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Jesse Black Crow has a vision of Captain America's recent troubles and assumes his mystic crow form to fly to his aid. As Red Skull and a grief-maddened Cap viciously battle one another in the Skull's bunker, Dave Cox's condition worsens as Juli watches helplessly. Even though the Skull reveals the poison in both of them has no antidote, Cap stops himself from delivering the killing strike, angering the Skull. He begs Cap to kill him, but the Nazi's pleas are silenced as he finally succumbs to the poison's effects and dies in Cap's arms. At that instant, Dave Cox regains consciousness and embraces his thankful family as Black Crow watches from the window. Cap carries the Skull's body above ground and finds that Skull House's destruction was yet another illusion, just as the poison overtakes him. As Black Crow arrives and revives Cap with his mystic abilities, Bernie, Falcon, Nomad, and Arnie escape from Skull-House. Nomad re-enters Skull-House and finds Cap still alive. The aged Avenger carries the Skull's corpse outside, remarking that the time to bury the past has finally come.