Dark Avengers #15
Two Days Ago
The Iron Patriot (Norman Osborn) has called a meeting with the Cabal, a secret order of powerful villains seeking yet more power). In attendance are Doctor (Victor Von) Doom, Loki, the Hood (Parker Robbins), and the Taskmaster. Doom demands that Norman produce the Sub-Mariner (Namor) before they proceed.[1] Osborn reminds Doom that he is the leader of this group and will not tolerate aggression. To prove that he can protect himself, Norman has the Void enter the room. When Doom doesn’t immediately reaffirm his commitment to the group, Norman orders the Void to kill him. The Void responds by blasting Doom out of the room.[2]
Osborn then contacts Victoria Hand, his second-in-command, and tells her that Avengers Tower is under attack and to evacuate the building. That’s when the alarms go off and reports come in about the building swarmed by some kind of demonic insects.
Back upstairs, the internal computers in Osborn’s Iron Patriot armor cannot identify the mystical energies that caused the swarm to manifest. He then orders the Void to deal with the problem as the Sentry, mostly because nobody can know that the Void is in control of his alter ego. The Void reassumes his human form and allows the personality of Bob Reynolds to take the driver’s seat.
On the roof, Victoria Hand is ordering the rest of the Dark Avengers — Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen), Hawkeye (aka Bullseye in disguise), Spider-Man (Mac Gargan and the Venom symbiote posing as the web-slinger), Wolverine (really his son Daken), and Ares onto a Quinjet so they can evacuate as well. When the Sentry arrives on the scene, he asks that one of them get his wife, Lindy Lee, to safety. Hawkeye takes the lead and escorts a confused Lindy onto the a helicopter, telling her to do as she is told, fearing what her husband might do to him if she gets herself killed. It’s only then that Victoria notices that Hawkeye hasn’t boarded the Quinjet with the others. She then barks orders to the rest of the Dark Avengers to get the aircraft flying so they can follow after Bullseye.
Having a head start, Bullseye flies the chopper out onto the Atlantic Ocean and flips the radio off so he won’t be interrupted. When Lindy asks who is attacking Avengers Tower, he tells her it isn’t important and that her husband will fix whoever is responsible. Giving Lindy a fake name when she asks for one, the assassin then begins asking personal questions about their relationship. This all leads to Bullseye asking what the Sentry sees in her, given that she is an unremarkable woman in relationship with someone akin to a god. Switching over to auto-pilot, “Hawkeye” points out that Bob could have any woman he wants, and figures that settling for Lindy is proof that he really is crazy. Insulted by this, Lindy slaps Bullseye across the face. This makes him smile and he grabs the traumatized woman by the throat and chokes the life out of her. Within moments, Lindy is dead and Bullseye unceremoniously dumps her body into the ocean below.[3]
As this is happening, the Sentry finds “Doctor Doom” and rips him in half, revealing that it was a Doombot this whole time. The exploding robot also takes out the insect swarm, ending the conflict. When Osborn gives the all clear, the Dark Avengers return. When the Sentry asks what happened to his wife, Bullseye explains that Lindy committed suicide because she was scared of Bob. This throws Reynolds into a fit of rage and he transforms into the Void once more. He tries to kill Bullseye as the rest of the team tries holding the Sentry back. Bullseye manages to convince Bob that Lindy committed suicide, saying that he tried to save her because he knew that Bob would kill him if he did anything. This is enough to convince Bob who resumes his human form. When he asks where his wife jumped, Bullseye lies and says it was over some farmland in New Jersey.
Norman, meanwhile, tells Victoria to have a HAMMER unit follow the Sentry hand help him in the search for Lindy’s body. He also asks her to inform the White House that they were subject to a Latverian terrorist attack. When Victoria questions this, Norman reiterates his orders, telling her that he wouldn’t tell her to inform the White House if the attack was a lie. As Victoria heads off to make the calls, she looks back at Norman and sees him talking with Bullseye and is horrified when she puts two-and-two together.
… Siege continues in Origins of Siege #1
Recurring Characters
Dark Avengers (Iron Patriot, Ms. Marvel, Hawkeye, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Ares, Sentry/The Void), The Cabal (Loki, Doctor Doom, The Hood, Taskmaster), HAMMER (Victoria Hand), Lindy Lee
Continuity Notes
The Sub-Mariner was a founding member of the Cabal back in Secret Invasion #8. However, he left the group after he sided with the X-Men during the Utopia event. See Dark X-Men: The Beginning #1-3, Dark X-Men: The Confession #1, Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia #1, Uncanny X-Men #513, X-Men: Legacy #226, Dark Avengers #7, Uncanny X-Men #514, X-Men: Legacy #227, Dark Avengers #8, Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Exodus #1.
The Void, the Sentry’s dark half, took full control over his body over the last two issues.
As of this writing (October, 2024), Lindy Lee is still considered among the deceased.
Siege Reading Order
Siege: The Cabal #1 , Avengers: The Initiative #31, New Avengers #61-62, Dark Avengers #13, 14, 15, Origins of Siege #1, Siege: Storming Asgard: Heroes & Villains #1, Siege #1 , Avengers: The Initiative #32, Dark Wolverine #82, 83, 84, Siege: Embedded #1-2, Siege #2, Avengers: The Initiative #33, Thor #607, Mighty Avengers #35-36, Thunderbolts #141, Siege #3, Siege: Embedded #3, Thor #608, Thunderbolts #142, Avengers: The Initiative #34, New Avengers #63, Siege: Captain America #1, Siege: Spider-Man #1, Siege: Loki #1, Siege: Young Avengers #1, Siege: Secret Warriors #1 , New Mutants (vol. 3) #11, Siege #4, Thor #609, Siege: Embedded #4, New Avengers #64, New Avengers Finale #1, Avengers: The Initiative #35, Dark Avengers #16, Thunderbolts #143, Thor #610, Sentry: Fallen Sun #1
