Released June 1991

Captain America #386

Synopsis

"Snake Heist" At the Watchdogs' headquarters, two soldiers bring Bernie Rosenthal to their boss. He doesn't understand why there is a prisoner, but they tell him their mission failed and Mike is still out there. The leader tells them to let Bernie go somewhere far away, but the soldiers wish to use Bernie as bait for Mike. They haul Bernie away to "the lodge."Captain America, meanwhile, is training himself out of anger for letting Bernie get captured. He is annoyed that he has to wait around to get information on the Watchdogs group. John Jameson watches over Cap and envies his physique until Jarvis arrives and tells him Cap has a visitor. U.S.Agent appears and wants to know more about Cap's run-in with the Watchdogs. Cap however wishes to do his mission on his own. Cap thinks to himself about the Agent's struggle with the Watchdogs and how they killed his parents. The pair fight for a moment, but John turns the simulation off. U.S. Agent wants in on the action and tells Cap he owes him for saving him against the Red Skull lookalike. Cap refuses and orders U.S. Agent to leave.Elsewhere, Mike Farrel is shacked away in a fleabag hotel. He blames Bernie for his misfortune. He shaves his mustache off so he will no longer be immediately noticable to those around him.In Vermont, the soldiers drop Bernie Rosenthal in a cabin with a woman named Darla. Bernie is keeping as calm as possible, having learned from when she was captured by the Red Skull. She sits there waiting for Cap to save her. At the Avengers headquarters, John asks about U.S. Agent. Cap simply says he is a pain and that the West Coast Avengers dropped him. Fabian appears and informs Cap of all the people who have gone missing in the past, all considered immoral by most standards. They find the next target of the Watchdogs -- Enrique Parquer.Meanwhile, Mike finds Stuart, one of the Watchdogs walking along. He tells him he's in trouble with the law, and Stuart tells him he'll help him out. He brings him back to his...