However, as Englehart's 1972 story reveals, the treatment, which these individuals underwent to replicate the original Captain America and Bucky's abilities, was flawed (as the vital Vita-Ray radiological component was left out) and, as a side-effect, they developed psychotic symptoms.
Despite their efforts to replicate Captain America and Bucky's powers, the treatment devised by Englehart in 1972 proved faulty, omitting the crucial Vita-Ray component which resulted in the subjects developing psychosis.