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In Avengers Mansion various heroes (including the Infinity Watch's guest Maxam) chase Pip The Troll of the Watch but he always manages to teleport away until Wolverine grabs him by the throat and threatens him with his claws. Pip knows that if he teleports he'll only take Logan with him so he surrenders. They give him and his 'superhero uniform' a long bath to get rid of the stink of both of them while some other heroes distract Drax, another Watch member and Pip's friend. Pip swears revenge.Meanwhile half the Galaxy away Galactus and his Herald Morg pause before he consumes another planet because he has sensed something amiss in the universe. But it's source is hidden from him. He is of course detecting the effects of the Goddess, Adam Warlock's discarded good feminine side, who has started her Infinity Crusade to cleanse the universe of evil. And in another part of the Galaxy the Celestials have also sensed the Goddess but can't tell if her designs conflict with their own mysterious plans. Death is also concerned about the Goddess. She uses the Infinity Well to discern her true intentions and laughs.Adam himself has just returned to Monster Island after rescuing Thanos and the Reality Gem (in Warlock Chronicles #2) from where Goddess had sent them. But he found the rest of the Infinity Watch missing from their castle. Their landlord Mole Man shows up to complain about them continually wrecking the place, but he doesn't know where they've gone. Only that Mr Fantastic was with them, which he finds particularly disturbing since Reed Richards is his enemy who he suspects of plotting against him. Furthermore when is Warlock going to tell the world that his country of Subterrania is an ally of the Watch? Adam suggest they table the matter until the current crisis is over, but Moley demands to know *what* crisis this is. He angrily follows Adam into his room but then backs out when he discovers that the interior is now a featureless infinite void containing only the Orb Of Eternity.Back in Avengers Mansion the assembled heroes continue to consider what to do about the Goddess. But they have to eat so cucumber sandwiches have been provided, which is another thing that annoys Pip. MrF, Iron Man and Vision talk to Maxam about his amnesia. Vizh also initially had amnesia when Ultron-5 created him so Maxam wonders if he too is an android. But IM checks and he isn't.As seen at the end of WC#2 Thanos has been watching the events on Monster Island and in Avengers Mansion. He feels Maxam merits further study but for now must try to discover more about the Goddess. He knows she's using Cosmic Containment Units (Cosmic Cubes) but he also knows that Warlock's evil side Magus found them an unreliable tool (in the Infinity War event). So he suspects that they can't be her only weapon. To learn more he'd have to investigate Paradise Omega, the planet she created on the far side of the Sun. But his probes can't breach the planet's defences and he further suspects she's hiding something important there. So he leaves the AI of his base with the instruction to ready Dreadnaught-666 and enters his mammoth spacecraft to go to the Solar System, 1st stop Monster Island (where he'll meet up with Adam Warlock in IC#3).We now see that the other Watch members Gamora and Moondragon are some of the heroes who have joined Goddess on Omega. Silver Surfer is patrolling the space around the planet when Goddess' spokeswoman Moondragon mentally contacts him to go further out. On the planet Gamora is questioning the wisdom of Goddess imposing her will on alien races rather than trying to make them allies. Moondragon doesn't tolerate *any* heresy and mind-blasts Gamora into submission. Gamora promises never to doubt again (but will she?).Surfer's wider patrol takes him to Titan, moon of Saturn, where he pops in to recruit Mentor and Eros, expecting them to see the rightness of Goddess' crusade as he does. But he finds them and the other Titanians in a catatonic state. Before he can wonder if this is Goddess' doing, Moondragon calls him back to Omega (where he will rebel in IC#3).Finally our attention returns to Pip who's having no luck persuading anyone to send out for pizza. He's even more determined to make everyone recognise him as a true hero. (And this too will unfold in IC#3.)


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Siege
US Marine Captain Sylvester Hammer currently seconded to the UN is leading his troops in a 2nd attempt to take control of Monster Island. The 1st time (#14) they were routed by Gamora. This time they've got bigger firepower from SHIELD. They report back to Senator Munson that they've landed and met no opposition. Munson seems to have a personal beef with Adam Warlock. The President appointed him as Special Liaison to the UN in this matter, but now he seems to have the UN Security Council under a hypnotic spell so they allow him to do whatever he wants. And he's expecting it to lead to an escalating conflict between the UN and the Infinity Watch which is bound to end with Adam's destruction.But Warlock and the Watch members are all away variously involved in the Infinity Crusade, so it's up to Mole Man and his minions to defend his island. And he's well prepared in his castle (that he allows the Watch to use as their base). Adam himself is currently within the mind of Goddess, his female aspect that he shed along with his evil side Magus, who is the main antagonist in the Crusade. He has reached the inner core of her psyche which he now enters.Mole Man approaches the soldiers as if to parley. Hammer attempts to have him arrested. But the troops have predictably landed at the same beach they did last time. And when he saw them on the horizon he got 1 of his really big monsters to hide under the beach. Which now emerges like an earthquake shattering the soldiers and their equipment. They fire a big gun at it which was designed to deal with Gamora. It propels what appears to be an electrified net which only manages to cover 2 of the behemoth's fingers. The unharmed monster looks at it in puzzlement.As his troops try to run away Hammer confronts Mole Man mano-a-mano. But the troops are overwhelmed by a horde of Moloids armed only with clubs. Hammer attempts to shoot little Mole Man but he ducks and upends the Captain with his quarterstaff and knocks the gun out of his hand. Hammer essays a judo chop but Moley gets in a strategically low kick. Hammer pulls a knife but Harvey Elder blocks the strike getting the point embedded in his pole. A blow with the staff ends the fight.Warlock locates the Goddess' desire which appears as a closed box, cold to the touch. He knows that she intends to purge the universe of life, to abolish sin by eliminating all sinners. She has the power of multiple Cosmic Containment Units (aka Cosmic Cubes) to help her achieve her goal. Now he dives into the box of desires.The sailors on the ship that brought the troops to the island see all the amphibious craft returning, seemingly with the whole force on board. And they can't disguise their laughter when they see them only in their underwear. On the island Mole Man and the Moloids are rejoicing in captured uniforms and brandishing captured weapons.Adam is picking his way through the tangled darkness of Goddess' desires. He learned (in Warlock Chronicle #5) that her passion is the result of many lifetimes of his feminine side being suppressed. But his guilt in that doesn't mean he can allow her to destroy all life. He reaches her black crystalline heart (metaphorically) and tries to take control of it via his Soul Gem. It is a battle of wills which unfortunately she uses the Cosmic Cubes' power to win ...... and Mole Man and the Moloids see the Sun go nova (as seen at the end of IC#5) and it kills them all.


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Old foes
The 2 armoured beings who captured Drax The Destroyer, Gamora, Moondragon and Pip The Troll in the past 2 issues have them floating sedated in a liquid containment unit. Omega does want to risk handling their 4 Infinity Gems directly like Thanos did, but he will use technology to control their power in order to destroy his old foe Adam Warlock.Last issue Adam realised that he may not have made the wisest choice entrusting the Gems to them. He's now returned to where he left them and found them gone. But he's even more concerned about the 5th person he gave the Reality Gem to. They are currently in telepathic contact and that person tells him he was keeping tabs on the others and saw them taken by someone called Omega who currently has them in a large starship orbiting Earth. Warlock heads off to the rescue.Omega watches him approach. His minion wants to attack him directly but Omega sends security automatons to test AW's current abilities. 1 squad of automatons reports back but their report is cut short. Another squad finds them all smashed. Warlock feels his old combat skills returning to him, and he stealthily takes out the 2nd squad and others 1 by 1 (in a panel by panel replay of a page in Strange Tales #179). Omega's armoured flunky turns out to be a much tougher proposition and has Warlock on the ropes (and deprived of his staff).Meanwhile Omega is using the 4 Gems' powers to create an energy being. But Pip starts to wake up. Warlock rallies against his opponent as he recognises the fighting style as belonging to someone he thought dead. But he also learns that it isn't Omega he faces, just a servant. After a lot more biffing and bashing he is at last triumphant. And he unmasks his for as Triax The Terrible from Counter-Earth. And so Omega must be his master the Man-Beast. Who now reveals himself with the energy beast behind him which he calls his Infinity Thrall.


