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Synopsis

Poor Joe; His wife left him, his mentally challenged son died and he couldn't get any help from the government. So he put on his super villain costume and battled Captain America. Then Cap heads to S.H.I.E.L.D. looking for info on his true origins and all is revealed as he uncovers his old WWII footlocker which also contains his triangular shield. Baron Strucker tricks Nick Fury and escapes imprisonment but when he goes after Cap and is defeated, it is revealed that he is really a sophisticated robot.

Reprinted from

• Captain America #246— -2 pages
• Captain America #247— Sauf [Except] page 1
• Captain America #248
• Captain America #249— Sauf [Except] page 1

Credits

Script

Peter Gillis

Pencils

John Byrne, Jerry Bingham, John Wagner

Inks

Joe Rubinstein, Al Gordon

Credited on cover

John Byrne

Plot, script, credited on cover

Roger Stern

Plot, uncredited

John Byrne

Uncredited

George Roussos, Joe Rubinstein, Bob Sharen