The mothers of Honcho/James McDonald, Wolf, R. U. Reddy/Winthrop Roan Jr., Wrench/Leonard Hebb and Cowboy/Luke Merriweather were exposed to mutagenic agents by the terrorist organization HYDRA as part of an experiment known as Project: New Genesis.

Unknown to them, they had first manifested their collective self, a masked motorcyclist dressed in black and known as the Marauder, who was also known as the Dark Rider, a few days earlier.

Deducing the subjects of the missing files, HYDRA set out to assassinate Honcho, Wolf and Reddy in the belief that one of them was the Marauder.

Each of them escaped the assassination attempt and, having each received a note from the Marauder stating their destinies were linked, decided to band together as Team America.

They entered and won their first competition, and moments later foiled an attempt by HYDRA to steal an advanced guidance system from another team.

The three next fought alongside Captain America to defeat a plan by the Mad Thinker to kidnap a number of world-renowned intellectuals to provide him with stimulating companionship.

While performing at a charity exhibition, Cowboy, Wolf and Reddy intervened in an attack on the New Mutants by Viper and the Silver Samurai.

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