Timely's star-spangled man didn't take long to make the leap to the big screen, getting his own Republic serial just three years after making his comic debut. Well, sort of - even by pre-MCU standards the adaptation was best termed as "loose". Not only did Cap trade in his iconic shield for his less iconic pistol, bit instead of being Steve Rogers, Super Soldier he was actually DA Grant Gardner for no readily apparent reason. In short it's unclear why Republic bothered leasing the rights at all. To top it all off Dick Purcell has a gut on him, and it's widely accepted that the light workout he goes through here was a factor in his fatal heart attack a few weeks after filming wrapped.
