Story continued from
CAPTAIN AMERICA #230.
In the secret base beneath Alcatraz Island, the forces of the
Corporation stand triumphant over their defeated foes:
Hulk,
Captain America,
Marvel Man, and the
Falcon.
Kligger tries to negotiate a trade for
Jim Wilson but Cap, who has woken up, is plotting his next action.
Moonstone notices his movements and fires a laser blast that knocks him into the water—and he does not surface. A shocked Jim Wilson kicks Kligger in the shin and the villain responds with a slap to the face—which sends the Hulk into a rage. The Green Giant backhands Moonstone across the room and engages with the
Animus. As the waters swirl about Falcon’s head, Cap, who planned to be knocked into the water so he could effect a rescue, breaks his partner’s chains and carries him to safety inside a maintenance alcove. Animus uses her telepathic abilities to cause the floor to surge up and enclose the Hulk. But Cap and the Falcon arrive, just as Marvel Man awakens, and the Hulk crashes his way out of the makeshift prison. Moonstone, sizing up the overwhelming opposition, blasts a hole in the wall and flees. Hulk, driven to severe annoyance by Animus, seizes her crystalline club and smashes it to bits. The destruction of the Animus’ power source causes a massive energy feedback which changes the monster back into the Vamp—and fries her brain. Kligger, unwilling to be taken alive, appeals to
Curtiss Jackson for help, and his partner in crime triggers a barrage of gunfire that kills Kligger and pins down the heroes. Hulk starts to smash his way into Jackson’s protective cubicle but the villain absconds in a capsule dropping though a pneumatic tube. Hulk follows. As the heroes bind Jackson’s henchmen and Jim delights in the discovery that the Falcon is his uncle, Cap is grim. He has seen another American government official warped by a lust for power into betraying his country and it depresses him. Cap then leads the heroes to safety.