Alternative versions of Captain America
is the alter ego of Steve Rogers, a superhero created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby who appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Multiple other characters have used the title of "Captain America" in Marvel's primary narrative continuity in addition to Steve Rogers. Additionally, alternate versions of Captain America exist in the parallel universes that compose the Marvel Comics Multiverse.
Primary continuity (Earth-616)
William Naslund
Jeffrey Mace
William Burnside
Bob Russo, Scar Turpin, and Roscoe Simons
All three were one and done when Steve Rogers quit as Captain America.Bob Russo is a professional baseball player. After he discovers that Captain America has retired, he decides he can do the job. On his first outing he swings into a building, breaks his arm, and quits.
Motorcycle thug Scar Turpin wants to be the next Captain America. On his first outing, he takes on a gang of six. He gets beat up badly and quits.
Roscoe Simons manages the gym where Steve Rogers trains. After Steve quits as Captain America, Roscoe tries to find Steve to see if he'll train him as the new Captain America; not actually knowing that Steve was Captain America. Eventually, the Falcon agrees to give Roscoe some training, but actually hopes he'll quit. On their first mission together they're captured by the Red Skull, who kills Roscoe for being an imposter of his greatest foe. It's Roscoe's death that convinces Steve to give up his Nomad persona and return as Captain America.
John Walker
Isaiah Bradley
The 2003 limited series Truth: Red, White & Black introduced Isaiah Bradley as an African-American man who was used as a test subject during World War II in American government experiments that attempted to re-create the Super-Soldier Serum. In defiance of the government, he traveled to Europe to fight in the war.Bucky Barnes
Steve Rogers' longtime partner Bucky Barnes assumed the role of Captain America following Steve Rogers' death in the 2007 storyline "The Death of Captain America".David Rickford
Ex-special forces soldier, Dave Rickford gets augmented by the Power Broker and Karl Malus. After Steve becomes the head of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Bucky finds himself in legal trouble, Rickford takes up the mantle. On his first day he's captured by A.I.M., and rescued by Steve Rogers, who convinces him to quit as Captain America. Dave argues that the world still needs a Captain America.Sam Wilson
As part of Marvel's 2012 rebranding initiative Marvel Now!, Rogers' partner Sam Wilson took over the mantle of Captain America. Series editor Tom Brevoort said, "While Sam shares many of Steve's beliefs in a general sense, he's also a very different person with a very different background. He didn't grow up in the 1930s, he's a modern day man in touch with the problems of the 21st Century. For most of his professional life, Sam has worked as a social worker, so he's seen the worst of urban society up close, and how crime, poverty, lack of social structure and opportunity can affect the community.""The United States of Captain America"
The 2021 limited series The United States of Captain America introduced four costumed individuals who independently use the moniker of Captain America:Aaron Fischer
Aaron Fischer is the "Captain America of the Railways" who is the first LGBTQ character to hold the title of Captain America.Nichelle Wright
Nichelle Wright is the "Captain America of Harrisburg".Joe Gomez
Joe Gomez is the "Captain America of the Kickapoo Tribe".Arielle Agbayani
Arielle Agbayani is the "Campus Captain America".David Colton
Following the conclusion of the eleventh volume of Captain America in February 2025, a new Captain America run written by Chip Zdarsky was launched on July 2, 2025. Zdarsky's run introduces David Colton, billed by Zdarsky as a U.S. sponsored Captain America created in a post-9/11 world.Alternative continuities
Age of Apocalypse
In the Age of Apocalypse reality, an unknown Captain America was bonded to a symbiote and was put in the ranks of the Black Legion, mutated/engineered psychotic and merciless killers.Age of Ultron
In the Age of Ultron story wherein Ultron takes over the world, Captain America is one of the few surviving heroes. He is a shattered hero whose spirit is gone and shield is broken. He and the remaining heroes are tasked with coming up with a plan to stop Ultron, which takes them to the Savage Land. Captain America travels to the future with Iron Man, Nick Fury, Red Hulk, Storm and Quicksilver in an attempt to stop Ultron with the use of Doctor Doom's time platform, but are ambushed by Ultron drones and Captain America is decapitated.Age of X
