Captain America in other media

Since the 1940s, the comic book character Captain America has been presented in a wide variety of other media, including serial films, feature films, animations, and video games.

Film

Animation

• Captain America appears as the de-facto protagonist in the Ultimate Avengers duology, voiced by Justin Gross.
• In the 2008 direct-to-video film Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow, Captain America and the Black Widow's son, James Rogers, voiced by Noah Crawford, is the main protagonist. James is a skilled martial artist like his parents and, by the end of the film, is the de facto leader of the group. He wields a wrist device that projects energy constructs of his father's shield, but it is destroyed by the Iron Black Widow. James then uses the original shield in the final battle with Ultron. Captain America however was killed by Ultron prior to the events of the film.
• Captain America appears in Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United, reprised by Roger Craig Smith.
• Captain America appears in Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors, with Roger Craig Smith reprising his role.
• Captain America appears in Lego Marvel Super Heroes - Black Panther: Trouble in Wakanda, with Roger Craig Smith reprising his role.

Television

1960s

Captain America appears in a self-titled segment of the 1966 The Marvel Super Heroes, voiced by Bernard Cowan.

In the 1969 movie Easy Rider, the character of Peter Fonda (1940-2019) is part of a motorcycle stunt riding duo dressing as ″Captain America & Billy″, wearing a Flag of the United States patch on the back of his leather jacket, with his helmet and motorcycle tank also being painted in ″Stars and Stripes″. Since, his Harley-Davidson chopper is called ″Captain America″. The original bike was stolen, numerous replicas have been made, and Fonda himself occasionally reprised his ″Captain America″ role.

1970s

• Captain America appeared in two 1979 live-action television movies that aired on CBS: Captain America, which aired January 19, 1979, and Captain America II: Death Too Soon, which was broadcast on November 23, 1979, both starring Reb Brown in the title role. This version is a former Marine turned artist whose father was a government agent in the 1940s, receiving the Captain America moniker due to his patriotic attitude. After receiving potentially fatal injuries in an accident, Rogers is given an experimental chemical formula called the FLAG (Full Latent Ability Gain) formula, which not only saves his life but also enhances his body with heightened strength and reflexes. These new abilities lead Dr. Simon Mills (Len Birman), the research biochemist and intelligence official who had told Rogers about his father, to recruit him and give Steve a costume based on his drawing. As Captain America, Rogers uses a specialized van which houses a modified motorcycle. Its functions include a rocket thruster, a reduced-noise stealth mode, and a hang glider structure which can allow the bike to glide to the ground with some forward momentum, although it must be jettisoned upon landing. The bike has a round windshield, described as being made of "Jet-Age plastics," with concentric circles that alternate between red and transparent around a centered star, blue in color. He is able to detach this, and he uses it as his shield on foot.
• In Captain America II: Death Too Soon, Brown's Steve Rogers is first shown sketching a portrait of a Mrs. Shawn (Susan French), who complains to him about a gang of muggers who have been stealing the proceeds from cashed Social Security checks; she denies having cashed her most recent one. He bids her to do this to set a trap for the muggers, and then he springs it as Captain America. In the meantime, a free-lance revolutionary terrorist calling himself General Miguel (Christopher Lee), planning to fight an unspecified war, kidnaps a Professor Ian Ilson (Christopher Cary) and forces him to resume his research in manipulative gerontology. Ilson has managed to formulate both a chemical that accelerates aging and the antidote to the same chemical, and Miguel, posing as the warden of a prison in Oregon near Portland, plans to use the chemicals in question to hold Portland hostage for a multimillion-dollar ransom. Ultimately Brown's Captain America and Lee's General Miguel directly clash face-to-face, and when Miguel throws a glass bottle of the aging accelerant into the air, hoping it will shatter against Captain America's body, the Captain throws his shield into the air, where it shatters the bottle in such a manner that the aging accelerant splashes Miguel instead, aging him to death.

Both of these films were released on DVD for the first time together in 2011 from Shout! Factory.

1980s

• Captain America appears in the Spider-Man episode "The Capture of Captain America", voiced by George DiCenzo.
• Captain America appears in Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, again voiced by George DiCenzo.
• Captain America also appeared in a 1980 public service announcement on energy conservation, in which he battled the Thermal Thief, the Wattage Waster, and the Cold Air Crook.

