Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
- Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers) (Main story and flashback)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark)
Supporting Characters:
- She-Hulk (Jen Walters)
- New Attilan's Inhumans (Main story and flashback)
- Ulysses Cain (Only in flashback)
- Inhuman Royal Family (Main story and flashback)
- Magister Karnak (Only in flashback)
- Queen Medusa (Medusalith Amaquelin) (Main story and flashback)
- Crystal (Crystalia Amaquelin) (Only in flashback)
- Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon)
- Beast (Hank McCoy)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers)
Other Characters:
- S.H.I.E.L.D. (Main story and flashback)
- Director Maria Hill
- Unnamed agents (Main story and flashback)
- Ultimates (Main story and flashback)
- Black Panther (T'Challa) (Main story and flashback)
- Spectrum (Monica Rambeau) (Main story and flashback)
- Ms. America (America Chavez) (Main story and flashback)
- Blue Marvel (Adam Brashear) (Main story and flashback)
- Thanos (Mentioned)
- Bruce Banner (Only on screen as a static image or video record) (Mentioned) (Deceased)
- Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Avengers
- Daily Bugle (Mentioned)
- God (Yahweh) (Mentioned)
- Stark Industries (Mentioned)
- Jim Rhodes (Mentioned)
- Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (Only in flashback)
- Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) (Mentioned)
- Alison Green (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange)
- Alison Green's fiancé (Mentioned)
- Alison Green's father (Mentioned)
- Alison Green-96168 (Mentioned)
- Chicago Police Department (Mentioned)
- Hydra (Mentioned)
- Hydra (Mentioned)
- X-Men (Mentioned)
- Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (Behind the scenes)
- X-Men
- Iceman (Bobby Drake) (Past)
- Beast (Hank McCoy) (Past)
- Angel (Warren Worthington III) (Past)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (Past)
- Genesis (Evan Sabahnur)
- Oya (Idie Okonkwo)
- Luke Cage
- Riri Williams
- Hawkeye (Kate Bishop)
- Alpha Flight
- X-Men
- Forge
- Magik (Illyana Rasputina)
- Iceman (Bobby Drake)
- Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) (Past)
- Storm (Ororo Munroe)
- Logan (Behind the scenes)
- Ant-Man (Scott Lang)
- Guardians of the Galaxy
Races and Species:
- Human-Kree Hybrids (Main story and flashback)
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Inhumans (Main story and flashback)
- Mutants
- Flora colossi
- Human-Spartax Hybrids
- Asgardians
- Halfworlders
- Zen-Whoberis
- Symbiotes
Locations:
- Prime Marvel Universe (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- New York
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Empire State Building (Cameo)
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse (Mentioned)
- Times Square
- Upper New York Bay
- Manhattan
- Funtime, Inc. Facility
- New York City
- New Mexico (Mentioned)
- Arizona (Mentioned)
- Illinois (Only in flashback)
- Chicago (Only in flashback)
- Willis Tower (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
- National Banking Group Chicago (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Chicago (Only in flashback)
- New York
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Hell (Mentioned)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Earth-96168 (Mentioned)
Items:
- Captain Marvel's Suit (Main story and flashback)
- Panther Habit (Main story and flashback)
- Hawkeyes' Bows and Trick Arrows
- Ultimate Spider-Man's Suit
- Web-Shooters
- Iron Man Armor Model 51 (Model-Prime Armor)
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Flight Packs (Appear in flashback and main story)
- Eye of Agamotto
- Cloak of Levitation
- Captain America's Uniform
- Cosmic Cube (Mentioned)
- X-Uniforms
- Cyclops' Visor
- Captain America's Wings
- Ms. Marvel's Suit
- Riri Williams' Armor
- Captain America's Shield
- Nova Helmet
- Mjolnir
- Soulsword
- Ant-Man's Helmet and Suit
- Drax's Knives
- Star-Lord Armor
- Element Guns
- Venom Symbiote
Vehicles:
- Quinjets (Only in flashback)
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier (Only in flashback)
- C.I.T.T.
Synopsis for 1st story
Captain Marvel lands on the Triskelion. She approaches the medical bay and enters the aid station where She-Hulk is bedridden, having recently woken from a coma. Carol informs her of Bruce Banner's death at the hands of Hawkeye, and that the verdict for Barton's trial had recently come down. An increasingly angry She-Hulk demands to know the verdict, while Carol remains in a reluctant silence.
In Times Square, the jumbotrons show that Hawkeye has been acquitted. On the radio, two reporters discuss the recent events, noting that the vast majority of polled citizens agree with the result, and the world overall appears to be relieved the Hulk is no more.
At the abandoned Funtime, Inc. Facility, a dismayed Tony Stark is informing somebody that the brain scan he made of Ulysses Cain has revealed the truth of his powers. Cain's brain automatically absorbs all of the data and energies from over the world in order to create his "visions," which in the end are the result of an algorithm. Meanwhile, events that had transpired in Chicago are being recalled. Guided by one of Ulysses' visions, S.H.I.E.L.D. and Captain Marvel arrested a woman named Alison Green on suspicion of the contents of her briefcase, which ends up being surprisingly empty. Tony continues explaining that the truth behind Ulysses' powers means he's simply profiling the future. He fears the extent to which Cain's powers will be used, because following them to certain extents could mean the eradication of free will and personal accountability. Tony ends his explanation requesting advice from the man he's talking to, Steve Rogers, accompanied by Doctor Strange, Queen Medusa, Beast, Black Bolt, Black Panther, and Captain Marvel herself.
Tony explains that based on the past experience from the first Civil War, he's trying to prevent the moral argument from escalating, but his hand is being forced. After Beast confirms that Tony's findings are correct, Carol is questioned whether she's going to keep using Ulysses or not. She defends his position, comparing the visions with a person accusing another of being about to open fire, rhetorically asking if they should wait for the accused to open fire in order to prove the first person was right. At that point, Stark asks what would the probability percentage needs to be for it to be acceptable to act on the visions of the future, revealing that the probability percentage of Ulysses' visions is ten percent; however, Captain Marvel remains adamant that it's enough and flies away. Tony questions if it's her call to use Ulysses' visions, and in turn, Beast questions if it's Stark's. Tony informs the people in the room that in view of the recent developments, he will make the situation public.
At the Triskelion, Captain Marvel arrives at the interrogation room where Ms. Green is being held, frightened and with no idea of what is going on. Carol accuses her of being a high-ranking deep-cover Hydra operative, but Ms. Green remains clueless. Captain Marvel exits the room, and Green disappears with a trace of brimstone smoke left behind, the signature of Nightcrawler's teleportation powers. Believing Tony to be behind Ms. Green's escape, Carol sets out to find him when Maria Hill informs her that he's on the rooftop.
Carol confronts Tony, who's accompanied by several heroes, including the young X-Men and the Avengers. The Ultimates, X-Men, and Alpha Flight join her by her side. Tony tries to reason with Carol and get her to stand down, claiming she's out-powered, but she reveals more of her assets, the Guardians of the Galaxy.