The other Steve Rogers is the prisoner
of the mysterious Red Skull. When Steve is the only one left, the
Skull tells him he is in hell and the only escape is death....
In New York, trapped by the Darkforce
Dome, Claire Temple must tend to Dagger, who is dying from having to
supply light to the benighted city while Doctor Strange seeks a
permanent solution. Elsewhere, Daredevil stops what he thinks is a
robbery by the Kingpin's men but it turns out to be a food delivery
to the hungry, part of Kingpin's campaign to become the trusted
leader when the crisis is lifted....
In Maryland, the youthful heroes are
tired of Black Widow, her use of torture and murder and now her
alliance with Viper. Spider-Man (M. Morales) goes to talk to Natasha
, telling her of the dissension in the ranks. Nat insists she is
teaching them to survive when things get worse; Miles suggests that
maybe the Underground will find the Cosmic Cube and set everything
right....
In Nevada, the Mount (HQ of the
Underground) is under siege by Hydra forces, including their
tentacled helicarriers. The defenses are good enough to stop Thor
Odinson, the Vision, and the Scarlet Witch so the Tony Stark AI
reveals that one of those present is a traitor. Suspicion bounces
back and forth until someone notices Mockingbird is conveniently
absent; Bobbi, caught, reveals she has been in touch with Maria Hill.
Giant-Man reveals that Tony's Cosmic Cube detector was a total hoax.
As they fight, suddenly Ant-Man confesses that he is the traitor
because Hydra has his daughter Cassie hostage.
Captain America talks to Bruce Banner
(temporarily resurrected) reminding him how badly he has been used by
the Avengers, especially during the two Civil Wars (sent to another
planet/killed), how they are totally corrupt, hating whatever doesn't
bend to their authority; Bruce refuses to cooperate, knowing that
Hydra is even worse. Cap responds “I wasn't talking to you, Bruce.”
Then the Hulk crashes through the
Mount's defenses and chaos breaks out. Pausing briefly to realize
that in a way they deserve what is about to happen, Hawkeye then
leads an evacuation while the new Giant-Man activates a team of
androids Avengers to fight the Hulk, while Thor allows Hawkeye and
the refugees to go free....
Finally, Captain America confronts Tony
Stark AI and they fight, Cap ensuring that the AI is Tony's actual
consciousness and Tony regretting he is not able to save Cap....
Madame Hydra, detecting an unusual energy signature, races to the
scene and casts a spell sending Cap elsewhere just as the nuclear
weapon explodes....
Black Widow hears the news that the
Underground has been defeated. She has a drink, sheds a tear, and
tell the young heroes “Tomorrow we kill Captain America.”
RobFJ with 3 tie-ins for #6, just so it doesn't get lonely:-
Secret Warriors #3
After a road-trip across America the Inhuman team enter the X-Men's New Tian to a hostile reception because of Inhumans Vs X-Men. They learn that their target Leer has been taken by Hydra so they leave, to be attacked by Hydra forces, including their Avengers, led by Quake's father Mr Hyde.
Secret Warriors #4
The team are captured and taken to a helicarrier. As they escape, Moon Girl goes looking for DD and finds Leer. But Quake brings the carrier down to a crash with MG, Leer and DD still inside.
SE: Brave New World #5 (Domino story)
Domino has been hired (by Hydra?) to assassinate Emma Frost. But the telepath knows she's going to be shot at and just uses the incident to get rid of 2 unwanted admirers.