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Self-destructive tendencies
At the end of Infinity War #5 Thanos sent all the heroes off to fight their Doppelgangers as a detraction while he went to face Magus alone to stop him remaking the universe in his own image. But his way was blocked by his own duplicate and they began to fight.Now the 2 equally-matched powerhouses trade devastating blows. (You can tell which combatant is which because the real Thanos has lost 1 of his gloves.) Thanos is beginning to believe his Dop has even more raw power than himself. But then an even greater power intervenes. Magus has added the Infinity Gauntlet to his own accumulated might and has its previous bearer Adam Warlock crucified. Now he steps briefly from his control room to tell the Thanoi only the winner of their bout may join him within.The pair pause their fighting to discuss the situation. They know that the Infinity Gems will have given Magus omniscience amongst other things, so he must now know that the Dop intended to betray him to win all that power for himself. The now-godlike Magus will undoubtedly kill whoever of them survives. They agree to team up against him before he learns how to really use the Gems. And they can resume their own grudge match afterwards. They combine power blasts to break through the door to Magus' Sanctum, but to no effect. They realise that the door will only open to the single survivor.Thanos muses that his Dop has learned much from his association with Magus. The Dop agrees, including Magus' insight on why Thanos failed to hold on to the Gauntlet's power when he had it (in the IG event). Thanos wonders aloud how the Dop plans to avoid such a failure. He then suggests they flee to some other dimension before Magus cements his control on this 1 - a dimension which might have it's own Infinity Gauntlet. He pretends to leave but the Dop prepares to strike him from behind. However this was what Thanos expected and their conflict resumes. Thanos knows he must kill the Dop but doubts that he currently has the will to do it.Magus is watching the duel and commenting on it to the captive Warlock. He admits that he is boosting the Dop's power to ensure his victory, and then he will personally deal with the disloyal winner. Other duplications will also be resolved:- his universe will replace the existing 1 (we have seen them merging) and his Dops will replace the Earth heroes. And he will replace Warlock. Adam makes no reply.The Thanos-Doppelganger is winning. The pre-IG Thanos would easily have beaten him but his brief experience of omnipotence then has muted his desires and inner fire. After some more philosophical musings Thanos decides he cannot allow himself to lose, the universe needs him. He steels himself and fights harder. But then he realises that the Dop has the part of him that he now lacks, and that to save the universe he must reabsorb that 'evil' part. And he forces himself to kill 'himself'. And from the fading body emerges a butterfly. Which he eats.His body is racked with pain. Then he feels the darkness in his soul again, and knows as the Magus did that he had previously been deluding himself that he could abandon that side of himself. Now Thanos of Titan is whole once more and is ready to confront a god (which he will do in IW#6).


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Divisions
Adam Warlock has been in a coma since the end of Infinity War, but now Eternity seeks to wake him. However Adam doesn't want to, but he then appears on a slab (of ice?) floating on an ocean. Eternity says the slab is a bit of his ego and the ocean is the vastness of his soul. Warlock complains that he was content to be asleep but Eternity says the universe (ie himself) still needs him. Adam says he's seen the Magus that still awaits as his future, so the universe is better off if he stays in a coma.Eternity claims that there are major events afoot which will need his presence to prevent them ending badly. AW says he's done more than enough saving reality, let someone else play hero. Since the Living Tribunal decreed that the 6 Infinity Gems could no longer be used all together they have become less of an object of villainous desire. So his appointed task is finished.But Eternity can't let him rest. He calls up Warlock's prior versions onto the ice floe:- The original Him. The being the High Evolutionary named Adam Warlock and appointed to save Counter-Earth. The suicidal paranoid who fought Magus' Universal Church Of Truth. And the evil future version Magus. Eternity claims that Adam has tried to deny these aspects of himself, but they are what makes him his current self.Cue a brief history lesson:- As the perfect man created by scientists Him gave Adam his 1st taste of life and love. The childlike superhuman fell in lust with Sif and kidnapped her until enraged Thor's beating caused him to retreat back into the cocoon that birthed him. The heroic Warlock saved Counter-Earth from the Man-Beast, but current Warlock points out he had to die there (and be reborn in his cocoon). And it didn't stop the planet being destroyed later. His later cynical incarnation saved the Galaxy from his future self Magus, but via a bit of time-travel helped himself commit suicide. But current Adam reminds them that he was really taken into Soul World (within his Soul Gem) and found peace and contentment. However he gave that up to be reborn yet again to counter Thanos in Infinity Gauntlet. And now he declares no more.Eternity claims that there are cosmic menaces from the 'outer edge of reality' coming to cause chaos. Warlock repeats that leaving his coma might unleash Magus. A mere 'shade' of him nearly corrupted the universe in Infinity War. Magus says that Adam is destined to eventually give way to his evil side, and Eternity adds that Magus could even prevail in Adam's coma. To Warlock that only leaves him with the option of *real* death. Eternity counters that Adam can build up his defences. Adam says he has the Infinity Watch by his side, but Eternity has a better idea ...... he says that Adam must reintegrate these 4 fragments of his soul, even the Magus, to make it stronger. Warlock flat out refuses but Eternity won't take no for an answer and he sends the 4 to assault the 1. AW struggles mightily but Eternity says it's futile. Becoming the Magus is the *only* way to avoid his heroic destiny, and that surely Adam will not do. He still resists and pleads with Eternity but eventually the fragments merge with him (seeming to leave skeletons behind).Warlock falls but then rises again. He now tells Eternity he can see that this was necessary but he still won't forgive him. Eternity cares not, he just wants Adam to reassume his unique position as a man not constrained by the cosmic dualities. He bows neither to Chaos nor Order, champions neither Life or Death and is beyond Good and Evil. And Eternity leaves him a parting gift - a large glowing crystal orb (which will be known as the Orb Of Eternity). He also warns him of 5 beings he will soon encounter:- 1 in need of a soul. 1 entangled in a web of past and future woes. 1 who will touch his heart. 1 whose trust he will betray. And the last is the terrible good within him.Then Adam wakes from his coma surrounded by Drax, Gamora, Moondragon and Pip. He believes this issue was all a dream but Moondragon senses changes in him. And then he sees the crystal orb waiting for him, and the others don't know how it got there.


