1926: Out late at night, Sarah Rogers
is struck by her drunken husband Joseph in front of their young son
Steven; a well-dressed lady shows up, beats Joseph with some judo
moves and chases him off. The lady introduces herself as Elisa
Sinclair and takes Sarah and Steven under her wing....
Captain America (the recently restored
Steve Rogers) invades a train which has been captured by Hydra and is
being used as a rolling bomb. The bomb is Robbie Dean Tomlin, an
aimless youth who fell in with the Red Skull's revived Hydra and is
now driving the train wearing a vest of explosives. Cap, backed up at
base by Sharon Carter and Rick Jones, and in the field by Free Spirit
and Jack Flag, manages to retake the train. But he wants to try to
save Tomlin...he fails, Tomlin detonates the bomb and Cap is
protected by his new shield....
Sharon and Maria Hill argue about how
to handle the new Hydra, growing in popularity among youth. When
Steve arrives, Hill informs them that they have found Baron Zemo....
Zemo is in the criminal sanctuary of
Bagalia, where he is trying to recruit new members for his version of
Hydra when Cap arrives, backed up by Jack Flag and Free Spirit. While
the sidekicks take on the hapless henchmen, Cap pursues the jet Zemo
departs in. Cap leaps atop the jet in midair, then enters and battles
the villain as the captive Eric Solveig watches. Cap ends up hanging
out of the cargo bay with Zemo about to swing a sword at him. Jack
Flag arrives and takes out the baddie...
1926: Elisa Sinclair escorts Sarah and
Steven home and gives her a pamphlet about an exciting new civic
organization called Hydra....
...and then Cap hurls Jack out of the
plane to his death. “Hail Hydra,” says Cap....