10 Things Everyone Always Gets Wrong About Captain America
Was he REALLY 'The First Avenger'?
Captain America is one of the most well-established characters in the Marvel Universe, but for the folks who know him best thanks to his appearances in the MCU, there's a lot of confusion surrounding the character. Chris Evans' performance has helped to define the MCU, but like all films, it's not a perfect representation of the comic book character.
That makes a lot of sense seeing as Captain America has been appearing in comic books since 1941. There are literally thousands of comics relating to Captain America, which means a few movie appearances will never come close to approximating his entire history.
As a result, there's a lot about Captain America that fans get wrong. Whether it's the character's origins, his abilities or even what he's gotten up to over the years, misconceptions are rife and have to be addressed.
This list takes a look back at Captain America's long history in comics and identifies the 10 things most people get wrong about the character. Whatever you think you know about Cap, be prepared to learn some of the things you may have gotten wrong about him over the years.
10. Howard Stark Created Cap's Shield
It's pretty clear where Steve Rogers got his iconic shield in the movies. Howard Stark cobbled together all of the Vibranium known to exist in the world and fashioned it into a shield for the First Avenger, but that's not how it went down in the comics.
When Cap got his Vibranium shield in the comics, it was a much bigger deal than what was shown on the silver screen. Instead of someone just handing it to him as part of his accession to become the first Super Soldier, he had to go on some adventures first.
With his kid sidekick Bucky Barnes, Captain America traveled about the globe for some time before he received his shield, but it wasn't from some scientist, it was from the President of the United States himself!
That's right, Franklin Delano Roosevelt presented Captain America with his iconic shield back in the day. To be clear, he used a different shield up to that point, but it wasn't a disc-shaped shield and it wasn't made of Vibranium. That shield was given to Cap in Captain America #255 by FDR, and it has remained pretty much the same ever since.