—Roger GockingI will always be there for you and Gerry when-- IF you need me. But you don't need me, do you? You don't even respect me.
Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
- Spider-Woman (Jess Drew) (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Roger Gocking (Main story and flashback)
- Gerry Drew (Main story and flashback)
Antagonists:
- Los Espadas Gemelas De Toledo
- Ray
- Luis
Other Characters:
- Linda Carter (Mentioned)
- Avengers (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
Realities:
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 (Only in flashback)
- Metropolitan Correctional Center
- The Raft, Bronx (Mentioned)
- Manhattan (Only in flashback)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- Ohio (Mentioned)
- Toledo (Mentioned)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- Toledo, Spain (Mentioned)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Hell (Invoked)
Items:
- Spider-Woman's Suit (Main story and flashback)
Synopsis for 1st story
As Jess gets a call that Luis wants to talk to her from his holding cell, Roger asked to accompany her but was refused as there was no time. At Metro Correctional, Luis explains that the twin swords he and Ray use were forged by brothers in Spain centuries ago, brought to the Americas with Conquistadors, and used to take land from Native Mesoamericans. When those brothers were killed, the blades were kept in their family's possession under guard until "worthy" hands could wield them again.
As Spider-Woman acknowledges their motivation, she soon realizes she was called into a trap as Ray breaks into the jail, killing guards to free his brother. As they fight, Ray cuts the bars of numerous jail cells to free prisoners that attack Jess while he frees Luis. However, Ray ignores his brother's request for his sword, as both blades are making him feel like he can defeat Spider-Woman.
Disarming him, Jess can sense the mystical bloodlust in the swords and buries it into the wall before suppressing the rest of the riot. Luis, seeing his brother lost to the madness from the swords, fights and severs his brother's hand to quell to stop him. Battered from stopping the riot, Spider-Woman used her detachable wings as war fans to fight Luis, who blames her for Ray's madness and aimed to kill her.
She parries and stops him, leaving the brothers to stay and be incarcerated for their crimes as she heads home to recover. At home, Roger talks with Jess, feeling disrespected and unneeded, with her unable to refute him. While saying he'll be available to babysit Gerry if she needed him to do so, Roger takes his bag and leaves, with Jess tearfully only able to say she's sorry as he walks out.
Six months later in Ryker's, an apologetic Luis covertly spent his time building Ray a prosthetic hand. Swearing that they'll get out, Luis equips the prothetic to Ray and the brothers plan revenge on Spider-Woman. Revenge that will make her feel their pain.
Solicit Synopsis
• Who are the Brothers of the Sword? FIND OUT THIS ISSUE!
• Jessica’s visit to a jail goes horribly wrong with a few slashes of these powerful swords.
• The most consistent action-hit of 2020 somehow finds new levels that could only be attained with Pacheco and Perez’s ill-advised deal with interdimensional demons.