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Contest : The Avengers

Sponsored by : Robert James Liguori

Date posted : March 10, 2026

The First Avenger


He was a commoner ardently aspiring to become a soldier.
After a few disappointing initial failures frail Steve Rogers
got selected for the super soldier experiment in US military.
Serum injection and Vita-ray dosing made him muscular.

In fund collection campaigns during the trying times of WW II 
he toured the country in countless colorful fancy costumes. 
For his patriotic endeavors during the national exigency 
he was profoundly proud to be designated as Captain America.

He proved his worth as a brave warrior with startling ingenuity
when all the prisoners of war he skillfully succeeded in freeing 
by infiltrating alone the fortified fortress of the Hydra base
of the Nazi General Schmidt, nicknamed as crafty Red Skull.

To incapacitate him from using weapons of mass destruction  
Rogers gallantly tackled Schmidt inside his ingenious aircraft
that finally crashed in the icy waters of the desolate Arctic sea.  
Schmidt vanished in the dark space, Rogers remained untraced.

The Captain eventually woke up in an old style hospital bed
to a new life after seventy years from suspended animation,
a singular feat that befitted the amazing attribute of a superhero
who assimilated the extraordinary elements of the first avenger.
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Liguori Avatar
March 25, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Job well done!
Sinha-Roy Avatar
March 25, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Thank you for the placement.
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