Ultimate Captain America
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics (Ultimate Marvel imprint) |
| First appearance |
The Ultimates #1 (March 2002) |
| Created by |
Mark Millar Bryan Hitch (based upon the original character by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Steven "Steve" Rogers |
| Team affiliations | The Ultimates |
| Abilities | Physical attributes enhanced to a super human level. Ultimate Cap has been shown bending metal with his bare hands, stopping an enormous tree capable of crushing Jeeps from falling on a group of soldiers. Expert martial artist and hand-to-hand combatant All terrain acrobatics Master tactician and field commander Vibranium Adamantium shield |
| Ultimate Captain America | |
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Cover of Ultimate Comics: Captain America 1 (Jan 2011).Art by Ron Garney. |
| Series publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | January - April 2011 |
| Number of issues | 4 of 4 |
| Main character(s) | Ultimate Captain America |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Jason Aaron |
| Artist(s) | Ron Garney |
| Letterer(s) | Clayton Cowles |
| Colorist(s) | Jason Keith Jim Charalampidis |
Ultimate Captain America (Steve Rogers) is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in books published by Marvel Comics. He is an alternative version of the mainstream Marvel continuity Captain America that appears in Marvel's Ultimate line of books. The character first appeared in The Ultimates #1 (March 2002), and was created by writer Mark Millar and artist Bryan Hitch (based upon the original version of the character by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby).
Steve Rogers grew up in Brooklyn during the Great Depression, a scrawny kid protected from neighborhood bullies by his best friend "Bucky" Barnes. Horrified by newsreel footage of the Nazis in Europe, Rogers was inspired to enlist in the Army around the time the United States entered World War II. However, because of failing the physical test, he was rejected. Refusing to work at the factories, he reattempted enlistment several times. His luck changed during another visit to Recruitment Center when Military Sergeant Dugan recruited him for Project: Rebirth after hearing Rogers pleas. After voluntarily subjecting to surgery, steroid treatments, and other experimental treatments supervised by Doctor Erskine, Rogers became the first genetically-enhanced super-soldier. During the final treatment however, he noticed a suspicious soldier focusing on him instead of standing guard. The shady man revealed himself as a Nazi spy sent to murder Rogers in the event he survive the entire experiment. Nearly sabotaging the entire experiment, Rogers stopped him, but not before the spy murdered Doctor Eskine and a few American soldiers who attempted to stop him. Fully committing himself to the American war efforts, Rogers bid farewell to his sweetheart Gail Richards, becoming "Captain America".
For the next three years, he underwent numerous covert operations, often accompanied by Bucky, now a war photographer, and sometimes alongside James "Lucky Jim" Howlett. During one mission Captain America was able to infiltrate Arnim Zola's facility and kill his first experimental monster, which Zola dubbed "Siegsoldat" ("Victory soldier"). The experiment's dead body then fell on Arnim Zola, seemingly killing him. During one of his few leaves he met up with Gail and they spent the night together, which would later result in her becoming pregnant. He would later come into battle with Herr Kleiser, who introduced a prototype A-Bomb that was made with alien technology meant to target the White House. However they were too late to stop the bomb from launching, but Captain America managed to get to the bomb as it is launched. In a successful attempt to stop it in mid air, he fell into the sea and was presumed dead.
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