Project SuperSoldier
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| First Seen: | November 26, 2003 |
Details
The SUPERSOLDIER program was part of the U.S. military's attempt to replicate a serum developed during WWII and used on an individual known as "Captain America" (real name, Steve Rogers), to create an army of super-powered soldiers. Little is known about it, save that the original doctor who created the serum is dead, the project operates out of a base called Triskalion and that the frozen body of Captain America, believed missing, has been found and is being stored there. The serum’s effects conferred an enhancement to the human body’s natural strength, agility, and endurance.
Dr. Nathaniel Essex, upon his departure from the school, was approached by the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) to work on the program. He made a deal that he would do so, but from a civilian base, Muir Island Research Facility. Following his abrupt departure from Muir, nothing is known about his continuing connection with the program. It was Essex's involvement with the government and departure from the school that prompted Chester Whelan to reactivate Gambit.
In May 2011, a further relic of the SUPERSOLDIER program arose, in the form of Bucky Barnes. Friend to Steve Rogers, he married Rogers' girlfriend and adopted his daughter when he disappeared.
