US Avengers #5 Secret Empire Opening Salvo Review?

[jackolover]

Can somebody give a summary of what this issue had to do with SE? All my LCS' ran out of this copy.

[Dmouse]

It starts of with SG and maverick taking on some gorilla men and their monarch when maverick becomes de--powered at a critical moment so squirrel girl has to step up and stop maverick from being killed. Maverick feels like a fool and has to retire from the battle and is then contacted by a rogue A.I.M operative who is working for hydra offering a chance to get around the safety cut-out, which he accepts and then unknowingly he is compromised.
Steve drops by roberto in his office and starts to chat in amiable fashion but that's only to get into roberto's head by slowly applying pressure on him, suggesting that maverick was maybe not the best person to give the Red Hulk power up despite his service to america. then suggesting that he possibly made a mistake there then asks roberto about his anti-psychic training he got from Proffessor Xavier and then passing his doubts about such a non stantard S.H.I.E.L.D meaure that roberto has had passed to his AIM people (which could upset steve's plan) then steve applys full pressure by implying that maybe Roberto is not the patriot he makes himself out to be. Steve then returns back to hydra and reports. Roberto realizes that although he's got what he wanted his job will no longer let him wheel and deal as freely as he did before in the new avengers series. Then on the montor screens fill up with Hydra making their move with the Chitarii and he is stunned by what is happening not realizing he's been outplayed.
There is also a part where toni ho is in her lab when Aiku comes in and expresses her concern about toni being in there so much and not eating enough

[jackolover]

Fabulous Dmouse, and thanks for doing this. Great review, with a lot of tension in the writing. So this is a direct lead up to Secret Empire #0, and gives us Steves movements just prior to the attack order.