Archetype:Super Soldier

Super Soldier
Steve Rogers/Captain America (Marvel Comics) was enhanced by The Super Soldier Serum, which enhanced his physical attributes to superhuman levels where he can take on beings stronger than him.
Archetype of:	Super-soldier.

"If we have erred, Rogers will be dead within seconds! For, he is drinking the strongest chemical potion ever created by man! But, if we succeed, he will be the first of an army of fighting men such as the world has never known! His reflexes, his physical condition, his courage, will be second to none!"

― Dr. Abraham Erskine (Tales of Suspense #63)

The archetype of a super-soldier, a soldier/fighter capable of operating beyond normal human limits or abilities. Variation of Soldier, Artificially Enhanced Physiology, and Empowered Subject Physiology.

Also Called

• Empowered Soldier Physiology
• Super Soldier Physiology

Properties

The user is a super-soldier, a soldier or fighter enhanced, scientifically and/or magically, beyond ordinary limitations for the purpose of combat or espionage. Super soldiers are often created by nations or very powerful independent heroes or villains, and their powers typically focus on combat.

Associated Powers

• Artificially Enhanced Physiology: Have artificially enhanced physiology and modified bodies with manufactured alterations such as tailored genetic and/or cybernetics, specialized drugs, experimentation, etc., all granting them a variety and powers to aid them in their purpose.
  • Bio-Technology: User's biological nature can be altered by technology.
    • Bio-Augmentation: Through biological enhancement, users can get stronger.
    • DNA Manipulation: The user's genetic nature can be manipulated.
    • Enhancing Mutation: Biological alterations can cause enhanced mutation.
  • Cybernetic Enhancements
    • Cybernetic Strength: Have immense strength as a cyborg or through cybernetic enhancements.
    • Cybernetic Speed: Have immense speed as a cyborg or through cybernetic enhancements.
    • Efficient Body: Have bodily systems perfectly optimized, totally efficient, with absolutely no wasted energy or effort on their part.
  • Drug Empowerment: Through drug usage users can be empowered.
    • Conditional Power: Different drugs can grant different abilities with conditions.
    • High Empowerment: Users drugs can intoxicate yet empower users.
    • Lethal Dose: With lethal doses users can be at their peak but the price of their life.
  • Magically Enhanced Physiology: Typically in fantasy settings.
  • Serum-Based Powers: Gain powers by being given a certain serum that augments one's physical body. After being given a serum, some users can be turned into super soldiers.
    • Various Supernatural Powers and Abilities: Various supernatural powers, relating to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.
  • Supernatural Surgery: Through surgical experimentations, users can gain abilities.
    • Robotization: Surgery can grant cybernetic enhancements.
    • Transhumanization: Users can gain transhuman status.
    • Weaponized Body: Through surgery, users' bodies can be weaponized.
• Bionic Physiology
• Enhanced Combat/Supernatural Combat
• One-Man Army
• One Trick Powerhouse
• Science Attuned Physiology
• Special Ops Mastery
• Superpowered Physiology
• Training Regimen
• Weaponized Body

Relationships

• One Trick Powerhouse
  • Super Soldiers are sometimes modified in such a way that they have one incredible augmentation or adaptation, but otherwise are still just normal people.
• Soldier
  • In addition to being a soldier themself, Super Soldiers often work alongside other more mundane soldiers. This is more common in cases where the Super Soldier is a sort of 'special unit' instead of being part of an army of super soldiers.

Flaws/Weaknesses

• Process may cause various mental or physical side-effects that can range from irritating to debilitating.
• Many super soldiers are just very strong members of their species, and so they often lack defenses to things they weren't engineered to handle.
  • For instance, your typical muscle-y super soldier has few defenses against psychic or magical attack.

Example Characters

See Also: Super Soldier.

