Super-Soldier finally exposes Lex Luthor, and Luthor was incarcerated. Super-Soldier, discovering that lead protects him from the harmful Green K, used an enormous lead pipe to take down Ultra-Metallo before it can detonate a "K-Bomb" at the White House. Super-Soldier heads there, where he discovers that Lex Luthor and HYDRA have revived Ultra-Metallo, who is now powered by Green K itself, which weakens Super-Soldier. Jimmy returns, badly beaten, informing Super-Soldier that HYDRA is in Washington, D.C. Lex Luthor, with HYDRA at his side, first kidnapps an aged Jimmy Olsen to give Super-Soldier a message.
In Super-Soldier #1, he discovers that Lex Luthor is still alive and well, having injected himself with Green K, a part of the meteorite that landed next to the space rocket so many years before, to greatly lengthen his lifespan, though it turns his skin a hideous shade of green. After thawing the great hero out, he joins the team and begins working at the Daily Planet as Clark Kent. Instead of reporting to the world that Super-Soldier was dead, Jimmy Olsen instead reports that Super-Soldier had retired, after declaring the war won by America.įifty years after Super-Soldier's battle against Ultra-Metallo, the JLA discover the frozen body of Super-Soldier in JLA #4.
Super-Soldier sacrifices himself to take down Ultra-Metallo, the two of them sinking beneath the icy waters, with Jimmy Olsen as one of the few witnesses. Ultra-Metallo is a massive robot later revealed to be sent by Lex Luthor. Rock and his Howling Commandos, Jimmy Olsen, and Agent Peggy, fight Major Zemo, a member of HYDRA, a Nazi organization, who is secretly working for Lex Luthor, the behind-the-scenes leader of HYDRA and friend of Adolf Hitler himself.īy March 1942, Super-Soldier "had the war all but won nearly single-handedly until the rise of Ultra-Metallo", in the words of Jimmy Olsen. In Super-Soldier: Man of War #1, Super-Soldier, aided by Sgt. Clark Kent was romantically interested in Lois Lane and dismayed when she marries Lex Luthor, a cold-hearted billionaire. Super-Soldier gains a sidekick for a short time named American Girl and becomes a member of the All-Star Winners Squadron. Reporter Jimmy Olsen, who sneaks into the Super-Soldier program laboratory, makes a deal with the government: he will not tell the world about the project if the government makes him the "official press flak" for the Super-Soldier.
The mixture of the formula and the radiation give Kent incredible powers and abilities, including super-strength, heat vision, and flight. They administer the formula, as well as solar radiation, to a young man named Clark Kent. Plot wise, it’s still not clear why exactly it’s all on Captain America to save the nation, but there will undoubtedly be about 10 more trailers to dissect in the very long stretch between now and April.Ĭheck out the trailer for the Anthony and Joe Russo-directed film here:Ĭaptain America: The Winter Soldier is in theaters April 4, 2014.During World War II, government scientists developed a "Super-Soldier formula" based on experiments with cellular samples from an alien corpse. Sure, he’s got Black Widow ( Scarlett Johansson), Falcon ( Anthony Mackie) and Bucky Barnes ( Sebastian Stan) by his side to kick ass and take names, but we all know that when it comes down to it, that very Jared Leto-y looking villain is going to have to answer to the red, white and blue.Īs with any Marvel venture, there is explosion upon explosion, crashing car upon collapsing aircraft carrier, and it is all glorious. Jackson) and S.H.I.E.L.D.īut as the title Captain America: The Winter Soldier implies, this isn’t really a team effort. You would think that he would still be struggling to adjust to life in the modern world after, you know, being frozen for 70 years and then almost immediately fighting aliens in New York City, but it seems that Steve Rogers ( Chris Evans) is doing pretty well for himself as he continues to work for Nick Fury ( Samuel L. Well, you can take the superhero out of the Avengers, but you can’t take the Avengers out of the superhero.