The Super Soldier Serum Explained 2021 | MCU Lore

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[@MischievousLoki1111]

can you make a video on strong loki is from the loki series 😎😎😁😁🤘🤘btw keep up the good work

[@jalenikezeue4114]

Hey dude The Super Soldier That I want Too see In The MCU Is John Steele

[@jebVlogs556]

What happened to Captain Britain and Dr Samson? ..

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@@MischievousLoki1111 zz ZZZ

[@MischievousLoki1111]

@@harrymarquis.alexander.col2751 yy YYY 😆😆

[@kingmuizz708]

Man if cap and red guardian end up on screen together it'll be so fun lol

[@KeyIssues]

For sure

[@sebastianriviere7047]

I don't think that's ever gonna happen but I am pretty psyched to see us agent vs red gaurdian

[@collinbeckham8259]

I'd llve to see that, but also wouldn't mind seeing Zemo try to kill Red Guardian and USAgent.

[@darthkek1953]

Cap vs Fat

[@collinbeckham8259]

@@darthkek1953 is Cap old or from the Multiverse?

[@baonkang5990]

It could be that Bruce got closer then he realised, and the hulk was not created because of any fault with the serum, but instead when used on banner himself(due to his unstable psyche) it allowed a dormant part of his personality to manifest itself. It kinda all goes back to how the serum also enhances the personality traits of people, in banners case the enhancement of his personalities created too much distinction between them causing them to split.

[@manesonjames8499]

Bro you might be on to something

[@rysander]

That would hit on the Jekyll & Hyde parallel that the original comics were trying to emulate as well.

[@goji5449]

That's actually pretty accurate, Bruce had a split personality, not just one but many, and as its said the serum enchances not only the physical abilities but also the way someone acts, making the good a hero and the bad a villain, now here's the tricky part, Bruce didn't get any enhancement, because Hulk, the side that's being dormant got all the effects from Capi's juice, but also Hulk is purely based on ganma radiation, so it may be that when he used the serum, Hulk got all the power and the excess of gammma rays enchanced even further his powers, kinda like an overload that lasts forever (at least this would be it if they don't go with "The one below all" route, wichi would be nice)

[@nuggiedejuggie3746]

Like the 7 sins??

[@goji5449]

@@nuggiedejuggie3746 I don't think I get what you're saying

[@Quinn-bx1to]

The more I read and understand the video, I literally respect Zemo's ideology of destroying the serum. There can only be one Steve Rogers

[@millyrock4455]

Bro now you are lmao zemo had me when I watched those guys almost kill bucky and then he gave me one of my favorite movie moments in falcon and winter soldier after hearing that crazy speech from William the way he shot him and dropped the gun was like "bro he had it coming"

[@finnheisenheim8274]

Zemo acting like the anti white witch from narnia. Offering turkish delight and spitting truth

[@BrandonScott-mi5pz]

EXCELLENT WORK. KEY 🗝 ISSUES MCU SUPER SOLIDERS SERUMS

[@LeandroSantana-c8w]

Zemo hated all super soldiers, including Rogers.

[@ninjanate072]

Peggy: *pours Steve’s blood into the ocean some random fish: I’m about to do whats called a pro gamer move

[@Grizzlox]

Look up the fish-men (or fish mutates) It's Marvel canon and this would be a perfect way to introduce them

[@jorgegfigueroa9755]

@@Grizzlox you think that's a reference? I mean I loved the Agent Carter show but that's a whacky way to do it.

[@Grizzlox]

@@jorgegfigueroa9755 yeah it would be more likely to be one of "Mr. Blue's" experiments. The Leader

[@devinsmith1268]

It attracted a shark and the Megalodon was reborn!

[@CharanKumarGR]

and ...... That's how MCU's Namor the submariner was created!

[@bigsmoke_4207]

If the serum doesn't come out blue, it won't work

[@BG-it7hb]

I'd hire you as head scientist if I was in charge

[@HTMN161]

Not true,look at hulk,most dangerous being in the world

[@ericvanleeuwen979]

@@HTMN161 but he’s also a danger for a good long while until he can control it. Did not see Steve bust and smash up everything when the dude got shot.

[@jordany_simon]

@@HTMN161 it is true Bruce didn’t meant to create the hulk the hulk was a accident that Bruce used by using gamma instead of rays

[@lawrencesalamanca1763]

Dude it has to be Gatorade Blue!

[@David_Scar]

Mcu really needs to redeem the Hulk, and make him live up to his name as the strongest there is... That aside i really enjoyed the video and honestly your voice is perfect for documentaries and narrations... Awesome as always.👍

[@David_Scar]

@@Sonic-hq9zz then who was/is?

[@murraychu6208]

@@Sonic-hq9zz Pretty sure he was mate. Didn't he destroy a planet once? But the mcu made him look weak. Same with Thor

[@murraychu6208]

@@Sonic-hq9zz okay, I will give that you didn't mention scarlet witch.

[@David_Scar]

@@Sonic-hq9zz bro there's a difference between power and strength... One above all is an omnipotent being so that's not fair... Power and strength are different, Power has to do with the character's abilities examples: Lightning,magic and things like that. But strength has to do with a character's physical abilities examples: How hard a character can punch,the amounts of weights a character can lift things like that.. Hulk is physically the strongest character in marvel, Marvel has literally made it clear, heck even reailty warpers in marvel have admitted and confirmed that Hulk is the strongest of them all with no limit to his strength... So yeah he's definitely the strongest there is.... Also concerning The one above all there is another character called the one below all and he's the opposite of the one above all, Hulk literally draws his power and strength from the one below all... So Hulk is no joke. . As far as Marvel is concerned Hulk is the strongest there is and they've been confirming this for over 50+ years... Hulk is physically the strongest, characters like Thor,Hercules and so on have all confirmed this...