Cartoons/Comics

• Eclipse the Darkling (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Various Super-villains (The Awesomes)
• Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
• OMAC cyborgs (DC Comics)
• Neo Warriors (Exosquad)
• Serpentor (G.I. Joe)
• Cy-Gor (Image Comics)
• American Kaiju (Marvel Comics)
• John Steele (Marvel Comics); America's First Super Soldier
• Eugene "Flash" Thompson/Agent Anti-Venom (Marvel Comics)
• Steve Rogers/Captain America (Marvel Comics)
• Josiah al hajj Saddiq/Justice (Marvel Comics)
• James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes/Winter Soldier (Marvel Comics); via Infinity Formula.
• James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel Comics)
• Wade Wilson/Deadpool (Marvel Comics)
• Luke Cage (Marvel Comics)
• Isaiah Bradley (Marvel Comics)
• Peter Parker/Spider Man (Ultimate Marvel); via a bite from a spider that was genetically modified by the OZ Formula.
• Norman Osborn/Green Goblin (Ultimate Marvel); via OZ Formula
• Elijah Bradley/Patriot (Marvel Comics)
• John Walker/U.S. Agent (Marvel Comics)
• Johan Schmidt/Red Skull (Marvel Comics); formerly
• Steve Rogers/Hydra Supreme (Marvel Comics)
• Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian (Marvel Comics)
• Predator X (Marvel Comics)
• Michael Van Patrick (Marvel Comics)
• Clark Kent/Super-Soldier (Amalgam Comics)
• Peggy Carter/Captain Carter (Marvel, What If...?)
• Americommando (DC Comics)

Live Television/Movies

• Nietzscheans (Andromeda)
• Mirakuru Serum Subjects (Arrow)
  • Cyrus Gold
  • Roy Harper/Arsenal; formerly
  • Isabel Rochev
  • Slade Wilson/Deathstroke; formerly
  • Slade Wilson's army
• Biomechanical demonoids (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
  • Adam
  • Forrest Gate
• Darryl Morris (Charmed); temporarily
• X5 Series supersoldiers (Dark Angel)
  • Max Guevara
• River Tam (Firefly)
• Indoraptor (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom)
• Super Soldier Serum Users (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
  • Emil Blonsky/Abomination
  • Steve Rogers/Captain America
  • Flag Smashers
    • Karli Morgenthau/Flag Smasher (Leader; Deceased)
    • Dovich (Deceased)
    • Gigi (Deceased)
    • DeeDee (Deceased)
    • Lennox (Deceased)
    • Diego
    • Matias (Deceased)
    • Nico (Deceased)
  • Bruce Banner/Hulk
  • Isaiah Bradley
  • Alexei Shostakov/Captain Russia/Red Guardian
  • Johann Schmidt/Red Skull
  • John Walker/U.S. Agent
  • Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier/White Wolf
  • Winter Soldiers
    • Josef (Deceased)
• Patriot Serum Users (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
  • Jeffrey Mace/Patriot (Deceased)
• Norman Osborn/Green Goblin (Raimiverse: Sam Raimi Spider-Man Film Series)
• Wes Keenan (Smallville)
• Terran Ghosts (StarCraft)
• Jaffa (Stargate)
  • Teal'c
• Kull Warriors (Stargate)
• Jem'Hadar (Star Trek)
• Roga Danar (Star Trek: TNG)
• Clone Troopers (Star Wars)
  • Clone Force 99/The Bad Batch
    • Echo
    • Crosshair
    • Hunter
    • Tech
    • Wrecker
• Death Troopers (Star Wars)
• Grace Harper (Terminator: Dark Fate)
• Universal Soldiers (Universal Soldier)
• Soldier Boy (The Boys)
• Super-Soldiers (The X-Files)
• Hanna Petrescu/Mia Wolff (Hanna TV series)
• Clara Mahan/Clemency Jones (Hanna TV series)
• Sandy Phillips (Hanna TV series)
• Jules Allen (Hanna TV series)
• Tyson Sykes/Gravedigger (Arrowverse/Black Lightning)

