the secrets of underground medicine 510 pages

Still engulfed by the Darkforce dome, Manhattan had become a no man's land plagued by Baron Mordo's demons with Dagger acting as the only source of light for a few hours at a time. A handful of heroes that hadn't become exiled formed the Underground, an alliance of super-powered and civilian rebels led by Hawkeye stationed in The Mount in Nevada, and others under Hydra's influence joined Hydra's own Avengers. Mutants had been displaced to the sovereign land of New Tian and Inhumans were being held captive in detention facilities. Īfter some time having passed since Hydra's takeover, the people of the United States of America were getting accustomed to their new fascist regime, mainly due to the use of mind-altering substances in water supplies to increase docility and receptiveness.

Finally, Captain America moved the Helicarriers taken over by Hydra to Washington, D.C. Additionally, the Army of Evil's attack turned out to be a trap, used to lure countless of the nation's heroes to Manhattan and trap them within a Darkforce dome which engulfed half the island. Rogers activated the Shield, leaving Captain Marvel, Alpha Flight and the rest of the heroes in Earth's orbit exiled on the other side. It was revealed the Shield's malfunctions were actually purposefully caused by Captain America, with superficial damage of Hydra's attack covering that up. The Illiad is boarded, and Captain America revealed his true allegiance to Sharon Carter, subsequently ordering Faustus' brainwashing message to be broadcast to the rest of the fleet. The Crescent suddenly appeared and crashed into the Illiad, having been taken over by Hydra and Doctor Faustus, who had the Crescent's crew under his control. With the heroes being dealt critical blows on all fronts, Captain America began the final step of his plan. was taking action on a conflict in Sokovia, dispatching six Helicarriers after their base on the scene, Helicarrier Crescent, fell off the radar.

Meanwhile, Manhattan was under attack by the Army of Evil, a group of supervillain ex-prisoners of Pleasant Hill, drawing the attention of the numerous American superheroes to the scene. Heavy-hitter superheroes prepared to hold the line while Iron Man and Ironheart fixed the damage. After months of carefully planning, the different threads of his plan of conquest finally converged as the world was being besieged by three different concurrent crises.įirst, trillions of Chitauri were approaching the Earth at a time the Planetary Defense Shield had been disabled by the attack of a Hydra agent at its generator base. As a consequence of the Red Skull's manipulations with a sentient Cosmic Cube named Kobik, Captain America was secretly replaced by a twisted version of himself who was a Hydra sleeper agent.

The secrets of underground medicine 510 pages