Captain America's Original Training Regimen Shows He Used to be a Jerk
While Captain America is known for being a hero who represents all that is good and just in the world by way of his incorruptible moral compass, his original training regimen shows that he actually used to be a pretty major jerk.
Steve Rogers became Captain America after he enlisted in the military during World War II despite not being able to meet the physical requirements necessary to be an effective soldier. However, he more than made up for his physical shortcomings with his indomitable spirit and his unshakable drive to do what is right in any given situation. Steve’s inherently heroic nature made him the perfect candidate for the Super Soldier Program, and he was injected with a serum that gave him heightened strength, speed, and brain function–transforming him into the perfect soldier by making his body match his spirit. From the very beginning, Captain America’s good nature was his defining quality, though his unwitting training partners during the early days of the Avengers would likely argue the opposite is true.
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In Avengers #7 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, fans are given a glimpse at how the Avengers train for combat, including Captain America’s morally gray process for staying in shape. In the issue, Captain America pays a group of professional wrestlers to attack him all at once, with their manager warning him that any normal man would be crushed by their combined strength and telling him that fighting all of these men at once isn’t a good idea. Captain America vaguely assures them that he’ll be fine and launches right into the fighting session. As anyone who knows what Captain America is capable of could rightly assume, these
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