- Script
- Mark Gruenwald (credited)
- Pencils
- Paul Neary (credited)
- Inks
- Dennis Janke (credited)
- Colors
- Ken Feduniewicz (credited)
- Letters
- Diana Albers (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Vaulting over the outer fence is no problem.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers West Coast: Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Mockingbird [Bobbi Morse]
Serpent Society: Anaconda [Blanche Sitznski]; Asp [Cleopatra Nefertiti] (picture); Black Mamba [Tanya Sealy]; Cobra [Klaus Voorhees] (picture); Constrictor [Frank Payne] (picture); Death Adder [Roland Burroughs]; Princess Python [Zelda DuBois] (picture); Sidewinder [Seth Voelker]
Armadillo [Antonio Rodriguez] (introduction); Beyonder; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Erik Josten]; Dr. Karl Malus; Bernie Rosenthal; Bonita Rodriguez (introduction; Armadillo's wife); Amy
- Synopsis
- Cap heads to the WCA compound to borrow a quinjet to get him back home. Cap repels an invader trying to break into Avengers HQ, the armored Armadillo. 'Dillo tells him a tragic story of a dying wife and Cap agrees to help. Cap follows him back to the lair of Dr. Malus and confronts the evil doc. With the life of 'Dillo's wife hanging in the balance, Cap agrees to leave Malus to his work but warns Armadillo to keep a close eye on him. The Beyonder has watched this whole adventure and decides to take the form of Steve Rogers for his sojurn on Earth. The Serpent Society begins to reform.
- Reprints
Continued from Secret Wars II (Marvel, 1985 series) #1; Continued in Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1981 series) #196.
- Script
- Mike Carlin
- Letters
- typeset
Letters from: James Formasa, Mark J. Newman, Chris White, Jason Hickle, John P. Parrish III, and Ken Page.