Nomad (Ian Rogers), armed with his horde crusher (a weighted
staff) and the shield of Captain America, searched the sewers for
his missing partner, captured by the evil Scarecrow. As he proceeds on his quest,
he feels the first inkling of an unfamiliar emotion—fear….
Elsewhere, the Scarecrow has the new winged Cap locked in a
huge birdcage, delighting in menacing the hero, who has inhaled some of the
baddie’s fear gas. Nomad comes upon Shea and some of the kids locked in a cell
and he releases them; he also rescues Robert, the victim Scarecrow has had
locked up for days in a wooden crate. Nomad then discovers Cap in his birdcage
and finds the sight comical—and he is then assaulted from behind by the Scarecrow.
The villain snatches the hero’s weapon away from him and beats him with it as
Cap watches helplessly; Scarecrow talks Nomad into fear—the fear that he may
not be hero enough to save his partner. Shea and the kids appear suddenly and distract
the baddie…so that Robert (a locksmith) can free Cap. Together they all quickly
take down the Scarecrow. They lock up the villain and summon the police. Cap
tells Nomad, “Courage isn’t about never being scared. It’s about facing that
fear. Standing up, pushing through, and doing the damned thing anyway.” His
contact restored, Steve Rogers agrees.