I would have liked to have broken this down issue by issue, but from
memory the issues tend to merge together
Title: US AGENT#1-4 by Mark Gruenwald (writer) and
_____ (artist)
Synopsis: A new Scourge (V) attends to kill the Matador, but
seeing him
no longer a criainal and with a wife and kids, gets cold feet. This
Scourge turns out to be Priscilla (Vagabond) Lyons, and knowing that the
Scourges will kill her for her failure, contacts US Agent for help. She
tells him how she tailed Scourge IV and watched him kill a derelict (we
never find out who this person was). Scourge IV goes after her (after
first entering a theatre disguised as a patron and killing Blowtorch
Brand) but is captured by US Agent. Scourge IV is killed by a higher up
agent named Bloodstain, who now takes on the role of Scourge VII (another
higher up named Caprice had become Scourge VI by this point). Caprice gets
captured by USAgent. Soon after USAgent works his way to Scourge's
headquarters, the mansion of ____ Halloway, who used to by the 1940s
Agent.
We learn that the organization is run by Domino, having gotten
Halloway
to agree to fund the operation. During the final battle, Halloway is
captured and Bloodstain and Domino are killed, though effectively shutting
down the Scourge operation
Is it a key part of the overall Scourge storyline? Between the
orgin of the organization and its shutting down, very much so
Does it tie into the main story in these issues? While the
mini does reveal quite a few
bits about USAgent's past, the story is largely about Scourge.
Comments: The Angel was relased due to lack of evidence, as
revealed in
Captain America#___
This was the last Scourge story to be written by creator Mark
Gruenwald before Gruenwald's death. Fortunately for Scourge it revealed
most if not all of Gruenwald's ideas regarding the organization and it
can be said that he managed to finish the story he started many years
earlier (beyond that annoying little Who the heck was killed in the
flashback?).
The Scourge organization has not been seen since.