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Maxam
Last issue a mysterious stranger appeared on Monster Island unconscious. But Gamora recognised him as the man from a vision she had (courtesy she believes of her Time Gem) which showed him standing over Adam Warlock's dead body. Her 1st instinct was to kill him before he wakes.But now Drax, Moondragon and Pip are watching over their still dozing visitor in sick bay. Gamora brings Adam the man's belt which has the word Maxam inscribed on it so she thinks it might be his name. She proffers her suggestion again but Warlock doesn't hold with killing sleeping enemies. And anyway just because she saw Maxam with his body doesn't mean *he* killed Adam. She leaves him to return to contemplating the infinite ...... and joins the others in the med bay. Maxam is still asleep and Moondragon still can't detect any mental activity. Pip points out the the man's a wimp (at least for a guy in a superhero outfit), and Gamora admits that he was much more imposing in her vision. Then Drax puts a finger on the man's forehead and says "Hello? Anyone in there?" And Maxam stirs and immediately starts to bulk up.He claims to have amnesia, but Pip and Gamora think it's a scam. Moondragon can now detect his brain working but finds him as difficult to mindread as the others of the Infinity Watch. He seems to have an artificial psychic defence. He accepts the name Maxam because he doesn't have any alternative. He knows he's on Earth and he obviously knows the language but not much else. Heather Douglas thinks he's sincere but Gamora says they should fetch Adam ...... at that Maxam gasps "Adam Warlock?" but doesn't know why he knows the name. Gamora and Pip's suspicions are escalating. The Troll teleports off and brings back a club to hit him with but it's only effect is to make the foe grow even more massive. He grabs Pip by the throat and Gamora kicks them both through a wall. The battle continues outside. Maxam fights defensively but this reveals that he has martial arts training. Gamora learns his tells and appears to be winning but then she nearly breaks her hand with a karate chop, and Maxam lays her low.Adam has been ignoring all the signs of the nearby chaos while thinking his deep thoughts. But now he figures he'd better lend a hand.Pip does a patent teleport attack with a spiked mace. Moondragon holds Drax back while she telekinetically drops a mini-mountain of boulders on Maxam. The she ducks behind her big green teammate as the foe shrugs off the debris and emerges completely Hulked-out. She hurls a full-force mind-blast at him but his psychic screen holds. *Then* she unleashes Drax. The 2 behemoths trade blows until Maxam grabs Drax' cloak and hurls him into the ocean, Drax complains that it was an unfair trick but then he's distracted by dolphins and so is out of the fight.Then Warlock calls down to the foe from his balcony. Maxam immediately becomes enraged and boot jets send him screaming (literally) towards his target. Adam responds with a karmic blast from his Soul Gem which does KO the guy out of the sky.Adam sends Pip to go bring Drax back. Then he tries *talking* to the stranger, who responds calmly. He claims that he was filled with hatred as soon as he saw AW and doesn't know why, but he also claims that the feeling has passed. Another thing he doesn't know is where he got his superpowers from. Adam offers to help restore his memory with the Soul Gem and Moondragon's Mind Gem. Gamora thinks he's insane. Maxam accepts the offer but Gamora warns him she'll be watching. We end with a glimpse of the new guy's thoughts which reveal that he's as confused as he claims to be.


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The god and the brute
This issue features Drax The Destroyer of the Infinity Watch in combat with Thor. Hulk was with him in Infinity Crusade #5 but his jetpack got broken and now he's falling towards Paradise Omega. He hopes Drax can keep the Thunder God occupied and stop him from joining Goddess' other believers in opposing the superheroes who have come to the planet on the far side of the Sun to stop her plan (whatever it is).The other 2 powerhouses continue to trade blows while Thor declaims in mock-Shakespearian mode which brain-damaged Drax can't understand. Thor thinks his hammer has sent the Destroyer off into space but Drax returns to pummel him and make comments about his funny speech and funny hat. Thor summons lightning to strike him but the behemoth shrugs it off and sends a blast from his hand.Then Goddess' spokes-priestess Moondragon mentally contacts Thor and summons him back to help defend the Cathedral, but he says he's busy. She tells him he can never defeat Drax because he has the Power Gem and subconsciously uses it to give him more and more strength. For Thor that's like a red rag to a bull, but Heather Douglas urges him to use his brain which *must* be superior to Drax's. Lose him and come to the Cathedral. But Thor had renounced his allegiance to Odin because he found him unworthy (Thor #461) and he had vowed to be no-one's pawn since then. And this now enables him to throw off the belief that Goddess had instilled in him. But he still returns to fighting Drax.Moondragon is in the Cathedral's control centre manned by Multiple Man's multiple selves. She contacts Goddess who is in the Cosmic Egg at the centre of Paradise Omega preparing for the Rapture. Goddess isn't too surprised that Thor's Asgardian spirit was too strong to tame. Besides which she knows that he's currently insane (in the current Thor storyline). She just urges Heather Douglas to defend the place for a few more minutes and then the heroes will be too late.Thor is still intent on humbling Drax who continues to refuse to be beaten. He makes the Thunder God miss catching Mjolnir and tries to pick it up. He fails of course until Thor bids it rise and return to him. They resume the fight for several wordless pages until they notice that the Sun is getting bigger and brighter. Drax thinks it's pretty but Thor realises it's gone nova. And they get blasted by it.


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Clash
Story continued from WARLOCK CHRONICLES #6.In Warlock Chronicles #6 Eternity warned Adam Warlock about the danger that the mad Thor posed to the universe, so he got Pip The Troll to teleport them into space to where the Thunder God has beaten Silver Surfer unconscious and was about to administer the killing blow with his hammer Mjolnir. They have made Asgardian pause but now Adam sends the cowboy-suited Troll back to Monster Island to alert the rest of the Infinity Watch. But they shouldn't do anything until he calls for them. Pip wastes no time obeying.Adam tries to reason with Thor who has lately been treating his friends and family as enemies. But above all he is worried about the Valkyrie that pours venom in the God's ear. A woman who only Thor can see because she is a figment of his insane imagination. However Warlock too can see her because of the Soul Gem on his brow. He tries to prove to Thor that she is an illusion by blasting her with his Gem. As expected it has no effect because she has no soul to be affected. Thor of course doesn't see this as proof of anything, but Valkyrie is worried so she sends her champion into battle. And she disappears from *our* view until near the end of the issue.Adam has reason to fear the Thunder God because he was given a sound drubbing by him in his earliest incarnation as Him (Thor #165-166). But as Warlock he has more tricks up his sleeve. He can use his Karmic Staff to trip his foe up while blasting him with its energy. Thor recovers and hurls Mjolnir.But Silver Surfer too has recovered and calls his cosmic surfboard to him to join in the battle by using the Power Cosmic to halt the hammer in its tracks. He has no love for Warlock who he rightly suspects of having his own agenda, but he's grateful for him stopping Thor from crushing his skull with Mjolnir and hopes the 2 of them can vanquish the God. They trade blows but Thor grabs Warlock's Staff and tries to snap it in half. However it turns to energy in his hands and then reassembles in the hand of its owner. The allies strike together but the God Of Thunder calls down lightning (in space!) to scatter them.It's time for us to take a breather by visiting the other-dimensional castle of Count Abyss which floats suspended above nothing. There he takes leave of his consort Maya for 1 of his regular periods of solitude. She wonders as usual where he goes. We see him pass through a door and down a stone staircase to where he drops into a well and falls through the air below his castle until he lands in front of an enormous double door which parts to let him through. There he greets a huge bloated being he calls the Dreamer and asks for something. The Dreamer stuffs some greenery in its mouth and ingests it. A flask appears at the Count's feet and he accepts it as exactly what he needs to get Warlock's Soul Gem.Back in the fray Thor is fighting Surfer when Warlock unleashes a Karmic Blast from his Soul Gem. The God isn't unaffected like Valkyrie but his strong Asgardian spirit enables him to shake it off. Adam realises that there's no way he and SS are going to win this battle. Thor calls down energy to power his blows and blasts Surfer from his board and once more prepares to brain him with his hammer. Warlock whacks him with his Staff but a hammer blow hurls him away to collapse defeated. Valkyrie rejoins Thor as he prepares to kill *this* foe. But the surfboard swoops in and knocks him down. Adam lifts the limp Surfer onto the board and it carries them both away.Thor calls them both cowards and swears to hunt them down. Valkyrie tells him not to bother because they'll be back. Norrin Radd wakes to find that Adam is controlling his board. Warlock claims that it is an ability he obviously absorbed when they briefly communed (in Infinity Gauntlet #6). But now they have to try some other way to help Thor.Story continued in THOR #469.


