Tony Stark | You made this happen, Danvers. |
Captain Marvel | That's not fair. |
Tony Stark | You chased this! You couldn't leave this @#$@#$ alone and now another one of us is gone. Who's next on your hit list, Danvers?! |
Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
- Col. Carol Danvers (Main story and flashback) (As Captain Marvel in flashback only)
- Dr. Bruce Banner (Only in flashback) (Death)
- Tony Stark (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Matt Murdock (Main story and flashback) (As Daredevil in flashback only)
- Clint Barton (Main story and flashback) (As Hawkeye in flashback only)
- Beast (Hank McCoy) (Main story and flashback)
- New Attilan's Inhumans (Only in flashback)
- Ulysses (Only in flashback)
- Inhuman Royal Family (Only in flashback)
- Magister Karnak (Only in flashback)
- Queen Medusa (Medusalith Amaquelin) (Only in flashback)
- Lockjaw (Only in flashback)
Antagonists:
- M.O.D.O.K. (George Tarleton) (Only in flashback)
- Black Cat (Felicia Hardy) (Only in flashback)
Other Characters:
- Judge Rappaport (First appearance; unnamed)
- Mr. Rikleen (First appearance; unnamed)
- United States Air Force (Mentioned)
- X-Men (Main story and flashback)
- Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (Main story and flashback)
- Storm (Ororo Munroe) (Main story and flashback)
- Colossus (Piotr Rasputin) (Main story and flashback)
- Logan (Main story and flashback)
- Magik (Illyana Rasputin)
- Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) (Past)
- Iceman (Bobby Drake)
- Wolverine (Laura Kinney) (Only in flashback)
- Avengers Unity Division (Only in flashback)
- Deadpool (Wade Wilson) (Only in flashback)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Only in flashback)
- Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (Only in flashback)
- Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (Only in flashback)
- Avengers (Only in flashback)
- Captain America (Sam Wilson) (Only in flashback)
- Vision (Only in flashback)
- Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan) (Only in flashback)
- Spider-Man (Miles Morales) (Main story and flashback)
- Nova (Sam Alexander) (Only in flashback)
- Thor (Jane Foster) (Only in flashback)
- S.H.I.E.L.D. (Only in flashback)
- Director Maria Hill (Only in flashback)
- Unnamed agents
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Only in flashback)
- God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange) (Only in flashback)
- Ultimates (Main story and flashback)
- Black Panther (T'Challa) (Main story and flashback)
- Ms. America (America Chavez)
- Blue Marvel (Adam Brashear)
- Spectrum (Monica Rambeau)
- Mystique (Raven Darkhölme) (Behind the scenes) (Only in flashback)
- Ganke Lee
- Stark Industries
- Mary Jane Watson
- Friday (As a hologram)
- Wasp (Nadia) (Only in flashback)
- Heroes for Hire, Inc. (Only in flashback)
- Iron Fist (Danny Rand) (Only in flashback)
- Luke Cage (Only in flashback)
Races and Species
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Human-Kree Hybrids (Main story and flashback)
- Human-Inhuman Hybrids (Only in flashback)
- Inhumans (Only in flashback)
- Mutants (Main story and flashback)
Locations:
- Earth (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)
- Civic Center
- Foley Square
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse
- Foley Square
- Times Square
- Financial District (Only in flashback)
- New York Stock Exchange (Only in flashback)
- Civic Center
- Upper New York Bay
- Manhattan (Main story and flashback)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- Utah (Only in flashback)
- Outside Alpine (Only in flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Hell (Invoked)
Items:
- Daredevil's Billy Club (Main story and flashback)
- Captain Marvel's Suit (Only in flashback)
- Wolverine's Suit (Only in flashback)
- Deadpool's Suit (Only in flashback)
- Deadpool's Katanas (Only in flashback)
- Captain America's Uniforms (Only in flashback)
- Captain America's Shields (Only in flashback)
- Captain America's Wings (Only in flashback)
- Ms. Marvel's Suit (Only in flashback)
- Ultimate Spider-Man's Suit (Main story and flashback)
- Nova Helmet (Only in flashback)
- Spider-Armor MK IV (Only in flashback)
- Web-Shooters (Main story and flashback)
- Mjolnir (Only in flashback)
- Trick Arrow (Only in flashback)
- Eye of Agamotto (Only in flashback)
- Cloak of Levitation (Only in flashback)
- Hawkeye's Bow (Only in flashback)
- Panther Habit (Main story and flashback)
- Wasp's Suit and Bio-Synthetic Wings (Only in flashback)
- Iron Man Armor Model 51 (Model-Prime Armor) (Only in flashback)
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Flight Pack (Only in flashback)
- Daredevil's Suit (Only in flashback)
- Unidentified Iron Man Armor
- Iron Man Armor Model 42
Vehicles:
- Quinjets (Only in flashback)
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier (Only in flashback)
- Doomsday Chair (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for 1st story
A trial is being held at the Manhattan Federal Courthouse. Prosecutor Matt Murock calls his first witness, Carol Danvers, who's asked to recall the events that transpired on July 19 in Alpine, Utah.
