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eveCaptain America V5 2 [ 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ]
“Out of Time Part 2”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Steve Epting
Letterer: Randy Gentile
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: January 5, 2005
5 – Sharon calls Steve at 2:35 in the morning to tell him he’s needed on the Helicarrier. She’ll brief him on the way and will meet him on the roof.
6 – The Skull is dead, and given that he was in a clone of Steve’s body, they need Steve’s blood to confirm it’s the Skull. Sharon had almost forgotten that, but Steve hadn’t.
7 – Sharon’s with Fury and Steve as they look at the Skull’s body.
8 – Steve asks why the Red Skull was in New York, but Sharon says they don’t know why yet and tells him where the Skull was found.
9 – At the crime scene, Fury briefs Steve while Sharon stands nearby. She notices Steve’s odd reaction and asks about it, and they talk about the Skull’s disguise. Steve recognizes it as a man he saw on the street the day before and realizes the Skull was watching him.
11 – She and Steve talk almost privately, and he says he was created because of the Skull, in a way.
12 – Sharon and Steve go through a sewer – Sharon wonders if it’s really best that it’s just the two of them. Steve argues his case, finishing by saying he can do this on his own, if she’d rather wait here. She tells him not to get snitty, she just would have brought a little back-up. But she’s certainly not going to let him do this on his own. Steve thinks she’s babysitting him, and she disagrees. Steve presses her on Fury’s hidden agenda; he noticed Fury and Sharon sharing meaningful glances tonight.
13 – She doesn’t want to talk about it and wants to concentrate on the task at hand. He presses some more, and she admits that Fury wants her to find out if Steve killed the Skull. He’s shocked, she agrees. Steve argues that there’s very little chance that’s the real Red Skull being autopsied anyway. She asks why they’re walking through the underground tunnels in the middle of the night then. He says, “Just in case,” and she says, “And to think I’d forgotten how frustrating you could be.”
16 – They hear something ahead, and Steve tackles the guy.
17 – They’re interrupted by another guard, who shoots at Steve. Steve takes him out, and Sharon says, “So much for getting in unseen, I guess.” He tells her to stay behind him, and he takes out multiple guys while she follows.
18 – Sharon calls in to SHIELD for a tactical assault team.
19 – Sharon and Steve keep fighting, neither of them noticing Crossbones.
20 – There’s a fire in the tunnels.
21 – They find the bomb someone was trying to set off and Sharon says the bomb is active – how do they deactivate it? Steve smashes the power source – AIM and their offshoots love their massive amounts of power. He wonders what the point of the bomb was.
22 – Sharon asks if the bomb isn’t enough, but Steve thinks that, for the Skull, it’s usually not. Sharon calls into Fury to call for a science team, but Fury tells him they’ve got a bigger problem – there’s evidence the Skull had a cosmic cube. Whoever killed the Skull now has it.
Captain America V5 3 [ Cover 2 3 5 7 8 9 13 14 15 19 Letter ]
“Out of Time Part 3”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Steve Epting
Letterer: Randy Gentile
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: February 9, 2005
Cover – Sharon and Steve fight a crowd of bad guys.
2 – Sharon coordinates the mission on a SHIELD Sub-Carrier. She tells Agent Heinberg telling her that it’s a target-rich environment if things go badly, saying she needs to get some technical insight, and tells Steve to walk with her.
3 – She tells Steve she needs him to be focused when they hit Paris. When he says he’s tired and has a lot on his mind, she tells him she’s got this and to take a break. She’ll call him the second Fury gets in touch – Scout’s honor.
5 – Sharon sends someone to fetch Steve to the command deck.
7 – Union Jack tells Sharon and the Skull that they found the Skull’s men and Mother Night, all dead, and a missing WMD. Sharon tells him to cordon off the area for the SHIELD techs and signs off. She notes to Steve that this night just gets better and better...
8 – Sharon and Steve are in the flying car when she gets a call that the target is making a run for it. Steve says it’s an AIM hovercraft.
9 – Against Sharon’s protests, Steve jumps out of the car.
13 – He makes a bit of a scene beating up AIM, and Sharon, who’s landed the car, says, “Wow. Fury’s gonna love this.
14 – Sharon and Steve brief Fury. Fury ends the briefing by saying they’re in a holding pattern, and Sharon should handle cleanup and then take the night off – it’ll probably be here last chance for some R and R anytime soon. Just do him a favor, Rogers, and try to stay off the friggin’ news for a change. Sharon smiles at Steve.
15 – Sharon thanks Steve for keeping her company and tells him that Fury never gives her any time off anywhere good. Her last free night was in Afghanistan. Steve says she’s been on the clock even longer than he has – he just washes he was better company. She does, too, but a girl can only ask for so much. She quickly says she’s kidding and asks if the city brings back a lot of memories.
19 – After his recap, Sharon says she forgets how worldly he is sometimes. He knows she does and asks if she’s feeling better. She admits that the mission wasn’t exactly a success, but they did stop AIM. But this is only the beginning, isn’t it. Whatever’s going on, this is all just the beginning...
Letter – Robert Kirkman writes in saying that Sharon Carter is part of the “solid Captain America goodness.” Joe Casey praises Epting’s work on the emotions on the faces of Cap, Sharon, and General Lukin. Frank Davis says the best part of the first issue is the Sharon/Cap conversation – “Sharon asks the questions to the icon that no one else can. The familiarity and comfort former lovers bring to one another brings home the issue that Cap has lost a lot recently and he might lose himself in his job to overcompensate for his losses. Will Steve forget who he is or will Sharon have to remind him?” Brubaker responds, “Sharon Carter was a personal favorite of mine, and I’m really glad to get to use her in this capacity. Thank you, Mark Waid, for saving her from the abyss.”
Captain America V5 4 [ 2 3 4 5 6 20 21 ]
“Out of Time Part 4”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Steve Epting
Letterer: Randy Gentile
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: March 16, 2005
2 – Steve gets a call, assuming it’s Sharon, but Fury says that he’s sorry to disappoint, he knows he looks good, but he’s no Agent 13. Steve asks if something happened to Sharon.
3 – Fury says Sharon’s fine, it’s just that her security clearance doesn’t cover this one.
4 – Sharon and Fury have a private meeting on the SHIELD Helicarrier. She asks if Steve should be there; Fury says even if he weren’t busy, he wants to keep Steve away from it right now anyway. She tells him to explain, and he fills her in – they found the gun used to kill the Skull.
5 – Prints on the gun belong to Jack Monroe (the same one she fought ages before). Sharon thinks it’s a little convenient, and Fury agrees. He wants Sharon to track Monroe down.
6 – He tells her not to move on Monroe, just keep him under watch. She says she’ll call in when she’s got something.
20 – Sharon’s within a block of Monroe’s signal and signs out of comms with SHIELD. She figures out where he likely is and realizes the lock is broken. This is too easy...
21 – She opens a door, and a body falls out. A voice says, “Wrong door,” and just as Sharon turns toward it, someone (Bucky) punches her and knocks her out.
Captain America V5 5 [ 21 ]
“Out of Time Part 5”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Michael Lark
Letterer: Randy Gentile
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: April 27, 2005
21 – Fury tells an agent to find out why Sharon hasn’t called in a progress report yet.
Captain America V5 6 [ 1 2 3 13 14 15 16 17 18 19-20 Letters ]
“Out of Time Part 6”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Steve Epting
Letterer: Randy Gentile
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: May 25, 2005
1 – In Philadelphia, the Winter Soldier (Bucky!) talks on the phone; Sharon gets a good look at him while she’s tied up and gagged in the trunk, right as he talks about how he’s going to take care of the SHIELD woman exactly as ordered and closes the trunk.
2 – On the Helicarrier, Fury and Agent Neal Tapper talk about how long it’s been since Sharon reported in. Neal tries to tell him why he’s concerned, but Fury thought their relationship was over.
3 – Neal says it was a mistake; he was just upset that Sharon took the liaison job with Rogers. When he tried to put his foot down, Fury says she put her foot where the sun doesn’t shine. He’s trying not to worry yet because Sharon’s tough as nails – but he’s still got people trying to track down her communicator. Neal asks if Captain America is looking for her, and Fury says he doesn’t know Sharon’s missing. Fury wants to find her before he has to be told.
13 – Steve has a psychic vision of Sharon chained to a pole.
14 – Steve calls Fury and tells him that Sharon’s been captured. They talk about the situation – the bad guys showed Steve where Sharon is, and he’s already there.
15 – Steve starts taking out the guards.
16 – He takes off Sharon’s gag, and she tells him it’s a set-up. He says they’ll deal with it, and she says he doesn’t understand – she’s seen the guy they’re hunting!
17 – She thinks it’s Bucky! … who is currently watching them through a rifle scope.
18 – Meanwhile, Neal Tapper’s tracked Sharon’s communicator to a body and a bomb. Then he dies… because of the bomb.
19-20 – Sharon and Steve watch the explosion. Sharon hugs his arm and cries as she realizes this is why they wanted him there.
Letters – Adam Schlagman talks about how great the action is and mentions Sharon being knocked out. Roman Horoszewski talks about finding out that Steve wanted to give up being Cap for Agent 13.
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“The Winter Soldier Part 1”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Steve Epting
Letterer: Christopher P Eliopoulos
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: August 10, 2005
2 – On the Helicarrier, Fury and Sharon are trying to convince Steve that Bucky is still alive.
3 – The convincing continues...
5 – Flashback to Philadelphia, where Steve and Sharon are working together on rescue operations.
10 – Fury shows Sharon and Steve a bunch of pictures of Bucky through the decades, the appearances aligning with assassins.
11 – Fury tells them about the Winter Soldier.
12 – Fury and Steve talk about the Winter Soldier, whom Steve refuses to believe is Bucky.
17 – Steve and Fury are more than a little frustrated that he won’t believe them.
18 – Sharon tries to comfort Steve, but he just wants to know what the plan is.
19 – Sharon says she’s worried about Steve, and Fury tells her to take a walk with him. He tells her that Neal was the one who found the bomb. He’s dead. Sharon is shocked!
Letters – R Cruz is surprised Sharon and Neal were dating and hopes we’ll see the effect the news of his death has on her.
Captain America V5 9 [ Cover 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 ]
“The Winter Soldier Part 2”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Michael Lark
Letterer: Randy Gentile
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: August 31, 2005
Cover – Sharon, Fury, and Steve fight alongside other SHIELD agents.
3 – In a helicopter over Mongolia, and Sharon and Steve are cold to each other. He claims it’s nothing, she tells him it’s never nothing with him – speak. He doesn’t want them going into a firefight and get into it over their own baggage. She tells him he should have thought of that earlier.
4 – Yesterday, in Brooklyn, Sharon confronts Steve outside his place by cursing him out and accusing him of having Fury take her off the team for the Kronas Op. He’s surprised Fury told her, and she tells him that Steve just told her… just now.
5 – Sharon knows better than to think Fury would sell out Steve, who suggests taking this inside. Sharon demands to know what he’s thinking – she’s one of the best field agents they’ve got. Steve says she’s too close to this one, and Sharon accuses him of the same. He says he’s not close in the same way she is – he wants justice, but he thinks Sharon wants revenge. She tells him that he’s full of it; she can tell when he keeps his anger bottled up. She tells him to admit that he doesn’t want her along because he’s scared she’ll kill Bucky.
6 – He still refuses to believe it’s Bucky and says Sharon didn’t know him, but she’s watched the newsreels of Steve and Bucky from the war. She knows his voice. Steve says that can all be faked. She tells him that she’s going to bring Neal’s killer in – Steve can live in denial all he wants, but she’s going on that mission tomorrow.
7 – On the helicopter, they’re picking up radar signature, and Fury tells them to turn on radar invisibility. It might cause an international incident. Go with it.
9 – Fury and Steve talk about Lukin in New York and the mission to retrieve him. Steve says they need to talk about Agent 13’s involvement, though.
10 – Fury asks if Sharon and Steve have stopped butting heads over the mission; they confirm they have.
11 – They hit the ground at Lukin’s facility and are immediately attacked, but they’re ready for it.
12 – Sharon is thrown to the ground by an explosion; a guard nearly gets the drop on her. Steve hits him with his shield. Instead of being grateful, Sharon says she had that guy. Steve doesn’t doubt it. She tells him she’s still made at him – this doesn’t change anything. Steve helps her up and says he doesn’t doubt that, either.
13 – Sharon tells Steve to leave a guard alone, as he’s out of it and can’t tell Steve where Lukin’s assassin is. They head to the elevator, and Sharon tells Steve they’ll find Lukin’s assassin after they get Lukin.
14 – Sharon and the others ride the elevator.
15 – Steve rushes ahead of Sharon and Fury.
16 – Steve attacks Lukin in front of a bunch of US government officials; Fury and Sharon realize they’re screwed.
17 – Sharon watches as Fury gets flack for the mission and Steve refuses to deescalate.
18 – The Chief of Staff to the Vice President demands that Steve apologize to Lukin, and Sharon pulls him away, saying they lost this one.
20 – On the helicopter, Sharon tells Steve that this is just a setback – Lukin isn’t going anywhere. Steve points out that Lukin has the cube, and Fury says that one way or another, Fury’s going to nail him and see him dead.
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“The Winter Soldier Part 3”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Steve Epting
Letterer: Randy Gentile
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: October 26, 2005
19 – Steve’s been going through the Winter Soldier files and tells Fury that he needs him and Sharon there right now – he has something they need to see.
Captain America V5 12 [ 2 3 4 7 8 9 20 ]
“The Winter Soldier Part 4”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Steve Epting
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: November 23, 2005
2 – Steve tells Fury and Sharon about the Winter Soldier file, but he doesn’t know how it got there. Sharon thinks it’s the cube, and Steve agrees, but neither of them know why. Fury says to mess with Steve’s head.
3 – Fury starts to leave to take the file to the techs, but Sharon hang back with a cup of coffee. She asks Steve if he believes it’s the real thing.
