"Empire's End" concludes "Operation: Galactic Storm" in this Double-Sized issue, witnessing the horrific destruction of the Kree Empire by the Nega-Bomb. The scattered Avengers regroup to face a moral dilemma: whether to execute the Supreme Intelligence. This profound division pits Captain America against Iron Man, turning a mission of mercy into a potential mission of murder. The entire saga was later reprinted in a 2006 trade paperback.