In the same month's Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #13, the partnership of Bucky Barnes and the White Wolf'd dissolved.

The Wolf, transformed by his willing connection to Arnim Zola's Dimension Z, turned the monsters under his command into invaders of Earth.

Bucky, who'd only brought the White Wolf into his " bring down the Century Game, whose players moves' guide the world's currents " scheme because the Wolf had things he needed, confronted him.

( The Wolf didn't flinch in the face of the Century Game's Revolution. )

Cold War's the crossover between the two Cap books that began with an Alpha issue in April, where Bucky Barnes and the White Wolf'd taken control of Arnim Zola's Dimension Z.

They'd kidnapped Steve Rogers' adoptive son Ian to do so - Ian'd been fathered by Zola, and so had the material they needed in him.

Steve, Sam Wilson (who'd worked with Ian both in Symbol of Truth and 2014's All-New Captain America), Sharon Carter, and Misty Knight'd gone to Alaska to save him - where they'd been met by inhabitants of Dimension Z, coming out of portals in the liveries of the Revolution of the Century Game and the White Wolf.

Symbol of Truth #12 was largely action against those monsters - and soldiers of the Century Game's Outer Circle, who'd been wargaming amongst themselves when these other factions showed up.

( That action was unremarkably engaging. )

In issue #10, Roger Aubrey'd freed himself (and spearheaded the freeing of his fellow Invaders) from the clutches of the Mental Organism Designed Only for Control.

MODOC's master, the Power of the Century Game, had responded by flipping his Starpoint from " Control " to " Killing " - and MODOK had in turn killed Roger.

The resolution of the latest move in the world-spanning Century Game was now the Power and MODOK versus the Invaders - Steve Rogers going for the game player, and his comrades going for the chief pawn - in Lower Manhattan, New York City.

( The Power caught Steve's shield, thrown at him. )

Issue #9'd ended on the entrance of Joaquín Torres, the Falcon - Sam Wilson's partner, poisoned with something by an enemy, something that'd emphasized the " vampire " in his human/bird/vampire physiology.

Joaquín, tortured by his transformation and embittered by Sam evidently abandoning him to that agony, faced Sam and the reintroduced Ian Rogers in Mohannda. Sam and Ian, who'd been battling the forces of the White Wolf, now faced the Falcon.

( Captain America and the Nomad faced Joaquín. )

It's brought back the character introduced in the Marvel NOW! Captain America relaunch back in 2012, the one last seen in the pre-Secret Wars All-New Captain America (and the Secret Wars mini Hail Hydra).

The first arc of Symbol of Truth'd had Sam working with Joaquín Torres, the Falcon introduced in the post-Secret Wars Captain America: Sam Wilson. The two of them'd grappled with a wide-spanning scheme, foiled a bioterrorist plot being set up in Wakanda - and dealt with the consequences of that.

The second arc, starting in issue #6, followed on the heels of that - it had Sam and Joaquín in New York, where the prime minister of Mohannda (geographical neighbor of Wakanda, introduced in the 90s Marvel UK series Black Axe) was asking for aid at the United Nations in her plans of reform.

Afterwards, Sam was walking the prime minister out, checking in with Joaquín: " Falcon. Sitrep. "

" All friendlies as far as I can see. Crowd's been checked too. "

( Sam was uneasy. )

In issue #4, Steve Rogers'd recruited an ally - the Redacted, Starpoint of the Outer Circle, game-piece of the Century Game's players.

Steve, Bucky Barnes, and the Redacted were off to the Shadow Capitol - the mobile airbase of those whose moving hands rocked the world.

They were coming in from above, to jump and land below.

( Their flight was courtesy of a friend from The United States of Captain America. )

It doesn't immediately pick up from the end of #3 - the cliffhanger of the Redacted, agent of the world-as-their-gameboard manipulators the Outer Circle, having tracked Steve back to where he was living.

What it opened on was the unifying of Steve's investigation into the traces of the Circle's Century Game with that of Bucky Barnes.

Steve was in Bucky's apartment, thinking he was wholly revealing new information.

( Bucky revealed his partial knowledge. )

Issue #2'd ended with " the Redacted " confronting Steve in Germany, and Bucky confronting Peggy Carter in Madripoor.

The parties concerned were concerned with the Century Game - a game with five players, where the world's the board and everything in it's the pieces.

Bucky and Peggy discussed what sounded like moves in that game, over an interrupted baccarat table.

( It wasn't a friendly discussion. )

Issue #1'd been the opener - an attack on the Fourth of July that Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes'd foiled.

In the aftermath of that, both were independently investigating what lay behind the attack. Bucky was doing so without informing Steve - and Steve, without Bucky, was doing so with World War II-era friends.

They followed the same lines through which they'd learnt about that Fourth of July attack, lines that bore more fruit.

( The harvest was fuller - more informative. )