On June 22, 1942, a
Nazi U-boat near New York fires a torpedo at a freighter and the Invaders—
Captain America, Sub-Mariner, Human Torch—fly into action (Cap’s in an Atlantean airship).
Namor seizes the torpedo and turns it around so that it strikes the U-boat, forcing
it to surface. Torch burns the big gun aboard. They think their mission over
when suddenly the Battle-Axis appears, a team of American-born Nazi superheroes:
Strongman (strength), Human Meteor (speed), Spider Queen (web-shooters), Volton
(electric powers), and Dr. Death (tranquilizer darts). The two teams fight and
the Invaders lose, Namor is beaten down by Strongman, Torch shocked senseless by
Volton, and Cap tied up by Spider Queen and shot with a hypnodart by Dr. Death.
Cap’s unmanned ship circles back and hits the U-boat, knocking the three unconscious
heroes into the ocean. The bad guys take off, having achieved their goal of
protecting the U-boat. The water revives Namor and he rescues his two
compatriots. The three reach land and head to the headquarters of the Liberty
Legion where they are at first attacked by the Thin Man who mistakes them for
enemy agents until he gets a good look at them. Thin Man tells them that most
of the other Legionnaires are in Miami; he also recognizes the names of the bad
guys and shows the Invaders his files on these American heroes who had dropped
out of sight. The Invaders vow to stop them….
In a Manhattan park,
Bob “Whizzer” Frank and Madeline “Miss America” Joyce are on a date when they
spot a U-boat on the East River; changing into their hero identities, they
pursue the ship and encounter the Battle-Axis. Whizzer is knocked out by Human
Meteor and Miss America overpowered by Spider Queen—but Miss A recovers quickly
and flies off, hoping to get help for her partner. Volton and Human Meteor
pursue her, quickly overtaking her; she grabs the two guys and slams them into
each other and they create an explosion. Thinking she was killed in the blast,
they head back to the others as Miss America hides among the spires of St.
Patrick’s Cathedral….