4 – Sharon says the file, if it’s legit, means that the Winter Soldier isn’t really Bucky, just what was left of Bucky. Steve asks if that’s supposed to make him feel better, and she says yeah. Steve argues that she needs to read the file more closely, because he kept fighting them = part of Bucky is still in there. Fury says they don’t know that.
7 – Sharon waits alone on Steve’s roof, hoping that Steve will talk with her, or at least listen. He says he knows what she’s going to say – that because Bucky is brainwashed, that makes it okay to kill him.
8 – She argues that it’s not Bucky in any way that matters. She doesn’t give a damn about the Skull, but all those people the Winter Soldier killed deserve justice. He tells her to blame Lukin, but she says that Bucky is responsible. She says Steve has to stop thinking of Bucky as his partner and friend – he already died. Steve says he was there.
9 – They argue some more, and he he leaves after saying he doesn’t know anything more and isn’t sure if he ever did. She calls Fury and tells him she blew it – she thinks she used to know how to talk to him. She tells Fury to make the call – maybe he’ll have better luck than she did.
20 – Steve considers that Sharon might be right – after all, it’s what Bucky would want, too – but no, there has to be another way.
Captain America V5 13 [ 17 18 19 ]
“The Winter Soldier Part 5”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Steve Epting
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: December 21, 2005
17 – Sharon calls Steve while he and Sam are going after the cube. Steve says he was about to tell her that he and his friends took out an AID warehouse that morning. She asks about the purpose, and he says so AID would help him find the cube.
18 – She asks what he found out; Steve sends her everything and says he and Steve are en route. When she says he should have called her sooner, he points out that Fury would have just gotten tied up in red tape again. He sends her a reliable tip for a WMD and signs off, and she curses, takes a beat, and then orders a Strike team.
19 – When they touch down in West Virginia, Sam muses that Sharon sounds like a real hardass – what happened to the old happy-go-lucky Sharon? Steve tells him that her last boyfriend was killed in the Philadelphia bombing, and she was never that happy-go-lucky, though she did used to smile more often.
Captain America V5 14 [ 6 8 9 14 15 18 19 20 ]
“The Winter Soldier Part 5”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Steve Epting
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: December 21, 2005
6 – Sharon calls Steve to ask if he’s in yet, and he says yes, where’s she. She tells him she’s two minutes away, but he should know there’s a network of tunnels down below. Winter Soldier will probably try to escape that way, and if he does that, he’ll be gone. Steve has to stop him, or they’ll be back to square one. Steve says he’ll stop him.
8 – Sharon and her Strike team back Sam up before he gets shot, and she runs up giving orders to the team.
9 – Sam and Sharon greet each other and go into action to find Steve.
14 – They find Steve right as the Winter Soldier tries to shoot him; Sharon shouts out, and Steve dodges the bullet.
15 – Steve uses the cube to restore Bucky’s memory and tells Sharon to hold her fire; she doesn’t put her gun down, pointing out that Bucky just tried to shoot Steve. Steve tells her to just trust him.
18 – Bucky’s going through it, and Sharon lifts her gun and tells Steve to step away from him. He tells her to let it go, that this isn’t the man who killed her friend. She looks at Bucky and lowers her gun. Bucky says Steve should have just killed him (which was Sharon’s idea all along…).
19 – Bucky grabs the cube and disappears.
20 – Sharon asks if he’s dead, and while Sam thinks so, Steve doesn’t think so.
Spider-Woman Origin 3 [ 3 7 ]
No title
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Artist: Jonathan Luna
Letterer: Cory Petit
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: February 15, 2006
3 – Fury brings Jessica Drew to SHIELD’s war room. Sharon, acting out of character as she usually is in anything written by Bendis, nervously asks if that’s allowed and obediently accepts his orders.
7 – Fury cuts Sharon off in a briefing.
Ms Marvel V2 1 [ 15 16 ]
“Best of the Best”
Writer: Brian Reed
Penciller: Roberto De LaTorre
Inker: Jimmy Palmiotti
Letterer: David Sharpe
Colorist: Chris Sotomayor
Editor: Andy Schmidt
On Sale Date: March 1, 2006
15 – In South America, Sharon and Steve are fighting goons. Steve warns Sharon to look behind her, and she avoids a thrown knife just in time and thanks him.
16 – Sharon shoots at enemies as Steve talks on the phone with Carol, who’s a little concerned about the sound of gunfire in the background.
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No title
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Artist: Jonathan Luna
Letterer: Cory Petit
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: March 15, 2006
2 – Sharon runs to help Fury, who’s being strangled by Jessica Drew, and with other agents pulls her gun on Jessica. Fury orders them to stand down.
3 – Fury grabs Sharon’s gun and raises it, telling her that she follows his orders or he has no need for her
4 – Sharon hides her smile as Jessica makes a joke.
5 – Sharon listens to the presentation about Jessica’s parents.
11-12 – Sharon is in a briefing with Fury where she answers his questions and he’s an ungrateful ass.
Captain America V5 14 [ 6 8 9 14 15 18 19 20 ]
“The Winter Soldier Part 5”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Steve Epting
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: December 21, 2005
6 – Sharon calls Steve to ask if he’s in yet, and he says yes, where’s she. She tells him she’s two minutes away, but he should know there’s a network of tunnels down below. Winter Soldier will probably try to escape that way, and if he does that, he’ll be gone. Steve has to stop him, or they’ll be back to square one. Steve says he’ll stop him.
8 – Sharon and her Strike team back Sam up before he gets shot, and she runs up giving orders to the team.
9 – Sam and Sharon greet each other and go into action to find Steve.
14 – They find Steve right as the Winter Soldier tries to shoot him; Sharon shouts out, and Steve dodges the bullet.
15 – Steve uses the cube to restore Bucky’s memory and tells Sharon to hold her fire; she doesn’t put her gun down, pointing out that Bucky just tried to shoot Steve. Steve tells her to just trust him.
18 – Bucky’s going through it, and Sharon lifts her gun and tells Steve to step away from him. He tells her to let it go, that this isn’t the man who killed her friend. She looks at Bucky and lowers her gun. Bucky says Steve should have just killed him (which was Sharon’s idea all along…).
19 – Bucky grabs the cube and disappears.
20 – Sharon asks if he’s dead, and while Sam thinks so, Steve doesn’t think so.
Captain America V5 16 [ Cover 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ]
“Collision Courses Part 1”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Michael Epting
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: March 22, 2006
Cover – Sharon poses with a gun on the cover.
5 – Fury’s gone AWOL, and Steve has new Avengers, which means SHIED sat on the info that Sin escaped, with Crossbones’ help. He and Sharon aren’t pleased with her new bosses. She briefs him on Sin and Crossbones.
6 – Sharon got permission from Maria Hill to bring Steve in on the mission to track them down, and he asks why she really wants him alone – Sharon wouldn’t make waves with her new bosses just for backup. Turns out, Sharon’s got a clue about Bucky’s trail.
8 – He thanks her, but she tells him not to thank her yet – she still doesn’t agree with him about Bucky. They continue to debate as they take off in a flying car.
9 – In Pilsburg, Kansas, Steve’s in civilian clothes, and Sharon takes over questioning people at the Sheriff’s office about Bucky. She asks for a list of the witnesses who may have seen Bucky, along with their addresses. She gets the list, and Sharon and Steve talk about the game plan – Sharon’s hungry – without seeming to realize they’re being watched by the guy at the Sheriff’s office.
10 – At the explosion site, Sharon and Steve have questions about how the town is doing so well. They think something is going on.
11 – They check in at the hotel, and Steve recognizes someone in a picture. And Sharon is still hungry. Famished, in fact.
12 – Sharon is displeased with the burger – it’s too small. Steve teases her about her burger obsession. She says she’s psychologically evaluated every year and then asks the bartender some questions. He freaks out when he realizes she’s with SHIELD.
13 – He won’t tell them anything, and he forgets to charge them. They’re approached by a man who tells them it’s a cover-up. Carl Jackston fills them in on what happened.
14 – He describing Bucky fighting a huge, metal, spider-looking thing.
15 – He continues describing the fight.
16 – Sharon gives him some money and warns him that he needs to get out of town ASAP. She warns him not to tell anyone what he told them until he’s away.
17 – Sharon’s considering the case when Steve picks her up and repeatedly says, “He’s alive!” He sets her on her feet, hand in her hair, and kisses her. She asks if he’s drunk, and he points out that he can’t get drunk, he’s just happy.
18 – She asks if he’s going to kiss her again; he says he’s considering it. She points out that they’ve never worked out before, and he says, “Tonight I’m an optimist.” They kiss. She says it doesn’t mean anything; he disagrees. She says he’s infuriating, and they kiss again.
19 – Steve and Sharon are sleeping in bed together; Steve has dreams that include Sharon.
20 – Steve wakes, Sharon doesn’t, and Steve realizes something is amiss.
21 – They’re surrounded by AIM guys. Steve yells to Sharon that it’s a trap and goes to fight while Sharon pulls her gun to cover him.
22 – Sharon steps on an AIM agent, a gun drawn on him, and tells him not to move. The AIM guys ask for Steve and Sharon’s help.
Captain America V5 17 [ Cover 1 3 4 5 7 8 11 12 14 15 16 18 19 20 ]
“Collision Courses Part 2”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Michael Perkins
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: April 19, 2006
Cover – Sin and Crossbones pose with guns on the cover; Steve and Sharon are in the background.
1 – The AIM guy clarifies he needs both their help, and Sharon says she told Steve the town was weird. The AIM guys want their help because Sharon’s with SHIELD and he’s Captain America. Sin and Crossbones have taken over AIM’s lab.
3 – The AIM guy tells them stuff that aligns with what they know about Bucky’s adventures there. Sharon asks how that led to Crossbones taking over their lab.
4 – Sharon listens as the AIM guy and Steve talk about Crossbones and Sin taking over the lab.
5 – Sharon confirms where the entrance to the lab is and calls in the SHIELD Strike team with stealth protocol.
7 – As the AIM guy keys in the code to let them in, Sharon asks him to go over this once more. They semi-agree that once he gets the door open, two of Sharon’s men will take him to a holding cell. He’s just started to disagree when the door opens a little and he’s shot in the head. SHIELD’s stealth protocols are not super stealthy; they’re taking hostile fire.
8 – Sharon realizes that the AIM guy was unknowingly leading them into a trap. Both she and trap think they should have seen it. Steve rushes forward into the fight and tells her to keep safe, and she tells him, “You, too.”
11 – Sharon and the others chase after Crossbones and Sin.
12 – Sharon gives orders to the SHIELD Strike team as she and Steve take on the RAID agents.
14 – Post-fight, Sharon notes that after all these years, he’s never told her how he dodges bullets. He says he just sees faster. She teases him about being infuriating and calls for an update from all teams. Morgan’s team in the vault doesn’t answer… because they’re dead.
15 – She gets an official update outside. One of the agents is missing, and she arranges to try and find him. She’s suspicious about why they didn’t take anything from the vault but did take one of her men. Nothing about this place adds up.
16 – Steve’s figured out why Bucky was there, and they go to visit Betty Tolin, daughter of Gretchen Zeller. Sharon realizes they’re not the only people who have recently asked Better about her mother.
18 – Bucky had been in love with Gretchen at one point, and Sharon asks if Bucky mentioned anything about his plans or where he was going. Betty says Bucky wanted to know where Gretchen was buried so he could pay his respects before it was too late.
19 – Steve thinks it’s a little convenient that Bucky tracks down Gretchen and finds an AIM cell; she agrees and asks how he would even manage to track Gretchen down. They realize that Fury is helping Bucky.
20 – Sharon isn’t convinced, but she agrees it sounds like Nick. She asks Steve his thoughts on what Bucky meant by “before it’s too late,” and Steve thinks he’s going to try and kill Lukin, and he doesn’t plan on surviving the attack.
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“The Collective Part Two”
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Penciller: Mike Deodato, Jr
Inker: Joe Pimentel
Letterer: Albert W Deschesne
Colorist: David Stewart
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: April 19, 2006
1 – Sharon asks Daisy Johnson to return to SHIELD. When Daisy declines, Sharon tells her that Captain America needs her.
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“Twenty-First Century Blitz Part Two”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Steve Epting
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: June 21, 2006
11 – Sharon interrupts a meeting where Steve and Union Jack (Joey Chapman) are getting reamed out for a misstep to say that Steve works for her, and for the next week, so do Union Jack and Spitfire (Jackie). The orders came directly from Downing Street.
12 – Gavin warns her that this won’t be the last she hears of this, and she brushes it off, gives him some orders, and says they’ll be looking into the investigation from a different angle. As she walks down the hall with the guys, Steve tells her she’s late. She counters that she was early until he caused trouble that she had to clean up. Luckily, she still has leverage with the Prime Minister. Joey asks Steve who the scary woman is, and he introduces them before they get to work.
13 – Sharon and Joey trespass on private property. They’re doing this because Steve and Jackie knew Bucky and are going after him, whereas Sharon and Joey didn’t know him. He asks if it bothers her that Jackie and Steve are working together so closely, and she denies that Steve is her man before asking if she should be bothered. He compliments her on hiding it well, and she reminds him that she can fire him.
17 – Bucky is interrupted by Sharon and Joey. The two have stopped bantering and are talking about the tunnel network before Sharon says, “Hold on.”
18 – Sharon gets a call on her comm, and she and Joey head back to handle a Master Race sighting. She updates Steve as Bucky listens in out of sight.
19 – Before she can get a thermal scan, Steve jumps out of the flying car, leaving Sharon cursing behind him.
20 – Steve finds everyone dead and tells Sharon to get down there now.
21 – Sharon arrives and explains where they got the tip. Jackie tells her Sharon needs to see something – it looks like part of a plan for an air assault on London.
New Avengers 20 [ 14 ]
“The Collective Part Four”
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Penciller: Mike Deodato, Jr
Inker: Joe Pimentel
Letterer: Albert W Deschesne
Colorist: David Stewart
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: June 21, 2006
14 – Sharon tells Maria that she and the team are on the island, and she has Daisy with her. She, Maria, and Cap play telephone, and Sharon relays the message to Daisy, and they talk about the plan a little.
