8. The Human Torch (Captain America: The First Avenger)
This could get confusing. Because when somebody mentions "the Human Torch," you're probably thinking about the character from the
Fantastic Four - you know, the guy who shouts "flame on!" all the time. Who happened to be played by Chris Evans when they made that into a movie. And Chris Evans plays Captain America in the movie we're discussing now. But we're not talking about
that Human Torch here, we're talking about the original 1939 character, who can be glimpsed briefly in
The First Avenger at a science convention (now breathe). The original Human Torch, from the Golden Age of comic books, was an android character who started out as something of a villain, and later became a superhero. The character eventually fell into obscurity while Captain America prospered, and is something of a forgotten relic today. But you can catch sight of this character during a a quick panning shot at the World's Fair sequence, billed under a marquee that says "Dr. Phineas Horton Presents The Synthetic Man!" Dr. Phineas Horton was the guy who created The Human Torch in the comic.