In 1940, as America prepared for war, a frail young man volunteered for an experiment that transformed him into the ultimate physical specimen: the American super-soldier. Steve rogers battled nazis until a freak mishap ...In 1940, as America prepared for war, a frail young man volunteered for an experiment that transformed him into the ultimate physical specimen: the American super-soldier. Steve rogers battled nazis until a freak mishap trapped him in suspended animation for decades.