Civil War: Casualties of War #[nn]

In "Rubicon," Iron Man and Captain America confront the breaking point of their alliance, facing off in a raw, personal exchange that lays bare their deepest grievances. As their ideological rift ignites into physical conflict, the weight of the Civil War hangs in the air—each man seeing the other not as a partner, but as a symbol of everything they’ve come to fear.

In the shadow of the Civil War, the Kingpin, locked away in Rykers, strikes a dangerous bargain with Iron Man—offering intelligence in exchange for influence. As Hammerhead sees the move as a crack in Fisk’s empire and moves to seize control, the Kingpin quietly manipulates not just his rivals, but Iron Man and SHIELD, turning the chaos of the conflict into his own game.

On Christmas Eve, the Winter Soldier reflects on a long-lost moment of peace from 1944, a memory shattered by a mission from Nick Fury: stop the Young Avengers from storming a Hydra stronghold. Fighting alongside them—Hawkeye, Vision, and Patriot—he’s forced to confront both past and present as the Vision identifies him from fragmented records. After a quiet moment at the grave of Nomad, the man who once tried to fill Cap’s shadow, he meets Namor for the first time since their days as Invaders, the weight of history hanging between them.