Electro is in a bar in Battleworld's
Killville, regaling his cronies with tales of his exploits when a
huge figure enters, slaughters the pals and carries off Electro. The
baddie is deposited on an airship where he sees that others are
prisoners too: Magneto, Moonstone, Jack O'Lantern, Lady Deathstrike,
and the Winter Soldier. Their captor reveals himself to be
Crossbones, on a mission from Doom himself. The Red Skull had raised
a rebellion against Doom and was exiled across the Shield into the
wilderness occupied by zombies. But rumors report that the Skull is
alive and he is the rallying point for other rebels. Crossbones has
been tasked with creating a team of losers to go into the wilderness
and return with some proof that the Red Skull is dead and they gain
their freedom. They have each been fitted with collars that dampen
their super-powers to keep them in line (all but the Winter Soldier,
who volunteered for the mission).
Crossbones takes them through a gate in
the Shield, killing the dinosaur that served as a guard, and sends
them on their mission. Within minutes they are surrounded and
attacked by the zombies who kill all of them but Magneto. Magneto, it
turns out, is rescued...by the Red Skull....