Some Origins of Captain America

     New York - Before there was Captain America there were his enemies.  "Sometimes a lot of comics succeeded because of their villains", recalls Joe Simon.  Joe Simon an Jack Kirby dreamed up  Captain America in 1940.  "We were looking around and realized we had the perfect villain right on the pages of the newspaper; Aldof Hitler.  Hitler had that ridiculous mustache and plenty of goose-stepping henchmen", Joe Simon says.  All we needed to do was give him the perfect counterpart, a patriotic hero that would represents the American ideal.
     The original story revolves around a man named Steve Rogers, who was so skinny and scrawny that he is not fit for military service.  He volunteers for a top-secret research project that turns him into muscular Captain America - a man who defends American values and traditions.   Captain America was created during WWII, using the "Super Soldier" formula then being bombarded with Vita Rays.  This turns Steve Rogers into the perfect human with abilities beyond those of the best Olympic athlete; including enhanced strength, agility, and reflexes.  Captain America differs from Superman in that, Captain America has the best strength, agility, and reflexes that any human can have without being considered superhuman.  In  the motion picture Captain America's immune system allows him to resist most diseases as well as gives him incredible endurance.  Additionally, the Super Soldier serum has effectively been metabolized into Steve Roger's body; it is that enhancement that somehow allowed him to be frozen in ice, in suspended animation, until being rescued by The Avengers.  The motion picture version of the super soldier serum gives him heightened mental acuity; he is able to accurately memorize a map of HYDRA bases, only a few seconds after looking at the map during a raid.  The motion picture version uses more of the abilities of the "Ultimate" universe Captain America.  In the motion picture version Captain America is not as strong as Spider-man or the Hulk,  but Captain America still lifted a motorcycle with three women sitting on it.  Also, regarding his enhanced metabolism, he expels toxic substances very quickly, and therefore cannot get drunk.  See also, www.paramount.com .