The Thunderbolts have halted Damage Control’s program of
rebuilding New York City until all of the volunteers present can prove they are
registered under the Superhuman Registration Act; Lenny Ballinger stands up to
demands by Moonstone, Venom, and Penance but a threat of violence from Songbird
silences him. John Porter arrives and tries to sort things out but he gets more
threats from Radioactive Man and Moonstone plus Venom, drooling on him. Teenage
Bart Rozum steps forward to ask Penance to have his team back off. It’s because
Bart knows that Penance is Robbie Baldwin, the former Speedball, and good
friend/former intern, whom he had tried to talk into getting therapy for his
guilt over the Stamford Incident (see CIVIL WAR #1). And Robbie does it,
telling Damage Control that the Thunderbolts will be back in three days to
check IDs and work goes forward….
Several hours later after a long day of work, Monstro and
Visioneer see someone in a collapsed building and Monstro goes in to check and
the place falls in on him. Black Goliath shows up to help him out and the
“rescue” turns out to be a robot that they send to Gene Strausser’s lab….
The next morning John returns to the office to find Robin
Chapel has bene there all night; he has her rest and calls for what she needs,
a change of clothes and a shower….
Gene shows Ray Lippert his new Adamantium razor (designed for
She-Hulk). He is also studying the material Hulk’s ship was made of, dubbing it
“Hulkanium.” The robot found in the ruins turns out to be Hulk’s pilot, ARCH-E
5912 and it is a testy sort,
belittling Gene’s abilities. A call come through to Gene reporting that the
Chrysler Building has grown a bearded face and giant hands and is quite angry….