Captain America (1966– )

The patriot sole recipient of a revolutionary body enhancement project battles evil as the star spangled defender of America.

Stars:

Arthur Pierce, Paul Kligman, Paul Soles

Cast

Series cast summary:
Arthur Pierce	...	Captain America (5 episodes, 1966)
Paul Kligman	...	Red Skull (4 episodes, 1966)
Paul Soles	...	Rick Jones (3 episodes, 1966)

Storyline

In 1941, Steve Rogers, a sickly young man is the test subject of a US body enhancement project called Operation: Rebirth. The experiment was a complete success with Steve Rogers' physionomy suddenly raised to the maximum human potential. Unfortunately, at that triumph, the lead scientist was immediately assassinated by a Nazi spy and the formula was irretrievably lost. With Steve Rogers, the US government, aware that war with Nazi Germany was probably imminent, decided to make the most of their resource by appointing him as their propaganda symbol/government agent/superhero, Captain America. Armed only with an indestructible shield which he can throw as a weapon, we follow his adventures in World War II with his sidekick, Bucky, as he battles against the Axis forces and especially Nazi Germany's head of terrorist operations, The Red Skull. In addition we follow his further adventures after he reemerged in contemporary times out of accidental suspended animation to face all the threats...

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Plot Keywords:

nazi | shield | sidekick | experiment | super villain | 

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Genres:

Animation | Action

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Details

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Capitão América

Company Credits

Production Co:

Grantray-Lawrence Animation, Marvel Enterprises

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jerry Siegel, one of the creators of Superman, wrote the dialogue and adventures of the cartoon Captain.

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Connections

Version of The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

User Reviews

Range of Materials Covered

It would be pointless for me to do a long review of this show because I've already reviewed Marvel Superheroes, and my review of the blanket title will mostly suffice for this show. What makes this one very slightly different is that episodes cover not only Cap's solo series (both "present day" and World War II) but also the Avengers when he was leading Hawkeye, Quicksilver, and Scarlet Witch. Beyond that, the same unintentionally funny animation and sound effects as the rest of the original Marvel Superheroes line.