AVENGERS: SECRET WARS - 6 Captain America Variants Chris Evans Could Play In The Multiverse Saga Finale

With Chris Evans' return as Captain America in Avengers: Secret Wars all but confirmed, we're taking a look at 6 Variants of Steve Rogers the actor could play when he makes his long-awaited MCU comeback.

By JoshWilding - Apr 30, 2024 12:04 PM EST

Filed Under: Avengers: Secret Wars

Chris Evans first played Steve Rogers in 2011's Captain America: The First Avenger and, after multiple appearances across the MCU (including in the Avengers and Spider-Man franchises), the actor finally bid farewell to the role in Avengers: Endgame.

Steve has been M.I.A. ever since, though his final fate still hasn't been revealed to us. However, with the Multiverse in play, there are endless possibilities regarding Captain America's return in Avengers: Secret Wars.

Over the weekend, it was reported that Evans is now a lock for that movie. While we anticipate him assembling alongside the other original six Avengers as the "classic" Cap, we'd bet on the actor playing a few different Variants as well.

Below, you'll find some of the most exciting, intriguing, and likely possibilities...

6. Soldier Supreme

Introduced during 2018's Infinity Wars event, Soldier Supreme was an amalgamation of Captain America and Doctor Strange.

Not only does he have Cap's enhanced strength, agility, and combat skills, but the Soldier Supreme also wields Stephen Strange's mastery of magic and mystical artefacts (making him a formidable superhero on multiple fronts).

This would give Evans a chance to do something new with a role he's been tied to since 2011, portraying a Steve similar to the one we all know and love, albeit with a magical twist unlike anything we've seen from him before now.

5. Zombie Cap

We've already seen an undead Captain America in What If...?, but that Steve Rogers was no more than a shambling zombie. However, if Marvel Studios takes us to a world of zombies more in line with what's been seen on the page, Evans could undergo a truly startling revelation.

Honestly, we'd be happy just seeing him transform into the animated Variant for a scene or two, but Colonel Rogers would be even better.

Once President of the United States, he was responsible for transforming Spider-Man and turned into a brain-eating baddie by none other than the Red Skull. Imagine the Avengers thinking they've found Cap on another Earth, only to be met by this!

4. Cap-Wolf

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In the comics, Steve was turned into a werewolf in a story which played out in the pages of Captain America #402 and #403. Infected by a virus created by Nightshade, Cap retained his human consciousness but also gave in to the primal instincts of a, you guessed it, werewolf.

Cap-Wolf has become a firm fan favourite and was later reintroduced as an Earth-666 Variant on a world where the Avengers were monsters.

However, despite his beastly appearance, Cap-Wolf was just as much a hero as his Earth-616 counterpart. All this one would take is a little VFX to transform Evans into a Captain America we never imagined would make it into live-action.

3. Old Man Rogers

Marvel Studios has yet to establish whether Earth-616's Steve Rogers is alive or dead. We know he travelled back in time to get his happy ending with Peggy Carter, later returning to the present to bestow his shield upon Sam Wilson.

Assuming Steve is still alive, he could return to action as Old Man Rogers. Donning armour and making use of the Super Soldier Serum left coursing through his veins, it would be cool to see Evans explore the hero's limitations before likely being restored to his youthful self.

This may be his Earth-616 Vartiant (yes, we're cheating a little), but c'mon, you have to admit this would be a blast to see on screen!

2. President Rogers

Across multiple realities, there are versions of Captain America who have become United States President. Heck, we even caught a glimpse of one of them in What If...?'s first season.

This Variant could be merged with another; for example, we think it would be amazing to see a group of Avengers travel to another reality, enter the White House, and find the undead Colonel Rogers sitting behind the desk (as we alluded to above).

Whether it's tyrannical Captain America who holds power in the Oval Office or a Variant who has changed his world for the better, there's something interesting about this concept that Avengers: Secret Wars has the chance to explore.

1. Hydra Cap

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Talking of evil Captain America Variants, they don't come much worse than this guy. In the pages of Captain America, we learned that Steve had secretly been a loyal HYDRA agent since childhood, though a retcon followed which made it so the Cosmic Cube had simply rewritten reality.

Eventually, Hydra Cap and the regular Steve became two separate characters, making it easier for fans to accept that a doppelganger had done all the things the hero stands against.

We're all excited to see Evans wield the shield again, but what if it's as a villainous Captain America who, in his world, is loyal to HYDRA? He'd still want to save the Multiverse for his own benefit, of course, and would no doubt have a fascinating dynamic with Earth-616's true heroes.

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33 Comments

SuperCat - 4/30/2024, 12:08 PM

Yay. More Multiverse.

Matchesz - 4/30/2024, 12:11 PM

@SuperCat -A multiverse with no Kang the Conqueror

SuperCat - 4/30/2024, 12:16 PM

@Matchesz - Right! LOL.

TheFinestSmack - 4/30/2024, 12:08 PM

LIST COMMENTS!!!

Fogs - 4/30/2024, 12:31 PM

@TheFinestSmack - HAHAHAHHA

Doomsday8888 - 4/30/2024, 12:10 PM

>Putting HydraCap at #1

Probably the only story worth telling at this point, right?
MS are -for various reasons- adapting the ANAD Marvel era, i know how much people hated Spencer's run but f*ck em, they have no taste and 0 comicbook literacy and got triggered for nothing. :P

The ending was kinda lame but of course the MCU adaptation would have to rely on something else than a magic cube, lel.