Anime/Manga

• Ackerman clan (Attack on Titan)
  • Mikasa Ackerman
  • Levi Ackerman
• Corpse Corps (Blood+)
• General Blue (Dragon Ball)
• Mannequin Soldiers (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Allelujah/Hallelujah Haptism (Gundam 00)
• Laura Bodewig (Infinite Stratos)
• Vinsmoke Reiju (One Piece)
• Vinsmoke Ichiji (One Piece)
• Vinsmoke Niji (One Piece)
• Vinsmoke Yonji (One Piece)
• Sanji (One Piece)

Video Games

• Carnage (The Amazing Spider-Man 2)
• Sephiroth (Compilation of Final Fantasy VII)
• Zack Fair (Compilation of Final Fantasy VII)
• Cloud Strife (Compilation of Final Fantasy VII)
• Genesis Rhapsodos (Compilation of Final Fantasy VII)
• Angeal Hewley (Compilation of Final Fantasy VII)
• SOLDIERs (Compilation of Final Fantasy VII)
• Kasumi Alpha (Dead or Alive)
• Alpha-152 (Dead or Alive)
• Phase 4 (Dead or Alive)
• FEV Mutants (Fallout series)
  • Super Mutants
• The Point Man (F.E.A.R)
• Spartan II's (Halo)
• Spartan III's (Halo)
• Spartan IV's (Halo)
• Forerunner Warrior-servants (Halo)
• Humanoid Combine units (Half-Life series)
• Riptor (Killer Instinct)
• Commander Shepard (Mass Effect)
• Miranda Lawson (Mass Effect)
• Jack (Mass Effect)
• Grunt (Mass Effect)
• Big Boss (Metal Gear)
• Solid Snake (Metal Gear)
• Liquid Snake (Metal Gear)
• Gray Fox (Metal Gear)
• Samus Aran (Metroid)
• Soldier 76 (Overwatch)
• Gabriel Reyes/Reaper (Overwatch)
• D-Code Soldiers (Prototype)
• Project Orion Soldiers (Prototype 2)
• Bio Organic Weapons/B.O.W.'s (Resident Evil)
  • Tyrants
    • Nemesis-T Type
    • T-103
• Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Super Soldier (Valkyrie Crusade)
• William Joseph "B.J." Blazcowics (Wolfenstein); via Super Soldier body
• Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Tabletop Games

• Space Marines (Warhammer 40,000)

Literature

• Witchers (The Witcher)
  • Geralt of Rivia
  • Vesemir
• Jason Burke (Omega Force)

Music

• Noodle (Gorillaz)

Known Objects

• Mirakuru Serum (Arrowverse)
• Ultimatrix (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
• Forced Evolutionary Virus (Fallout series)
• Super Soldier Serum (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
• Super Soldier Serum (Marvel Comics)
  • OZ Formula (Ultimate Marvel)
• Infinity Formula (Marvel Comics)
• OZ Formula (Spider Man’s Raimiverse; MCU Multiverse)
• Tyrant/T-Virus (Resident Evil)
• Golgotha/G-Virus (Resident Evil)
• Gene Seed (Warhammer 40k)
• Mutagen (IDW's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Gallery

The Ackerman family (Attack on Titan) was modified to be super-soldiers in service to the Eldian Empire, possessing the Power of the Titans and the ability to call on the battle experience of past Ackermans.

The Ultimate Alien Forms (Ben 10 Ultimate Alien) are super soldier counterparts of alien species who had been genetically altered by the Ultimatrix through survival of the fittest simulation, evolving them for combat.

The Corpse Corps (Blood+) are artificial chiropterans created for the sole purpose as military weapons.

Adam (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) is the end result of the 314 Project, a military super-soldier program meant to combine the advancement of technology with the intelligence and adaptability of humans and the superior strength and emotional detachment of demons.

Max Guevara (Dark Angel) is a member of the X5 series of super-soldiers.

