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Appearing in "What to Do Till the Sentinels Come!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Avengers #102

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Synopsis for "What to Do Till the Sentinels Come!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Avengers #102
Responding to an anonymous letter, the Vision travels to a frozen food locker in a warehouse on the lower east side of Manhattan. There he is met by the Grim Reaper who offers him a proposition: if the Vision aids the Grim Reaper in getting revenge on the Avengers, he will transfer the Vision's mind into the body of Wonder Man, since the Vision's brain patterns are based on that of the deceased hero, the Grim Reaper believes that Vision is his brother. The Reaper has been preserving Wonder Man’s body since his death in Avengers #9 and blames the Earth's Mightiest Heroes for his brother's death. The Vision refuses the Grim Reaper’s offer. Nevertheless, the villain gives him a medallion that will put them into direct contact should the Vision change his mind.

The Vision returns to Avengers Mansion, where the Scarlet Witch is preparing for monitor duty. She is once again confronted by Hawkeye who professes his love for her again and makes an advance that the Vision walks in on unbeknownst to either Clint or Wanda. He departs before he can hear the Scarlet Witch rebuff Hawkeye's advances.

In outer space, the Sentinels are returning from their attempt to destroy the sun in a warped plan to prevent further mutations [1]. Their return is reported on the news, causing Quicksilver to reflect on his and Wanda’s last encounter with the mutant-hunting robots.

Wanda informs her teammates that she is going for an evening stroll in Central Park. While the other Avengers attend to personal matters, the Vision gazes at her from a window and therefore sees a Sentinel approaching her. Vision engages the Sentinel alone while Jarvis informs the other Avengers of the brewing trouble. The Avengers attack but their powers are of little effect against the robot, which escapes with Wanda via an "ultra-linear leap."

As the Avengers plan how to rescue Wanda, Quicksilver angrily pushes them away because they were unable to prevent the Sentinel from taking Wanda in the first place.

This story is continued into the next issue.

Appearing in "The Hero That Was!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Captain America #109

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Synopsis for "The Hero That Was!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Captain America #109
Captain America has a visit from Nick Fury, and tells the S.H.I.E.L.D. operative an old war story from 1944, in which he and Bucky worked together to take down a Nazi coastal gun control unit so that Allied Forces could launch another beach assault in the war effort. This story once more leads Cap into his lamentations over Bucky's death, and how guilt ridden he is that he managed to outlive his young partner. Fury is not that sympathetic about Bucky's loss and points out that Captain America at least still has his youth and fighting spirit and that even back during World War II he made Fury's Howling Commandos look like amateurs in battle. Captain America explains to Nick that in order for Captain America to live, it had to come at the sacrifice of Steve Rogers, and begins telling the tale of how he became Captain America:

In the early days of World War II, before America got involved in the war, frail Steven Rogers attempted to apply for the military. However, he would not pass his physical, and he would be rejected when he would attempt to volunteer. Overhearing this conversation was a military Colonel, who would offer him the chance to test a new experiment that might make him fit for joining the army and fighting in the war.

As Steve Rogers was led away, off America's shores a Nazi submarine would get past America's sea mine defense and release a spy who was about to infiltrate the secret experiment called Operation: Rebirth. Under absolute secrecy, Steve Rogers is taken to an antique shop which was really a front for the secret operation and eventually he would meet the scientist behind the super-soldier serum: Professor Reinstein. Before an audience of military brass (and the Nazi spy), Rogers would be injected with the serum and then exposed to Vita-Rays that would speed up the process of transforming Steve Rogers from a frail young man into that of man at the peak of human perfection. After the experiment Reinstein would be shot by the Nazi spy and in his death the secret behind the serum would be lost. Steve would then attack and ultimately kill the Nazi spy in stopping him from assassinating him as well.

With America's only super-soldier, the US army would set up Steve as Captain America and have him fight crime in America until the United States officially entered World War II. They would set Steve up under the command of Sgt. Duffy, and under orders of the War Department, Steve was to keep his double identity a secret. To cover for this, Steve would act as a first class bungler when not operating as Captain America. Steve would make fast friends with Bucky Barnes, his platoon's mascot who's father was killed in the line of duty. It would be Bucky who would first learn Captain America's true identity and use that information to force Cap to allow Bucky to be his sidekick.

Cap finishes up his story that by the wars end Bucky's luck ran out and he died. With his story done, Steve thanks Nick for letting him get things off his chest. As Fury walks out the door to go and resume his work at S.H.I.E.L.D., he tells Cap that losses like that are hard to forget, but recommends that Steve go out there and get have a few laughs. With Fury gone, Steve considers that perhaps after all these years, he's forgotten how to.

Appearing in "The Games of Raging Gods"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Marvel Premiere #26

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  • Typhon (Main story and flashback)
  • Cylla (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)

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  • Bia (Only in flashback)
  • Kratos (Only in flashback)

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Synopsis for "The Games of Raging Gods"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Marvel Premiere #26
  • Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "The Day of the Dragon!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Sub-Mariner #15

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Synopsis for "The Day of the Dragon!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Sub-Mariner #15
Namor returns to Atlantis where he is well received, but learns that Lady Dorma has been captured by Diane Arless who demands that Namor turn over her brother Tiger Shark. Namor comes to Lady Dorma's rescue and learns that Diane Arless has been influenced by Dr. Dorcas. Namor subdues the Dragon Man and convinces Diane that he genuinely wants to help Tiger Shark.

Appearing in "The Desolation Run!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Ghost Rider (Vol. 2) #11

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Synopsis for "The Desolation Run!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Ghost Rider (Vol. 2) #11
With a new motorcycle, Johnny signs up for the Desolation Run, a race across the most deserted area of the United States. Racing with him are recent divorcees Terry Fairbanks and Nora Joyce, the widowed and ruined Douglas Forester, and the ignored Lemuel Driftwood, all of whom are partaking in the race for various reasons.

As they race across the desert, the demon Inferno locates the Hulk and sends the beast on a rampage across the desert in hopes that the Hulk will destroy Blaze. As night falls, Blaze becomes the Ghost Rider and is attacked by the Hulk. During the fight, the other bikers work together to help defeat the Hulk.

Using his hellfire to overheat the green behemoth, all the bikers resolve their various differences and problems and finish the race, although none of them win the prize money, they all walk away gaining so much more.

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  1. ↑ following the events in X-Men #57-X-Men #59
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