Captain America Almost Destroyed the Avengers With One Addiction
The Avengers are a superhero team within Marvel Comics that is as established as the ‘Marvel’ brand itself, but while the Avengers are a flagship team now, it wasn’t always–and Captain America nearly destroyed the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes with one addiction.
Steve Rogers aka Captain America became the Super Soldier fans know and love today after he was subjected to experimental testing by the U.S. government resulting in Rogers becoming a full-blown superhero. While he was designed to be the greatest weapon for the Allied Forces in World War II, he was presumed dead after he and his sidekick, Bucky, took down a Nazi warplane near the end of the war. However, he was simply frozen in a block of ice and was later discovered by the Avengers and joined the team. Rather than taking a much-needed rest, Rogers couldn’t wait to get back into the action with his fellow superheroes—so much so that even being a hero on the Avengers soon wasn’t enough for him.
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In Avengers #19 by Stan Lee and Don Heck, Captain America is feeling discouraged as he sent a letter to Nick Fury asking to join his special forces team within SHIELD, but hasn’t heard back. At this point on the Avengers team, there are no founding members left as Iron Man, Ant-Man, Wasp, and Thor have decided to take an indefinite leave of absence. So, Captain America is the leader over the new members: Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver—all of whom began their careers as villains and are totally new to the superhero scene. Basically, Captain America is the only thing holding this team together but he feels underappreciated and underutilized. In this issue, it had been some time since the last
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