Fabian Nicieza and Kevin Maguire's retelling of Captain America's origin concludes in The Adventures of Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty. This double issue, subtitled "Angels of Death, Angels of Hope," picks up the the previous volume left off, with the Red Skull and Cap coming face-to-face as the latter hung on by his fingertips to a ledge of the Eiffel Tower. Nicieza then puts Cap through the heartbreak of learning who Agent X is before sending Cap and Bucky deep into Nazi Germany, where Hitler has prepared an amphitheatre in which to pit Cap and the Skull against each other to break the spirit of those who long for freedom. Nicieza and Maguire wisely devote the majority of the issue to this climactic battle between the two, even predicting the Skull's view of Cap as an estranged brother of sorts, like in the 2011 film, Captain America: The First Avenger. The story builds to a crescendo and leaves enough open-ended that, if not for the disastrous "Heroes Reborn" retooling of Cap and Brubaker's later run in the 2000s, which so thoroughly raised the bar for Cap stories as political thrillers, Nicieza and Maguire could have returned to do future installments. As it stands, this ends on a high note and is a worth reexamination of Cap's origin, much like Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's Captain America: White or Robert Morales and Kyle Baker's Captain America: Truth: Red, White, and Black. Fans will enjoy this and find it a valuable re-introduction to the character. ( )