As she stands over the body of the murdered Alexa Lukin (last
issue), Sin, the Red Skull’s daughter, recalls their last teaching session.
Alexa told Sin how the world has been dominated by men, seeing power as their
birthright; women, therefore, have had to fight for what hey had and this makes
them superior. For now, they are in the position of having to submit to the
agenda of a man, the Red Skull, but with her powers unlocked, Sin will have to
protect him and advise him until she gains control….
Captain America goes over to Red Skull’s house and beats the
stuffing out of Crossbones before he can sit with the Skull and talk. Red Skull,
as always, claims to want the betterment of mankind, mocking Cap’s ways as soft
and misguided, his ideals obsolete. He boasts of having duped his followers
into sacrificing their lives by convincing them they were pursuing a greater
cause to give their lives meaning. Cap then reveals he was a hologram and that
the Red Skull’s words were sent out over his own website, giving his duped
followers the truth of what their leader thinks of them….
Kingpin meets with the Foreigner, who had assassinated Alexa
Lukin and insinuated that the Scourge of the Underworld was the killer; Kingpin
had tipped him off after Lukin’s schedule was given him by Sharon Carter….
Steve Rogers, Sharon Carter, Bucky Barnes, and Peggy Carter
relax at home and discuss the recent happenings. Red Skull has lost many
followers but a new Red Skull movement is arising, and none of them can
understand it. Sharon apologizes to Steve about engineering Alexa Lukin’s
murder and Steve understands….
By Alex Lukin’s bier, her husband bitterly tells Sin that she
should have been the one to die. Sin flattens him and informs her “father” that
as Superior, she will be continuing Alexa’s legacy in blood….