Where There's Smoke (Avengers Unleashed)

Where There's Smoke is the 16th episode of Avengers Unleashed.

Featured Characters

 * Avengers
 * Captain America / Steve Rogers
 * Iron Man / Tony Stark
 * F.R.I.D.A.Y.
 * Spider-Man / Peter Parker
 * Jocasta (first appearance)
 * Thor
 * Hulk / Bruce Banner
 * Black Widow / Natasha Romanoff
 * Hawkeye / Clint Barton
 * Captain Marvel / Carol Danvers
 * Black Panther / T'Challa
 * Phoenix Princess / Mary Jane Watson
 * Black Cat / Felicia Hardy
 * White Swan / Gwen Stacy
 * Wasp / Janet Van Dyne
 * Falcon / Sam Wilson
 * Redwing
 * Ant-Man / Scott Lang

Supporting Characters

 * New Warriors
 * White Tiger / Ava Ayala
 * Iron Fist / Danny Rand
 * Power Man / Luke Cage (first appearance)
 * Mecha Hulk / Amadeus Cho
 * Scarlet Spider / Kevin Watson (first appearance; joins team)
 * Blue Eagle / Sally Avril
 * Firestar / Liz Allan (first appearance as Firestar; joins team)
 * Agent Venom / Flash Thompson (first appearance)

Villains

 * Firelord
 * Scorcher / Steven Hudak
 * Molten Man / John Allerdyce
 * Fire Demons of Muspelheim
 * Ultimate Green Goblin / Norman Osborn (first appearance)

Premise
Spider-Man is assigned to watch over and train Mary Jane's younger brother Kevin (who had donned the mantle of Scarlet Spider) while Mary Jane trains Liz Allan, who had developed new powers after being infused with a formula composed of samples of the Super-Soldier serum combined with Scorcher's pyrokinetic capsules, to become the new heroine Firestar. At the same time, the Avengers and the New Warriors work to stop cosmic-powered alien Firelord, who had managed to obtain a prototype of the Mind Stone to manipulate the minds of Fire-based villains (Scorcher, Molten Man, the Fire Demons of Muspelheim and a Green Goblin from another dimension) and plans to have Earth consumed by fire and smoke.

Plot
The episode starts with Spider-Man training Mary Jane's younger brother Kevin Watson, who developed spider-powers after being bitten by a radioactive spider experimented on by Spencer Smythe one day before Miles Morales and Anya Corazon were bitten, in becoming Scarlet Spider. The duo then go on a crime-fighting spree on which they end up battling Molten Man and Scorcher, who had broken through a Hammer Industries facility to obtain one of the Super-Adaptoid's power cores. They defeat Molten Man and Scorcher, who turn out to have been mind-controlled by another unknown villain. Just then, one of the Super Soldier capsules from Scorcher's armors falls off and explodes next to Liz Allan, who was watching the situation from the outside.

As the two Spider-Men check on her, Liz finds herself still alive, but infused by the chemicals. Spider-Man and Scarlet Spider take her to the Avengers Facility before Scorcher and Molten Man recover from their bruises unaware of what happened.

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