1990s

• Captain America appears in X-Men: The Animated Series, voiced by Lawrence Bayne. This version previously worked with Wolverine to rescue a scientist kidnapped by the Red Skull and the Nazis.
  • An alternate version of Captain America appeared in the episode "One Man's Worth". In a timeline in which Charles Xavier was murdered before founding the X-Men, Captain America is the leader of a task force of superhuman mutant hunters fighting a war against Magneto's Mutant Resistance.
• Captain America appears in Spider-Man, voiced by David Hayter. This version was trapped in a dimensional machine alongside the Red Skull during the end of World War II, before being freed in the present day.
• Captain America makes non-speaking cameo appearances in Fantastic Four.
• Captain America appears in The Avengers: United They Stand episode "Command Decision", voiced by Dan Chameroy.
• In the 1990s, a planned Captain America animated series from Saban Entertainment to air on Fox Kids proposed that Captain America's true name was Tommy Tompkins, with "Steve Rogers" being a cover name assigned to him by the U.S. Army. The Red Skull would appear as the main antagonist. The series was cancelled in pre-production due to Marvel's bankruptcy.

2000s

• Captain America appears in the X-Men: Evolution episode "Operation Rebirth". This version suffered cellular breakdown due to a defect in the super soldier serum, forcing him to be put into stasis until a cure can be found. Additionally, he previously worked with Wolverine to liberate a POW camp, where he saves a boy named Erik Lehnsherr, the future Magneto.
• Captain America appears in The Super Hero Squad Show voiced by Tom Kenny. This version is a member of the titular group who is heavily nostalgic for the 1930s and 1940s, and occasionally even forgets he is no longer in them.

2010s

• Captain America appears in the pilot episode of Black Panther, voiced by Adrian Pasdar.
• Captain America is featured in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, voiced by Brian Bloom. His frozen body is initially found and thawed out by the Avengers in the episode "Living Legend", and he joins the team at the end of the episode. At the end of the first-season finale, "A Day Unlike Any Other", Captain America is captured and replaced by a Skrull. In season two of episode "Prisoner of War", Captain America was held captive in the Skrull ship for two months, after which Captain America freed and helps others captive to escape from the Skrull ship. In the episode "Secret Invasion", Captain America returns to Earth and assists the Avengers in battling the Skrulls. In "Code Red", Iron Man officially makes Captain America the leader.
• Captain America appears in Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload, voiced by Roger Craig Smith.
• Captain America appears in the Toei anime series Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers, voiced by Kazuhiro Nakaya in Japanese dubbed version. In the English dubbed version, he is reprised by Roger Craig Smith.
• Captain America appears in the television special Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled, voiced again by Roger Craig Smith.
• Captain America appears in Marvel Future Avengers, with Kazuhiro Nakaya and Roger Craig Smith reprising their roles in the Japanese and English dubbed versions from Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers and various Marvel media respectively.

2020s

• A mural graffiti of the Steve Rogers incarnation appears in the Disney Television Animation series Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2023). The Sam Wilson incarnation of the character makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the episode "Today, I Am a Woman".
• Captain America appears in X-Men '97, voiced again by Josh Keaton.

Marvel Animation

• Captain America appears in Ultimate Spider-Man, voiced primarily by Roger Craig Smith, while Chris Cox voices him in the episode "Guardians of the Galaxy".
• Captain America appears in Avengers Assemble, voiced once again by Roger Craig Smith. Matthew Mercer was originally supposed to take over the role in Season 3, but instead Smith maintained it. In the first episode, Captain America is apparently destroyed by his enemy Red Skull, but it is then revealed that Red Skull captured him so he could body switch with Captain America, since he was dying and needed to switch bodies with him because of the super-soldier serum in him worked. Captain America then rejoins the team after Red Skull's defeat.
• Captain America appears the Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., voiced again by Roger Craig Smith. He has made a brief cameo appearance in the episode "Monsters No More". He later reappears in "Guardians of the Galaxy" along with the Avengers being Skrulls in disguise. In "Days of Future Smash: Year of the Hydra", He appeared in the past fighting alongside a time-traveling Hulk during World War II to stop The Leader and Red Skull from recreating Dr. Erskine's super soldier serum and augmenting it with gamma radiation. Simultaneously in an alternate future timeline, Captain America fights to save the world as it was taken over by Hydra and run by The Leader. In this timeline, Captain America was never frozen but despite being in his late nineties, the super soldier serum in his body appeared to retard his aging, still in peak physical condition and appearing only in his mid/late forties. Ultimately, Hulk and past-Captain America stop The Leader, returning the timeline to its original settings.
• Captain America appears in Guardians of the Galaxy, voiced again by Roger Craig Smith.
• Captain America appears in the Spider-Man episode “School of Hard Knocks”, again voiced by Roger Craig Smith.

