Spider-Woman reports to Tony Stark that they have a trace on one of the escaped convicts near Long Island and some of the Avengers are heading out to investigate. Tony, meanwhile, suits up as Iron Man and visits a seemingly deserted factory: it is the meeting place for the Illuminati—Dr. Strange, Mr. Fantastic, Professor Xavier, Black Bolt, and Prince Namor. The group confronts him over his reforming the Avengers without telling them; Tony relates how the separate heroes gathered to stop the breakout at the Raft and Captain America saw it as a sign that a new team was needed. Tony then asks if they have heard of the Sentry….
On Long Island a teenage girl is sunning herself beside a pool when a gigantic menacing man stands over her, and introduces himself as Dirk Garthwaite and he wants his stuff back. Her father, Ed Gross, collects supervillain memorabilia and has a private museum in his home. The girl takes Garthwaite to the place and he recovers a costume and a crowbar. He demands that the girl drive him away, and he reveals he is the Wrecker, a villain who, with the Wrecking Crew, once defeated the Avengers. (She hasn’t heard of him.) As the car backs out of the garage, they see the New Avengers—Wolverine, Luke Cage, Spider-Woman and Spider-Man waiting for them. The heroes battle the villain and the Wrecker manages to fling the three men into the distance, then he turns to face Spider-Woman….
Elsewhere, in the Nevada desert, Iron Man and Captain America arrive where SHIELD Commander Maria Hill is waiting, with her troops guarding a cave. In the cave is Robert Reynolds, the hero known as the Sentry, huddled in fear since using his powers to stop the disaster at the Raft (in issue #2) because use of his powers attracts the world destroying Void. It killed his wife and will annihilate the Earth. But the heroes have someone for him to meet: his wife Lindy Reynolds, who is alive and well. There is another person they introduce him to: Paul Jenkins, the comic book writer who created the Sentry, a comic book character. So who is Robert Reynolds?