Captain America is by far one of Marvel’s most iconic superheroes.
So much so that the character has appeared in a slew of storylines outside of the Earth
616 timeline, popping up with curious and crazy iterations in other realities within
the comic giant’s massive universe.
And some are wickedly powerful and strong compared to others.
So today, we’re taking a look at some of these Steves, particularly the strongest of
the strong, with our list of the top 10 strongest alternate versions of Captain America!
10 Cap Wolf Back in 1992, in Captain America issue 402,
Cap becomes a werewolf.
Yup.
So for context, at this point in time, John Jameson, the son of JJ Jameson who also happened
to be Cap’s personal pilot, was a werewolf.
And after a body shows up in the woods, and John goes missing, Cap goes on a hunt for
him, and, long story short, he stumbles into a town that rotten with werewolves and ends
up getting injected by a serum that turns him into one.
Because of the super solider serum, Cap is able to keep his mind intact while in werewolf
form, and learns from mutant wolfsbane how to communicate.
He’s held captive, but eventually comes up with a plan to escape, and since, Cap Wolf
has reoccurred a few times.
It’s worth noting that this is the only alternate version of the hero that appears
in the 616 continuity on our list.
9 President Rogers (Ultimate Universe ) In the ultimate universe, earth 1610, Steve
rogers’ origins are quite similar to his 616 counterpart, except his abilities thanks
to the serum have been bumped up to superhuman, particularly his strength – the hero bends
steel with his bare hands, jumps long distances and even catches trees heavy enough to smash
a Jeep.
He can heal from gun shots and knife wounds within a matter of hours, and heal broken
bones with a day or two.
When he’s thawed out in present day, he ends up joining the ultimates, this universes
version of the Avengers, and eventually, in Ultimate comics Ultimates, he ends up becoming
President after Barack Obama is killed.
8 The Chosen Strength isn’t just superficial muscle,
friends.
This version of Steve Rogers is living proof of that.
Or technically, unliving, now.
Captain America The Chosen was a story that came out in 2007, and explored a storyline
inspired by the tragedy of 9/11.
A solider whose sent to Afghanistan, US Marine Corps private James Newman, begins his first
tour of duty, and Steve Rogers’ spirit joins him on the battlefield as a guardian angel
of sorts.
This is all while the real Steve rogers, now old and bed ridden slowly dies in a hospital
bed.
By the end of it, old Steve passes away, but his spirit ends up living on, personifying
the American spirit, with the US government having come up with a device that allows him
to project his spirit all over the planet.
It’s definitely a different kind of power for the hero, but one that suits his patriotic
identity well, and makes him a powerful symbol to many ‘real life’ heroes in need.
7 Vampire Cap In the Exiles universe, on Earth 3931, Captain
America gets turned into a vampire after he’s infected by Baron Blood, all during World
War 2.
Because of this, he ends up turning all of his other Avengers teammates into Vampires
as well.
The Exiles appear with the intention of fixing this reality, but eventually, Rogers and his
team of vampires end up being defeated, with Rogers personally being decapitated by one
of Wolverine’s claws.
But having no head didn’t stop Steve, oh no!
He ended up reattaching his head to his body.
The super solider serum combined with his vampirism amplified his strength, stamina,
reflexes and agility, and even allowed him to teleport.
In addition to this, he’s got an incredibly strong healing factor.
Clearly, he’d need one in order to survive getting his head cut off.
6 Carol Danvers – Earth 2301 Earth 2301 is the Mangaverse, and in it, there
is a Steve Rogers, but he too assumes the role of the US President.
Carol Danvers also takes up the mantle though.
Unlike her 616 counterpart, she doesn’t seem to have her Human Kree physiology, but
still possesses super strength and near invulnerability, having survived a plane crash, taken a sword
blow to the back, and had electricity coursing through her body, all of which gave her no
longer term injuries.
Having been a part of the US Air Force that was stationed in Japan, Carol finds herself
gaining her super powers after her base was destroyed and she was attacked.
Her potentially dormant powers were activated, and she ends up taking on the Hand, and even
rescues Spider-Man in the process right before he’s supposed to be executed.
5 Zombie Colonel America Zombie Colonel America has all of the abilities
as the 616 Captain America, plus, he’s a zombie.
While there wasn’t much context given on what Steve’s life was like prior to the
zombie plague, one thing is different about his backstory – he, too, served as the president
of the united states.
Picking up on a theme here, you guys.
He and other members of the Avengers become infected when trying to fight off zombified
Sentry.
But good ol Cap – after his zombie appetite is sated, he and the other Avengers still
attempt to brain storm how to stop the plague.
Which doesn’t really work out, because he and other members end up going on a killing
spree when its discovered that Latveria contains a ton of grub for him and his zombie pals
to mow on.
4 Captain America Earth 1298 From the Mutant X universe, this version of
Cap isn’t Steve rogers.
Rather, he’s an unnamed mutant who ends up taking up the mantle of the hero.
The original was killed in a Sentinel attack at the Avenger’s Mansion.
This unnamed version is given the super solider serum, which, while it makes him insanely
strong and amplifies his mutant powers so that he can increase his mass and strength,
is capable of telepathy , creating force fields, and is near invulnerable, it also makes him
insane, and his mutant powers flare uncontrollably.
3 Danielle Cage Captain America has always had a great respect
for Luke Cage, so it’s kind of neat that in this alternate universe, Luke’s daughter,
Danielle Cage, would take up the Captain America mantle.
From Earth 15061, Danielle has not only inherited the powers of her parents Luke and Jessica
Jones, but she also becomes a member of the Avengers.
So with the strength and invulnerability of her father, combined with the superhuman strength,
durability and flight of her mother, needless to say, Danielle is a version of Cap that
any villain would find difficult to take on.
2 Super Solider (Amalgam) Superman is arguably the most powerful metahuman
in the DC universe.
Arguably.
So combine all of the man of steel’s abilities with Steve Roger’s mind and damn, that’s
one hell of a deadly superhero.
Meet Clark Kent, the Super Solider, from the Amalgam comics – a series in which DC and
Marvel comics amalgamated their heroes.
Clark Kent is given a super solider serum that was created from DNA that was harvested
from the corpse of baby Kal-El.
A little dark eh?
That serum gives Clark all of his Superman powers.
He’s later frozen in ice at the end of World War 2, revived decades later, returning to
the mantle.
1 Solider Supreme What’s stronger than a Captain America cross
over with Superman?
How about one whose Sorcerer Supreme?
Superman aint got nothing on magic!
Enter Solider Supreme, one of the more recent alternate universe Steve rogers creations.
This one, who appeared in the Infinity Wars story event, was the product of Gamora using
the infinity stones to fold the universe in half, amalgamating many characters into one
persona and putting them into the Warp World inside the soul gem.
Such was the case with Steve rogers and Stephen Strange – they became Stephen Rogers, a
man in WW2 who volunteered for an experimental procedure from the US Army in which he was
injected with a super solider serum that turns out was actually a cover for mystic rituals.
Stephen gets all of the strength he got from the serum in the 616 universe, but also gains
the ability to wield powerful magic.
Unlike the 616 Cap, instead of being frozen in stasis, he gets trapped in the Dark Dimension
while combatting Red Skull’s amalgam, Dormammu Red, but eventually gets out when a cult on
Earth opens the dimension in a failed attempt to summon Satan.
nfinity-wars-captain-america-doctor-strange-infinity-warps There we have it friends!
Which of these were your favourite alternate?
We’re sure there’s a ton of many other wickedly powerful alternate versions of Captain
America, so give us a shout in those comments below if you’d like to see us do a part
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