BruceWayng - 4/30/2024, 12:10 PM

You forgot the one true Captain America

Origame - 4/30/2024, 12:16 PM

@BruceWayng - marvel stans: "it's not about identity politics, I swear. You're the weird ones constantly bringing it up"

CerealKiller1 - 4/30/2024, 1:49 PM

@Origame - I mean….this guy literally just brought it up for no genuine reason?

Origame - 4/30/2024, 2:38 PM

@CerealKiller1 - ...that's a cap variant in an article about cap variants.

CerealKiller1 - 4/30/2024, 2:47 PM

@Origame - That’s it, move the goalposts. I said ‘genuine’ reason. It’s clearly a sarcastic comment and bringing it up to elicit a specific response, which you added to

Origame - 4/30/2024, 3:09 PM

@CerealKiller1 - dude, this is a legit variant made by marvel.

He's allowed to bring up variants of any kind in an article about cap variants. You aren't the thought police.

Maybe if marvel focused on actually interesting variants that aren't just pandering identity politics, we won't keep complaining about it.

DravenCorvis - 4/30/2024, 12:11 PM

Random list based on a rumour from an unreliable person on X.

This thing has layers, man.

Though, part of me is fascinated with you insisting to act like this is a sure thing.

Malatrova15 - 4/30/2024, 12:14 PM

776hs

Origame - 4/30/2024, 12:15 PM

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SuperCat - 4/30/2024, 12:16 PM

SuperCat - 4/30/2024, 12:18 PM

SuperCat - 4/30/2024, 12:20 PM

IAmAHoot - 4/30/2024, 12:21 PM

It's just gonna be Endgame old Steve charging into battle, haha.

TheVisionary25 - 4/30/2024, 12:31 PM

As I have said , I would hope his appearance has more meaning then just fan service (which could be fun) like have the version of him we see be reflective of Sam or Bucky’s arc in the film such as Captain Hydra…

Maybe both are having a moment of self doubt and thinking Steve would do the right thing until they meet a variant of his that w is bad to bone which makes them truly realize that Steve could be as fallible as anyone.

If you want to just do a fun one then do Cap Wolf lol.

HermanM - 4/30/2024, 12:31 PM

Variant? How about the real guy? Have Chris Evans play the REAL Cap.

SheepishOne - 4/30/2024, 12:36 PM

I would love if Avengers 5 or 6 incorporated a team of "evil" Avengers for the new roster to fight. Hydra Cap, Superior Iron Man, Unworthy Thor, Maestro, Ronin, and Red Room Widow. They could be an alt-reality team or just hand-picked from their respective realities.

Could be a fun way to bring the OG actors back without stepping on deaths, plus having the new team fight them would be a test of their own worthiness as Avengers.

TheVisionary25 - 4/30/2024, 12:41 PM

@SheepishOne - I like that idea

I am a sucker though for that trope.

SheepishOne - 4/30/2024, 12:54 PM

@TheVisionary25 - Same here haha. I lost my mind as a kid when the Power Rangers fought the Psycho Rangers.

TheVisionary25 - 4/30/2024, 12:57 PM

@SheepishOne - that’s exactly what I was thinking about lol

marvel72 - 4/30/2024, 12:45 PM

Just give straight forward no nonsense Captain America, don't need a variant unless he is what the original was or is.

SummersEssex - 4/30/2024, 1:28 PM

Variant or nothing. And make it an evil one. Hydra Cap all day. 616 Steve Rogers' story has been told. Let him rest.

Ryan - 4/30/2024, 2:02 PM

I think it would be really cool if they brought Chris Evans back as he currently is (not old). He could even joke that he got better.

Avengers 5 could convince you that this is the OG Chris Evans Cap. Then at the end of Avengers 5 he says "Hail Hydra" in the mirror.

Then Secret Wars starts off with a group of heroes and Hydra Cap. Thats the shit I like. Now that I think about it. That may be too similiar to Across The Spider Verse.

JonC - 4/30/2024, 2:04 PM

Assuming when he went back to stay with Peggy he couldn't stop being a hero especially considering the role Peggy had in defending freedom over those years, its reasonable to assume he became Nomad, and if they were to pull him in his prime during this time they would bring Nomad, during Cap's prime, into the multiversal secret wars. I say his prime because he would still be young but he would have all the knowledge and training that accumulated just prior to his jump into the past for Peggy.

Spike101 - 4/30/2024, 5:04 PM

How about no too all of those and just have him as Cap, which is what everyone wants to see after all.

cerrone6 - 4/30/2024, 8:41 PM

Hydra Cap cmon let's get crazy!
Although I wouldn't mind Nomad or Old Man Cap

RedSheep - 5/1/2024, 1:08 AM

Hydra Cap, and give him Ultimate Cap's infamous line, "You think this letter on my head stands for France?"

THEKENDOMAN - 5/1/2024, 4:34 AM

Do you guys think Marvel will be this creative? Let's hope so, but as for now I'm still let the brother Mackie do his thing ✊

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