Avengers West Coast MAX Vol 1 7


 * Publication Date: July 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:

Red Skull (Earth 199916) 'Four' (Earth 199916) Secret Empire CTE
 * Villains:

Russia SHIELD Helicarrier
 * Locations:

Synopsis
In Russia, at the HQ of The Secret Empire in a run-down apartment building, the leaders of the hidden organization, a council of men in orange robes and masks, are meeting on the top floor of the abandoned building. During the meeting, The Scourge of the Underworld simply walks into the room and opens fire on them with .50 caliber rounds, killing them all. Then, a man walks in and pushes a dead Secret Empire leader's body from his chair and sits in it. He is The Scourge's new leader, the Red Skull, a highly tattooed neo-Nazi man in a red skull mask.

At the SHIELD Helicarrier, Simon Williams explains that he is the brother of the scientist who created the chemical weapons for The Secret Empire, Eric Williams aka the Reaper. Simon wants to join SHIELD and the 'Avengers West Coast' black ops team. Nick Fury recognizes Simon, because he is a SHIELD agent. Back during Simon's SHIELD days, he was codenamed 'W' for short communication during secret missions. Once, Simon was captured by enemy agents and they interrogated him. He gave them fake information, and his codename inspired his fake last name: Wonderman. Eventually, Simon's brother Eric convinced him to quit SHIELD and use his training to become a mercenary. The two brothers operated as mercenaries, with Simon using the alias Wonder Man. Eventually, Eric took up an intrest in genetics, and an experiment went wrong that disfigured Eric and destroyed his right hand, and it also gave Simon the strange ability harness electricity. This is shown through a flashback.

Eric Williams, under the alias The Reaper, now works for the Secret Empire.

But, agents of the Secret Empire and Russian mercenaries hired by CTE (Cross Technological Enterprises) followed Simon, and they attack the Helicarrier.