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Captain America vs. the Red Skull #[nn]
In "The Riddle of the Red Skull," Captain America races to stop the Red Skull from claiming the Cosmic Cube, chasing a downed pilot and a mind-controlled A.I.M. agent to a remote island. With Jack Kirby’s dynamic art and Stan Lee’s sharp storytelling, this 2011 showdown pits Cap against a foe who weaponizes guilt, revealing a devastating truth about Bucky’s fate. The cover by Kirby and Zeck, inked by Heck and Beatty, captures the intensity of the clash.
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Cap rescues a pilot whose plane was shot out of the sky, a member of A.I.M., and tells Cap about A.I.M.'s The Cosmic Cube--who's taking it to The Red Skull! Watching via remote camera, Using an "experimental manned missile" from SHIELD, Cap catches up to The Keeper. As they battle, the hypnotized man hits the ejector switch, and the two parachute down to a remote island. Red Skull gains the advantage by telling Cap he was the one who gave the orders that resulted in Bucky's death. Gaining the Cosmic Cube, he wills The Keeper into another dimension. Cap realizes his foe has become invincible!
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