has always devoted himself to the protection of the weak and the defense of freedom and justice.[197]
In spite of his virtues, however, Cap has been plagued by his status as man out of time. Remembering his days as a soldier in World War II,[209] Cap worried that his idealism might be considered outdated in the modern world. Furthermore, seeing how idealized his legacy has become throughout the years,[114] Cap sometimes believed that he might not be able to fulfill the image the world had of him. Regardless, Cap is still seen as the pinnacle of heroism and an example for everyone to follow.[197]
Powers
•Artificially Enhanced Physiology: Rogers' enhanced physiology has no superhuman powers, although as a result of the Super-Soldier Serum, he was transformed from a frail young man into a "perfect" specimen of human development and conditioning. The Super-Soldier Serum (SSS) metabolized and permanently enhanced all of Rogers' bodily functions to the peak of human efficiency,[210] and is the most perfect human in existence.[211] He is classified as enhanced human.[212] He possesses powers superior to any Olympic-level athlete that has ever competed.[213][210] Dr. Abraham Erskine has stated Rogers' enhanced condition is "second to none,"[214] and described its potential as being "the next step in human evolution," while still remaining completely human, but often called the "perfect man."[215] Nick Fury's intel classified him as Power Level 8.[216] Also, the Super-Soldier Serum physiology is definite, meaning that if Rogers choose to live an unhealthy lifestyle, none of his powers would weaken,[217] and the Super-Soldier Serum in his bloodstream will keep him in top physical form.[217] Dr. Keith Kincaid theorized that as long as some of the serum remains in Rogers' body, it would be able to reproduce itself and sustain Rogers' powers. •Superhuman Strength: Rogers' physical strength is enhanced to the very peak of human potential, making him consistently able to sustain 800 lbs Over his head (363 kg) and bench pressing 2245 pounds (500 kg) as a warm-up, along with lifting 1 ton. Taking into account that it was a warm-up; it can be considered that Steve is able to push his body much further. •Superhuman Speed: Rogers can move at speeds equal to that of the absolute finest human athlete, being capable of running at a sustained 30 miles per hour (48 kilometers per hour). He was able to complete a 40-yard dash in 3.82 seconds (20.94 miles per hour),[218] or a mile "in just over a minute".[219] •Superhuman Agility: Rogers' agility is amplified to the highest human potential.[211] •Superhuman Reflexes: Rogers' reflexes are amplified to the highest human potential,[211] and he is said to have a reaction time ten times faster than a normal person.[213] He has been shown to dodge gunfire from multiple shooters simultaneously.[109][220] •Superhuman Durability: Rogers' durability is amplified to the highest human potential making him very durable.[221] This has allowed him to survive many forms of extensive punishment throughout his career that would injure an ordinary human.[222][223][224][225] •Superhuman Stamina: Rogers' body automatically eliminates the excessive build-up of fatigue-producing chemicals in his muscles; giving him exceptional endurance.[213][210] He could also resist the freezing cold waters of the Arctic, as not only did he survive being frozen for decades, he also spent time searching for D-Man. •Enhanced Healing Factor: Rogers' healing speed and efficiency is enhanced peak ability, meaning he heals faster than the average person.[226] The white blood cells and Super-Soldier Serum in his body are efficient enough to fight off most microbe, foreign body, and other pathogens from his body, giving him a high immunity to all infections and diseases.[210] Rogers has stated his metabolism is too fast for alcohol.[227] He is also more resistant to knockout[228] and hypnotic suggestion,[229] though is not immune. •Enhanced Mental Processing: Rogers' mental performance is greatly enhanced allowing it to operate in the most advanced and rapid manner possible.[230] His mind also processes information quickly, giving him an accelerated learning aptitude; for example, Beast once stated that Rogers can learn and master any weapon within seconds.[231] He possesses an eidetic/photographic memory and perfect recall, meaning he never forgets what he sees and experiences, paired with the ability to speed read, and can thereby intuitively understand what's likely going to happen and how best to deal with it. This enables him to remember any military tactic and apply it to any situation.[232] •Enhanced Senses: Rogers' senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch are enhanced to the highest limits of human potential.[211] •Advanced Longevity: The Super-Soldier Serum halts Rogers' aging due to perfect cells. This was tested when he spent many decades in Earth-69901 and its numerous divergent realities while fighting against Korvac's galactic empire, repeatedly dying and having time rewound, before ultimately being returned to his own time,[233] as well as spending twelve years in Dimension Z, before being returned to Earth the same day with no noticeable signs of aging. Former Powers Cap-Wolf: when Steve Rogers was transformed into a Werewolf-like creature by Nightshade,[234] he possessed the following powers: •Superhuman Strength •Superhuman Stamina •Superhuman Agility •Superhuman Reflexes •Superhuman Speed •Superhuman Senses •Superhuman Durability •Claws and Teeth Spider-King: when he was infected by the Spider-Queen with Spider-Virus, Steve developed the following powers: •Monstrous Transformation •Wall-crawling •Organic Webbing Generation
Abilities
