Strikeforce (comics)

Freyja destroyed their home. Wiccan is reluctant to participate in a mission without the Avengers' knowledge and Spider-Woman in eager to get home to her son but Angela informs them that these shapeshifters become more powerful when more people know of their existence, meaning they must act alone. The team are attacked by a shapeshifter posing as Doctor Doom, with Wiccan theorising that they must have captured Doom and are keeping him somewhere Blade tracks some of the shapeshifters to one of their bases and but the team are quickly overwhelmed. When Daimon Hellstrom attacks, Blade kills him, believing him to be a shapeshifter but, when Satana calls moments later and tells him her brother has just arrived in Las Vegas and is acting strangely, Blade realises he has accidentally killed the real Hellstrom.^[4]

history with his mother but quickly determines that the shapeshifters have captured a Doombot and have no idea that it is not the real Doctor Doom. Wiccan animates the Doombot and uses it to escape from his captors just as the rest of the team arrives to rescue him. Angela duels against one of the shapeshifters but she escapes. Spectrum uses her powers to locate a hidden prisoner, the Count, and the team rescue him before Daimon and the Winter Soldier destroy the prison.^[6]

Hellcat and that, despite rekindling their relationship that night, he received a phone call from her the next day chastising him for bringing girls back to the Defender's safehouse, theorising that the Hellcat he fought alongside was a shapeshifter. Spider-Woman storms off, unable to cope after her own history with shapeshifters. Angela goes after her and Spider-Woman tells her that she almost killed her own son after believing he had been replaced by a shapeshifter, admitting that she feels guilty. Angela announces to the group that all of their stories about past experiences with the shapeshifters are lies that have been implanted, arguing that these shapeshifters had never left Asgard until recently. They are interrupted when Ghost attacks Spectrum, knocking her unconscious. The team go after him while Wiccan and Daimon stay with Spectrum and the Count. Wiccan reveals that he knows Daimon is purposefully preventing the Count from waking up and confronts him about why he was working with the shapeshifters in the first place. Daimon explains that they approached him seeking his help with a magic ritual that would help them find a home after landing on Earth. Spectrum, Angela, Blade, Winter Soldier and Spier-Woman track Ghost to a small hospital where they discover he has been working with Moonstone to try and bring people back from the dead. They discover that Spectrum can use her powers to guide the souls back into their bodies shortly after death and they manipulate her into reviving them. Angela and Ghost make a deal and they work together to defeat Moonstone while Spectrum releases the souls so that they can die peacefully.^[7]

Freyja though they eventually rescue him and teleport back to Earth.^[8] Spider-Woman makes a deal with a local boxing manager which allows the Count to remain under Deadpool's protection, meaning his species has a new chance at survival. With their mission complete, Strikeforce confess everything to the Avengers, with Captain Marvel suggesting that they remain together to tackle threats the Avengers are unable to handle though everyone declines. Angela travels with Blade to continue her adventures and the rest of the team return home to their normal lives, though they all promise to be ready if a new threat rises.^[9]