Prince Regent Phalkan of Seknarf
Seven and his Imperial Guard have invaded New York to avenge his defeat by the
Hulk (last issue), intending to conquer the human race for food. The heroes
(Hulk, Silk, Ms. Marvel, Shang-Chi, Jake Oh, Jimmy Woo) immediately start
fighting, backed by several police officers. Ordinary citizen Jeffrey
Gunderblank panics, calling for the Avengers, and Jimmy tries to calm him down
by pointing out the heroes on the ground. Hulk brings down the alien flagship
after telling them to clear Herald Square. Amadeus sees this as everyone
working together though Ms. Marvel refers to it as “everyone madly scrambling
to cover for [Hulk’s] ill-advised, unilateral decisions.” Then the lighted
spears planted around the square light up—and then a section of the streets is
gone along with everyone in that area…
…and the section reappears in space
near Seknarf Seven. Phalkan announces they are now a food colony and warns them
that if they resist, their oxygen supply will be cut off. Pahlkan adds that
they will return in six hours and expect three humans to be handed over for
tonight’s feast. Jimmy Woo dubs the group the Protectors and vows to protect
the earth people as do the police. Everyone works together to make a shelter,
find food and water and Hulk recruits those with mechanical know-how to figure
out how the lighted spears work to create gravity and atmosphere. Another
colony floats into view and Seknarfians are seen rounding up those inhabitants
for food; he tries to leap over there and hits a force field which not only
knocks him back it depowers him. The Agents’ guns are also unusable. Shang-Chi,
Silk, and Ms. Marvel still have their powers and so they will lead the charge,
with the citizens ready to join the fight….