NETFLIX PHASE 8 (Young Heroes)
Cloak and Dagger Season 3
The Runaways
The Power Pack
Nova The Human Rocket
Kamala Khan is Ms. Marvel
The Young Avengers
Cloak and Dagger Season 3: Cloak and Dagger have spent the last few years away from the Midnight Sons fighting against the Maggia of New York, trying to cleanse their city of the organization that first kidnapped them and granted their powers. But the forces of darkness haven't forgotten about Cloak and Dagger's time with the Midnight Sons, and now with Lillith's defeat at their hands, a whole new generation of monstrosities have risen to invade in her absence. Thus, Cloak and Dagger have put their war with the Maggia on hold, at Doctor Strange's request, to battle the invading creatures of evil. One of these creatures is Cadaver, a life-absorbing behemoth that Cloak and Dagger have tracked to a local graveyard, where the two fight the creature and send it to the pocket dimension Cloak can access. But out of nowhere, a Maggia drug dealer attacks the duo, resulting in her being dragged into the dark dimension alongside Cadaver.
Following this, Cloak and Dagger head to a nearby warehouse where monsters are waiting, only to find police chief Brigid O'Reilly and her squad fighting the demons. Cloak and Dagger then save them, only for O'Reilly to try and arrest them. During this, the Maggia drug dealer, Frances Louise Barrison, is having her life force absorbed by Cadaver, only for the dark energy of the pocket dimension to surround her and protect her from Cadaver. However, this infusion with the darkness drives Barrison insane, transforming her into a monster calling itself Shriek. She is then thrown out of the dimension, returning to the graveyard with a warped mind and a thirst for vengeance.
As this transpires, Cloak and Dagger continue their fighting of demons throughout New York, encountering Officer O'Reilly and her squad multiple times. During this, the vigilantes and the officers seem to develop an understanding, even working together to fight common enemies. Everything changes, however, when a corrupt officer named Falcone kills all of O'Reilly's squad, she declares revenge on the man. With Cloak and Dagger at her side, she confronts the officer, only to see that he has been corrupted by the darkness of Shriek, who then kills O'Reilly. Cloak then places her in the pocket dimension, hoping to revive her like it did with Shriek. However, this plan fails, resulting in Dagger running into the dimension to grab O'Reilly's soul, hoping to save it. Despite all this, O'Reilly fails to return to the land of the living, forcing Cloak and Dagger to move on.
Later that day, Cloak and Dagger are in a tense standoff with Tessa the vampire, only to be saved by a half-demon that paralyzes Tessa. Confused, the two follow it, where they learn it is in fact the mind of a rigid O'Reilly in a new body, calling herself Mayhem. The three then team-up to track down Shriek, finding her in the same graveyard she first appeared in, and the four then square off, with Cloak trapping Shriek in the pocket dimension once more.
After credits scene:
A French plane is seen landing in JFK. Renee Deladier walks out.
Screen cuts to black
The Runaways: Thirty five years ago, the Gibborim Giants told six couples that they wished to transform Earth into a utopia, but were not strong enough to do so. Among these couples lay aliens, scientists, inhumans, magicians, and even time-travelers. To return the world to the utopia the Gibborim spoke of, the couples were tasked with wiping out the entire planet, and the six who served the Gibborim the best would ascend to rule the Earth alongside the Gibborim. But every year, to ensure their powers remained enhanced by the Gibborim, this society, known as the Pride, would establish a charity event where they would sacrifice a women to the Gibborim. So when one of the couples has a child, the in-fighting is put on hold to ensure the children of the Pride are the ones to receive the tickets to utopia. But when the children of the Pride witness the blood ritual the group reenacts each year, the Pride frames their children for the murder of their victim, forcing their children to flee and become fugitives.
Using their parents resources and knowledge, the team soon learned they each possessed special powers. Among them are: Alex Wilder, the genius tactician with a mystical book that can see the future, Nico Minoru, the witch with the mystical staff who calls herself Sister Grimm, Karolina Dean, the alien who can wield the energy of the sun, Molly Hayes, the indestructible inhuman, Chase Stein, the mad scientists' child who wields flamethrowing gauntlets and X-ray goggles, and Gertrude Yorkes, the daughter of time-travelers who shares a special telepathic bond with Old Lace, a genetically-engineered dinosaur. Together the this group of runaways have agreed to defeat each couple of the Pride: the crime boss WIlders, the time-traveling Yorkes, the alien invader Deans, the mad scientist Steins, the telepathic inhuman Hayes, and the magic-wielding Minorus.
