On the finish of Anthony and Joe Russo’s 2019 superhero flick “Avengers: Endgame,” the beleaguered Steve Rogers, aka Captain America (Chris Evans), used a time machine to ship the magical Infinity Stones again to their rightful locations in historical past. (The Avengers had beforehand used the identical time machine to retrieve them from the previous, you see.) Cap’s superhero compatriots anticipated him to return to the current when he was finished, bur he didn’t.
Cap, you see, had expressed regrets over turning into a superhero. Working as a superpowered soldier dedicated to combating unhealthy man had robbed him of a traditional life with a household and a house. Additionally, it did not assist that he was frozen in a glacier as a younger man within the Nineteen Forties and remained in cryo-stasis for a lot of many years, awakening within the 2010s. His outdated would-be girlfriend Peggy (Hayley Atwell), his age within the Nineteen Forties, had turn out to be aged whereas he was frozen, type of interrupting any romance they may have fostered.
So, as an alternative of returning to the occasions of “Avengers: Endgame,” Cap went again in time to some place within the Nineteen Forties the place he and Peggy might as soon as once more be the identical age and get married like common folks. He let his time duplicate deal with the heavy lifting whereas he retired, and aged via time at a traditional charge.
He aged and aged as a traditional man may, and finally arrived again at the moment, showing to his “Endgame” cohorts as an outdated man (trying to be in his 80s). This was, for the opposite heroes, solely moments after Cap went into the time machine. Cap obtained to have his cake and eat it too, serving as a superhero for years, but additionally rising outdated together with his beloved spouse on the similar time.
As a result of we’re nerds who wish to crunch numbers, we right here at /Movie have determined to determine how outdated that aged Cap was.
What 12 months was Captain America born in?
Because of a letter learn aloud in “Captain America: Civil Conflict” (2016), we all know that Cap’s mom died when he was 18 within the 12 months 1936. We additionally know that he was born on Independence Day, making his birthday July 4, 1918. Cap, again when he was nonetheless shrimpy little Steve Rogers, enlisted within the Tremendous Soldier program (as seen in 2011’s “Captain America: The First Avenger”) in 1942, when he was 24. The occasions of “The First Avenger” stretch into the 12 months 1945, which was the 12 months a 27-year-old Captain America was frozen in a glacier.
He was thawed within the current, which is to say 2011, the 12 months “The First Avenger” was launched in theaters. He was frozen for 66 years. Technically, then, Captain America is 93 years outdated.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe, from that time onward, just about follows a standard timeline with out an excessive amount of time compression or flashes ahead. The occasions of the 2018 movie “Avengers: Infinity Conflict,” then, additionally happen in 2018, the 12 months of Cap’s a hundredth birthday. “Endgame,” nevertheless, encompasses a five-year time leap from the occasions of “Infinity Conflict,” setting it in 2023. By then, Cap is 105.
It was when he was 105 that Cap lastly used the above-mentioned time machine to journey again in time to the Nineteen Forties. It is by no means explicitly acknowledged what 12 months he traveled to, however “The First Avenger” noticed Steve making a date with Peggy in 1945, and he later lamented that he was frozen for 66 years earlier than he was in a position to preserve that date. One may assume, then, that he went to the 12 months 1945.
However possibly not. We even have “Agent Carter” to deal with.
Agent Carter sheds some mild on the timeline
There was, nevertheless, a by-product of “Captain America: The First Avenger.” The TV sequence “Agent Carter” (2015-2016) was all concerning the navy adventures of Peggy, Cap’s would-be girlfriend. That present was set within the years 1946 and 1947, and it was explicitly acknowledged all through the sequence that Captain America was nonetheless lacking. We additionally obtained to see Peggy’s private life, and she or he wasn’t but residing with the time-displaced Captain America. We are able to then assume that Cap traveled from the occasions of “Endgame” to someday after the occasions of “Agent Carter.” For cleanliness’ sake, as an instance Cap arrived within the 12 months 1948.
At this level, Cap is 105. Subtract the 66 years he was frozen, and he’s bodily 39. This will need to have been a shock to Peggy, who final noticed Steve when he was 27. From her perspective, within the three years he went lacking, Cap aged 12 years. However, the 2 married and began rising outdated collectively, free from the obligations of superhero-dom. Cap seemingly sat out all of the wars and conflicts that occurred from 1948 via 2023.
And so: if Cap simply began residing via time at a traditional charge, all the best way to the 12 months 2023, he would have aged a further 75 years. That will make the aged Cap 180 years outdated.
Subtract the 66 years he was frozen, although, and Cap would nonetheless be, bodily, a ripe outdated 114. The aged “Endgame” model of the character solely seemed to be about 80, however can assume his comparatively youthful look was because of the Tremendous Soldier Serum.
For the reason that occasions of “Endgame,” it has been hinted that Captain America is lifeless, though it is potential he continues to stay on in hiding, rising older and older. If Cap continues to be secretly alive by the occasions of this 12 months’s “Captain America: Courageous New World,” he can be 186.