Appearing in "Meet Captain America"
Captain America Comics #1
Featured Characters:
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (First appearance) (Joins Operation: Rebirth and United States Army)
Supporting Characters:
- Operation: Rebirth (First appearance) (Unnamed)
- United States Army
- General Phillips (First appearance) (Unnamed)
- Bucky (Bucky Barnes) (First appearance)
- FBI (First appearance)
- J. Arthur Grover (First appearance; dies)
- Agent X-13 (First appearance)
- Professor Reinstein (First appearance; dies)
- United States Army
Antagonists:
- Nazis
- Fifth Column
- Gestapo (First appearance)
- Heinz Kruger (First appearance; dies) (Unnamed)
Other Characters:
- American Munitions Inc. (Name only)
- Adolf Hitler (Mentioned)
- United States Government
- Human Torch (Jim Hammond) (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- Washington, D.C.
- Capitol Building
- White House
- Curios Shop (First appearance)
- American Munitions Inc. Building (Destroyed)
- Virginia (First appearance)
- Arlington County (First appearance)
- Camp Lehigh (First appearance)
- Arlington County (First appearance)
- Washington, D.C.
- United States of America
- Europe (Referenced)
- North America
- Earth
Items:
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield (First appearance)
- Super-Soldier Serum (First appearance)
Events:
Synopsis for "Meet Captain America"
Captain America Comics #1
A short prologue outlines the young men of America joining the army, and the threat of the fifth columnists: Nazi spies hidden deep within the American forces. Two fifth columnists in American uniform blow up a local munitions factory that is supplying the local army camp.
Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C., two army generals visit President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and inform him of the threat, noting that every command he makes is sent back to Germany and nothing can be kept secret, even amongst his closest aides. The President asks them what they intend to do. After jokingly recommending that they send a comic book hero like the Human Torch into the army, he introduces them to J. Arthur Grover, the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who has a counter-sabotage plan.
The men all change into civilian clothes and get into a car, where they are taken to an old curio shop. An old woman greets them armed with a gun. She informs them that "the formula" has been found, and it will not disappoint them this time. A man, dressed in lab clothes, greets them and ushers them into the viewing gallery of a secret lab, where a frail young man is attached to a machine, and the old woman tears off her mask revealing X-13, one of Grover's best agents. A doctor injects the young man with a liquid, and he starts to grow until he is above the normal human physique. The doctor also notes that his intelligence and strength have increased. The doctor christens him Captain America, and tells him that his duty is to protect the American shores from Nazi spies and saboteurs.
Suddenly, one of the army officials, secretly working for the Gestapo, pulls out a gun and shoots the doctor, Professor Reinstein. A second shot then obliterates the serum that gave Captain America his powers, meaning no more super soldiers can be created. He lets out a third shot, hitting Grover, before Cap bursts through the glass and beats him into submission. The barely conscious spy stumbles into a large electrical device, shocking him to death.
Now clad in a colorful red-white-and-blue uniform, Captain America embarks on his mission of stopping Nazi plots, making him world-famous as the press and public wonder "Who is Captain America?".
Later, at the U.S. Army's Camp Lehigh, the camp mascot, 'Bucky' Barnes, shows his friend, Private Steve Rogers, a news report of Cap's latest victory, and says that he would love to meet him. That night, he walks in on Steve changing into Captain America's uniform, preparing for more exploits. Having made this discovery, Steve says that Bucky must keep his identity secret, and asks if he would like to be his sidekick. They suit up, and together run off to stop Nazi threats.
Appearing in "Case No. 2"
Captain America Comics #1
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Nazis
- Sando (von Krantz) (First appearance)
- Omar (First appearance)
- Numerous unnamed grunts
Other Characters:
- United States Army (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Numerous unnamed soldiers (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Adolf Hitler (Mentioned)
- Gestapo (Mentioned)
- United States Government (Mentioned)
- FBI (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- Olympia Theater
- New Jersey
- Fort Bix (First appearance)
- Hilltown Bridge (Only on screen as a static image or video record) (Destroyed)
- United States of America
- Earth
Items:
Events:
Synopsis for "Case No. 2"
Captain America Comics #1
Tickets are being sold for the performance of the psychics, Sando (Von Krantz) & Omar, for only ten cents each. On stage, Sando looks into the eyes of a dwarfed Omar. Sando asks Omar what he thinks is to come and his prediction of a terrible accident at Fort Bix is projected onto a crystal ball. At that very instant Fort Bix is shaken by a terrific blast. Meanwhile, Steve and Bucky are reading about the psychics in the newspaper. Bucky thinks they are phony and the two decide to visit the theater. Yet again, the weird performance is repeated while Steve and Bucky are in the audience. This time, Omar sees Hilltown bridge collapsing. Steve and Bucky rush to prevent the disaster but they are too late.
The duo returns to the theater to found out how Sando & Omar knew about the disaster. Suddenly, a woman's shrill cry for help causes Captain America to whirl about. He follows the scream to Sando’s dressing room. A couple of gun men are holding Betsy Ross captured. Sando reveals that he is Von Krantz and has plan a chain of disasters that will destroy the morale of the United States. Betsy Ross reveals that Omar is just a poor idiotic tool. As the battle begins, Von Krantz tries to bomb the place. However, Bucky throws out the bomb through a window. The duo wins and Betsy Ross wants to thank them, but Captain America only says goodnight and leaves.
Appearing in "The Origin of Captain America!"
Tales of Suspense #63
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- United States Army
- Bucky (Bucky Barnes) (See chronology)
- Operation Rebirth (Name revealed)
- Under-Secretary Simms (First appearance) (Unnamed) (See chronology)
- General Phillips (Unnamed) (See chronology)
- Dr. Anderson (First appearance) (See chronology)
- Agent R (First appearance as Agent R) (See chronology)
- Dr. Erskine (Death) (Name revealed) (See chronology)
- Sgt. Mike Duffy (Unnamed)
Antagonists:
- Nazis
- Gestapo
- Heinz Kruger (Death) (Unnamed) (See chronology)
- Numerous unnamed spies and saboteurs
- Kriegsmarine
- Numerous unnamed soldiers
- Gestapo
Other Characters:
- Manhattan Project (Referenced)
- United States Government
- God (Mentioned)
- Adolf Hitler (Invoked)
- Daily Chronicle (Name only)
- Daily Observer (Name only)
- Telegraph (Name only)
- George Barnes (Referenced) (Unnamed) (Bucky's Father)
- Star-Chronicle (Name only)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- United States of America
- American Munitions Inc. Building (Destroyed)
- Washington, D.C.
- Virginia
- United States of America
Items:
Vehicles:
Events:
Synopsis for "The Origin of Captain America!"
Tales of Suspense #63
This story is a retelling of Captain America's origins. In the 1940's young Steve Rogers who was rejected from joining the military because of his frail body. However he is chosen for a top secret project to create the perfect soldier. Given a formula by Dr. Erskine his body is transformed into one of peak efficiency. After Steve Rogers is transformed however, Erskine is killed by a Nazi spy, who in turn is killed by Rogers. Erskine's secret formula would die with him, however Steve Rogers would become Captain America.
The tale would gloss over how Captain America would bust up Nazi spy rings as Captain America, but in his civilian guise he'd pretend to be a bumbling soldier under the command of Sergeant Duffy, and the mentor for his units mascot Bucky Barnes.
Bucky would one night stumble upon Steve changing into Captain America and would convince him to join him in combat as his sidekick, Bucky. Their first mission together would be to break up some Nazi's sneaking into the country and using their own explosives to destroy the submarine they arrived in.