Marvel Comics (Earth-616)

William Burnside - Captain America of the 1950s

William Burnside, a super-fan of Captain America, rediscovered the super-soldier serum during the 1950s, underwent surgery to assume Steve Rogers’ identity, and adventured with a student nicknamed Bucky. Without stabilizing vita rays, the serum induced paranoid delusions, leading them to believe they were the originals. Placed in stasis by the government, Burnside was later revived and manipulated by Doctor Faustus and fascist groups to oppose the original Captain America’s ideals.

Strength

Stronger than Steve Rogers ever was. (source)
Way more powerful than Bucky. (source)
Considered by Bucky to be crazy strong. (source)
Shatters a chimney with a kick. (source)
Knocks Bucky back into a chimney, damaging it. (source)
Punches a man out of a car, forcing open and warping a door. (source)
Shatters his revival-era shield by bashing it against Steve Rogers’ shield. (source)
Breaks through a door. (source)
Punches Bucky through a window and quite far. (source)
Charging three men with his shield, sends them flying, one landing in and damaging a car. (source)
With Bucky (Jack Monroe), punches Steve Rogers in the head and knocks him out. (source)
Floors Steve Rogers with a swinging kick. (source)
Floors Bucky. (source)
Pierces Zola through with a sharp piece of debris. (source)
Knocks out Sharon Carter and the Falcon in one punch each. (source)
Using his full strength, knocks out the Falcon. (source)
Floors the Falcon with a punch, then knocks him out with a shield-throw and another strike. (source)
Defeats some cyborg minions of Adam II’s. (source)
Sends Bucky through two walls, stunning him. (source)
Sends Falcon flying back, destroying a wooden fence and toppling some trash cans. (source)
Punches a hole in a brick wall, slightly hurting his fist. (source)
Tears apart a large cannon. (source)
Stops a getaway car by landing on its hood, damaging the vehicle. (source)
Seemingly breaks out of thick metal restraints. (source)
Deforms his revival-era shield by bouncing it off of a wall. (source)
Uses a giant typewriter to batter Electro (Ivan Kronov). (source)
Slightly damages the metal roof of a train by jumping onto it. (source)
Grapples with Steve Rogers. (source)
Grapples with Steve Rogers, but is kicked off. (source)
Breaks free of several men who are grappling him. (source)
Breaks out from under five men, somehow changing into his Captain America costume while they attack him without them realizing it. (source)
Can lift about one ton. (source)
Moves a boulder larger than he is. (source)
The super-soldier serum lets a small monkey lift a 250lb weight. (source)
Swings one large man into another. (source)

Durability

Leaps off a building. (source)
Leaps down to a lower rooftop. (source)
Is seemingly stabbed in the back, dropping his machinegun and falling forward, but quickly recovers. (source)
Leaps through a window. (source)
Leaps through a window. (source)
Survives a large explosion and recovers shortly after. (source)
Takes hits from Bucky. (source)
Tanks a kick to the head from Bucky. (source)
Quickly recovers from Bucky’s right-armed haymaker. (source)
Is staggered by a left-armed hit from Bucky, then briefly floored by a follow-up hit that comes when Bucky’s shield ricochets into the back of his legs. (source)
Takes hits from Bucky. (source)
Floored by a sudden left-armed punch to the face from Bucky. (source)
Tanks a knee to the face from Bucky. (source)
Quickly recovers from a kick from Bucky. (source)
Quickly recovers from a left-armed punch from Bucky. (source)
Takes hits from Steve Rogers. (source)
Takes a punch from Steve Rogers. (source)
Is kicked fairly far by Steve Rogers. (source)
Is knocked out by a powerful blow from Steve Rogers after losing himself to madness and hurtling himself at him; however, the truth of Steve’s identity is later said to have put a stop to their rampage as much as any physical blow, shattering William’s mind. (source) (https://i.imgur.com/uJgmgHz.jpg)
Takes hits from the Falcon. (source)
Is floored by two strikes from the Falcon, but quickly recovers. (source)
Quickly recovers from a strike from the Falcon. (source)
Is charged through a railing and off of a balcony by the Falcon, uses the bird-themed hero as a cushion, and seems unharmed. (source)
Over years, mostly heals after seemingly burning to death. (source)
Is shot repeatedly and falls off the Hoover Dam, but his body is unrecovered and he later reappears alive. (source)
Is hospitalized, but heals quickly after being hit by a truck, with Steve Rogers noting their shared healing factor. (source)
His body eliminates the build-up of fatigue, giving him phenomenal endurance that surpasses any Olympic athlete’s. (source)
Is immune to ’the virus of evil’, which tried to make him communist. (source)

