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Steve Rogers' adopted son Ian Rogers aka Nomad knows that he won’t be the next Captain America, and he's perfectly fine with that. Nomad is a very complicated man with his own sense of justice but has a profound respect for his father’s legacy. However, Steve Rogers himself decides to tell his adopted son why he will not pass the mantle of Captain America to him.

Following the events of 2015’s Secret Wars, Nomad winds up stranded in a New York City controlled by Hydra, which is run by the villainous supercomputer Arnim Zola. The 2015 miniseries Hail Hydra by Rick Remender and Roland Boschi sees Nomad meet up with the former Avengers, now known as the Resistance, which consists of Tony Stark, Daredevil, Nick Fury and his own father, Steve Rogers. Even after Nomad gains the trust of the heroes, the Hydra Avengers attack and kill most of the heroes including Captain America.

The legacy of Captain America casts a long shadow over all the heroes of the Marvel Universe, but that is doubly true for his offspring. Ellie Rogers is the daughter of Steve Rogers and Sharon Carter and because of her father's inspiration she was pushed to great lengths to be the kind of hero who could make him proud.

Ellie was born on an alternate Earth from that of Marvel's Earth-616, in a place where Hydra didn't just take over the United States, but founded it. Created during the Secret Wars crossover event, the United Confederacy of Hydra is ruled by Arnim Zola and is part of the Hydra Empire. It is a repressive fascist regime that literally breaks down and dissolves any citizen who is deemed as unproductive so that they can be used as spare parts to create an army of mutates. In this world, Steve Rogers leads...