The Road to Secret Empire

The cover of “The Road to Secret Empire” contains the image that shocked numerous long-time comic fans and audiences of the Marvel movies.

Captain America uttering the impossible: “Hail Hydra.”

Yep, this trade paperback contains a collection of issues leading up to the storyline where Cap is a sleeper agent for Hydra who takes over the world as leader of the villainous organization.

In “Road,” Cap’s super-soldier serum has run out and he’s aged. Falcon is the new Captain America. The aged Steve Rogers commands SHIELD and discovers a SHIELD agent has used fragments of the all-powerful Cosmic Cube to transform bad guys into pleasant neighbors by altering the realities of their genetic makeup and their pasts.

The fragments will lead to Cap becoming a Hydra sleeper agent.

Readers can enjoy the impressive “Secret Empire” collection, already available, without reading “Road.” But with both available, why not get both?