WARNING :   This clause contains spoilers forEmpyre : Captain America # 1 - 3

The war fight between mankind and the Cotati in the pages of Marvel ’s massiveEmpyreevent is proving to be one ofCaptain America ’s bleak battles yet thanks to the zombi - like nature of the infectious enemy . As a World War 2   veteran , Captain America is no unknown to getting his hands dirty , but when the Cotati , under the leading of Quoi and the Swordsman , take their retaliation on all animal life in the universe - depart with earth - Cap find himself leading an exceptionally unrelenting fight for human natural selection .

arm with the ability to control all environ plant life , the Cotati have turn over the combined personnel of the Marvel Universe aformidable challenge . Their self - righteous thirst for retaliation is amplified by their quest to prevail all human life . But what really elevates the Cotati into the ranks of horror is their power of possession . The Cotati ’s power to infect masses with spore and take full autonomous controller of their victim make them frighteningly deceptive . The most notable example of this being when the Cotati secretlykilled She - Hulk and turned her into a sleeper agent , finally using her to attack her Avenger teammates when they least expect it .

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Cap ’s three issue miniseries , Empyre : Captain America , spell by Phillip Kennedy Johnson , feature arguably the most horrifying depiction of the Cotati yet . The first issue open up in Washington , DC as a squad of soldiers fights off a horde of the Cotati jumper cable by Shi Qaanth . Cap shows up to twist the battle ’s tide , but not before one of the squad ’s soldiers , Specialist Bennett , gets tangled in Shi Qaanth ’s weaponize flora vines . Bennett seems to be okay after Shi Qaanth retreats , reassure Cap and his fellow soldier that he will be okay . But shortly after , a close - up shot of Bennett admitting that he does n’t feel like himself fix an eerie tint . Cap and the police squad get in at the Pentagon where General Woodley , the highest graded military drawing card on land site , is confronted by a agitate - sounding Bennett . abruptly , a stream of industrial plant - like vine come out out of Bennett ’s mouth , overtaking the full general in fantastic fashion .

By the 2nd effect , Cap and his military whole catch Bennett infect multiple soldiers within their rank . After killing the taint , Cap realizes General Woodley must also be infected . Under the   control of the Cotati , Woodley infiltrate NATO Headquarters and attacks the congregation of dry land ’s leaders after erupt into his monstrous plant form . Just in the knick of time , Cap and his fellow soldiers frustrate the Cotati and mobilise the world leaders . The third issue ’s final battle for Mexico City depicts a barbarian clash between monsters and men , raise the horrors of war to an all - new story .

By showing Cap on the solid ground , fight alongside fellow soldier who are protect their world from an encroachment , allows for a truly grim depiction of the Cotati that does n’t have the same shivery effect as when   examine through the   eyes of the larger - than - life Marvel characters . It brings to retentiveness Cap ’s origins of fighting evil Nazis , only in this war , the holy terror has been dial up to both show the world of the Cotati ’s horrifying nature as well as metaphorically take the very real horrors of warfare . In doing so , it shows Cap ’s resilience and ability to inspire the common mortal in even the bleakest of battles .

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Empyre : Captain Americais certainly not the first comic to show Cap tussling with infectious enemies , the most notable of which being the Steve Rogers of Earth-2149 who was turned into a zombie in the pageboy ofMarvel Zombies . And in the Marvel Cinematic Universe , director Anthony and Joe Russo even had a plan very early on on in the ontogeny stages ofCaptain America : Civil Warto have the Madbomb storyline whereCap would be force to fight off zombified civiliansin the third human activity . However , Cap’sEmpyreminiseries has prove to be one of the character ’s most disturbing battle fought yet , all thanks to its spotlighting of the exotic Cotati at their most awful .

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