Avengers West Coast MAX Vol 1 8


 * Publication Date: August 2014


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Appearances
Clinton Barton (Earth 199916) Simon Williams (Earth 199916) Greer Grant (Earth 199916) John Walker (Earth 199916) James Rhodes (Earth 199916) Nicholas Fury (Earth 199916) Henry Peter Gyrich (Earth 199916)
 * Heroes:

Secret Empire CTE
 * Villains:

SHIELD Helicarrier Russia (only in flashback)
 * Locations:

Synopsis
One hour ago, The Red Skull, with the assistance of The Scourge of the Underworld, after taking control of the Secret Empire, invaded the CTE (Cross Technological Enterprises) building in Russia, in search of the nuclear warheads the company created, but discovered that they have been confiscated by SHIELD. They hired Russian mercenaries that CTE typically employed, and launched an attack on the SHIELD Helicarrier in order to steal the warheads. This is shown through a flashback.

Now, the Secret Empire and the Russian mercenaries assault the Helicarrier.

The battle reminds Clint Barton of the recent battle between SHIELD and CTE almost a year ago.

This is also the 'Avengers West Coast's first battle as a team.

The battle is SHIELD vs Secret Empire and CTE operatives, who are now operating as one organization under the command of the Red Skull.

During the battle, Tigra claws and breaks the neck of enemy agents and uses their own guns and weapons to kill them. Simon Williams (aka The Wonder Man) uses his strange ability to harness electricity to charge his M-16 with electricity and shoot at the enemies, brutally killing some of them. John Walker, the insane man believing himself to be Captain America, attacks the enemies and shouting things like "Liberty will always prevail!" and "For America and Justice!" James Rhodes, in the War Machine armor, brutally kills many enemies using the armor's built-in weapons. The Director of SHIELD himself, Nick Fury gets a few kills in with an M-16 and hand to hand combat. Even the SHIELD scientist Jorge Latham kills an enemy by stealing his gun and shooting him with it.

Also, Clint Barton shoots a few enemies with arrows with precise accuracy, despite his sight still being bad. Then, the enemy finally sends in the agents to capture the warheads.