Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Only in flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Hydra (Only in flashback)
- Hydra Command (Only in flashback)
- High Council (Only in flashback)
- Madame Hydra (Elisa Sinclair) (Only in flashback)
- Gorgon (Tomi Shishido) (Only in flashback)
- Hive (Only in flashback)
- Arnim Zola (Only in flashback)
- Baron Zemo (Helmut Zemo) (Only in recap)
- High Council (Only in flashback)
- Avengers (Only in recap)
- Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (Secretly possessed by Chthon in recap)
- Taskmaster (Tony Masters) (Only in recap)
- Black Ant (Eric O'Grady) (Only in recap)
- Superior Octopus (Otto Octavius) (Only in recap)
- Unnamed agents (Only in flashback)
- Hydra Command (Only in flashback)
Antagonists:
- King Namor (Main story and flashback)
- Atlantean Army (Main story and flashback)
- Unidentified guard (Main story and flashback)
- Numerous unnamed guards
- Sabra (Ruth Bat-Seraph) (Only in flashback)
- Euroforce (Only in flashback)
- Swordswoman (Adelynn Duquesne) (Only in flashback)
- Sliver (Franco Fibbri) (Only in flashback)
- Tumult (Only in flashback)
- Tiger (Hughes Aït-Kaci) (Only in flashback)
- Baby Killer (Mikhail Zamorska) (Only in flashback)
- Key (Geyr Kluge) (Only in flashback)
- S.P.E.A.R. (Only in flashback)
- Ascendants (Only in flashback)
- Saber (Only in flashback)
- Devastator (Only in flashback)
- Weather Witch (Only in flashback)
- Monkey King (Sun Wukong) (Only in flashback)
- Vector (Grace Tam) (Only in flashback)
- Ascendants (Only in flashback)
- Black Panther (T'Challa) (Only in flashback)
Other Characters:
- Invaders (Only in recap)
- Human Torch (Jim Hammond) (Only in recap)
- Bucky (Bucky Barnes) (Only in recap)
- United Nations (Only in flashback)
- Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
- Emma Frost (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
- Unnamed Atlantean warrior priests (Death in recap)
Races and Species:
- Atlantean-Human Hybrids (Main story and flashback)
- Atlanteans (Main story and flashback)
- Humans (Only in flashback)
- Synthezoids (Only in recap)
- Mutants (Only in flashback)
- Skrulls (Only in flashback)
- Xian (Only in flashback)
- Human-Otherworlder Hybrids (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
- Elder Gods (Behind the scenes in recap)
- LMDs (Only in recap)
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Atlantic Ocean (Main story and flashback)
- Atlantis (Main story and flashback)
- Germany (Only in recap)
- United States of America (Only in flashback)
- Washington, D.C. (Only in recap)
- L'Enfant Plaza (Only in recap)
- United Nations Headquarters, Manhattan, New York, New York (Mentioned as isolated via Darkforce Dimension only in flashback)
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Hydra Storage Data (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- California (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
- New Tian (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
- Washington, D.C. (Only in recap)
- Belgium (Only in flashback)
- Brussels (Only in flashback)
- Espace Léopold (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Brussels (Only in flashback)
- France (Only in flashback)
- Paris (Only in flashback)
- Eiffel Tower (Only in flashback)
- Paris (Only in flashback)
- China (Only in flashback)
- United Kingdom (Only in flashback)
- Savage Land, Antarctica (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Wakanda (Only in flashback)
- Atlantic Ocean (Main story and flashback)
Items:
- Captain America's Shield (Only in recap)
- Mjolnir (Only in recap)
- Neptune's Trident (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
- Panther Habit (Only in flashback)
- Arnim Zola's Robotic Body (Only in flashback)
- Cosmic Cube (Fragment) (Only in flashback)
- Black Ant's Suit and Helmet (Only in recap)
- Superior Octopus' Suit and Tentacles (Only in recap)
Vehicles:
- Hydra Jumpships (Only in flashback)
- The Circle (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for 1st story
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
SECRET EMPIRE TIE-IN!
• As Steve Rogers enacts his grand vision for a new Hydra world order, he is forced to confront an old friend. But will Namor, the Sub-Mariner, prove to be ally or deadly enemy?See Also
- 10 image(s) from Captain America: Steve Rogers Vol 1 18
- 2 reprint(s) of Captain America: Steve Rogers Vol 1 18