Late one night, Captain America
crashes through the skylight of a warehouse to stop a weapons heist. To his
surprise they are only a bunch of kids and the “weapons” are water guns—Cap’s
tip was a prank. The kids are afraid of him, having heard that Cap shot the
terrorist in issue #322; again he tries to explain but the kids walk away….
Some miles away, the villain known as Whirlwind visits the
lab of the Terrible Tinkerer; he is tired of being a loser and wants upgraded
weaponry. The Tinkerer provides him with stronger armor and deadly buzz saws on
his wrists. The Trapster arrives to show Tink his new invention Lubricant Z.
The two baddies decide to team up….
In yet another place, a mustachioed Nomad is beating up
crooks demanding to know how to find the Slug. He is directed to the Milky Way
nightclub in Miami….
While Cap broods over this blow to his reputation, Whirlwind
and Trapster (a/k/a Dave and Pete) want one big victory to show that they
aren’t losers and settle on taking down Captain America.
Jack (Nomad) Monroe takes a job at
the nightclub owned by his quarry….
So Steve Rogers is driving through Tennessee
on his way to New York to meet
with a publicity agent when he receives a call for help from Nomad in North
Carolina. We are shown that it is a trap set by
Trapster and Whirlwind. Steve arrives at the diner “Nomad” directed him to and
hears about sudden twisters in the area. One occurs while he sits there and he
quickly dons his Cap outfit and investigates. Recognizing Whirlwind, Cap
challenges him and after a brief scuffle, the bad guy leads Cap on a chase. Cap
on his cycle soon hits the trap—a patch of highway coated with Trapster’s new
lubricant. Sliding out of control, Cap hits a patch of glue and his boots and
shield are stuck as Whirlwind and Trapster take him on. Cap lassoes Whirlwind
and tosses him onto the glue, then jumps out of his boots to beat up Trapster. No
problem but it gives Cap an idea of how to break free from his current
predicament….
In Miami, Jack
Monroe is sent to work on the big boss’s private yacht. Heading to the boat
that evening, Jack is introduced to his boss—and quarry—the grotesquely fat
crimelord called the Slug….