Captain America

Captain America is the code name of a fictional comic book superhero, as well as the title to several films, both theatrically released and telemovies, based on the character. Captain America's real name is Steve Rogers, who was a patriotic American who volunteered for a top-secret government experiment that granted him enhanced strength, speed and reflexes. Captain America was created by writer Joe Simon and artist Jack Kirby and was introduced in the pages of Captain America Comics #1, published by Timely Comics in March, 1941.

In film, Captain America was first personified as a television movie dubbed Captain America in 1979, which aired on CBS on January 19th, 1979. A sequel film, Captain America II: Death Too Soon, was aired later that year over the course of two nights on November 23rd-November 24th, 1979. It was directed by Ivan Nagy with a script written by Wilton Schiller and Patricia Payne. In both of these films, the role of Captain America was played by actor Reb Brown.

In 2011, Captain America received his own big budget feature film, Captain America: The First Avenger, where he was played by actor Chris Evans. The character then appeared in the 2012 live-action theatrical film version of The Avengers, before circling back to his own franchise for Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which was released in 2014. These latter films are all considered part of the greater Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Films

 * Captain America (1979)
 * Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979)
 * Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
 * Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

Characters

 * Steve Rogers, The version of Captain America featured in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
 * Steve Rogers, Jr., The version of Captain America featured in Captain America (1979) and Captain America II: Death Too Soon.