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This is only art. These are only words. But words and art make dreams, and dreams are binding. Those who hate us live in cages of burning wire they built for themselves. A prison in every head. A jailer in every heart. They lie with their every dying breath -- but we have always been true. We have always been. We know who we are...and who we are belongs to us.

—Queen of Nevers

Appearing in "Who We Are"

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Synopsis for "Who We Are"

While broadcasting his manifesto to the world as his Hydra forces launch coordinated attacks on various cities, the Hate-Monger is interrupted as Escapade uses her superpower to switch places with him whilst holding Captain America’s shield and disrupts the heinous program. Hate-Monger finds himself reduced to his true form and trapped in a containment chamber designed by Dr. Charlene McGowan as Escapade gives her own message: Trans liberation now! She makes her way over to the translocation platform she infiltrated the studio in alongside the doctor and the Captain America of the Railways, evading and blocking bullets with the shield. Captain America uses his force field powers to deflect enemy fire, but one shot punctures Hate-Monger’s containment and the energy being is released. Charlene wonders aloud if they have backup before Loki, God of Stories, arrives to repay a favor owed to Escapade. Loki uses their magic to appear to the Hate-Monger as his killer, the original Human Torch, distracting the energy being. Loki encourages Escapade to reach out with her abilities and take the power of the Queen of Nevers. Channeling extraordinary abilities, she removes the Hate-Monger from existence. Returned to her normal state, the heroes resign to hope and take comfort in each other.

Appearing in "Good Night, Blue Rose"

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  • Adler-Darkhölme residence

Synopsis for "Good Night, Blue Rose"

Raven Darkholme and Irene Adler enjoy an evening together in the bath before a noise in the other room takes Raven away from their intimate embrace. She finds her son Kurt around his bedroom playing as a pirate. She catches him and tucks him into bed with a kiss, but as she goes to exit the room, Kurt asks why he doesn’t get to attend school like his sister. She tells him that she can’t protect him in the outside world but that at home he will never be discriminated against for being different. When Kurt says he’ll never leave home, Raven encourages him to share his love with the world, telling him he will inspire and protect people. Telling him it really is bedtime, they share “I love you”s and Raven returns to Irene, and kisses her before she tells her it’s time to wake up. Raven Darkholme awakes from her dream and goes to her balcony. Irene wakes to check on her, asking if nightmares disturbed her. Raven asks her wife if Kurt dreams of them, and Irene says that he and Rogue both do. Inviting her wife to the bath, Raven tells her they can go in a moment, but first they watch the beautiful blue sky, while the television in their bedroom plays a news segment on the heroism of their son Kurt, all grown up.

Appearing in "The Bolter"

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On a mission to collect a gem and repay a debt to Cordyceps Jones, Sera enters the Hidden Temples of Kamar-Taj and finds Black Cat about to claim the same prize. The two leap into conflict, but when the Cat breaks a sealing rune on the diamond with her claws, the Fear Lord D’Spayre is unleashed into the room. He traps them both in an illusion of their greatest regrets, Sera seeing her ex-girlfriend Angela and her past as one of Heven’s Anchorites and Black Cat seeing many jilted ex-lovers and her former comrade Black Fox. They both recognize the illusion and break out, immediately deciding to work together. Black Cat distracts D’Spayre as Sera repairs the sealing runes and successfully returns the demon to his prison. Having experienced other’s fear-prisons, they talk about what they’ve seen, and after some discussion Black Cat encourages Sera to stop lying to herself about her desire for Angela. As she goes to thank Black Cat, Sera notices that she has absconded with the diamond. Before she leaves, she decides to scry and check in on Angela.

Appearing in "My Buddy"

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  • Sarge (Gert Getwell)
  • Erik Russoff (Mentioned)
  • Mike Bech (Mentioned)

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Synopsis for "My Buddy"

A young Arnie Roth steps in to help his friend Steve Rogers fight back against bullies on the Lower East Side in 1939. After the fight, the two sit and recuperate. Arnie makes fun of Steve’s aftershave before finding a recruitment ad for the military. Steve sees off his friend as he boards his ship, unable to say everything he wants to. Years later in Melbourne, Arnie reminisces as he and Sarge share drinks on shore leave before they head off to catch a USO show. They are stopped by Steve Rogers, now much larger and more muscular. Arnie and Steve embrace and the two begin to catch up before Ryuji Hiroaka and his Hydra craft breach the surface of the ocean with mutant crabs in tow. Steve runs away, Arnie feeling down as he’s left alone to fight before Captain America arrives to lend a hand. Commandeering and hotwiring a boat in the harbor, the duo take the fight to Hydra, beating up goons on their way to destroy Ryuji’s magic device with the Captain’s shield. Ryuji retreats to the skies, leaving Captain America and Arnie Roth to walk off into the sunset, Roth complimenting the super soldier’s aftershave. In the modern day, Captain America delivers a speech commemorating his friend at the Arnie Roth Community Center as heroes gather to honor the fallen hero.

Solicit Synopsis

MARVEL HEROES UNITE AGAINST FEAR AND HATEMONGERING!

Visionary Marvel creators and bright rising stars deliver an action-packed anthology to take a real look at the world outside your window! From Al Ewing, Captain America of the Railways Aaron Fischer confronts the inimical and despicable Hate-Monger; Anthony Oliveira pens a story about the past that will reshape the future; and more! You won’t want to miss this special of righteous rage, longing love, captivating catharsis and, most of all, solidarity!

Notes

  • This one-shot issue features a foreword entitled "Evolving Normal" by Emmett Yonemura, and an interview by Angélique Roché with Arnie Roth co-creator J. M. DeMatteis entitled "You're My Best Friend".

Trivia

  • In the fourth story "My Buddy", Anthony Oliveira revisits and recontextualizes scenes from Avengers Academy 21.

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