Steven Rogers
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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. Abraham Erskine (code named: Prof. Reinstein), the creator of 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 art 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. Erskine mere minutes after its conclusion. Erskine died without fully committing the Super-Soldier formula to paper, leaving Steve Rogers the sole beneficiary of his genius. Rogers 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 counterpoint tot he Red Skull, Rogers was given the red, white and blue costume of Captain America. All 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 Zemo when the plane exploded, killing his partner Bucky; and throwing him unhurt into the icy Arctic waters. The Super-Soldier formula prevented crystallization of Captain America's bodily fluids allowing him to enter a survivable form of suspended animation. Decades later, he was rescued by the Avengers and became a cornerstone of the team. His might undiminished, Captain America remains the world's most perfect fighting machine and a symbol of liberty and justice. Appearances: Related Articles:
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