[@David_Scar]

@@Sonic-hq9zz bruv silver surfer is more powerful not stronger... Surfer himself has said Hulk is stronger, Hulk has also over powered Surfer in a fight.. I'll get you the link.

[@sirsir9665]

Interesting fact. In comic Dr. Erskine claimed the right diet and exercise could produce a peak human as well. This was proven to be true as his Grandson underwent the diet and exercise giving him incredible physical prowess.

[@JoeeeBoyPlays]

Yes, hence One Punch Man was born.

[@Viqtor]

and with John Walker

[@bearbrown766]

@@Viqtor John got his butt handed to him, once he had taken the serum he could beat the crap out of people

[@Viqtor]

@@bearbrown766 doesn’t change what I said lmao. He was still peak human before the serum. That’s why he was chosen to become the next cap

[@fantasyconnect]

His grandson does get immediately killed, though. Oof. His face had one too many holes.

[@spiffykop305]

Since we are here talking about the super soldiers, I like to think that the Captain America that Red Guardian "fought" might have actually been Isaiah Bradley Cap. It's cool to theroize

[@joseluis5055]

It wouldn't fit the timeline. Isaiah was around during the 50s and probably early 60s. Red Gaurdian came much later in the late 80s and early 90s

[@RicardoPetinga]

@@joseluis5055 yeah and Isaiah was in jail for 30 years. I'm liking the idea that when Steve Rogers went back to the past to be with Peggy, knowing he couldn't be Captain America because it would screw up the timeline, became Nomad, and may have fought the Red Guardian as Nomad, but Alexei recognized him as an older Steve Rogers anyway. He would've certainly seen pictures of Steve, especially considering he seemed almost obsessed with their pseudo-rivalry.

[@Nadie47]

Everyone in the world knows who Steve Rogers is, so Guardian most likely would know his face, at least, and know by just the skin color. It has to be another cap we haven't seen yet. Another possibility is that Isiah had his whole face covered so Guardian never saw Isiah's face or skin color.

[@trongtrong8168]

It might be a time traveler cap who is recruited into the tva which will explain his shield

[@bluebawls]

I saw someone say that the captain america red guardian fought wasn't even captain america. Like, that person was just some random person that their government dressed as "captain america" to test/show red guardian's abilities. You know, like some kind of propaganda to show to the masses. I've stuck with that since, it just makes sense to me that they would do that lol.

[@StoneyBaloney-8D117]

I miss the old hulk when he actually got bigger and stronger the angrier he gets

[@superspeedstacker101]

Fuuuuuyfù

[@sl9wdive]

Yeah, the current Hulk keep acting like a child. Hes not even scary anymore

[@SH-jd3zg]

He was too OP. Wouldn't make sense when they have group battles & he can just do all that. I don't agree with the Hulk nerf though

[@SpFlash1523]

@@sl9wdive I blame that on Ragnarok, not only did the Hulk look less intimatiding than he was just two years in Age of Ultron (unreasonable slight face redesign). The way Hulk stared at Tony Stark after he spit his tooth out was a 1000 times more threatening than when he looked up at Loki in his battle vs Thor in Ragnarok. Also, his voice in Ragnarok...was very, very child like and not man like (like how it's supposed to be), and it gets annoying listening to that version of his voice. I have no idea why they thought it was a good idea to auto tune his voice. In the previous MCU movies, Hulk's voice and roar alone ("Leave me alone, Hulk smash, puny god") was powerful enough and threatening enough to make you tremble, to make policemen put their guns down, to make Tony Stark wake up from his near death experience, but he sounded like that one big annoying friend at school, who you wish would shut up sometimes. I know these are all minor nitpicking, but it was something I just had to say.

[@ProjektTaku]

@@SpFlash1523 I just hate how small he is now. He's now under 7 foot, nothing compared to the 8'1 monster in his first movie, and you can see the difference between him vs abomination in that movie vs him and abomination in she hulk. The hulk at minimum should be 7'3 if not 7'9.

[@lawrencesalamanca1763]

I did not know "Gatorade Blue" was this awesome!!!!!

[@anthonyjohnson9946]

Sir, it Powerade Blue 😂

[@Kromiball]

Windex Blue

[@jakedc1997]

Ever since we saw Cap and Panther rush the enemy together in infinity war I've had the theory that the Serum and the Heart Shaped herb are connected. It's no mere coincidence they do the second test around the same time Howard Stark gets his hands on some Vibranium. And the Cap and Panther running together at the same super soldier pace together seems to hint at that

[@venm766]

Same thoughts , cap and black panther both have the same abilities with black panther only having the draw back off not gaining muscle mass also m Baku is said to be vegetarian but has the second strongest clan in wakanda imo maybe they also consume a form of the heart shape herb which is why he didn't decide to take it from them in the first movie and would explain there stupid size and strength

[@davidtaliai996]

The HSH has a supernatural underlying to it as its connected to the deity bast, theres no way the wakandans or bast would allow an outsider to contaminate or compromise the herb whereas the SSS is all science. Also that theory doesnt make sense because if stark did get his hands on the HSH then why did he feel the need and bust his ass off to replicate the SSS? All stark did was contribute the vita rays to the program, the serum was all erskine.

