The U.S.-sanctioned super-team Youngblood operates as America’s high-visibility, media-driven strike force. The issue is split into two stories:

Home Team:
Shaft, Vogue, Diehard, Bedrock, and Photon confront a deadly threat after the villain Hassan Kussein emerges with enhanced forces. The team is forced into a high-profile confrontation that serves both as a rescue op and a global showcase of American metahuman power.

Away Team:
Chapel, Dutch, and the covert ops arm of Youngblood infiltrate a hostile region to neutralize a supernatural terrorist threat. Their segment spotlights the darker, black-ops side of Youngblood, showing that while the public sees glamour, the team’s true work is brutal and often classified.

The dual-team structure introduces the central theme of the series:
celebrity superheroes fighting real geopolitical threats while being packaged as media icons.