12 Captain America Moments That Shocked The World
8. The Story Of The First Captain America
Steve Rogers became Captain America after he was injected with the Super Soldier Serum during WWII. However, he wasn’t the first test subject. An African-American called Isaiah Bradley was a guinea pig for the same experiment
Nobody expected him to survive the injection because the Serum wasn’t ready yet. However, the Serum reacted with his DNA perfectly and Bradley became a Super Soldier.
Since it was the 1940s - an era defined by institutional racism, white supremacy and racial segregation - the American government forgot about Bradley. However, his grandson, Eli, became a superhero called Patriot to carry the legacy that his grandfather deserved.