"Ms. Marvel's new Lightning Strom strike force receives two recruits from the Initiative: Machine Man and Sleepwalker?! When the young hero Araña is kidnapped, it's time for Carol Danvers to use her newly expanded team to squash an evil that's hit too close to home! Plus: This is it -- one of the biggest mysteries of Ms. Marvel's life is revealed. Carol Danvers heads to Monster Island, where the alien Brrod and the very fate of the planet Earth -- and possibly the galaxy -- hangs in the balance!--P. [4] of cover.

"Contains material originally published in magazine form as Ms. Marvel #18-24."