Synopsis / Summary / Plot
In the closing days of World War 2, Captain America and Bucky pursue Baron Zemo’s robot plane; the bomb explodes, killing Bucky and sending Cap into suspended animation to be revived years later by the Avengers. The Watcher then shows us what happened next in our world: the Human Torch and Toro killed Hitler, the Sub-Mariner defeated the Japanese fleet, and Spitfire and Union Jack saved Churchill from an assassination attempt. The surviving Invaders are brought together in London and presented with the tragic news: Captain America and Bucky are dead. They are then flown to Washington for a meeting with President Truman, who informs them that for the duration of the war in the Pacific, Captain America must live on. A new Cap is introduced, the former hero Spirit of ’76, and a new Bucky, Yankee batboy Fred Davis. The President asks the team to stay together until the war is completely won, and introduces two new members for the team, Miss America and the Whizzer, of the defunct Liberty Legion. The team serves for the next several months until the dropping of the atom bomb forces Japan to surrender. The President then requests that the team stay together to fight crime under the name the All-Winners Squad. The team battles the arch-villain Isbisa and his minions and, on his defeat, the Sub-Mariner announces plans to return home and the Torch and Toro plan a visit to Torch’s creator Professor Horton. Arriving at the Professor’s Boston home, they are greeted by an android duplicate of Horton. It is a trap by Horton’s second android creation Adam-II, plotting to conquer the world with his own android army. Locked in a tank with the real Professor, the heroes face drowning until the Torch manages to heat the tank enough to trigger the fire alarm. The hero known as the Patriot comes to their rescue and Horton warns them that Adam-II is planning to replace a local politician with an android double. The rest of the All-Winners Squad is summoned and they search the city. Cap and Bucky find the androids near a campaign stop by Congressional candidate John F. Kennedy, and battle the enemy. Cap races to the top of Old North Church to signal the others but he is caught and crushed by an android. He manages to fire a flare into the android’s face before collapsing. The flash alerts the rest of the team, who arrive in time to save Kennedy from death. Captain America arrives to confront Adam-II who is destroyed in a car wreck as he tries to escape. Cap informs the assembled heroes that the real Captain America died from his injuries atop the church, and unmasks to reveal the face of the Patriot. A somber team pays honor to their fallen comrade.