Synopsis / Summary / Plot
The small Avengers team (Mockingbird, Tony Stark AI, Ant-Man (Scott Lang), Hercules, Quicksilver, Sam Wilson) flies to the Savage Land in search of he next fragment of the shattered Cosmic Cube, in hopes of reassembling the Cube and returning the Hydra-controlled USA to normal. Their ship is attacked by pterodactyls and forced to land; as the Savage Land has a weird effect on electronics, the Tony Stark AI must stay behind in the ship. The party is immediately attacked by Sauron, who assumes they are working with his enemies. They overpower him and learn what has been going on: powered by the Cosmic Cube shard, three of his mutates—Lupa, Vertigo, and Whiteout—turned on him and seized control of his empire. Sauron now offer to help the Avengers recover the shard if they will help him recover his kingdom. After discussion they reluctantly agree....
On the way they come to a village loyal to the New Stewards and Sauron tries to burn the place to the ground; two dinosaur-riding warriors of the new Stewards arrive and try to place Sauron under arrest. A battle ensues and surprisingly the Avengers win. They discover a secret underground route to the Citadel and soon arrive in the Stewards' throne room. They offer to trade Sauron for the missing shard but the Stewards refuse as it is what increased their powers to be able to defeat Sauron in the first place. That leads to battle with the Stewards—Lupa who controls wolves, Whiteout who can blind with a touch, and Vertigo who can induce severe dizziness. In the fight, the shard goes spinning crazily from person to person, ending up in the hands of Quicksilver who races it five miles away before anyone knows he has it. The Stewards become more amicable, seeing as they have lost and Sauron is locked in the dungeon. The Avengers team decides to heal from their wounds before searching for further fragments of the Cosmic Cube....