Captain America: The First Avenger First Avenger" tells the story of Steve Rogers, a sickly man from Brooklyn who is transformed into super-soldier Captain America and must stop the Red Skull, who intends to use an artifact called the "Tesseract" as an energy-source for world domination. "Captain America: The First Avenger" began as a concept in 1997 and was scheduled for distribution by Artisan Entertainment. However, a lawsuit, not settled until September 2003, disrupted the project. In 2005, Marvel Studios received a loan from Merrill Lynch, and planned to finance and release it through Paramount Pictures. Directors Jon Favreau and Louis Leterrier were interested in
The Capture of Captain America being blamed for the kidnapping by the crowd at the ceremony. In response to the increasing public hostility, Spider-Man attempts to rescue Captain America himself. After Spider-Man disguises himself as Captain America after a visit to a costume shop he ventures to Red Skull's castle in a rented plane. Spider-Man arrives as Red Skull is about to swap minds with him and saves Captain America. The Capture of Captain America "The Capture of Captain America" is the 18th episode from the 1981 "Spider-Man" television series. The episode premiered on January 9, 1982. George DiCenzo voiced Captain America in the episode.