As the Runaways wage their battle against the Pride, a secret is revealed that could tear the Runaways apart: a mole who has been leaking information to the Pride. With this split in the Runaways, the team begins to fracture, with Alex taking Gertrude and Chase to his parents house to try and plant trackers on them to hunt down the rest of the Pride. However, when the three arrive, the Wilder parents are waiting for them, knowing they would attack tonight. Baffled, Gertrude and Chase wonder how the parents knew, only to realize who the mole has been the whole time: Alex Wilder. It would appear that his magical book told him that the Pride would prove victorious, so joining with them seemed like the best option.
Despite this, it would appear that Alex's book wasn't as all-seeing as he thought, as Sister Grimm, Karolina, and Molly had followed the group to the house after realizing what Alex's plan was. With no other choice available, Alex steals Sister Grimm's staff and Chase's gauntlets and attempts to conjure a spell to summon the Gibborim to send his parents and himself to their utopia. However, when he conjures the spell, the Gibborim that appears kills both Alex and his parents, saving the Runaways in the process. With one couple down, and one teammate dead, the Runaways must continue their quest to stop the Pride, but at the same time recruit new members to help them fight against their parents.
After credits scene:
A small girl and an older man are shown getting off a plane in Los Angeles.
Man: "Here we are, darling! Los Angeles! Get our bags, would you, sweetie?"
Girl: "Yes, darling…"
The girl then grabs the bags and walks past a plant, which then wilts.
Screen cuts to black.
The Power Pack: Alex, Julie, Jack, and Katie Power were just normal children before their father's greatest invention was created: a converter that can transform antimatter into energy. But when a mistake in the formula is discovered by an alien traveler named Aelfyre Whitemane, a mistake that could destroy the entire planet, the four kids are thrown into a world of adventure. But before Whitemane can say more, he is gunned down by his race's mortal enemies, the Snarks. WIth his dying breath, Whitemane passes his powers down to the children so that they may complete his mission and save their planet. Along with his powers, Whitemane also gives the children one other gift: his sentient starship known as Friday.
When Friday whisks the kids away from the Snarks, the youngsters begin to experiment with their powers, establishing their new superhero identities: Alex Power, the de-facto leader of the group, takes on the name Zero-G to coincide with his gravity manipulation powers, while his younger sister Julie takes on the name Lightspeed after discovering her ability to fly with superhuman speeds. Jack Power also takes on a super-identity, that of Mass Matter, named for his newfound abilities of changing between the states of matter. And finally, youngest of the Power Pack, Katie Power, calls herself Energizer when she first discovers her energy projection powers. With their powers revealed, Friday names them the Power Pack, and gives each one a personalized suit to protect themselves with when they fight the Snarks.
Now to save Earth, the Power Pack must do the impossible: Rescue their parents from an evil empire of warmongering aliens, reverse a potentially apocalyptic event, and defeat the Snark armada, all while not revealing their real identities. Together, the Power Pack fly with Friday to a cloaked space station above the Earth where the Snarks are forcing the Powers' father to complete his experiment, and fight their way to the Snark's lab.
Once inside, the Power Pack encounters Jakal, the High Prince of the Snarks, whom is defeated, wrapped in neuro-fibers, and ejected out of the station. With their father freed, the five then stop the experiment, something that is brought to the attention of the Snarks' Queen Maraud, who teleports herself to the station, where she fights the Power Pack. Despite her self-proclaimed invincibility, the Queen is forced to flee, leaving the Power Pack victorious.
After credits scene:
Jakal is shown frozen in Antarctica. The camera then zooms into a locator beeping on his arm.
Screen cuts to black.
Nova The Human Rocket: Sam Alexander was just another kid from Arizona, with a normal mother and an alcoholic father. But when he returns home from school one day, he finds his father missing and instead is greeted by a strange duo: Peter Quill and Richard Rider. The two then explained that Sam's father was amember of an elite alien militia known as the Nova Corps. And with his dying words, Sam's father told Quill and Rider to pass on his mantle to his son. Sam, thinking this is the best way he could leave his average life, accepts, and joins Quill and Rider on the Milano.
A year later, Sam has returned to Earth as a full-fledged Nova Corps member, trained to use his powers to protect the Earth. Unfortunately for Sam, returning to Earth means returning to his normal life. But one day, when Sam is in science class, a Bird Person by the name of Condor breaks through the building in search of the new Nova. When he finally reaches the science class, he begins to interrogate the class, even burning one of the students, Archibald Dyker, with a diamond-powered laser. Sam is able to escape the room, transform into Nova, and return to fight Condor, trying to get him out of the school as quick as possible. The two then fight in the desert, with Condor eventually being defeated.
