As a result of an extraordinary event, forty-three children were born spontaneously from women who showed no sign of pregnancy. Sir Reginald Hargreeves, a multi-millionaire inventor, adopted and raised seven of these children in the hope of saving the world. The times are hard for our family of recomposed superheroes. A few weeks after the aborted Apocalypse, caused by one of their own, and the death of their beloved mentor Pogo, the morale of the group is at the lowest.