Captain America V5 20 [ 3 4 6 7 8 10 11 19 ]
“Twenty-First Century Blitz Part Three”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Steve Epting
Letterer: Randy Gentile
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: July 26, 2006
3 – Sharon and Steve run along the rooftops as they talk about the mission and Sharon teases him about liking his UK slang. He helps her across a skylight as she defends Gavin’s choices, as frustrating at they are.
4 – She reminds him that they have no proof, but he feels it in his bones. He wants to take Lukin down now, he’s done too much. She reminds him that she was the bait in Philadelphia, so she remembers what he did. He doesn’t think he can ever forget. She assures him that they’ll get him this time. Steve tells her that he’s sure of his own strength, and he’s sure of her, but he has less faith in the people making decisions these days.
6 – When they’re alone, Jackie asks Steve if he and Sharon are serious. He says she seems more serious than he was expecting. Jackie assures him that Sharon won’t break it off this time.
7 – Sharon and Steve talk about the plan in her flying car, and she asks if he has any friends who can fly at the same speed Jackie can run to check all the planes Lukin has in the air as distractions.
8 – Steve thinks they should go after the blimp.
10 – Sharon drops him off on the blimp.
11 – Sharon calls in to Jackie and Joey, telling them she’s checking out the rest of the air traffic, just in case, and keeping an eye out for Bucky. She asks if they can make it to the blimp without her help.
19 – Sharon shouts Steve’s name as she sees him fall from the blimp.
Captain America V5 21 [ 1 3 4 5 11 19 20 ]
“Twenty-First Century Blitz Conclusion”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Steve Epting
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: September 13, 2006
1 – As London burns (again), Steve tells Sharon that he’s got to take down the destructive robot now. She tells him to wait and tries to ask how, but he’s already running.
3 – She shouts his name as he runs at the robot and gets batted into an office building. He tells her to get out of the sky on the double (she’s in the flying car) – he doesn’t want her in the path of those beams.
4 – She says she doesn’t want to be up there right now, either, but there’s something she has to do. He tells her it’s too risky, but she still calls, “Hey, Moron Man – Catch!” And drives the flying call into Master Man, which also breaks her flying car. Steve calls her name over the comms.
5 – She crashes into a building and tells Steve woozily that she’s alive, just shaken, and she’ll see him outside. She tells him to be careful, and as she leaves, she’s stopped by Crossbones and Sin, who’s relieved to finally have someone around worth killing.
11 – After they apparently torture her a bit, and after Sharon’s broken Sin’s nose, she keeps passing out and they decide to kill her. As Crossbones holds the gun to her head, a voice (Lukin, controlled by the Skull) tells them that Agent 13’s death isn’t part of the plan… not today.
19 – Sharon is patched up and watching the news with Steve and Jackie. Sharon says Lukin’s building collapsed – she knows, she was in it, and if Spitfire hadn’t gotten her out… Jackie assures her that it was nothing and calls her dear. She banters with Joey on her way out, and Jackie and Joey see them off.
20 – In the cab, Steve apologizes for not being there for her. She reminds him that she survived and asks what it was like working with Bucky again. She assures him that he’ll come back, he’s just in a tight spot.
Captain America V5 22 [ Cover 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ]
“The Drums of War Part One”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Michael Perkins
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: September 27, 2006
Cover – Sharon holding a gun in the foreground as SHIELD agents try to take down Steve behind her in the Civil War crossover issue.
1 – Sharon’s in the SHIELD Administrative Affairs Building in New York for a psych eval because of what happened. The therapist presses, and she says it’s been building since Maria called her on the carpet that day.
2 – Weeks before, Sharon and Maria are looking at footage of Cap beating the crap out of SHIELD agents, and Sharon says it looks like Maria didn’t listen to her.
3 – Maria and Sharon argue about how Maria dismissed Sharon’s advice about Cap, giving she’s Steve’s personal liaison.
4 – Sharon continues to challenge Maria, reminding her that Steve doesn’t take kindly to being shot at.
5 – Maria did what she did because she wanted to stop Steve before he became a rallying symbol for the other side, and Sharon says Fury would be proud. Maria says he would be, actually, because Maria’s no longer going to turn a blind eye to Steve and Sharon’s relationship – she’s going to have Sharon use that relationship to get Cap back, or Maria’s going to bust her down past Agent 666.
6 – The therapist reminds her that operative and liaison involvement is currently against SHIELD regulations, and she tells him to tell that to the 15 women who liaised with Tony Stark. They talk about what Sharon could and couldn’t see coming and how she knew that her relationship with Steve would impact things.
7 – She also knew her relationship would be used against her. She supported registration, and she’s more upset that she objected to bringing him in with a honey trap.
8 – Like a good soldier, following orders comes before friendships. She remembers a conversation with Dugan after he tried to bring in Steve and got his ass handed to him.
9 – The two of them banter before they get serious, and Dugan says this isn’t what he signed on for. It would never have happened if Nick was here, and it can’t go on much longer.
10 – Inspired by Dugan, Sharon agrees to try to stop it. She arranges to meet up with Steve.
11 – Sharon takes him to a safe room nearby. For a serious talk.
12 – After they have sex, they get around to that serious talk.
13 – They argue about the pros and cons of the Registration Act.
14 – They argue some more.
15 – And some more. Quotes from the US Founding Fathers are thrown around.
16 – SHIELD closes in. Steve knows it must be getting hard for her at SHIELD, but she reminds him that she’s a survivor, too, remember?
17 – They talk about when they’ll see each other again, and Steve assures her he’ll win this one. The SHIELD agents alive in their cape killer outfits.
18 - Sharon confesses that she’s worried for Steve. She doesn’t want the man she loves dying. Meanwhile, the Cape Killers bust open the wall and realize Sharon’s given them the wrong location.
19 – In therapy, she admits she doesn’t know why she lied to SHIELD. She doesn’t know why she does have the things she’s done lately. She’s not the kind of person to choose love over duty.
20 – Before Sharon can be cleared for duty, the therapist wants to meet with her again in two days. “We’re not done with you yet.”
21 – Later, the therapist – Faustus in disguise – tells the Red Skull that she’s working out perfectly.
22 – He claims Sharon has no idea that the reason she’s in love with Rogers is because Faustus wished it. And when the time comes, Agent 13 will be right where they want her.
Note: I don’t think Faustus actually made Sharon love Steve; the only place where he, as a therapist, could have convinced her to fall in love with him was in therapy, and she wasn’t put in therapy until she defied orders because she loved Steve. Maybe he planted seeds during the annual psych evals, or maybe he’s just trying to look better to the Red Skull.
Captain America V5 23 [ 5 ]
“The Drums of War Part Two”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Michael Perkins
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: October 25, 2006
5 – Bucky has ollowed Sharon’s intel to a monitoring station that has an LMD of Nick Fury.
Captain America V5 24 [ 1 2 3 16 17 18 19 20 Letters ]
“The Drums of War Part Three”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Michael Perkins
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: November 29, 2006
1 – Sharon is being reassigned after her insubordination the month before, but her clearance isn’t being revoked. Sharon says she isn’t conflicted anymore, and Hill tells her that she’s being assigned to the task force to hunt down Nick Fury.
2 – In her quarters, she finds Fury’s LMD, who scans her retina for security.
3 – The LMD puts her through to Fury, who tells her they’ve got a small problem. She says Hill knows Sharon’s been in contact with Fury, but Fury says Hill only suspects. She argues a little more, and he tells her that their problem actually concerns Cap.
16 – Sharon temporarily takes out some Cape Killers after Steve from above and calls to get his attention.
17 – She tells him to join her in the hovercar quick, and he jumps up to join her.
18 – He asks why she’s flying to his rescue, and she brings up Nick Fury.
19 – Fury sent Sharon because he couldn’t get a word to Steve that he was about to walk into trouble fast enough otherwise. Steve asks why Fury would send her – he thought she was still conflicted. She says she hasn’t been conflicted since they blew a hole in Goliath’s chest. Steve asks if she thinks Tony and Reed would work with HYDRA.
20 – Sharon doesn’t think so, but she didn’t think any of this would have happened. She asks when this will get better – after Tony and Steve beat each other to death? He hopes not. Sharon realizes he found something before about the Skull, but Steve says there isn’t any good news.
Letters – Adrian J Watts is more interested in seeing how Agent 13 – and perhaps Bucky – will respond to the Registration Act. In another letter, he thinks the real issue is that people like Sharon support the Act simply because it’s the law. Andrew J Shaw says he doesn’t think he ever really liked Sharon Carter before this issue (22) – maybe now she’s more vulneratlve, though; she’s still no Bernie or Rachel, though. Ed Brubaker responds, “I don’t know, Andrew, for me, Sharon is better than Bernie or Rachel combined even, and she’s always been one of my favorite characters.”
Captain America V5 25 [ 6 7 8 9 15 16 17 20 27 28 29 30 31 32 DC 38 DC 39 ]
“The Death of the Dream Part One”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Steve Epting
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: March 7, 2007
6 – Sharon is in the crowd waiting for the arrested Steve to arrive. She tells Nick over comms that she’s not going to watch Steve put behind bars.
7 – Flashback to Sharon’s childhood. According to Brubaker in the Director’s Cut, she’s seven here, and Peggy, now an aunt (probably great-aunt) is about 50.
8 – More flashback as Sharon describes how she fell for Steve.
9 – Fury tells Bucky, who’s spotted Agent 13, to follow Sharon’s lead. Fury wants Bucky to be Sharon’s ground support.
15 – Steve is shot, and the crowd goes wild. Sharon fights her way through the crowd to get to Steve. A gun shoots at Steve from close range.
16 – Sharon leans over Steve, holding his face. She begs people to help them and cries as he tells her to get the crowd to safety.
17 – She yells for someone to help her.
20 – Sharon uses her SHIELD security clearance to accompany Steve. She and Fury talk over comms, and he reassures her that Steve isn’t going to die.
27 – Sharon begs Steve to hold on. He tells her he takes her breath, his voice fading before he can finish. They realize they’re losing him, and she begs him to stay with her.
28 – After Steve had been declared dead, Sharon is crying against Sam’s chest in the hospital.
29 – Sam goes over his past with Steve as he looks over Sharon and she heads to the bathroom. (He waits in the hall. Don’t make it weird.)
30 – Sin, disguised as a nurse, tells Sharon that Doctor Faustus wants her to remember.
31 – Sharon remembers that she’s the one who shot Steve at point blank range.
32 – Sharon sits on the floor crying, asking herself repeatedly what she did.
Director’s Cut 38 – Ed Brubaker introduces Sharon, Agent 13 and Cap’s longtime on and off-again girlfriend.
Director’s Cut 39 – In this retcon, where Sharon is 7, Brubaker describes Peggy as “about 50.” He also says that Peggy is Sharon’s aunt, probably a great-aunt at that. He wanted to keep Peggy as part of the history, so he made a slight retcon to change Peggy from being Sharon’s sister to aunt. He also says that when Steve fought Batroc (supposedly in the first issues – he even makes a note that when Sharon first saw Cap, he was fighting Batroc) she was 22 at the time. He theorizes that Sharon in Cap 156 is the sexiest we’ve ever seen to date.
Punisher War Journal V2 5 [ 20 21 ]
“NYC Red”
Writer: Matt Fraction
Artist: Ariel Olivetti
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Editor: Axel Alonso
On Sale Date: March 14, 2007
20 – Times Square fills with images of Sharon leaning over Steve’s body on the courthouse steps.
21 – The images are still there. It’s kind of a big news story.
Captain America V5 26 [ Cover 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]
“The Death of the Dream Part Two”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Penciller: Steve Epting
Inker: Michael Perkins
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: May 23, 2007
Cover – Faustus, Zola, and Red Skull tower in the background over Bucky, Sam, and… front and center, Sharon.
1 – Sharon and Valentina head to Steve’s wake. Val tells her that even though they haven’t been close in a long time, they’re friends, and Sharon can talk to her. Sharon says she just doesn’t know what to say, that’s all. Val asks about Sharon’s meeting with the new director, and Sharon says that, like everything else, it didn’t go well.
2 – Five days before, she and Tony argued, and she threatens to put him down despite how he outranks her. He tells her that something’s happened, and he doesn’t want her to be shocked. They argue some more (Tony body-napped Steve, apparently), with Sharon getting upset that Tony is calling Steve a specimen, and she finally asks what’s happened to him.
3 – The effects of the serum have reversed; Tony assures her that they’re running comprehensive tests. Sharon asks herself, again, what she did, and then freezes as Tony asks what she said.
4 – She turns it on him, accusing him of doing this, and they argue again. It culminates with Tony saying that this is killing him, and she slaps him and says that he doesn’t get to say that.
5 – Sharon tells Val that, after that, she resigned. Val asks what Sharon will do without SHIELD. Sharon doesn’t know, but she doesn’t know what the point of anything is without Steve.
6 – She approaches Sam at the wake, and she compliments his speech.
7 – Sam’s already heard that she’s resigned from SHIELD (Dugan has a big mouth for a spy; the mustaches is big so it can try to catch his secrets. Clearly he needs a bigger mustache). Sharon and Sam argue about her quitting SHIELD, and she tries to tell him that there’s something she needs to tell him, but she can’t get the words out.
8 – They’re interrupted by Rick Jones, though Sam says he isn’t interrupting and says he’ll call Sharon tomorrow. Rick tells her that Steve really loved her.
9 – Sharon excuses herself and greets Carol and Simon in passing on her way to the bathroom. She looks into the mirror and remembers again.
10 – Sam feels bad about ducking out on Sharon, but he had to get out of there.
Captain America V5 27 [ 5 6 7 8 18 ]
“The Death of the Dream Part Three”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Penciller: Steve Epting
Inker: Michael Perkins
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: June 20, 2007
5 – Sharon is trying to psych herself up to kill herself when Faustus appears in her mirror, telling her she can’t pull the trigger any more than she can tell anyone what Faustus made her do.
6 – She breaks the mirror, only to pull her gun on Sam when Sam comes in through her window.
