The aged Captain America departs from Skull House bearing the body of his late archenemy, accompanied by Nomad, dressed as Bucky. They are stopped by Mother Superior and the Sisters of Sin; Superior asks for her father’s corpse. Cap hands it over and they vanish through the walls….
Exiting the house the heroes are met by Bernie Rosenthal and the Avengers. Cap explains to his startled comrades the final battle with the Red Skull and his own aged state. Back at Avengers Mansion, Cap offers to retire to an advisory position but the others insist on seeking a cure for his condition, assuring him of their support.
Elsewhere, Mother Superior, rejected daughter of the Red Skull, stands by a huge pyre gloating over her ascendancy to the Skull’s position. She spits in his face and hurls his body into the fames….
At the Mansion, Hank Pym has been called in to aid the aged Cap and Hawkeye arrives on the scene to lend support. The Avengers assemble the aging equipment recovered from Skull House and get to work. Steve is placed in the radiation chamber and Vision and Hank begin the process; Vision warns that opening the chamber before the process is complete could prove dangerous. The worried Bernie mentally reviews her relationship to Steve—then suddenly Mother Superior and the Sisters of Sin pass though the walls into the radiation chamber for their final revenge against Captain America. The Avengers can only watch helplessly as the older Steve takes on these enemies. Cap is able to dodge his foes in the enclosed area but Mother Superior intends to end it with a mind blast…. Then Vision announces that Cap’s treatment has been completed. The heroes enter the chamber to discover that the villainesses have reverted to their true child ages. And Steve? Steve is back in action….