If theMCUdid anything forCaptain America , it helped to solidify his place as the leader ofthe Avengers . However , Cap has always been known as a squad player and seldom missed a chance to join some of Marvel ’s full squad - ups in the funnies .

Whether it was in irregular alliance such as theSecret Defendersor more foresighted - term partnerships such as operating withS.H.I.E.L.D. , Captain America consistently works well with others . Though he has joined tons of teams over the years , only his good partnerships left an impression on the lector and were sincerely memorable squad .

Stars And Stripes

Less of a cohesive team and more of a superhero helpline , Stars and Stripes was formed by Captain America in an attempt to help more civilian . The Cap used his backpay from the U.S. governing to fund a phone - in hotline that allowed people in need to get help from a squad of hero .

maven and Stripes was the squad that usually answered those call option , and consisted of civilian eccentric and superheroes likewise . Though the arrangement did n’t last long , it was a stark reflection of Cap ’s idealism , and shew that he really did have the world ’s best interestingness in mind when spending his own money on the project .

Team Venom

As ifVenomwasn’t threatening enough , theMaximum Carnagestoryline introduce an even morepowerful symbiote to menace the Marvel Universe . Team Venom was take shape by an alliance betweenSpider - Manand his former enemy Venom , as they banded together to stop the in series killingCarnagefrom arrogate anymore victims .

The squad ran the gamut of Spider - Man characters and put up a valorous conflict against Carnage . Unfortunately , the team was ostensibly beaten until the late comer of Captain America put them over the top and helped to salve the solar day . Though Cap was barely a member of the team , it was still a delicacy for readers to see him play alongside the wall - crawler .

S.H.I.E.L.D.

Though S.H.I.E.L.D. is more of an agency than a team , Captain America has always been an inherent part of the organization , even answer as Executive Director . While the acronym has convert several time over the years , the warmness of the organization is rejoinder - terrorist act , espionage , and keeping tabs on superhuman activities .

Along with fellow AvengerIron Man , Cap ’s engagement with the group has ranged from pocket-sized to major , and they usually trifle a large role in some ofCaptain America ’s good comic book plot line . The massiveness of S.H.I.E.L.D. has allowed for great storytelling , and they remain one of Marvel Comic ’s longest lasting organizations .

HYDRA

Not all of the team that Captain America has been a part of have been forces for unspoiled , and he even briefly get together one of Marvel ’s most malevolent grouping . HYDRA quickly garnered a report in Marvel Comics as a despicable organisation , and the shocking twist to theSecret Empirestoryline was that Steve Rogers had really been a covert agent .

Proving just how pitiless an vicious Cap could be , the HYDRA agent rendering nigh wiped The Avengers off the map before being stopped by his effective alter - ego . Like S.H.I.E.L.D. , HYDRA is a collective of agents , and not a traditional squad . Despite this , by sum Cap to their ranks they made themselves a deadly force to be bet with .

Cosmic Champions

The originalMarvel Super Heroes Secret Warsstoryline was an ambitious endeavor to unite the bulk of Marvel ’s comic universe into one massive squad . The Cosmic Champions generally formed when the Beyonder abduct most of the Marvel Universe to study them .

The team was so monolithic that it include submarine and villains , and even saw itself fracture into unlike groups ground on moral evidence as the arc move on . Though the Cap had been part of cockeyed groups over the years , reader were show up the possibilities of crossover case in Marvel Comics , and Marvel has n’t ever looked back since the firstSecret Wars .

Captain America Corps

The Captain America Corps proved that the only thing better than one Captain America was two , and the team was chockfull of loyal sub . Assembled by a cryptic inter - dimensional being , the Cap Corps featured Caps from two different creation united as one .

Traveling into an alternating timeline where they are considered traitors to their nation , the Corps team up to unsex whatever had skew the events of history so naughtily . The team only assembled for a brief storyline , but they showed the might of the Captain America eccentric , and illustrate why he is usually in charge of whatever squad he join .

Thunderbolts

Though Captain America is n’t usually the first name that comes to mind when mentioningthe most herculean member of Thunderbolts , he nevertheless had a abbreviated least sandpiper with the chemical group . primitively work as a task force for the evil Baron Zemo , Thunderboltseventually flex good and has existed as an anti - hero team ever since .

Cap briefly dissemble as a mentor for the mathematical group , though his methods were n’t particularly democratic with many of its members .   While most teams are completely squeaky clean in terminus of image , thunderbolt often have to puzzle out extra hard to overcome their damaging public perceptual experience . This conflicted nature does make them much more interesting though , particularly when they include villains likeTaskmasteramong their rank .

The Invaders

Because Capdebuted during the golden historic period of cartoon strip , he has been a part of teams for well over half a century . The Invaders were a send - up to the golden age geological era team the All - Winners Squad , and they fight during WWII against the Axis power .

Consisting of member like the original HumanTorch andNamor the Submariner , the team hit its stride during the seventies as flashbacks in theCaptain Americacomics . look at how old the reference is , The Invaders were a representation of the pre - Marvel Clarence Shepard Day Jr. of comics , and helped to plant the   seeds of future squad - ups like The Avengers .

Secret Defenders

Though The withstander often stood in the shadow of the more popular Avengers , the team was still a muscular effect in Marvel Comics . The Secret Defenders were formed after the disbanding of the original team , and featured sub that were recruited byDoctor Strangefor one - off missions .

Because of the lackadaisical   nature of the team ’s roll , many of Marvel ’s best heroes were demand at one point or another . Captain America fall in the police squad on social function , and was one of the rare time that Marvel ’s two biggest camarilla in reality crossed over . The cloak-and-dagger geological era of the team did n’t last too long , but the temporary rosters render fan a chance to see amazing squad - ups each month .

The Avengers

Even though Cap has been involved with tons of team in his protracted history , there is only one cabal that he is synonymous with , and that ’s The Avengers . Originally gather to stop the dastardlyLoki , the first Avengers roster was loosely gathered and did n’t even feature Captain America .

It did n’t take long for him to join the team , and he was the mucilage that finally kept the group together as the years fit on . Even as the core group grow larger , Rogers ' consistence made him a unvarying presence in one way or another throughout massive storyline shifts . The most telltale thing is that when a film adaptation of the squad was dreamed up , Captain America was given the moniker " the first Avenger " .

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