7 – She updates him: She’s a wreck, Steve is dead, she has no friends, she can’t- can’t- can’t sleep. He tells her that she has friends, some who would even take a bullet for her.She asks why he’s there, and it’s for a job – they have to find and stop a rogue Winter Soldier. Again.
8 – Sounds like Bucky’s after Steve’s shield and planning on killing Tony Stark. Sharon calls Bucky an idiot. She emerges from behind a screen in her new outfit – the debut of her classic white catsuit!
18 – Sharon and Sam watch the aftermath of Bucky stealing the shield from a rooftop and talk about their next move.
Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America 5 [ 18-19 20 ]
“Acceptance”
Writer: Jeph Loeb
Artist: John Cassaday
Letterer: Richard Starkings
Colorist: Laura Depuy Martin
Editor: Bill Roseman
On Sale Date: July 5, 2007
18-19 – Sharon is in the crowd for Sam’s speech, keeping her head down.
20 – She’s still there. She even gets a callout for making a difference.
Captain America V5 28 [ 11 12 13 ]
“The Death of the Dream Part Four”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Penciller: Steve Epting
Inker: Michael Perkins
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: July 18, 2007
11 – Sharon and Sam contact Nick from a communications hub Nick hid on the roof of the Daily Bugle. With no leads, Sam wants to get in touch with SHIELD.
12 – Sharon refuses; she doesn’t trust SHIELD right now, and she argues that they shouldn’t be looking for Bucky anyway, they should be looking for the Red Skull. Sam agrees.
13 – They talk some more about going after the Skull.
Captain America V5 29 [ Cover 14 15 16 17 18 19 ]
“The Death of the Dream Part Five”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Penciller: Steve Epting
Inker: Michael Perkins
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: August 15, 2007
Cover – Sharon on the cover with a gun, Bucky aiming his own gun, and Sam… on fire???
14 – Sharon and Sam attack an AIM facility.
15 – One of the AIM guys sets Sam’s costume on fire, but he tells Sharon to focus on getting the computer before it’s destroyed – it’s their key to finding the Skull.
16 – Sharon attacks the men before they can enter the codes. The first tries to shoot her, and she takes him down without trouble. The second, unarmed, begs for her life, and she freezes.
17 – She flashes back to when she shot Steve.
18 – She vomits, and Sam takes out the AIM guy can shoot her (he wasn’t that unarmed). Sam checks on her.
19 – Natasha watches them and realizes they’re on the same trail she’s on. She decides to tell Tony.
Captain America V5 30 [ 10 11 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ]
“The Death of the Dream Part Six”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Penciller: Steve Epting
Inker: Michael Perkins
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: September 19, 2007
10 – Natasha visits Sam and tells him she knows that he and Agent 13 are trying to find the Winter Soldier, just like she is.
11 – Sharon has taken a pregnancy test – it’s positive.
13 – Tony reviews footage of Steve’s assassination.
14 – Bucky, captured, is also watching footage of Steve’s assassination.
16 – Sharon sits in the shower and thinks about her and Steve, concluding that he knew what she’d done.
17 – Tony’s still reviewing footage, and he notes that Sharon said she didn’t see anything, despite being right there. By now, SHIELD has realized that “Dr. Benjamin” was actually Faustus, and Tony asks if the list of Benjamin’s patients included non-active agents.
18 – Sam and Natasha head to Sharon’s place to bring her in, not realizing that Faustus is encouraging her to get to work again.
19 – Sam and Natasha get to Sharon’s place; Sharon calls that she’s not dressed yet while messing with her safe.
20 – Tony realizes Sharon was one of Faustus’s patients and calls Natasha.
21 – Before Tony can tell Natasha about the change of plans, Sharon, spaced out, shoots them both.
22 – Sharon holds the gun over their bodies.
Captain America V5 31 [ 1 6 7 8 9 10 15 20 21 22 ]
“The Burden of Dreams Part One”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Steve Epting
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: October 17, 2007
1 – Sharon walks through New York, verbally arguing with the voice in her head. The voice convinces her to join the revolution...
6 – Bucky taunts Faustus as the nurse watches.
7 – Faustus has the nurse give Bucky double the dose.
8 – Sam comes to and is told by Natasha that Sharon hit them with a SHIELD-issue neural neutralizer. Tony tells him Sharon’s been compromised, and they don’t know the extent of it yet. He’s relatively certain Sharon’s the one who shot and killed Steve. Sam refuses to believe it.
9 – Tony explains about the brainwashing.
10 – Sam learns that it was Faustus and realizes Faustus is now working with the Red Skull, and they not have Sharon under their control. But Tony thinks it matters that Sharon only stunned Sam and Natasha and didn’t kill them.
15 – The nurse gives Bucky another injection.
20 – The nurse watches as Faustus supposedly succeeds in breaking Bucky.
21 – To test it, Faustus orders Bucky to kill the nurse.
22 – The nurse is revealed to be… Sharon! And Bucky shoots!
Marvel Comics Presents V2 2 [ 19 21 23 24 ]
“Best Offense”
Writer: M Zachary Sherman
Artist: Khoi Pham
Letterer: David Sharpe
Colorist: Andrew Crossley
Editor: John Barber
On Sale Date: October 17, 2007
19 – Sharon is one of the agents investigating a break-in at SHIELD.
21 – She goes to a security call, and the assailant (Taskmaster) runs past her in a SHIELD outfit. She helps Dugan up as he tells her about the ambush.
23 – As SHIELD agents pile on Taskmaster, Sharon holds a gun on him. When Maria orders him released, Sharon argues that Taskmaster is a fugitive. Maria knows.
24 – She hired Taskmaster to infiltrate SHIELD to see if he could do it. Now she’s upset with Sharon, Dugan, and someone else (credited in at least one wiki as “unnamed SHIELD agent”), all of whom are in charge of security for this facility. As Dugan argues, Sharon pulls him away and tells the boys they’ve got work to do.
Captain America V5 32 [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 21 ]
“The Burden of Dreams Part Two”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Penciller: Steve Epting
Inker: Jackson Guice
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: November 21, 2007
1 – He shot at Faustus instead, but the gun only had blanks.
2 – Faustus says Bucky could have shot Sharon for appearances; Bucky tells him to go to hell.
3 – Faustus congratulates Sharon on appearing so frightened, and when she asks about Bucky, Faustus talks about having to break hostile patients over and over again. They have to be willing to die for you, kill for you – as she well knows. She follows him, but she watches where they take Bucky, and the voice in her head tells her to stop thinking.
4 – Natasha, Sam, and Redwing are on Sharon’s trail. Redwing “tells” them she went into the sewers and then opts not to follow for some reason.
5 – Natasha asks if Sam’s all right, and he says, “I just found out that my good friend killed my best friend, and that she’s out of her mind.” When they find a secret entrance, Natasha declines a SHIELD assault unit – they want to get Agent 13 out alive, after all.
6 – Tony confirms Sharon’s pregnancy and orders all records of it deleted.
7 – Sharon listens in on a conversation between Faustus and the Skull where they talk about killing Bucky if he can’t be broken. Sharon’s still arguing with her inner voice.
8 – Natasha and Sam no longer have stealth on their side and go with a full front assault strategy. Sam says, “Let’s go find our girl.”
9 – Bucky wonders how he’s going to get himself and Steve’s lady friend out with him, because he’s sure as hell not leaving without her.
10 – Faustus orders everyone to evacuate and destroy all hard drives (probably not in that order. With Sharon following him, he orders his “damned prisoner” be brought to him.
12 – Bucky follows the Raid soldiers, guessing that wherever they’re going, it’s a safe bet that’s where Steve’s girl is.
13 – Faustus orders Sharon to take down Bucky.
14 – Sharon’s verbally arguing with the voice in her head, eventually falling to her knees and begging it to stop. A voice behind her tells her that it’s okay.
15 – Bucky tells her they’re both getting out of there, assuming she’s herself now. She… is not. The voice praises her as she tells the men with her to take Bucky to the evac-ship.
16 – Sharon and an unconscious Bucky are on the escape jet; Sam is in pursuit.
18 – Faustus wants Falcon off their tail. Sharon tells the voice in her head to shut up. Faustus asks what she said, and she answers, “That I know how to get rid of the Falcon.” He yells, “NO!” but it’s too late! She’s pulled the lever!
19 – Bucky, as is his wont, falls from the plane. Sharon looks on. Sam diverts to catch Bucky.
21 - Faustus asks what’s going on inside Sharon’s head – why would she release their prisoner? She answers that she did it because it worked, and they were just going to kill him anyway. He considers her before telling her she might have just gotten both of them killed. He doesn’t like that.
Captain America V5 33 [ 1 5 20 ]
“The Burden of Dreams Part Three”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Penciller: Steve Epting
Inker: Jackson Guice
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: December 28, 2007
1 – The Red Skull wants Sharon punished, and Faustus confirms that she’s in a cell. He’ll deal with her soon enough.
5 – Tony tells Sam to focus on finding Faustus, his people, and Sharon.
20 – Bucky tells Tony and Natasha that the Skull’s forces have Steve’s girl. Tony says they were trying to save her when they found Bucky.
Captain America V5 35 [ 1 2 18 21 ]
“The Burden of Dreams Part Five”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Penciller: Steve Epting
Inker: Jackson Guice
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: February 27, 2008
1 – Sam tracks Faustus to an abandoned rehab clinic, but there’s no sign of Sharon.
2 – Sam’s worried that Sharon’s on her own out there. Tony tells him to contact Natasha and stay off-radar.
18 – The Skull wants to talk to Faustus about “Rogers’ woman.” He’s decided she needs closer attention than Faustus has been providing.
21 – Sharon is strapped to a bed. Zola stands over her with… um. Stuff. The voice in Sharon’s head asks how long she thought she could hide her pregnancy.
Captain America V5 36 [ Cover 8 18 19 21 22 ]
“The Burden of Dreams Part Six”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artists: Jackson Guice, Mike Perkins
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: March 19, 2008
Cover – Sharon on the cover, with Bucky as Cap, Natasha, and Faustus in the background.
8 – Zola and the Skull think Sharon is pregnant, but before they can tell Faustus, he tells them there’s been a complication.
18 – Bucky asks Natasha if there are any leads on Steve’s girl.
19 – Natasha says firmly that her name is Sharon Carter. And Sam may have found something that will help.
21 – Sharon’s wandering around the facility, arguing with the voice in her head. She’s heard them talking about her baby, and this is her one chance to save her child from them. The voice says nothing, and she rubs her temples and says, “Okay… Good.”
22 – While looking for an escape tunnel in one of Zola’s labs, she finds… Steve!
Secret Invasion: Prologue [ 1 2 ]
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Penciller: Leinil Francis Yu
Inker: Mark Morales
Letterer: Chris Eliopoulos
Colorist: Laura Martin
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: March 25, 2008
1 – There’s a news broadcast of the assassination with Cap, with Sharon leaning over the body.
2 – The news footage continues.
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“The Man Who Bought America Part One”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Steve Epting
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: April 16, 2008
6 – The Skull tries to get rid of Faustus by suggesting he look after Sharon, but Faustus says she’ll keep.
7 – Sam’s been tracking down leads and trying to find Sharon.
13 – Sharon sneaks around the facility, determined not to leave without Steve. She just has to pretend she hasn’t broken free and play along.
14 – Faustus orders her back to her quarters, but Sharon spies a bit. Tonight, she’ll save him. “Then we’re all getting out of here.”
19 – Sam tells Bucky he’s got a lead tracking down Sharon, and he thinks he and Bucky – the new Cap – should try to save her together. Bucky says, “Let’s go save the girl.”
20 – Sharon’s broken into the lab to save Steve.
21 – She realizes it isn’t Steve!
22 – William Burnside thinks he is Steve, but he doesn’t know who Sharon is.
Captain America V5 38 [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 ]
“The Man Who Bought America Part Two”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Penciller: Steve Epting
Inker: Michael Perkins
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: May 21, 2008
1 – Sharon recoils from William Burnside, who thinks she knows him.
2 – Sharon’s recap of William Burnside!
3 – The recap continues.
4 – William Burnside knows he’s seen her somewhere before, and she apologizes to him as she prepares to shoot him.
5 – She’s shot from behind and knocked out. Faustus assures Burnside that she was just confused.
6 – Burnside says she knew him, and Faustus confirms that she did – everyone does. After all, he’s Captain America! Sharon is carried away, and Lukin hopes Faustus’s work on Burnside is more effective than his work on Agent 13.
Captain America V5 39 [ 6 7 11 12 18 19 20 ]
“The Man Who Bought America Part Three”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Roberto De LaTorre
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: June 25, 2008
6 – Sam and Bucky talk about Sharon while sparring. Bucky says they have to find her – she saved him from them.
7 – Sam says he saved Bucky; all Sharon did was through him out of a plane. Bucky insisted she had to, and that she wouldn’t have done it if she weren’t there. That means that she knows. She knows who she really is, and she’s trapped, if she isn’t already dead by now. Sam thinks she’s still alive – the Skull will wait to kill her until it hurts the most.
11 – Sharon’s strapped to the bed again, but they’re not drugging her enough to damage the baby. She’s at eleven weeks. Sin, in a bed nearby, says Sharon’s friends hurt her boyfriend, and Sharon’s going to pay for that when the Skull’s done with Sharon.
12 – Sharon muses on her situation. It’s just another level in her own personal hell.
18 – Sharon slips her restraints and takes her chance to escape.
19 – She takes out Sin’s doctor, then fights Sin.
20 – She takes Sin hostage.
Captain America V5 40 [ 4 5 9 10 14 15 22 ]
“The Man Who Bought America Part Four”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Steve Epting
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: July 16, 2008
4 – Sin tries to convince her to stop. Sharon declines.
5 – Sharon taunts Sin about not being invited to the big event.
9 – Sin tries to play mind games with Sharon, then fights back, taking Sharon by surprise.
10 – Sharon’s slowed down by the drugs. The guards arrive, and Sin orders them to stay back – she just wanted an audience.
14 – Sharon realizes she’s fading. She wasn’t prepared for a real fight. She’s going to lose, and they’re going to take her baby...
15 – In the fight, Sharon and Sin struggle for Sin’s knife.
