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Captain America (1968) #255 - written by Roger Stern, art by John Byrne. First published March 1981

This is a special issue for the 40th Anniversary of Captain America and is meant to be the definitive telling of Captain America's origin story.

Steve Rogers was raised by his widowed mother in the Lower East Side (not Brooklyn! Sorry, that's not the last time I compare the comic with the movie). He grows up a fan of fantasy and art. He watches a news reel about nazis one day and becomes radicalised - love that for him.

He's not fit enough for the army, but General Phillips just happens to be hanging out at a random recruiting center and recruits Steve for Project Rebirth, on the strength of his desire to fight nazis. Not a bad reason, but I think the movie did this part better.

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