Thunderball tries to rob a bank, hoping he is not caught by a
superhero as they are out of his league. Too bad, Spider-Man shows up….
On their day off, John Porter is moving to a new apartment
with Albert Cleary and Ray Lippert helping him get settled when they receive an
emergency call directing them to Washington Square Park. They arrive and are
met by foreman Lenny Ballinger—and no disaster. Momentarily though, Spidey and
Thunderball show up with their battle and the famous arch is damaged. Spidey
easily webs up the bad guys and takes off, leaving a riddle: the last several
calls to Damage Control have been similar: they are summoned before anything is
damaged with the supers showing up a few minutes later—so who is calling them?
Police Lt. Steve Sure thinks he knows why and accompanies them back to DC HQ…
…where Head of Marketing Henry Ackerdson unveils his idea
brilliant idea: a Damage Control movie. The reaction is mixed, especially after
Henry introduces the writer/director, A.J. Lociciero, an artsy type who can’t
tell a story. Lt Sure arrives with John, Albert, and Lippert, to confront boss
lady Robin Chapel with his theory, namely that Damage Control itself is causing
the disasters they are being paid to clean up after and once he can prove it,
he intends to arrest everybody. Intern Robbie “Speedball” Baldwin eavesdrops
and plans to be on hand if anything nasty goes down….
In space, a glowing green ball has learned to master its
newly-gained powers and so returns to Earth….
DC gets a call that something has happened at Yankee Stadium
so John and Robin head over accompanied by Lt. Sure and A.J.; they meet Lenny
and discover there is a ball game in progress—and that another fan is there:
the Hulk. And Hulk, a true baseball fan, is annoyed that they assume he will be
the one causing trouble. But then another wild card shows up: the New Warriors
(Firestar, Night Thrasher, Namorita, Nova), summoned by Speedball….