Amph "On your left." - Captain America (Brave New World)

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I didn't really understand what Redford's character was up to

 

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The IGN review has me very very excited.

 

the thing with captain america is - I'm not sure what his limitations are , can he take a bullet ? I mean what injuries can he survive ?

 

Well, he blocks bullets with the shield, so my presumption is that they would do some damage if they connected.

 

He was killed by a single bullet (sorta kinda), after all. He is not immortal nor does he have a healing factor akin to Wolverine's.

 

He can't take a bullet, that's why he has the shield. In fact, that's what lead to the whole, "Death Of Captain America" storyline in the comics. He's had his ribs broke, his nose has bled and he's been battered and bruised. In one "What-If...?" tale....



...the story took the idea that Steve Rogers wasn't able to escape an explosion in time and was badly injured. After several attempts at replacing him, it fell to Frank Castle before his family was killed. When his family was killed, Frank started to abandon the Captain America role and became the Punisher. A cybernetic Steve Rogers had to stop him and ultimately, Frank returned to the role and Steven continued as the Captain.

 

Captain America is always described as "the pinnacle of human physical capabilities". This peak human thing gets thrown around enough for other characters to the point of annoyance. The olympic record clean and jerk is 585 pounds, Cap can do more than 800. Depending on the source he can sprint anywhere from 30 to 40 miles per hour. Bolt? I think it was 23 mph? Throw in a fighting skill that would make Bruce Lee jealous, full military training, endurance beyond any olympic runner or swimmer, and you get Cap. The Ultimates Captain America, which the films are based on, has low end super strength to go with it, lifting right around 2 tons. So he might be able to move a bit faster to boot.

Daredevil, Batman, Iron Fist, Shang Chi, all thse folks and those liek them can only stand up to Cap in a fight because some writer likes it that way.

 

He's not a mutant and he's first and foremost an Avengers villain. I'm sure Marvel Studios owns Taskmaster.

 

Apparently the critics love it

 

Check this out.

Strength.





Combat.

 

Yes, I've seen all of those.

 

Where is that last page from, Sinister?

 

It's Amalgam. They have Cap lose because people voted that way, and it came down to a Batarang vs Shield throw. I hated Amalagam.

 

Yeah, I just remembered. I had that series too.

 

The fights sucked but the mashups were so goofy and fun that I have to love it.

 

But ditto Cap standing up to Spidey et al in a fight. Since the mid-Eighties, no-one has benefited from writers' favouritism than Cap, not even Wolverine.

 

But they have also had Punisher beat Spidey, yet he is even with Daredevil. Oh sure Cap gets the favouritism but it never struck me as such in the way Batman gets it.

 

The favouritism has always struck me as huge, but I'll readily admit to having a chip on my shoulder about it since the Eighties, when Grunwald and Shooter decided that Cap was the best hero ever.

 

He got his powers from a SHIELD experiment, not from birth, and he hasn't been that much of a Deadpool character, other than some fantastic and memorable guest appearances (that admittedly might have returned him to the spotlight) and his stint on the Agent X spin-off. On the other hand, in the last decade he's been part of the rooster of two different Avengers books. I don't know, they might have shared rights, but I doubt it.

 

He was still appearing in Thunderbolts and Avengers back then, so still unlikely.