First off, I just have to say that pic with Chris Evan is awesome! If these Marvel films are helping kids like that—keep pumping them out! I wasn't the biggest fan of the movies, but Cap is a fantastic role model. Although Batman is my favorite, Cap is my first choice for superheroes if some mystical genie granted me the wish to make one hero real! As much as I like Supes, I hate the whole "Superman is the embodiment of all we should be," because his actions don't reflect that to me. Captain America did. It's great if he's inspiring kids out there! Although, I got to keep that on the down-low. I could loose my Bat-Fan credibility! I'm kidding. What makes Batman so great is he's so flawed and a three-dimensional character. Hence why I only really like the 1970's-90's comics, Batman TAS, and Christopher Nolan interpretations. Sorry for ranting!
I agree with you man! I really wish they would have just started this franchise with Cap. Then we could have had two films with him in World War 2, so we could get all that background/universe building for the Marvel universe. I always take films as their own entities, but I think that would have helped!
Everyone usually says 1. Batman, 2. Spidey, and 3. The Flash. While Spidey and Flash have a load of villains, I only like a handful of them (Green Goblin, Hobgoblin, Tombstone, Kingpin for Spidey and Reverse Flash, Grodd for Flash) and unfortunately, the ones I dislike show up frequently. Captain America doesn't have as many, but he has quality that are prevalent and integral to the universe. I don't really know about Fantastic Four other than a couple books I checked out from my library, so I can't comment on that. I like Superman's villains a lot, but I can only name a few. Since Superman's so powerful, I don't care about stories where he fights. I think he lends himself to great philosophical stories, but if I want to see Supes fight, I read Captain America.
Here's the villains off the top of my head:
Red Skull
Baron Zemo
Hatemonger
Crossbones
Sin
Dr. Faustus
John Walker
Baron Strucker
Batroc (Not much of a villain, but a fun antagonist for Cap)
Madame Hydra
Serpent Society
Arnim Zola (He looks so much better in the movies; not a fan of how he looks in the comics)
Scourge
Watchdogs
Nuke
Hate-Monger
Superia....That story was awful when she tried to turned Cap into a woman, but she's hilarious now that there's so much Femi-Nazi stuff nowadays.
Machinesmith
AIM and Hydra- There's some good stories where they're just on their own and Cap has to deal with them