What if Captain America was a Hydra double agent this whole time? That was the question Nick Spencer and Daniel Acuña asked in Captain America: Sam Wilson #7 (2016). Steve Rogers had aged considerably, and Sam Wilson had taken over as Cap. However, during the Pleasant Hill arc, Steve was beaten by Crossbones while protecting Kubik, the living Cosmic Cube. Fearing for Cap’s life and under orders from Red Skull, she made Cap young again and created a timeline where he was a hidden agent of Hydra, switching Prime universe with this one. Everyone believed that this Cap was their Cap so he easily blends into the superhero community. His background was pretty much the same on the outside. However, in his universe, Hydra was an ancient order that had been working in the background for centuries. He became a member at an early age and trained by them. He was made Captain America on Hydra’s order, but they came under the rule of Red Skull and became a Nazi group. The rest is pretty much the same as the prime version after that.

This Cap began working for and against Red Skull to restore Hydra’s rule. This included saving scientist and villains that Red Skull had sent him to kill, building a trusted group of allies. He even worked to ensure that the second Civil War happened. When Red Skull was capture and had Xavier’s brain remove, Cap killed the weakened Skull becoming the leader of Hydra. Using the Chitauri Queen’s eggs to make her race attack Earth, Cap worked to bring about the SHIELD Act, which allowed SHIELD to take over the US in case of a emergency and was even made head of SHIELD after Maria Hill was arrested. After a few incidents, Hydra eventually took over the US pushing the heroes underground and changing it into a Nazi like country. However, he would see his defeat after a group of heroes pulled the real Cap out of the Cosmic Cube and Cap whooped the Hydra Supreme with Mjolnir. He was arrested but would escape and planned to replace Cap once more. Selene later killed him.

Hydra Supreme is a character that caused alot of controversy when he first appeared. However, that didn’t stop Hasbro from making a figure of him as part of the Secret Empire 2-pack with an Arnim Zola. You could also consider all of Prime’s Cap his figure but for the sake of time I will only show the costume that he was seen in in the comics.

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