Original subtitles

When Captain America throws his mighty shield All those who chose to oppose his shield

must yield If he's led to a fight and a duel is due

Then the reds and the whites and the blue will come through

When Captain America throws his mighty shield

At Avenger Headquarters, a nominous lull has set in

dulling senses, slowing reflexes I crave action, Wanda, action

You were always impatient, Pietro, my brother The alarm signal

An intruder I'll handle this

Halt, in the name of the Avengers It's time someone showed up

You were ordered to halt Now I'll

Back! Nobody orders the swordsman

Hold your tongue You speak to an Avenger

My blade will slow you down, Quicksilver His weapon spins like a propeller

My Hex power will cause his sword to slip through his fingers

What happened? With my sword stuck in that panel, I'm no match

for his speed Hold it! Stop!

And now it's time to tuck No need to fight anymore, I was just testing

you You lie

Wait! Hear him out!

I want to join your group But first, I had to be certain you were as

good as they say Before joining, I owe you these back dues

You'll pay for this? Relax, I just let him have the flat of my

blade It'll teach him not to be so trusting

The swordsman always has the last word You'll never be an Avenger, you lack honor

The last word is a woman's prerogative Don't force me to defend myself

There is no defense against my Hex power What's going on down here?

It's Captain America Who's the slumbering stranger?

He calls himself the swordsman The swordsman? Let's check him out in our

micro tape identity file If he has a record, we'll find out now

He's one of Europe's most dangerous adventurers The swordsman cut the electric wires

Hit the emergency switch He's gone

You could use some action Try to find him

I'll stay and mine the store They're gone

Now I can return to my training routine Washington, D.C., where Captain America's

opened letter attracts the attention of a hoodlum who realizes that the swordsman would

be most interested in any letter from the Avengers

I figure this letter would be worth a thousand clams to you, swordsman Give it to me

Wait a minute So, Captain America wants to join the CIU

This could be what I want Then I'll get my doe

Sure, after I've trapped him I got my answer

The CIU wants me What about your duties here with the Avengers?

I'll still be on call What gives you the right to be a part-time

leader My entire life gives me the right, mister

Look at my record Now I know why you wear a mask

Is to hide your swelled head I'm not leaving the Avengers

I'm just picking up the threads of another life

This could be the best thing for all Indeed, it could

They're thinking of Captain America leaves Each hopes to become leader

Step on it We ain't got all night

Good, you did it Now let's hightail

Listen, I hear something A flare

It's Hawkeye That'll hold you till the cops come

Honest Hawkeye, I didn't mean to help the swordsman trap Captain America

So, that letter Cap got was a phony I've got to find Cap

He's walking right into a trap This warehouse can't be the office of the

CIU So, Captain America snapped at my bait

Then the note wasn't from the CIU I used it to make you my hostage

So the Avengers will have to accept me Nobody makes a hostage of Captain America

Your shield is mine Come back, you fool, you can't escape me that

way Haha, kicking those cartons at me isn't going

to save you It'll keep you off balance long enough for

me to do this Your sword can't stop me now

You're not fighting a beginner, mister He's cutting the rope to release a pile of

metal Lady Luck was in my corner

What a pity your Avengers will be too late to save you

I've raced around and he's nowhere inside Look, he's up there

One prod of my blade and Captain America plunges to his doom

You have ten seconds to make me leader of the Avengers

Don't do it We can't let you die

They won't have to make a decision now As the masked adventurer plummets toward

his doom, the Avengers watch in horror How can even Captain America survive such

a fall?

The swordsman pushed Cap No he didn't, Cap jumped

He did it for us, so that we wouldn't surrender He still has a chance

My brother spins like a tornado, creating a wind gusher of incredible force

It will give us time to walk Quicksilver didn't disappoint me

This vortex of air is slowing my fall I've got a hand at the cap

He still hasn't lost his nerve My hands, they're free

But Quicksilver is weakening Only this kind of witch's hex can save Cap

Now I did it, the rivets flopped out, loosening the girder

Perfect, I'm back in the fight again Okay, Speedy, grab Cap's shield and get going

It is not for you to give orders Would you rather take him from the swordsman?

Good work, had a hunch you three wouldn't fail me

Individually each Avenger is an enemy to respect But as a team, they're practically unbeatable

I'll hold them at bay long enough to escape His swinging sword is ripe for another hex

Where did the girder pop from?

Now, swordsman, you'll learn what it means to attack the Avengers

Melodramatic phrases don't frighten me, son Quicksilver, enough, leave him for me

Captain America Halfway around the world, we find grim and

foreboding a castle, the castle of the Mandarin, where a pair of evil eyes are watching the

Avengers Something's happening to me, I feel strange

He's in shock Look, he's vanishing

The swordsman escaped, but he didn't vanish willingly

How did it happen?

It's your fault, winghead, if only you would let us all attack him

I agree with Hawkeye, we're supposed to work as a team

Even if we do find him, Cap will probably blow the bit again

If it's a battle you want, Hawkeye, I don't pick fights with older men

In the case of the swordsman, I thought I recognized him

He's the one man I used to fear Better start at the beginning

I was an orphan I met him in a carnival

So you want to join the carny?

