Continued from SILVER SABLE & THE
WILD PACK #15
The Red Skull muses on his failed
alliance with Viper; he thought she was evil enough but she turns out
to love chaos for the sake of chaos and the Skull has actual goals.
So the Skull has secretly hired Silver Sable to capture Viper—and
to make added sure she is stopped he has also tipped off Captain
America....
Now Cap is having to prevent Silver
from killing Viper, while informing her that her mystery client is
the Red Skull, which does not sit well with the former Nazi-hunter.
Viper will not reveal why the Red Skull wants her out of the way so
they follow the Skull's instructions to deposit Viper on a mesa in
the American Southwest and retreat 50 miles away—but Cap and Viper
have planted bugs on the villainess so they can learn about her
sinister scheme. Soon, Iron Monger arrives on the mesa and verifies
her identity. Red Skull, via a viewscreen, questions Viper about her
plot. She refuses to reveal her plan so the Skull has Iron Monger
break one of her legs. Under duress she tells of her scheme to
broadcast a signal that would blind every television viewer in the
United States—but she won't disclose the location of the broadcast
device. Before Iron Monger can break her other leg, her back-up team,
the Fangs—Bludgeon, Heat-Ray, Razorblade, and Slither—come to her
rescue. They blast Iron Monger and carry their boss off to her secret
broadcasting station. Cap and Viper pursue along with Battle Star so
Viper sends out the Fangs to stall them until her broadcast goes out.
Cap uses his shield to ricochet Bludgeon's gun blast to take out
Heat-Ray. Slither enfolds Silver in his coils and she uses her chais
to staple him to the ground. Cap and Battle Star team up to toss the
prickly Razorblade onto the shirtless Bludgeon (owie!). Cap scoops up
Bludgeon's huge gun and destroys the broadcast tower. As Viper exults
in her victory, the lights suddenly go out on her....