Secret Avengers Vol 1 12

Part of the Trouble with John Steele arc
Secret Avengers #12
Previous Issue	Secret Avengers #11
Next Issue	Secret Avengers #12.1
Art by: Mike Deodato Jr. and Rain Beredo
Alternate Covers
1 - Textless 2 - Thor Goes Hollywood Variant
Cover artist not yet listed
Art by: Mike Kaluta and David Stewart
Release Date	April 27, 2011
Cover Date	June, 2011
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Axel Alonso
Rating	T+ (13 and up)
Original Price	$3.99

1. "The Trouble with John Steele - Part 2 of 2"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Ed Brubaker
Penciler(s)	Will Conrad Mike Deodato Jr.
Inker(s)	Will Conrad Mike Deodato Jr.
Colorist(s)	Rain Beredo
Letterer(s)	Dave Lanphear
Editor(s)	Tom Brevoort Lauren Sankovitch

Commander Steve Rogers	So who are the Shadow Council? What do they want?
John Steele	They're the original sore losers. Sons of a revolution that failed a long time ago... I was running from them when we all stumbled into a portal... A path between time and space... And the things we met inside it changed us. As for what they want... they want it all... the whole world...

Appearing in "The Trouble with John Steele - Part 2 of 2"

Featured Characters:

• Secret Avengers
  • Commander Steve Rogers (Main story and as Captain America in flashback via experimental memory recall system)
  • Beast (Hank McCoy)

Supporting Characters:

• Unnamed scientist
• Gary (scientist)
• Prince of Orphans (John Aman) (Main story and flashback via experimental memory recall system)

Antagonists:

• Shadow Council (Only in flashback via experimental memory recall system)
  • John Steele (Main story and flashback via experimental memory recall system)
  • Aloysius Thorndrake (Only in flashback via experimental memory recall system)
  • Unnamed members (Only in flashback via experimental memory recall system)
• Wyrm monster (First appearance; dies) (Only in flashback via experimental memory recall system)
• Nazi Germany (Only in flashback via experimental memory recall system)
• The Abyss (Only in flashback via experimental memory recall system)

Other Characters:

• God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
• Numerous unnamed mutated villagers (Only appearance; death) (Only in flashback via experimental memory recall system)

Races and Species:

• Humans (Main story and flashback via experimental memory recall system)
• Mutants
• L.M.D.s (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Earth-616 (Only in flashback via experimental memory recall system)
  • Earth (Only in flashback via experimental memory recall system)
    • United States of America (Main story and flashback via experimental memory recall system)
      • New York
        • New York City
          • Bronx
            • Raft
    • Germany (Only in flashback via experimental memory recall system)
      • Prussia (First appearance; only in flashback via experimental memory recall system)
  • Hell (Invoked)
• Vanishing Point

Items:

• Energy Shield
• Captain America's Uniform (Only in flashback via experimental memory recall system)
• Captain America's Shield (Only in flashback via experimental memory recall system)

Events:

• World War Two (Only in flashback via experimental memory recall system)

Synopsis for "The Trouble with John Steele - Part 2 of 2"

• Synopsis not yet written

Solicit Synopsis

• Steve Rogers’ old friend and fellow soldier John Steele is working with the Shadow Council against the Secret Avengers and against the world. What dark secret led to Steele’s fall from grace?

• Can Steve Rogers learn the secret in time to save his friend and stop the Shadow Council? And if all else fails, can the Secret Avengers rise to the occasion and stop this covert menace?

See Also

• 5 image(s) from Secret Avengers Vol 1 12
• 1 reprint(s) of Secret Avengers Vol 1 12