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Actually the Super-Solider Serum is what preserved him in suspended animation, as stated in many handbooks.

This isn't the first time Captain America's super-soldier serum began to fail him either. See Captain America #425-445 where it was causing a degeneration of his body. He was restored to normal thanks to a blood transfusion from the Red Skull (who at the time lived in a cloned body of Captain America) in Captain America #446.

That said, to think that Steve Rogers is going to stay old forever is silly. You know Marvel isn't going to retire Captain America and I suspect he'll be back to normal in time for Avengers 2 or Captain America 3. Which was the case when the first Captain America film came out, prior to its release Cap was "dead" and Bucky took over. An lo and behold by the time the movie came out, Steve Rogers was back to being Captain America.

Some advice who has been reading comics for almost 30 years: When they make a huge change like this, don't get bent out of shape because things always eventually go back to the status quo. Superior Spider-Man is a great example, and you can bet the "death" of Wolverine isn't going to last very long either.

All these things are meant to boost sales by getting fans (ie you) either emotionally charged enough to buy the comics and find out what happened, or to buy a lot of copies thinking it'll be a collectors item some day (Which, in all honesty it won't, not the way they publish comic books now)

So take a deep breath, stop dissecting every little thing -- you know, suspend your disbelief -- and just enjoy the ride, things will eventually go back to normal, and all this stressing over piddly little details will have been a waste of energy.