It's Rose again, bringing in my second character, the man you all love to fangirl (unless you're a villain or Jac/Zinda): Captain America! He is the best of Batman and Superman in one package, and is going to be Clark's new best friend. Of course, his unlikely bestest friend will be Tony Stark (I'm looking at you, Deb), so Bruce, you don't have to worry. Steve was found in frozen in the ice, in suspended animation, by S.H.I.E.L.D. 8 months ago (when the movie came out in real life. I like meta). Since then, he's been in their custody, living on the Hellicarrier and working as a liaison. After talking to Mel and Nick, I've decided that his return was kept under-wraps for the first four and half months, as they brought him up to speed on everything post-WWII and made sure he got over the a lot of the culture shock. People who knew about his return before everyone else: any S.H.I.E.L.D. characters, as well as Lady Blackhawk, who was brought in as a consultant to help him adjust after S.H.I.E.L.D. messed it up with the hospital room.
For Steve's background, I did use the movie as some inspiration, and some of the events take place the same way, but I also wanted to include aspects from the comics like the Invaders and have him involved in the war effort longer. You can read more about all that in his background here. I'll be making a prettier profile later, but for now it's there.
Cap has been out and about publicly for just over 3 months, and as I said, he's affiliated with S.H.I.E.L.D. His return was probably a big freakin' deal, and they probably made a point of making it clear he was a government man. Photo op with President Obama and Nick Fury, say what.