[@camaradiop3731]

That's a great theory! It's like in real life "medicine" is a simulacrum of herbs found naturally! Because the "medicine" is composed from extracting the acting agent WITHOUT the ingredients that give the acting agent from the herb its BALANCE, the "medicine" induces side effects, just like the side effects in the successors to the Super Soldier Serum! What perspicacity, mate!

[@edwardgoodwin9801]

​@@venm766that would be smart, but I think the heart shaped erb is a product of vibranium, M Bacu and his clan shun all vibranium, but maybe ,

[@clmntnrtn]

They dont shin vibranium just technology they live like theboriginal clans.​@edwardgoodwin9801

[@sthbmc5963]

Bucky is similar to Ultimate Cap in that he didn’t get all his abilities from Zola’s serum. He was also experimented on with the Tesseract, amongst other things - which how he survived the fall but showed no signs of enhancement.

[@KeyIssues]

Bucky has never been near the tesseract in the MCU

[@sthbmc5963]

@@KeyIssues He was held prisoner and experimented on in the same HYDRA base where Red Skull and Zola had the Tesseract in ‘First Avenger’. It’s also heavily teased by Shuri in the the 2020 MCU tie in book ‘Wakanda Files’: "It is likely that Zola utilized gamma radiation from the Tesseract to enhance Barnes."

[@PittsburghSonido]

This video shows how there’s so much lore already tightly packed into the MCU, and this is only scratching the surface of the entire history!

[@fanta_claws]

At the beginning we had Steve Rogers who held back in almost every on-screen fight and at the end we had John Walker, most ruthless of them all, haven't seen him holding back yet. Two exact opposite personality bearing the same power.

[@JR-eu8ck]

I'd say John Walker is way more powerful then Steve Rogers strength wise Steve Rogers was skinny asf while John Walker was already in peak human condition and was overpowering and ragdolling both Sam and Bucky like they where nothing

[@fanta_claws]

@@JR-eu8ck good keep thinking that. That's what I said dumbass, Steve always held back, he faught with morals. Not like a mindless mercenary. Even the og winter Soldier would have whopped walker's ass with whole mind control thing. You can continue with the argument but now I'll ignore ✌️.

[@courier6402]

@@fanta_claws What JR is saying is that John Walker was in peak human condition when he got the Serum while Steve Roger's was a frail teenage kid so you cant make an exact comparison just based on personality.

[@fanta_claws]

@@courier6402 you didn't watched the first Avenger, the Vita rays were used to enhance his physique to peak level, the serum did the superhuman thing after that.

[@amateur-madman3047]

@@JR-eu8ck John definitely was not throwing them around like ragdolls. Especially not Bucky who’s literally a Super soldier himself😂

[@shinjihirako4773]

Carter pouring Steve's blood on the ocean created the Ninja Turtles 🤣

[@erikreiberdipizzo1529]

Shark

[@nifemiseton-soares6957]

Bro, she made killer croc and killer shark wtf

[@aye1972]

Ok, this is just downright stupid.

[@stevenmadali3258]

I can't imagine what will happen if Cap and the Red guardian meet 🤣

[@TheKlone594]

Cap will whoop his ahh💀

[@KeyIssues]

They definitely could have met sometime before Endgame

[@paulocorreia9670]

@@KeyIssues I can't imagine cap going back trough time and not be involved. Maybe him coming back was supossed to happen so he made some things of the records, maybe in the 80s he met red guardian after all

[@absoluteterritory4601]

Familiar of Cold War?

[@ResistTheGreatReplacementEU]

They’d probably just stare at each other flex since that’s what the US and USSR basically did to each other in the Cold War.

[@archangel5627]

The original Super Soldier Serum Steve Rogers took had to be injected into the larger various muscle groups on his body which then needed to be bombarded with Vita-Rays in order for the Serum to fully take shape. To me, the newer Super Soldier Serum we see in Falcon and the Winter Soldier doesn’t incorporate the use of Vita Rays after the hosts initial injection. That’s because they found a way to irradiate the newer serum with something similar to Vita-Rays so that the only thing left to be done is inject it into the host.

[@snakevenom4954]

The vita rays were used to stimulate growth. Erskein knew that Steve would need to be taller to use his powers to the fullest. That’s why the Red Baron nor Isaiah used Vita Rays. They just had the serum injected into them. As for Bruce, he’s also a small guy. Perhaps he made it so the gamma radiation would activate growth hormones in his brain so he can grow and develop muscle much faster? Had Steve only taken the serum in The First Avenger, he would’ve been a little bit weaker and slower but much more agile and faster reflexes

[@harunh_arts]

Abraham Erskine knows the value of super-soldier serum. Therefore, he knows the serum requires the right host in order to get the perfect result.

[@h-ash_tagblast8318]

The comic lore reveals The Super Soldier program was a predecessor to "The" weapon X program. In fact Captain America was "Weapon I" the first Experiment

[@ryvanf]

I hope all these "CAPTAIN" will be met in future MCU projects.

[@KeyIssues]

All the captains

[@Magnet_Chaos]

Into the Captain-Verse

[@luhhchi]

marvel’s what if⁉️⁉️⁉️

[@gjwkzvaksb368]

@Marvel

[@jacobstine1221]

The herb in Wakanda is the natural counter part to the super soldier serum, and might be a component of the serum. (It a strong maybe nothing confirmed or denied by MC)

[@sammysamiam5219]

Just wait until the fantastic four either end up as a time travel experiment or a super soldier experiment

[@KeyIssues]

There’s no in between

[@TheAverageJo3]

I have a feeling Fantastic 4 will be a time/multiverse experiment gone wrong that grants them powers.

