It's funny, in a way. Time was, Roberto was the man with the secret plans and the improbable tactics. But then he dared to challenge S.H.I.E.L.D. --and he humiliated them. And S.H.I.E.L.D. took a terrible revenge... they gave him a job. Now he's locked down. No more ducking and weaving. No more raging against the machine. A.I.M. is part of the machine now -- and they're about to find out how it feels... to be on the receiving end. 
Appearing in "Meet the New Boss"
Featured Characters:
- U.S.Avengers
- Citizen V (Bobby Da Costa)
- Aikku Jokinen (Main story and recap)
- Dr. Toni Ho (Main story and recap)
- Red Hulk (Gen. Robert L. Maverick)
- Squirrel Girl (Doreen Green)
- Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Hydra
- Captain America (Steve Rogers)
- Agent Kyle (First appearance; unnamed) (Revealed to be a Hydra double agent)
- Dr. Erik Selvig
- Army of Evil (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Wrecking Crew (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Piledriver (Brian Calusky) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Thunderball (Eliot Franklin) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Bulldozer (Henry Camp) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Wrecker (Dirk Garthwaite) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Mister Hyde (Calvin Zabo) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Blue Streak (Jonathan Swift) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Wrecking Crew (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Numerous unnamed agents (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Gorilla Men (First appearance)
- King of the Gorilla Men (Arthur Nagan)
- Unnamed others
- Chitauri Wave (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
Other Characters:
- Tony Stark (Mentioned)
- Avengers (Mentioned)
- S.H.I.E.L.D. (Mentioned)
- A.I.M. (Avengers Idea Mechanics) (Mentioned)
- A.I.M. (Advanced Idea Mechanics) (Mentioned)
- Pod (Only in recap)
- A.I.M. (American Intelligence Mechanics)
- Blue Team (Admin and Research Division)
- Kenny (First appearance)
- Blue Team (Admin and Research Division)
- Professor X (Charles Xavier) (Mentioned)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Mentioned)
- Tippy-Toe (Mentioned)
- Fluffy Sam (Mentioned)
- Tufty McGee (Mentioned)
- Mr. Walnuts (Mentioned)
- Munchkin (Mentioned)
- Hopscotch (Mentioned)
- Aloysius McNutterly, Esq. (Mentioned)
- Songbird (Melissa Gold) (Mentioned)
- U.S. Army (Mentioned)
- Josiah Guthrie
- Lucinda Guthrie (Mentioned)
- Thomas Guthrie (Mentioned) (Deceased)
- Doctor Faustus (Johann Fenhoff) (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and recap)
- Mutants
- Gorillas
- Squirrels
- Several unidentified alien species
- Shi'ar
- Chitauri (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
Locations:
- Milky Way
- Sol System
- Earth
- United States of America
- Washington, D.C. (Airspace)
- New York (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Xavier School, Westchester County (Mentioned)
- New York City (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Brazil (Mentioned)
- Pacific Ocean (Only in recap)
- Avengers Island (Only in recap)
- Engineering (Only in recap)
- Avengers Island (Only in recap)
- Lichtenbad (Mentioned)
- An Underground Lair (undisclosed location)
- Red Ghost's Lab (undisclosed location)
- Sokovia (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Earth Orbit (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- United States of America
- Sun (Mentioned)
- Earth
- Sol System
- Hell (Invoked)
- Shi'ar Galaxy
- K'rii System (First appearance)
- K'rii-VI (First appearance)
- K'rii System (First appearance)
Items:
- Captain America's Uniform
- Captain America's Shield
- M-Pox (Behind the scenes)
- Iron Patriot Armor
- * Hulk Plug-In
- Avenger Five (Mentioned)
- Exospex
- Thunderball's Ball and Chain (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Wrecker's Crowbar (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Chitauri Guns (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Meet the New Boss"
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
• The time for goofy solicits is over. A.I.M. is getting serious — and Steve Rogers is here to make sure of it.
• But where does this leave Roberto Da Costa?
• Meanwhile, Sam Guthrie is a man of two worlds. Which will he choose?Notes
- Chronologically, these events happen before Captain America: Steve Rogers #16.