German heroes Vormund, Zeitgeist, and
Blitzkrieger are in South America to investigate the murders of
several of that continent's superheroes. The killer is revealed on
page 1 to be Zeitgeist, who kills Blitzkrieger and vanishes....
Captain America, back in his armor
after the energy boost of the last few issues has worn off, advises
Free Spirit and Jack Flag to relax and take some time off....
A panhandler on the New York City
subway encounters the villain Everyman (who is also Zeitgeist) who
recognizes him as Simon Halloway, the second Angel. Everyman presents
him with a photo of Simon lying dead and proceeds to skewer him with
his rapier. This will be bait in a trap to kill all of the first
generation of modern heroes....
Cap stops by the hospital to visit his
terminally ill pal Arnie Roth and they chat. Returning to
headquarters, Cap is met by Fabian Stankiewicz who tells him about
the murder of the panhandler and shows Cap that the dead man had in
his pocket an invitation to a reunion of Golden Age heroes—and Cap
has received an invite to the same event....
Free and Jack, in costume, head to
Central Park; a scream brings them to the villain Madcap, who has a
dynamite belt and is threatening to kill himself out of ennui. The
two young heroes make a plan to stop the baddie....
Zeitgeist is flying himself and
Vormund to the USA while distracting his partner with false theories
on the killer....
Cap arrives at the gathering of Golden
Age heroes and becomes the star of the event. Vormund appears on a
balcony and announces their collective deaths. Cap goes after him and
confronts a confused Vormund—and he is stabbed in the back by
Zeitgeist, next to a photo of himself mortally wounded....
In Central Park, Jack Flag puts Madcap
in a hold but the maniac is able to detonate his bomb anyway. Free
rushes to Jack's side and finds him seriously injured but already
healing. Madcap, also healing, is devastated to find he hasn't killed
the hero....
The elderly heroes, thinking Vormund
has killed Cap, attack the German hero who escapes. Meanwhile, Cap
gets the drop on Zeitgeist, disguised as a waiter and snatching away
the image-projector that enabled him to switch identities quickly.
Vormund confronts Zeitgiest who stabs him with his sword but, as per
Vormund's powers, the force is directed back where it came and
Zeitgeist dies. Vormund blames himself for not checking his late
partner's background; Cap believes that the former Everyman, in
accord with his mania, wanted all superhumans dead....