Six American Warriors

The Six American Warriors was a team of superpowered indivuals who were brought together and sponsored by the U.S. goverment during World War Two to fight the facist Axis Powers who sent undercover agents to America to undermine the war effort.

Origins
The team grew out of the first successes of Operation Rebirth which created Captain America. After the first experiment was successfully completed, a Nazi spy sabotaged the equipment and caused an explosion which presumably destroyed much of the experimental notes and/or research, thus derailing the project. To spite these setbacks, the scientific and medical team persisted in their efforts to create more super powered agents. To this end, they were able to create five more doses of the formula. But, due to uncertainty over the exact composition of the serum and shortages of essential chemicals, different superpowers developed in each of the agents as well as an instability in the usuage of those powers. To combat this drawback, special rings were designed that allowed the agent's powers to be activated and deactivated at will. Even with the rings, it was thought that in time, that the powers of the agents would vanish entirely.

Wartime Adventures
Lead by Captain America, the team apprently had many adventures during the war years. The team, however, faced their greatest enemy in the German master spy and technical genius known as the Red Skull. During their last adventure, the team raided the Red Skill's doomsday weapon complex and succeeded in beating the villan but at a great cost. Captain America sacrificed himself to push the Red Skull into the Vortex generator feild and entering into a decades long stasis, locked in unending hand to hand combat with his greatest enemy.

Later Years
In the succeeding decades, the team disbanded due to the loss of their leader and retired to civillian life with the exception of Keene Marlow who continued working as a government agent. When the Red Skull's son sent agents to recover the keys to the doomsday complex, which had been divided between the heroes; the team reunited and worked with Spiderman and S.H.I.E.L.D. to stop the threat.