Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #6
Iron Will
Not long after he was revived in the present day, Captain America was brought his old Brooklyn neighborhood by Iron Man.[1] There they discovered that the area is being terrorized by alien invaders that Iron Man had fought in the past.[2] Thinking that Captain America would be out of his depth, Iron Man tried to handle the invaders himself, resulting in his being hypnotized.
Iron Man now gives Captain America chase across the city. Cap tries his best to get some distance between himself and Iron Man, but Brooklyn has undergone some drastic changes in the decades he was in suspended animation. Although he has a damaged jet boot, Iron Man still manages to keep up.
Leaping across the highway by jumping off the roofs of cars. Captain America grabs Iron Man in mid-air and forces him to crash land into a tar pot at a nearby construction site. This gums up Iron Man’s armor enough for Cap to shatter his repulsor rays.
That’s when the lead robot shows up and ambushed Captain America from behind. It tries to hypnotize him as well and orders him to kill Iron Man. Cap throws his shield, but instead of striking Iron Man, it bounces off the construction vehicle he is standing next do, sending it flying back into the alien robot with enough force to shatter its body. The robot to believe Captain America was able to resist its hypnosis. Cap then picks up its severed head and tells it to send word back to its masters that he was able to resist because he has always fought for independence and that so long as there is one man willing to do that, the robot’s alien masters will never conquer the Earth. The robot then transmits this message out into space before shutting down.
Iron Man then rounds up the remaining robots and crumples them up into a ball of scrap he can take back to Stark Industries to be examined by his employer, Tony Stark.[3] Iron Man admits to Captain America that he was having his doubts about Cap being able to hack it as a crime fighter without superpowers. However, after what went down today he has been convinced otherwise and he looks forward to seeing him again at Avengers Mansion.
Recurring Characters
Captain America, Iron Man
Continuity Notes
This story began last issue. It takes place shortly after the events of Avengers #4.
These robots are created by the same unidentified aliens that unleashed Gargantus in Tales of Suspense #40.
At the time of this story, Iron Man’s true identity was mostly a secret. Captain America isn’t aware at this time that Stark and Iron Man are the same person. Steve will eventually learn the truth in Avengers #215-216.
Double Danger
Captain America had been sent undercover at a mental institution to determine how an ordinary man named Randall Jefferson has been able to spout closely guarded government secrets. It is during this investigation that he has to drop his cover when the spy known as the Chameleon made an attempt on his life.
Chasing the spy, Captain America is lured into the violent patients wing where the Chameleon initiates an emergency lockdown, trapping them and Randall with the facilities most dangerous patients.
Captain America fights through the horde of lunatics in order to follow the Chameleon up onto the roof of the facility. Managing to knock the spy away, Cap finally catches up with Randall Jefferson who at first seems to be babbling away about government secrets. That’s when Cap notices that Jefferson’s lips aren’t moving, making him realize that he’s dealing with some kind of telepath. That’s when the Chameleon comes up from behind and hits Cap in the back of the head with a fire extinguisher.
The Chameleon then tries to flee with Jefferson in a helicopter, but Cap is able to use his shield to springboard himself onto the aircraft. In order to confuse the hero, the Chameleon disguises himself as Jefferson making it nearly impossible to determine which is the real and which one is the impostor. Worse, the pilot has pulled a gun and is about to take aim. Hoping his hunch is right, Cap mentally tells the real Jefferson to duck. When the telepath responds, it confirms which Jefferson is the fake. Captain America is then able to quickly subdue the Chameleon and his pilot.
Taking Randall back to the SHIELD helicarrier, Captain America debriefs with Nick Fury. As it turns out, Jefferson is a telepath and his powers were latent until they were triggered by SHIELD’s esper units. Now that Fury knows how Jefferson was able to know classified information, he has arranged for Randal to receive training to control his powers and so he can also join the SHIELDs esper unit.
In the aftermath of everything, Captain America wonders if there is anyone the Chameleon can’t imitate. Fury figures there is only one person incapable of being imitated: Captain America.
