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Captain America (2099)

Universe
Marvel 2099 (Earth-928)

Real Name
Steve Rogers

Aliases
None

Identity
Publicly Known (as Steve Rogers), Secret (as clone)

Occupation
One time President of the United States

Citizenship
Citizen of the United States

Place of Birth
Unrevealed

Known Relatives
None

Group Affiliation
None

Education
Unrevealed

Height
6'2"

Weight
240 lbs

Eyes
Blue

Hair
Blonde

Powers
Captain America represents the pinnacle of human physical perfection. Captain America has a very high intelligence as well as agility, strength, speed, endurance, and reaction time superior to any Olympic athlete who ever competed. The Super-Soldier formula that he has metabolized has enhanced all of his bodily functions to the peak of human efficiency. Most notably, his body eliminates the excessive build-up of fatigue-producing poisons in his muscles, granting him phenomenal endurance.

Abilities
Captain America has mastered the martial arts of American-style boxing and judo, and has combined these disciplines with his own unique hand-to-hand style of combat. He has also shown skill and knowledge of a number of other martial arts. He engages in a daily regimen of rigorous exercise (including aerobics, weight lifting, gymnastics, and simulated combat) to keep himself in peak condition. Captain America is one of the finest human combatants Earth has ever known.

Weapons
Captain America's only weapon is his shield, a concave disk 2.5 feet in diameter, weighing 12 pounds. It is made of a unique Vibranium-metal alloy that has never been duplicated. The shield was cast by American metallurgist Dr. Myron MacLain, who was contracted by the U.S. government to create an impenetrable substance to use for tanks during World War II. MacLain was never able to duplicate the process due to his inability to identify a still unknown factor that played a role in it. The shield was awarded to Captain America by the government several months after the beginning of his career. The shield has great aerodynamic properties: it is able to slice through the air with minimal wind resistance and deflection of path. Its great overall resilience, combined with its natural concentric stiffness, enables it to rebound from objects with minimal loss of angular momentum. It is virtually indestructible: it is resistant to penetration, temperature extremes, and the entire electromagnetic spectrum of radiation. The only way it can be damaged in any way is by tampering with its molecular bonding.

First Appearance
Doom (2099) #33

Significant Issues
Doom (2099) #33 (intro), Doom (2099) #38 (death)

Steve Rogers was a genetically engineered creation of Anthony Herod in the year 2099, designed and released to become a figurehead for the replacement of Doom’s American government, thanks to the popularity of a novelized, questionable biography of his life. 2099’s counterfeit version of Captain America first appeared on national television, claiming to be the 20th Century’s Captain America, frozen again in the waters off Antarctica, close to the Savage Land. He explained to the American people that he had fallen into sea while fighting the collapse of the Age of Heroes and a monster from the depths of Europe. He then identified Doom as the orchestrator of the tragedy, and was dismayed to see that Doom had become President of the United States.

Captain America was taken to the Chicago Reserve where he met Herod, the new, secret head of America. Herod announced that Captain America would be the new President, but that he was only needed as a puppet leader. At first, Captain America disagreed with the notion and the lack of democracy it represented, but after being electrocuted by Herod, along with a promise that there would be killing to be done, he agreed. He then began his reign as President, appearing as a shining beacon of illusionary democracy on the television screens, but behind the cameras he suffered with the abuses and injuries Herod caused him, questioning his place in the new America.

Shortly afterwards, Herod used nanotech robots to cannibalize the rubble of the old White House and rebuilt it into a new, massive cubed building, the Red House. He gave Captain America this new building as his capital, but soon Captain America grew lazy and corrupt. He became unstable and spent his time over-eating, smoking, and complaining of increasing boredom before the 2099’s Doom returned to revenge himself upon Herod. Doom unleashed more nanotech robots on the Red House, commanding them to dismantle the building, the staff within, along with Captain America, thus ending his reign as President and his life.

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