The Leader has placed an expanding dome of pure gamma radiation around the Cube, with anyone caught inside it being mutated into a Gamma Monster. The Avengers, along with the support of S.H.I.E.L.D., enter the Cube in an attempt to the destroy the Gamma Generator.
Nick Fury returns, having assembled a team of heroes in secret (himself, Black Widow, Mockingbird, and Quake) to gather information about the impending Skrull invasion of Earth.
The Vision awakens after a month of repairs to find that Tony Stark and his fellow Avengers have taken over the world. With the whole planet turned against him, the Vision must get to the bottom of Stark’s “utopia” – only to discover an unlikely figure to be the true power behind the Avengers’ throne.
