Power Levels: Do You Prefer Comics Captain America or Movie Captain America?

[DrNewGod]

MCU Cap is a bit of a different animal than his source material. Simon and Kirby's Cap is the peak of human capabilities. MCU Cap is about halfway between S&K's Cap and Siegle & Schuster's Superman. Which way do you prefer your Captain America?

To be clear, this is about powers, not characterization.

[Celgress]

Comic Book Cap all the way for me in regards to both power level & characterization.

[Kuwagaton]

Frankly I don't think they should be considered different. The whole power is just a little different, equalized so that anyone can fight basically anyone in the MCU. But he should really be able to pull off the same stuff.

[DrNewGod]

Frankly I don't think they should be considered different. The whole power is just a little different, equalized so that anyone can fight basically anyone in the MCU. But he should really be able to pull off the same stuff.

Dude. MCU Cap Curled A Helicopter Out Of It's Takeoff. That's a good bit more than being able to at least match the curling.world record holder at 113 kg/249.12 lbs.

[davew128]

Dude. MCU Cap Curled A Helicopter Out Of It's Takeoff. That's a good bit more than being able to at least match the curling.world record holder at 113 kg/249.12 lbs.

Actually I would consider that to be more of a pec fly than an arm curl. Impressive nonetheless.

A better example of his strength being in the superhuman level would be the opening of Age of Ultron when he flipped and then hurled his motorcycle 50 feet in front of him at Hydra soldiers. Realistically he should be able to life the bike but not really throw it.

[DrNewGod]

Actually I would consider that to be more of a pec fly than an arm curl. Impressive nonetheless.

A better example of his strength being in the superhuman level would be the opening of Age of Ultron when he flipped and then hurled his motorcycle 50 feet in front of him at Hydra soldiers. Realistically he should be able to life the bike but not really throw it.

Bottom line: saying there is no difference between Movie Cap's and Comic Cap's abilities is not defensible.

[PCN24454]

I feel like a super soldier should be superhuman. Not that Comics Cap hasn’t pulled off superhuman feats. I just like that it’s more noticeable.

[Ascended]

I prefer the MCU approach where he's clearly superhuman but still on the low end of that spectrum.

Like PCN.. said, a super soldier should be (at least a little) superhuman.

[Snoop Dogg]

Peak human >>> Super strength stuff

Makes Steve's skills more impressive.

[Ichijinijisanji]

i don't know why so many people tried to duplicate that serum if it didnt give some level of super human ability and only brought you to peak human

It makes more sense the mcu way, even if I've enjoyed arcs where writers exploit his physical human-ness to bring out his strength of character in how he just stands among straight up gods never giving up

besides, MCU steve isn't overpowered like thor level, so we still get to have such moments and his combat style still relies on cleverly using the tools he has like his shield to get an advantage.

[Snoop Dogg]

If I wanted a serum for my army of soldiers, it probably wouldn't be a good idea to make them all Superman. It would be a good idea to clear the path for them to reach their full potential as soldiers. Even in the MCU this applies because Steve there isn't too crazy except for a handful of standout moments.

[Tony Stark]

Peak human >>> Super strength stuff

Makes Steve's skills more impressive.

My take exactly.

[Killerbee911]

Peak human is pretty much Superhuman. I have always understood that in Captain America case to mean at his base level he is doing things compare to best human can do at their peak. I never took it to mean Captain America abilities when he exerts himself to max is he is only then capable of matching human best feats. I have thought people understood if Cap is exerting himself to max he can do some silly stuff. The MCU throwing of the bike or him pulling helicopter is Captain America a peak human at "his peak". The only time Cap made me go wait a minute is against Thanos who was shown to be at same level as Hulk. But other than moment MCU cap feels like the same cap as comic to me the guy who jump out of plane in the ultimates or the guy pull down a mini helicopter in 616.

[mace11]

Ultimates captain america is superhuman.
MCU takes ideas from the ultimate universe and 616 universe but it is it's own universe.

Read this.
It has more details posted.
Does MCU Captain America have Super-powers ?
https://forums.superherohype.com/thr...powers.514235/

[DrNewGod]

Peak human is pretty much Superhuman. I have always understood that in Captain America case to mean at his base level he is doing things compare to best human can do at their peak. I never took it to mean Captain America abilities when he exerts himself to max is he is only then capable of matching human best feats. I have thought people understood if Cap is exerting himself to max he can do some silly stuff. The MCU throwing of the bike or him pulling helicopter is Captain America a peak human at "his peak". The only time Cap made me go wait a minute is against Thanos who was shown to be at same level as Hulk. But other than moment MCU cap feels like the same cap as comic to me the guy who jump out of plane in the ultimates or the guy pull down a mini helicopter in 616.

Yeah, no. The helicopter curling stunt required Cap to curl a minimum of 3,000 lbs (1,362 KG). That's a bit beyond "peak human" levels.