The mysterious armored warrior from Arnim Zola’s ship
crashes through the doors of Avengers
Mansion. He is confronted
first by Iron Man, then Thor, and lastly the Hulk. He is able to avoid their
attacks through his superhuman agility and penetrate deeper into the mansion.
The warrior finds the aged Steve Rogers and unmasks to reveal…his adopted son
Ian Rogers, thought dead in Zolandia (issue #8). Ian explains that the fiery stream he
fell into was the same stuff he was made of and so regenerated. He is here now
to aid the heroes in stopping Zola’s invasion. Falcon, flying high over the
city with Jet Black, contacts Steve and they arrange that the Avengers will
attack Zola head on as a distraction for Falcon and Jet to enter the tower
secretly, though Jet suspects something more to her father’s scheme. Thor, Iron
Man, and Hulk battle the mutates alongside Ian; they go down easily enough but then
they see a bigger hurdle: a quartet of superpowered mutate versions of Cap,
Thor, Iron Man, and Hulk, calling themselves the Unvengers….
Inside the tower, Jet plans to seal off the breeding pens so
that Zola will be unable to release more monsters into the city. She and Falcon
overpower the guards and they open to doors to discover…Sharon Carter….