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8 Reasons To Check Out 1970’s Captain America

Chris Evans wasn’t the only actor to wield the star spangled shield.

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier launched this weekend to rave reviews. But did you know there have been other attempts to portray the First Avenger? Let’s take a trip back to the late 1970’s to check out one of Marvel’s first attempts to bring Captain America to screens!

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Captain America starred Reb Brown, whom you may recognize from such classics like Yor, the Hunter from the Future and Space Mutiny.

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Reb Brown portrayed a more laid-back Steve Rogers, an ex-marine who just wanted to take life easy before being drawn into an evil conspiracy and receiving an experimental body enhancement chemical.

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But, as with all super hero stories, almost an hour and 15 minutes into the film, Steve Rogers decides to suit up as Captain America to fight evil doers with a nifty transparent shield.

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Along with his trademark plastic vibranium shield, Captain America also gets an inspiring blue helmet and a badass spandex suit.

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Plus, he gets to ride around on this wicked cool motorcycle. Seriously, look at the color scheme on that bad boy!

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True to his name, 1970’s Captain America fights off his enemies by using trickery and oil spills.

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Yes, Reb Brown as a laid-back, easy going Captain America who doesn’t really get into many head-on fights against those who threaten peace and justice was definitely an inspiration to us all.

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