Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
- Thunderbolts
- Beta Team
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Kuurth, Breaker of Stone (Possesses Juggernaut) (Main story and recap)
- Juggernaut (Cain Marko) (Possessed by Kuurth) (Main story and recap)
- Man-Bull (William Taurens)
- Living Laser (Arthur Parks)
- Wrecking Crew
- Aftershock (Danielle Blunt)
- Ember (Jason)
- Tiger Shark (Todd Arliss)
- Whirlwind (David Cannon)
- Icemaster
- numerous unidentified escapees
Other Characters:
- God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- Cyttorak (Vision or hallucination)
- Raft guards
- Shaner (Voice only)
- Norman Osborn (Mentioned)
- The Hood (Parker Robbins) (Mentioned)
- Luke Cage (Only in recap)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- Iraq
- United States of America
- New York
- New York City
- New York
- Hell (Invoked)
Items:
- Hammer of Kuurth
- Shocker's Vibro-Shock Gauntlets
- Wrecker's Crowbar
- Thunderball's Ball and Chain
- Mobile Armored Cyber-Harness
- Ghost's Suit
- Crimson Cosmos Armor
- Fixer's Tech-Pac
Synopsis for 1st story
A vicious Troll saves Boomerang from the zombies and leaps with him back onto land. Shocker is also quickly swarmed, but Centurius refuses to help him because he’s puzzling out the nature of the zombies. Satana unleashes a magical attack that corrals the zombies.
Back at the Raft, Juggernaut works out his anger at being sidelined in the gym, with voices of paranoia and self-doubt in his mind, when something slams into the Raft from outer space, causing a massive explosion. In its wake Juggernaut finds the hammer sent by the Asgardian Serpent, and picks it up.
In Iraq, the zombies begin pushing past Satana’s magic barrier, indicating they are not powered by magic. Centurious has analyzed one of them carefully and learned that it is an airborne spore that attaches itself to corpses, and is activated by a signal emanating from a nearby obelisk. As they destroy it, the team learns of the attack at the Raft.
Criminals began escaping through the rubble of the Raft, and they realize the explosion was caused by a powered-up Juggernaut. A large number are able to board a transport helicopter and leave. Others are re-captured when the Thunderbolts return. Centurious and the other new recruits contemplates where their loyalties lie. With Cage missing, Songbird says their objective is to regain control of the Raft.
Solicit Synopsis
FEAR ITSELF TIE-IN!
Notes
- Takes place during the events of Fear Itself #2.
- Man-Bull's escape (along with Basilisk) is seen in Herc #3. Aftershock, Ember, and Icemaster's escape alongside Whirlwind is seen in Fear Itself: The Home Front #2.
Trivia
- The text of the mysterious voice talking to Juggernaut before he claims his hammer deciphered says, "whispery text we can't make out, it's cut through," "whispery text we can't read".