Two stories told in parallel:
1939: At Madison Square Garden,
young Steve Rogers joins Meyer Lansky’s hoods in fighting the American Bundists
in order to stop the bomb detonating that would kill them all….
Now: Captain America is trapped
within the Simon Convention Center where the Emissary, serial killer Henry
Cavanaugh, possessed by the demon Asmoday, announces to the peace conference
his intention to kill them all….
1939: Steve and the gangsters
locate the truck containing the bomb but it is armored and they can’t break in.
Steve points out that he is small enough to crawl in through the window and the
keys are in the ignition. The window is broken and Steve drives off with the
truck. As the bomb starts to detonate, Steve drives the truck into the river
and swims away, thinking of his mother. The bomb goes off….
Now: Misty Knight and
Sharon Carter manage to drill through the barriers sealing off the Center. Cap tells
them to evacuate the place, taking the conference members to safety while he
battles the Emissary. Cap barely holds his own against the demon’s powers until
Doctor Strange, speaking through the doll (“Figurine!”) in Cap’s pocket, comes
up with a solution. After a few long minutes, Strange places the Eye of
Agamotto on Cap’s shield, giving him the power needed to defeat his enemy. Cap continues
hitting the Emissary until Asmoday is driven out and Cavanaugh collapses….
1939: Steve awakens in the
hospital. The doctor informs him that his injuries, placed alongside his myriad
health problems, mean that he has, at most, five years to live. Across the
street is a Nazi possessed by Asmoday who draws a bead on Steve with a sniper
rifle. Asmoday halts him, saying that killing Steve now would only make him a
martyr; rather he should die an invalid in bitter agony in five years. But then
Dr. Erskin came along….
Now: Steve’s renovation of the
apartment building is finally complete. Steve offers Seung Kim the job of
manager but Seung turns down the offer, explaining that the family has plans to
move to Seattle. After the goodbyes are over, Mrs. Rosen tells him the real
reason the Kims left, suggesting Steve look at the street where the Kims parked
their van. Steve goes over—and discovers the wall there covered with swastikas
and Nazi slogans. As Steve whitewashes the wall, he muses that things happen in
cycles and if the Nazis ever come back, he’ll be ready for them….