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| Publisher |
Marvel |
| Writer |
Stan Lee |
| Penciler |
Jack Kirby |
| Inker |
Frank Giacoia |
| Published | April 1974 |
Reprints:Tales of Suspense #79 (Captain America) "The Red Skull Lives"Captain America is walking around the city when he suddenly notices some costumed assassins. He starts fighting them, and the fight is overheard by a police officer, who comes rushing over. Captain America tells the policeman that between the two of them, they should be able to stop the assassins, but the policeman asks him what he means by the assassins. As Cap persists in telling the officer what's happening, the officer insists that Captain America is the only person around in any sort of costume, and the civilians around them agree with the officer. The assassins by now have radioed their bosses, and told them of their success in their mission. The two men then go to tell their leader: the Red Skull!The Red Skull is pleased that Captain America's doom is imminent, but thinks to himself about all the traps he's escaped from in the past. He then thinks back to the closing days of World War II, and how he and Captain America had been fighting in a hidden bunker, before a bomb caused the collapse of the bunker. Although it seemed as though he was killed, the Red Skull was saved by some support pillars which had crisscrossed above him, and an experimental gas placed him in suspended animation until he was found by Them, the scientific organisation mentioned last issue. Meanwhile, Captain America is visiting a psychiatrist, asking him whether he's going crazy or not. The psychiatrist starts questioning Captain America, but another of the assassins from before enters the room, and tries to kill Captain America. Captain America chases him off, but the psychiatrist insists that no one was there.The next day, Captain America is walking around on the street, when he is approached by a man who asks for his autograph. Captain America readily agrees to, whilst an assassin watches from nearby, thinking about how he'll set his helmet to hypnotise Captain America as well as everyone on the street, so that no one...
