Appearing in "Captain America: First Vengeance - Chapter 5"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- United States Army (Only in flashback)
- Strategic Scientific Reserve (First full appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Howard Stark (Main story and flashback) (Joins team in flashback)
- Col. Chester Phillips (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Strategic Scientific Reserve (First full appearance) (Only in flashback)
Antagonists:
- Hydra (Main story and flashback)
- Dr. Arnim Zola
- Johann Schmidt (Shadow only)
- Several unnamed members (Main story and flashback)
Other Characters:
- Donna
- Stark Industries (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Nazi Germany (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Adolf Hitler (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Luftwaffe (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Francisco Franco (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- God (Yahweh) (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- President Roosevelt (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
Locations:
- Earth-199999 (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- North America (Only in flashback)
- United States of America (Only in flashback)
- California (Only in flashback)
- Los Angeles (Only in flashback)
- West Hollywood (Only in flashback)
- Sunset Boulevard (Only in flashback)
- Ciro's (Only in flashback) (a club) (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Sunset Boulevard (Only in flashback)
- West Hollywood (Only in flashback)
- Los Angeles (Only in flashback)
- White House, Washington, D.C. (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- California (Only in flashback)
- United States of America (Only in flashback)
- Africa (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Deepest Africa (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Europe (Main story and flashback)
- North America (Only in flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
Items:
- Vibranium (Only in flashback)
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield
Events:
- World War II (Main story and flashback)
Synopsis for "Captain America: First Vengeance - Chapter 5"
Howard Stark recalls how he was recruited to the Strategic Scientific Reserve by Colonel Philips in Los Angeles, 1940. It was then that he was shown footage of the technological advancements that Hydra was deploying on the battlefield, which included a tank similar to the one Captain America was currently battling. The intel Howard read in the SSR led him to help Captain America take over the tank.
Appearing in "Captain America: First Vengeance - Chapter 6"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- United States Army (Main story and flashback)
- Strategic Scientific Reserve (Main story and flashback)
- Howard Stark (Main story and flashback)
- Agent 13 ("Eva") (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Dr. Abraham Erskine (Joins) (Only in flashback)
- Howling Commandos (First appearance)
- Jacques Dernier (First appearance) (Unnamed)
- Jim Morita (First appearance) (Unnamed)
- James Montgomery Falsworth (First appearance) (Unnamed)
- Gabriel Jones (First appearance) (Unnamed)
- Dum-Dum Dugan (First appearance) (Unnamed)
- Strategic Scientific Reserve (Main story and flashback)
Antagonists:
- Hydra (Main story and flashback)
- Johann Schmidt (Main story and flashback)
- Dr. Arnim Zola (Only in flashback)
- Several unnamed members (Main story and flashback)
Other Characters:
- Super-Soldier Program (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Marlene Erskine (Mentioned) (Deceased) (Only in flashback)
- Greta Erskine (Mentioned) (Deceased) (Only in flashback)
- Klaus Erskine (Mentioned) (Deceased) (Only in flashback)
- Axis (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
Locations:
- Earth-199999 (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Denmark
- Germany (Only in flashback)
- Bavaria (Only in flashback)
- Bavarian Alps (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Castle Kaufmann (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Dachau (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Bavarian Alps (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Bavaria (Only in flashback)
- Geneva, Switzerland (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Hell (Invoked)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
Items:
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield
- Super-Soldier Serum (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
Events:
- World War II (Main story and flashback)
Synopsis for "Captain America: First Vengeance - Chapter 6"
Captain America uses the stolen tank to break into the facility and subdue many of the Hydra forces. Red Skull directs his defending forces as he recalls the time in November, 1940, after he had received the first super soldier serum from Erskine. This is also when Agent 13 rescued Erskine. The issue ends with the Howling Commandos infiltrating the facility to support Captain America.
Solicit Synopsis
The OFFICIAL comics prequel to the Marvel Studios summer blockbuster continues! As Captain America continues to get closer to uncovering the secret of the Hydra base, his past and the past of his friends continues to unfold. How did Doctor Erskine come to be fighting for the Allies? What’s the story behind the Howling Commandoes? And how is the Stark family involved in the creation of the First Avenger? Find out all this and more, written by Fred Van Lente (Amazing Spider-Man, Incredible Hercules) and art by LUKE ROSS (Captain America and the Dark Tower)!