Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
- Nextwave
- Elsa Bloodstone
- The Captain
- Monica Rambeau
- Tabitha Smith
- Aaron Stack (Main story and flashback)
Antagonists:
- H.A.T.E.
- Dirk Anger
- Assault Pterosuit Flock (First appearance)
- Samuroid Batch 23 (First appearance)
- Numerous unnamed members
- Beyond Corporation
Other Characters:
- Maria Rambeau (Mentioned)
- Celestials (Only in flashback)
- Hargen the Measurer (Only in flashback)
- Eson the Searcher (Only in flashback)
- Arishem the Judge (Only in flashback)
- Nezarr the Calculator (Only in flashback)
- Ziran the Tester (Only in flashback)
- Avengers (Only in flashback)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Only in flashback)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Only in flashback)
- Thor (Only in flashback)
- Gamma-Activated Bull Men From Beyond The Nineteenth Perimeter (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Erwin Schrödinger (Mentioned)
- The Captain's mother (Only in flashback)
- X-Force (Mentioned)
- Cable (Nathan Summers) (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Mutants
- Robots (Main story and flashback)
- Celestials (Only in flashback)
- Broccoli Men
Locations:
- Earth-63163
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Wyoming
- War Garden 6 (First appearance)
- Wyoming
- England (Referenced)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Earth-616 (Only in flashback)
- New York State (Only in flashback)
- New York City (Only in flashback)
- Manhattan (Only in flashback)
- Avengers Mansion (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Brooklyn (Only in flashback)
- Manhattan (Only in flashback)
- New York City (Only in flashback)
- New York State (Only in flashback)
Items:
- Heartstar
- Armageddon Horn (First appearance)
- Drop Bears (First appearance)
- Combat Pterodactyl Suits (First appearance)
- Iron Man Armor (Only in flashback)
- Captain America's Uniform (Only in flashback)
- Captain America's Shield (Only in flashback)
- Quantum-Tunnel Drill Bits (First appearance)
Vehicles:
Synopsis for 1st story
While engaging in bulimic purging Dirk Anger is informed that the Nextwave is on their way to a Beyond Corporation War Garden in the state of Wyoming. He orders the Aeromarine to get there so that H.A.T.E. can lay a trap for the Nextwave.
Widdle cuddly bears of death.
The Nextwave arrive at War Garden 6, discovering it is a field where Human Recourses operatives are grown. They decide the best choice is to destroy them before they become the disposable soldiers of the Beyond Corporation. However the H.A.T.E. Aeromarine shows up and Dirk Anger immediately attacking them with super-weapons, from carnivorous mutated Koala Bears to blade covered robotic Samurai. The issue ends with Monica Rambau wounded and Dirk Anger in victorious ecstasy.