Story #3To tame the very gods themselves
Writer:
James Robinson. Penciler/Inker:
Steve PughSynopsis
This is a prelude to the
All-New Invaders series.
The scene is
Kree-lar, capital of the
Kree Empire. Kree warriors fearfully make way for 3
Pursuers led by
Tanalth, heading for an audience with the
Supreme Intelligence. She is late because the
Supremor's messenger was slow in finding her. She's saved the Supremor the job of punishing him - as she throws the messenger's head on the floor.
The Supreme Intelligence congratulates Tanalth on her leadership of the Pursuers since her predecessor
Korath died. Their reputation now rivals
Ronan's
Accusers.
The Supremor summarises the position of the Kree Empire. They are free once more, after being conquered by the
Shi'ar and the
Inhumans. But they still face opposition from the
Skrulls and the Shi'ar with their ever-growing
Imperial Guard. The Inhumans have now expanded on Earth, and they already had an alliance with
Dire Wraiths,
Kymellians and
Centaurians.
To counter these threats the Kree need a powerful weapon, and Supremor knows of 1 called the
Gods' Whisper that was stolen from them ages ago. (We see an image of someone who looks
Asgardian fighting Kree.) He has just discovered that the weapon appeared on Earth during WWII. (We see
Bucky, the android
Human Torch and
Sub-Mariner fighting
Hela, the Norse Goddess of
Hel.) The heroes split the device into 3 parts, each hidden separately on Earth.
The 3 heroes are still around now:- Bucky is
Winter Soldier,
Namor is still Sub-Mariner, and
Jim Hammond is working as a mechanic. Tanalth is sent to Earth to extract the locations of the 3 parts from their minds, and bring the device back to the Kree.
Story #6Short term fixes
Writer:
Nick Spencer. Penciler/Inker:
Rags MoralesSynopsis
This is a prelude to
Avengers World.
Some time ago
Bruce Banner developed a drug that would limit the length of a
Hulk episode. Now
Maria Hill, Director of SHIELD, tells
Captain America that the biological weapons branch of
AIM called
The End Perfect has stolen the formula and a genetic map of the Hulk. They have developed their own version and have synthesised 6 copies, which they can use or sell to create 6 Hulks that will last for 1 or 2 hours.
Cap sends
Cannonball and
Sunspot to retrieve the formula and drugs, with Bruce Banner providing remote support. Banner has hacked AIM's surveillance giving them a brief window to invade
AIM Island. The pair meet with an AIM guy they 'corrupted' in
Avengers #11, who gives them AIM disguises and passes. They successfully go in an get what they're looking for, but they blow their cover on the way out because they can't resist joking around.
Hill thanks Cap for loaning the
Avengers duo to
SHIELD. She suggests that SHIELD and Avengers should have a closer relationship now she's back in command. Maria evades
Steve Rogers' probing about the
Secret Avengers team he's heard she's running. Instead she reminds him of when
he was running the show. And that SHIELD is currently a shadow of its former self.
Cap agrees to have the Avengers join in on SHIELD ops, but with conditions.
He will decide what they do. And he gets access to SHIELD files (which Hill agrees to 'within reason').
Meanwhile the ex-
X-Men fight their way off AIM Island by becoming temporary Hulks.