MAJOR KERFOOT

Real Name: Major Albrecht Kerfoot

Identity/Class: Human, German (World War II and Post-World War II eras)

Occupation: Major in the WW II German army, spy

Group Membership: German Army, Nazi party, ShutzStaffeln

Affiliations: Adolf Hitler, Heinz Kruger

Enemies: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Germany, ;possibly USA

First Appearance: Captain America I#155 (November, 1972)

Powers/Abilities: None, Kerfoot was a normal human, skilled in espionage and stealing of military secrets.

History:
(Captain America I#155 (fb) - BTS) - Major Kerfoot was part of the German ShutzStaffeln (the S.S., secret police). He also was a German spy. Kerfoot's superiors heard rumors about an American experiment to create super-soldiers and ordered Heinz Kruger, one of Kerfoot's spies, to investigate.

(Captain America I#155 (fb) - BTS) - Few hours before the experiment which transformed Steve Rogers into Captain America, Kruger succeeded in stealing the formula and passing it to Kerfoot.

(Tales of SuspenseI#63) - Kruger died immediately after the successful experiment in a fight with Steve Rogers.

(Captain America I#155 (fb)) - Kerfoot wrote a report and included the Super-Soldier formula. The day after the experiment he was killed by a bomb's explosion.

(Captain America I#155 (fb) - BTS) - Hundred of thousands of Nazi agents' reports were gathered in a huge storehouse in Germany by the allied. Kerfoot was believed to be an agent of lesser importance and his record remained there.

(Captain America I#155 (fb)) - Between 1952 and the end of the Korean "War," the formula was found by the man who would become the Captain America of the 1950s.

Comments: Created by Steve Englehart, Sal Buscema and Frank McLaughlin.

It's rather strange that Kruger, a Gestapo agent, took orders by Kerfoot, a SS agent.

Kerfoot's first name was revealed in Marvel Atlas#1.

Profile by Spidermay

Clarifications:

Major Kerfoot has no known connections to

• any other "Major" or character with a similar name.

Images:
Captain America I#155, p9, pan5 (Kerfoot)
Captain America I#155, p9, pan3 (Kerfoot's records)
Captain America I#155, p9, pan4 (the Super-Soldier formula)

Appearances:
Captain America I#155 (November, 1972) - Steve Englehart & Stan Lee (writers), Sal Buscema & John Romita (pencils), Frank McLaughlin & John Romita (inks), Roy Thomas (editor)

Last updated: 11/28/05

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