Kathryn Immonen

Peggy Carter’s mission into the heart of the USSR isn’t off to a roaring start. Already her old friend Howard Stark has incurred the wrath of an enigmatic alien force, and that’s not including the shady girl, Tania, posing as Carter’s contact. With the assistance of a mercenary by the name of Woodrow McCord, they make their way into the Russian motherland to uncover the source of an alien beacon. Naturally, they’re in for more than they asked for.

Following the airing of Marvel’s Agent Carter miniseries, super spy Peggy Carter stars in her own outing on the printed page, Operation S.I.N. The year is 1952, Peggy has settled into a lone suburban life until eccentric entrepreneur/inventor Howard Stark invites her on an adventure right in the capital of the Soviet Union and what they discover is something that could destroy the very center of Moscow itself.

“Journey into Mystery” fans felt anxiety and dread a few days ago when some readers noticed that Marvel left the title off their recently announced September 2013 solicitations. It wasn’t the end of the world, though. Perhaps it was an oversight, or even a delay in production, pushing issue #656 over into October. Sadly, neither …