Steve Rogerson

Feb 08, 2022

Steve Rogers - Captain America

Captain Steven Grant "Steve" Rogers is a veteran, a founding member of the , and 's first known superhero. Rogers grew up suffering from numerous health problems, and upon America's entry into , he was rejected from serving in the despite several attempts to enlist. Rogers ultimately volunteered for , where he was the only recipient of the developed by under the . The serum greatly enhanced Rogers' physical abilities to superhuman levels. After Erskine's and being doubted by SSR head director , Rogers was relegated to performing in war bond campaigns, where he posed as a patriotic mascot under the moniker of Captain America.

In , Rogers rejoined the SSR after single-handedly Allied prisoners from a base, after which he began leading his team of in many operations against HYDRA. His World War II exploits made Rogers a living legend, and during this time he also formed a close relationship with SSR agent . Rogers ultimately helped the Allies win the war and defeat HYDRA's leader , but crashed into the during his final mission to stop a plane carrying bombs bound for the United States. Rogers then spent sixty-six years unconscious and frozen in ice under a state of suspended animation, before he was eventually found by in the early 21st century.

When he awoke, Rogers found himself alone in a modern world that he hardly recognized, with no idea what to do with his life. Following 's theft of the from S.H.I.E.L.D., enlisted Rogers' help in retrieving the Tesseract and stopping Loki from destroying the world. Joining the , Rogers played a key role in the , successfully stopping the , capturing Loki, and reacquiring the Tesseract.

Rogers then joined S.H.I.E.L.D. as a counter-terrorist operative. While uncovering a conspiracy inside the organization, he encountered the , and discovered that HYDRA had infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. intending to use as a way to bring about a despotic new world order. He then learned that Winter Soldier was his best friend , who he thought was during World War II, but had since been physically enhanced and brainwashed by HYDRA. Alongside , and , Rogers then ended the at the .

Rogers and the Avengers reassembled and embarked in an against HYDRA, recapturing the and capturing Baron . After , the new peacekeeping artificial intelligence program designed by and , had went rogue, Rogers and the Avengers rallied to stop it from exterminating humanity. Ultron was ultimately defeated during the , after which several of the original Avengers departed, leaving Rogers and Romanoff to lead and train the new Avengers team.

The new Avengers conducted several international missions, but failed to avert a while on assignment to capture in . The used the disaster to ratify the , but Rogers saw their draconian nature and refused to sign, resulting in a between himself and Avengers co-leader . After the Accords ratification was , with resurfacing as the primary suspect, Rogers and his anti-accord allies became fugitives of the law while assisting in his escape. Upon learning was the true mastermind, Rogers against Stark and his pro-accord allies before confronting Zemo in . When Zemo revealed Barnes' role in the , Rogers came to Barnes' defense once an enraged Stark attacked him. They engaged in a and emerged the victor, but with the deeply divided. Rogers eventually some of his anti-accord associates from the , and had Barnes sent to to be cured of his brainwashing.

Rogers, , , and continued to be fugitives from the law, but when and his attacked Earth seeking the final , Rogers emerged from hiding in order to protect . Rogers had Vision brought to Wakanda, and came to the country's defense when it was by the Order an onslaught of . Captain America failed to stop Thanos from taking the and initiating the , wherein half the universe's population was wiped. Rogers survived, and journeyed through space to , where the Avengers killed Thanos.

the Snap, Rogers and his fellow Avengers eventually found a way to safely , returning to various points in the past to amass all six Infinity Stones, making amends with in the process. The stones were used to initiate the , and he resumed the mantle of Captain America once more to participate in the , where he discovered he was deemed worthy of , wielding it in combat against and his army from an alternate timeline. After Stark sacrificed his life to wipe out Thanos and his armies, Rogers volunteered to return the stones to their respective timelines. He opted to return and remain in the , where he married . Rogers grew old and reunited with his friends in the present, entrusting with his mantle and . Rogers entered retirement, although much of his current whereabouts were made unknown to the general public.