[@briandiehl9257]

@@TheAverageJo3 That seems to be the direction the cannon is heading

[@venm766]

My thoughts are maybe they got trapped in the quantum realm and got their powers in there would also explain how they meet Kang if a variant of him is in there

[@RbkARI]

So glad I'm not the only one who still considers Agents of SHIELD and the Netflix shows part of the MCU. Edit: Oh, and Agent Carter too.

[@dimitryanyanwu7681]

No their are not as Kevin Faige doesn't consider them to be

[@RbkARI]

@@dimitryanyanwu7681 He never explicitly said they're not canon, and he probably never will, because taking a stance either way will alienate some people. Confirming they're not canon will piss off fans of Agents of SHIELD and/or Marvel Netflix fans, and saying they are will get the other half riled up, the fans who only ever watched the movies and Disney Plus shows. Fact is, they were intended to be canon when they were first made and until Feige comes out and says something definitive, I will consider them canon because I freaking love Agents of SHIELD and Daredevil.

[@PittsburghSonido]

@@RbkARI Yeah Fiege never said they were, never said they weren’t. Whatever you think as a fan is what matters anyway. :D I think Fiege keeps it this way because they want to release their own versions on + maybe? Like Punisher and the Inhumans. Etc.

[@coolscot4329]

@@RbkARI Agent Carter is canon, agents of shield has been confirmed to not be so, and the netflix shows are yet to be announced

[@OneUp-18]

I'm pretty sure Agents of SHIELD takes place in an alternate timeline not the main timeline

[@arnoldhorton8115]

Cap is like the glue that connected all the avengers together. Natasha connected with him well because he had a lot in common with her dad and Steve actually knew tony starks dad

[@DrSpasticat]

Hulk serum enhanced banners split personality disorder separating him and the monster

[@markmagician2471]

Banner has Multiple Personality Disorder

[@savannahhague4989]

Advanced his trauma, yeah. It just brought out the hurt kid that saw his mom killed. I hope they touch on that in She Hulk.

[@nekrouni8497]

Neither of the people who mentioned the disorder by name in this comment thread used the right term

[@markmagician2471]

@@nekrouni8497 well from the books about the Hulk list the disorder as Multiple Personality cuz of the different Hulks

[@nekrouni8497]

@@markmagician2471 that’s not what it’s called though, it’s an outdated term. The term used in more recent times is Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), so that’s why I said what I did.

[@roncuyos1595]

The fact that Bradley was a Cap and is alive and still capable of superhuman feats means that the serum was still a part of the military.

[@inugami78]

I think the Weapons Plus program is coming to the MCU

[@Awkw04]

Just realised how much the MCU is revolved around the serum 😂

[@Mikerille]

The super soldier serum is actually really op, makes the user really strong and fast, durable etc, have INFINITE stamina, a healing factor (with the strongest healing factor being able to heal every broken bone and pierced lungs in a single day) and smarter

[@cybertar]

I love how the first and last supersoldiers are both captain america. Also i love how the hulk experiment went both right and wrong, it created an anger bomb but also made its user the strongest super soldier there is.

[@alexiscamacho3326]

If you look closely in the opening credits for Black Widow, you can see some of the SuperSoldier Serum. So maybe it was given to Natasha and some of the other Widows

[@criticalcerebral]

That must have been a really small dose because if that was the case, she would be as strong as Carter in "What If...?".

[@larrydalobster3548]

this super soldier serum ran almost a century trying to replicate it and it's glory just for ONLY one person to have it in full effect first try. There wouldn't be anyone better I would choose for the serum other than Rodgers tbh. also since Howard Stark made a whole Vibranium shield I wouldn't be surprised if the heart shaped herb would be a key component the serum itself

[@ccl7983]

A super soldier I would like to see are Wolverine, Deadpool and maybe sentry

[@carlosu5164]

That would be a good way to introduce them, plus the ultimate comics go with that origin for wolverine so he could be super “kinda” soldier

[@ccl7983]

Carlos Gamez16 yea

[@mar10ssj1]

HELL YES!!! Weapon X project is a great way to get the X-Men to the MCU.

[@dtc603]

Is there an origin of wolverine getting the SSS?

[@ccl7983]

Dylan Cook ultimate comics and earth 616 can be considered a super soldier since weapon x was using mutants to be enhanced soldiers

[@chasejordan9295]

I'm sure the "side affect" of Starks formula on the death squad was just their personality prior to recieving it, they followed commands before but now with how much power they have why would they?

[@Erti-SamC]

true

[@cade.s]

Cause thier aggressive personality took over

[@henrygarcia39]

Could be, makes more sense

[@TypicalCynic_]

Me: Looks at super soldier serum Also me: Looks at a bottle of windex *”Wait a second..”*

[@KeyIssues]

😳

[@LoyalWackGamer]

*zemo wants to know your location

[@thexavier666]

"Isildur, cast the serum into the fire!"

[@jerryrichards8172]

When cap. Is barely standing and fighting thanose all alone. Then he gives that look ill die before I quite. BEST MOMENT IN CINEMA HISTORY! 🙌 Then AVENGERS ASSEMBLE was icing on the cake.

[@sparkywolftail]

When I saw that scene where lone cap is against the entire army, it was, like you said, the most amazing shot ever!

[@Celtic_Blade]

I read somewhere that in the comics Logan is weapon X and Cap was weapon One.

[@TheSoldier1984]

Weapon + *Steve Rogers*

[@teddybott3258]

Actual really good video, explains a lot I knew and showed me a lot I didn’t know. Didn’t pander on the obvious and didn’t act like you knew more than everyone else. Good information and also explained well. 👍

[@definiteg4909]

Seeing how much influence the Serum had over alot of people and franchises is amazing.

