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 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. The episode revolves around J. Jonah Jameson wanting to honor Captain America. Once the Red Skull, voice by Peter Cullen, is informed of the event he uses the tribute ceremony to capture Captain America in an attempt to swap minds with him. Spider-Man tries to stop Red Skull's ambush but ends up inadvertently letting Red Skull escape with Captain America still captive. Spider-Man ends up