Captain America: The First Avenger
Summary
The first villains Steve Rogers ever faced inCaptain America : The First Avengerrepeated an age - erstwhile criticism from theStar Warsfranchise . Chris Evans debuted as Steve Rogers in 2011’sCaptain America : The First Avenger , with theMCUPhase 1 labor detailing his enlisting to the armed forces , and his shift from a tight-fitting kid from Brooklyn into the superhuman Captain America . During his MCU first appearance , Steve Rogers fought one of Marvel Comics ' most iconic , terrifying and recognizable Captain America scoundrel , Johann Schmidt , a.k.a . the Red Skull , and battle the full violence of HYDRA during World War II , but HYDRA ’s United States Army was n’t exactly well - suited for the engagement against Captain America .
Hydra is the longest surviving villainous organization in the MCU and one of the major planet ’s greatest threats . Here ’s every theatrical role who has led Hydra .
Captain America’s Hydra Troopers Are Just As Bad As Storm Troopers
One major criticism of the iconic Stormtroopers in theStar Warsfranchise has always been that they are lousy soldiers . With terrible design and often wretched tactical thinking , many Stormtroopers truly let the side down , and this was chew over inCaptain America : The First Avenger’sHYDRA Troopers , though shockingly were perhaps even more hopeless thanStar Wars’Stormtroopers . HYDRA ’s soldiers displayed their poor marksmanship throughoutCaptain America : The First Avenger , and their dim - wittedness meant that they were well ask down by Steve Rogers and his non - enhanced comrades , make them one of the most unsatisfying armies in the MCU ’s history .
What makes the HYDRA Troopers ' failure even more impactful is the fact that they handle advanced weapons infused with the business leader of theTesseract , a.k.a . the Space Stone . These weapons examine their destructive power , particularly when Johann Schmidt ’s Red Skull wielded them himself , but the HYDRA Troopers seemed wholly useless when using these powerful weapons . In fact , the only metre HYDRA Troopers manage to corner Steve Rogers ' Captain America is at a stage where he want to be captured and brought before the Red Skull , which should n’t really be a percentage point of pridefulness for HYDRA ’s useless United States Army during World War II .
Why Hydra’s Troopers Had To Be Bad
Even though HYDRA ’s soldier were depicted as being practically worthless inCaptain America : The First Avenger , this actually puzzle out perfectly to reinforce the Red Skull ’s rightful nonpareil . TheRed Skull ’s obsession with super soldierswas root in the idea that humanity - or"mortal men,“as he put it - were simply not good enough . The fact that the HYDRA Troopers were a terrible regular army , even when empowered with the force out of an Infinity Stone , back up these beliefs , and pushed him to reach further and further in his seeking for superhuman experimentation , and attempting to wield the force of the gods by harnessing the power of the Tesseract .
