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When Baron Zero Created "Hydra" In Captain America #5

J. Michael Straczynski is telling a new Captain America story for Marvel that includes the origin of the term Hydra...



Article Summary

  • J. Michael Straczynski continues Captain America with an origin story for Hydra.
  • Story explores time before and after Steve Rogers became the super soldier.
  • Captain America #5 reveals Nazis creating Hydra to inspire more followers.
  • Issue penned by Straczynski and illustrated by Lan Medina hits shelves today.

J. Michael Straczynski of Babylon 5, Sense8, Changeling, World War Z on the screen, and Supreme Power, Spider-Man, Superman, Thor, Midnight Nation, Rising Stars and Resistance on the comic page, has signed up to create brand new fictions for Dark Horse Comics. But he is also continuing Captain America for Marvel. And telling a story split between before Steve Rogers took the super soldier serum and the present day, with the same evil demonic influence presence in different ways, in both time periods.

When Baron Zero Created "Hydra" In Captain America #5
Captain America #5

And also, in doing so, demonstrating why Steve Rogers is the Captain America for all time, as heard headed and compassionate then as he is now… and while we are at it, showing the moments that joined the Nazi regime to the Hydra movement, and in doing so name it.

When Baron Zero Created "Hydra" In Captain America #5
Captain America #5

With Baron Von Strucker and Baron Zemo, Barons together, plotting to… kill Nazis?

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Captain America #5

That's right, the Third Reich plotting to kill Nazis, in order to inspire more to join the Nazi cause. If you cut off one head, two more will take its place. And this, it seems, is when that nomenclature began.

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Captain America #5

And elsewhere, JMS seems to be having a go at Ron Marz. Man, all these internecine Marvel shenanigans… Dark Horse awaits! Captain America #5 by Joe Michael Straczynski and Lan Medina is published today.

CAPTAIN AMERICA #5
MARVEL COMICS
OCT230767
(W) J. Michael Straczynski (A) Lan Medina (CA) Taurin Clarke
New information about Captain America's recent attacker – a mysterious figure known only as the Emissary – has Steve Rogers, Misty Knight and Sharon Carter scrambling to protect a peace rally from being this new foe's next target. But how can masters of physical and mental might defend against the supernatural prowess of an ancient evil?
Rated T+In Shops: Jan 03, 2024
SRP: $4.99


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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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