Captain America roars up a concrete ramp on his motorcycle, soaring into the Hydra motor pool. Futuristic tanks and trucks loom in the yard as he lands, swerving to dodge blue energy bolts fired by Hydra soldiers. He flips a final switch on his bike’s weapons panel, leaps off, and rolls clear as more bolts streak past.

Steve hurls his vibranium shield, knocking a soldier off a tank’s turret. Flipping onto his back, he stands and flings the shield again, dropping another soldier. The shield ricochets back into his hand with a metallic clang. His unmanned motorcycle slams into the Hydra entrance, exploding in a fiery blast that sends troops inside tumbling.

Steve charges forward, his shield a blur as he smashes through Hydra soldiers, toppling them like bowling pins. He bounces the shield off one soldier’s chest, then grabs another, hurling him over a tank with ease. Catching his shield, Steve suddenly finds himself trapped as two Hydra soldiers unleash streams of fire from flamethrowers, encircling him in a ring of flames. Dozens more soldiers close in, their blue energy weapons glowing ominously.

Two Hydra soldiers march a captured Captain America, into the Red Skull’s office.

• as John Hickam