Summary

AsCaptain Americafaces off against the Emissary , Steve Rogers is being forced to confront the limitation of his business leader and the existence of enemies he ’s simply not qualified to bewilder . As the Sorcerer Supreme essay to serve Cap confront a godlike threat , his best advice is to run and blot out - even though he knows Steve wo n’t take it .

In a preview ofCaptain America # 5 , Steve Rogers debriefs with Doctor Strange follow his fight against the Emissary . However , when Cap asks how he can beat his foe in their next clash , Doctor Strange replies,“That ’s the thing , Cap . You ca n’t . "

While Captain America ’s mind and body were enhanced by the Super - Soldier Serum , what he ’s share with in the Emissary is outside his pilothouse . This diabolic bravo has been chip in his own translation of the Serum , bombarded with the gamma ray that enhanced the Hulk , and fitted with cutting edge armour - however , all of that Steve could fight against . What hecan’tbeat is the Emissary ’s magical talents , which allow him to burn his object with a glimpse .

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The Emissary is Henry Cavenaugh - a serial killer who is serve as the host of the fiend Asmoday , work to prevent human progress bykilling prime ' change agents’who would otherwise bring about major social improvement . Asmoday is an ancient and muscular fiend , and his eldritch power are the exact kind of abilities that Cap ’s intensity and tactical genius ca n’t have the best . As Doctor Strange warns,“Your king set is physical and mental . But you ca n’t just hit or sweep over a demon . “In their last struggle , Captain America did n’t just lose - he virtually break . Steve only pull through because his shield was so A-one - heated by ogre fire that when he was thrown into water and started drowning , the feather of steam told his allies where to find him .

While Captain America is thede factoleader of the Avengers , it ’s interesting to see Marvel speech his limits in this means . Captain America ’s tactical genius means that he ’s taken on pretty much every scoundrel in the public , whether in direct fighting or by direct other Heron against them . He ’s brawled with Kang , fought Thanos one - on - one , and broken Ultron to pieces with his cuticle . Steve ’s will and powers have often done the unacceptable -he ’s even beaten the Hulk unconscioussimply by being the better fighter . However , for once he ’s up against a satanic force who does n’t operate according to the same rule - there is no style to be firm or rugged enough to beat a demon lord , because they do n’t even exist on the physical aeroplane .

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Of course , Captain America wo n’t let a thing like sure doom influence his quest to salvage the Change Agents , which even Doctor Strange admits . The only pick is to upgrade Steve ’s capabilities , withhints from Marvel thatDoctor Strange will raise his shieldwith magicto give him a artillery against Asmoday and the Emissary . Marvel does n’t often emphasize Captain America ’s limitations - it ’s far more doting of showing Steve Rogers achieve the out of the question - so it ’s a major scuttlebutt on Asmoday ’s power thatCaptain Americagenuinely ca n’t beat out the Emissary alone .

Captain America # 5is coming January 3 from Marvel Comics .

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