Captain America is one superhero who’s had a number of movies and also appeared on television, but none of these appearances seems to have stuck in the consciousness of people like Spider-Man did. For some vague reason, Captain America seems not the kind of superhero that people would like to watch over and over again on the big screen. At least that was then. Now there’s a new movie with all the convincing effects and realistic circumstances surrounding the origin of the first Avenger. Will this movie finally give Marvel’s Captain America the attention it deserves?

Captain America: The First Avenger is a movie that has teased its way in other Marvel movies like the first two Iron Man movies and The Incredible Hulk. Sections of his shield are shown in these movies and the super soldier program and serum was also mentioned and used to hype up the character. The costume design art for the new Captain America was also virally distributed over the Internet, sending the impression that Captain America in The First Avenger won’t be your unrealistic hero wearing tights that have no real purpose. In this movie, Captain America’s outfit is a soldier’s garb and is utilitarian, albeit still keeping to the colors and lines of the original design in the comic book.

Set in World War 2, Captain America: The First Avenger tells the story of Steve Rogers, a puny soldier reject who opts into a super soldier program and gets transformed into Captain America, a kind of secret military human weapon. With his shield that is made of an alloy that protects him from bullets and other projectiles, Captain America has become the symbol of freedom and justice with his US-flag inspired costume. He does battle against The Red Skull, who epitomizes the opposite of everything Captain America stands for. The premise is simple but it’s enough to make a good story that can keep audiences captivated.

Of course, Captain America fans already know that Captain America will skip a few decades and wake up a new man in the future, which is our time, of course, and continue his battle against evil in a world where old enemies are friends and new threats to freedom have risen. With the origin of the character beginning with Marvel Comics precursor, Timely Comics in the 1940s, it’s an amazing thing to realize how the character has endured through the decades with hardly any change in his costume (except maybe for the scales, which are often left out by the costume designers).

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Creator, Joe Simon drew Captain America in his costume and thought of naming him Super American, but then had second thoughts about the name because there were already so many “Supers” around. He thought using “Captain” would work since there were few Captains in comic books (although this may not be true anymore). It’s likely that Captain America will always be popular and with this 2011 movie directed by Joe Johnston and starred by Chris Evans (who also played superhero Johnny Sorm in The Fantastic Four), the iconic status of the character will be sealed.

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