Buddy Blank, the One Man Army Corps (DC Comics)

Kasumi Alpha (Dead or Alive) is a product of DOATEC's Project Alpha., a super-soldier project centered around clones of the kunoichi Kasumi.

Alpha-152 (Dead or Alive) is the penultimate result of Project Alpha.

Phase 4 (Dead or Alive) is the prototype of Project Alpha's final result.

General Blue (Dragon Ball) is a super-soldier amongst the Red Ribbon Army, possessing psychic powers and the strength and combat skill to match and nearly defeat Goku.

Created from humans exposed to various strains of the Forced Evolutionary Virus, Super Mutants (Fallout) are far stronger and tougher than any ordinary human, but are also less intelligent, more agressive, and completely sterile.

River Tam (Firefly) was partially transformed into a psychic super-soldier by the Alliance.

The Mannequin Soldiers (Fullmetal Alchemist) are lesser Homunculi intended to be super-soldier replacements for Amestris' human military.

A Neo-Viper (G.I. Joe)

Spartan IIs (Halo) were elite and experimental Super Soldiers augmented to be far stronger, tougher, faster, & smarter than the average human, and were trained from age 6 and equipped with highly advanced MJOLNIR Power Armor.

Kelly-087 (Halo), a Spartan II.

Linda-058 (Halo), a Spartan II.

Grey Team (Halo) is one of the few Spartan II groups to have survived the devastating Covenant War.

Lucy-B091 (Halo), a Spartan III of Beta Company.

Sergeant Major Avery Junior Johnson (Halo) was a member of the ORION Project, the vastly inferior precursor to the Spartan II program.

Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics) took the ACTH deriviative as part of US Army super soldier project, though the result severely effected his psychosis.

A test subject for a classified Japanese super soldier project during her childhood, Noodle (Gorillaz), along with 22 other children, were trained with the sole purpose of fighting as soldiers for the Japanese military and government.

Cy-Gor (Image Comics) is the end result of Project SIM: a half-man, half-gorilla monster enhanced with cybernetics.

Riptor (Killer Instinct) is a product of UltraTech's Project Stalker, combining the intellect of a human with the ferocity and strength of a velociraptor and cybernetic augmentations.

Gray Fox (Metal Gear) has been subjected to various super-soldier experiments, including the CIA's Perfect Soldier Project and the Cyborg Ninja Project.

Carnage (Marvel: The Amazing Spider-Man 2) is a product of Oscorp's Venom Project, which involves weaponizing nanite armor.

Natlie "Natasha" Romanov (Marvel Comics) thanks to the Red Room Super-Soldier Serum.

Josiah al hajj Saddiq/Justice (Marvel Comics)

Johann Schmidt aka Red Skull (Marvel Cinematic Universe) after taking a prototype of the Super Soldier Serum gained enhanced abilities albeit at the cost of facial disfigurement.

James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Isaiah Bradley (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Alexei Alanovich Shostakov/Red Guardain (Marvel Cinematic Universe) thanks to taking the Russian Super Solider Serum.

The 10th subject of the Weapon X super-soldier project, James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel Comics) .

The 13th subject of the Weapon Plus program, Fantomex (Marvel Comics) is a Sentinel/Mutant hybrid that was created for the purpose of killing mutants.

Omega Red (Marvel Comics) is the Soviet Union's answer to Captain America.

The Predator X (Marvel Comics) is a bioweapon commissioned by William Stryker for the sole purpose of hunting and killing mutants.

The American Kaiju (Marvel Comics) is a product of Project Troubleshooter, an attempt to recreate the Super-Soldier Serum by using Gamma enhancements, Mutant Growth Hormone, Pym Particles and the Connors Formula.

Solid, Liquid, and Solidus Snake (Metal Gear) are products of the Les Enfants Terribles project, meant to create clones of Big Boss, the greatest soldier of the 20th century.

While not genetically augmented or enhanced, Big Boss (Metal Gear) was effectively a super-soldier, able to overcome various odds and defeat Metal Gears and products of actual super-soldier projects...

