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DR ABRAHAM ERSKINE: Captain America Creator [bio] |
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Comic Book History
Who is DR ABRAHAM ERSKINE?
Dr Abraham Erskine is the creator of the Super-Soldier Serum; he was behind a program to create a line of super-soldiers for America during their World War II campaign. The character was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby and first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941) as Josef Reinstein. The name Abraham Erskine would not be applied to the character until decades later.
First Appearance
Abraham Erskine was a scientist from the 1940s who first developed the Super-Soldier Serum, as well as the Vita-Rays designed to create an army of enhanced human beings.
Erskine's Super-Soldier process transforms Clinton McIntyre into Protocide but accidentally killing McIntyre but would later prove successful for the scrawny Steve Rogers and changing him to become the muscular Captain America.
Proving that the super-solider serum works, a Nazi agent named Heinz Kruger infiltrated the top-secret military base and Read more: |
