The Invaders (Captain America,
Bucky Barnes, Sub-Mariner, Human Torch, Toro) arrive at the hospital with
the critically wounded Jacqueline Falsworth and her father
Lord Falsworth, who are rushed into surgery. Torch is frantic about
Jacqueline's chances and Cap realizes Torch is in love with her.
There is a problem: Jacqueline's blood type keeps changing; Torch
offers his own blood for a full transfusion. Suddenly the lights go
out; Torch fires up one hand to serve as a lantern for the surgeons
while Namor uses his strength to restart the generator. Jacqueline
comes through the operation successfully and calls for Cap—leading
Torch to bitter feelings....
After surgery, the head doctor takes
Cap and Bucky to confront Professor Jonathan Gold whose experiments
burned out the generator. Gold and his hot-headed assistant Norris
are working on a “human rocket,” a blue, bullet-shaped armor suit
that can be worn into battle. Then someone gets a secret message from
their Nazi contacts....
The Invaders learn from the doctors
that Lord Falsworth will survive but he will never walk again. The
Blue Bullet suddenly appears, attacking the heroes and they try to
subdue the enemy without destroying the rocket suit, crucial to the
Allies' defense. It shakes off Namor and Cap then crashes through the
wall into the recovery room; Jacqueline, moving with superhuman
speed, snatches up the unconscious Torch and carries him to safety.
The Blue Bullet follows her and Namor, doing what he wanted to all
along, crashes into it head-first, wrecking the rocket. The Blue
Bullet is unmasked as, not Norris, but Professor Gold, who is placed
under arrest by the police but yells out that “everything that
happens from this moment forward is [their] responsibility”....
Jacqueline is delighted to now have
super-powers, super-speed with a flaming trail left behind, which are
presumed to be a side effect of the Torch's blood. She thanks Torch
for his blood but gushes over being able to join the Invaders with
Captain America, leading to the embittered Torch taking off into the
night....