22 – Sharon is stabbed in the abdomen, and the Skull has her rushed to the med bay.
New Avengers 43 [ 12 ]
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Penciller: Billy Tan
Inker: Danny K Miki
Letterer: Albert W Deschesne
Colorist: Jason Keith
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: July 23, 2008
12 – Steve’s “memories” are implanted in the Skrull chosen to take Steve’s place – including images of SHIELD Agent 13, Sharon Carter.
Captain America V5 41 [ Cover 5 7 8 11 16 18 19 21 ]
“The Man Who Bought America Part Five”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Penciller: Steve Epting
Inker: Rick Magyar
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: August 20, 2008
Cover – Sharon on the background of the cover, holding a gun.
5 – The Skull muses that if only Sharon were still of use to them, and Zola points out they still need her for one thing.
7 – Faustus tells Sharon he feels partly to blame for how badly things have gone for her. He uses her abilities to calm her, pleased that there’s still a piece of his Agent 13 left. He talks with her about her losing the baby and asks if she intended to die as well, and she confirms that she had, that she’d do anything to keep her baby safe and away from the Skull.
8 – Faustus agrees with her and says she’s a remarkable specimen. He hopes she makes it through – they need her because she’s the Constant. He’s leaving, but he’s going to leave her with two things – a GPS transmitter, and forgetting her baby. He returns control of her mind and tells her to use her mind wisely. When he leaves, Sharon turns on the transmitter.
11 – Natasha tells Bucky and Sam that Sharon’s GPS transmitter went live last night, and she can confirm that it’s not a trap.
16 – The Red Skull instructs Zola to get the girl.
18 – Zola pulls Sharon out of bed, and the transmitter falls to the floor.
19 – Natasha leads a SHIELD assault and orders everyone to find their agent – i.e., Sharon. Zola pulls Sharon past part of the fight.
21 – Bucky wants to help save Sharon, but he has another mission.
Captain America V5 42 [ 4 5 6 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 20 21 ]
“The Man Who Bought America Part Six”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Penciller: Steve Epting
Inker: Rick Magyar
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: September 24, 2008
4 – Natasha and Sam follow Sharon’s GPS signal, trying to get to her before the base self-destructs.
5 – Zola shoots Sharon with some sort of ray, and he and the Skull bind her in some sort of machine.
6 – Sharon comes to, feeling like she’s being stabbed by needles. The Skull is concerned that she’s already coming to, but Zola assures him it’s fine. Sharon tries to figure out what they’re doing to her.
9 – She thinks she sees something in the lighted table portal before her and starts to fight back.
10 – She pulls her arms free, breaking the machine and knocking herself out.
11 – The Skull kicks her unconscious body, and then he and Zola run for it.
13 – Sam and Natasha find Sharon’s GPS tracker and wonder where she is. Meanwhile, Sharon’s come to and is tracking down the Skull. She takes a gun from a fallen SHIELD agent.
14 – Lukin takes off the Skull mask and laughs, and then there’s a gunshot.
15 – It’s Sharon! And there are three more gunshots (bc fk the Skull rite?). She leans against the wall and says she’s done now, and Zola warns her about blah blah blah...
16 – He’s stabbed by not-Steve! Sharon asks if he’s one of the good guys now.
20 – Natasha and Sam find Sharon, unconscious. They think Sharon might have killed Zola and the Red Skull – Natasha says Sharon’s always impressed her. Sharon comes to and hugs Sam, confessing that she stabbed Steve. He assures her that it’s all over now. The good guys won.
21 – Tony tells Sam that Sharon had a miscarriage, and Faustus made her forget the pregnancy. He asks what to do now – Sharon deserves to know about the pregnancy, but Tony can’t bring himself to do it. Sam offers to watch over Sharon and tell her the truth when she’s strong enough.
Captain America V5 43 [ 7 8 ]
“Time’s Arrow Part 1”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Penciller: Luke Ross
Inker: Fabio Laguna
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: October 22, 2008
7 – Natasha tells Bucky he’s no more to blame for the Winter Soldier’s actions than Sharon is for what happened to Steve. He asks how Sharon’s holding up, and Natasha says that Sam’s keeping an eye on her. Sharon’s not coming back to SHIELD, though.
8 – Natasha says that Sharon will survive – she’s a survivor.
Captain America V5 49 [ Cover 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ]
“The Daughter of Time”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Penciller: Luke Ross
Inker: Rick Magyar
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: April 15, 2009
Cover – Sharon and Sam share a cover.
1 – Sharon has a nightmare where she kills Steve, something she thinks about ever day and often dreams about, though not every night anymore.
2 – The nightmare continues.
3 – In the nightmare, Steve asks why he did this to her, and the Red Skull bites her hand. She wakes and reflects that the mornings after the nightmares are the worst.
4 – It’s been a year since Steve died, six months since she’s been free of Faustus and the Red Skull. There’s no SHIELD anymore, not after the Skrull invasion, and Bucky’s an Avenger.
5 – She’s staying at the Carter family home in Virginia, where Sam sometimes stays. She thinks he’s one of the only friends she’s got left. She looks in the mirror and feels like there are pieces of her memory just out of reach.
6 – She visits Peggy and hopes Peggy’s not divulging classified intel to the civilians. Peggy asks who Sharon is, if she works with Nick Fury.
7 – Sharon notes that Peggy was a bigger influence on Sharon than her own parents, and her father never forgave that. Sharon was a late surprise, and never close with her parents. They died believing she’d been killed in action.
8 – She says good-bye to Peggy, who says that Steve’s going to visit again soon. Sharon mumbles that she’s sure he will, and Peggy talks about Roosevelt giving him time off. Sharon leaves.
9 – Sam checks in with Sharon.
10 – Sam brainstorms new names for Fifties Cap and says Sharon’s way too nice – and Fifties Cap didn’t save her, he just didn’t kill her. They settle on calling him “Bad Cap.”
11 – Sharon wishes Sam a safe flight and avoids napping by taking a walk. She can feel the memories trying to come back.
12 – She runs into Dave Cox, whom she hasn’t seen in ten years at least. He invites her to dinner.
13 – Dave and Julie are divorced now, and he has a son. He couldn’t give up his activism for her, and Sharon says that his activism is part of who he is. Some people just don’t understand people like them.
14 – He confesses that he’s been walking in the woods almost every day, hoping to run into her. She asks why he couldn’t just come over and ring the bell, and he says that Sharon Carter is kind of a big deal, or at least it always has been to him. They kiss (there’s been some drinking), and then they both say it would be a bad idea (not too much drinking, then).
15 – They agree to blame the wine, and he goes to get her a blanket. She falls asleep on the couch, only to be found by his son the next day.
16 – She volunteers to make breakfast while Dave explains that Sharon’s an old friend. She doesn’t finish breakfast because she notices a scar on her belly that she’s never seen before.
17 – Sam finds her crying in the dark, and she asks him to confirm if she was pregnant. Guess she’s strong enough now, Sam.
18 – Sam tells her everything, and her memories start to come back. By the time he’s done, she remembers everything and cries in Sam’s arms. Like Peggy...
19 – She’s trapped in her memories. Speaking of Peggy, guess who’s telling Fifties Cap about Sharon when she was a child?
20 – She has a nightmare where she’s back in the Skull and Zola’s clutches.
21 – She sees something in the lighted table portal again again.
22 – She thinks it might have been Steve.
Captain America V5 50 [ 33 35 38 ]
“Days Gone By”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Penciller: Luke Ross
Inker: Rick Magyar
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: May 20, 2009
33 – Steve finds romance with Sharon.
35 – Sharon is featured as part of the recap of the Winter Soldier saga.
38 – Sharon is featured as part of the recap of Bucky Cap and Steve’s legacy.
Captain America V5 600 [ Cover Variant 5 6 7 8 9 10 51 52 ]
“One Year After”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Jackson Guice
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Frank D’Armata
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: June 17, 2009
Cover – Sharon in the background of the Alex Ross cover.
Variant – Same as the other cover, but only the shield is saturated.
5 – Sharon thinks wryly that she can’t forget where she was when Steve died – she was the one who killed him, after all. At least, she thinks she did.
6 – Her memories aren’t only coming back, they’re changing.
7 – She remembers handing the gun off to someone. She’s going to find out the truth.
8 – She kicks down a door and then takes the guy down.
9 – She pulls out a small machine Fury gave her and hopes it works, or she’s about to get arrested.
10 – The guy flatly answers her questions, and Sharon finds the gun that “killed” Steve. Her memories are true – it’s not a normal gun.
51 – Sharon finds Sam in the crowd at Steve’s memorial.
52 – They hug. He asks if she’s fine, and she says she’s better than fine – she thinks they can still save Steve.
“In Memoriam”
Writer: Roger Stern
Artist: Kalman Andrasofsky
Letterer: Christopher P Eliopoulos
Colorist: Marta Gracia
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: June 17, 2009
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62 – Sharon’s in the crowd at Steve’s trial, seemingly not realizing that Bernadette Rosenthal was nearby.
Captain America: Reborn 1 [ 4 9 16 17 21 23-24 25-26 27-28 29 31 32 33 ]
“Reborn Part 1”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Penciller: Bryan Hitch
Inker: Jackson Guice
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Paul Mounts
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: July 1, 2009
4 – Sin is shown footage of Steve’s assassination, including Sharon over his body.
9 – The footage is still up later.
16 – Continued recap of the assassination, stating the second shooter has never been revealed.
17 – Another shot of Sharon over Steve’s as he’s dying.
21 – Sharon tells Vision and Hank Pym that she shot Steve.
23-24 – Hank asks Sam what she’s talking about, and Sam explains about the brain control and how Sharon broke free and almost died helping them save the country. Sam tells Hank to listen to the full story, Hank agrees, and Sharon starts the recap for Hank.
25-26 – Sharon’s remembered that they made a deal with Doom before the assassination. Based on Sharon’s description, the light-up Ikea table is actually a variation of Doom’s Time Platform (TM?).
27-28 – Even though she didn’t fully realize it at the time, Sharon realized they were trying to bring back Steve. She broke the machine because she couldn’t let them have him.
29 – Sharon doesn’t know if Steve is still alive, she just remembered seeing his body in the light and then remembered everything. She and Sam show them the gun she used to shoot him and tell him how Zola kept referring to Sharon as the Constant. She thinks they needed her to make the whole thing work.
31 – Hank takes a look at what’s left of the Time Platform and confirms that it’s Doom tech.
32 – Bucky and Natasha are getting what’s left of the machine, but Hank says that plan rests on Osborn not knowing what he’s got; it’s generally a bad idea to underestimate Osborn.
33 – Osborn finds out from Zola that Steve is alive, that the Constant can bring him back, and “the woman” damaged the machine during the process.
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“Reborn Part 2”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Penciller: Bryan Hitch
Inker: Jackson Guice
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Paul Mounts
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: August 5, 2009
15 – At the Baxter Building, Reed Richards and Hank Pym are scanning Sharon’s body. Sharon’s worried about Sam, who’s out looking for Bucky and Natasha with Vision.
16 – Reed finds something in Sharon’s bloodstream.
28-29 – Osborn reveals to Bucky and Natasha that he leaked the news that Sharon was the second shooter. Bucky yells that Sharon was innocent; Osborn says he’ll release Natasha so she can tell Sharon that Sharon has twenty-four hours to turn herself in...
30 – Or she’ll be responsible for the death of another Captain America.
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“Reborn Part 3”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Penciller: Bryan Hitch
Inker: Jackson Guice
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Paul Mounts
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: September 16, 2009
12 – Sharon insists that she’s turning herself in, despite Natasha and Vision disagreeing. But Sharon wants to save Bucky. Natasha insists Bucky wouldn’t want that.
16 – Alone, Sharon is going through Steve’s memorabilia, reflecting that they’ve forgiven her for what she did to Steve, but don’t understand that she can’t forgive herself. She doesn’t know what she did to Steve when she wrecked the machine, and she doesn’t know what to do now.
28 – Sam rescues Bucky and tells Pym to tell Sharon she can rest easy. Meanwhile, Natasha can’t find Sharon anywhere.
29-30 – News breaks that Sharon has turned herself in. The Skull watches the news and notes that Osborn doesn’t know what she’s the key to, but Sin shows up to say she snitched.
31 – Images of Steve and Sharon (mostly Sharon – take that, Steve?) play on the background as Sin and Crossbones get the Skull back into the game.
Captain America: Reborn 4 [ 4 8 9 11 12 13-14 15 21-22 25 ]
“Reborn Part 4”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Penciller: Bryan Hitch
Inker: Jackson Guice
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Paul Mounts
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: November 4, 2009
4 – Doom notes that Osborn reports that the final piece of the puzzle (i.e., Sharon) is not under control.
8 – Sharon and Victoria watch Osborn giving a press conference on Sharon, and though Victoria tries to needle her, Sharon insists she doesn’t care because she knows why Osborn needs her.
9 – Reed and Pym argue that Sharon is the key to bringing Steve back.
11 – Bucky, Natasha, and Clint commit (light?) treason to find out where Sharon is.
12 – Reed thinks when Sharon destroyed the Skull’s machine, it cut Steve loose in time, but the nano-particles in her bloodstream are chronal tracers, and now Sharon and Steve literally pulling toward each other through the timestream. And since they have Sharon’s blood sample, they can track Sharon and Steve, too.
13-14 – Victoria hands Sharon over, and Sharon realizes she’s in Latveria. Doom’s forces take her to the machine, and she’s shocked when she sees the Skull and screams that she killed him, she freaking killed him.
15 – Sharon is strapped to the machine as Sharon is shocked that the Skull is alive. Sin helps strap her in and tells her it looks like Sharon lost again.
23-24 – Steve is pulled through time and sees some alternate timelines as he goes, including him and Sharon with a baby.
27 – Sharon comes to and sees Steve moving – or at least his body – and calls to him.
Dark Avengers 11 [ 3 ]
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Artist: Mike Deodato Jr
Letterer: Cory Petit
Colorist: Rainier Beredo
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: November 18, 2009
3 – An agent who might be Sharon tries to get Nick Fury to sign the quarterly budget and finds a letter from Victoria Hand. He hands it to Sharon to take care of.
