Chris Evans has grown in his role as Steve Rogers for the past six years and Captain America movies have become the most entertaining movie in the MCU. But, we have to admit that all good things must end and the last rumor hinted the fact that Chris wants to hang his shield after Avengers: Infinity War which will be released next year. Yes, Captain America was rumored to be ended in the movie Avengers: Endgame and made Chris Evans stopped being the Avengers leader,. But did you know that Captain America has several version of his death in the comic book! Are you curious? Let’s take a look!

7. Infinity Gauntlet

In the Infinity Gauntlet #4 comic released in 1991 tells a story of Adam Warlock who create a superhero team that aims to defeat Thanos. But, the team failed to defeat the power that Thanos possessed. One by one the members of the team was defeated by Thanos, with Captain America as the sole survivor. That time, Thanos thought that Captain America was the team leader who wants to defeat him. Captain America then completely defeated until his Vibranium shield was destroyed. Thanos continued to attack him until Steve Rogers said, "it's not over until the fat lady sings". After he said that, Thanos killed him in one blow.

6. Civil War

Civil War was indeed tell a story of war between Captain America and Iron Man. This incident which involved many superheroes who were divided into two sides, team Captain America and team Iron Man. The conflict in Civil War in the comic was not really different from the movie Captain America: Civil War that released in 2016. But the difference was, in the comic, Captain America was dead when he saved Sharon Carter, his girlfriend who was a target of a long-range shot by Crossbones. And at the end, Captain America’s death made Bucky Barnes to find who is the culprit behind the murder and he blamed Iron Man.

5. Captain America #111

Avengers #4 comic tells us about the first death of Captain America, however Captain America #111 successfully made Marvel fans to really believe that Steve Rogers was killed. In the comic, it was told that Steve Rogers’ identity as Captain America was publicly known. Until 1969, when Captain America with his partner Rick Jones tried to defeat Hydra, the Captain America who was with Jones at that time turned out to be a Life Model Decoy (LMD), an android that has the ability to imitate someone. The android then wearing Steve Rogers mask to fake the Captain’s death. The plan was succeeded in tricking the public, including Marvel fans who read the comic.

4. Captain America #443

It turns out that super strength serum that was injected into Steve Rogers’ body has its expiration time. In Captain America #443 comic released in 1995, narrated that Steve Rogers had 24 hours to survive. The effect of the serum was slowly disappearing and made him physically weakened. This caused him to use special armor made by Tony Stark. Not only that, his heart disease was reappearing and his body was not as muscular as it was before. In his vulnerable state, he left Avengers headquarter because he didn’t want to burden his teammate. On his attempt to flee, dying Steve Rogers was kidnapped by Red Skull who wanted to revive him.

3. Onslaught

In the 90’s, all of superheroes in Marvel were narrated to have face one of the strongest villain named Onslaught. He was written as a sentient psionic entity created from the consciousness of two mutants: Professor Charles Xavier and Magneto. Almost all of the superheroes in Marvel Universe cannot defeat him, until Reed Richards found out that there was one non-mutant superhero who can absorb his power. Captain America was one of the superheroes who died in the battle.

2. Secret Wars

Secret Wars comic series is one of the biggest crossover stories in the history of Marvel Comics. The series narrated The Avengers, X-Men and Fantastic Four join forces in the battle against Beyonder. Doctor Doom who possessed Beyonder’s power became the main villain until Captain America finally faced him. Captain America was not strong enough to face him and eventually lose.

1. Avengers #4

Avengers #4 which released in 1963, told a story of Captain America who was in the Silver Age. This became Captain America’s first death in the Marvel timeline. In the comic book, it was explained that Captain America presumed dead since 1945. In the comic, he involved in a plane crash after his attempt to tame a giant bomb. After finishing his duty, he fell into the ocean and his body was frozen for a few decade, until his body was found by Namor and returned it to the Avengers.

So, those are the seven versions of most heartbreaking Captain America’s death in the comic book. Are you curious of how will Steve Rogers’ died in Avengers: Endgame later? Follow DuniaGames.co.id for other interesting information about games.

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