A man lost in the nighttime woods is
attacked and killed by a werewolf....moments later, Wolverine appears
on the trail of the monster....
Rescued from the Arctic (issue #400),
D-Man is still in shock from his ordeal. This leads Captain America
to want to search for two other missing friends, Diamondback and John
Jameson. Leaving the Avengers in the charge of Black Widow, Cap
decides to follow up on the report of the sighting of a werewolf in
northern Massachusetts. Knowing John Jameson was once the Man-Wolf,
Cap discovers that the crumbled remnants of the Moonstone which
caused his transformation is missing from Curt Connors' lab....
Elsewhere, Moonhunter, a silver-armored
man (with silver dreadlocks) is disciplining a dungeon full of
werewolves with a whip; he is summoned to take care of an
intruder....
Cap talks to J. Jonah Jameson about his
son; JJJ was not aware that John was working for Cap and does not know
where he is. Learning that Dr. Strange is unavailable, Cap visits his
second choice, former Avenger Dr Druid, who is happy to join Cap in
investigating the werewolf killing up north....
They take a Jet-Cycle to a forest area
where they are attacked by a female werewolf; in the nick of time
Moonhunter arrives on a sky-craft and lassos the wolf by the neck....
2. “The Pit and the Pitiful” 2.5/5
Writer: Mark
Gruenwald. Pencils: Larry Alexander. Inks: Ariane Lenshoek. Colors:
Ariane Lenshoek.
Synopsis: Crossbones forces the captive
Diamondback to fight him, practicing her moves over and over until
she gets it right. Diamond confesses that she has no more desire for
a life of danger, not since she was nearly killed by Snapdragon
(issues #388-389) but the baddie keeps forcing her to train. He
leaves her in the dark where she tries to retain a grip on her sanity
as Crossbones schemes to get his old job as Red Skull's henchman
back. Meanwhile, we see at the Skull's HQ, the new henchman,
Cutthroat, kisses an abused Mother Night....