Speed

When his shield ricochets back into his hand, either uses it to block bullets that are only a few feet away, or dodges out of the way of the bullets. (source)
Is stated to duck bullets. (source)
Physically surpasses any Olympic athlete in speed and reaction time. (source)
Is tagged by Bucky by a ‘cheap shot’, then ducks his follow-up and hits him in turn, making Bucky think that William is faster than Steve. (source)
Is faster than Bucky. (source)
Dodges Steve Rogers. (source)
Ducks under Bucky’s shield-throw. (source)

Mobility

Scales a building and leaps from rooftop to rooftop like a human fly, then slides about. (source)
Pursues Bucky across rooftops. (source)
Catches up to a car by moving cross mountain ridges at amazing speed, leaping onto it. (source)
Gains on a fleeing Sharon Carter, who could outrun almost any man. (source)
Runs at a man before he can fire his gun. (source)
Jumps from a plane swinging on a cannon at the last second and landing. (source)
Leaps onto a moving train. (source)
Leaps high while carrying the Falcon tied to a chair. (source)
Leaps quite high. (source)
Leaps over a wall taller than he is. (source)
Swings from a wire to save someone from a crashing car. (source)
Swings from a wire to get ahead of a man who is fleeing across rooftops. (source)
Swings on a vine to get the drop on and kick Steve Rogers. (source)
Scales the United Nations Secretariat Building and swings his way in, kicking through a window. (source)
Retains his balance on a see-sawing plane wing. (source)
Does something that looks agile. (source)
Swims underwater while being shot at. (source)
Physically surpasses any Olympic athlete in agility. (source)

Equipment

No-sells a large explosion. (source) (Modern Shield)
Is thrown into Steve Rogers’ shield and is undamaged. (source) (Modern Shield)
Blocks gunfire. (source) (Modern Shield)
Blocks Falcon’s Hawk Hook. (source) (Revival Shield)
Deforms when bounced off of a wall. (source) (Revival Shield)
Shatters when bashed against Steve Rogers’ shield. (source) (Revival Shield)
Cushions a dynamite explosion intended to kill him. (source) (Classic Shield)
Blocks gunfire. (source) (Classic Shield)
Cuts through rope bindings. (source) (Classic Shield)
In his soldier-identity, carried a gun. (source) (Guns)
Once used a gun called the Atom Smasher, which blew a large hole in the side of a plane, and sunk a ship. (source) (Guns)
As the Grand Director, carried a luger. (source) (Guns)
A spray-can with Doctor Faustus’ mind-gas. (source) (Other)