...to the extent the Genome Soldiers of the Shadow Moses Incident were modified by his "soldier genes" to make them better soldiers...

...and it took Solid Snake, a product of the Les Enfants Terribles project who Big Boss himself personally trained, to get the better of him in a fight.

Gene (Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops) is the end result of the Successor Project.

Samus Aran (Metroid)

The T-103 "Tyrant" (Resident Evil) is an elite, mass-produced B.O.W developed by the Umbrella Corporation.

The Nemesis-T Type (Resident Evil) is a variant of the "Tyrants" and one of the most powerful B.O.W.s ever created by the Umbrella Corporation.

Albert Wesker (Resident Evil series) thanks to injecting himself with the prototype virus has turned himself into a super soldier.

Jill Valentine (Resident Evil 5) due to being captured by Wesker and immune to viruses due to the antibodies within her body, Jill was turned into a superhuman assassin after being infected with the P30 compund.

Khan Noonien Singh (Star Trek)

Norman Osborn (Spider-Man Film Series) tested the Goblin Formula developed by his company, which was specifically made to create Super Soldiers for the military.

Jak (Jak and Daxter) is a product of Baron Praxis' Dark Warrior Program.

Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII) despite not making it to SOLDIER first class was enhanced by Dr. Hojo using Jenova cells and Mako energy turning him into a super solider.

Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII)

Zack Fair (Final Fantasy VII) a SOLDIER first class has been enhanced uisng Jenova cells and Mako energy.

SOLDIERs (Final Fantasy VII) are all infused with the cells and genes of an extraterrestrial which significantly increases their overall physiology and condition.

Even before being rebuilt as a cyborg by Cerberus, Commander Shepard (Mass Effect) was one of the best soldiers of the elite N7 program.

Grunt (Mass Effect) was engineered to be the ultimate krogan.

Kanden (Metroid Prime Hunters)

Blacklight viral Super Soldier (Prototype 2)

Wes Keenan (Smallville) was used as a prototype for Lex Luthor's Project Ares, possessing the DNA and powers of several metahumans, as well as the Phantom Zone escapee Titan.

Kull Warriors (Stargate) are mindlessly-loyal, augmented and mass-cloned beings created by Anubis to replace the Jaffa as his footsoldiers. While practically unstoppable on the battlefield, their severe augmentations significantly limit their natural lifespan.

Death Troopers (Star Wars) are elite, surgically-enhanced soldiers of the Empire.

The original four members of Clone Force 99/The Bad Batch (Star Wars: The Clone Wars/The Bad Batch) were modified with each a unique ability.

The Indoraptor (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom) was designed by Dr. Henry Wu to be the perfect military weapon, with instincts and reflexes far surpassing any human soldier.

Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Eclipse the Darkling (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog) is a Black Arms super-soldier created to be his species' answer to Shadow the Hedgehog.

Super Soldier (Valkyrie Crusade)

Space Marines (Warhammer 40,000)

Witchers such as Geralt of Rivia (The Witcher) are mutated humans created to fight the various monsters living on the Continent.

Clark Kent/Super-Soldier (Amalgam Comics)

Tyson Sykes/Gravedigger (Arrowverse/Black Lightning), after being experimented by the U.S. military, became the first metahuman during World War II, in Earth Prime.

Four of the Vinsmoke siblings (One Piece) have been genetically enhanced to be the ultimate soldiers for warfare.

Compared to his siblings, Sanji (One Piece) was genetically modified by his given Raid Suit into a Super Soldier, enhancing his already superhuman physique to be far more powerful than the Germa's Super Soldiers.

The Spider-Man of Earth-1610 (Ultimate Marvel) is essentially a super-soldier, as his powers derive from a spider altered by OZ, Oscorp's attempt to recreate the Super-Soldier Serum.

Mutagen (IDW's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) was created as a super-soldier serum, and thus gives such properties to humans...

...such as bestowing Hun with his infamous strength and resilience.

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