Mission accomplished, general... the cube is yours. The Red Skull? No, no trouble at all, sir... Got him in the cross hairs and took the shot... yes sir, absolutely. He's dead. 
Appearing in "Out of Time: Part 1"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- ⏴ Aleksander Lukin ⏵ (First appearance) (Flashback and behind the scenes in main story)
- ⏴ Red Skull (Johann Schmidt) ⏵ (Death) (Appears in flashback)
- ⏴ Winter Soldier ⏵ (First appearance as Winter Soldier) (Unnamed) (Main story and flashback)
- A.I.D. (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
Other Characters:
- ⏴ Red Guardian (Krassno Granitzky) (Death) (Only in flashback)
- Red Room Program (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- President Boris Yeltsin (Mentioned) (Only in flashback) (Topical Reference)
- Vasily Karpov (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- K.G.B. (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Daily Bugle (Named only)
- Avengers (Named only)
- U.S. Army (Only in recap)
- Bucky (James Barnes) (Only in recap)
- ⏴ Hawkeye (Clint Barton) ⏵ (Only in flashback)
- U.S. Government (Mentioned)
- God (Yahweh) (Invoked) (Only in flashback)
- Nick Fury (Mentioned)
- A.I.M. (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Angels (Statue) (Only in flashback)
- Life-Model Decoys (Mentioned)
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Russian / Kazakhstanian border (Only in flashback)
- Unidentified Department X's facility (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Mentioned)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- Manhattan (Main story and flashback)
- Upper West Side
- Red Skull's Penthouse (First appearance)
- Midtown (Only in flashback)
- Fifth Avenue (Only in flashback)
- Avengers Mansion (Only in flashback)
- Fifth Avenue (Only in flashback)
- Upper West Side
- Brooklyn (Main story and flashback)
- Steve Rogers' Apartment (First appearance)
- Coney Island (Only in flashback)
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Manhattan (Main story and flashback)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- Paris, France (Referenced)
- London, England, United Kingdom (Referenced)
- Germany (Dream)
- Black Forest (Dream)
- Russian / Kazakhstanian border (Only in flashback)
- Negative Zone (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
Items:
- Winter Soldier's Bionic Arm (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Cosmic Cube
- Captain America's Shield (Main story and flashback)
- Hawkeye's Bow (Only in flashback)
- Trick Arrows (Only in flashback)
Vehicles:
Events:
- Cold War (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- World War II (Dream)
Synopsis for "Out of Time: Part 1"
Five Years Ago:
The Red Skull meets with former KGB agent Aleksander Lukin near the Kazakhstan border. Lukin's men have just captured the former hero of Soviet Russia, the Red Guardian. Lukin fires a bullet into the Guardian's skull killing him. After business is handled, Lukin speaks to the Skull about the Cosmic Cube. He knows the Skull is after it, and is willing to pay any price to acquire it from him. The Red Skull confesses that he is searching for it, but refuses to sell it at any price.
The Present:
After years of searching, the Red Skull has finally cobbled together a Cosmic Cube – culled from the fragmented pieces of other cubes. But he needs a massive energy charge by which to empower it. He intends on destroying three major metropolitan cities in an effort to generate the energy needed to power the cube.
Meanwhile, Sharon Carter visits Steve Rogers. She is concerned because Steve has become so reckless since the Avengers disbanded. She calls to mind a recent incident where Steve took great risks to stop a train full of terrorists from detonating a dirty bomb in Coney Island. Steve assures her that he is fine aside from being plagued by strange dreams as of late (Steve has been dreaming about his wartime days with Bucky). Sharon walks Steve back to his new private apartment in Brooklyn.
Later, the Red Skull is standing in high-rise apartment. He has been monitoring Rogers' actions and knows of his new living quarters. The Red Skull receives a phone call from General Lukin. Lukin knows that the Skull now has a Cosmic Cube and again offers to buy it from him. Like before, the Skull refuses. Suddenly, a cybernetic assassin, hired by Lukin, breaks into the Red Skull's penthouse and shoots him through the chest, killing him. The assassin steals the Cosmic Cube and brings it to Lukin.
Notes
Chronology Notes[]
A flashback in this story affects the chronology of the following characters:
Red Skull (Johann Schmidt)