Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Sharon Carter
- Lauren Fox (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Volkov
Other Characters:
- United States Army (Only in flashback)
- Kowalski
- Layland (Death)
- Soviet Troops (Only in flashback)
- Berezhnaya (Death)
Locations:
- Bavarian Alps (Only in flashback) (1945)
- Soviet Union (Only in flashback) (1968)
- Siberia (Only in flashback)
- Low Earth Orbit
Items:
- Captain America's Shield
- D.E.U.S. Reactor (First appearance)
Vehicles:
Synopsis for 1st story
Steve Rogers, aka Captain America has a flashback of an invasion of a Nazi fortress back in his World War II days. Back in the present, he and Sharon Carter witness an octopus-shaped alien spacecraft destroy a large research space station, prompting them to investigate.
Solicit Synopsis
- When a top-secret orbital research station is dragged from the sky by an unknown alien force, army-of-one Steve Rogers finds himself caught between two global superpowers on the brink of war!
- But how does it involve Volkov - a decorated Russian officer he last crossed paths with during the closing days of World War II, who disappeared on an ill-fated lunar mission over forty years ago?
- Andy Diggle and Adi Granov send living legend Captain America on a one-man mission into the heart of darkness-in search of another!
Notes
- This series is the official release of Astonishing Captain America #1, which was previously canceled.
- Events of this issue take place before Captain America Vol 7 10, the "death" of Sharon Carter.