Marvel Cinematic Universe

• The Marvel Cinematic Universe version of Captain America briefly appears via stock footage in the pilot episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. In November 2013, Jed Whedon, the co-creator of the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., said that there were plans to reference events from Captain America: The Winter Soldier in the show. In March 2014, a promotional logo for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. surfaced which features an image of Captain America's shield, teasing the series of episodes dubbed "Uprising".
• In April 2016, ahead of the release of the Captain America: Civil War film and after the final season of Agent Carter, ABC aired an official Marvel documentary entitled Captain America: 75 Heroic Years, exploring Captain America's history and featuring Chris Evans, Stan Lee, Steve Engelhardt and more.
• Captain America was referenced several times in Jessica Jones for his involvement in the Battle of New York. In Episode 5 "AKA The Sandwich Saved Me," a child can be seen running around in a Captain America costume.
• In The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Sam Wilson gives up the shield after the events of Avengers: Endgame and the US government hands the shield and the mantle of Captain America to John Walker. After he kills a member of the Flag Smashers in view of the public, Wilson and Bucky Barnes take the shield from Walker and he is stripped of the Captain America title by the government. Wilson then decides to take the mantle of Captain America after witnessing the injustice visited upon Black Super Soldier Isaiah Bradley by the government. The series ends with the title card Captain America and the Winter Soldier.
• Alternate versions of Captain America/Steve Rogers from the multiverse appear in the animated series What If...?. He is voiced by Josh Keaton, replacing Chris Evans for the show.

Video games

• Captain America appears in Captain America in: The Doom Tube of Dr. Megalomann.
• Captain America appears in Spider-Man and Captain America in Doctor Doom's Revenge.
• Captain America appears as a playable character in Captain America and the Avengers.
• Captain America appears as a playable character in the Marvel vs. Capcom series, voiced initially by Cal Dodd and later by Brian Bloom.
• Captain America appears in Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage.
• Captain America appears in Avengers in Galactic Storm.
• Captain America appears in Venom/Spider-Man: Separation Anxiety.
• Captain America appears as a playable character in Marvel Super Heroes In War of the Gems.
• Captain America appears Spider-Man (2000).
• Captain America appears in The Amazing Spider-Man.
• Captain America appears as a playable character in the PSP version of Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects.
• Captain America appears as a playable character in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, voiced by Trev Broudy. He is seen mostly in the cut scenes with Spider-Man, Thor, and Wolverine. His costumes include his classic, Ultimate, WWII, and U.S. Agent outfits. A simulation disk has Captain America preventing Winter Soldier from launching missiles from the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier. In the cut-scenes, he wears his Ultimate counterpart's costume.
• Captain America appears as a playable character in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, voiced by David Kaye. As in the storyline the game is based on, Cap leads the Anti-Registration forces against the Superhuman Registration Act, locked in the anti-registration team along with Luke Cage and Iron Fist.
• Captain America appears as a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad and its sequel, voiced by Tom Kenny.
• A Captain America costume is available as downloadable content for LittleBigPlanet, as part of "Marvel Costume Kit 3".
• Captain America appears in Captain America: Super Soldier, voiced by Chris Evans.
• Captain America appears as a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad.
• Captain America appears as a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online.
• Captain America appears as a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet.
• Captain America appears as a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat voiced by Tom Kenny.
• Captain America appears as a playable character in Marvel: Avengers Alliance.
• Captain America appears in the mobile game Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty.
• Captain America appears as a playable character in Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth.
• CCaptain America appears as a playable character in the mobile game Avengers Initiative.
• Captain America appears as a playable character in Marvel Heroes, voiced by Brian Bloom.
• Captain America appears as a playable character in Lego Marvel Super Heroes, voiced again by Roger Craig Smith.
• Captain America appears as a playable character in Marvel Avengers Alliance Tactics.
• Captain America appears as a playable character in Marvel: Contest of Champions.
• Captain America appears as a playable character in Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes, voiced again by Roger Craig Smith.
• Captain America is a playable character in Marvel Mighty Heroes.
• Captain America appears as a playable character on Disney Infinity 3.0, with Roger Craig Smith reprising his role.
• Captain America appears as a playable character in Lego Marvel's Avengers, voiced by Chris Evans.
• Captain America appears as a playable character in Marvel: Future Fight.
• Captain America appears as a playable character in Marvel Strike Force.
• Captain America appears in Marvel Avengers Academy, voiced by Dean Panaro.
• Captain America appears as a playable character in Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, voiced again by Brian Bloom.
• Captain America appears as a playable character in Marvel Puzzle Quest.
• Captain America appears as a playable character in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2, voiced by Josh Cowdery. Several variants of the character also appear, including his pilot attire, his Secret Empire counterpart, his Wild West counterpart, Capwolf, and Captain Avalon.
• Captain America is parodied as "Captain Steroid" in Hollywhoot: Idle Hollywood Parody.
• Captain America appears as a playable character in Marvel Powers United VR, voiced again by Roger Craig Smith.
• Captain America appears as a playable character in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order, voiced again by Brian Bloom.
• Captain America appears as a playable character in Marvel Dimension of Heroes, voiced again by Brian Bloom.
• Captain America appears as a purchasable outfit in Fortnite Battle Royale.
• Captain America appears as a playable character in Marvel's Avengers, voiced by Jeff Schine.
• Captain America appears as a playable character in Marvel Future Revolution, voiced again by Brian Bloom. Many other versions of Steve Rogers from alternate realities also appear as NPCs, namely one who led a gladiator rebellion on Sakaar and one who became a thrall of Dormammu.
• Captain America appears as a playable character in Marvel's Midnight Suns, voiced again by Brian Bloom.
• Captain America will be a playable character in Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra, voiced by Drew Moerlein.

