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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

Of course Cap being Hydra is just a ploy, otherwise wouldn't he have taken down SHIELD from the inside a long time ago? Or all those times he battled the forces of Hydra, wouldn't he have pulled his punches or just not engaged them? Cap's still on the side of the US of A and good this is just a gimmick from Marvel to get people talking (hey look it worked) and maybe boost sales.

Has to be this overall. I mean when you think about it, the Red Skull wouldn't have kept trying to kill him or take his body if he was his deep cover agent in SHIELD/Avengers.

That being said though, this might be the new post-secret wars cap america that is and his continuity was completely re-written in the aftermath. So who knows. All we do know for certain is within 5 years or so it'll get returned to normal as is the way of comics. Only two things stay nowadays. Uncle Ben and 616 Logan stay dead.