Captain America (comics)/Fridge

Fridge Brilliance

I once set about reading every Captain America comic in order since his revival in the 1960s. There's a stretch of issues where he was basically homeless, living in a series of seedy hotels before eventually hitting the open road on his motorcycle. Every now and then, he would bemoan his lack of home, family, and any sense of stability, and I would get annoyed and ask "Then why don't you just rejoin the Avengers and live in their mansion?" And then I thought to glance at the original publication dates. They ran from 1967 to 1970, making this the absolute perfect metaphor for the state of the country at the time. And it ended when Cap officially partnered up with The Falcon, a black man. Stan Lee, I will never underestimate you again! -- Lexi Dizzle
Steve Rogers was a scrawny kid who tried to join all services before becoming the greatest American soldier of World War II. Take away the Super Soldier treatment and the shield, and you get Audie Murphy.
- For added hilarity, the Captain America comics actually predate Audie Murphy enlisting in the Army, and he did read comics as a teen and preteen when he got the chance, so there's a possibility that Captain America helped inspire him to join the service.

Cap was supposed to be the first in an army of Super Soldiers, and this plan was only aborted because the scientist who invented the formula was murdered. Now, while such an army under Allied control could be seen as a good thing, one could also argue that No Nation Should Have This Power.

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