True Believers #1-5 (2008-2009)

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A S.H.I.E.L.D. agent named Mavis Trent decides to act as a double-agent, bristling (with good reason) under the rule of Normal Osborn.  She takes on a new identity as Payback and forms a team of subversives.  They expose cover-ups, anti-American activities, etc., all directed by Osborn.

The through line involves Trent’s father, who was unjustly fired for being a whistleblower, but when that storyline is resolved and the series ends, we get a “The End” with a question mark.

I could go into more detail but…Why?  This team and its members are never seen again, and the series simply wasn’t very good. 

There are some fun ideas (especially a story about a cover-up involving Reed Richards driving drunk), but they never really go anywhere.

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