Although the secret invasion of the Skrulls was stopped, the president of the United States decided to change the deal and named Norman Osborn as head of the S.H.I.E.L.D. The New Avengers were trying to understand what their role would be during Osborn's "reign of evil". They also had to discover who became the current Supreme Worship of the Earth and face the new leader of the New York underworld: Hood!