•Master Tactician and Strategist: Rogers is a master accomplished strategist.[236] He has been widely known as one of the greatest tacticians on the planet, both on and off the battlefield. He is able to formulate battle strategies and his brilliant tactical sense allows him to alter any strategy to fit the changing need of the situation. Thor has acknowledged Rogers' tactical prowess and stated that he would follow him "through the gates of Hades". He and other heroes on Battleworld elected Rogers to lead them during the Secret Wars.[237] His tactical plan to rescue Namor from the Kree with the Invaders succeeded despite the Supreme Intelligence's mission.[238] He also led the Galactic Council's fleets when they were defeated by the Builders, and planned a retaliation against the Builders, which resulted in the successful liberation of the Avengers.[239] •Master Martial Artist: Rogers is a master of hand-to-hand combat, being extremely skilled in numerous martial arts through his training in the military and direction under various private instructors.[240] Additionally, he received training from William Fairbairn and Rex Applegate in close-quarters combat during WWII. Rogers has stated that he is adept at every form of hand-to-hand combat known to man. He utilizes boxing,[241] Judo,[242] Defendu, kickboxing,[243] Jujutsu, Tōde, Aikido,[244] Karate,[245] and various other forms of unarmed combat disciplines,[236] with his gymnastics ability creating a style that suits his strengths and enables him to use his knowledge to the best of his ability.[213] When fighting, Rogers has the ability to use pressure points to subdue his opponents, as was done to Dr. Malus,[246] Professor Hulk,[247] or werewolf Falcon.[248] He is one of the finest martial artists, and ultimate human combatant on Earth,[213] which allows him to occasionally defeat foes who are masters of multiple forms or all forms of combat, such as Taskmaster,[249][250] Wolverine,[251] Iron Fist,[252] Deadpool,[253] or Red Skull.[254] He also defeated a large group of Super-Soldiers while depowered and then defeated many more when his powers were restored,[123][125] as well as overpowered a boxer augmented by Power Broker, Inc. using nothing but his boxing skills.[241] Rogers has trained Iron Man,[255] Spider-Man,[256] Hawkeye,[257] Falcon,[245] Wonder Man,[244] etc. in hand-to-hand combat. •Master Shield Fighter: Rogers' years of training and experience with his unique shield, as well as its physical properties, allowing him to accomplish amazing feats with the item. Aside from bashing foes and blocking incoming attacks,[258][259] he is able to throw it with nearly perfect aim, being able to estimate its hit and rebound down to millimeter.[211] Rogers can hit multiple targets with the same throw by means of ricochet, and could even achieve a boomerang-like return effect, allowing him to strike enemies from behind or retrieve the shield without objects to ricochet from.[259][260][261] •Master Acrobat: Rogers' years of extensive training and vast experience have made him a highly skilled acrobat, gymnast, and aerialist.[262][263] He often utilizes these talents in combat for both evasive and offensive purposes.[264] •Indomitable Will: Rogers is a very strong-willed person. He is able to overcome all forms of temptation, mind control, and resist the effects of extreme pain, drugs, and toxins to a great extent. Rogers accepts his own mortality and refuses to rob any sapient being of their freedom. During the Destiny War, he destroyed the Forever Crystal, deciding it was too dangerous to exist, despite the many benefits of its power.[265] Rogers is also capable of resisting many forms of mind control; like the powers of the Purple Man,[266] the maddening effects of the Madbomb,[267] and the Red Skull's use of the telepathic brain of Charles Xavier, but fought constantly to maintain his true senses.[268] •Professional Sketch Artist: Rogers has great artistic skill which he developed from childhood. Rogers often worked as a freelance illustrator and sketch artist even loaning his skills to the NYPD for a time. He enjoys drawing and does so with his free time.[269][270] He has even done some pencil work for Marvel Comics where he drew some of his own adventures for them, as he is listed as the penciler for Marvels Comics: Captain America #1.[271] •Expert Marksman: Rogers is a highly proficient marksman and can throw most projectile weaponry with great aim. He is also well-versed in the use of firearms, though he prefers not to use them.[272] •Expert Swordsman: Steve is proficient with swords and staffs but is more comfortable with his shield.[273] •Weapons Proficiency: Rogers does not typically utilize weapons other than his shield, but in desperate situations he wields additional weapons to ensure victory. He is proficient in wielding swords, daggers, throwing knifes, staffs, sticks, tonfa, axes, maces and even firearms.[274][275] •Expert Hacker: Rogers can hack into any advanced computer systems without tippling firewalls and security.[276] •Multilingual: Rogers is fluent in English, Spanish,[277] Japanese, German,[278] Russian,[279] at least some French,[280] and some Italian. He might be lingual in other languages. •Expert Vehicular Driver: Rogers is highly proficient in driving cars, motorcycles, trucks, jets, tankers, helicopters, motorboats, submarines, and some types of trains and utility vehicles.[281]
Captain Steven Grant "Steve" Rogers [2] is a super soldier with enhanced physical abilities who goes by Captain America. When he fought Thanos in the Battle of Wakanda, he accidentally grazed the Time Stone in Thanos' Infinity Gauntlet, causing a paradox that merged the 17th and 21st Centuries...
Jun 4, 2015 · Steve Rogers / Captain America (Chris Evans) advertisement. Steven Rogers was born July 4, 1922, in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City, to poor Irish immigrants, Sarah and Joseph ...
