Captain America (Steve Rogers) and Captain America (Sam Wilson) are pursuing the
super-fast Fake Cap after a series of destructive acts across the Midwest. They
deduce he is Speed Demon and suspect he may be going after Joe Gomez in Kansas,
a local handyman who has been called Captain America….
The
two Caps meet with Joe Gomez and warn him he is in danger. Joe shows them a
room in his house turned into a Cap museum because Cap is his inspiration, a
man who always says what he means and cares for the people. After some discussion,
they suspect the baddies may be targeting Monroe Elementary School, the site of
the famous civil rights case Brown versus the Board of Education of Topeka,
banning school segregation. Joe suits up in his Native American variation on
the uniform….
They
arrive at the school to be met by gunfire from the villainess, who Cap confirms
is Sin, now calling herself Superior. Steve Cap is knocked out from behind.
When he awakens, he finds Sam and Joe seriously wounded. As they rush Joe to
the hospital, the man tells them he suspects the target may be Prescott, a
Native American running in the primaries for Governor, who is speaking in town
that day. When they arrive in town, Joe tells Steve that this is the second time
he has saved his life (see the second story in the issue for the first). Sam
and Steve go to the rally and Speed Demon is there; the villain hurls the
shield at Prescott and Winter Soldier leaps out of the crowd and deflects it
with his metal arm. As the baddie flees, Joe jumps out of the ambulance to try
to catch him but he fails and says he is ready to go to the hospital….
Later,
they learn that Prescott, fearing for his family’s safety, has dropped out of
the primaries. Steve asks Bucky to join him and Sam in stopping the bad guys….
“People
Like Us”
Writer:
Darcie Little Badger. Pencils: David Cutler. Inks: Roberto Poggi. Colors: Matt
Milla.
Synopsis: Joe Gomez, construction worker in
Kansas City, heads to work with his coworker Nikki; on the way they talk about
a recent spate of destruction by the Wrecking Crew and whether Captain America
cares about people like them. At the construction site, Joe is working the
crane when Bulldozer arrives to threaten the workers; Joe drops a girder on him
so the villain climbs the crane to get him. Joe crawls out to the very end of
the machine where he is able to kick Bulldozer off. When he slips off himself
he is caught by Captain America. After this, Joe knows that Cap really does
care about the people and he creates a costume, adapted from Cap’s, to protect
his own people….