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Appearing in "Dismembership Drive"
Featured Characters:
- Flatman ("Dr." Val Ventura) (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Great Lakes Avengers (Main story and flashback)
- Big Bertha (Ashley Crawford) (Main story and flashback)
- Mr. Immortal (Craig Hollis) (Only in flashback)
- Doorman (DeMarr Davis) (Only in flashback)
- Squirrel Girl (Main story and flashback) (Joins)
- Monkey Joe (Main story and flashback) (Joins)
- Grasshopper (Doug Taggert) (Only in flashback) (Joins) (Death)
- Deathurge (Only in flashback)
Antagonists:
- Maelstrom (Only in flashback)
- Batroc's Brigade (Only in flashback)
- Batroc the Leaper (Georges Batroc) (Only in flashback)
- Zaran (Maximillian Zaran) (Only in flashback)
- Machete (Mariano Lopez) (Only in flashback) (First appearance)
- A.I.M. scientists (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
Other Characters:
- Mirror Modeling (Only in flashback)
- Paolo (Only in flashback) (First appearance)
- Dinah Soar (Mentioned)
- Roxxon Corporation (Mentioned)
- Swordsman (Andreas von Strucker) (Only in flashback)
- Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (Mentioned)
- Moon Knight (Marc Spector) (Only in flashback)
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- Wolverine (Logan) (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- Energizer (Katie Power) (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- Living Lightning (Miguel Santos) (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- Wonder Man (Simon Williams) (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- Justice (Vance Astrovik) (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- Firestar (Angelica Jones) (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- Pulsar (Monica Rambeau) (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- Falcon (Sam Wilson) (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- Hercules (Heracles) (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- Cloak (Tyrone Johnson) (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- Dagger (Tandy Bowen) (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- Tigra (Greer Nelson) (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- Shang-Chi (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- Black Bolt (King Blackagar Boltagon) (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- Paladin (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- Sleepwalker (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- Prodigy (Richard Gilmore) (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- Captain Ultra (Griffin Gogol) (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- Ursa Major (Mikhail Ursus) (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- Brother Voodoo (Jericho Drumm) (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- El Águila (Alejandro Montoya) (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- Awesome Andy (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- Araña (Anya Corazon) (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- Iron Fist (Daniel Rand) (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- Luke Cage (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- KalAOL (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- NYPD (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Wisconsin (Main story and flashback)
- New Berlin (Only in flashback)
- Highland Memorial Park (Only in flashback)
- Milwaukee (Main story and flashback)
- GLA Headquarters (Only in flashback)
- Lake Michigan (Main story and flashback)
- New Berlin (Only in flashback)
- New York State (Only in flashback)
- New York City (Only in flashback)
- Manhattan (Only in flashback)
- Grand Central Station (Only in flashback)
- Central Park (Only in flashback)
- Roxxon Facility (Only in flashback)
- Brooklyn (Only in flashback)
- Thunderbolts Headquarters (Only in flashback)
- Manhattan (Only in flashback)
- New York City (Only in flashback)
Items:
- Squirrel Girl's Costume (Only in flashback)
- Grasshopper's Suit (Only in flashback)
- Swordsman's Sword (Only in flashback)
- Moon Knight's Boomerang and Cestus (Only in flashback)
- Spider-Man's Suit and Web-Shooters (Only in flashback)
- Wolverine's Suit (Only in flashback)
- Daredevil's Suit (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for "Dismembership Drive"
The story starts with the funeral of Dinah Soar. Deathurge appears at the funeral, and Mister Immortal shouts at him; the other members of the team can't see Deathurge, and question Mister Immortal's sanity.
Meanwhile, Maelstrom hires Batroc's Brigade to steal something for him. At a modeling shoot, Ashley Crawford (aka. Big Bertha) is considering giving up the team. Back at the HQ, Flatman and Doorman go on a membership drive.
Grasshopper comes across Batroc's Brigade breaking into the building, and tries to stop them.
At the Thunderbolts HQ, Flatman tries to convince Swordsman to join the team, mistaking him for Hawkeye but is rejected. Meanwhile, Doorman has no better luck trying to recruit Moon Knight. They are also given the same speech by Spider-Man, Daredevil and Wolverine, and they fail to recruit Energizer of the Power Pack. Living Lightning almost joins, until he realizes GLA stands for Great Lakes Avengers instead of Gay/Lesbian Alliance.
The group asks many other heroes including Wonder Man, Falcon, Nightcrawler, Black Bolt, Awesome Andy, Iron Fist and Luke Cage, who replies with "Sweet Christmas NO!".
They eventually recruit Squirrel Girl and Monkey Joe. They rush to aid Grasshopper with the robbery and ask him to join the team. Grasshopper accepts shortly before Zaran throws a dagger at his head. Doorman tries to take the dagger for him but it passes through Doorman into Grasshopper, killing him. Deathurge then appears and takes Grasshopper away. At the end of the issue, Flatman is pulled into a portal -- and dragging Bertha with him, he decides to be a hero and let go.