Captain America: Reborn 5 [ Cover 7 8 9 10 14-15 16 19 27 ]
“Reborn Part 5”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Penciller: Bryan Hitch
Inker: Jackson Guice
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Paul Mounts
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: December 16, 2009
Cover – Sharon is on the back fold of the cover, being strangled by Doom.
7 – Sharon, chained to a poll, keeps yelling to Steve not to let the Skull – currently in control of Steve’s body – do this to him.
8 – The Skull, as Steve, kicks her, and Sin tells him to hit her again. He does, but Sharon still refuses to believe the Skull as won.
9 – She taunts the Skull, knowing that Osborn’s the one really pulling the strings. The Skull tells her she’s wrong and that he’s going to serve her friends to the President on a silver platter. She asks what friends.
10 – The Avengers have been tracking them; Vision flies through to rescue Sharon, and Sin blasts him with a ray that freezes him on a sub-particulate level.
14-15 – Bucky, Natasha, Clint, and Sam go to fight the Skull, etc, at the Lincoln Memorial, Clint tells Hank to get their people out of the Skull’s ship.
16 – The Skull/Steve (Skeve?) tells Sharon she was just the bait for the trap. He throws his head back and laughs maniacally.
19 – His laughter is cut off, and Sharon realizes Steve’s still in there, and he’s going to kick the Skull’s ass.
27 – The Skull taunts Steve that it was Sharon who did all of this, the Skull was just an amused observer. Steve refuses to believe it.
Who Will Wield the Shield [ 9 10 12 22 ]
“Who Will Wield the Shield”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Jackson Guice
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Dean White
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: December 23, 2009
9 – Sharon and Steve talk about his day (she thinks he needs to rest, he’s surprised half the Avengers are living in the basement). He’s afraid if he goes to sleep, he might skip through time again.
10 – He tells her a bit about what it was like, and she assures him that he isn’t going anywhere – she’s got him. They hold hands and share a kiss.
12 – Sharon sleeps against Sharon, wearing a sleeveless get-up to sleep in. He gets up; we can’t see her face. He gets dressed to go out.
22 – Steve talks to Sharon while she sleeps. He plays with her hair and says she understands, right? She’s not wearing a dark, long-sleeved shirt that’s perfect for maybe following him around to make sure he’s okay.
Captain America: Reborn 6 [ 2 3 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 21 22 26-27 28 29 ]
“Reborn Part 6”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Penciller: Bryan Hitch
Inker: Jackson Guice
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Paul Mounts
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: January 27, 2010
2 – Sharon is struggling to free herself and calls to Hank that she’s there.
3 – Hank releases Sharon at her request; she asks how it’s going out there, and he basically tells her it’s bad.
12 – Sharon and Hank rescue Vision.
13 – They see that the Skull is back in his metallic body, and Sharon aims the Pym simulator and tells the Skull that he won’t get away this time.
14 – The Skull says that she, the wench, can’t stop him, and Hank asks what she’s done – the Skull is a giant now.
15 – Sharon says, “At least he can’t escape now” and tells Hank not to worry – she’s got a plan.
17 – Sharon takes Hank and Vision to the command deck and says the ship still has missiles left. They start to realize what her plan is.
18 – Vision, Hank, and Sharon fire the missiles.
19 – They blast the Skull and burn a nearby Sin, and Sharon says, “And that is how you do it.”
21 – Sharon helps carry Vision out, and then hands him to Sam to run to Steve.
22 – The two of them hug and talk a little, and Natasha tells them that they need to leave before Osborn’s Avengers show up. They all leave Steve and Sharon behind.
26-27 – Sharon interrupts Steve’s thoughts on the future.
28 – She asks if Steve is okay, and drags him back to his party. He tells her she’s beautiful.
29 – Steve asks if they can stay up there for another minute or two, just the two of them. He wants to enjoy this moment while it lasts.
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“Secret Histories Part 1”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Mike Deodato Jr
Letterer: Dave Lanphear
Colorist: Rainier Beredo
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: May 26, 2010
6 – Steve calls for Sharon to pick up him, Natasha, and Valkyrie. She replies that she’s on her way.
7 – She flies them away. Whoosh.
10 – She and Steve talk about how he’s really taking to running the shadow ops team. Sharon always said he’d make a great spy, especially when he’s got her running his tactical operations. He says he wouldn’t even have tried this without her – she saved his life. Funny, she remembers it differently, Commander Rogers. And then they make out. In a professional capacity.
26 – Sharon and Steve chat while he’s on the way to Mars; Sharon wishes she could be there – she doesn’t like this. They sign off.
27 – Sharon glimpses someone and pulls her gun while threatening them, but someone else knocks her out from behind.
28 – It was… NICK FURY? (No. It’s his evil LMD, Max. But still. Quelle surprise!)
Secret Warriors 17 [ 18 19 ]
“The Last Ride of the Howling Commandos”
Writer: Jonathan Hickman
Artist: Alessandro Vitti
Letterer: Dave Lanphear
Colorist: Sunny Gho
Editor: Bill Rosemann
On Sale Date: June 23, 2010
18 – Sharon and Steve go to a Commandos reunion.
19 – Sharon listens to the stories.
Secret Avengers 2 [ 1 2 ]
“Secret Histories Part 2”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Mike Deodato Jr
Letterer: Dave Lanphear
Colorist: Rainier Beredo
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: June 30, 2010
1 – Sharon comes to, angry and with a headache and sets about trying to find out who got on the ship. She recognizes the SHIELD tech.
2 – So the Secret Avengers stole the Crown of Tentacles (or whatever), and the Shadow Council stole it back, and Sharon is going after them to steal it back. Specifically saying, “All right, you shadowy blurs… You messed with the wrong ex-agent of shield.”
Vengeance of the Moon Knight 10 [ 4 5 6 7 ]
“Team Player”
Writer: Gregg Hurwitz
Artist: Juan Jose Ryp
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Andres Mossa
Editor: Axel Alonso
On Sale Date: July 8, 2010
4 – Sharon holds a briefing with the Secret Avengers, which includes Moon Knight!
5 – Sharon tells them that Black Mast has taken over a tanker transporting two million barrels of crude oil; they kill a hostage every time a rescue ship gets in the vicinity, and they have 17 hostages left. Last time the leader, Captain Barracuda, did something similar, he caused an environmental disaster and killed all the crew.
6 – She tells them there’s another complication – Barracuda’s bought the Glove of Asteria. Which is bad. She tells them how bad and tells them to gear up well.
7 – She tells them they’re going to want to go in dark.
Age of Heroes 3 [ Cover 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ]
“Girls’ Night In”
Writer: Kelly Sue Deconnick
Penciller: Brad Walker
Inker: Walden Wong
Letterer: Dave Lanphear
Colorist: Jay David Ramos
Editor: Lauren Sankovitch
On Sale Date: July 21, 2010
Cover – Sharon on the cover, with Victoria Hand and Maria Hill on either side.
2 – Maria (Avengers Team Coordinator & Liaison), Victoria (New Avengers Team Coordinator & Liaison), and Sharon (Secret Avengers Team Coordinator & Liaison) meet to discuss coordinating the teams and their resources. Victoria has a cold and sneezes loudly, not making Sharon any happier to be there. Jarvis interrupts to tell them that Crusher Creel is on the way up.
3 – They look him up and find that he was depowered by Osborn, then turn on Victoria to ask what she knows about this.
4 – Creel is not, in fact, depowered. The three talk about the game plan. Maria tells Jarvis to call for help, but Sharon says there isn’t time. Besides. They’ve got this.
5 – Maria asks Sharon what her plan is; Sharon says, “Don’t get killed.” Maria thinks Creel might have a death wish, but Sharon suggests he might be drunk.
6 – Sharon tries the direct approach by shooting him.
7 – Or at least, the chandelier above him to turn him into glass. He demands to know where the Avengers are; she says they’re on a more important call and shoots him.
8 – Victoria and Maria run up and ask if she’s all right; she says, “I’m good. Anybody got a dust pan?” And then is far from plussed when Maria says he can reconstitute himself. She orders them all to run.
9 – Temporarily safe, she curses. Maria tells her not to sweat it – Sharon bought them time. The room is configured. They just need a plan for how to get him in and them out. Victoria says she has an idea, and Sharon says, “This I have to hear.”
10 – They lure him into a trap with Victoria in a chair. Sharon holds her gun on Creel and warns him not to mess with this one and walk away. He does not.
11 – They run out as Creel is busy suffering from his cold, and Maria compliments them and says they’ll meet in the conference room. It’s there that they find Spider-Man, who asks if one of them can get him a snack. Sharon says she’s going to shoot him, and both Maria and Victoria say they won’t stop her.
Secret Warriors 18 [ 7 9 10 ]
Writer: Jonathan Hickman
Artist: Alessandro Vitti
Letterer: Dave Lanphear
Colorist: Sunny Gho
Editor: Bill Rosemann
On Sale Date: August 4, 2010
7 – Sharon thanks one of the guys for getting her a beer and returns to listening to the Commandos.
9 – Sharon asks Steve if it’s a true story, he says it is, and she asks what happened next.
10 – Everyone does a cheer to Steve.
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“Super-Soldier Part 2”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Dale Eaglesham
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Andy Troy
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: August 11, 2010
11 – Steve asks Sharon to find everything she can on Myron Smith. She says she just saw the news on Jacob Erskine and asks if he’s all right. Where is he, anyway? Does he want back-up? He declines; this is something he has to do on his own.
12 – Steve wonders what he’s supposed to tell her – that there’s a woman (Anita Erskine) involved in this case that looks exactly like a woman he used to love (Cynthia Glass)?
13 – He wonders again what to say to Sharon; he thinks Sharon’s first instinct would be the same as his, that it can’t be her and Steve’s being played.
17 – Steve pushes Anita away, saying he’s with someone. She runs away, and Sharon interrupts over comms to tell him she has the intel on Myron Smith. He’s flustered; she asks if he’s all right. He says he’s in the middle of something and asks what she’s found.
18 – Sharon’s found that there isn’t a Myron Smith; all his records are forged. Steve thanks her and says he’s got it from here.
Secret Avengers 4 [ 1 2 9 10 22 24 25 ]
“Secret Histories Part 4”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Mike Deodato Jr
Letterer: Dave Lanphear
Colorist: Rainier Beredo
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: August 18, 2010
1 – Sharon loses the energy signal she’s tracing, but she does find Ant-Man’s signal.
2 – She thought Ant-Man (Eric O’Grady) was off-world, but he apparently go sucked thought a vortex and is back. Now he’s stuck in a secret facility watching guys in nuke-suits getting ready to suicide-bomb Mars. Sharon needs some clarification, but Eric can only clarify so much.
9 – Sharon tells Eric to listen to her.
10 – She tells Eric that this is down to him. She doesn’t care what he likes – she can’t get there in time, so he’s it. Is he really going to let them kill his teammates? Or is he going to stop them? Eric begrudgingly goes in.
22 – Rhodey and Valkyrie don’t believe that Eric helped save their lives. Eric tells them to ask Sharon when they get home.
24 – Steve and Sharon talk about the mission; Sharon asks if Archon would want to join up. Speaking of those other crowns and the people in the dragon-emblem uniforms who stole them...
25 – Sharon’s been looking into it, but she’s found an image of… Nick Fury! In one of those uniforms!
Secret Warriors 19 [ 1 3 5 12 19 ]
“The Last Ride of the Howling Commandos”
Writer: Jonathan Hickman
Artist: Alessandro Vitti
Letterer: Dave Lanphear
Colorist: Sunny Gho
Editor: Bill Rosemann
On Sale Date: August 25, 2010
1 – Sharon listens to the Commandos’ war stories.
3 – Sharon listens to the Commandos’ war stories.
4 – Sharon listens to the Commandos’ war stories.
12 - Sharon listens to the Commandos’ war stories.
19 – After, Sharon waits for Steve outside while Steve has a word with Fury.
Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier 3 [ 8 ]
“Super-Soldier Part 3”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Dale Eaglesham
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Andy Troy
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: September 15, 2010
8 – Steve, captured and deserumed, tries to contact Sharon but can’t get through.
Secret Avengers 5 [ 5 7 8 10 14 16 17 21 22 ]
“The Secret Life of Max Fury”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: David Aja
Letterer: Dave Lanphear
Colorist: Jose Villarrubia
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: September 22, 2010
5 – Sharon and Steve question Nick Fury.
7 – He tells them about an LMD he had.
8 – The LMD, with Fury’s memories, found out he wasn’t actually Fury and lost his mind. Sharon guesses the SHIELD science guys had never seen anything like it. Fury confirms that.
10 – Sharon asks why she never heard about the LMD escaping, and he tells her she was deep undercover at the time.
14 – He continues telling them about the LMD.
16 – Fury thought the LMD was incinerated, but he doesn’t know about the uniform.
17 – Sharon tells Fury to have his sources look into the uniform. They’ll be in touch.
21 – Max Fury reviews files on the Secret Avengers, including Sharon.
22 – The files are still up.
Captain America V5 610 [ 1 2 ]
“No Escape Conclusion”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Penciller: Jackson Guice
Inker: Rick Magyar
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Dean White
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: September 29, 2010
1 – Sharon calls Steve, who tries to put it off, but she stays firm – she’s got the President on the line for him.
2 – She argues that Steve can’t tell the President to leave a message, but Steve insists. While talking to her, Steve realized where Sharon is.
Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier 4 [ 10 19 ]
“Super-Soldier Part 4”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Dale Eaglesham
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Andy Troy
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: October 20, 2010
10 – Hank McCoy tells Steve and Sharon that Machinesmith wasn’t actually selling the Super Soldier Serum. Steve and Sharon look at each other as Steve wonders what the mission was about.
19 – Sharon checks on Steve as he’s reminiscing. She also has to tell him that there’s a problem...
Secret Avengers 6 [ 7 8 10 11 12 ]
“Eyes of the Dragon Part 1”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Mike Deodato Jr
Letterer: Dave Lanphear
Colorist: Rainier Beredo
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: October 27, 2010
7 – Sharon and Steve discuss leads on Max Fury as she gives him a massage.