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Old wounds
This issue stars Gamora without others of the Infinity Watch. It tells of what happened when Galactus sent her into the body of Eternity in Infinity War #5.The villainous Magus has put Eternity in a catatonic state. In IW#4 Adam Warlock wanted to use the Infinity Gauntlet against Magus but the Living Tribunal has ruled that the 6 Infinity Gems may never be used together again. Galactus took Gamora with him to petition LT to revoke his ruling. But he didn't know that Magus then kidnapped Warlock and the Gauntlet. In IW#5 LT tells them that he made the ruling at the request of Eternity, and only Eternity can OK it's reversal.This issue begins with the scene from IW#5 where Galactus bonds with Gamora and sends her into Eternity to heal him. Now she rebels against being his puppet, but Big G says that only his accompanying essence will be able to wake Eternity. When she asks why he didn't just come himself he says that the journey is dangerous, and he's too important to the universe to risk himself - while her loss would be insignificant. She tells herself she's used to being a pawn in someone else's plan, having been raised by Thanos to be his personal warrior/assassin.As she flies through the endless space within Eternity Gamora remembers a time in her teenhood when she wandered the spaceport on Tartoonla 7 while Thanos went looking for a (probably Cosmic) Cube. She was confident that her fight training would keep her safe so she disobeyed his order to stay in their spaceship. She went to a marketplace and bought some trinkets. But a gang caught her off-guard in a dark alley. She fought back but they overwhelmed her with numbers. They horribly beat and scarred her until Thanos found them and killed the gang. He took her back to the ship and had a robot surgeon rebuild her into the Most Dangerous Woman In The Galaxy as she is known now. He'd also shut down her tear ducts, and now promised her the scars would all heal. The teen claimed to be glad of the improvements and swore that no-one else would ever use or abuse her again. But now she's Galactus' puppet.Meanwhile she and G see a blockade of solid sound surrounding their target - which they easily break through. Inside they find Eternity's bright essence held in black mystic bands that keep him in his coma, but Eternity appears to be breaking out on his own. However they lend a helping hand to speed things up. And soon they free Eternity, and to the surprise of Gamora (but not Galactus) his twin/opposite Infinity emerges also.Gamora is returned to where Galactus waits with Eternity and the Living Tribunal. She rails at Big G for using her so and swears revenge, but he just shrugs it off. And as the 3 cosmic entities confer she is left to contemplate the mental scars that never heal, though she can't cry about it.


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Gathering the Watch
Last issue in the aftermath of the Infinity Gauntlet event Adam Warlock was put on trial by the Living Tribunal and other cosmic beings to see whether he was worthy to hold the Gauntlet. Eventually he agreed that he wasn't, but he was allowed to keep it as long as he distributed the 6 Infinity Gems between himself and 5 others of his choosing. Now we'll see who he chooses, or at least 4 of them.Somewhere in space there's a ruined spaceship. Inside is Moondragon who is in this position apparently because she upset some Badoon. Now her air is almost gone. But at the last half minute Adam drops in to offer her a job. It entails shouldering great responsibility and earning his trust, things which Heather Douglas admits she's not good at. But in the circumstances she'll take it.On Titan Drax The Destroyer is trying to watch the Alf TV Show but the reception isn't good. So he smashes Eros' TV. Then Adam arrives to offer him a purpose in life again, to replace wanting to kill Thanos. Drax isn't sure but Eros encourages him with a kick up the backside.Warlock teleports himself and Drax to where Moondragon is waiting with Gamora and Pip The Troll. Heather immediately suspects a trap and brain-attacks Drax. Adam upbraids himself - no matter how many times he's foreseen this scene he never remembers to warn Moonie. He and Heather then run over the history of herself and Drax, ostensibly for the benefit of Gamora and Pip but really for us. Drax was previously Heather's father Art Douglas but he was killed (by Thanos) and was resurrected (by Thanos' grandfather Kronos) as the Destroyer (with a compulsion to kill Thanos). Later Moondragon conquered the Ba-Bani planet (for their own good). Drax and some Avengers tried to stop her and she killed him (she claims it was an accident). Drax was later recreated (to oppose the reborn Thanos) but is brain-damaged (due to the way he died) and doesn't remember Moondragon, so she needn't have worried.Adam now announces that he's giving up the godly status the Infinity Gems gave him but he's going to share the power with them. Cue 4 astonished looks, and Gamora telling him he's lost his mind - not because of choosing her but the other 3. Adam assures her that while he's still got his omnipotence his decisions are obviously infallible. Moondragon offers to take all 6 Gems off him but it's not going to work that way.He sticks the Space Gem to the brow of Pip who immediately test-drives it by teleporting into Gamora's arms - until she throws him away. Moondragon applauds the choice because Pip hasn't the intelligence to do much damage with the Gem, but he's wily enough to stop anyone taking it off him.Warlock then puts the Mind Gem on Heather's brow to enhance her mental powers. She tests it by telekinetically raising a large chunk of ground, which Pip *happens* to be standing on. To reassure Gamora and warn Moondragon Adam says he's built safeguards into the Gem to ensure she only uses it for good. (But we have to remember that she believed she was doing the right thing when she mentally took over the Ba-Banis (to stop a civil war).) Heather admits that was a sensible move too.Drax's brow gets the Power Gem because he is already incredibly powerful. Moondragon again thinks this is OK because he's too dumb to do more than subconsciously tap its power. Drax objects to everybody calling him dumb, but he also begins to remember Moonie so she hurriedly walks away. Then Drax finds the Gem on his head and swallows it thinking it's a jelly bean. Adam is OK with that because both the gem and Drax are indestructible so it will be safe there.Gamora notices that Pip's Gem is no longer on his forehead. Warlock suggests she doesn't really want to know where he's hidden it (he only wears a loincloth). He gives the Time Gem to her. She protests that she doesn't know how to use it and doesn't want it. He replies that the Most Dangerous Woman In The Universe will keep it safe even if she never uses it.Warlock puts the Soul Gem back on his own head where it has long resided. The Infinity Gauntlet falls limp to the floor and everyone now notices that the Reality Gem isn't there. Adam says he's entrusted it to someone who will remain anonymous, someone who will make sure no-one gathers all the Gems together again. Pip figures it's Dr Strange but Adam doesn't comment. Instead he expresses confidence that they will all do what it takes to keep the cosmos safe. And he names them the Infinity Watch.Then Warlock takes leave of them saying he needs solitude to recover from losing his godhood. The others fall to arguing who should be boss. Drax says he won't take orders from a woman or a midget and flies away too. Pip teleports off to have fun. Moondragon says she's gong to use her upgraded mental powers to build a new spaceship, and offers to give Gamora a lift somewhere.