Keep practicing, kid We'll make a great team

Someday I'll be as good with my bow as you are with your sword

Don't try it, kid, it won't be healthy A short time later I saw a sight I shouldn't

have seen I'm getting out of here

I'll swing up to the high wire Oh, it's no use

He's climbing the platform right behind me I've got to stand in a fight

And then, with one lightning-like thrust, he ended the battle

He left me for dead, not knowing the rope that broken my fall

Now we both have a little score to settle with the swordsman

Meanwhile, the swordsman paralyzed by the mandarin's rings slowly recovers

Where in places am I?

And how did I get here?

When in a nearby chamber energy from a mystic brain sets powerful forces in motion

Those doors are slowly swinging open Enter swordsman

I give you rave to stand in the presence of greatness

Who are you, mister?

What's this corny hocus pocus about?

Men call me the mandarin, and you will soon learn this is far more than the mere hocus

pocus you'll speak of The mandarin?

I always thought of you as a legend, an old wives tale

That is as I wish It is not time for the world to be aware

of me Or of my plan for complete domination of this

unsuspecting planet Sounds like quite an assignment you picked

for yourself But at this moment, my plans are more modest

I have solicited you as my agent Agent for what?

Agent against my hated enemy Iron Man, the only one to ever dare defy me

I have prejudged to destroy him Iron Man will one day return to Captain America

and the Avengers If you will help me to get rid of Iron Man

I'll make you leader instead of Captain America To do this, we must first destroy the Avengers

headquarters Will the sinister Lord of this menacing castle

succeed in his fiendishly contrived move to strike at Captain America and the mighty Avengers

from within?

I desire to destroy Iron Man I have selected you to be my agent

What do I care about Iron Man?

It's Captain America I'm after Precisely the point

I will help you destroy Captain America and you will help me dispose of Iron Man

Now, hand me your sword I shall make certain improvements on it

Forget it, Mandarin, you picked the wrong boy this time No one resists the will of the

Mandarin Now, observe at the touch of my wrist of

flames Two energy spheres rise from beneath the

floor Parlor tricks aren't my cup of tea

You call this a parlor trick?

I can't hold my sword Something's pulling it

No one takes my sword Ha ha ha, whiplash fool

All I need do is act away to another of my rings

And you shall remain helpless until you serve your master

Why should I fight him when Captain America is the real enemy?

Time enough to tackle him later after he served his purpose

Okay, Fu Manchu, let's talk Ah, you have come to your senses

I'm willing to string along, but no time limit

Your terms do not interest me There are more urgent matters

Such as your sword These buttons I have added

Shall make you a worthy ally of the Mandarin For marriolize yourself with them

Each button activates a different device, right?

The one you just pressed releases bolts of man-made lightning

Come, it is time to return you to the Avengers for your assault on Captain America

This is my infallible matter recreator

How did Iron Man ever beat you in the past?

I prefer to say he escaped from me Observe his life-right image

Iron Man? No, merely a pseudo image

Effortlessly, the fiendish Mandarin projects his image of Iron Man

to the headquarters of the Avengers

Look, Iron Man!

He's supposed to be in Europe I am in Europe

I have a message for you A swordsman must be accepted into the Avengers

He didn't give him a chance before I can remain no longer

Remember my words? Accept the swordsman

You must plant your bomb at Avengers headquarters and await orders

Peek on!

Look who's here Welcome to the Avengers

Next, we'll be swearing in the devil himself They watch me, constantly

Ah, my chance at last This will look like another dial on the control

panel instead of a bomb capable of finishing Iron Man when he shows up

Wouldn't want anything to happen to her She's too beautiful

This is merely a projectile image of myself

Did you plant the bomb? Sure

Leave at once I shall blow up Avengers headquarters myself tonight

But how can I be leader of the Avengers if they're destroyed?

Question me not! Do as I say

He's gone I didn't know this was his plan

The girl mustn't die I've got to stop it

The swordsman cannot stoop to mere merciless assassination

There, he can no longer be detonated

Swordsman, wait, I can explain A booby trap

It's not what you think No, listen to me

I've got to fight them I've been waiting for this chance

No wonder he's a living legend Flame

Can't get closer The heat is intense

Quicksilver, he's creating an air vacuum to snuff out the flame

I must escape My infallible hex will stop him

The door Now it's a wall

The mandarin's disintegrator button will reduce it to atoms

Made it Only my slightest hex is needed now

Oh no, a cloud of steam resulting from setting off the automatic sprinklers

The swordsman's gone An explosion outside

The swordsman saved us He was telling the truth

Lucky I threw the mechanism into the air when I heard it throb

I failed again I should never have taken a partner

And that's how the mandarin tricked me into trying to infiltrate your headquarters

When I'm worthy to join the Avengers, I'll be back

Till then, so long, he wasn't really so bad after all

Perhaps one day he will prove himself worthy of being an Avenger

When Captain America throws his mighty shield All those who chose to oppose his shield must yield

If he's led to a fight and a duel is doomed Then the reds and the whites and the blue will come through

When Captain America throws his mighty shield