Right. The oxygen. I should shut my trap. Just... I dunno, I don't wanna go just sitting here, staring off into the dark, listenin' to myself die, ya know? 
Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
- Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon) (Main story and recap)
Supporting Characters:
- Absorbing Man (Carl "Crusher" Creel) (Main story and flashback)
Antagonists:
- The Jailer (Voice only)
Other Characters:
- Medusa (Medusalith Amaquelin) (Only in recap)
- Karnak (Referenced)
- Creel's mother (First appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
- Creel's father (Only in flashback)
- Betsy (Creel's aunt) (Mentioned)
- Ozzie (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Owl (Leland Owlsley) (Mentioned)
- NYPD (Only in recap)
- Loki (Only in recap)
- Avengers (Only in recap)
- Thor (Odinson) (Only in recap)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Only in recap)
- Iron Man (Jim Rhodes) (Only in recap)
- She-Hulk (Jen Walters) (Only in recap)
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Only in recap)
- Wrecking Crew (Only in recap)
- Thunderball (Eliot Franklin) (Only in recap)
- Wrecker (Dirk Garthwaite) (Only in recap)
- Piledriver (Brian Calusky) (Only in recap)
- Bulldozer (Henry Camp) (Only in recap)
- Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) (Only in recap)
- Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) (Only in recap)
- Galactus (Only in recap)
- Molecule Man (Owen Reece) (Only in recap)
- Beyonder (Mentioned)
- Wolverine (Logan) (Only in recap)
- Titania (Mary MacPherran) (Only in recap)
- Ahura Boltagon (Mentioned)
- Kang the Conqueror (Ahura Boltagon) (Mentioned) (Deceased)
- Kang the Conqueror (Nathaniel Richards) (Mentioned)
- Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (Mentioned)
- Lockjaw
Races and Species:
- Inhumans (Main story and recap)
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Frost Giants (Only in recap)
- Gods (Mentioned)
- Asgardians (Only in recap)
- Cosmic Beings (Only in recap)
- Mutants (Only in recap)
- Inhuman Dogs
Locations:
- Milky Way (Main story and flashback)
- Sol System (Only in flashback)
- Earth (Only in flashback)
- United States of America (Only in flashback)
- New York (Only in flashback)
- New York City (Only in flashback)
- Upper New York Bay (Only in recap)
- New Attilan (Only in recap)
- Bronx (Only in flashback)
- Manhattan (Only in recap)
- Financial District (Only in recap)
- Wall Street (Mentioned)
- Financial District (Only in recap)
- Upper New York Bay (Only in recap)
- Upstate New York (Only in recap)
- Black Mountain (Only in recap)
- New York City (Only in flashback)
- New York (Only in flashback)
- Earth Orbit (Only in recap)
- United States of America (Only in flashback)
- Earth (Only in flashback)
- Unidentified secret prison facility at the far edge of the galaxy (Main story and recap)
- Sol System (Only in flashback)
- Hell (Invoked)
- Battleworld (Only in recap)
Items:
- Mjolnir (Only in recap)
- Absorbing Man's Ball and Chain (Only in recap)
- Spider-Man's Suit (Only in recap)
- Web-Shooters
- Captain America's Shield (Only in recap)
- Doctor Doom's Armor (Only in recap)
- Wrecker's Crowbar (Only in recap)
- Doctor Octopus' Tentacles (Only in recap)
- Wolverine's Suit (Only in recap)
- Iron Man Armor MK V (Only in recap)
Synopsis for 1st story
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
MAN TO MAN!
• When their prison break ends in catastrophe, Black Bolt and the Absorbing Man are forced to confront their pasts – together.
• What makes a hero and a villain?
• When new hope comes from an unexpected source, Black Bolt faces a choice. What price will he pay for his freedom?