You know how Marvel works - it's like WWF matches. You want to see how Panther matches up to Cap in a fight. Same with Hulk/Thor, Hulk/Iron Man, Thor/IronMan. The plot is a vehicle to make exciting fights - though in the Cap films they have introduced a bit more depth with some espionage and spy stuff. They have a…

That's the magic of Captain America - he's just a man but he never gives in, never loses hope, never compromises his ideals and always wins against impossible odds. It's a comic thing. Otherwise he would have been riddled with machine gun fire in the 1940's.