The story of Captain Canada begins in the dark days of 1939, when the shadows of war stretched over Europe. Against the Nazi advance, the Canadians were called to defend their motherland (that is, England or so you think). The Canadian government initiated a secret program to create the ultimate weapon: a soldier who was stronger than the average soldier, more agile, more resistant to pain, and more polite. That failed miserably, so they asked the USA to make one. Captain Canada, then an officer in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, volunteered to become the first test subject for the Canadian super-soldier serum.