Recurring Characters
Captain America, Chameleon, Randall Jefferson
American Lie: The Sordid Story of Captain America’s First Non-Appearance
A two page article regarding Strange Tales #114, which featured a Human Torch story where he fights a phony Captain America. It features an interview with Stan Lee, who recounts that the tale was written to see if readers would be interested in Captain America returning. Due to popular response, it led to Cap being returned to comics in the pages of Avengers #4.
Come Revolution
August 16, 1781
Dressed in an American revolutionary soldier’s costume patterned after the American flag, Steve Rogers is about to enter in a duel with a British loyalist named William Taurey.[1] Forced into this duel under duress, Rogers thinks back to how he found himself in this situation….
Five Years Earlier
Steve Rogers was only a humble blacksmith in those days. He had grown increasingly annoyed with how British soldiers would hire his services but refused to pay when the work was done. When one such took off without paying for a horse shoeing, Rogers chased him down the road, getting in the way of a passing carriage. Complaining to the passenger inside, a British loyalist, Rogers is duly ignored and told to be honored to serve his betters.
That evening, Steven went to the Abbey Tavern where he and other locals complained about their treatment at the hands of the British. Steven’s friend James Green, a very patriotic man, soon came to announce to the others that the Declaration of Independence had been signed in Philadelphia. While most everyone is excited to fight for their independence, a soldier by the name of Ulysses Bloodstone has a dire warning to them about the fleeting nature of democracy. He warns them that democracies are often co-opted by the wealthy and tyrants and can easily be perverted, citing the Greek, Romans, and British empires.[2] Rogers dismisses his notions and gives a rousing speech to the others to take up arms and fight for their freedom.
Over the next five years, Steve Rogers trained and became an accomplished soldier fighting for the Revolution, rising to the rank of Captain in that short time.
August, 1781
On day, Captain Rogers was called in by his commanding officer. He has received intel that someone has been providing top secret information to William Taurey, a British loyalist. The commander wants Rogers to go undercover at one of Taruey’s fancy parties to find out who is providing the intel.
Rogers goes undercover as a servant during the masquerade party. The decadence of the guests and their poor treatment of the hired work angers him, but he keeps his cool. That’s when William Taurey has his nephew come out dressed in a revolutionary soldiers outfirt designed to look like the American flag and calling himself Captain Yankee Doodle. He then puts on a show mocking the independence movement. As this is going on, Rogers is shocked to spot his friend James Green talking with Taurey. As the two men go into a private meeting, Steve decides to listen in on the conversation.
By this time, the Captain Yankee Doodle peformance is over and William’s nephew has gone outside to rest. He is then jumped by Rogers who steals his costume. Climbing into the window into Taurey’s study, Steven listens in as James Green reveals General Washington’s planned movements over the coming days. That’s when William spots his “nephew” and tells him that this matter doesn’t concern him. However, Steven Rogers begs to differ….
Recurring Characters
Captain America, William Taurey, James Green, Ulysses Bloodstone
Continuity Notes
This Steven Rogers is, obviously, not the Captain America we know. He is actually a descendant of the present day Steve Rogers. The character was teased in the past in Captain America #194 and Captain America’s Bicentennial Battles #1. The William Taurey in this story is the ancestor of the present day man of the same name who was part of the Loyalist Forces of America.
Ulysses Bloodstone should know since he is an immortal that has walked the Earth for centuries now thanks to the Bloodstone gem imbedded in his chest. See Marvel Presents #1.
The Rogers Family Tree
It has since been established that Steve Rogers parents were Irish immigrants to America at the turn of the century, as detailed in Captain America (vol. 7) #1. Certain poorly researched websites have a hard time trying to understand how Steve could have a descendant that lived in America in the 1700s while having parents who only immigrated to America in the early 1900s. Like the concept of someone having ancestors who immigrated from one country or another before the rest of the family.
You have to remember that the 1700’s Steve Rogers is only identified as an ancestor of Steve Rogers. Details of the Rogers family tree from that period on are as yet unknown. That said, Rogers is a fairly common name. It’s not impossible to consider that the Steve Rogers of the 1700s immigrated to America while the rest of the family remained in Ireland. The Revolutionary War Rogers could have been a brother to the man that Joe Rogers (present day Cap’s father) descended from.
Anyone who can’t wrap their head around that is an idiot.
