The Religious Affiliation of
Heinz Kruger
 

Heinz Kruger is the Nazi saboteur who killed Professor Erskine and thus caused the Super Soldier formula to lost. (Erskine had the formula memorized, but had not written it down, lest it fall into the wrong hands.) Because of what Heinz Kruger did, Steve Rogers was the only U.S. soldier to successfully be given Prof. Erskine's Super Soldier treatment. Rogers thus became Captain America.

Although this Nazi saboteur appeared in the very first Captain America story, written by Joe Simon, with art by Jack Kirby and Al Liederman, this character was actually named until many years later when Stan Lee wrote a re-telling of Captain America's origin story. So it was Stan Lee who actually named Kruger, but it was Simon, Kirby and Liederman who created the character.

This character is in the following 14 stories which have been indexed by this website:
Captain America & the Korvac Saga #1 (Feb. 2011): "Strange Days" (dream)
Captain America

Captain America (vol. 1) #109 (Jan. 1969): "The Hero That Was!"
Captain America (vol. 1) #121 (Jan. 1970): "The Coming of... the Man-Brute!" (2-panel cameo)
Captain America (vol. 1) #155 (Nov. 1972): "The Incredible Origin of the OTHER Captain America!" (mentioned)
Captain America (vol. 1) #176 (Aug. 1974): "Captain America Must Die!" (5-panel cameo)
Captain America (vol. 1) #215 (Nov. 1977): "The Way It Really Was!" (4-panel cameo)
Captain America (vol. 1) #255 (Mar. 1981): "The Living Legend"
Captain America (vol. 5) #50 (July 2009): "Sentinel of Liberty" (1-panel cameo)

Captain America 70th Anniversary Magazine #20 (Winter 2011): "Case No. 1. Meet Captain America"
Captain America Comics #1 (Mar. 1941): "Case No. 1. Meet Captain America"
Captain America Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1 (June 2009): "What Makes the Man"
Captain America: Reborn #2 (Oct. 2009)
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Mythos: Captain America #1 (Aug. 2008)

Suggested links for further research about this character and the character's religious affiliation:
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix3/heinzkruger.htm
  - http://www.comicbookreligion.com/?c=155&Nazis#1
  - https://www.comics.org/issue/1313/
  - http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=6945
  - http://www.comicboards.com/marvelguide/k.htm
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/krikrz.htm

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