The World Security Council in Shock! S.W.O.R.D. Faces a Doomsday Alert Just After Its Launch!

Unlike the carefree Sorcerers of Kamar-Taj, the leaders of the world's nations were run off their feet.

Nick Fury might have looked like he was out of the game, but behind the scenes, he still had the leadership's trust and access to vast funds. He could even build a Helicarrier without anyone noticing.

The ruthless spy chief had watched the entire battle against the aliens.

After seeing the enemy Flagship and its terrifying technology, his paranoia flared up again.

If another alien fleet invaded, what could a handful of superheroes do?

And if those superheroes happened to be away, wouldn't Earth be finished?

He immediately contacted his former bosses at the World Security Council and forced an emergency encrypted video conference.

"We must establish S.W.O.R.D. immediately!" Fury's single eye widened, and his tone left no room for argument. "The extraterrestrial threat is imminent. We need an ironclad defensive line in near-Earth orbit!"

"What do we need a space defense line for?" one council official asked, plainly displeased. "Don't we have enough secret bases on the ground? Fury, your annual budget equals the entire output of two mid-sized countries, and we still haven't seen any real return."

The World Security Council might have given Fury a free hand, but its members weren't fools. It was time to rein in this money pit.

Fury was an old fox. He didn't flinch.

"Ground-based security can no longer stop visitors from space."

His face cold, he opened a top-secret video file.

Fury had always kept things from the World Security Council. He had never reported much of his most critical intelligence, and he had kept the details of the final battle on Titan under especially tight wraps.

When an alien fleet vast enough to blot out the sky appeared on the holographic screen, the