Later that night, the injured student, Archibald Dyker, wakes up in the hospital to the sounds of his nurse screaming. He then looks down at himself and sees that his exposure to the diamond-powered laser transformed his body into pure diamond. Vowing revenge on Nova for not protecting him, Dyker escapes the hospital and goes into the desert, where he finds Condor close to death. But before Dyker can kill the bird person, Condor offers him a chance at revenge against Nova. Dyker accepts, taking on the name Diamondhead. The two then travel to a rundown factory on the outskirts of town, where Condor reveals is his secret weapon: an amnesic Xandarian, Rieg Davan, also known as the Powerhouse. As the three begin their plot to destroy Nova, Sam continues his normal life, only to once again have it interrupted by someone seeking Earth's Nova: Titus, former member of the Nova Corps.
Titus then reveals that he and another Nova Corps member, Z'zz, served under Sam's father during the Chitauri-Xandar Wars, but when Sam's father abandoned them to witness the birth of his son, Z'zz was killed and Titus was gravely wounded. Titus then made a bargain with the Chitauri, their cargo in exchange for his life, which they accepted, and even brought Titus into their ranks. Titus was eventually put back together with new cybernetic parts, and made his way up the ranks, always hoping for revenge against Sam's father. However, as Sam's father is now dead, Sam would have to do. But after Sam is able to escape, Titus is attracted to the scent of another Xandarian: Powerhouse.
Arriving at the factory, Titus confronts Condor, Powerhouse, and Diamondhead, who convince him to join them on their quest to destroy Sam Alexander. Together, the four assault Sam at school, catching him off guard, as he is unable to transform into Nova without giving away his secret identity. However, all the action seems to have drawn the attention of another Nova Corps member: Richard Rider, the current Nova Prime. While Rider fights off the four, Sam is able to get away long enough to transform into Nova. The two then beat the four into submission and arrest Titus, while Diamondhead is to face the justice of the Earth-based superhero community, Powerhouse is returned to Xandar to get his identity back, and Condor is able to escape by transforming into a real Condor. Afterwards, Richard leaves to return to his duties as Nova Prime, while Sam returns to his job as Nova Corp Guardian of Earth.
After credits scene:
Sam is shown flying over the desert as Nova, a condor then looks up at him and the eyes of the condor sparkle, indicating it is The Condor.
Screen cuts to black.
Kamala Khan is Ms. Marvel: Kamala Khan is just your average Pakistani-American Muslim living in New Jersey. A conservative brother, an overprotective mother, and a strict father. Or at least, she was until the fateful night that Kamala decided to sneak out and head to a party, only to be bullied and forced to leave. As Kamala walked home, Terrigen Mist began to envelop the city, unleashing Kamala's Inhuman abilities. Inside her cocoon, Kamala sees a vision of her hero, Captain Marvel, who asks Kamala what she wants in life. When Kamala responds that she wants to be Carol Danvers, she exits her cocoon to find she has transformed into Ms. Marvel, Carol Danvers's original identity. After saving a local boy from drowning, Kamala transforms back into her original self as her body attempts to heal itself.
When Kamala returns home, however, she realizes her heroic deeds did her no good in staving off the grounding she would receive when her friend Bruno ratted her out. After her grounding is over, Kamala visits Bruno, only to see the place is being robbed. Transforming once more into Captain Marvel, Kamala rescues Bruno, who tells her his brother Vick got involved with someone known as the Inventor, who was forcing his brother into a life of crime. Kamala then tracks down Vick to an abandoned house in nearby Greenville, but when Kamala attempts to fight the robot spiders that are holding Vick hostage, she is forced to retreat. Kamala then returns home, where her father gives her a speech about how he always thought she was special and was born with a purpose. Thus, Kamala takes her father's advice to heart and decides to dedicate herself to becoming a superhero, and with Bruce's help, is able to control her powers and becomes Ms. Marvel.
Two weeks later, following multiple fights between Ms. Marvel and the Collector, the young girl finds herself tracking unknown noises within the Jersey City sewer. But when Kamala finds the source of the strange noises to be genetically-modified alligators, she is almost killed at their hands, until she is saved by the protector of the Inhumans, Quake. Following Quake and Kamala fighting off the alligators, Quake explains she was there to rescue a young inhuman named Julie Harrison, who the two find being used as a power source by the Inventor. After fighting off the Inventor's Megaraptor, Ms. Marvel and Quake free young Harrison, who says that there are many other children the Inventor took for his purposes. Thus, Quake returns Harrison to SHIELD, while she also sends a message to the Inhuman Queen, Medusa, who sends Lockjaw to keep Kamala safe.
