Late
one night in Avengers Compound, U.S. Agent discovers a stranger working on
Hawkeye’s Sky-Cycle. The Agent attacks him—and learns that it is Hawkeye,
testing out a disguise for his new mission against the city’s gangs. They go
into the house where Clint is caught by Bobbi and has to explain….
At
the home of the Gutierrez family, there is a late-night knock at the door and
mother Anita opens it to find a warning note from the Stone Perfs street
gang—and then gunshots are fired through the window, striking Anita but missing
the kids; Luis hastily calls 911….
Detective
Zamora calls Clint with the news. Clint tells Mockingbird that this is the
mother of the boy who called 911 when Hawkeye was shot last issue. Mockingbird
tries to tell him the problem is too big for their kind of heroism but he walks
out. Hawkeye visits Mrs. Gutierrez in the hospital but she blames him for
everything that has happened to her family. In the hallway, Luis assures him
that his mother is only frightened but Hawkeye advises the kid to stay out of
danger. Luis responds that he can take care of himself….
Stone
Perfs gang member Prince Charming is bailed out of jail by a big-shot lawyer
and delivered to crime boss Lotus Newmark. Lotus hires a hostile and reluctant
Prince to chauffeur out-of-town hit-man Reynaldo Cortazar on his mission to
kill Hawkeye….
That
night, Hawkeye patrols the downtown, missing Luis purchasing something from a
shady dealer in the street. Clint does spot a van matching the description of
the one driven by the bad guys and jets down for a closer look. A bright light
shines in his face, blinding him, and his Sky-Cycle collides with an oncoming
car. Cortazar emerges, firing a huge gun at Hawkeye. The archer responds with
an explosive arrow which destroys the gun and knocks Cortazar down. Hawkeye
turns him over to see if he is all right only for the bad guy to point a gun at
Hawkeye’s face from point blank range. Then Cortazar is shot in the head and
Hawkeye looks up to see a mysterious figure on a rooftop flee into the night….
“The
Xenophobic Man Part One: Rocks & Hard Places” 4/5
Writer:
Fabian Nicieza. Pencils: Dan Lawlis. Inks: Keith Williams. Colors: Brad Vancata.
Letters: Janice Chiang.
Synopsis:
A group of Mexicans quietly crosses the Southern border in the dead of night,
only to be ambushed by a gunman who opens fire on them killing most. But U.S. Agent
is there and he manages to rescue three little kids; he tries to pursue
the villain but decides the kids come first….
The
gunman heads home, wondering who that was. It wasn’t Captain America because he
thinks Cap would be on his side, trying to keep illegal aliens out of the
country. He undresses and dons a uniform with a badge….
U.S.
Agent has been sent to stop the madman who is killing illegal aliens as they
cross the border and he is arguing with Captain Hitchuck of the Border Patrol,
whose job it is to stop the border crossings but he is severely understaffed. He
insists U.S. Agent doesn’t understand the situation and the higher ups don’t
really want the problem solved as the killer has slowed the rate of influx more
than the Border Patrol has. A nurse at the hospital slips Walker the name of
someone who can help. He goes to a church late at night to find the sanctuary
movement only to be surrounded by men with guns, led by a priest….