Motion comics

• Captain America appears in the Spider-Woman: Agent of S.W.O.R.D. motion comic, voiced by Jeffrey Hedquist.
• Captain America appears in the Ultimate Hulk vs. Wolverine motion comic, voiced by Trevor Devall.
• Captain America appears in the Wolverine versus Sabretooth motion comic, voiced again by Trevor Devall.
• Captain America appears in the Wolverine: Weapon X motion comic, voiced by Clay St. Thomas.

Novels

Captain America was the subject of Marvel's second foray into prose book licensing: The Great Gold Steal by Ted White in 1968, following an Avengers novel in 1967. This novel presented a different version of Captain America. The novel adds a further element to the Super-Soldier process wherein Rogers' bones are plated with stainless steel. The character later appears in Captain America: Holocaust For Hire by Joseph Silva published by Pocket Books in 1979 and Captain America: Liberty's Torch by Tony Isabella and Bob Ingersoll published in 1998, in which the hero is put on trial for the imagined crimes of America by a hostile militia group.

Live performances

• In 1985, a musical about Captain America was announced for Broadway. The piece, written by Mel Mandel and Norman Sachs, never actually premiered, although recordings of the score have surfaced.
• Captain America was one of the superheroes portrayed in the 1987 live adaptation of Spider-Man and Mary Jane Watson's wedding performed at Shea Stadium.
• Captain America appears in the stage show Marvel Universe Live!.

Fine arts

In July 2016, Marvel and Disney announced that they would be unveiling a 13-foot-tall, one ton bronze statue of Captain America at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con. The statue, designed by artists at Marvel and Comicave Studios, would tour the United States before its destination in Brooklyn, the character's hometown in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The statue had a dedication ceremony at Brooklyn's Prospect Park on August 10, 2016, stayed there for two weeks before going to Barclays Center for a month, and has since been on display at a Bed Bath & Beyond complex at Industry City - it does not yet have a permanent home.

Starting with the Pop Art period and on a continuing basis, since the 1960s the character of Captain America has been "appropriated" by multiple visual artists and incorporated into contemporary artwork, most notably by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Mel Ramos, Dulce Pinzon, Mr. Brainwash, and others.

Intellectual property rights

Marvel Comics has held several trademark registrations for the name "Captain America" as well as the distinctive logos used on the comic book series and in the associated merchandising. An application was filed on August 10, 1967, for use in comic books and magazines and a registration was granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on August 13, 1968. Marvel's parent company, Disney, received a design patent on Captain America's shield in 2018.

Infringement case

The Scottish Indie rock band Eugenius was formerly known as Captain America and released the Wow (1991) and Flame On (1992) eps under that name. The threat of legal action by Marvel Comics made the band change its name.

References

External links

• Captain America: The First Avenger at IMDb