10 Worst Things Captain America Has Done

7. Captain America, Mutant Slayer – Age Of X: Universe #2

Captain America Mystique
Marvel Comics

2011’s Age of X story arc takes place in an alternative reality where the relationship between mankind and mutants is explosive, to say the least.

In this world, Charles Xavier never formed The X-Men. As a result, humanity never truly became accepting or understanding of mutants and their unique abilities. And all of this wasn’t particularly helped by a young Jean Grey destroying Albany, New York and killing 600,000 people due to her having not had the guidance to control her powers.

A task force version of The Avengers is put together to hunt down and eradicate any and all mutant threats. With Captain America leading a group made up of Iron Man, Hulk, Sue Storm, Jessica Drew and Ghost Rider, one of the biggest shocks came when the team found Mystique. As the shape-shifter stood protecting a group of children, Captain America killed her.

The silver lining of all of this, however, was that Mystique’s death caused Cap to question what this war was all about. Well, until he was later killed himself by The Hulk.

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