Abraham Erskine

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Abraham Erskine was a physician and chemist who developed the Super Soldier serum, an enhancement formula.

Born to a Jewish family in Augsburg, Germany, Erskine attempted to escape to Switzerland after Adolf Hitler's rise to power in 1933. His work on a serum to physically enhance individuals was noted by Hitler, who sent Hydra leader Johann Schmidt to capture Erskine. Schmidt forced him to complete the Super Soldier serum, but the incomplete formula disfigured Schmidt, who sentenced Erskine to death. Erskine escaped to the United States with Peggy Carter's assistance.

At the 1943 Stark Expo, Erskine noted Steve Rogers' morality and weak physicality. Erskine selected Rogers for Project Rebirth, a United States government initiative to create enhanced soldiers with Erskine's Super Soldier serum. During the injection of the Super Soldier serum into Rogers, Erskine was assassinated by Heinz Kruger, a Hydra agent. Several others have attempted to recreate Erskine's work on the Super Soldier serum, including the United States Army, the Soviet Army, and Wilfred Nagel.