* adamantium is the result of a failed recreation of Cap's shield. anyway, here's an excerpt from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_America%27s_shield regarding the retcon:
Circular shieldThe circular shield most associated with Captain America made its debut in Captain America Comics #2 (April 1941). A convex metal disc approximately 2.5 feet in diameter, it is indestructible and has remained his most constant shield over the decades.
Again through retroactive continuity, it is established that the shield was presented to Rogers by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The shield is created by a fictional American metallurgist named Dr. Myron MacLain, who had been commissioned by the US government to create an indestructible armor material to aid the war effort. MacLain experiments with vibranium, an alien metal found only in Wakanda that has unique vibration absorption properties.
During one of his experiments to fuse vibranium with an experimental iron alloy, MacLain falls asleep and awakens to find the experiment a success. However, this is due to an unknown catalyst entering the process during his slumber, and he is unable to duplicate the result. The vibranium-iron alloy mix is then poured into a mold for a tank's upper hatch to create the disc shape and painted to become Captain America's symbol.
Rogers' indestructible shield was long referred to, even in continuity, as being composed of an adamantium-vibranium alloy. This contradicted earlier established continuity, as adamantium is only developed after Rogers is revived from suspended animation, during MacLain's later experiments to try and duplicate the material of the shield. Adamantium makes its first appearance in Marvel Comics in Avengers Vol. 1 #66, July 1969.
The adamantium-vibranium error first appears in the Captain America entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (the composition of the shield is accurately described in the adamantium entry as "vibranium-iron"😉 and was propagated in several subsequent stories by writers using the Handbook as a reference. An attempt to correct this was made in Captain America #303–304 (March–April 1985), which establishes that the shield is made of vibranium and an "experimental iron alloy", but that did not prevent the repetition of the "adamantium-vibranium" description over the years.
The vibranium in the shield is what absorbs virtually all of the kinetic impact from any blows that the shield receives, allowing it to withstand incredible amounts of force without injuring Rogers in the process. The vibranium is also a factor in the way Rogers throws his shield: he often uses it to ricochet around a room and strike various opponents with little loss of velocity in its forward movement after each impact.
* there... i hope that solves the problem...
* by the way, IMO the Hulk can take any attack from Wolverine... Logan can only hurt Hulk because of sharp adamantium claws (by slashing, but it's futile because of Hulk's healing factor)... but Logan is not strong enough to pierce his claws through Hulk's skin...
* Hulk is no slouch, with super-strength, he also has super-speed... one-punch KO, Hulk wins 10/10... 🙂
Originally posted by steverules
Has Hulk ever broken adamantium before? If so screenshots please sly
He's never broken Adamantium into pieces per se, but he has crushed it due to impact from his fists, he damaged Ultron's chasis in the Secret Wars. Another time he sunk his fingers into a solid Adamantium statue of himself.
I think that it is safe to assume that he could bend Wolverines claws, if he were to really try.
Originally posted by srankmissingninthen peopl elike silver surfer, galactus, thor, colonel america, and other people hsould b eable to break it by destroying it on the atomic level
Adamantium is an alloy, it is made by combining other metals / resins together. It only becomes Adamantium when it hardens and once it hardens it is unbreakable.
also what would happen if the huma ntorch heated it up again (nova?)
Originally posted by steverules
If you are talking about a guy in a blue costume and a shield with a star on it then that would be captain America sly Never heard of this colonel America fellow
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c379/Doggydogg/MCP_008_006.jpg
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colonel america, because you haven't heard of a character doesn't mean they don't exist
