Who Is Grand Director? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Grand Director is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Steven Rogers, with over 159 comic issue appearances. Steven Rogers [formely William Burnside] was the fourth Captain America and was active in the 1950s. He has resurfaced since often fronting extremist causes and appearing as an antagonist to the real Captain America.

Who is Grand Director?

Origin of the Other Captain America! Steven Rogers meets Jack Monroe William Burnside, the man who would become the fourth official Captain America, was eleven years old when the first Captain America was created. Throughout World War II era, he idolized Captain America, and was shocked to learn of the original's supposed death in 1945. Although Truman hired William Naslund to replace the then lost Steve Rogers in the role of Captain America, the boy suspected the truth that Naslund was not the original Captain. In the early 1950s after Jeffrey Mace had retired from adventuring as Captain America, William Burnside graduated with a Ph.D in American History, having done his thesis on the life of Captain America. In 1953 he flew to Germany, and examined the files of Major Kerfoot, a Nazi espionage officer in the SS. He discovered that the papers contained the original Super-Soldier Formula . He revealed his discovery to certain high officials in the US government, and made a deal with the FBI for the formula whereby he would become the new Captain America, and act as a symbol during the Korean War. The FBI accepted his offer to act as the new Captain America for the formula.

Key facts

Grand Director is of human origin and first appeared in "The Return of... the Human Torch". The character is published by Marvel. With 159 recorded issue appearances, Grand Director ranks among the most featured characters in comics.