Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
- Hydra
- Baron Strucker (First appearance chronologically)
- Mark Smith (First appearance) (Joins team)
- Mark Basso (First appearance)
- Doctor List (First appearance chronologically)
- Brock Rumlow (Cameo)
- Numerous unnamed agents
Supporting Characters:
- S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Agent Nicholas Cooper (Only appearance; dies)[1]
- Agent Maria Hill (Mentioned)
- Unnamed agents
- Wanda Maximoff (First appearance chronologically) (Real name first revealed)
- Pietro Maximoff (First appearance chronologically) (Real name first revealed)
Other Characters:
- Avengers (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Thor (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff) (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Doctor Erik Selvig (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Cameo)
- Winter Soldier (Bucky Barnes) (Cameo)
- Sam Wilson (Cameo)
- World Security Council (Cameo)
- Councilman Yen (Cameo)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Asgardians (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
Locations:
- Earth-199999
- Earth
- United States of America
- New York (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- New York City (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Manhattan (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Stark Tower (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Manhattan (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- New York City (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- S.H.I.E.L.D. S.T.A.T.I.O.N. (First appearance)
- Hangar SFC-5
- Washington, D.C.
- New York (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Sokovia
- Novi Grad
- Baron Strucker's fortress
- Dr. List's lab
- United States of America
- Earth
Items:
- Iron Man Armor MK VII (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Loki's Sceptre
- Tesseract (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
- Chitauri Gun
- Black Widow's Gauntlets
- Captain America's Shield
Vehicles:
Synopsis for 1st story
At the S.H.I.E.L.D. S.T.A.T.I.O.N., Research & Development Technicians Mark Smith and Nicholas Cooper review footage of the Avengers fighting in the Battle of New York while conducting experiments on Loki's Sceptre, which was recovered after Black Widow used it to deactivate the Tesseract. Smith laments his transfer to R&D, blaming Commander Maria Hill for deeming him "unfit for assignment" and assuring Cooper that, given the opportunity, he intends to make Hill "regret ever calling [him] 'unfit'." A security guard overhears the conversation.
"Later that day," Smith works out in the S.T.A.T.I.O.N.'s gym as the security guard slips a note reading "Hangar SFC-5" into his bag. Smith heads to the hangar, where he encounters the guard and another man, Baron Strucker, who assures Smith that the two "share a like purpose." Strucker offers Smith the chance to work with him "in another side of the organization" on the condition that Smith demonstrate "where [his] true loyalties lie." Later, in the cafeteria, Cooper has a breakthrough regarding the connection between the Sceptre and the Tesseract, but he is shot and killed moments later by Smith, who thereby allies himself with Strucker.
"Later," Smith and Agent Mark Basso transport the Sceptre to a Hydra base in Sokovia, where they are greeted by Strucker at his fortress. They turn the Sceptre over to Doctor List, who takes the item to his laboratory where he uses the energy of the gem it contains to power a dozen Chitauri rifles also recovered from the Battle of New York. Hydra technicians test the weapons on inanimate targets, but Strucker orders List to proceed to testing on "living human subjects," suggesting that List choose from the Sokovian protesters outside the fortress.
Outside, List asks for volunteers from among the protesters, promising to grant them the ability to "stand up to [their] oppressors." "Later," in his laboratory, List considers the number of protesters who volunteered for his experiments, and considers the unique opportunity of testing the Sceptre's effects on the twin subjects Wanda and Pietro Maximoff. Outside, Basso assures Smith that human trials won't be a problem "once Project: Insight launches," at which point Hydra won't "be working underground" any longer.
Some time later, during the launch of Project: Insight and the ensuing Battle of the Triskelion, Captain America fights against the Winter Soldier, Sam Wilson fights Brock Rumlow, and Natalia Romanoff fights off Hydra agents prior to the crash of Helicarrier Charlie. After the destruction of S.H.I.E.L.D., List informs Strucker that Director Nick Fury "has released everything to the public," but Strucker dismisses the setback, calling S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra "two sides of a coin that's no longer currency."
Strucker marvels at what List has accomplished with the Sceptre, and muses that "it's not a world of spies anymore. Not even a world of heroes," but rather "the age of miracles. And there's nothing more horrifying," he assures the Doctor, "than a miracle."
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ First and only known appearance to date besides flashbacks
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- Wolfgang von Strucker (Earth-199999)/Quotes
- Hydra (Earth-199999)/Appearances
- Wolfgang von Strucker (Earth-199999)/Appearances
- Mark Smith (Earth-199999)/Appearances
- Mark Basso (Earth-199999)/Appearances
- Doctor List (Earth-199999)/Appearances
- Brock Rumlow (Earth-199999)/Appearances
- Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division (Earth-199999)/Appearances
- Nicholas Cooper (Earth-199999)/Appearances
- Maria Hill (Earth-199999)/Mentions
- Wanda Maximoff (Earth-199999)/Appearances
- Pietro Maximoff (Earth-199999)/Appearances
- Avengers (Earth-199999)/Appearances
- Anthony Stark (Earth-199999)/Appearances
- Thor Odinson (Earth-199999)/Appearances
- Bruce Banner (Earth-199999)/Appearances
- Natalia Romanoff (Earth-199999)/Appearances
- Erik Selvig (Earth-199999)/Appearances
- Steven Rogers (Earth-199999)/Appearances
- James Buchanan Barnes (Earth-199999)/Appearances
- Samuel Wilson (Earth-199999)/Appearances
- World Security Council (Earth-199999)/Appearances
- Councilman Yen (Earth-199999)/Appearances
- Homo sapiens/Appearances
- Asgardians/Appearances
- Earth-199999/Appearances
- Earth/Appearances
- United States of America/Appearances
- New York (State)/Appearances
- New York City/Appearances
- Manhattan/Appearances
- Stark Tower/Appearances
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Scientific Training and Tactical Intelligence Operative Network/Appearances
- Washington, D.C./Appearances
- Triskelion/Appearances
- Sokovia/Appearances
- Novi Grad/Appearances
- Iron Man Armor MK VII (Earth-199999)/Appearances
- Loki's Sceptre/Appearances
- Space Stone/Appearances
- Chitauri Gun/Appearances
- Black Widow's Gauntlets/Appearances
- Captain America's Shield/Appearances