Well, we all know that Cap ranks as one of Marvel (and comicdom)'s greatest characters ever. To throroughly cover his history is a bit daunting, but for the purposes of the INVADERS web page I'll give you the jist of it. Cap was born during the Depression to hard working parents. The young Steve Rogers grew up with very strong ideals--to put it mildly--and when World War II broke out he was eager to serve his country. Unfortunately, Steve was what you might call sickly and the Army listed him as 4F (Army lingo for unfit to serve). Still eager to help, Steve volunteered to be the guinea pig to try out the government's new Super-Soldier Serum. It was invented by Dr. Erskine (who went by the code-name Dr. Reinstein). The serum worked, turning Steve into the perfect physical specimen-Captain America! Sadly a Nazi saboteur broke in during Steve's transformation and murdered Dr. Erskine. Steve avenged the doctor and served the country as Captain America. He also served in the Army, and it was there that he met James Buchannon "Bucky" Barnes. 'Bucky' caught Steve changing into his Captain America suit and asked to be his partner. Steve agreed, and Bucky remained his partner throughout most of the war. After fighting with the Invaders, Cap and Bucky were fighting Baron Zemo shortly before the end of the war. The evil Baron strapped our heroes to an experimental drone plane which was booby-trapped. Bucky was killed trying to defuse the bomb and Steve was thrown into the sea. He went into suspended animation and was revived in the '60s by the Avengers. He joined them, and battles crime to this day. But you knew that, right?
First Appearance: CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS #1 (1941)
First Modern Appearance: AVENGERS #4 (1964)
Invaders Appearances: ALL ISSUES (whew!)
Cap also appears every month in his own Marvel comic.
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