[@alexguzman9997]

Makes me feel like the serum is starting to get overused in the MCU... You get a serum, and you get a serum and you also get a serum...

[@tc2241]

The comics are even worse…

[@kori1218]

No not really. It makes sense that this one incredibly powerful resource would be highly sought after and create conflict where ever it was found. That's what the infinity stones were after all and you wouldn't call those overused.

[@MrGanjie]

It's sorta similar with adamantium and vibranium tbh Alot of people made/obtained close variants in terms of its feats

[@gnarly.bulblax]

I see the serum as the infinity stones of the grounded part of the MCU

[@alexguzman9997]

@@kori1218 true! It really is something special... that's why it's sought after by many people, but my point of view is it kinda made cap less special in a way... in a chest full of gold, cap was the only diamond... and now more diamonds are appearing... now cap is kinda being mixed with a new cheat full of similar diamonds in a sense... so yeah, for me it kinda takes away the "super soldier" in caps name since more people can get it... but that's just me anyway... lol

[@Cookieninja-bo6gd]

People saying, “they wonder what happens if cap and red guardian met” I don’t wanna be a buzz kill but im pretty sure it will never happen or at least the cap we know won’t be on screen for a while, cuz Chris Evans is done with cap and I don’t think he is going to be cap any time soon. Son to break the news.

[@shonenfanboy1943]

That question still counts for Falcon cap and we never knew if he will appear in the new Cap movie?

[@johnnylawrence1516]

Bro Chris Evans ain't done with Cap. He still has a couple marvel movies that he's cameo in as CA.

[@darthkek1953]

There is a new Cap though. Yeah, they tried to make Captain Falcon a thing.

[@kyoncopeland3084]

@@darthkek1953 lmao 😂 on some super smash bros shit haha

[@kori1218]

Idk, with the multiverse blooming and the "What If" series coming out, it could happen

[@kinggrimlock311]

I feel like you guys could have included the Extremis serum but this was overall an incredible video.

[@wolfgang6442]

True on that

[@chaos267]

It'll be great to see how they bring the X-men into the mix now. We all have to remember that the Weapon X project was also a means to obtain super soldiers as a result to recreate the succession of Steve Rogers.

[@ashleysmith5427]

We need a Marvel One Shot about what happened between Isiah Bradley and Bucky Barnes!

[@Decoy449]

In the comics the hulk had a healing factor similar to the wolverine. But we've never seen that since that's not one of the affects of the super soldier serum. If he had healing factor the Hulk's arm would've healed under 10 seconds after he snapped in endgame

[@R3DGAP]

maybe it healed, we´ll see in the future

[@JohnDoe-wb6vl]

There definitely is a healing factor included in the serum, we see Cap take several full force hits in the face from Bucky's arm in the final battle of the Winter Soldier when anyone else would have their skull shattered and brains turned to mush from just one or two hits, see Howard Stark for example. Him and Bucky both take several hits from Iron Man while not holding back during Civil War, which would have killed any normal human, yet they shrug it off no big deal. Hulk also has a healing factor that you can see plenty of times throughout the MCU. He shrugs off bullets and hits that would kill an ordinary human like they were nothing, in the 08 Hulk movie Bruce literally jumps out of a plane and lands with enough velocity to shatter the concrete in Harlem yet he gets up as Hulk without a scratch. In that movie he also attempts to kill himself with a shot to the head but Hulk spits the bullet out like nothing. In Age of Ultron, Black Widow pushes him down a chasm deep enough to kill anyone by falling but he just transforms into the Hulk and jumps right back out. In Ragnarok you see Bruce jump out of a ship and onto the bifrost, similarly to what he did when he jumped out of the plane in 08, you can clearly see that the impact was enough to shatter several of his bones and leave him looking lifeless for a minute until he transforms into Hulk and shows no sign of any of the injuries he just sustained. He takes hits from many extremely heavy hitters such as Thor, the Hulkbuster, and Thanos and lives. If Thanos from the movies punched you or me in the face we would fucking die but the Hulk does not. If the Hulkbuster did that piston fist thing it did to Hulk while Tony was saying "go to sleep" a normal person's head would be unrecognizable. The serum DOES have a healing factor.

[@Decoy449]

1. The beatings cap took healed normally, and it doesn't matter what Bucky's punches did to Howard stark because we're talking about cap, you can't punch him to death, and the healing factor in the comics are similar to wolverines. If cap or the hulk did have healing factor they would've healed faster

[@teligon]

Really well put together historical chronicle!

[@MrFantocan]

In the comics the black widows receive a weaker version of the super soldier serum, but in the MCU there is the Black Widow movie which shows the girls being experimented with a blue liquid which usually is the super soldier serum, so I guess they deserve a honorable mention.

[@Sealhunt]

A comprehensive and thorough job my friend. Nicely done!

[@liamthorpe4554]

Always love your videos!

[@KeyIssues]

Thanks!

[@lokithegamervariant3718]

I’m new to this channel

[@DavidMcMahon-b3o]

I've been convinced that lots of folks had the super soldier formula all this time but they forgot it was only one part of 4 to make a Captain America type hero. First, the super-solider formula, second, the vita rays, 3rd, the person's mental fortitude and moral core and lastly, that glass of buttermilk Steve drank before undergoing the process. That glass of buttermilk is the real key to making more Captain Americas.

[@mistahanansi2264]

Looking forward to seeing my boy Patriot (Elijah Bradly) in a future Young Avengers movie.

[@jamespope7669]

He should be an addict on the team.

