A terrified and pained telepathic scream reverberates through the cosmos alerting the ever mindful Martian Manhunter. It is a distressed Mother Mercy. Something has descended upon the Clementian habitat and is perverting the Black Mercies to amplify feelings of rage.
Congress is meeting to sign into effect the 50-State Initiative bill proposed by Senator Arthur Woodman that will mobilize state-operated super-powered teams to combat local terrorist threats. This is interrupted when countless HYDRA agents swarm the place, led into battle by Crossbones, Bravo, Carmilla Black, and Host. Wonder Woman drops in to intervene.
Reed Richards’ Future Foundation sought to find utopia through science. It started with an audacious plan. However, something went terribly wrong. The Richards family never returned. Instead, an alien from beyond the stars descended to Earth, calling himself Superman.