Winter Soldier #1 ended with an amusing bang last week by having a gorilla mercenary open fire upon Winter Solider and Black Widow whilst yelling, “Death to America!” in flawless Russian. The second issue begins exactly where the first left off in a showdown with the aforementioned gorilla mercenary. Winter Soldier and Black Widow get outsmarted by the gorilla and in a Thunderball-esque exit the gorilla escapes via jetpack.
The issue then unfolds by beginning with a bit of history, briefly narrated by James Barnes, of his tenure and training days with three ‘lost’ sleeper agents that he helped mentor back in his brainwashed Soviet days. It provides adequate expository that puts the plot in perspective, while not going into unnecessary detail. Nick Fury takes a couple pages of the comic by sleuthing into some intel and with that information Winter Solider and Black Widow act as the muscle and ruffle some feathers to get some answers about the attempted assassination of Victor Von Doom as well as the recently sold/purchased ex-Soviet sleeper cells. The issue concludes with the villains being depicted with their ace about to be shown in a summation that looks to pit Winter Soldier against Victor Von Doom in Winter Solider #3.
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