TheGuardians of the Galaxy ’s very own version ofCaptain Americamade a name for himself while doing his best to keep abreast in the fabled footsteps of Steve Rogers , but his road to valorousness was paved with nothing but cataclysm . While tragic origin stories are a dime a dozen for Marvel Comics heroes , thisfuture version of Captain Americaeasily has the worst one out there because he does n’t have just one , but two equally traumatic beginnings .

Vance Astro , aka Major Victory , was an American astronautwho signed up for a daring commission across the cosmos . Astro was chosen to travel , alone , to a nearby star system . In ordination to make the journeying successfully , the scientists behind the mission interchange his blood and cake his organs in preserving fluid , then place him in a outer space courting which locked him in suspend animation . The journeying to the planet Centauri - IV was scheduled to take a thousand twelvemonth , meaning Vance Astro would n’t arrive until the twelvemonth 3006 . Tragically , when he got there , the satellite was already inhabited by humans , as engineering had advanced so much while he was in stasis that his whole mission evidence pointless .

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After make he ’d sacrificed his body and all his relationships on a pointless mission , Astro joined theoriginal Guardians of the Galaxyand took on the name Major Victory . During one of their missionary work , Major Victory understand the opportunity to go back in prison term and block off his younger self from experiencing the tragedy that became of his stolen life . Astro succeeds , and the unexampled edition of himself never became an cosmonaut , certify   the mutant power of telekinesis far earlier in life . While Astro redeem himself pointlessly laying in stasis for a thousand years , hedoesn’tsave himself a tragic origin . When Astro ’s father finds out that his Word is a mutant , he becomes opprobrious towards him , both physically and emotionally . While trying to fight himself , Astro accidentally use his telekinetic powers and down his Father of the Church , resulting in his stop and time in prison house .

The reason Astro is deal Guardians of the Galaxy ’s Captain America is because of the influence Captain America had on his original life . Steve Rogers is the cause Vance Astro became an spaceman , and upon join the Guardians of the Galaxy , he named his starship the ‘ Captain America . ’ InGuardians of the Galaxy#6by Jim Valentino , Major Victory evenbegins   wielding Captain America ’s original shieldafter the team recovers the keepsake .

Vance found purpose and does good in the world as both Major Victory and ( after serving sentence for the decease of his father ) , the Avenger and New Warrior Justice . But while he may turn his poor fortune into something worthwhile , Vance still has one of the most core - rend stemma in comic strip , taking Spider - Man ’s guilty conscience over betray to save his Uncle Ben and sour it up to eleven with a series of events that   turn his life into a   procedure of self - perpetuating loss .

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His passionateness for doing the right affair but because it is the proper thing to do , immix with his heat for carrying on the symbol Steve Rogers once stood for , makes Vance Astro suitable of carry Captain America ’s carapace in the distant time to come . While he more than earned his stripe throughout his life history as a hero , in both timelines , Astro had a rocky time get to that point . guardian of the Galaxy’sCaptain Americahas Marvel Comics ’ most tragic origin story because   even after losing everything , he still had so much further to precipitate .

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