Continued from NOMAD (Vol. 2) #18.
At the Miami estate of the mob boss
known as the Slug, Captain America has just stopped the brainwashed
Nomad/Jack Monroe from killing the gangster. Accusing Cap of having
tried to kill him, Jack opens fire and a fight breaks out and Jack
pushes Cap's face into the Slug's fat to suffocate him. It is at this
point that Cap ponders the events leading up to this awkward
moment....
It began with a call from Giscard
Epurer telling Cap that Jack was a prisoner at the asylum of Dr
Faustus. This brought Cap to Florida where he entered the highly
secure institution and confronted Faustus. The villain was evasive
and had his men open fire on Cap. The Living Legend struck back,
subdued the gunmen, and trapped Faustus in an elevator, forcing him
to reveal where Jack is and what he had been sent to do. Cap headed
to the Slug's mansion...
...where he breaks Nomad's hold on him
and the fight resumes. Cap realizes that Jack thinks he is the 1950s
Cap who betrayed and shot him (issue #232) and quickly corrects his
misunderstanding. Jack hits him again as he is a Nazi against all
that Cap stands for. Again Cap recognizes that Faustus has
manipulated him into thinking his father was a Nazi spy during the
War. Cap breaks through his psychological defenses and Jack breaks
down. The hero goes out to where the Wanderers are still fighting the
Cannibal Catch. The Slug tries to escape in his jet powered sofa but
is shot down by the Wanderers, crashing into the sea. Cap takes down
the mercenaries and heads back into the house to find Jack gone...for
revenge against Faustus....
Continued in NOMAD (Vol. 2) #19.