Skill

Throws his shield, hitting an in-flight Falcon and ricocheting it back to his hand. (source) (Shield Skill)
Throws his shield into a police car, causing the car to explode and the shield to bounce back to his hand. (source) (Shield Skill)
Throws his shield through two men, bouncing it back to his hand. (source) (Shield Skill)
Throws his shield into a man’s face, ricocheting it back to his hand before he can be shot. (source) (Shield Skill)
When a man is taken hostage at gunpoint and a shot from any angle will kill the hostage, throws his shield, hitting the hostage-taker with a bullseye before he can react, and leaving the hostage unharmed. (source) (Shield Skill)
Throws his shield into a man’s face, knocking him back into another man. (source) (Shield Skill)
Throws his shield into the Red Skull (Albert Malik)’s face. (source) (Shield Skill)
Throws his shield into the back of a cyborg minion of Adam II’s. (source) (Shield Skill)
Bucky (Jack Monroe) states that if there’s one thing they know how to do, it’s toss shields and trash can lids. (source) (Shield Skill)
Shields himself from Falcon’s Hawk Hook just like Steve Rogers. (source) (Shield Skill)
Teaches hand-to-hand combat. (source) (Combat Skill)
Ducks a man’s punch, saying it was telegraphed. (source) (Combat Skill)
Is an excellent hand-to-hand combatant and a trained boxer. (source) (Combat Skill)
Is ranked by Steve Rogers as ‘highly skilled’; on the same level as himself, USAgent, Wolverine, Cable, Deathlok, Batroc, Crossbones, Black Panther, Nick Fury, the Punisher, Tumbler, Razorfist, Viper, and General Wv; and above Americop, Primus, Nomad, Armadillo, Vormund, Man-brute, Power Man (Erik Josten), Red Skull, King Cobra, Zaran, Machete, Mother Night, Swordsman, Bullseye, Flag-Smasher, Mad Dog, Constrictor, Animus, Vermin, Baron Blood, Grey Gargoyle, Mister Hyde, Nefarious, Dr. Faustus, Eel, Machinesmith, Asp, Baron Zemo, Zeitgeist, Scourge, Whirlwind, Everyman, Madcap, Sidewinder, Zola, Black Mamba, and Trapster. (source) (Combat Skill)
Uses a machine gun to blow up an ammo dump. (source) (Other)
Sneaks past some guards who are taking it easy. (source) (Other)
Flies a jet, engaging in aerial combat and defeating numerous communist pilots. (source) (Other)
Rides a motorcycle. (source) (Other)
Rides a horse. (source) (Other)
Figures out Electro (Ivan Kronov)’s weakness. (source) (Other)
Recognizes that a dancer is tapping out morse code and translates it. (source) (Other)

Miscellaneous

Has no qualms with killing communists. (source) (Behaviour)
Has no qualm killing Zola. (source) (Behaviour)
Doesn’t hold back against communists. (source) (Behaviour)
Beats information out of communists. (source) (Behaviour)
Is prepared to torture the Falcon for information. (source) (Behaviour)
Is a nearly perfect physical match for Steve Rogers. (source) (Other)
Is 6'2" and weighs 220lbs. (source) (Other)
States that Bucky can’t take him. (source) (Other)
One of Steve Rogers’ all-around toughest foes, alongside USAgent, Deathlok, Cable, and Wolverine. (source) (Other)
Was briefly turned into a cyborg by Adam II, gaining an electrical attack. (source) (Other)
Vs. Steve Rogers: Briefly fights Steve before making his escape. (source) (Notable Fights)
Vs. Steve Rogers (Rematch): Proves himself stronger than Steve, but has inferior equipment, and is knocked out after he realizes he’s facing the original Captain America and hurling himself at Steve in madness. (source) (Notable Fights)
Vs. Bucky Barnes: Overwhelms Bucky with superior physical ability, then kicks him off a rooftop to what would have been his death had Falcon not intervened. (source) (Notable Fights)
Vs. Bucky Barnes (Rematch): Fights fairly evenly with Bucky until Bucky gets a gun and guns him down. (source) (Notable Fights)
Vs. the Falcon: The two are assisted by Bucky (Jack Monroe) and Redwing respectively, and the Falcon gets some good hits in before William uses his full strength and drops him. (source) (Notable Fights)
Vs. the Falcon and Sharon Carter: With Bucky (Jack Monroe), quickly knocks out their opponents. (source) (Notable Fights)
Vs. Ten Strong Soldiers: With Bucky (Jack Monroe) wins handily. (source) (Notable Fights)