8 – The continue discussing leads and are interrupted by a call, supposedly with a lead.
10 – The Prince of Orphans reports that the Hai Dai is supposedly back. He tells Steve, Sharon, and Hank McCoy that the Hai Dai are after the Eyes of the Dragon.
11 – Hank reports his research on the Eyes of the Dragon, and Sharon makes a crack about how now that they know it’s about a good luck charm, she’s worried. Hank says that’s what he thought at first, too.
12 – Turns out the Eyes of the Dragon can supposedly bring someone back from the dead. Steve tells her to get Pete Wisdom on the line. They have to find Shang-Chi.
Secret Avengers 7 [ 17 18 ]
“Eyes of the Dragon Part 2”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Mike Deodato Jr
Letterer: Dave Lanphear
Colorist: Rainier Beredo
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: November 24, 2010
17 – Natasha and Sharon appear from the shadows to announce they have no qualms with torture. They seem pretty serious.
18 – Steve threatens to turn the women on the Shadow Council guy if the guy doesn’t talk.
Thunderstrike V2 1 [ 6 7 8 9 10 11 19 ]
“Like Father”
Writer: Thomas P DeFalco
Penciller: Ron Frenz
Inker: Sal Buscema
Letterer: David Sharpe
Colorist: Bruno Hang
Editor: Thomas Brennan
On Sale Date: November 24, 2010
6 – Sharon asks for some of Kevin Masterson’s time and sighs as he hits on her. She stuffs him in a flying car with a hood over his head.
7 – On the Quincarrier, she leads him to Steve. Kevin asks if the hood is really necessarily, and she confirms it isn’t, but what fun would it be otherwise? He asks if she’s serious, she says he’ll never know and takes the hood off to meet with Steve.
8 – Sharon watches as Steve gives Masterson Thunderstrike. She doesn’t approve.
9 – Steve tells Kevin he can reach Steve or Sharon 24/7 on a special phone. Sharon asks for a moment with Steve; Kevin tells her to take his time.
10 – She wants to know what Steve is thinking – Kevin attacked a kid for no reason. Steve thinks they can handle it. They both know the bad guys are winning – maybe Kevin can be a good guy.
11 – Kevin invites Sharon to text him if she’s in the mood, and she tells him to bite her. He wsays he would if he could.
19 – Sharon runs to tell Steve about an attack on Manhattan. They watch the live feed.
Secret Avengers 8 [ 6 11 12 13 15 17 18 20 21 22 ]
“Eyes of the Dragon Part 3”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Mike Deodato Jr
Letterer: Dave Lanphear
Colorist: Rainier Beredo
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: December 22, 2010
6 – Sharon interrupts a meeting to tell them there’s something happening in Hong Kong they need to see.
11 – As Max Fury and John Steele prepare to sneak on board, Max says to let him handle Agent 13; he thinks she can be brought to their side, but Steele doesn’t believe it.
12 – Sharon hears the alarm, alerting her to the break-in attempt.
13 – Sharon tells Steve she’s being boarded and that she doesn’t know if she can hold them off. She doesn’t know how many there are yet.
15 – Steve asks Sharon if she can hear him.
17 – Sharon and McCoy are more or less holding their own.
18 – Fury knows her fighting style and puts her down, even though he hates fighting her.
20 – Steve crashes into the Quinjet and calls for Sharon. He finds McCoy, but no Sharon.
21 – John Steele video-calls Steve, an unconscious Sharon chained up and his gun on her. He tells Steve that if he wants to see his girl alive again, Steve will do what Steele says.
22 – Steve swears that if Steele hurts Sharon, he’ll find a way to kill him.
Chaos War: Dead Avengers 2 [ 6 ]
Writer: Fred Van Lente
Penciller: Tom Grummett
Inker: Cory Hamscher
Letterer: Ed Dukeshire
Colorist: Andy Troy
Editor: Mark Paniccia
On Sale Date: December 22, 2010
6 – An LMD of Sharon dies.
Captain America V5 613 [ 3 4 ]
“The Trial of Captain America Part 3”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Penciller: Jackson Guice
Inker: Stefano Gaudiano
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Elizabeth Dismang Breitweiser
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: December 29, 2010
3 – Sharon and Steve try to figure out Sin’s plan.
4 – They agree that it’s no coincidence Sin escaped right before Bucky’s trial; Sharon says she’s more impulsive than the Skull – maybe she just wants to cause chaos. Neither of them find the thought comforting. Sharon tells him to let her coordinate with Sam and “Tasha.” He should help Bernie prep her witness.
Avengers Prime 5 [ 4 ]
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Penciller: Alan Davis
Inker: Mark Farmer
Letterer: Christopher P. Eliopoulos
Colorist: Javier Rodriguez
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: January 5, 2011
4 – As Steve is kissed – and kisses – an elf maiden, Tony asks Thor, “Isn’t he seeing someone back on Earth?” It’s a great example of why I dislike Bendis, because at this point Sharon and Steve have been together since 2008, and Sharon was pregnant with his child, and they are still together. Don’t know how or why this one got past Tom.
Captain America V5 614 [ 19 ]
“The Trial of Captain America Part 4”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Penciller: Jackson Guice
Inker: Stefano Gaudiano
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Elizabeth Dismang Breitweiser
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: January 26, 2011
19 – Sharon reports to Steve that Tony and Hank have their hands full, but Luke and his team are standing by. She asks how he wants to handle this, and while Steve brainstorms, she realizes they’re trying to broadcast a signal.
Secret Avengers 9 [ 1 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 20 ]
“Eyes of the Dragon Part 4”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Mike Deodato Jr
Letterer: Dave Lanphear
Colorist: Rainier Beredo
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: January 26, 2011
1 – Steve doesn’t want to slow down – John Steele’s got Sharon.
5 – Max Fury visits Sharon while she’s in captivity and starts trying to turn her to his side.
6 – Sharon argues with Max.
7 – Max tells Sharon that the Shadow Council could use her. She passes. He tells her to think about it, and she says that Steve’s gonna ruin all his plans.
8 – Shang Chi and Steve talk about trading Shang-Chi exchanging himself for Sharon.
10 – Steve only plans on going with the plan until he’s sure Sharon is safe.
11 – John Steele sends Sharon across the rooftop in exchange for Shang-Chi.
12 – Shang-Chi is shot, and Sharon grabs Sharon and sets the shuttle autopilot for her.
13 – Sharon, still bound, takes off in the shuttle.
20 – Shang-Chi’s father thought Shang-Chi would have sacrificed himself for the woman.
Thunderstrike V2 3 [ 3 4 ]
“And the Demi-God Decrees Death”
Writer: Thomas P DeFalco
Penciller: Ron Frenz
Inker: Sal Buscema
Letterer: David Sharpe
Colorist: Bruno Hang
Editor: Thomas Brennan
On Sale Date: February 9, 2011
3 – Sharon lectures Kevin on being stupid and goes to clean up his mess.
4 – A “nice woman” told Kevin’s parents about a gas main exploding.
Onslaught Unleashed 1 [ Cover Wraparound Cover 7 11 16 17 20 ]
“In the House of the Devil”
Writer: Sean McKeever
Artist: Filipe Andrade
Letterer: Dave Lanphear
Colorist: Ricardo Tercio
Editor: Lauren Sankovitch
On Sale Date: February 9, 2011
Cover – Sharon, Steve, and some of the Young Allies fight Onslaught.
Wraparound Cover - More of the Secret Avengers and Young Allies visible!
7 – Sharon tells Steve she knows Rikki Barnes in important to him, but they need to know what they’re getting into before they make any moves. He tells her to make some calls.
11 – Sharon is the Man in the Chair for the team.
16 – Sharon tries to get in touch with the team, but after an explosion, she’s having trouble.
17 – Sharon repeats her message about an explosion and asks if anyone can get her a sitrep. And then she notices something coming to the area… a flying datsun?
20 – Sharon in freeze-frame as Onslaught returns.
Captain America V5 615 [ 4 12 13 15 ]
“The Trial of Captain America Part 5”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Penciller: Jackson Guice
Inker: Stefano Gaudiano
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Elizabeth Dismang Breitweiser
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: February 23, 2011
4 – Sharon, as good as she is, is outnumbered.
12 – Sharon watches Bucky fall from the air.
13 – Sharon goes to help Sam with Bucky.
15 – Sharon talks to arresting officers as Steve, Sam, Tasha, and Bucky talk.
Secret Avengers 10 [ 19 20 ]
“Eyes of the Dragon Part 5”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Mike Deodato Jr
Letterer: Dave Lanphear
Colorist: Rainier Beredo
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: February 23, 2011
19 – Steve calls Sharon for an evac, and she says she’s on her way.
20 – Sharon and Steve say goodbye to Shang-Chi.
Avengers V4 10 [ 17 18 19 20 21 ]
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Penciller: John Romita Jr
Inker: Klaus Janson
Letterer: Cory Petit
Colorist: Dean White
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: February 23, 2011
17 – Sharon is flying the Avengers’ air ship.
18 – Sharon asks Tony what they’re doing in Area 51. He says he owns it.
19 – Sharon approaches Area 51 with the other Avengers.
20 – Sharon’s identity is confirmed with her dental records.
21 – They enter to find the Hood.
Onslaught Unleashed 2 [ 1 10 11 17 18 ]
“A Razor-Thin Line”
Writer: Sean McKeever
Artist: Filipe Andrade
Letterer: Dave Lanphear
Colorist: Ricardo Tercio
Editor: Lauren Sankovitch
On Sale Date: March 9, 2011
1 – Sharon continues trying to get in touch with people, presumably. Onslaught’s too busy whining for anyone else to be heard, apparently.
10 – Steve calls for a sitrep and can’t hear anything from Sharon.
11 – Sharon debates the plan, leaning toward getting backup, when the power goes out.
17 – Sharon finds the problem – an unplugged power converter – and realizes the ship’s been sabotaged. She goes on the hunt.
18 – Eric O’Grady apologizes and says he can’t seem to stop himself… he’s standing on her eardrum. She screams and passes out, blood trickling from her ear.
Captain America and Crossbones [ 21 ]
“USA Super-Hero”
Writer: William Harris
Artist: Declan Shalvey
Letterer: Jared K Fletcher
Colorist: Matthew Wilson
Editor: Bill Rosemann
On Sale Date: March 16, 2011
21 – Flashback to Sharon holding Steve on the courthouse steps.
Thunderstrike V2 18 [ 18 ]
“When Fall the Mighty”
Writer: Thomas P DeFalco
Penciller: Ron Frenz
Inker: Sal Buscema
Letterer: David Sharpe
Colorist: Bruno Hang
Editor: Thomas Brennan
On Sale Date: March 16, 2011
18 – Kevin calls Sharon and tells her Mangog is after Thor – she tells him it’s Avengers A-1 priority, and he’s to stand down immediately and leave this to the professionals.
Captain America V5 615.1 [ 1 6 7 11 12 13 22 23 ]
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Mitchell Breitweiser
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Elizabeth Dismang Breitweiser
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: March 23, 2011
1 – Sharon tells Steve she’s on the flight deck; he says he’s on the way.
6 – Sharon gives him background on the latest Cap impersonator, David Rickford.
7 – She asks how Steve wants to handle it; he tells her to track him and find out where he got his power upgrade.
11 – Sharon tells Steve Rickford’s walked into a trap. Steve and Sharon plan to meet up.
12 – Sharon tells him to hurry – she doesn’t have enough ordnance to take them down or juice to keep up with them. He tells her backup won’t be necessary.
13 – He jumps onto the AIM vessel and tells her he’ll take it from here and to see what she can find out about the place where they grabbed Rickford. She tells him to keep in touch.
22 – Sharon surprises Nick (turnabout is fair play – it’s not like he’s never waited for people in a dark room before). He admits he’s the Power Broker and says that Steve will only be furious with Fury if Sharon tells him what’s going on, which she won’t. She lists off his latest kinda crimes.
23 – How can she not tell Steve? As they talk, she realizes Fury’s trying to manipulate Steve into taking up the shield again. And Fury thinks Sharon wants it, too, which is why she isn’t going to tell Steve anything.
Captain America V5 616 [ 20 21 25 77 78 79 80 81 82 ]
“Must There Be a Captain America?”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Penciller: Ed McGuinness
Inker: Dexter Vines
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Val Staples
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: March 30, 2011
20 – Sharon finds Steve watching old newsreels – she knows he only does that when he’s depressed. She confirms his meeting with the President went badly – he won’t negotiate with the Russians for Bucky’s release. He also asked Steve to take up the shield again. She asks what he said.
21 – He tells Sharon he feels helpless. She reassures him that it’ll take time... but Bucky can take care of himself.
25 – Steve thinks that he didn’t tell Sharon he never wanted to be Cap.
“The Exhibit”
Writer: Frank Tieri
Artist: Paul Azaceta
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Matthew Wilson
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: March 30, 2011
77 – Sharon confirms for Steve that she recorded his conversation with Edmund Heidler fine and got his file, too. She asks why they’re doing this; he says it’s probably easiest if he shows her.
78 – She hits the brakes. Steve, who has been a professional artist in the past, has crudely drawn a Hitler mustache on Edmund, and Sharon is… not pleased that Edmund Heidler is Adolf Hitler.
79 – It’s okay, though! Because Eddie’s just a clone. Sharon asks why he didn’t tell her sooner, and he says he knew she’d react this way. She does a U-turn and takes out her gun – he asks what she’s doing.
80 – Steve orders her, as a soldier, to stop the wheel. He grabs the wheel – which probably helps motivate her to stop the most, honestly – and she pauses before handing over the gun.
81 – They argue. But Steve says that Edmund hasn’t done anything and says they’ll just keep an eye on him. Sharon does another U-turn and relents.
82 – She just hopes he’s right.
Avengers V4 11 [ 10 13 14 ]
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Penciller: John Romita Jr
Inker: Klaus Janson
Letterer: Cory Petit
Colorist: Dean White
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: March 30, 2011
10 – Sharon and the other Avengers are thrown unconscious across the deserts of new Mexico.