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The dark mirror
In Infinity Crusade #4 Adam Warlock entered Soul World inside his Soul Gem to seek out his 'bad' side Magus who he'd exiled there (at the end of the Infinity War event). At the end of that issue he found him.Magus knows that Adam longs to live in this paradise but he's needed in the real world. He graciously offers to grant Adam his wish by killing him, but neither of them know whether that could happen here. All the other souls in Soul World live together in harmony, even previous enemies, and they all appear to have their old bodies even though they they are truly only spirits. Magus too appears as normal but he is unique. Because he is but a fragment of Warlock he has no soul and cannot be seen, heard or felt by the other denizens. This is effectively solitary confinement. But now he tries an experiment by hitting Adam, and it works. Adam at least can see, hear and feel him.Magus confirms that he is aware that Adam's 'good' side Goddess is causing trouble in the real world. When Warlock was temporarily a 'god' (with the power of the 6 Infinity Gems at the end of the Infinity Gauntlet event) he had expelled both his bad and good sides in order to be ruled by pure reason. And he never got them back when he gave up 5 of the 6 Gems. His bad side became this version of the Magus and threatened the universe in the Infinity War event. Now his good side has become the Goddess and is an even worse threat. Magus also confirms that he like Adam has worked out what Goddess' endgame is, but neither of them is going to enlighten us readers.Adam says he's come here to enlist Magus' help against her because he's not sure he can succeed alone. While having no good or bad side does allow him a clearer perspective he finds that it limits his drive, his willpower. If Magus helps he promises to free him from Soul World, but only by reintegrating him into himself. Magus points out that this might cause Warlock to eventually turn into *him*, as it did in a parallel timeline that Adam stopped from happening (in Jim Starlin's 1st run of Warlock tales in Strange Tales and Adam's own series). Adam says that the danger posed by Goddess is worth that risk.Magus replies that he doesn't care about the universe, and his hatred for Warlock is far greater than that for his Soul World prison. But he will go back to reality to oppose Goddess but he'll do it alone ... after he's killed Adam here so that he can take over his body in the real world.So Magus attacks and the pair exchange blows until the bad guy lifts a huge boulder into the air and drops it on his foe so that only the end of his cloak is visible. He takes time to gloat until cloakless Warlock taps him on the shoulder and proceeds to pummel him into submission. But Adam's staff was also broken by the boulder and Magus falls near to the headless shaft. He picks that up and the ends glow with strange energy as he wields it against its owner. Warlock ducks and dives and jabs until he is able to wrest the staff from his grasp. With a couple more blows Magus is down and Adam's staff is whole again. But he discards it and the pair meet to fight mano-a-mano again until Magus finally gives in.Adam retrieves his cloak and staff and prepares to leave Soul World. Magus sneers that he still hasn't a chance against Goddess and her collection of Cosmic Containment Units (or Cosmic Cubes). But Warlock says he has allies out there. And also this fight has convinced him that he *does* have the willpower to succeed. He is a complete being but Magus is only a shade.


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As part of their plan against Adam Warlock's rogue good/feminine side Goddess Thanos sent Adam's soul somewhere in Infinity Crusade #5. Now we discover that his destination is inside Goddess' mind. But he has been unexpectedly transformed there and now the left side of his body is like hers. And an old woman greets him and says she's an aspect of Goddess who could be called the Wise Woman. She also tells him that he wasn't truly created by the scientists called the Hive/Enclave because he has had many previous lives.Adam asks her to explain further but she wonders if he has time if he wants to stop Goddess' scheme which nears completion. She declares that the plan does not meet with *her* approval, but she considers his chance of succeeding is low because he's never previously explored his feminine side. He agrees to go on a mystical journey with her to gain enlightenment.He enters a portal which is extremely painful and spews him out of a volcano into a paradise akin to Soul World. His dual body is now childlike and he makes friends with a fawn and a rabbit. But he immediately begins to age and as a teen he admires a rose bush but pricks his finger on a thorn. And suddenly his evil/macho side Magus is there pruning all the roses off with a large pair of shears before stalking off. The Wise Woman says that's how he's always treated any feminine tendency.A drop of blood falls from Adam's finger and starts a chain reaction of explosions from which he's rescued by a mounted knight who turns out to be Magus again. Escaping from his grasp Warlock discovers he's pregnant and immediately gives birth to an ectoplasmic structure which he nurtures until it abandons him. The Wise Woman sees his distress but says that it's a normal part of the cycle of life.She now says that he must go on but he's faced with a multitude of Goddess images which represent all the life paths available. Eventually he picks 1 at random but they all disappear because the WW says he delayed too long in choosing, as he always has done (in his past lives?). Now all that remains is the inevitable darkness which starts to envelop him. He sees a light and tries to reach towards it but it retreats from him.However Adam returns to the Wise Woman who says that in all his lives he's favoured his male side over his female aspect. But now since he expelled both sides (at the end of the Infinity Gauntlet event) Goddess has been revelling in her empowerment. But all the previous frustration has driven her mad and now the universe must pay for it. They stand in front of a door which WW claims will show him Goddess' darkest wish. He enters and sees the universe of stars. And all of them go nova leaving Goddess alone with her triumph.Warlock, still half-female, returns to the Wise Woman who says that then Goddess will realise that there are other realities and she'll move on to destroy them too. The only way for him to stop her is to accept her. The WW then disappears and Adam is returned to full male. But he passes through the doorway again to give Goddess that which she desires.


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Aftermath
Story continued from SILVER SURFER (Vol. 3) #86.This issue begins with Moondragon using her Mind Gem to try to cure Maxam's amnesia while Adam Warlock looks on. She fails because there are formidable psychic fortifications grafted on to his mind. Adam is of the opinion that Maxam's powers were also later additions because he doesn't seem to use them instinctively. Heather Douglas concurs that she senses he's been altered genetically. Warlock has a vested interest in unravelling the mystery of their guest because Gamora's Time Gem showed her a vision of Maxam standing over his dead body. Which is why *she* is also watching with angry concern. She'd rather just get rid of the problem by getting rid of Max. Pip The Troll points out that Max did well during Infinity Crusade and the vision didn't show him actually *doing* the deed.Max and Moonie fly off to where Drax The Destroyer is playing his saxophone. She explains that Drax was a musician in his previous life before Thanos killed him and Chronos resurrected him (as revealed in Captain Marvel #32). She also says that his current childlike state is because he suffered brain damage during a 2nd death, and admits that it was she who killed him that time (Avengers #220). And then Heather drops the bombshell that in his 1st life he was her father Arthur Douglas but he doesn't remember any of the above.Adam calls Maxam to his side and tells him about the prophecy he got from Eternity (Warlock & Infinity Watch #15) that he would meet 5 beings. He believes he's already met 2 of them:- The 'terrible good' was obviously Goddess. The 1 'without a soul' is Count Abyss. The other 3 are 1 who will 'touch his heart', 1 whose 'trust he will betray' and 1 who will be 'entangled in a web of past and future woes'. He suspects Max is 1 of these, which is why he invited him to stay as a guest on Monster Island. When Warlock leaves Pip invites Max to join him in a visit to a New York bar.But we follow Adam into his room, now a white space containing only the Orb Of Eternity which shows him a vision of Thor using his hammer to propel himself through space. He senses that the Asgardian is insane and uses his Soul Gem to detect that Thor thinks he has a female companion. Eternity himself then manifests to warn Warlock that the Thunder God is a danger to the universe. He also say that he's has noticed how Adam is currently arranging to put powerful beings into his debt as allies to face a forthcoming threat. The cosmic being also foresees the threat (but won't divulge anything about it) and he approves of Warlock's plan. They agree that Thor would be useful, and would be grateful if Adam were to cure his madness.Gamora is seeking Pip but finds a despondent Drax who's sad because the Troll didn't want him along on the trip. She turns to Moondragon who's floating in lotus position reading a floating tome. Heather tells her that Pip and Max have gone to NY to party. Gamora is sure that won't end well.We find the duo in the Laredo country and western bar dressed in the obligatory cowboy gear including Levis, boots and a stetson. Pip orders 2 beers but Max detects the other patrons staring at them. He wonders if they can tell they're paranormals. But the crowd is just angry because of Max's dark skin. The mystery man doesn't understand why but is willing to oblige when they insist on a fight. They all pile on him until he bulks up as Maxam (complete with costume) and throws them off. They aren't deterred so he throws them around until none of them are conscious.Then Warlock contacts them and calls the pair home. Pip uses his Space Gem to teleport them, and then has to use it again to port him and Adam to where Thor has Silver Surfer defeated and is threatening to kill him.Story continued in WARLOCK AND THE INFINITY WATCH #23.


