“You're a teacher, a lawyer, a kid on spring break, a bodyguard, and whatever Logan is. And Captain America.”
Appearing in "Book Two"
Featured Characters:
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Main story and flashback)
- Colonel Nick Fury (Main story and flashback)
- Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (Only in flashback)
- Luke Cage (Main story and flashback)
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Only in flashback)
- Daisy Johnson (First appearance) (Unnamed) (Only in flashback)
- Wolverine (Logan) (Only in flashback)
- Black Widow (Natasha Romanov) (Only in flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Mary Jane Watson-Parker (Only in flashback)
- Jessica Jones
- Danny Rand
Antagonists:
- Unnamed terrorists (Only in flashback)
Other Characters:
- Unnamed ambassador (Only in flashback)
- NYPD (Only in flashback) (Only in flashback)
- Unnamed employees at Nelson and Murdock (Only in flashback)
- Unnamed local criminals (Only in flashback)
- Unnamed flight crew members (Only in flashback)
- Several unnamed Latverians (Only in flashback)
- Unnamed Latverian ambassador (Only in flashback)
- Jack O'Lantern ("Jason Macendale Jr.") (As a hologram)
- Killer Shrike (Simon Maddicks) (As a hologram)
- Grizzly (Max Markham) (As a hologram)
- Avengers (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- S.H.I.E.L.D. (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Foggy Nelson (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Sandman (Flint Marko) (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Hobgoblin (Roderick Kingsley) (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Aunt May (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Mutants (Main story and flashback)
- Human-Inhuman Hybrids (Only in flashback)
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- North America (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- Manhattan (Main story and flashback)
- Midtown (Only in flashback)
- Turtle Bay (Only in flashback)
- United Nations Headquarters (Only in flashback)
- Hell's Kitchen (Only in flashback)
- Nelson and Murdock Law Office (Only in flashback)
- Turtle Bay (Only in flashback)
- Harlem (Main story and flashback)
- East Harlem
- Inbetween Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue
- East Harlem
- Peter Parker's Apartment (Only in flashback)
- Midtown (Only in flashback)
- Queens (Only in flashback)
- Jamaica (Only in flashback)
- John F. Kennedy International Airport (Only in flashback)
- Jamaica (Only in flashback)
- Manhattan (Main story and flashback)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Europe (Only in flashback)
- Latveria (Only in flashback)
- Doomstadt (Only in flashback)
- Near Castle Doom (Only in flashback)
- Doomstadt (Only in flashback)
- Latveria (Only in flashback)
- North America (Main story and flashback)
Items:
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield (Main story and flashback)
- Daredevil's Suit and Billy Club (Only in flashback)
- Spider-Man's Suit and Web-Shooters (Only in flashback)
- Black Widow's Gauntlets (Only in flashback)
- Grizzly's Exo-Skeleton (As a hologram)
Vehicles:
- Flight 456 to Latveria
Events
- World War II (Referenced)
Synopsis for "Book Two"
"One year ago," Captain America stopped a group of terrorists from kidnapping their nation's ambassador in front of the United Nations Headquarters. Later, he was approached by Nick Fury, who needs a team to carry out "something secret."
In Hell's Kitchen, Daredevil stopped a group of "drug-addled teenagers" from stealing a woman's purse, then left the scene when the police arrived before heading to his law office where he found Nick Fury waiting to meet with him.
In Harlem, Luke Cage intimidated a drug dealer and ordered him never to sell in Harlem again before releasing the kid, after which Cage was approached by Nick Fury.
Elsewhere in New York City, Spider-Man headed home for "a night to remember" with his wife, but arrived to find Nick Fury in his apartment. Fury requested that Parker accompany him on a trip the following week with "no costume, no webs."
The following week, Parker rushed to board "Flight 456 to Latveria," and discovers Matt Murdock, Luke Cage, and Steve Rogers already on the plane. Murdock admitted to him that he also knew nothing of their mission, and Parker saw Wolverine stumble drunkenly out of the bathroom and recognized Parker's scent. Wolverine made lewd comments to the flight attendant until Rogers threatened to remove Howlett from the plane unless he did "what the lady says." None of them seemed to notice the dark-haired girl among them.
In Latveria, Rogers is greeted at the airport by the Latverian attaché of domestic affairs, and Murdock is approached by Natasha Romanov, who escorts the team out of the airport along with the dark-haired girl, who claims to be "with the group."
At a safehouse, Natasha confirmed that the building is clean of listening devices and opened the door for a large woman who is revealed to be Nick Fury in disguise. Fury explained that S.H.I.E.L.D. had built a case proving that the Latverian government was funding tech-themed criminals in the United States, and briefed the team on its mission: to overthrow the Latverian government.
"Today," Fury visits Metro Hospital where he finds Jessica Jones and Danny Rand sitting with a comatose Luke Cage. Moments later, Steve Rogers arrives, attacking Fury as he insists that he warned Fury that something like this would happen.
Notes
- Pages 21-22 of this issue correspond to pages 10-11 of The Pulse #6.
- Wolverine states that he's "never met [Spider-Man] out of costume", but he first meets Peter Parker after tracking Spider-Man's scent in Spider-Man Versus Wolverine #1.