[@manesonjames8499]

@@jamespope7669 why yho

[@matthewharris8819]

@@manesonjames8499 You know why he said that stupid shit.

[@devantahayewoodbrown8894]

Ong

[@nicholassmith3499]

If Steve had the super soldier serum and the heart shaped herb he would be basically unstoppable

[@markmagician2471]

You forgot about Extremus its basically a updated Super Solider formula but it was really unstable

[@demetrrius3000]

8:26 and 8:45 crazy how much the strength diff is in those two hulks. One struggled to pick up a jeep and one smashes a 500 ton killer thingie with a punch lol

[@JaydontPlay124]

Banner pretty much made a better super soldier serum only problem was he could not control himself, but if he could turn big and back at will, that would have been perfect

[@RbkARI]

Now that Banner is Professor Hulk and fully in control of his actions, he's pretty much the perfect Super Soldier.

[@milesmccall2301]

@@RbkARI Maybe as a wrecking ball, but it's a problem that he's huge and green. Can't use any conventional weapons/gear, can't fit in transports, can't blend into a crowd for stealth ops, looks like a monster and scares the shit out of locals. Lots of reasons to prefer Bucky/Rogers result to the Hulk.

[@RbkARI]

@@milesmccall2301 Good points.

[@getschwifty5537]

@@milesmccall2301 depends on what you want. A covert agent or an invincible one man army.

[@David_Scar]

@@milesmccall2301 Hulk is a one man army who would utterly kill all the super soldiers in a fight so Hulk is definitely the best.. Tho it all depends on what you want, just as @ David Lopez said.

[@wittlemix]

......damn the amount of lore mcu/mcm has more lore that my history class

[@jxh_exe]

I would love to see red guardian and cap on screen

[@wolfgang6442]

That'll be so badass

[@romanstravels6390]

Take a shot every time he says “Super Solider Serum”…ur ganna have a tood gime🥴🍻

[@BobBob-qg4lo]

Everyone's talking about if cap and red guardian met like cap isn't old, if not dead at this point in the mcu lol

[@WavingtheRedFlag]

Old steve is still strong enough to probably one punch kill a human

[@markswanson6813]

Cap was alive and still young when black widow broke red guardian out, being as black widow was supposed to take place right after Civil War

[@matthewharris8819]

Don't forget that Steve Rodgers did time travel all over the place. And hes not the only Captain America. I doubt it was Isaiah Bradley, but it's not a stretch to think there was another Captain America.

[@omarbraisse354]

the serum actually doesn't amplify ur personality its just a metaphor of how power affects u

[@ProjektTaku]

so it basically turns you into a nerfered version of the hulk?

[@KeyIssues]

Right

[@Cushla-np4pt]

Really nerfed*

[@ProjektTaku]

@@Cushla-np4pt incredibly nerfed*

[@BunnyChamberX]

@@ProjektTaku Just a fine excellent dude

[@ProjektTaku]

@@BunnyChamberX perfect human

[@shawn071]

Thanks for this awesome detailed breakdown, I love how you don't talk a hundred miles an hour, like other KZbin video narrations.. where you cant even understand what they are talking about during the whole breakdown

[@huntercool2232]

2:33 And thus.. *Captain Fish was born.*

[@brandonjackson4886]

Let’s not forget, in the MCU Samuel Sterns becomes The Leader after gettin a small dose of Banner’s blood into an open wound. Even though we haven’t seen him again I think that should count. It enhanced his already grandiose mind.

[@lonewolfgamingplus379]

And also Taskmaster himself took the serum.. if the ACTUAL Taskmaster exists in the world.

[@СергейШевелюга]