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After Math
Story continued from SILVER SURFER (Vol. 3) #87.Thor has gone paranoid and attacks his friends who try to help him. In Silver Surfer #87 Silver Surfer and Adam Warlock came to Dr Strange for help. But then the Infinity Watch joined them with the bad news that Thor's imaginary companion Dark Valkyrie is now real and physically dangerous, and the Thunder God now has Drax The Destroyer's Power Gem and he's headed to Asgard to destroy it, and then possibly the universe. They all left for Asgard courtesy of a spell from Stephen Strange ...... which is why we now find them in the Asgardian countryside. They intend to inform Odin of his son's madness. But Sif and Beta Ray Bill are spying on them from afar via 1 of Sif's Norn Stones. They intend to *stop* Odin learning that Thor is suffering from what they believe is Warrior Madness (which sounds like an extreme version of the Viking berserker state) because the punishment for that is eternal banishment from Asgard. There's no known cure for the malady but Sif is determined to keep her love from that fate before she finds 1. Bill points out that they 2 won't be able to defeat so mighty an assemblage, but Sif has a cunning plan. She tells Bill to take down Surfer and Strange while she arranges a similar fate for Warlock and the rest of the Watch. Bill lets his love for her override his commonsense and rushes off to comply.In the Royal Place Odin tells Balder that he senses something amiss in the land but can't pin it down. So he sends for his all-seeing crystal. We however can clearly see the Infinity Watch flying towards Asgard. Gamora and Pip The Troll have hitched a ride on Surfer's board while the rest fly under their own (or in Maxam's case jet-assisted) power. And BRB is watching them. Sif herself has used the Norn Stones to teleport her to the camp of some Rock Trolls led by King Geirrodur.Bill swoops in and knocks Surfer from his board with his hammer Stormbreaker, and then hits him again. Sif gains audience with Geirrodur in his tent but then cuts his nose with her sword. When his guards try to capture her she 'ports outside where she taunts more Trolls and leads them on a merry chase. BRB meantime has been punching Dr Strange until Drax and Maxam intervene. SS and DrS seem unconscious and Bill is down, but as everyone else tries to catch their breath Sif 'ports to Bill's side followed by the whole Troll gang. Sif teleports herself and Bill away and the Trolls attack the Watch.Pip can also teleport (with his Space Gem) and he nips in with an ineffectual punch, but then gets clipped by a Troll's club which accidentally also clobbers another Troll. Moondragon uses her (Mind Gem-enhanced) mental powers to control the minds of 2 Trolls but is knocked out by some more. Adam and Gamora fight on against overwhelming odds but are eventually brought down. Drax and Maxam fight back to back to defend Gamora's fallen body. But then the Trolls fall back to let a small Troll through with a slingshot. He delivers a globe which bursts releasing knockout gas which ends the fight.When it's all over King Geirrodur turns up with a bandaged nose and orders all the captives bound with mystical bonds and taken away for ritual sacrifice. (We don't see Surfer and Strange among them but they *are* included.)Story continued in WARLOCK AND THE INFINITY WATCH #24.


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Dealing with the devil
This issue begins with a scene from Infinity Crusade #3 in Thanos' starship where Mephisto tells him and Adam Warlock that he knows a secret about Cosmic Containment Units. But he will only reveal what it is if they promise to give him 1 of those held by Goddess after they defeat her.It continues with Mephisto admitting that he wants 1 because it can grant its holder nearly any wish they can imagine. He already has such power in his own realm Hades, but not outside it. Warlock says he'd prefer it to remain that way. The devil gets angry but Adam reminds him how he recently defeated him in his own domain (Silver Surfer/Warlock: Resurrection #4), and forcefully shows the demon how much more 1-sided the contest would be here. But Mephisto claims that they will fail against the Goddess without the information he has. Thanos agrees to the terms over Adam's objections.Mephisto reminds them that it is well-known that CCUs are energy beings who have metamorphosed into the CCU form on the way to becoming advanced entities. And it is generally agreed that in the CCU state they aren't sentient. However the demon says now that the CCUs do retain some sentience and that the beings they *were* imposed limits on the wishes that they could grant, making them not omnipotent. But he also adds that these restrictions can be overcome by force of will, but that no single entity could do it. However billions of souls bound together in a universal will could do it. And this is the plan behind Goddess' plan to create such a megabeing.But they still don't know what Goddess would use the resulting control of her CCUs for. Thanos teleports Adam back to Monster Island to continue investigating this. And he contacts his own base to send Dreadnaught-666 to pre-planned coordinates.Warlock enters the void that used to be his room in the castle on Monster Island and uses the Orb Of Eternity to try to contact that cosmic entity again (after IC#1 where Eternity dismissed the then-unknown problem as trivial). An entrance materialises which leads to a realm composed of variously-shaped coloured blocks ('the building blocks of reality'). There he finds Eternity and Infinity mingled in a Mobius-strip infinity symbol. He tells them what he now knows is happening but they still claim it is beneath their notice, and they send him back to Earth where his room is no longer a void.But now he says he knows what Goddess' real plan is, and he calls on Thanos to teleport him back to his starship. He won't discuss things with Mephisto present and forces him to leave. The devil reminds Thanos that they still have a deal. Then Warlock takes his Soul Gem and places it on Thanos' brow. As the Titan realises what is happening he strikes Adam down with the Gem. But it's too late. Warlock's being becomes enmeshed with his own, and with it comes the truth that Adam uncovered.


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Reunion
Continued from SILVER SURFER #88.Thor has gone mad (see Thor #460) and seeks to destroy Asgard and then the universe, and gained Drax The Destroyer's Power Gem to help him (in Th#469). In Th#470 Thanos managed to imprison him in 'block of concentrated pure force' but now he, Dr Strange, Silver Surfer and the Infinity Watch have to figure out how to cure him before the force block fails.Adam Warlock informs the Titan that apparently Odin is the inadvertent cause of his son's madness, so Thanos inquires why they don't take the obvious step of asking Odin to cure him. Moondragon explains that Odin may not believe he's responsible because he may think Thor suffers from the incurable Warrior Madness which is believed to be so infectious (presumably only to Asgardians) that any sufferer must be killed or permanently exiled from Asgard. Warlock adds a 2nd reason, that if they cure Thor they will gain the gratitude of the All-Father.Thanos accuses Adam of continuing to accumulate favours that he believes he needs to face some future mega-threat which he saw in the Orb Of Eternity. Warlock counters by accusing him of spying on the Watch's HQ. Thanos shrugs that off and they each accuse the other of involving them in their 'petty intrigues'. Adam reminds Thanos that he agreed to become part of the Infinity Watch and look after the Reality Gem. The Titan replies that he only did that to prevent anyone using it against *him*.Thanos still maintains that he doesn't wish to be involved in Adam's 'Machiavellian excursions' but in this case he will because he finds curing the insane Asgardian an intriguing challenge. 1st of all he wants to know who Thor's female companion is. Dr Strange tells him she calls herself Valkyrie and they believe she's a creation of Thor's madness. (Moondragon doesn't mention that Val was merely a figment of Thor's imagination until she accidentally made her real in Th#469.) Thanos compares the Thunder God's brain waves with those of a normal Asgardian. (No-one wants to ask how he got such a thing.) He suggests that merging Valkyrie back into Thor's mind might effect a cure.Val has regained consciousness since Th#470 and is being restrained by Maxam. She declares that Thor won't let that happen. Thanos checks his instrumentation and discovers that even while catatonic the Thunder God is using the Power Gem to exert pressure on the constraining force field, threatening to break free. He boosts the containment field but it's only a stop gap measure - the Asgardian will be free within 3 hours.But the Titan has a plan which will involve Dr Strange, Moondragon, Silver Surfer and Warlock. It takes half an hour to set things up but then we see Valkyrie suspended in a mystic sphere courtesy of the Sorcerer Supreme. Cables link DrS, Moonie and Adam to it. Surfer's cable just connects him to Thanos' machinery, presumably to provide power. Drax, Gamora, Maxam and Pip The Troll just stand around and watch. DrS then takes control of Val's mystical nature while Warlock's Soul Gem latches on to her fragments of soul and Heather Douglas' Mind Gem controls her mind. Thanos controls her body via his machinery and transforms her into energy. Lastly strongmen Drax and Maxam pick up Thor's force box and carry it towards Val's sphere.But we turn our attention briefly to Asgard where Sif has brought herself and Beta Ray Bill to check if Pip brought Thor et al here. They don't want to risk alerting Odin so they go ask Volstagg if he has any news about Thor. He says not and neither has Balder who he was just with. So the duo now know they still have a slim chance of curing Thor before Odin finds out about the Warrior Madness.Back on Thanos' spaceship Drax and Maxam have Thor in close proximity to Valkyrie. Thanos say that if this doesn't go right it could be dangerous for everyone here, so Pip teleports away. Moondragon tries to take control of Thor's mind, but even catatonic he and the Power Gem resist. But after a long struggle she declares victory.But then suddenly all those involved in the operation (but not Gamora) find themselves, with their equipment, on the psychic plane. Thanos isn't fazed because he half expected this. Drax and Maxam try to bring Thor's containment box closer to Val's containment sphere but something prevents them. Thanos doesn't believe Valkyrie has enough power to do this, and then he realises what's happened. Thor only pretended to succumb to Moondragon, and now on the mental plane he can act. A surge of psychic energy makes all the heroes experience an environment twisted by his insanity Thanos urges them all to combine their wills to strike back ...... and they're back with Gamora in reality (and Pip's come back too). But before their eyes the Valkyrie evaporates from within the mystic sphere surrounding her. Thanos checks his insruments and says that Thor is still mad. But the strain on his machinery causes it to explode so they can't try again. And Thanos reminds them that the Thunder God will be free within 2 hours. So Warlock declares they've run out of options. They'll have to take Thor to Odin.To be continued in WARLOCK & INFINITY WATCH #25.


