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Several months ago, Kang the Conqueror sensed a great threat on the horizon. To ensure the Avengers were prepared for this threat, Kang enlisted the aid of Loki, Norse God of Mischief, to test the team. Captain Marvel aided the Avengers in defeating the pair, and before he vanished, Kang warned Genis that a great threat was on the horizon. Another sensed this threat as well—the Latverian dictator called Doctor Doom. In an attempt to circumvent this threat, Doom acquired both Captain Marvel and Franklin Richards in his own nefarious scheme. Meanwhile, the United States of America, fearing the power possessed by the Avengers, declared war on the superheroes. Their initial attack forced the Avengers to run and now, Colonel Nick Fury and SHIELD have no option but to convince the Fantastic Four to hunt down their friends.

All of this, however, was carefully orchestrated by Johann Schmidt, the Red Skull, in a mad bid to toy with Earth's Mightiest Heroes and Doom. When Doom was on the cusp of victory, the Red Skull appeared, stealing Doom's newfound power for himself. That combined with the incredible might of the Cosmic Cube gave the Red Skull the ability to transform the world into one based on his own twisted vision.

	RED SKULL: Johann Schmidt's mother died giving birth to him, something his father attempted to murder him for. His father committed suicide shortly later, orphaning the young boy. While working as a bellhop, he met Adolf Hitler and sensing the boy's dark nature, Hitler took him under his wing, transforming him into the Red Skull. Surviving into the present day, the Skull has now begun his ultimate plot, using a Cosmic Cube and powers stolen from Doom to warp reality into his own twisted vision.

	CAPTAIN AMERICA: During World War II, Private Steve Rogers was deemed too weak to serve his country. Rather than let it get him down, Rogers volunteered for the experimental, top-secret Super Soldier program. He was given the Super Soldier Serum, which transformed him into the pinnacle of human perfection. During the war, Captain America was frozen within a block of ice, only to be thawed out decades later by the Avengers. Now, in this new world, Captain America is a captive of the Red Skull, his old enemy, and subjected to the Skull's twisted fantasies.

	AVENGERS: From overseas to deep space, the Avengers have answered the call of duty wherever they are needed and have become the most beloved heroes not just in America, but in the world. Over the years, the team has included numerous members. In this new world ruled by the Red Skull, Captain America is missing and Captain Marvel is in a coma. The remaining Avengers—Iron Man, Warbird, Vision, Namor and Cannonball—are the leaders of the American resistance movement.

	FANTASTIC FOUR: When four friends attempted a space flight, they were bombarded by cosmic rays. These cosmic rays endowed them with incredible powers. Upon their return to Earth, the friends decided to use the powers for the betterment of mankind. They became the Fantastic Four, a team of explorers who have saved the world on many occassions. After the loss of the Thing, the Fantastic Four are now trapped in the Skull's twisted vision, their own memories altered.

	BARON ZEMO: The son of Heinrich Zemo, an old enemy of Captain America and a high-ranking member of the Nazi Party, Helmut at first followed in his father's footsteps as the thirteenth Baron Zemo. However, Zemo has apparently reformed, now with a desire to see the world achieve perfection. He believes that this vision can only be accomplished if he is supreme ruler and he and his Thunderbolts recently achieved their goal, until the Red Skull snatched it away. And now, Zemo finds himself a prisoner of the Skull's vicious youth, his only hope lying in the Thunderbolts.

	DOCTOR DOOM: A brilliant scientist, Victor Von Doom rules his nation of Latveria with an iron fist. Embittered with rage towards his former colleague, Reed Richards, Doom has continually tried to exact revenge upon Richards and the Fantastic Four. He aspires to nothing less than world domination and has continually combined his mastery of sorcery and science to obtain this goal. Doom senses a greater threat to not only the planet, but the universe on the horizon and has a plan to stop the threat himself, utilizing the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, SHIELD and the United States as his pawns.

	THUNDERBOLTS: Originally gathered by Baron Zemo to pose as heroes in order to gain the world's trust, the Thunderbolts were revealed and then went on the run. After attempting to reform under the former Avenger Hawkeye, the Thunderbolts returned to Zemo, following his new philosophy. They were on the cusp of victory when the Red Skull snatched it away. And now the remaining Thunderbolts—Moonstone, Songbird, MACH-IV, the Fixer, Radioactive Man, the Swordsman, Blizzard and the Abomination—plan to overthrow the Skull.

	SHIELD: Once SHIELD was the world's major peacekeeping agency but in this new world, Colonel Nick Fury has found himself the leader of a resistance movement against the Red Skull's fascist rule. Also by his side are the Avengers, the remnants of Warren Worthington's X-Corporation, and the combined forces of Atlantis, Genosha and Wakanda. The former SHIELD Helicarrier has been renamed the Steven Rogers, in honor of their missing leader.

	NEW WARRIORS: In the regular world, they are the next generation of Earth's heroes, dedicating themselves to changing the world into a place they want to inherit. In this world, however, the New Warriors—Speedball, Spider-Woman, Ricochet, Joystick and Gravity—have had their memories corrupted and are all part of the Red Skull's youth movement. In their possession? Their former teammate Rage and the man known as Baron Zemo.