A newly-built US defense plant is
destroyed by the Invaders—Captain America, the Sub-Mariner, the
Human Torch and Toro—while proclaiming their allegiance to the
Third Reich! That night, the Red Skull interrupts the regular radio
programming to boast about how America's greatest heroes now serve
him in the goal of destroying the United States. In the White House,
President Roosevelt asks FBI Agent Bill Stuart how this all happened;
Stuart fills him in...
...a few days earlier the Invaders were
summoned to Washington to participate in a new bond drive. Cap,
Namor, and Torch agreed while Bucky and Toro were reading the latest
comic books and drew the adults into a debate over the usefulness of
the lesser-known heroes of the day, a debate that is highly offensive
to the bond parade's sponsor Bettman P. Lyles. The parade proceeds
the next day, with the heroes riding on a huge float, when they are
attacked by Nazi agents. Cap and company easily defeat the armed
goons but the sky opens up and the face of the Red Skull appears in a
circle in the sky, demanding the Invaders come over to his side.
Torch and Toro fly into the funnel and do not return; the arrogant
Namor flies at the opening and likewise vanishes. Cap hurls his
shield but the portal sucks him in too. Bucky challenges the Red
Skull who mocks him as not being worth the trouble which sends the
proud boy hero into shock...
...recovering, Bucky bursts into the
Oval Office with an idea as to how the other Invaders might be
rescued—but FBI man Stuart rebuffs him as only a kid and the
President concurs. Disappointed and humiliated, Bucky leaves....
Story continues in MARVEL PREMIERE #29.