With a teleporting dog at her disposal, Kamala is able to use Harrison's Facebook postings to find her location and have Lockjaw teleport her to it. When there, however, she has a tracer placed on her by one of the Inventor's robots, who sends a kill-droid to attack her at her school. Fortunately for her, Lockjaw was able to teleport Kamala away, bringing her to Attilan, where she learns of her Inhuman heritage from Medusa. But despite Medusa's wishes, Kamala wants to fight the Inventor alone, and has Lockjaw teleport her to the same place she first saw Vick, who she is finally able to save.
Following this, Kamala, Lockjaw, and Vick head into the Inventor's lair, where they encounter the Inventor, a half-parrot/half-person clone of Thomas Edison. He then tells Kamala that all the children there who are being used as power sources are there by their own free will, something the children attest to. However, Kamala is able to convince them that they're brainwashed, and is able to incapacitate the Inventor long enough for Vick to call the police to arrest him, finally ending his reign of terror.
After credits scene:
The Inventor is shown in prison, when an explosion destroys the wall behind him, revealing one of his robots breaking him out of jail.
Screen cuts to black.
The Young Avengers: The Avengers have been diversifying for years now: the West Coast Avengers, the Great Lake Avengers, and now that the Avengers have an academy dedicated to training the next generation of heroes, they have a perfect pool of candidates for a new team: The Young Avengers. Leading the team is the illegitimate son of Tony Stark, who one day will become a galactic warlord known for killing millions. With this inevitable future, Nathan Stark sent back a powerful suit of armor, but this alteration in time allowed young Nathan to make his own path, and he now attempts to make amends using that same suit under the name of Iron Lad. Alongside him is the Kree/Skrull hybrid Hulkling, the super powered Patriot, the son of Scarlet Witch, Wiccan, the archer Kate Bishop, and Scott Lang's daughter Cassie, who goes by the name Stature.
The first mission of these Young Avengers is to investigate a powerful cosmic energy reading in a warehouse in New Mexico, which they soon discover is a research facility owned by Doctor Midas, who has captured a Kree child, who he is attempting to siphon cosmic energy from. The Young Avengers then defeat Midas and free the child, who says his name is Noh-Varr. However, when the team tries to bring Noh-Varr back to Avengers Academy, he fights them off and exclaims that his only goal is to avenge his fallen comrades by conquering the Earth. Thus, Noh-Varr rockets off towards Santa Fe to start his war, only to be fought off by the Young Avengers.
With Noh-Varr in Avenger's custody, the Young Avengers continue their work, fighting the Growing Man and encountering the extra-dimensional parasite known as Mother. Mother, using its ability to inhabit bodies, then takes control of Hulkling and forces him to attack his fellow Young Avengers, inadvertently freeing Noh-Varr from his cell. Wiccan then banishes the parasite from Hulkling, giving the Young Avengers each a view of their deepest secrets, one of which reveals that Patriot's powers are in fact the result of continued drug use. Patriot, in shame, leaves the Young Avengers, opening a space that is soon filled by another patriotic hero: America Chavez, also known as Miss America.
With a new member filling their squad, the Young Avengers return to fighting crime, only to be interrupted in their crackdown of small-time criminals by Noh-Varr, who has attacked New York City, requesting the entire city submit to the Kree and accept his leadership. The Young Avengers arrive on the scene, trying to keep the civilians safe from Noh-Varr's wrath, which they succeed in by Wiccan teleporting Noh-Varr back to the Avengers Academy, where Wiccan summons all the Avengers in-training to fight alongside him. Along with Wiccan, Hulkling, Wiccan, Miss America, Iron Lad, and Kate Bishop, the team allies with: Super genius Amadeus Cho, the radioactive Hazmat, the indestructible Mettle, the dinosaur whisperer Reptil, the gas woman Veil, and the electrical Striker. Together, the group defeats Noh-Varr, ending his reign of terror by imprisoning him inside a stasis pod that is sent into space.
After credits scene:
Hawkeye appears outside Avengers Academy, encountering Mettle, Hazmat, Reptil, and Striker.
Hawkeye: "Okay everyone, great work on that live scenario! Now we return to what really matters: Homework!"
The group then groans.
Screen cuts to black.