#mcu ages

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Captain America Was Just 24 When He Became A Super Soldier In The MCU: Here’s How It Happened

How old was Captain America when he transformed from a scrawny Brooklyn kid to a super soldier? Discover Steve Rogers’ exact age and the tim

For those who want to see where the comics stand on the ages of Captain America - Steve Rogers, and Bucky Barnes, Marvel Database is a good place to start.

Earth 616 Steve Rogers was born in September of 1922 (https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Captain_America_Vol_11_7.)

He got the serum in 1940, making him about 18-19. He met Bucky in either late 1940 or early 1941, as they took on saboteurs and fifth columnists in America prior to the nation's entry into WWII.

Bucky is about 3-4 years younger than Steve.

Keep in mind, comic book writers are notorious for fudging the numbers! Marvel Database is trying to tie things together, but it's not perfect.

You can find references to corroborate this by accessing Marvel Database (https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Steven_Rogers_(Earth-616)/Expanded_History#cite_note-Captain_America_Vol_11_7-2), and (https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/James_Barnes_(Earth-616)/Expanded_History).

Note: This site is kinda slow on updating, so don't expect to find everything you need on current canon. There's a hella lotta research on just Steve and Bucky of Earth 616, much less MCU and the entire Marvel multiverse!

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Looking at the ages of the Avengers it's always so jarring to see the difference between Steve and everyone else.

Using the release date of The Avengers (April 25, 2012), I've made a list of Marvel characters' ages, youngest to oldest. (Not counting Peter Parker and Vision, who is like -2 years old. Wanda is 2 ages because her birth year was retconned in WandaVision).

Wanda Maximoff: either ±16 or ±22

Steve Rogers: ±26 years

Natasha Romanov: ±29 years

T'Challa: 31 years, 8 months

Sam Wilson: 33 years, 7 months

Stephen Strange: ±35 years

Pepper Potts: 40 years, 0 months

Clint Barton: 41 years, 3 months

Tony Stark: 41 years, 10 months

Bruce Banner: 42 years, 4 months

Scott Lang: ±43 years

James Rhodes: 43 years, 6 months

Phil Coulson: 47 years, 9 months

Nick Fury: 61 years, 9 months

See what I mean about it being "jarring"? All people in the room with Steve in The Avengers are older than him. Some of them even are older by literal decades.

I will never shut up about this because they literally put a 26 year old guy in a room filled with people older and more experienced than him, and then said "you're their leader now, figure it out".

And, looking at it from the other side, imagine Tony and Clint coming in and seeing that a guy who's FIFTEEN YEARS younger than them has to lead them into battle. And when Steve meets Sam, they share an age difference of six whole years.

I know 26 is a full adult, but considering everything Steve has been through in his life it's so shockingly young, and the way he was just thrust into the 21st century and made responsible for a team he knew nothing about is so sad.