Originally Posted By: Nöwheremän
I'll wager that the 60s tv show is more well known worldwide than a comic book.


Oh yeah, I totally agree with that one. But, then, Comic Books is an American artform, so I can totally see the name resonating for Americans in that way, while the Europeans had their "Avengers" in the form of Steed and Peel.

 Originally Posted By: Nöwheremän
Just as a random idea, what do people think of the chances that they will have Howard Stark or his father be responsible for creating the Cap shield/costume in WWII?


Again, agreed. I think that was the hint in Iron Man 2, where we see the prototype shield, and the fact that Howard Stark created "S.H.I.E.L.D."

He will most definitely have something to do with Cap. Or, maybe it was Stark's grandfather? Would Howard have been old enough to have been involved in WWII and still be the guy we saw in the 60's films from IM2?