Steve Rogers, in Paris for an important appointment, reflects on his life as he dresses: his childhood during the Great Depression, his coming of age during World War 2, his days as Captain America, his battles with the Red Skull and Nazi legions, and his ongoing adventures with the Avengers. With Sharon Carter he arrives at a cemetery to say goodbye to an old friend—Peggy Carter, Sharon’s aunt, who has passed away at the age of 91. Nick Fury and Dum Dum Dugan are also there to pay their respects to the former member of the French Resistance and Cap’s early love. Suddenly Steve sees a laser sight hit Dum Dum’s chest and he hurls the SHIELD man to the ground as the other two throw themselves out of the way of the shot. Steve takes off in pursuit of the gunman, leaping over the cemetery wall and chasing him through traffic. When he spies the assassin, a white-haired man in a red and black outfit, he is so stunned he does not notice the villain has fired a grenade at him. Steve’s incredible reflexes allow him to dodge an exploding car. When the others arrive, he orders them back to the States—Jimmy Jankovicz has woken up…..
Paris, 1944: Captain America meets with a team consisting of Peggy Carter, Nick Fury, Dum Dum Dugan, and an agent known only as Codename: Bravo—a white-haired man in a red and black outfit. They are planning a mission to capture Baron Zemo, who is rumored to be working with a mysterious group called Hydra. Cap and Peggy will attack Zemo’s stronghold where Bucky is already on the scene, while Dum Dum and Bravo will invade the Hydra base. The only problem is….they don’t know the location of the Hydra base. That’s where their secret weapon comes in: Fury introduces them to a boy named Jimmy Jankovicz A/K/A Jimmy Jupiter….
In the present day, Steve, Sharon, and Fury visit the secret government nursing home where Jimmy Jankovicz is a resident. They are informed that Jimmy awoke from his long coma a few months ago but is still nearly catatonic….
Back in the War, the night before the mission, Peggy tells Bravo (real name Richard) she is breaking off their relationship; he suspects it’s because she prefers Cap and he grows bitter….
As the trio leaves the nursing home, Fury starts to fill Sharon in on the details of that mission, when Steve is shot in the back by Hydra agents. His life is saved by the shield strapped to his back; he quickly changes into Captain America and he and his allies battle the enemy who are wearing a variation on Hydra’s standard costume. As the survivors drive away, Cap sees they have kidnapped the elderly Jimmy—and they led the enemy to him. They realize that Hydra must be working for Bravo—which only makes Sharon more curious about the wartime mission….
Elsewhere, Codename: Bravo is enlisting a new ally in his vendetta against Captain America: Baron Zemo….