First Look at the Captain America Costume

June 3, 2010 By Ryan Fleming

New leaks have given us our first look at what Captain America will look like in the upcoming movie.

Rumors about the look of the Captain America costume have been floating around for a few days now. Originally the website JoBlo described a firsthand account of what the costume would officially look like, which led to several fan drawings. Today, Aint It Cool News has released a new set of drawings from another source, and they have been confirmed as what the costume will look like in the movie.

Captain America: The First Avenger, starring Chris Evans (Fantastic Four, Sunshine), with Joe Johnston (The Wolfman) directing, is set for a July 22 2011 release

The move is an origin story for Steve Rogers, who becomes Captain America during World War II. Early rumors say that the first half of the movie features Rogers turning into Captain America and finding himself as little more than a USO attraction, while the second half of the film features Captain America in action with the WWII era super heroes, The Invaders, as they take on the Red Skull, played by Hugo Weaving.

According to JoBlo, the movie will feature two costumes, the first will be a flashier look that Steve Rogers wears for USO shows, while the second costume, pictured above, is the battle ready suit that Rogers designs himself and wears into combat.

The suit is described as leather in texture, and although it will have an appealingly modern look, it will look as if it was created with materials available in the 1940s. The helmet will be a modified World War II US issued helmet, and the outfit is said to have a “practical WWII military look” to it. The shield will be the more modern circular shield, and seems to be remaining close to the comic design.

For comic fans, it appears that the original Captain America costume used during the run of “The Ultimates” is the inspiration, but whether or not that means that the costume will be changed when Cap joins the Avengers in the modern day is anyone’s guess.

So basically, it looks awesome. What do you think? Sound off in the comments below.

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Pit at 6:32am 6th November 2010 Man that uniform looks sexy... great leather-like appearance. And I like that well-formed bulge ;-)
kash at 8:27am 21st October 2010 wonder if the shield will be made out of vibranuim :)
lamar at 11:05am 4th September 2010 cool for the opener but as the final suit in the AVENGERS the belt and boot should reflect a more modern look BLACK.
AugustAPC at 10:47pm 12th July 2010 The suit looks absolutely great. The only part I have a problem with is the helmet. I understand they're going for a realistic approach, but he needs his wings.
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Brian at 8:58pm 8th June 2010 Complete crap. Cap was a super soldier, not a soldier in a super suit. I hope the actual costume uses an actual hood an not this helmet thing.
CAP FAN ! at 9:06am 8th June 2010 PERFECT .... !!
baaaaz at 4:46am 8th June 2010 I wanna see the wings. Its part of what make's cap's costume so cool
opencurtin at 5:50pm 5th June 2010 Looks like what a guy would wear in every day life if he were a super hero out side of a comic book , other wise if they try and keep it faithful to the comic it will look stupid , remember the 1990 CA movie they used the costume from the comic and it was sooooooo baddddddd , well done to all involved for learning from the mistakes from the past and making CA suit more believable !
CapFan01 at 3:48pm 5th June 2010 If only it was mark valley in that suit :(
Knight at 9:48pm 4th June 2010 When Captain America THROWS HIS MIGHTY SHIEEELLLDD!!
igor at 4:28am 4th June 2010 This looks amazing!I can`t wait for this movie to come out!I love Captain America!He was created in the time when America needed heroes the most,and that I think gives a lot of power.Man that was a great and a sad era for mankind.Can`t wait to see Cap in action!
Wiiiings!!! at 6:43pm 3rd June 2010 Bring back the wings!!
Sick-of-rehashes-&-reboots at 6:33pm 3rd June 2010 Here's an idea for the movie... FOLLOW THE LOOK OF THE ORIGINAL COMICS!
Rex at 4:53pm 3rd June 2010 How about just painting wings on the side? Any photoshoppers out there?
Karen at 4:36pm 3rd June 2010 i like it, although it's a little too modern looking for WWII
if this was his costume for the avengers/present world/whatever, it'd be perfect though!
mark at 4:15pm 3rd June 2010 Looks good. Shame they aren't going for the WW2 style kite shield.
Maven at 4:12pm 3rd June 2010 Apparently Rob Liefeld is back. Look at all the pouches!
jackie at 4:03pm 3rd June 2010 Pretty cool indeed
dang at 10:26am 3rd June 2010 I think the costume looks pretty awesome. Can't wait to see a trailer for the movie.
Ian Bell at 10:04am 3rd June 2010 The costume actually looks very cool. I was worried it would look dorky with the little wing ears haha. The movie plot sounds pretty detailed too.