Dr. Abraham Erskine
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Bio: After becoming disillusioned with Adolf Hitler's ideas for the Ayaran race, Erskine fled Germany for the United States where he continued his work for a "super-soldier serum." Given the code-name "Dr. Reinstein" Erksine led Operation: Rebirth, evidently financed by President Roosevelt before America entered World War II. This project's center was located in a gloomy-looking curio shop on a side-street, evidently in Washington. It took months to find the proper 4F specimen whose body would react well with the tissue-building formulae. This experiment had been so well-guarded that only Erskine knew the formulae and he comitted it to memory. There were no written notes for enemy agents to steal... or so it was thought. Actually, he had written it down, only to destroy it afterwards, and at least one enemy agent did get a glimpse of it. However, Erskine later realized the formula would make one mentally unstable without "vita-rays" he invented to stabilize the process.
Unfortunately, despite the unprecendented security, a Gestapo spy broke in and killed Erskine after Rogers became, under the influence of the chemical, a well-muscled paragon of humanity. Rogers killed the Gestapo spy and the U.S. government, finding they had spent all that money to create one superlative soldier, decided to make him into a living propaganda figure and fighter for freedom, called Captain America.
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First Appearance: Captain America Comics (1941) #1 Favorite Characters:
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Issue Appearances: Adventures Of Captain America (1991)
#1 - 'First Flight Of The Eagle' Avengers: The Initiative (2007)
Blood and Glory (1992)
#3 - 'Establish the Blessings of Liberty' Bullet Points (2007)
Capitaine America (1970)
#2 - 'Les debuts d`un heros!' #36 - 'Capitaine America doit mourir!' #74/75 - 'Comment ce fut vraiment!' #114/115 - 'La legende vivante' Captain America (1968)
Annual 08 - 'Tess-One' Annual 10#109 - 'The Hero That Was!' #121 - 'The Coming of... the Man-Brute!' #176 - 'Captain America Must Die!' #215 - 'The Way it REALLY Was!' #218 - 'One Day in Newfoundland!' #255 - 'The Living Legend' #301 - 'All Good Things...' #448 - 'Operation: Rebirth Conclusion: American Dream' #616 Captain America (1998)
Annual 2000 - 'Who Is... Protocide?!' #25 - 'Twisted Tomorrows, Part 1 of 3' #37 - 'Brothers' Captain America (2005)
Captain America (2011)
Captain America & the Korvac Saga (2011)
Captain America Comic-Taschenbuch (1988)
#17 - 'Unter Legenden' #19 - 'Captain America in der Falle' Captain America Comics (1941)
Captain America Comics (Faksimile) (1999)
Captain America: America's Avenger (2011)
Captain America: Reborn (2009)
Captain America: The 1940s Newspaper Strip (2010)
Captain America: The Classic Years (1990)
DC gegen Marvel (1996)
DC Versus Marvel/Marvel Versus DC (1996)
#4 - 'DC Versus Marvel/Marvel Versus DC: Round Four' Giant-Size Invaders (1975)
#1 - 'The Coming of the Invaders!' Kapteeni Amerikka: Mies joka osti Amerikan (2012)
Marvel Legends (2007)
Marvel Limited: Fantastic Firsts (1994)
Marvel Super Action (1977)
#11 - 'That Hero That Was' Mythos (2008)
Mythos: Captain America (2008)
Secret Avengers (2010)
#9 - 'Eyes of the Dragon, Part 4 of 5' Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier (2010)
Tales of Suspense (1959)
The Best of Marvel Comics (1987)
The Marvels Project (2009)
Thunderbolts Presents: Zemo - Born Better (2007)
#4 - 'History in the Making' Group Affiliation(s): None. Famous Quotes: - Add a Famous Quote None.
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