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Steve Rogers’Captain Americais getting a mystic ascent , asDoctor Strangeenhances his unbreakable cuticle with new magical might . The change is coming in early 2024 , asCaptain America battles one of his most herculean villain of all time- the demonic Emissary .
In Marvel ’s solicit entropy forCaptain America # 6 , Marvel reassert that - when Cap ’s military strength is n’t enough to beat the Emissary - Doctor Strange willupgrade his Proto - Adamantium carapace . The cover by Taurin Clarke showsthe shield merged with the Sorcerer Supreme ’s Eye of Agamotto .
Captain America # 6(2024 )
Release Date :
February 7 , 2024
Writer :
J. Michael Straczynski
Artists :
Lan Medina , Matt Hollingsworth ( Colorist )
Cover Artist :
Taurin Clarke
CAPTAIN AMERICA VS . THE EMISSARY ! It ’s a fight to the death as Captain America races to take down the Emissary before he ruin a heartsease rally - and Cap himself . But when physical might leaven futile against the supernatural , will an assist from Doctor Strange be enough to turn the tide ?
In the recentCaptain America # 3 , Steve called on Doctor Strange for help with the mystifying new ' Shadow Equations ' plague his life . It seems this squad - up will cover , as Steve Rogers takes on a different kind of foeman - an eldritch god who seeks to meddle with human history .
The Emissary has been given advance armour and enhanced using the Super - Soldier serum and the Hulk ’s Vasco da Gamma irradiation .
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Captain America Combines His Shield with the Eye of Agamotto
Against the Emissary, Steve Rogers Needs Magic
Recently , the terrorist group Advanced Idea Mechanics come under new management , as industrialist Travis Lane recruited former members for a avant-garde new project . Lane had volunteered to become the new master of ceremonies for the demonic graven image Asmoday , aka the Undying One . Asmoday stayed with Lane while this organization was built , but it later abandon him , transitioning to the trunk of his new military recruit Henry Cavenaugh - a former serial cause of death now work as Asmoday ’s bravo . Cavenaugh has been given forward-looking armor and enhance using science free-base on the Super - Soldier serumandthe Hulk ’s gamma radiation syndrome , while also pull in on Asmoday ’s occult noesis .
The Emissary could even be capable of destroying Steve Rogers ' shield .
Cavenaugh - now known as the Emissary - is a deathly Orcinus orca skilled with bladed weapon system , while also possessing enhanced strength and stamina . In emergency situation , he ’s also capable to wake Asmoday ’s ability , which can burn people live . TheEmissary is knowledgeable in various patch , including the ability to turn a elbow room into a flavour John Cage so that his dupe are eternally trapped as ghosts , prolonging their suffering .
This list of capability is a immense problem for Captain America , whose buckler is traditionally vulnerable to illusion . Of the beings who havedented or broken his shield , most have been magically enhanced - indeed , most often they ’ve been infused with divine energy from ancient Supreme Being like Asmoday . It may be that without the Eye of Agamotto , the Emissary could even be able of destroying Steve Rogers ' shell .
character who have been able to damage Captain America ’s shield include the Asgardian god Thor and Cul , while the mystically heighten Wrecker and Greek god Ares are immune to its common power to airt blows .
Captain America Is Officially a ‘Change Agent’
Steve Rogers Is More Connected to Magic Than He Knows
AIM ’s bigger project - now taken over by scientist Arianna Walters - is a mix of science and occultism . Asmoday has revealed that throughout time , certain influentialpeople know as Change Agents appear , helping to move humankind forward - examples give way let in Martin Luther King , JFK , and the Dalai Lama . Asmoday does n’t want that , and has set the Emissary the project of drink down off a string of Change Agents and using ancient magic to stop others take their place . To this end , AIM has developed the Shadow Equations - mystic code language which allows them to forecast forthcoming eventsand target those who are on a path to making the world a better billet .
Thanks to Doctor Strange helping to figure out the Shadow Equations used in the Emissary ’s latest slaying , Captain America is already onto the scoundrel . However , it ’s not a one - sided hunt . Steve Rogers is a former Change Agent from his WWII daysand is simultaneously one of Asmoday ’s main targets . So while Captain America wo n’t let Asmoday deflower the world without a fight , he ’s badly out - muscled by the Emissary , who is already on his trail . The two clash at the end ofCaptain America # 3 , but it ’s clear their first fight wo n’t be their last , and that Cap will once again combat the Emissary when he aggress a serenity rally .
Captain America & Doctor Strange Have a Weird Connection
The Two Have Been Fused Multiple Times Before
Unlike in the MCU , Doctor Strange ’s Eye of Agamottodoesn’t contain an Infinity Stone in the comics . or else , it ’s the literal transform optic of an ancient thaumaturgist , which allows the user to dispel thaumaturgy and see the trueness in a miscellany of different fashion . The Eye of Agamotto can also weaken vicious organism and externalize a strength field , which could give Captain America the sharpness he needs to struggle the Emissary . Of of course , fighting the Emissary is only half the battle - Captain America will also demand to harbor the surviving Change Agents , which stool his iconic violent , white and spicy arm pure for the caper , particularly if effect field are add up to its capabilities .
It ’s rare that Captain America faces unlimited magic , so he ’ll want every advantage he can get against the Emissary . However , despite this hole in Steve Rogers ' noesis , he has a surprising history of being merged with the Sorcerer Supreme . Both theInfinity Warsevent andCaptain America : Who Wo n’t Wield The Shield?fuse Steve Rogers and Stephen Strange into one person , creating the Soldier Supreme and Doctor America respectively . It seemsthere ’s just something about Captain America that merges utterly with Doctor Strange ’s magic- probably the way in which he symbolizes larger ideas , opening the doorway to thaumaturgy . Hopefully , that synchronicity will help Steve wield his enhanced buckler .
The current mass ofCaptain Americais also deeply concerned with Steve ’s yesteryear , indicate him working against the German - American Bund in flashback succession . One of the Eye of Agamotto ’s true statement - seek power is the power to peer back through prison term , opening up the possibility that Steve will somehow be able to apply his own history as a Change Agent to press the Emissary . Fans will only find out the full true statement whenCaptain America # 6hits stores , merging two of Marvel ’s most iconic superhero artifacts into one .
Captain America # 6is coming February 7 .
