CAPTAIN AMERICA #377: After Crossbones’ failed assassination attempt on Kingpin last issue, Bullseye sets his sights on Red Skull in retaliation. Can Kingpin and the Skull put their gang war to rest? Can Hank Pym help Cap get the drugs out of his system?
PLUS: Battlestar loses his powers at the hands of Malus, the mad scientist performing deaugmentation experiments!
PLUS: Battlestar has been captured, along with a number of others who have been augmented by the Power Broker, and finds himself at the mercy of a mad scientist’s experiments.
CAPTAIN AMERICA #375: Captain America has been acting erratically & only Diamondback & John Jameson knows why: he’s been exposed to Ice Fumes! Meanwhile, Fumed-Up Cap continues his one-man war on drugs on these “Streets of Poison”, and comes to blows with Daredevil!
ALSO: Battlestar and US Agent come to blows when the latter refuses to acknowledge their shared past.
...some fun interactions to be found.
The ultimate goal of the Peace Corpse (what an absurd name)—to save the economy by starting a nuclear war—might make technical sense, but hardly seems well thought out.
The Combine, by the way, was never seen again.
AVENGERS #324: The two heads of the Peace Corpse have merged into a single being known as the Combine during all the nuclear mayhem, but their goal still remains the same: World War III, for the sake of the economy! It’s finally the finale of “The Crossing Line!”
PLUS: Avengers pilot John Jameson stumbles upon the supposedly-destroyed Moon-Stone once again, and is transformed back into the Man-Wolf!