In one of the universes shown to us in What If? there was a version where Abraham Erskine survived and America retained knowledge of the super-soldier serum. They created an army of warriors the world has never seen before. They decapitated Germany by landing in Berlin in 1941, capturing the top of the Reich and shooting down the red skull. Steve frees Eric (magneto) from the Auschwitz concentration camp. He said that only Nazis divide people because of their nation and blood. And these words led Eric all his life. Captain America became his hero and he cherished the dream of a world where all humans and mutants would be equal and live in peace. But what an irony, given what happened next, it then turned out. Steve, along with the rest of the super soldiers, returned to America by ship, but they were attacked by the Nazis who did not surrender and all the super soldiers, including Nick Fury, died. Only Captain America survived. In 1943, the President creates SHIELD under the leadership of Steve Rogers and Steve replenishes it with people he has chosen who were injected with the serum. In 1944, Steve states that the effect of the serum is reset after a while and constant replenishment is needed, and therefore the mass distribution of the serum is impossible and it is barely enough to ensure the efficiency of the SHIELD. In 1948, SHIELD drops super-soldiers in Moscow and beheads communists. The USSR is destroyed. Pax America, the world of America is becoming a reality. In 1956, Steve is elected to the presidency. He states that the super soldier serum does not work on non-white people because they have different genetics and the serum will damage the immune system leading to death. The black population was sick of going on strike against serum segregation, but SHIELD super-soldiers brutally suppressed the protests, and the black riots were shown on TV, which claimed the lives of many soldiers. Blacks, like Asians before, were moved to relocation camps by presidential decree. President Steve Roger gave all Loyal Americans, through the serum, physical perfection, freedom from disease, and long life. If they stopped being loyal, they didn't get their monthly settling doses and lost all upgrades. Now America has become a nation of perfect people, unless of course you are white, and not black, Asian, Arab or Slavic. Reed Richad, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm were gunned down by a Super S.H.I.E.L.D. soldier while attempting to board the ship. Bruce Banner, using gamma rays, developed a way to enhance and prolong the effect of the serum already flowing in his veins. Research declared illegal by Steve's administration. SHIELD agents shot him. Peter Parker, too young to receive a dose of the serum, was bitten by a spider and given spider powers. He began to appear anonymously on TV in order to earn money. When he returned home, he saw the bodies of his Aunt May and Uncle Ben. Paralyzed with terror, he held the body of his aunt in his arms. He was so overcome with grief that he did not listen to his spidery senses ringing and was shot by SHIELD agents who killed his family. Among the bottom were Fank Castle and Clint Barton. The US government considered non-human freaks unworthy of life and hunted them like animals, and Peter was one of them. For decades, Steve Roger has been re-elected again and again, becoming the eternal ruler of the United States, the greatest nation in the world. America stands strong, free from the influence of impure races and inhuman freaks. Atlantis was destroyed by the Americans, along with the entire population for their inhuman nature. Doctor Strange was captured and killed. His magical artifacts were used as weapons, such as against Thor whom they caught, for which they had to sacrifice fifty super-soldiers. Stark Industries has developed a new armor for SHIELD that has made super soldiers even stronger, and the hunt for mutants, rebels and punitive actions against impure races even more effective. The black population throughout the territory of the United States, which has expanded markedly, were forced to either starve without being able to legally feed their families, or break the law and be caught and go to death camps. One of these was Samuel Wilson, who would have been The Falcon. Americans live in an ideology of white supremacy and racism. The mutants of Eric's school, in which he taught them to use their superpowers for good and live in peace, were killed by SHIELD along with his family. So Eric's dream of peace and equality perished, and he became Magneto. "Since people could not accept the mutants as equals, they will accept us as masters!" My guess is that Xavier was revealed as a mutant and killed by SHIELD agents, like Peter and many others. Matten Murdock was eliminated by SHIELD agents. This is the "Perfect" world that was created by the fact that Erskine survived and which he helped build. This is a world ruled by the so-called Steve Rogers. A world ruled by American Nazism, a world where the occupied countries are surrounded by death camps, and people are divided into complete and inferior in terms of skin color and nation. Where Americans regularly carry out bloody punitive acts of intimidation against those who are not under their direct occupation. Where the Americans became the real Aryans and master race.

[@SilverScarletSpider]

wasnt red skull also inspired to create the "perfect man" after being inspired by thor's ancient feats on earth thousands of years ago? Yes. can you please do a heart shaped herb, crispr and serum results comparison?

[@apparentlyashleys1fan113]

No

[@diaclethian1]

Great video. Everyone was working on the soldier serum like Dept. H in Canada hence Alpha Flight hence wolverine sabertooth and deadpool

[@dvlx8453]

edward norton version of the hulk was the strongest variant of super soldier in mcu

[@KeyIssues]

The weakest Hulk?

[@davidflynn1894]

@@KeyIssues they’re literally the same hulk

[@HyperFade-xm4br]

There was no way this video was 11 minutes felt like 30 Great video btw

[@Celtic_Blade]

The CIA still exists? Are Shield, Sword, Hydra, AIM, and the others just sitting there like….”You’re adorable.”

[@fallout560]

I would imagine the CIA gets its talent poached every 2 weeks in the MCU

[@jamessloven2204]

MCU has too many organizations which are "secretly" pulling the strings behind the scenes.

[@kairecheneau9347]

Don’t forget ten rings and the hand

[@TheGeorgegenesis]

Ofcource Sentry is my ultimate super soldier and would love to see him battle the hulk.

[@fanta_claws]

But the the only reason Steve's transformation required Vita rays was because his physique was underdeveloped. The Vita rays changed his body(physique) to a peak human level and the SSS did the whole superhuman changes to him. There was no need of Vita rays on a fully developed person, no-one ever noticed that.

[@andreburruss11]

When he said it makes personality stronger I really think he meant it metaphorically not literally

[@OverkillKillerr]

You completely forgot Natasha Romanoff who has a diluted super serum called the "Black Widow Project" giving her intensified human peak capabilities.

[@RiceCubeTech]

Infinity formula too with nick fury, but neither are in the MCU.

[@aedwardsss]

The Hulk is the ultimate parent/child relationship. Banner’s father was abusive and Banner is negligent. He created the Hulk, but provided no guidance. This explains why he rages. He’s afraid when he’s born and spends his early life only knowing pain and danger. As he gets older, he’s compelled to communicate his discomfort, and to try to free himself from his father’s neglectful attitude. Don’t get me wrong, Banner and the Hulk are my favorite marvel characters, but that’s why I want to inject complexity. The Hulk seeks to escape his dad and eventually just wants him to die so he can be free, but then after he gains respect for him during his act of self sacrifice, he becomes his father.

[@da5863]

The only problem I have with the SSS in the MCU is the aging aspect of it. Steve should not have looked that old in Endgame after he lived out his life. He was 106 physically, (not including the years he was in the ice) but should’ve looked around 55-65. Isaiah Bradley who’s around 100 looks to have aged well but not as well as the serum allows. Also wish that black widow got a version of the SSS like she did in the comics. I also wonder if the SSS can be passed down genetically?

