What If #5: Captain America and Bucky survived WWII

[lordultimus]

So in this reality, Cap manages to get on the missile with Bucky, and also pulls the right wires to disable it, surviving. Zemo tries to explain his failure to the Red Skull, but the Skull just shoots him with an experimental weapon that sends him into a coma that will last decades.









Buck manages to save Rick with Cap's shield, and the Hulk leaves before more soldiers come. They take Rick to rest at Steve's apartment, where Buck tells Steve that the serum has dulled with age, and now Buck can finally take Steve's place as Cap. Rick overhears them, and a new team is formed, with Buck becoming the new Captain America (though the public thinks it's the same guy) and Rick as his sidekick.