—Rick JonesGosh, Iron Man -- if you won't level with them, how can the Avengers help?
Appearing in "Their Darkest Hour!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Masters of Evil
- Enchantress (Joins)
- Executioner / Hans Grubervelt (Joins)
- Dr. Zemo
- Avengers-Earth-64087 (Dream)
- Captain America (Steven Rogers) (Dream)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Dream)
- Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) (Dream)
- Giant-Man (Hank Pym) (Dream)
- Thor-Earth-64087 (Dream)
- South American Natives
Other Characters:
- Odin
- Numerous unnamed Asgardians
- Loki
- NYPD officers
- Numerous unnamed New Yorkers
- Crusher (First appearance)
- Moose (First appearance)
- Bucky Barnes (Mentioned)
- Radioactive Man (Chen Lu) (Mentioned)
- Melter (Bruno Horgan) (Mentioned)
- Nazis (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Asgardians
- Asgardian-Storm Giant Hybrids
- Frost Giants
- Insects (Referenced)
- Dinosaurs (Mentioned)
- Jackals (Mentioned)
- Demons (Mentioned)
- Pythons (Referenced)
Locations:
- Prime Marvel Universe
- Earth
- North America
- United States
- New York
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Midtown
- Central Park
- Tony Stark's Apartment
- Manhattan
- New York City
- New England (Referenced)
- Cape Cod, Massachusetts (Mentioned)
- New York
- United States
- South America
- Amazon Jungle
- Baron Zemo's Wooden Palace (Destruction)
- Amazon Jungle
- North America
- Asgard
- Earth
- Earth-64087 (Dream)
- Earth (Dream)
- North America (Dream)
- United States of America (Dream)
- New York (Dream)
- New York City (Dream)
- Manhattan (Dream)
- New York City (Dream)
- New York (Dream)
- United States of America (Dream)
- North America (Dream)
- Earth (Dream)
Items:
- Mjolnir
- Iron Man Armor MK II
- Giant-Man's Suit
- Wasp's Suit and Bio-Synthetic Wings
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield
- Bloodaxe (Enchanted Axe)
- Vibra-Gun
Vehicles:
- Jet-Copter (Destruction)
- Baron Zemo's Ship
Synopsis for "Their Darkest Hour!"
After a training session fighting professional wrestlers in a gym, Captain America scolds Rick Jones for trying on Bucky’s old uniform. This brings back memories of Zemo and sparks again his will for revenge on his old enemy. After Giant-Man and the Wasp depart to the jungle to do some research on ants, Cap gets the visit of the Executioner posing as an ex-Nazi to lure the hero in the Amazon Jungle to face Zemo. Meanwhile, the Enchantress successfully captures Thor by hypnotizing him. She uses a spell that somehow convinces Thor that his teammates are evil.
In South America, Cap easily gets rid of the natives fighting for Baron Zemo, but falls into a deep game trap. Called by Thor back to New York, Giant-Man and the Wasp arrive by helicopter to get attacked by the God of Thunder. Hearing of this on TV, Stark decides to intervene as Iron Man, despite his banishment from the Avengers.
The Enchantress is remotely watching Zemo’s progress in defeating Cap. When she sees that the hero is still alive at the bottom of the pit, she tries to help by causing a cave-in, but it only gives Cap the opportunity to escape his prison. He defeats Zemo's forces and the Baron tries to escape. Captain America stows away aboard the escape ship without Zemo’s suspicion.
Meanwhile, Iron Man brings Thor back to his senses. Zemo's ship arrives in New York and he attacks the Avengers. When Cap makes his presence known to Zemo, the Enchantress takes the ship back to the Executioner, who subdues the hero. The Masters of Evil flee before the rest of the team reaches them, but Thor generates a space warp that sends the ship who knows where. The team decides to get ready, because they will be back.Appearing in "Dimension 6.5"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Vertiplasm
Locations:
- "Between the sixth and seventh dimension"
Synopsis for "Dimension 6.5"
The Masters' escape pod lands in a foreign dimension where they are caught in the massive tendrils of a troublesome, but ultimately benign alien creature.
Notes
- "Dimension 6.5" takes place immediately following the events in "Their Darkest Hour!"