When the Serpent unleashes Fear Itself on the world, Captain America contacts Ritchie Gilmore, once the superhero Prodigy, to resurrect the Fifty State Initiative and lead them into battle, but the young superheroes find it difficult to trust each other and have their courage tested when they come face to face with the hammer-wielding Juggernaut.

Contains material originally published in Fear itself, youth in revolt, #1-6 and Fear itself spotlight.