In order to save two universes, the young hero known as Access was forced to use the power of Amalgam (see Marvel versus DC (1996) #3). In this issue, Bruce Wayne is the head of S.H.I.E.L.D., a super-secret spy organization poised to deliver a crippling blow to the criminal organization known as Hydra. But Hydra has other problems as a coup de'tat has just occurred an power has been usurped from the Green Skull(Red Skull/Ra's Al Ghul) by his own daughter Salina Luthor (Talia/Viper).