Avengers Countdown: Captain America

The countdown to the movie of the century, the Avengers, continues with perhaps the greatest of them all Captain America. The character first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941), from Marvel Comics' predecessor, Timely Comics, and was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby.The story is a familiar one, Steve Rogers was injected with the super soldier serum during World War II and became Americas number one butt kicker. He was accidentally frozen and woke up in modern times ready to fight once again as the leader of the Avengers.