13 – She joins the Avengers in a charge.
14 – Sharon looks into the escape pit with the other Avengers.
Captain America and the Secret Avengers [ Cover 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ]
“All the Pretty Monsters”
Writer: Kelly Sue Deconnick
Artist: Greg Tocchini
Letterer: Dave Lanphear
Colorist: Paul Mounts
Editor: Lauren Sankovitch
On Sale Date: March 30, 2011
Cover – Sharon and Natasha on the cover, going into a fight with weapons ready.
2 – Sharon insists she and Natasha are headed into a trap. Natasha says Tatiana only wants to be stopped.
3 – They argue about how well Natasha knows Tatiana.
4 – Sharon gets a call from Steve – the charity, Lifeline, that’s throwing the gala Tatiana is supposedly crashing isn’t really charitable to young girls.
5 – Steve says it’s best to keep a low profile and offers to come right away. Sharon says they’ve got it handled and walks away, complimenting Natasha on getting her blasters through.
6 – Lady Alicia Wells introduces the ladies on stage and tells them to lock them down.
8 – Sharon tells Natasha, essentially, I told you so.
9 – The girls turn their weapons and Sharon and Natasha.
10 – Sharon asks when she can formally say, “I told you so.” Lady Alicia introduces Sharon to everyone as Natasha’s mom.
11 – Sharon and Natasha have their wrists tied behind their backs; everyone else is poisoned, with Lady Alicia charging them for the antidote.
13 – Sharon calls Lady Alicia insane.
14 – Sharon and Natasha quietly discuss options.
15 – Sharon asks if Lady Alicia is going to hold her and Natasha hostage. Lady Alicia asks why Natasha even brought Sharon. Natasha says her boss made her. Sharon says she’s going to kill them both. They finally spot Tatiana.
17 – Sharon calls Alicia crazy again; Alicia says they’ll kill Natasha and her mom.
19 – Tatiana turns the gun on Alicia and Sharon immediately works on getting use of her hands back.
20 – Sharon shoots Alicia through the heart. (You’re next, daughter dearest...)
21 – Sharon and Natasha free each other, discuss the plan in a couple words, and go to work.
22 – Sharon sloppily dispenses the antidote.
23 – Sharon, on a call with Steve, suggests he catch up on paperwork. She hangs up in time to tell Natasha that Tatiana isn’t worried about her safety – she doesn’t want to go back to high school. She teases Tatiana about breaking necks if they give her trouble.
24 – Sharon pops the trunk – they got Tatiana a puppy! Tatiana doesn’t think you’re not supposed to put a puppy in the trunk; they don’t see the problem.
25 – Natasha corrects Sharon’s grammar and apologizes to her mom; Sharon swears they’re never doing this again.
Fear Itself 1 [ 2-3 4 5 6 7 14-15 18-19 31-32 33-34 35-36 43 ]
“All the Pretty Monsters”
Writer: Kelly Sue Deconnick
Artist: Greg Tocchini
Letterer: Dave Lanphear
Colorist: Paul Mounts
Editor: Lauren Sankovitch
On Sale Date: March 30, 2011
2-3 – As Sharon and Steve try to keep a riot from breaking out, she tells him that these people are going to kill everyone – this is chaos! He tells her it’s democracy.
4 – She maintains that it feels like a riot to her.
5 – As a horse panics, causing protesters and cops to all panic and retaliate, Steve tells her “There’s your riot.” To which she replies, “Great.”
6 – Sharon calls Steve’s name as he’s hit with a brick in the head and falls head-first to the ground.
7 – He says he’s fine, and she helps him up and asks how to stop this, but he doesn’t answer.
14-15 – As the Avengers try to find a reason for the riots, Sharon reports that there was no toxicity in the environmental reports – there were just simply no villains behind the riot.
18-19 – Sharon stands with the Avengers at their press conference.
31-32 – Sharon hangs out with the Asgardians.
33-34 – Sharon and Steve are treated to dinner and a show. It’s a bad show.
35-36 – Sharon watches as Odin beats Thor’s butt.
43 – Sharon is with the others as the Asgardians leave.
Onslaught Unleashed 3 [ 7 8 9 ]
“Let Consciousness Fade”
Writer: Sean McKeever
Artist: Filipe Andrade
Letterer: Dave Lanphear
Colorist: Ricardo Tercio
Editor: Lauren Sankovitch
On Sale Date: April 13, 2011
7 – Sharon comes to and washes Eric out of her ear.
8 – Sharon flees the Quincarrier and tries to warn Steve about Eric, but he grows larger and grabs her.
9 – Sharon addresses the person controlling Eric as she kicks Eric’s ass.
Avengers V4 12 [ 15 17 19 ]
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Penciller: John Romita Jr
Inker: Klaus Janson
Letterer: Cory Petit
Colorist: Dean White
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: April 20, 2011
15 – Sharon is in the crowd as Tony wields the Infinity Gauntlet.
17 – Her head floats in space behind Tony as he wields the Gauntlet.
19 – Sharon’s in the crowd as the Avengers discuss Tony wielding the Gauntlet.
Captain America V5 617 [ 18 19 20 21 22 23 26 27 ]
“Gulag, Part 2”
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Penciller: Jackson Guice
Inker: Stefano Gaudiano
Artist: Chris Samnee
Artist: Mike Deodato Jr
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Colorist: Elizabeth Dismang Breitweiser
Editor: Tom Brevoort
On Sale Date: April 27, 2011
18 – Sharon and Natasha pose as journalists in Russia as they try to find evidence to save Bucky; Sharon does not know Russian.
19 – The files seem identical and not forged.
20 – Natasha thinks something is hidden about the victims. Sharon calls Steve to let him know they have a lead, but they get cut off.
21 – Sharon and Natasha sneak around to get to the Department X cold files.
22 – Sharon’s upset that she let Natasha talk her into this; Natasha says she didn’t have to try too hard. Natasha finds out the victims’ had cover identities.
23 – They think the KGB sanctioned the Winter Soldier assassinations on orders of Colonel Rostov, code name Red Barbarian. Sharon knows that name. But before she can say more, they’re discovered.
26 – Steve takes a call from Sharon.
27 – Their conversation is interrupted by an explosion on Steve’s end.
Secret Avengers #12.1 - 2011, May 1 [ 7 8 9 10 18 ]
Someone has been leaking information about the identifies of 419 government informants. Steve leads the briefing, with Sharon standing to the side.
She's also there when Moon Knight calls in to say the Secret Avengers were too late.
Onslaught Unleashed #3 - 2011, April 13 [ 9 10 11 ]
Sharon comes to, and Onslaught orders Ant-man to finish her off. Eric fights it, though, and Onslaught pushes harder, ordering him to grow larger while in Sharon's head. Eric admits he may be easy, but he won't let Onslaught- he repeats it another time as he fights for control, only to get washed away as Sharon washes her ear out under a tap. Once she's sure Eric isn't in her head anymore, she runs out of the Quinjet and tries to raise Steve on the comms to warn him that Eric's been taken over. But Eric grows to giant size and grabs her.
Sharon - and this is one more thing I love about her - says, "Whoever's in there in Ant-Man's head" (NOT BLAMING ERIC RIGHT) "here's your problem. You may be able to control minds, but unless either you or your subject's a trained fighter, all mine." And throughout all that, she's hitting Eric's pressure points to beat him down. It's gorgeous.
Fear Itself #1 - 2011, April 6 [ 3/4 5 6 7 8 15/16 19/20 32/33 35/36 37/38 ]
People are protesting at Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan, and Steve and Sharon are there to keep an eye on things. As the situation escalates into a full-blown riot, the two are caught in the middle, and Sharon asks Steve how they can stop it. The Avengers and New Avengers team up nearby to see if they can figure out if a villain is behind it, only to rule out every option but humans being humans. Steve is disappointed in humanity. To top things off, Sharon and the other Avengers are at a party in Asgard when Odin decides the Asgardians have had too much home and drags them home.
Captain America #618 - 2011, May 25 [ 3 4 5 6 7 8 26 ]
Sharon and Natasha are trapped by the guards, and Sharon knows before she even has to look at Natasha that Natasha's going to make the situation even worse. But Natasha's speed still surprises her. Once Natasha starts fighting, though, Sharon knows there's no going back and pitches in. They leave one of the guards able to speak, and Natasha asks how he knew they were there when the two didn't trip any alartms. The guard says he and the others hadn't come for them - they'd come to destroy the records.
As they drive away, Sharon asks how long they have. Natasha says they're minutes from the safe house, but Sharon says she wants to know how long they have until the guards tip off the Russians that the Black Widow is back in Russia on a covert op. Natasha isn't concerned about that, though. She wants to know why the Russians are just now covering their tracks, as opposed to before Bucky was taken into custody. Sharon asks her what she's thinking, and Natasha says Rostov is the key. She bypasses the stairs to the safehouse by using the rail to leap up, and Sharon goes up the stairs at a more sedate pace, wondering if Natasha thinks Rostov was manipulating his own government and that the Russians are just then starting to realize it. Sharon tries to come up with ways to get more information on what Rostov's up to, but Natasha wants to go straight to saving Bucky.
Sharon points out that they've already overstepped their orders, but Natasha doesn't care about that, either. Sharon tells her that it isn't them on the line - Steve could lose his job. They need to go through the proper channels. Natasha asks about plausible deniability.
Later, Sharon calls Steve to tell them they have a problem. After what they found out, Natasha has disappeared. Sharon turned her back for a minute, and Natasha was gone. She thinks Natasha has gone rogue, and argues that since this is Natasha's city, Sharon's at a disadvantage in finding her. After the call is over, she goes outside in the rain, telling Natasha - who isn't there - to do what she has to do.
It turns out that Sharon has called over the official line, which means she knows the conversation is being recorded and tells Steve, without it being said, that she and Natasha have realized that Bucky is living on borrowed time.
Sharon and Natasha debate their course of action, with both of them agreeing that they can do more if they go rogue. Sharon knows that if they do that, though, it will hurt Steve and call his leadership into question. So Natasha goes rogue, and Sharon calls it in on the line she knows is tapped to let Steve know before telling Natasha to go help Bucky.
Avengers Vol 4 #13 - 2011, May 18 [ 22/23 ]
Sharon attends the press conference wherein Tony announces that he and the Avengers will be helping rebuild Asgard.
Secret Avengers #13 - 2011, May 25 [ Cover 20 ]
Washington, DC is under attack, and one Congressman, a friend of Hank McCoy's, has stayed behind despite the threat of the building collapsing. Eight years ago, he'd sworn to see through a bill that would earmark some money for a free health clinic so the miners could get regular breath tests. Half the people who came to him about the bill eight years before are dead now, but despite the threat, he's going to see this bill through. Congress fled so fast that they're technically still in session, and he wants Hank's help to get word out on television for as long as he has the floor, a chance he doesn't get often. He also wants to show people that business goes on. Maybe if he can show them that, they'll believe it for themselves. He wants the cameras on him, and Hank gets Sharon to help. She uses a tablet to turn all the footage back to the Representative Leonard Gary so he can help inspire people.
[ Note: Might want to read this one with tissues. ]
Onslaught Unleashed #4 - 2011, May 25 [ Cover 3 9 10 12 16 17 20 24 ]
Sharon's getting ready to go for back-up, with Eric arguing that they don't have time. She asks how she can trust anything he has to say, even if he is tied up, and Eric tells her that Onslaught isn't in his head anymore, which means Onslaught doesn't need Eric anymore. He's about to tell her what that means (I'm guessing nothing good) when Hank McCoy comes back on the radio, asking if Sharon can read him. She asks if he can read her, and Hank briefs the two of them on a plan.
Eric goes back to help distract Onslaught while Sharon flies the Quinjet right at him. Onslaught demands to know what "Agent Carter" expected to accomplish. Did she really think her psi-defense training can stop him from getting the truth? What is she hiding in her mind? Something about Henry McCoy... She yells that she can't keep him out, and that it's gotta be now, Beast! She hits Onslaught with a focused EMP blast to temporarily disrupt Onslaught's energy without compromising the facility's power. However, she crashes the Quinjet in the process.
Once it appears they've won the battle, Steve announces that he's going after Sharon. He shoots the Quinjet door to get it open to find Sharon unconscious on the floor. He helps her up as she comes to, and she asks if Henry's plan worked. He doesn't know. Before they can talk more, though, Onslaught reappears (well, Rikki beat him by committing suicide) and blasts the facility. By the time they get to the facility, Rikki is already dead. This, by the way, is the closest Sharon ever gets to meeting her cousin (Rikki is Peggy and Bucky's daughter in another universe).
On the way home, Eric is apologizing to Sharon for what he did, arguing that he couldn't help himself - which was the worst feeling, but he's sincerely sorry. She tells him that now he knows how it feels when a woman is taken advantage of and that he can go sit down now. Once he's gone, she asks Natasha, her co-pilot, if that was too harsh, but Natasha says that just because Eric's trying to atone for his past, that doesn't mean he can escape it.
Later, Steve is woken from his dream by Onslaught's voice. It's just a dream, of course, and he leaves Sharon sleeping in their bed as he goes to watch the sunrise with a coffee.
Fear Itself #2 - 2011, May 4 [ 17 28 ]
Sharon is in HQ with Steve and Maria, monitoring the situation as things go to hell in a handbasket all over the world.
Fear Itself #3 - 2011, June 1 [ 27 ]
Steve wants to join the fight, and Sharon tells her that this is what he signed up for. Maria tries to politely agree, but Sharon... can only be so polite. Steve basically ignores her, puts Maria at the helm, and goes to join the fight.
Sharon Carter's History
Info Post
Part 1
Tales of Suspense #75 - Captain America Vol 1 #453
Part 2
Captain America Vol 1 #454 - Captain America Vol 4 #32
Part 3
Captain America Vol 5 #1 - Fear Itself #3
Part 4
Captain America Vol 6 #1 - Captain America Vol 7 #25
Part 5
Sam Wilson: Captain America #1 - Sam Wilson: Captain America #6