Captain America

Real Name: Steve Rogers
Height: 6'2"

Weight: 204 lbs
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blond

SHORT DESCRIPTION=(kinda)

Before America's entry into World War II, Rogers is a tall (6 ft 2 in) but scrawny fine arts student specializing in illustration. Disturbed by the rise of the Third Reich, Rogers attempts to enlist, only to be rejected due to his poor constitution. A U.S. Army officer looking for test subjects offers Rogers the chance to serve his country by taking part in a top-secret defense project — Operation: Rebirth, which seeks to develop a means of creating physically superior soldiers. Rogers volunteers for the research and, after a rigorous selection process, is chosen as the first human test subject for the Super-Soldier serum developed by the scientist "Dr. Reinstein."The night that Operation: Rebirth is implemented, Rogers receives injections and oral ingestion's of the Super-Soldier formula. He is then exposed to a controlled burst of "Vita-Rays" that activate and stabilize the chemicals in his system. Although the process is arduous physically, it successfully alters his physiology almost instantly from its relatively frail form to the maximum of human efficiency, greatly enhancing his musculature and reflexes.The United States government, making the most of its one super-soldier, re imagines him as a superhero who serves as both a counter-intelligence agent and a propaganda symbol to counter Nazi Germany's head of terrorist operations, the Red Skull. In 1945, during the closing days of World War II, Captain America and Bucky(Captain America's sidekick) try to stop the villainous Baron Zemo from destroying an experimental drone plane. Zemo launches the plane with an armed explosive on it, with Rogers and Barnes in hot pursuit. They reach the plane just before it takes off, but when Bucky tries to defuse the bomb, it explodes in mid-air. The young man is believed killed, and Rogers is hurled into the freezing waters of either the North Atlantic. Neither body is found, and both are presumed dead. Years later, the superhero team the Avengers discovers Steve Rogers' body in the North Atlantic, his costume under his soldier's uniform and still carrying his shield. After he revives, they piece together that Rogers had been preserved in a block of ice since 1945. The block had begun to melt after the Sub-Mariner, enraged that an Arctic Inuit tribe is worshiping the frozen figure, throws it into the ocean. Rogers accepts membership in the Avengers, and although long out of his time, his considerable combat experience makes him a valuable asset to the team. He quickly assumes leadership, and has typically returned to that position throughout the team's history.

POWERS or ABILITIES=

Rogers in the regular Marvel Universe has no superhuman powers, although as a result of the Super-Soldier serum, he is transformed from a frail young man into a "perfect" specimen of human development and conditioning. Captain America is as intelligent, strong, fast, agile, and durable as it is possible for a human being to be without being considered superhuman. He was once seen bench-pressing 1100 lbs, unassisted. The formula enhances all of his metabolic functions and prevents the build-up of fatigue poisons in his muscles, giving him endurance far in excess of an ordinary human being. This accounts for many of his extraordinary feats, including running a mile in a little more than a minute. Furthermore, his enhancements are the reason why he was able to survive being frozen in suspended animation for decades. Rogers is also unable to become intoxicated by alcohol and is immune to many diseases.

Years of practice with his indestructible shield make it practically an extension of his own body, and he is able to aim and throw it with almost unerring accuracy. His skill with his shield is such that he can attack multiple targets in succession with a single throw by use of ricochets, or even cause a boomerang-like return from a throw to attack an enemy from behind. He is extremely skilled in hand-to-hand combat, sometimes taking on and defeating foes whose strength, size, or superpowers greatly exceed his. In the comics, he is regarded by other skilled fighters as one of the best hand-to-hand combatants in the Marvel Universe.Captain America uses several shields throughout his history, the most recognizable of which is an nigh-indestructible discus-shaped shield made from a fusion of vibranium with an experimental steel alloy (not adamantium-vibranium as sometimes erroneously stated).

He was once able to lift Thor's Hammer which only the most humble, pure, righteous, and good people can do. I think that says a lot about the kinda person he is and why that makes him a good superhero.

VILLAINS=

Red Skull, Baron Zemo, Crossbones, Dr. Faustus, Nazis, and others that are enemies of the superhero team the Avengers.

He also has enemies like Modok, and the terrorist organizations known as A.I.M. and Hydra.

WHY IT'S HARD TO BE HIM=
Day by day Captain America lives with a feeling that Bucky's death is somehow his fault. He's been haunted by that feeling sense Bucky's death. Though it is clearly not his fault but the fault of Baron Zemo (see Short Description).

One reason it's hard to be Cap is that he's got to be a constant influence and example of a perfect American. People are always looking to him for answers on how to be a good person. He is also kind of a dangerous thing for America to have if you think about it. If he were to go to China and cause some sort of damage to maybe a temple or a holy place, China would probably (no offense to Chinese people or China) demand the surrender of Captain America and if America refuses to give up one of it's greatest hero's, it might end in a war or who knows what else. In a lot of ways it's more drastic for him that it would be for another superhero. Why? Because his clothes are fashioned after the American flag, he is a huge symbol of America and what America stands for, a national symbol and maybe even international, and again, people look up to him, so if he starts a war what kind of example would that be to kids and Americans in general. I for one can say, that even though he's a fictional character, he has greatly influenced America and has kept us going in some of the most amazing ways like in a comic when he says to buy war bonds or something like that, kids will go out and buy them or tell their parents to buy some. R.I.P.