No. Not you. The Red Skull killed these people. You were all helplessly under his control. Even Thor and Captain America, the best among us, fell under his influence. This is not your burden. You have to remember that. None of this is your fault... But what happens next is. Look to your heart's for strength to face the future. And when you can't find it there... Look to each other. 
Appearing in "Thunder"
Featured Characters:
- Avengers Unity Squad
- Havok (Alex Summers) (Main story, flashback, and flashforward)
- Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (Joins team) (Main story and flashforward)
- Thor
- Captain America (Steve Rogers)
- Rogue (Anna Marie) (Joins team)
- Wolverine (Logan)
Antagonists:
- S-Men
- Red Skull (Johann Shmidt) (Main story and flashforward) (As Red Onslaught in flashforward)
- Goat-Faced Girl
- Honest John
- Dancing Water (Petrakis)
Other Characters:
- Major Christopher Summers (Only in flashback)
- Scott Summers (Only in flashback)
- Katherine Summers (Only in flashback)
- Several unnamed humans in a crowd (Controlled by Red Skull)
- Stark Sentinels (First appearance) (Illusion)
- Havok (Alex Summers) (Illusion)
- Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (Illusion)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (Illusion) (On a poster, declared "Slain")
- Storm (Ororo Munroe) (Illusion) (On a poster, declared "Slain")
- Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (Illusion) (On a poster, declared "Slain")
- Angel (Warren Worthington III) (Illusion) (On a poster, declared "Slain")
- Iceman (Bobby Drake) (Illusion) (On a poster, declared "Slain")
- Beast (Hank McCoy) (Illusion) (On a poster, declared "Apprehended")
- Fantomex (Jean-Phillipe) (Illusion) (On a poster)
- Magneto (Erik Lensherr) (Illusion) (On a poster)
- Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida) (Illusion) (On a poster declared "Missing")
- Wolverine (Logan) (Illusion) (On a poster, declared "Slain")
- Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) (Illusion) (On a poster)
- Rachel Grey (Illusion) (On a poster, declared "Apprehended")
- Banshee (Sean Cassidy) (Illusion) (On a poster, declared "Slain")
- Sharon Rogers (Illusion)
- Steve and Sharon Rogers' children (Illusion)
- Unnamed monk (On-screen)
- Insect (Tsar Sultan) (On-screen)
- Living Wind (On-screen)
- Dangerous Jinn (On-screen)
- Mzee (On-screen)
- Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida) (Only in flashforward)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Mentioned) (Only in flashforward)
- Starktech Nimrod (Only in flashforward)
- Ahab (Rory Campbell) (Mentioned) (Only in flashforward)
- Lord Immortus (Corpse) (Only in flashforward)
- Cable (Nathan Summers) (Mentioned) (Only in flashforward)
- Apocalypse Twins (Mentioned) (Only in flashforward)
- Charles Xavier (Corpse) (Only in flashforward)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Mutants (Main story and flashback)
- Asgardians
Locations:
- Earth-616 (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America
- Anchorage, Alaska (Referenced) (Only in flashback)
- New York
- United States of America
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Earth-13044 (First appearance) (Illusion)
- Earth (Illusion)
- United States of America (Illusion)
- Westchester County (Illusion)
- North Salem (Illusion)
- Salem Center (Illusion)
- Jean Grey School for Higher Learning (Illusion) (Destruction)
- Salem Center (Illusion)
- North Salem (Illusion)
- Westchester County (Illusion)
- United States of America (Illusion)
- Earth (Illusion)
Items:
Vehicles:
- A truck
Synopsis for "Thunder"
The fight against Red Skull goes on. As the Scarlet Witch fights the mind-controlled Thor, Red Skull once again tries to tempt his old foe Captain America into joining his new anti-mutant crusade. With some help from Havok, Scarlet Witch removes Thor from the battle, allowing Havok and Rogue to aid Captain America against the Red Skull, overpowering him until Dancing Water saves him. With the people around them free, Havok tells them that the attacks on the mutants was not their fault, but Red Skull's. Back at the Avengers Mansion (the base for the newly coined Avengers Unity Squad), Captain America and Havok look at leads to find the S-Men and Havok expresses doubts over his own leadership. The Scarlet Witch attempts to start again with Rogue, who refuses, stating that she is joining the team to honor Xavier and keep an eye on Wanda. Thor tells Wolverine that he hasn't failed Professor X's dream, and he will fight for mutants until the end.
Solicit Synopsis
• Red Skull and his S-Men move forward their take over of New York.
• A member of the Uncanny Avengers joins the S-Men!
• When the chips are down, the fight all but lost, one Avenger must rise and face the terrible might of The Omega Skull!
Notes
- The S-Men next appear in Captain America Vol. 7 #16.NOW.
Trivia
- The variant cover for this issue is a homage to Jack Kirby's cover for Avengers #4.
