Captain America

Captain America, created 1941

Real name: Steve Rogers.

Steve us a frail young man rejected by the US army during the Second World War. But then an army general asks Steve to participate in an experiment: a Super-Soldier serum and radiation treatment give him a perfect body. After intense physical preparation, his first mission is to stop Nazi agent. He receives a costume and a shield and becomes a symbol of liberty and justice -Captain America!

Superhuman powers: none, but he is one of the rare mortal beings who has been authorized to use Thor's hammer.

Strengh: Captain America's strengh, speed, endurance and agility are top level of human capacity. His immunity to disease is extraordinary.

Weakness: he is subject to all natural human vulnerabilities.

Joined the Avengers: 1964, in the fourth comic.

Cinema: Blackhat

Nicholas is a talented computer hacker but he is in prison for cyber-theft. When the world's financial markets are attacked by hackers, Nicholas is asked to help stop them. He negotiates a deal to be released from prison if he can catch the criminals...

The big movie preview: The Giver

Out: October 29

Director: Phillip Noyce

Stars: Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Taylor Swift, Brenton Thwaites

The buzz: Based on another teenage dystopian novel, but one written 20 years before The Hunger Games and which is now required reading in many British and US schools. It concerns a future in which society is happy, but only because most people are kept in a state of ignorance. Jonas (Breton Thwaites) is one of a chosen few who guard the knowledge kept secret from others. It's not the most obviously filmable of novels, but with Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep on board it's got serious acting talent.