In the wake of Hydra's destruction of
Las Vegas in retaliation for the Underground's resistance, Black Widow sees the devastation they caused and decides that
Captain America has to die....
In New York, trapped in the Darkforce Dimension, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, and Iron Fist fight their way through hordes of monsters to find needed medical supplies.
Meanwhile, Dagger is the sole source of light for the city and she is
losing strength and energy the longer this goes on. A pair of hoods
trying to hijack a church's medical delivery are confronted by the
Kingpin and his gang who kill the thugs and Kingpin places the church
under his protection, asking to be remembered for this....
At the resistance HQ, Black Widow
gathers the Avengers and asks for volunteers to join her mission to
kill Captain America. The Tony Stark AI plays the message sent them
by the late Rick Jones (last issue, SECEMP-1); in it Rick explains how Captain
America was able to turn bad, describing the use of Kobik by the Red
Skull and all the other stuff we've seen. Rick also reveals that
Kobik was destroyed and the fragments scattered. Hawkeye and Tony AI
want to try to regather the fragments and use the reformed Cosmic
Cube to fix everything. Natasha is skeptical and insists on killing
Cap....
Elsewhere, Cap is having second thoughts
about the destruction of Las Vegas, and dispatches Baron Zemo on a
mission to regather the scattered fragments of the Cosmic Cube....
In the desert, Black Widow kisses
Hawkeye goodbye and sets out on her mission to assassinate Cap.
Hawkeye then joins Tony AI and their team—Hercules, Ant-Man,
Mockingbird, and Quicksilver—on their search for the
fragments....
In Colorado, Black Widow is intercepted by
Spider-Man (Miles Morales) who reminds her of Ulysses' prophecy that
he (Miles) would kill Captain America (in CIVIL WAR 2) and Ironheart,
Hulk (Amadeus Cho), Wasp (Nadia Pym), Falcon (J. Torres), and Viv Vision also
join the team....
In Montana, Hawkeye's team meets up
with a contact who can get them into Canada: former Captain America
Sam Wilson...
In an undisclosed location, a woman is
pursued and beaten by a quartet of snake-costumed thugs. A mystery
man appears out of the darkness and easily beats the bad guys. When
the woman asks her rescuer who he is, the reply comes: “My name is
Steve Rogers. I'm just trying to get home.”
Also in this story: Claire Temple, Viv Vision, Giant-Man (Raz Malhotra).
RobFJ with tie-ins related to this issue:-
Champions #11
A modified version of the team including the new Patriot help survivors of the attack on Las Vegas.
Captain America: Sam Wilson #22
Shows Sam setting up an underground with Misty Knight and D-Man to smuggle fugitive Inhumans to Canada. He also helps Scott Lang get daughter Cassie to safety. Which all leads up to Scott bringing his Avengers group to him in this issue.
SE: Brave New World #4 (Misty Knight story)
Misty finds refuge for hunted Inhumans with various under-the-radar communities. Probably before Sam Wilson left with AI Tony Stark's group in SE#3.
Captain America: Steve Rogers #17
Cap gives a TV interview to Sally Floyd after the attack on Las Vegas last issue justifying Hydra's takeover.
Dr Strange #21
After 2 weeks trapped in New York depowered Dr Strange tries to dispel the Darkforce Dome while Daredevil, Spider-Woman and Ben Urich break into his Sanctum to confront Baron Mordo, who captures DD and sets a demon on SW/BU/DS. Kingpin saves them (after his other 'altruistic' deeds in SE#2).
Dr Strange #22
Mordo is working for Hydra. DrS, Ben Urich and Spider-Woman ally with Kingpin who leads them to a horde of black magic items guarded by his (not so) tame witch.
Dr Strange #23
An evil item gets Kingpin possessed by a smoke demon, but Ben Urich in the Light Knight's armour can keep that in check as an ally. Spider-Woman gets to fly the spirit of Phantom Eagle's biplane. They head off to confront Baron Mordo who has added Luke Cage and Iron Fist to the captive Daredevil and imprisoned Cloak in a book.
Dr Strange #24
DrS and his allies defeat Baron Mordo, but he still has to figure out how to take the Darkforce Dome down. (I don't know what happens to KP's demon but he doesn't seem to have it later in the Event.)
Mighty Captain Marvel #6
CM sends the GotG on their mission for help (before SE#3) and her team repair the Alpha Flight Station in time for the next Chitauri assault.
SE: Brave New World #3 (Starbrand story)
Starbrand wonders how he can protect Earth while being trapped outside it.
SE: United #1
Arnim Zola and Dr Faustus secretly foment trouble between Hydra and the mutants in New Tian (California) leading to the capture of Sunfire, but X-Men rescue him. Steve Rogers sorts it out with Emma Frost, the secret power behind the throne of King Xian. But he doesn't know she has 1 of the Kobik Cosmic Cube fragments (stolen from Shang-Chi in a fb in SE#5). The previously page says only that this is after the bombing of Las Vegas in #1.
Avengers #10
Hydra's Avengers including Deadpool go on a mission to protect the Planetary Shield.