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Contents 1 Appearances 2 Plot 3 Cast 4 Notes 5 Trivia 6 See Also 7 Links and References

Appearances

Featured Characters:

• Captain America (District Attorney Grant Gardner) (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

• Gail Richards (First appearance)

Villains:

• The Scarab (Dr. Cyrus Maldor) (First appearance)

Other Characters:

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Locations:

• Earth-600001 (First appearance)

Items:

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Vehicles:

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Plot

The Plot of this Film is unknown.

Cast

The Cast of this Film is unknown.

Notes

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Trivia

Republic Studios was notorious for making arbitrary changes in their adaptations. This occurred with Captain America more than most.

- His secret identity is District Attorney Grant Gardner rather than U.S. Army Private Steve Rogers.

- The "Super-Soldier Serum" origin is not used.

- His famous shield does not appear, replaced by a standard revolver.

- Despite the fact that this serial was made in 1944, and Captain America regularly fought Nazis in the comics, the Nazis are not part of the story in any way.

- His sidekick, Bucky, does not appear.

Timely Comics was unhappy with the omission of Steve Rogers, the lack of an army setting and his use of a gun. Republic responded in writing that the sample pages provided by Timely did not indicate that Captain America was a soldier called Steve Rogers, nor that he did not carry a revolver. They also noted that the serial was well into production by this point and they could not return to the original concept without expensive retakes and dubbing. Finally they pointed out that Republic was under no contractual obligation to do any of this.

The Captain America costume was really grey, white and dark blue as these colors photographed better in black and white. The costume also lost the wings on the head, the pirate boots became high shoes and the chainmail became normal cloth. Miniature flags were added to the gloves and the belt buckle became a small shield.

The serial was re-released on September 30, 1953, under the new title Return of Captain America.

In Captain America #219, it is revealed that a Captain America serial also exists within the Marvel continuity. In this version, Captain America himself plays the role (in secret), taking the place of the stunt man who was shot during production due to the prop master being the Nazi spy Lyle Dekker. Like the real-life serial, Cap's shield is replaced with a standard gun, his identity is changed, and his sidekick Bucky is absent.

See Also

• Characters from Captain America (1944 film)
• Other things related to Captain America (1944 film)
• Film Gallery: Captain America (1944 film)
• Images from the film

Links and References

• Marvel films
• 1944 Captain America Serial at blip.tv.
  

Captain America

Supporting Abraham Erskine • Chester Phillips • Rikki Barnes • Battlestar • Bucky • Winter Soldier • Peggy Carter • Sharon Carter • Diamondback • Falcon • Golden Girl • Isaiah Bradley • Josiah X • Rick Jones • Nomad • Spirit of '76 • Patriot • U.S. Agent Enemies Baron Zemo • Baron von Strucker • Batroc the Leaper • Crossbones • Cutthroat • Doctor Faustus • Everyman • Flag-Smasher • Grand Director • Hate-Monger • Heinz Kruger • Protocide • Red Skull • Sin • Sleeper • Superia • Taskmaster • Viper • Arnim Zola Organizations AIM • Captain America's Hotline • HYDRA • U.L.T.I.M.A.T.U.M. • Sisters of Sin • Serpent Society • Serpent Squad • Secret Empire • Scourge of the Underworld • The Corporation • Watchdogs • Skeleton Crew • S.H.I.E.L.D. • Weapon Plus • Operation: Rebirth Items Captain America's Shield • Super-Soldier Serum • Vita-Rays • Captain America's Motorcycle • Vibranium • Falcon's Wings • Hard Light Harness Movies Captain America (1944 film) • Captain America (1990 film) • Captain America: The First Avenger • Captain America: The Winter Soldier Television Marvel Superheroes: Captain America • Captain America (1979 film) • Captain America II: Death Too Soon Video games Captain America in: The Doom Tube of Dr. Megalomann • Spider-Man and Captain America in Doctor Doom's Revenge • Captain America and the Avengers • Captain America: Super Soldier Creators Joe Simon • Jack Kirby Miscellaneous Publication History • Recommended Reading This box: view • talk • edit

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