Captain America #318

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MARK GRUENWALD (W) • PAUL NEARY (A&C)SCOURGE OF THE UNDERWORLD TIE-IN! Captain America investigates Marvel's most notorious Super-Villain killer! Can the Serpent Society survive against the Scourge or will justice once again be served?SynopsisAs he is delivering Princess Python back to the Circus of Crime, Death Adder's Serpent Saucer is damaged while in the sky. His best friend, Anaconda, was supposed to travel with him but begged off in favor of a date to see wrestling at Madison Square Garden. Death Adder, had he not been mute, would be screaming. The saucer crashes into a building and Death Adder kicks himself and the unconscious Princess Python free. He decides to leave Princess Python in an abandoned building while he reports back to Sidewinder to tell him what had happened. He can't call the Serpent Citadel, so he flags down a taxi and directs him towards the headquarters. Suddenly, the taxi driver pulls out a gun and shoots Death Adder in the gut, stating "Justice is served, Death Adder."At the Avengers Mansion, Namor and Hercules help Captain America bring his belongings into his new room. They leave to prepare for the Rockettes, and Wasp appears, telling Cap how good it is to have him around the mansion again. Cap notes he'll be traveling a lot because there are places that need him. Wasp asks if the traveling will affect his role with the Avengers, and he says it shouldn't. Jarvis interrupts the pair to tell Cap the Wakandan design group are there.Outside, Cap meets with Kobaru, who shows Cap his new van. A few hours later, Wasp notices that Cap is leaving already, and asks about his job as a comic book artist. Cap replies he still mails in the art to his editor. He leaves, and Wasp asks Jarvis if it feels like an end of an era. Jarvis replies "Or the beginning of a new one, Ms. Van Dyne." Cap excitedly drives around, turning the radio on to hear for any distress calls.Elsewhere, at the Bar with No Name, Don Thomas, aka Blue Streak, enters. The bartender...