Rick Remender does a one-off between Andy Diggle’s run and the upcoming Jeff Parker run. The cover says that “Power Man and Iron Fist join the Thunderbolts.” But that’s not what happens.
Iron Fist is being held prisoner by Norman Osborn, who is trying to torture/brainwash him into becoming a Thunderbolt. He projects images of Fist fighting his New Avengers teammates directly into Danny’s mind.
It works, and Danny then helps Osborn capture Luke Cage and brainwash him, too.
But of course Danny’s not really betraying Luke. His “Chi,” which he uses to summon the iron fist power, cleansed his mind.
The two escape and that’s it for that fill-in issue.
Along the way various members are still engaging in various degrees of betrayal of Osborn and each other.
This is an early comic by Mahmud Asrar and, thankfully, his art gets better in the future.
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