Ten years ago, shortly after coming out
of the ice, Captain America protected the town of Burlington,
Nebraska from a white supremacist group called Rampart. The villains
were trying to seize control of the local police station when Cap
went into action, protecting children who were on a field trip and
encouraging the bigger kids to protect the smaller ones. Cap,
unfamiliar to the people because of his long absence, declines to
give his name and rides off....
Ten years later, Steve Rogers returns
to discover the town has renamed itself to Captain America, and he is
arriving during the annual Captain America Celebration.
He checks out
the stuff for sale, talks to a guy who doesn't believe Cap was on ice
and assuming it's a new guy in the outfit, and listens to various
citizens talk about how Cap inspired them to do something heroic.
Suddenly, members of the Rampart arrive, planning their big comeback
to start with the massacre of the citizens of the town where they got
their start. Just as suddenly, a shield flies through the air,
disabling the bad guys' guns... And Steve Rogers reveals himself as
Captain America and the battle is on.
Cap mops up the baddies and
shields the citizens from the leader's suicide bomb. Cap explains
that he did not come for the festival as such things make him
self-conscious, but to stop the villains. He is hailed as a hero and
an inspiration but points out how the citizens of the town were
equally heroic and inspiring. And with a quick reminder that the
strong protect the weak, he is off again...
