Story #2Into the Fire
Writer:
Mark Gruenwald. Penciler:
Jim Reddington. Inker:
Mickey Ritter. Colorist:
Joe Rosas. Letterer:
Chris Eliopoulos.
Synopsis
At the Avengers’ new headquarters, communications director
Peggy Carter sits amazed at the state-of-the-art equipment the Avengers have provided, even better than the set-up at
SHIELD. She decides to contact Cap to thank him and puts a call through to Newfoundland, his last known location. Instead, a flaming image of her late sister
Sharon appears on the screen, appealing to her. Horrified, she hastily shuts off the picture—but then Sharon comes up again, while the screens show the other crew members ignoring her calls for aid. The flaming Sharon enters the room, explaining that if Captain America could come back from the dead, so could she, while Peggy points out that Cap wasn’t really dead. Sharon responds that both of them were assigned by SHIELD to infiltrate the
National Force and both were brainwashed into self-immolation, yet Peggy escaped unharmed. Sharon berates Peggy for not taking care of her. Peggy is ashamed and asks forgiveness, The sisters hug, Sharon revealing a swastika on her arm, and Peggy burns, collapsing to the floor….