Yelena Belova, aka the Crimson Widow, is defeated, captured, and taken to the Vault. Too bad she had planned for this and easily escapes.
Now, Wasp and Captain Marvel must recapture her before she has a chance to break out more supervillains than they can handle on their own.
Tropes:
- Book Ends: The story begins and ends with Carol and Hope playing a game of table tennis as Vision watches, waiting for his turn.
- Brought Down to Badass: Hope's wings get smashed up, forcing her to take on Yelena mano-a-mano. She ultimately wins.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: During their fight, Zarda completely whoops Carol's ass all while boasting about how she's fought warriors much stronger than her and expressing disappointment that Carol isn't putting up a fight worthy of her time.
- The Bus Came Back: Zarda gets a bit of focus here.
- The Cameo: The Vault contains a lot of villains the Avengers have fought over the series.
- I Surrender, Suckers: Yelena attacks the Avengers, gets defeated and taken to the Vault. Which was her plan so she could free all the other supervillains.
- Jerkass Ball: Wasp is short-tempered because she feels she's not getting enough respect, or being condescended by her teammates when neither is true (and in the case of Zarda, not letting Hope fight her is just basic common sense). She later admits it's because of her father's overprotectiveness toward her, which allows her to get past it.
- Shout-Out: Zarda continues her being a Captain Ersatz of Wonder Woman by even borrowing versions of Diana's Silver Age catchphrases, such as "suffering Sappho!"
- Swiss-Cheese Security: Holy crud, the Vault. The ultimate supermax for villains has a grand total of four easily incapacitated guards, makes no attempt to check prisoners for equipment they can use to escape, no means of suppressing the powers of anyone incarcerated so they can't use their abilities the minute the door goes down, and has the power mechanisms for the cells forcefield doors in an easily removed panel inside the damn cell.
- Third-Person Person: Zarda likes referring to herself in the third person. It annoys Captain Marvel no end.
- Victory Pose On Person: After delivering the Curb-Stomp Battle to Carol, Zarda poses on her with her foot against Carol's stomach, looking down on her disappointed.
