Story #2Armies of the Night
Writer:
Mark Gruenwald. Penciler:
Rik Levins. Inker:
Fred Fredericks. Colorist:
Joe Rosas. Letterer:
Chris Eliopoulos.
Synopsis
The mind-controlled members of the Avengers support crew (
Edwin Jarvis,
Peggy Carter,
Fabian Stankowicz,
John Jameson,
Michael O’Brien) have gathered in the courtyard of the Avengers HQ at the behest of
Mother Night. Two workmen passing by spot them so Mother Night immediately hypnotizes them that she appears to be another worker and they don’t see the captives at all, walking on. She leads the captives to a Red Cross van where she is greeted by her brother
Minister Blood and her accomplice
Machinesmith. She fills her brother in on the scheme: disguised as a woman walking her dog, she approached each of the Crew and hypnotized them so she could plant a micro-transmitter, created by Machinesmith, into each of their ears. She then triggered traumatic hallucinations in them to make them susceptible to mind control. Each of the Crew is injected with sodium pentothal and Mother Night has them relive the traumas, only this time Mother Night is there to rescue them. They are then set free to return to Avengers HQ, with a subliminal command to plant listening devices around the building and this will be Mother Night’s birthday present to the
Red Skull….
Characters:
Plus: Fabian Stankowicz, John Jameson, Machinesmith, Michael O'Brien, Minister Blood, Mother Night.