[@goatnfrog1735]

Its entirely plausible that once peggy died he continued on for awhile and then eventually we see him in endgame. Like be lived for another 50 - 100 years

[@rejectedhex]

Fun fact: the weapon x program is actually a later version of the super soldier serum in the comics

[@theavastark6463]

That shi went from making you a peak human to just a normal skinny person with powers💀 *you cannot tell me the flag smashers can go up against cap*

[@swegtaswegta7578]

Cap is weak

[@blackmist2015]

They couldn’t even go up against Bucky and cap is better combatant than Bucky. Winter soldier puts up more of a fight but still get stomped. So if Bucky with a weaker Soviet stronger version of caps can destroy the FS then they will be Cake for Steve

[@theavastark6463]

@@blackmist2015 didn't even make sense how they even got bucky at times i felt like he wasn't even trying, dude just stood there

[@cplalmir3823]

@@theavastark6463 well he wasn’t 😂

[@cosmicgem7775]

Great video! You made the Hulk movie sound exciting

[@user-ku4tf5um7t]

Hulk is the ultimate super soldier angry angry angry angry

[@randolphdainard4084]

Consider this...Cap with Infinity Stones could go to his creation and use the stones to create gallons or vats of the Super Soldier serum precisely as Dr. Erskine formulated it.

[@dddon513]

I never understood... Was bucky a super soldier for years between rescue and falling without knowing it?

[@edudmodnar9137]

nah the serum was dormant in him and hydra activated it through all the intense shit they did to save him after the fall

[@Yziii]

Hope we can get MCU Spider-man's Origin, Dude's blood can be used as a weapon and more in the comics

[@mrjuice4070]

Quick request can you do how powerful is dceu doomsday whenever you can thanks!

[@KeyIssues]

Eventually

[@cade.s]

Fr

[@theowilds3778]

Yeah, the last vial of the perfected Super Soldier serum being destroyed is why Steve's blood was taken, to make attempts to recreate the serum and make an army of super soldiers.

[@YippeeTheGod]

Finally someone did it! Thank you

[@KeyIssues]

That’s what I’m here for

[@arelishernandez8515]

Since I subscribed I have not miss one video

[@KeyIssues]

Thank you!

[@Keffosmitty1985]

So Bucky had it before he lost his arm

[@sgtarchdornan2077]

Yes that's why he survived

[@cplalmir3823]

He had a part of it. He was injected the finished version when hydra found him. Pretty lucky for hydra that it was him falling of the train who already had smth in him and not some other howling commandos member

[@damianstarks3338]

Thanks for this video on the super soldier serum in the MCU

[@sirsir9665]

I wouldn't want the serum for the simple fact your metabolism burns 4 times faster than average. Not only would you always be eating and your food bill be high but if you didn't eat and did strenuous tasks you'd burn too calories. You'd feel weak, tired and start to loose muscle mass. Remember it pushes you to peak human not super. You still suffer all the same things, you have to eat to maintain strength ESPECIALLY being in such high human ability. The Heart Shaped Herb sucks as well because you have to keep taking it maintain it's effects.

[@Skillshot360s]

Also, the massive shits you have to take from eating all that food.

[@HellNaw98]

Getting really annoyed at people saying “it pushes you to peak human not super” as if this is the comics and we haven’t seen Cap do superhuman things for 10 movies now

[@princea9975]

@@HellNaw98 it’s not human peak, it’s the peak of human evolution. Meaning like no human today could ever get as strong as cap, he’s as strong as a human could ever physically be.

[@HellNaw98]

@@princea9975 That doesn’t make sense either though. Humans will never evolve to be stronger than we are now since it’s not needed

[@qwertyuiop1854]

the 20 second loop of music is driving me crazy

[@maattthhhh]

Next up: Chemical Waste explained! Seriously though, the number of times it's been used in directly or indirectly creating a superheroes story, should conjure some nifty fan theories.

[@markus.574]

great video organizing the mcu's super soldier stuff

[@kerrymurphy6990]

Wasn't the ultimate universe version of the spider that bit Peter Parker and Miles Morales a super soldier experiment instead of purely accidental radiation, can't remember if that is correct or not

[@enotsnavdier6867]

It was treated with OZ, which was an attempt to recreate the serum.

[@cade.s]

Like the radioactive spider had super soldier serum properties

[@KingKong-fj4dk]

Cap is my favorite super soldier. The Goblin Formula is a variant of the super soldier serum. I'd love to see the Green Goblin in the MCU. I'd also love to see the Leader from the Hulk movie.

[@wolfgang6442]

Well as he's the only successful subject of the project with the original product coursing through his veins and in his blood

[@LightsJusticeZ]

Imagine if the Spider-Man: No Way Home featured one of Peter's female classmate accidentally finding and taking the a version of the Super Soldier Serum and becoming the Black Cat.

[@Faith_Southers]

That'd be pretty cool!

[@gunnerairairsoft]

Honestly if you think about it, another mcu famous character, spider-man is very closely related to the super soilder serum. With enhanced reflexes, human senses, focus, intelligence, strength, metabolic rate and healing. The only things differs are the abilities like rejecting poison and enhancing personalities (Captain America) compared to climbing walls (Spiderman). This is just my opinion, what do you think?

[@loganx1039]

Also mention the black widows got a downgraded version of the super soilder serum

[@alexguzman9997]

Wait really? I didn't know this... where was it mentioned?

[@connorgolden4]

Source?

[@casualcookin3893]

@@connorgolden4 Source Trust me bro

[@Doctor_Rich]

In the comics Bruce always had a lot of rage inside him because of his childhood but he kept it supressed. If this is the case in the MCU then that means that the Hulk is an outward manifestation of Bruce's rage that was produced by the combination of the Super Soldier serum and gamma radiation. This would be yet another example of what Abraham Erskine told Steve about the serum in Captain America The First Avenger. "The serum amplifies what is already inside. Good becomes great. Bad becomes worse"-Dr. Abraham Erskine in Captain America: The First Avenger.