The story open with a pair of hitmen
drawing a bead on Captain America and firing—at the Cap statue in
Central Park. As he is out jogging with his pal Dennis “D-Man”
Dunphy, Steve Rogers gets the call about the incident. As he heads
back to Avengers' Mansion, a vigilante calling himself Blistik the
Urban Avenger confronts a group of teens, telling them to turn down
their loud radios. When they mock him, Blistik lays into them with
his electrified staff, destroying the radios and not doing the kids
any good either. He leaves them with a warning—and “Have a nice
day.”
Back at the Mansion, Marilla, Inhuman
nanny to little Luna Maximoff, trips over a runaway gizmo belonging
to Fabian Stankowicz. When the hapless Fabian comes looking for his
missing toy, Marilla throws a fit, telling Fabian that either he goes or
she does....
Investigating the shooting of the
statue, Captain America is fired on by the gunmen from a van. He
pursues on foot until he gets tired then hails a cab. By jet boots
(or something), Blistik appears alongside the villains' van, scolding
them for reckless driving. The baddie draws a gun so the vigilante
blasts the driver, causing an accident on a busy street. Cap
recognizes the hit men as minions of Dr Faustus and goes to their
aid. Zach Moonhunter picks him up in a sky-cycle and they search for
Blistik but he is nowhere to be found...
At the Mansion, Fabian is in despair
over having lost his job with the Avengers and so writes a farewell
letter to Cap....
Cap returns to the Mansion after his
fruitless search; he is met by Black Widow who complains to him about
Fabian. Cap promises to talk to him and goes to bed. He is awakened
by a message from Wakanda that Rachel (Diamondback) has come out of
her coma. Unable to get back to sleep he goes to check on Fabian and
finds his note—but is it goodbye or a suicide note? Taking the
jet-cycle to Brooklyn, Cap spies Fabian atop the Bridge with Blistik
encouraging him to jump. The vigilante is concerned that Fabian's
activities will cause traffic problems soon; Cap comes to his pal's
rescue, enraging Blistik who takes Cap's actions as rude. He blasts
the sky-cycle and Cap plummets, catching on to a cable and climbing
back slowly and painfully. The hero hurls his shield, breaking
Blistik's staff and knocking the guy into the river. Cap has a talk
with Fabian, assuring him he does not desert his teammates and the
two make plans to relocate their headquarters to Brooklyn Heights....