Synopsis
Avengers #304 synopsis by
T Vernon
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As Ellis Island in New York Harbor is being renovated into a museum of immigration, three Avengers show up for a visit in civilian dress: Steve Rogers, Thor, and Gilgamesh. On the tour, they find a young workman following them and mocking the exhibit: as a Native American, he says European immigrants were those who stole his ancestors’ lands. As they converse with him, the youth suddenly sees someone coming after him and he flees. Thomas Fireheart tells the Avengers to stay out of this and transforms into Puma, giving pursuit to the boy. The three heroes don’t care for this and change into Captain America, Thor, and Gilgamesh and attempt to stop him. Puma informs them that the boy, Charles Little Sky, possesses great power and his tribal shaman dispatched Puma to bring Charles home before disaster could strike; the boy denies this, claiming they just want to force all tribal members to remain on the reservation. So Puma pushes a giant scaffolding over on the heroes; while they are busy catching it, Puma seizes Charles and suddenly great power is unleashed, giant yellow swirls creating a portal in the air. And out of the portal emerge the U-Foes: Vector, Vapor, X-Ray, and Ironclad who were trapped in the Crossroads during their last encounter with the Hulk. A sudden attack from the bad guys quickly overpowers the heroes and Puma, who was inclined to stay out of the battle and recapture Charles, sees that he will have to join the Avengers’ side. So he attacks Ironclad to keep them occupied; they revive and there is a fantastic battle, mostly the Avengers finding mean to overcome the U-Foes' formidable powers—and they do. The battle over, Puma demands to leave with Charles; the Avengers insist the boy make his own decision. When Thor tries to stop Charles from leaving, he opens a portal and vanishes through it. Puma and Thor accuse each other of having messed everything up so that the boy escaped. Puma departs, angry. Cap points out that Charles Little Sky, Native American, has just becomes an immigrant to another dimension, entering via Ellis Island….