She recalls approaching Bruce Banner at his lab to inquire him about his work, with Banner being baffled by her arrival, considering he hadn't Hulked-out for a year, and then by that of Tony Stark, who asked Banner to step outside of the building. Once outside, Tony, Carol, and Bruce were surrounded by several super-heroes.
Stark is called to the stand as the next witness and continues narrating the events. Outside of his lab, Banner was informed about the Inhuman precog, Ulysses, and his most recent vision, which involved Banner Hulking-out. Bruce began to get nervous, but he was reassured by Stark, stating that he had reached a deal with Danvers, and they required some proof of any potentially dangerous activity before taking action. Beast hacked into Banner's computers and discovered he had been experimenting on himself with dead Gamma cells, causing the heroes to worry, and Maria Hill to try to detain Banner. Bruce began to rant at his peers, but his speech and his life were cut short by a shot from an arrow directly to his head, followed by another to his torso. A tear came out of Banner's eye, and Tony and Carol looked for the shooter. When several heroes approached the tree the shot came from, they found Hawkeye, surrendering himself. Clint was detained by S.H.I.E.L.D. forces, and Captain Marvel demanded to know why had he killed Banner.
When asked the same question in court, Clint reveals that Banner had asked him to take the shot several months ago. They had met at a bar, and Banner had given Clint a special arrow tip to be used if he ever Hulked-out again. When Clint questioned Banner for having chosen him, Banner told him he believed Clint to be one of the few people who would eventually be able to live with the choice.
Murdock questions the authencity of Clint's claims, and Beast is later called to the stand to back up Clint's defense, revealing that an investigation in Banner's lab revealed that the arrow tip used to kill Bruce had been designed by him, and a video confirmed Banner's desire to have Barton take the shot if it was ever needed. Murdock questions if Banner was really going to Hulk-out, and Clint claims he had seen Banner's eye flicker green.
The trial continues to be broadcast through New York, and Carol Danvers is called again to the stand, assuring that lives have been saved and Banner's wishes were granted, even if she didn't know Barton was going to take the shot. Murdock makes inquiries about the Ulysses, and Carol confirms that his abilities have allowed the super-hero community to prevent numerous disasters before they could have happened. Tony later calls out Carol's claims, stating Murdock wasn't asking the right questions.
Back at the scene of Banner's death, Tony reproached Carol while S.H.I.E.L.D. was taking Hawkeye away, blaming her for the tragedy, claiming it happened because she chased it, and sarcastically asked her who was the next person on her hit list. Ulysses and Medusa left the scene, and Tony continued scolding Carol.
The trial reaches its end, and the judge is about to read the verdict.
At Stark's personal lab in Stark Tower, Mary Jane Watson approaches the brooding genius to tell inform him about the trial's conclusion. However, Tony doesn't want to hear it, claiming to already have known what to expect. Friday interrupts MJ's attempt to convince Tony to hear it informing them that she has discovered how Ulysses' powers work.