In the Age of X reality, Rogers was the leader of the Avengers, here a strike team intended to hunt down mutants. Although he initially believed in his mission to contain the danger that mutants could pose to the world, an encounter with a mutant 'nursery' protecting young children forced Rogers to recognize that he was on the wrong side, he and his team subsequently sacrificing themselves to stop the psychotic Hulk from launching a bioweapon at the mutant stronghold. Rogers' memories were 'stored' by Legacy, a mutant who was able to convey his plan of using various mutants to generate force fields around the facility to cut it off from the outside world.Amalgam Comics
In the Amalgam Comics universe, Captain America is combined with DC's Superman to create Super-Soldier. In this reality, Clark Kent is given a Super-Soldier serum created from DNA harvested from the body of a dead baby Kal-El. The serum gives him the powers of the main universe Superman. Frozen in ice after a battle with Ultra-Metallo at the end of World War II, Super-Soldier is revived decades later and continues his fight for justice.Avataars
In Avataars: Covenant of the Shield, Earth's version of Captain America is Captain Avalon. He is the leader of the Champions of the Realm and the King of Avalon.Bullet Points
The five-issue limited series Bullet Points, written by J. Michael Straczynski and illustrated by Tommy Lee Edwards, tells of an alternative reality in which Abraham Erskine is killed the day before implementing the Captain America program. Steve Rogers, still frail, volunteers for the 'Iron Man' program, which bonds him to a robotic weapons-suit. He uses this to achieve victories against the Axis. Years after the end of the war, Rogers is killed in a battle with Peter Parker, who is the Hulk of that reality.Captain America Corps
A future incarnation of Captain America, known as Commander A, is a major character in the Captain America Corps limited series, and is stated to be of mixed Japanese, African-American, Latino, and Native American descent. He is also implied to be a descendant of Luke Cage. He wields two energy force-field shields, similar to the one that Steve Rogers used once when he temporarily lost his vibranium shield.Captain Colonies
A member of the Captain Britain Corps, Captain Colonies appears in Excalibur #44. His name, combined with his membership in the Captain Britain Corps imply that in his universe, the Thirteen Colonies did not declare independence to form the United States as they did in our own universe but instead remain part of Britain.Cellblock Steve
In the pages of Avengers: Forever, a story called "Cellblock Steve" takes place in a cellblock containing different types of Steve Rogers. One Steve Rogers is a hippie and a persistent political prisoner who didn't want to take part in an illegal war. One Steve Rogers is a dog. One Steve Rogers was a hypochondriac taken from his room where he was hiding under his bed covers. One Steve Rogers was an artist working on an issue for Tales of Suspense when a car pulled up outside his window....on the 34th floor. One Steve Rogers is an older man named Weapon America who has Nuke's facepaint and Wolverine's claws. Any individual attempts to break out are met with unidentified resistance that lands them back in their cells. When they all work together get passed the different attacks, they are met by more Captain America variants who states that they are fighting in a war that will need every Steve Rogers they can find for their war against the Multiversal Masters of Evil. This training was overseen by Ghost Rider, his Deathlok companion, and Ant-Man of Earth-818. While it was noted that they finally got Weapon America to pop his claws again, Ghost Rider and Deathlok states that it isn't enough. Deathlok stated that there is a Steve Rogers on Earth-4479 who never picked up a shield and became a drifter who was accidentally caught in a gamma bomb explosion. Ant-Man states that they should meet this Steve Rogers and tells Ghost Rider to fire up his Hell Charger as they "got an army to build".This gathering of Steve Rogers variants were later referred to as the Howling Commandos.
When the Council of Red attack Avengers Tower in the God Quarry, Captain Carter leads the Howling Commandos in fighting them. When the surviving members of the Council of Red retreat upon their numbers being decimated by Wolverine #Old Man Phoenix and the granddaughters of King Thor, the Howling Commandos fight the Doctor Doom variants loyal to Doom Supreme.