Yes! The first ever Captain America comic was released in 1941, which is absolutely ages ago.'You know for the longest time, I dreamed about coming overseas and being on the front lines. 'Captain America' was released in 1944 and was split into 15 episodes and lasted 253 minutes! Is this comic book in The First Avenger real? Steve Rogers isn't the only person to be Captain Americaīucky Barnes, Sam Wilson and Peggy Carter are just some of the 12 MCU characters who've donned the iconic red, white and blue uniform! He first appeared on television a long time ago! He still manages to keep his uniform on, but it got torn up a little. In the comic Captain America: Man & Wolf, CA becomes a werewolf and takes on Wolverine. The writer Joe Simon scrapped the idea because there were 'too many 'Supers' around', which is absolutely fair enough. It's weird to think that Captain America was almost called Super American at one point. His shield is made of a fictional substanceĬap's legendary shield is made from a mix of steel and vibranium – a Wakandan metal which doesn't exist in real life. They were actually Ant-Man, Wasp, Hulk, Iron Man, and Thor.

His shield wasn't always round!Ĭaptain America's shield was originally triangular, but was replaced when a rival comic said it was similar to the shield used by their superhero, the Shield.Ĭaptain America wasn't the First Avenger, actually! He began appearing in Marvel comics from 1964.

Captain America is older than Marvel Comics!īefore Captain America became a Marvel legend, he actually appeared in Timely Comics as far back as 1941. Apart from Captain America, because he's one of the good guys and has big, beefy arms too. Not many are deemed worthy – or strong enough – to hold Thor's hammer, named Mjölnir. Thought Neil Armstrong was the first person on the moon? Wrong! It was Captain America – or Steve Rogers – who actually walked on the moon in 1955! Neil repeated the feat 14 years later. Is there anything more American than being born on Independence Day? Doubt it, unless a child was named United States of America and wore a Stars and Stripes nappy immediately. Here's an awesome list of amazing facts about Steve Rogers and his superhero alter-ego, boiled down to 15 chunks of heroic trivia! Captain America was born on the fourth of July! We don't stop talking about how blam he is, ever. Captain America is one of our favourite Marvel characters.

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