[1] As a result of a deal forged by vice-president Bob Wayne of DC Comics and publishing director Andrew Sumner of IPC Media.

Penny takes him to a lock-up where she has been gathering information on the cover-up, including suppressed interviews with creators about meeting the real heroes and footage showing that Margaret Thatcher survived an IRA bombing due to wearing the Eye of Zoltec.

He is initially hostile until they make a deal – if Peace helps them rescue Eric and the other heroes, he will be able to loot the exotic technology held at the castle.

Due to growing American concern over the dangers nature of the prisoners CIA Agent Zip Nolan has arrived to inspect the castle.

Nolan meets several other inmates including Rubberman (kept at low temperatures to inhibit his powers after an escape attempt), Captain Hurricane (a psychotic, sedated World War II supersoldier who functions as the last resort to combat escapees) and the Spider.

The trio begin releasing the prisoners but Penny finds out from Louis Crandell and Tim Kelly that her father died of a heart attack some years beforehand.

Nolan attempts to secure the Spider, only to find he was piloting Mytek, his place being taken by Faceache in return for the chance to reunite with his beloved Martha.

In an epilogue the Steel Claw infiltrates 10 Downing Street and confronts Tony and Cherie Blair to take back the Eye of Zoltec for his friend.

Using a similar narrative device to that which Alan Moore employed in Supreme and Tom Strong,[1] flashbacks are related in the style of comics of yesteryear.

For example, a flashback to Penny's childhood is drawn in a style similar to Leo Baxendale's work, while a two-page pastiche of The Incredible Adventures of Janus Stark resembles the artwork of Francisco Solano López.

It featured reprints of several Cursitor Doom, Kelly's Eye, The Incredible Adventures of Janus Stark and The House of Dolmann stories, as well as newly written articles exploring the history of these characters' comics.

[14] Discussing the reception to the series with John Freeman, Reppion acknowledged it had drawn polarised reactions, noting "...Albion has a kind of Marmite type effect on people; you either love it or you hate it.".