Though it seems like a lifetime ago, when the year started, I was still watching the first season of AVENGERS: EARTH'S MIGHTIEST HEROES. Hey, gang! We're taking a week off from the Invaders for my annual "Year in Review"/"State of the Blog" post - and I have to say, things are looking pretty good around here at the moment. When the come to inside the fortress, the Invaders find themselves face-to-face with Hitler himself. Master Man takes out the entire group with ease. Realizing that the Nazis believe White harbors some secrets about the Super Soldier formula, the Invaders head out to find him.ĭeducing that the Nazis would have brought White directly to Hitler's fortress, Berchtesgaden, the heroes head there - but upon arrival, they are attacked by Master Man, empowered once more and now able to fly. When Cap shows everyone the most recent issue of MAJOR VICTORY, the group is shocked to see that White's origin for the title character mirrors Cap's own origin very closely. Toro and Bucky realize White was the artist on the hottest new American comic book, MAJOR VICTORY, and Cap knows that since he was drafted, he has been drawing cartoons for the armed forces' Stars and Stripes newspaper. Cap explains that the kidnapping has already happened, and gives the soldier's name, which he overhead: Private Biljo White. Soon, the duo regroups with the other Invaders, where they are briefed by their superiors on a Nazi plot to kidnap an American soldier. Cap and Bucky intervene, but are unable to prevent the abduction. Afterward, when London suddenly blacks out, they change to costume in time to stumble onto the kidnapping of an American soldier by Nazi agents. The Plot: Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes watch a newsreel of a recent Invaders misson to France. Captain America is hurled off the castle, and the rest of the team is recaptured. But when Ratzel arrives, calling herself Kriegerfrau - "Warrior Woman" - the heroes once again fall.
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The Invaders manage to free themselves and confront Hitler and Master Man on the ramparts of Hitler's fortress. Schneider is killed, while Ratzel is empowered with superhuman strength. Schneider tries to stop her, and in the ensuing struggle, Ratzel's machinery explodes. But she is interrupted by a Captain Schneider, who realizes she plans to test the serum on herself.
Realizing this was the one ingredient Brain Drain lacked when he created Master Man, Ratzel quickly sets about creating a new serum. When Ratzel hypnotizes him, White tells her that he grew up with a man who is now a government scientist, and who told him that one of the key ingredients in the Super Soldier Serum is potassium. Meanwhile, Private Biljo White is interrogated by the woman he once knew as Julia, but who now identifies herslef as Madame Ratzel. The Plot: Hitler and Master Man gloat over the imprisoned Invaders, then depart.