20 Differences Between Captain America and Red Guardian

The greatest sign of success is when you find out there are a lot of imitators out there trying to be you. Not only did the success of Project Rebirth in turning scrawny Steve Rogers into the guy we affectionately call ‘Cap’ lead to his own country trying to recreate that success, but a lot of other countries wanting their own symbol and super-soldier. During the Cold War, the Soviets created their own counterpart to the Cap and gave him the moniker of Soviet super-soldier. Who died. So they recruited another one. Who also died. But they just kept at it. Like with the attempts to replicate the super-soldier serum, the attempts to replicate Cap magic were met with mixed results and some unintended consequences. Most importantly, though, they missed the mark in some key attributes that make the Russian version of the hero. Some differences were baked in and reflect the differing philosophy of the people in charge and some of them are just proof that what Professor Eskine said about power and who has it and who respects it is an important part of The Cap formula. Like most foes who take on the role of being the hero’s opposite, it’s in the similarities that you can sometimes see the biggest differences. Here are some of those. What do you think is the most important difference between the Soviet super-soldier, and our homeland hero? Let us know in the comments and be sure to like and subscribe for the latest content in your inbox. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-CBR Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:54 Entry # 1: Knock off brand vs Original formula Super Soldier Serum 02:00 Entry # 2: Homeowners, Brooklyn/St Petersburg 02:44 Entry # 3: Symbol of Freedom/Symbol of the Workers 03:32 Entry # 4: Color Scheme 04:25 Entry # 5: Paraphernalia, Shield vs No Shield 05:09 Entry # 6: Brains vs No brains 05:35 Entry # 7: Family man vs Man out of time 06:32 Entry # 8: Jailbird/Clean Record 07:18 Entry # 9: Obedient to superiors/Obedient to ideals 07:54 Entry # 10: Cold War Rivals 08:27 Entry # 11: Hero who fell, the villain who reformed 09:16 Entry # 12: Kill vs no-kill 09:50 Entry # 13: Tatted up vs no tats 10:15 Entry #14: Keeping it tight vs Dad Bod 10:53 Entry # 15: Heavy drinker, can’t get drunk 11:22 Entry # 16: Speechmaker, not so much a speechmaker 12:03 Entry # 17: Leader vs Follower 12:37 Entry # 18: Precision vs brute force 13:16 Entry # 19: All Juice and Heart vs Qualified Soldier before being juiced 14:10 Entry # 20: Mad Steve nobler, Mad Soviet super-soldier, meaner Our Social Media: https://twitter.com/CBR https://www.facebook.com/ComicBookResources https://www.tiktok.com/@cbrvideo https://www.linkedin.com/company/comic-book-resources/ Follow CBR’s Podcast, CBR Saga, on Spotify, Apple Music, and SoundCloud: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cbr-saga/id1566637565 https://open.spotify.com/show/7JXbatx2FakiKn6mlU44PK https://soundcloud.com/therealcomicbookresources Our Website https://www.cbr.com Written by: Ryan Carbrey Narrated by: Jacoby Bancroft Edited by: Muhamed P. For copyright matters please contact us at: [email protected]