Last Defenders, The (2008 series) #2

Tony Stark, Director of SHIELD, calls the Defenders a disaster for their handling of the Quetzalcoatl incident, which resulted in the team attempting several different but useless methods of fighting a giant serpent, wrecking Trump and Caesars hotels before the monster went down. So Stark shuts them down, hoping to keep the incident contained in the press and perhaps revisiting the idea of the team in a year or so. Nighthawk stands by helpless as Colossus and Blazing Skull depart, while She-Hulk chases Stark to argue with him. His decision remains….

In 1973, Yandroth met with Daimon Hellstrom to inform him that his powers would be of greater use in an undefined future with colleagues he hasn’t yet met. Hellstrom found Yandroth’s pretentious and portentous chatter about future importance and significance annoying and walked out….

While remaining behind at SHIELD HQ, Nighthawk sees Joaquin Pennysworth’s silent homing device suddenly come on, transmitting his location. She-Hulk has returned and persuades Kyle to go to Pennysworth’s rescue. They enter the Sons of the Serpent base in West Virginia to find the place in turmoil. They are caught but flee the gunfire of the Serpents. They are rescued by Joaquin Pennysworth whose escape is the cause of the turmoil. Pennysworth has been working on his own mission, resenting the two superheroes who can’t stop bickering. Pennysworth blows a high frequency whistle to stop Nighthawk and She-Hulk from fighting but they are spotted by the Supreme Serpent and his ally Cheer Chadwick of the Elite who assure the heroes that their scheme is on track and cannot be stopped. Pennysworth explains to the heroes that the Serpents’ goal to create a racist society based on white supremacy and their weapon is the Madbomb….