Captain America #1

« Out of Time, Part 1 of 6 »: Five years earlier, General Aleksander Lukin and the Red Skull are stationed at a camp near the Kazakhstan border, where Lukin has the captured Red Guardian shot and deals a device that opens a window into the Negative Zone. In the present, the Red Skull admires his newly recovered Cosmic Cube and recalls his feud with Captain America. Steve Rogers trains in his apartment while Agent Thirteen, Sharon Carter, asks about his stress level and his recent violent actions. Outside, a bald, red-bearded man passing by turns out to be the Red Skull in a mask. Key issue: First issue of the 2005 Captain America series.