These people -- Hydra -- executed our friends. They murdered an entire city. They've locked up millions, are chasing after millions more. Innocents. Who wants to speak for those people? Who's going to be their justice? Who wants to be their Avengers?! 
Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
- ⏴ Captain America (Sam Wilson) ⏵ (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- The Underground (Main story and flashback)
- ⏴ Iron Man (Tony Stark A.I.) ⏵ (Main story and flashback) (Revealed to be alive)
- ⏴ Tigra (Greer Nelson) ⏵ (Only in flashback)
- Patriot (Shaun Lucas) ⏵ (Only in flashback)
- ⏴ Mockingbird (Bobbi Morse) ⏵ (Main story and flashback)
- ⏴ Hawkeye (Clint Barton) ⏵ (Only in flashback)
- ⏴ Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) ⏵ (Only in flashback)
- ⏴ The Thing (Ben Grimm) ⏵ (Only in flashback)
- ⏴ Giant-Man (Raz Malhotra) ⏵ (Main story and flashback)
- Hercules (Only in flashback)
- Misty Knight (Mercedes Knight) ⏵ (Only in flashback)
- ⏴ Wonder Man (Simon Williams) ⏵ (Only in flashback)
- Shang-Chi (Only in flashback)
- Iso (Xiaoyi Chen) (Joins) (Only in flashback)
- Naja (Joins) (Only in flashback)
- Barf (Brian McAllister) (First appearance as Barf) (Joins) (Only in flashback)
- Numerous unnamed New Attilan Inhuman Holding Center inmates (Join) (Only in flashback)
Antagonists:
- Hydra (Main story and flashback)
- Hydra Command (Only in flashback)
- ⏴ Captain America (Steve Rogers) ⏵ (Only in flashback)
- High Council (Only in flashback)
- Hive (Only in flashback)
- Kraken (Only in flashback)
- Viper (Ophelia Sarkissian) (Only in flashback)
- Gorgon (Tomi Shishido) (Only in flashback)
- Doctor Faustus (Johann Fenhoff) (Only in flashback)
- Baron Zemo (Helmut Zemo) ⏵ (Only in flashback)
- Dreadnoughts (Only in flashback)
- Zenzi (Only in flashback)
- Numerous unnamed agents (Behind the scenes in main story and appear in flashback)
- Hydra Command (Only in flashback)
Other Characters:
- Magik (Illyana Rasputin) (Only in flashback)
- Archangel (Warren Worthington III) (Only in flashback)
- Psylocke (Betsy Braddock) (Only in flashback)
- Rictor (Julio Richter) (Only in flashback)
- King Xorn (Only in flashback) (Controlled by Emma Frost)
- Havok (Alex Summers) (Only in flashback)
- Beast (Hank McCoy) (Only in flashback)
- Sebastian Shaw (Only in flashback)
- White Queen (Emma Frost) (Only in flashback)
- Wakandan Army (Only in flashback)
- Black Panther (King T'Challa) ⏵ (Only in flashback)
- Taifa Ngao (Only in flashback)
- Jim Rhodes (Mentioned) (Deceased) (Only in flashback)
- Galactus (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Avengers (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Ulysses (Mentioned)
- Spider-Man (Miles Morales) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Lisa Blaine (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Patrick Blaine (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- The Devil (Invoked)
- King Namor (Namor McKenzie) ⏵ (Main story and recap)
- ⏴ Winter Soldier (Bucky Barnes) ⏵ (Revealed to be alive) (Main story and flashback)
- Atlantean Army (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Mutants (Only in flashback)
- Robots (Only in flashback)
- Skrulls (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Human-Olympian Hybrids (Only in flashback)
- Human-Inhuman Hybrids (Only in flashback)
- Inhumans (Only in flashback)
- Atlantean-Human Hybrids (Main story and recap)
- Atlanteans (Only in flashback)
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Hydra Nation (Main story and flashback)
- Arizona (Main story and flashback)
- Painted Desert (Main story and flashback)
- Washington, D.C. (Main story and flashback)
- White House (Main story and flashback)
- National Mall (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Capitol Building (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- L'Enfant Plaza (Only in recap)
- California (Only in flashback)
- Mutants' Sovereign Republic of New Tian (Only in flashback)
- San Francisco (Only in flashback)
- Transamerica Pyramid (Only in flashback)
- San Francisco Bay (Only in flashback)
- San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge (Only in flashback)
- Utopia (Only in flashback)
- Xorn's Throne Room (Only in flashback)
- San Francisco (Only in flashback)
- Mutants' Sovereign Republic of New Tian (Only in flashback)
- The Mount, Nevada (Mentioned) (Destroyed) (Main story and flashback)
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Mentioned) (Destroyed) (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Only in flashback)
- New York City (Only in flashback)
- Upper New York Bay (Only in flashback)
- New Attilan Inhuman Holding Center (Only in flashback)
- Manhattan (Mentioned as isolated via Darkforce Dimension)
- Upper New York Bay (Only in flashback)
- New York City (Only in flashback)
- Arizona (Main story and flashback)
- Wakanda (Only in flashback)
- Golden City (Only in flashback)
- Royal Palace (Only in flashback)
- Golden City (Only in flashback)
- Earth Orbit (Mentioned)
- Atlantic Ocean (Main story and flashback)
- Hydra Nation (Main story and flashback)
- Hell (Invoked)
Items:
- Iron Man Armor Model 4 (Main story and flashback)
- Soulsword (Only in flashback)
- Shurayuki (Only in flashback)
- Xorn's Helmet (Only in flashback)
- Kraken Armor (Only in flashback)
- Panther Habit (Only in flashback)
- Captains America's Uniforms (Main story and flashback)
- Steve Rogers' Uniform (Only in flashback)
- Sam Wilson's Uniform and Wings (Main story and flashback)
- Cosmic Cube (Wreckage, ruins, debris, fragments) (Main story and flashback)
- Captains America's Shields (Main story and flashback)
- Sam Wilson's Shield (Main story and flashback)
- Steve Rogers' Shield
- Patriot's Uniform (Only in flashback)
- Hawkeye's Bow and Trick Arrows (Only in flashback)
- Giant-Man's Suit (Main story and flashback)
- Mockingbird's Battle Staves (Only in flashback)
- Spider-Man's Suit (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Giant-Man's Time Capsule (Mentioned)
- Planetary Defense Shield (Mentioned)
- Winter Soldier's Bionic Arm (Main story and flashback)
Vehicles:
- Hydra Helicarriers (Main story and flashback)
- Quinjets (Only in flashback)
Events:
- Civil War (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Civil War II (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Secret Invasion (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for 1st story
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
SECRET EMPIRE TIE-IN!
• TWO HEROES, ONE MANTLE, ZERO QUARTER!
