WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for Infinity Wars: Soldier Supreme #1, by Gerry Duggan and Andy Kubert, in stores now.


Infinity Wars: Soldier Supreme is our first real look at the Infinity Warps' melded Marvel Universe in all its bizarre glory. While many of the ideas are fascinating from a curious perspective (the Punisher Pack is going to be... interesting), Soldier Supreme actually feels like an attempt to twist the mythos of two characters who couldn’t seemingly be more different into something fresh.

Infinity Wars: Soldier Supreme is a bombastic (if predictable) take on a magical version of Captain America, with the Doctor Strange elements impacting the reality Gamora has created in compelling ways. Throughout the issue, there are plenty of clever tweaks to the classic Marvel formula; below, we run down as many of the combined versions of classic Marvel characters as possible both heroes and villains alike.

Stephen Rogers, Reporting For Duty

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The most obvious combination is Stephen Rogers. By most accounts, it’s Steve Rogers with a touch of that classic Doctor Stephen Strange look. He’s a scrawny but strong hearted young man who just wants to fight in World War II, and takes part in an experiment to make him a perfect soldier.

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Dr. Erskine is still very much responsible for creating Captain America, but almost every detail of the experiment is changed. Erskine is now a woman, practicing magic under the guise of super science. There’s no definitive proof of which exact character Erskine combined with to create this character, but we’re pretty sure it’s the Ancient One, taking a cue from the Doctor Strange movie’s Tilda Swinton incarnation of the magical mentor.

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But the differences between the mainline Captain America and the Soldier Supreme goes further than a modified name and a sweet mustache. As Soldier Supreme, Rogers is still a brave and heroic man -- but he’s also more willing to cross lines than Steve. He makes hard decisions, casting spells he knows his closest friends would hate him for. It’s a touch of Doctor Strange’s pessimism and willingness to do what needs to be done to save the day.

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When Soldier Supreme enters the war proper, he doesn’t do it alone. Just like the mainline Captain America, he had a number of allies going into combat with him. Calling themselves the Howling Commandos of Hogarth, Soldier Supreme works alongside Dum Dum Fury and Bucky Wong.

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Dum Dum Fury is an interesting reveal, begging the question of whether or not this version of Fury ever became the commander of the new reality's yet-to-be-revealed S.H.I.E.L.D. counterpart. He even loses his eye patch -- in a nice touch, Stephen eventually makes him a new one eye with magic. It'll be nice to learn how important this version of Nick Fury ends up becoming to the world.

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More instantly memorable is Bucky Wong, a fun and confident take on the best friend to Rogers. He’s got a lot of the playfulness of classic Bucky, and a costume that’s reminiscent of both the original Bucky outfit and his eventual Winter Soldier persona. But instead of a star on his metal arm, it’s a pentagram. This version is also adept at martial arts, deploying jump kicks while firing machine guns at Nazis, because this comic knows exactly what it is.

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His most interesting turn comes after his inevitable death on the battlefield. With the news that Hitler has died, Stephen just has to bring down the Red Dormammu (obvious, but awesome) to end the war. Battling not in a ruined city but in a snowy forest instantly recognizable as a Captain America wartime setting, with added touches of mysticism and mystery.

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The day is saved when the ghost of Bucky appears and straight away stabs Red Dormammu in the back. Wong has apparently been fighting the war as a spirit, becoming a silent killer/horror story among the Nazi forces known as the “Winter Soldier”.

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That’s so cool! It's an unexpected and exciting change. It manages to perfectly mix and match many different elements of the two series together. It speaks to the simple elegance of this goofy story, using the disparate elements of the tired and true Marvel Universe to make something new

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A Man Lost In Time

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Wounded, Red Dormammu casts Stephen and Bucky into the Dark Dimension. Stranded in the mystical world, Stephen doesn’t know how to get out by issue’s ends.

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It’s a clever way to have their cake and it too, letting Stephen train his powers against a Nightmare MODOK while still letting him become a man out of his time. It plays to both character’s strengths, and uses them to create something familiar, but exciting. But more importantly, something fans will want to come back to in the months ahead as they learn more and more about this temporary Marvel Universe.