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Soul mates
Daredevil and Spider-Man share turkey & cheese sandwich on a rooftop that just happens to be near Dr Strange's Sanctum. Spidey wonders whether Kingpin counts as 1 of his major foes or 1 of DD's, DD points out that Wilson Fisk has tried to kill him more often than SM, and besides Spidey's got a lot more cool foes compared with DD's Stilt-Man, so Spidey lets him have Fisk. Then they notice a glow from Strange's skylight but reckon whatever it is he can probably handle it better than them.The glow is Pip The Troll teleporting back without Adam Warlock. He tells DrS. Gamora and Legacy that he and Adam found Eve Warlock with the Soul Gem she stole from Adam. The 2 powerful heroes fought and then they both vanished. And Pip's Space Gem couldn't find them again so he hopes the sorcerer will have better luck.We see the 2 combatants reappear in Soul World (within the Soul Gem). Eve still has the Soul Gem which she continues to maintain she is more worthy of, but she attacks with her fists. Adam responds with blasts from his karmic staff which they then tussle over. Eve wins control of the staff and then finally blasts her opponent with the Gem.We next see Adam emaciated and 'crucified'. He slumps in final defeat. But then Gamora and Pip turn up and G's sword slices through the base of the 'cross' which falls and shatters releasing its victim. Adam revives weakly and the duo explain that Dr S was able to send them here because they had shared Adam's period of existence here (after their deaths in Avengers Annual #7/Marvel Two-In-One An#2). They've been searching for him for 3 days and now its time to return to the battle. Adam says it's useless because Eve has taken everything from him and she is too powerful. Gamora angrily retorts that he was weaker than the Magus and Thanos but he beat *them*. Adam counters that Thanos killed them all (not *quite* true), but they say that's no reason to give up.Eve Warlock has returned to the High Evolutionary's base on what used to be the moon of Counter-Earth. But Adam plummets into her while she's still in space and they crash on the surface. Weak Adam still manages to hurt her with a punch, but then suggests they be allies rather than enemies. She refuses because she was created to be his successor not his partner. He goads her into attacking with Gem and staff and all her power, refusing to yield ...... but he absorbs it all and now has all his stolen power back and replies with a mighty blast which fells her. He picks up his karmic staff and retakes his Soul Gem. But is then struck from behind by a blast from a big gun in the hands of the High Evolutionary.


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Savior
The High Evolutionary has created Eve Warlock to achieve the potential he feels that Adam Warlock has not. She has taken Adam's Soul Gem and left him in a coma as his soul has sought peace in Soul World (within the Gem). Gamora, Legacy and Pip The Troll have sought the aid of Dr Strange who has sent his astral form to track Adam down. But Adam doesn't want to leave his refuge, and the other inhabitants rise up against Strange.But this issue begins in space as an alien couple on a world facing destruction prepare to send their infant son on a rocket to another world for safety. However Eve Warlock arrives and saves their world. Watching HE is well pleased.As Adam's friends overwhelm him Stephen Strange scatters them with a mystic blast. But Kray-Tor is made of sterner stuff and fights back to defend the peace of Soul World until the mage surrounds him with the Crimson Bands Of Cyttorak. Adam begs to be left alone but Stephen says he's needed in the real world, so Adam turns into a large monster which (metaphorically?) swallows the other.The 2 meet to talk within the darkness of Adam's despair, with the small fire of his hope burning between them. Stephen persuades him to accept that hope before it is finally snuffed out. Adam desperately wants to stay in the peace he once new there, but he accepts the hope and his responsibilities. They find themselves back in Soul World proper and then Strange takes them both home.Back in his Greenwich Village Sanctum Sanctorum Dr Strange's astral form emerges from Adam Warlock's body and remerges with his own body. Adam wakes and thanks Stephen, and accepts his karmic staff from Legacy. They didn't have a chance to meet properly in #1 so Legacy introduces himself as Genis-Vell, son of Captain Mar-Vell. But Adam feels the lack of his Soul Gem and prepares to leave alone to get it back. However Gamora, Legacy and Pip want to accompany him. Adam demurs until Pip points out that he'll need *his* Space Gem to track her down. So the 2 of them depart via the Gem ...... and they find Eve Warlock alone on another planet. Adam demands his gem back but Eve claims to be more worthy of it. Adam says he understands this is the reason she was created but he tries to persuade her not to subserviently follow her creator's agenda. She forcefully rebuffs him and they start to fight. Adam admits that she is more powerful but he bets on his superior experience over the newborn Eve. The Gem on Eve's brow sends a beam that connects to Adam's brow and there is a battle of wills and energy. And then they both disappear in a blaze of light leaving Pip alone.


