Aboard the S.S. Superia, Captain
America and Paladin face a concentrated attack by fifty female
costumed villains. The battle is totally chaotic (and it occupies
most of the issue). Paladin’s clothes are shredded by Gypsy Moth,
he is stung by Yellowjacket (the female one), and his mind is blasted
by Mindblast. Cap is trapped in a force field by Ion and assaulted
with axes by Battleaxe, etc. Eventually Paladin is subdued and Cap
surrenders when the women threaten to tear Paladin apart….
Black Mamba and Asp tell Diamondback
that Cap is aboard the ship; they plan a rescue but Diamond is
terrified when she sees her assailant Snapdragon and retreats to her
cabin….
Cap and Paladin are interrogated by Dr.
Nightshade, using the various techniques possessed by some of the
woman villains, though they don’t get much information. She decides
to keep them for now. As the ship arrives at the island called
Femizonia, Nightshade contacts her master with the news of their
captives. Superia gloats and orders them taken to the lab—where
they will by changed into women….
2. “Sneak Attack” 3/5
Writer: Mark Gruenwald. Pencils: Larry
Alexander. Inks: Dan Panosian. Colors: Dan Slott.
Synopsis: At the secret base where
German authorities are holding the Red Skull, the Sleeper crashes
through the ceiling and takes out the guards with eye blasts. Then
the rest of the Skeleton Crew enters—Crossbones, Mother Night, and
Machinesmith—on their mission to rescue their leader. But it turns
out to be a trap as Hauptmann Deutschland and Blitzkrieger burst in
and give battle. At first the Crew can hold them off but quickly the
villains find themselves outmatched by the heroes. The Crew goes down
one by one, unable to understand what is happening. As it turns out
there was a third hero on the scene—the invisible Zeitgeist, third
member of the Schutz-Heiliggruppe—and now all the villains are in
custody….
Characters: Blitzkrieger, Crossbones,
Hauptmann Deutschland, Machinesmith, Mother Night, Skeleton Crew,
Zeitgeist