In America, Erskine subjects Rogers to the super-soldier treatment, injecting him with a special serum and dosing him with 'vita-rays'. Schmidt, having discovered Erskine's location, dispatches an assassin to kill him. Arnim Zola successfully harness the energies of the Tesseract, intending to use the power to fuel Zola's inventions. The night before the treatment, Erskine reveals to Rogers that Schmidt underwent an imperfect version of the procedure and suffered side-effects.īack in Europe, Schmidt and Dr. Phillips is unconvinced by Erskine's claims that Rogers is the right person for the procedure, but relents after seeing Rogers commit an act of self-sacrificing bravery. Chester Phillips, and British agent Peggy Carter. He is recruited in the Scientific Strategic Reserve as part of a 'super-soldier' experiment under Erskine, Col. Overhearing Rogers' conversation with Barnes about wanting to help in the war, Dr. James 'Bucky' Barnes, Rogers again attempts to enlist. While attending an exhibition of future technologies with his friend Sgt. Meanwhile, in New York City, Steve Rogers is rejected for World War II military duty because of various health and physical problems. In March 1942, Nazi officer Johann Schmidt and his men invade Tønsberg, Norway, to steal a mysterious Tesseract possessing untold powers. In the present day, scientists in the Arctic uncover a circular object with a red, white and blue motif.

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