Having crashed in the Savage Land,
Sharon Carter awakens to find herself a prisoner of a masked native
called Stox and his dinosaur/human henchmen....
Having run his recreated shield through
an amazing array of tests, Captain America says there is only one
test left—and Thor unleashes the power of Mjolnir on it, and it
survives. Later, Cap confides to Thor his problems with women....
Steve Rogers stops by Connie Ferrari's
office with flowers to atone for too many broken dates; she demands
to be taken somewhere extravagant—but they are interrupted by Nick
Fury. Fury is briefly bemused by the photo of Connie's brother, but
Steve and Nick take off, the former promising to see Connie later at
the restaurant. Fury tells Steve that they've heard from Sharon,
stranded in Antarctica; since Sharon is not technically a member of
SHIELD at this time, Fury can't send out a rescue team—so he's here
to recruit Steve for a secret operation....
Interlude: A.I.M. scientists study
their newest discovery, recovered by Agent Billups last issue: an
earlier super-soldier test subject (soon to be called Protocide),
suspended in a tank, and ready to be revived....
Captain America flies to Antarctica,
locates Sharon's downed plane and then falls though into the Savage
Land. Cap is attacked by a horde of dinosaur-men and a helmeted
warrior arrives to help Cap drive them off. Cap assumes it is Ka-Zar
but no, the new arrival is Ka-Zar's son Matthew Plunder, looking much
more an adult than he should....