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
Captain America: The Captain Steve Rogers. After defeating Walker, Rogers is confronted by the Red Skull only for the Red Skull to accidentally inhale a cloud of poisonous dust causing his face to transform into a permanent, skull-like horror and fled. Walker hands over the Captain America uniform and shield to Rogers, and Steve Rogers became Captain America once again. "Captain America" #332-350 were reprinted into a trade paperback along with "Iron Man" #228 under the title "Captain America: The Captain". Captain America: The Captain "Captain America: The Captain" is the umbrella title used for the run of "Captain America" from issue 332 (cover