The Civil Warrior Armor was built by Steve Rogers following the death of his friend and rival Tony Stark in their final battle during the Civil War that engulfed the planet. It combined Steve's own equipment with parts of prototype armor collected from Tony's destroyed lab, and was used both as battle enhancements and as homage to his fallen friend. Later, it was upgraded by an alternate Tony Stark for the incoming battle against Carnage and Punisher 2099.[2]
A version of this armor was utilized by the alternate Captain America who came to lead Hydra on Earth-616 as he struggled to maintain control of the United States of America. It was created by Arnim Zola using the majority of the fragments of a Cosmic Cube, one that had previously taken the form of Kobik, combined with technology stolen from Tony Stark's lab prior to the destruction of The Mount.[3] This version was capable of utilizing the full reality-warping power of the Cosmic Cube to the extent that its fractured state allowed, as well as projection of blasts akin to an Iron Man Armor. However, it was destroyed by the efforts of the rejuvenated, non-Hydra Captain America, with the help of a blow from Mjolnir.[4]
Worn by Fifty-One
The destroyed armor was later confiscated by S.H.I.E.L.D. and stored in an old bunker in Upstate New York. After the alien Fifty-One helped the would-be Hydra leader Veronica Eden break out of a prison transport, she took him to the bunker and helped him get the armor as payment for his assistance. He rebuilt the armor and left wearing it as soon as Captain America and Iron Man arrived. Fifty-One subsequently used the armor to try to shut down the Overseer, a super-computer stored inside the S.H.I.E.L.D. HelicarrierAdjunct, but he ended up being overpowered by Myrmidons, an army of robots that guarded the Overseer. The alien handed the armor over to Captain America afterwards and the hero wore it against the Myrmidons before ultimately abandoning it.[5]
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