Captain America: The Winter Soldier Prelude

Captain America: The Winter Soldier Prelude is a digital comic between the events of The Avengers and Captain America: The Winter Soldier written by Peter David.
==Synopsis==
In downtown Chicago, a mysterious weapon called Zodiac has fallen into enemy hands. Captain America, along with agents Natasha Romanoff and Brock Rumlow, are on a race against time to stop the terrorist group before it's too late. But what secrets is S.H.I.E.L.D. keeping about The Zodiac? Are there enemies on both sides of this fight?
==Plot==
At the Willis Tower in Chicago, Baker and his men take over the building, killing the guard at the reception and replacing him, with one of their own. The rest of the men settle on the skydeck, planning to release the Zodiac once the building is filled with people. But before the building is even officially open, Captain America and Brock Rumlow take out the new guard and go to the top floor. They engage the group of terrorists and are soon joined by Black Widow, revealing she had been undercover as Audrey for weeks under Baker's nose and that she knew about Baker's 401k plan. They take out the rest of the men, but Baker jumps out of the window with the Zodiac. Captain America follows him and recovers the Zodiac, Baker then escapes by parachute and Captain America is saved from his descend by Rumlow who shot a rope from a crossbow and pulled him back in to the top floor. Afterwords Captain America wants to know why S.H.I.E.L.D. lied about the Zodiac, labeling it as destroyed. Natasha explains this way nobody would come looking for it.
==Appearances==
===Characters===
*Steve Rogers/Captain America
*Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow
*Brock Rumlow
*Baker
*Wilson
===Locations===
*Chicago, Illinois
**Willis Tower
** (mentioned)
===Events===
*Attack on the Zodiac Cell
===Items===
*Captain America's Shield
*Captain America's Uniform
*Zodiac
*Baker's Armor
*S.H.I.E.L.D. Extraction Crossbow
===Organizations===
*S.H.I.E.L.D.
* (mentioned)
==Trivia==
*The comic is featured in the collection of the same name and The Marvel Cinematic Universe: The Marvel Comics Omnibus.
==Behind the Scenes==
===Continuity===
On March 17, 2014, Will Corona Pilgrim stated that all the MCU comics released under the "Infinite Comics" banner were considered to be official MCU canon.Will Corona Pilgrim on Twitter - March 17, 2014 Therefore, the events of this comic are considered to be part of the main Marvel Cinematic Universe continuity.
The comic features the chemical weapon Zodiac, which was first introduced in Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter.
==References==
==External Links==
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Category:Captain America: The Winter Soldier Merchandise
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