Dr. Nightshade has injected Captain
America with her serum and he transforms into a werewolf but one with
super-strength due to a new formula she is using. Capwolf breaks
loose from his bonds and flees into the street where he terrorizes
the citizens and vanishes into the woods....
In Central Park, Bernie Rosenthal has
accompanied Jarvis and his charge, the semi-catatonic Dennis “D-Man”
Dunphy on a walk. When Jarvis has to head back to the mansion, Bernie
volunteers to stay with Dennis. Bernie's purse is snatched and she
takes off in pursuit of the thief who gets away. When she returns
Dennis is nowhere in sight....
In Starkesboro, Dr Druid investigates a
church which has been outfitted as a druidic shrine. There he is
confronted by Dredmund and a battle of minds results. Suspecting that
the reconstituted Moonstone is the source of the villain's powers,
Dr. Druid is distracted for a split second which is all Dredmund
needs to overpower him mentally....
In the woods, Capwolf is surrounded by
a band of werewolves hunting him; the Star-Spangled Wolfman escapes
from them and also defeats both Wolverine and Moonhunter. Returning
to the town, Capwolf is lured into captivity by Nightshade's
pheromones....
2. “Cross Country” 2/5
Writer: Mark Gruenwald.
Pencils: Larry Alexander. Inks: Ariane Lenshoek. Colors: Ariane
Lenshoek.
Synopsis: Security Chief Michael
O'Brien catches Diamondback breaking into the medlab at Avengers HQ;
she spins a yarn claiming that the bags of Captain America's
Super-Soldier blood will be used as bait to catch a villain. Michael
gives her the benefit of the doubt, signs her out, and she rejoins
Crossbones. They drive cross-country to the Red Skull's Rocky
Mountain lair where the baddie is going to use Diamond and the blood
samples to buy his way back into the Skull's good graces. As they
scale the mountain to the remote entrance they are challenged by
Cutthroat, Jack O'Lantern, and Blackwing....