The whole country’s talking about the new Captain America, former Falcon Sam Wilson. Cap is winging his way over the city, keeping an eye on the streets but something is wrong. This Cap has been distorted by the events of Axis; he stops a robbery by hurling his shield to cause the fleeing crooks to crash into a wall. Indifferent to the pain and damage he’s caused, he flies on, sneering at the concept of human rights….
At the Mighty Avengers headquarters in the old Gem Theater, Spider-Man walks in—and Luke Cage orders him out. Spidey stammers through an apology/explanation of his being replaced by the Superior Spider-Man but Cage already knows about that and still blames Spidey for Doc Ock’s threatening his child (MA 2013 series #5) and wants him out….
Jason Quantrell, CEO of Cortex Incorporated, is presiding over a board meeting when it is rudely interrupted by the Plunderer and his gang of land-pirates crashing through the windows. The villain demands all of their money…so he can give it to the starving orphans. This surprises his crew but after a few moments of thought they come around to his plan. Suddenly Cap enters and beats them all mercilessly and takes off. During the fight, Quantrell was taking a call from Luke Cage, hoping to do some kind of deal….
Sam Cap heads to Avengers Tower where he meets with the hologram of Tony Stark to work on their joint project: destroying the Mighty Avengers….