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Mindscape
Last issue Legacy (Genis-Vell) came to Monster Isle, home of the Infinity Watch, to learn more about his dead father, the 1st Captain Marvel. Only Adam Warlock, Gamora and Pip the Troll were in residence. But Warlock's energy was being sapped by a cocoon, similar to the type he uses to get reborn in, that had just appeared. Then it opened to disgorge Eve Warlock, a female counterpart of himself, who stole his Soul Gem and disappeared leaving Adam seemingly dead.But we see him seemingly waking up on a little rock floating through space. He recalls what happened and swears to get his Soul Gem back. But then something like water starts to gush out from his forehead where the Gem used to reside. He says that his self is draining away, and the waters rise to drown him.Back on Monster Isle Gamora pronounces him not dead but in a coma. She and Pip tell Legacy that they're as in the dark as he is about who Eve is and where her cocoon came from, or how she was able to take the Soul Gem and where she's taken it. Pip suggests Gamora use her Time Gem to go back and prevent it happening, but she says she guards the Gem but she won't *use* it. Pip opines that even if Genis had his father's cosmic awareness he wouldn't be able to locate Eve. But he rummages about in his loin cloth to pull out his Space Gem and says he knows just where to go for help. And he transports them all to Dr Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum where they find that the Doctor is in.Meanwhile Eve Warlock has gone to meet her maker who turns out to be the High Evolutionary. He says he created her to be the perfect specimen of humanity that Adam fell short of. Through her humankind will evolve to become a boon to the entire universe. Via 1 of his machines he transforms her costume from a simple equivalent to that of Him (Adam's 1st incarnation) to an amalgam of several Adam Warlock togs. And she flies into space from HE's base on an asteroid.Back in Greenwich Village we get a gratuitous shot of Spider-Man web-swinging past the Sanctum. Inside Stephen Strange scans Adam with the Eye Of Agamotto and declares that his soul has left his body. He believes he can track such a unique being but it needs to be done quickly (before the body dies?). DrS's astral form leaves *his* body and enters Warlock's forehead.He follows a path through the Dark Dimension (where we see Mindless Ones fighting each other) until he sees the green Soul Gem. He flies into *that* and finds himself (and Adam Warlock) in Soul World that exists within it, where his astral form becomes a physical body. He approaches Adam and tells him that Pip and Gamora are worried about him. But Adam says he's content to be here (again - he, Gamora and Pip resided here between Marvel Two-In-One Annual #2 and Silver Surfer vol 3 #46). Eve is his successor and will do a better job. Stephen assures him that his friends and the universe need him and he must return. But Adam's other friends here object, led by Kray-Tor.


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Better half
1 day in the past Legacy (Genis-Vell son of the original Captain Marvel) came to Earth from space and flew down to Monster Isle. He's greeted by a smallish lizard. And then its huge fire-breathing and very protective parent. Luckily it walked away after 1 blast. And then he's picked up by a humanoid (and pants-wearing) monster who announces himself as Goom. Genis tries to warn it off by asking if it's looking for a fight. Goom say "Yes" and punches him through some trees and then stomps on him before also walking away.He's found by Gamora and Pip the Troll of the Infinity Watch. They all introduce themselves and Genis tells them he's looking for Adam Warlock to learn about his father. (Although they only really met in Avengers Annual #7 to fight Thanos, and a little bit in Marvel Two-In-One An#2 where Thanos and Warlock both died.) He says that Silver Surfer advised him to come to Earth (but not actually to Monster Isle) where Mar-Vell made his home. They confirm that Adam's here although Drax and Moondragon are off somewhere and Gamora has only just got back from a space adventure.Genis also thought a hero like Warlock could give him some advice on living up to his father's legacy. For some reason this prompts Gamora to relate a potted history of the guy. He's an artificial being created by some mad scientists to be the perfect human (in Fantastic Four #67 and we see Alicia Masters approaching the cocoon that birthed him). He escaped known only as Him and met High Evolutionary (Marvel Premiere #1) who gave him a costume and his Soul Gem and his current name. He was nearly a Messiah (to HE's Counter-Earth in Warlock's own series where we see him 'crucified'). He died at the hands of Thanos (in Av An#7, but technically was taken by his earlier self to Soul World inside the Soul Gem) but popped back (in part 2 of the story in MTIO An#2) to kill the Mad Titan. He was also once omnipotent, wielding the Infinity Gauntlet (at the end of the IG limited series), but he gave that up. And now his Infinity Watch guard the Infinity Gems.They approach a massive door in a cliff leading to a huge cavern which Gamora says Adam uses to meditate in. But they meet him staggering towards them saying something is wrong. He leads them back to a room where there is a cocoon like the 1 he was born in (and like he sometimes creates to be reborn in). But this 1 isn't his, but he can feel it draining his power into itself. Then it emits energy and cracks open and out steps a female equivalent of his Him phase.She names herself Eve Warlock and claims to be his replacement because he failed in his appointed task. She ignores all Adam's questions and touches his chest, and an explosion sends him flying. While Pip tends to the fallen hero Gamora and Legacy attack Eve but she easily fends off most of their blows and blasts and dismisses them both. Adam has recovered and attacks with the Soul Gem but she fights back and causes a feedback that fells him. Then she takes the Gem and teleports away leaving the others thinking Warlock's dead.


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Theory of evolution
High Evolutionary created Eve Warlock to surpass Adam Warlock and she stole his Soul Gem, karmic staff and power and left him to die in Soul World (within the Gem). Last issue Dr Strange sent Gamora and Pip The Troll to find him. They tracked Eve to HE's base on the moon of what used to be Counter-Earth. Adam got everything back from Eve but Herbert Edgar Wyndham blasted him from behind.Now HE has them both on slabs in his lab. He uses a machine to syphon all of Adam's power to Eve leaving him a wasted wreck again. She also has his staff but he still has the Gem. HE awakens her and tells her to take the Soul Gem and kill Adam and prepare to usher in a new era for humankind. She reaches for the Gem but pauses, remembering how Adam reached out the hand of friendship to her last issue. She refuses to be Evolutionary's puppet so he blasts her to teach her a lesson. But she grabs the karmic staff and attacks *him*.As they battle Adam revives and joins in the attack on HE. He's still weak but Eve supports him and says that they are now allies. Evolutionary blasts at them both but a jointly-held staff repels the energy. Adam tells her to leave him to face the foe alone, but she says he's too weak and she kisses him to return his stolen power. There's a blinding light and then HE faces 2 full-strength enemies. As the fight renews Gamora and Pip materialise. They take in the situation and offer to help but Adam tells them to keep clear. The battle escalates and Evolutionary realises he's losing so he teleports away.Eve swears to track him down. She offers Adam his staff back. Adam tells her she might need it but she insists that it's *his* so he accepts it. He then suggests she come with them to Monster Isle and join the Infinity Watch. But she declines for now, preferring her new quest. The other 3 leave her and she flies away into space, HE's base exploding behind her.On Monster Isle Adam thanks his companions, including Dr S and Legacy, for their help. Drax The Destroyer and Moondragon arrive and ask what they've missed. Dr S leaves and Adam apologises to Genis-Vell for not having had time to tell him about his heroic father Captain Marvel. Legacy agrees to stay on the Isle for a while for peaceful place to think about his life.On the shore where he 1st landed (#1) he meets the baby 'dinosaur' again. But then what appears to be Silver Surfer rises from the waters to ask for his help.


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W.M.D. Weapons of Mutant Destruction Part 3
Story continues from TOTALLY
AWESOME HULK #20.
In Serenity Hills, Texas, a little
girl sees a dead rat in the house and her mother is unnerved. Then Mom
(Jennifer) goes to work at the local science lab where Weapon X has her testing
cyborg rats….
Meanwhile, Weapon X agent Carla is
driving Bobby Andrews to the lab, encouraging his commitment to Rev. Stryker’s
cause. Meanwhile, up in the sky, Amadeus Cho is explaining to the rest of the
team how he let Bobby get away: by the Hulk stopping Lady Deathstrike from killing him.
So the next move is for Old Man Logan and Sabretooth to discover where the
purchased fluid went and for Domino and Warpath to find a membership list from
Stryker’s disbanded church. So they head to the church and are met by cyborg
guards and dogs and they take great joy in killing them all….
Meanwhile, Logan and Creed find the
accountant who audited Omnitek’s books and deleted the info they are looking
for; they put some pressure on him but it is detected at Weapon X HQ and
Jennifer is ordered to activate a nanobot detonation. She does and the
accountant dies; her superior is pleased but Jennifer is shocked at what her
work has been used for….
Comparing all the recovered data,
Amadeus notes that it is all leading to Serenity Hills, Texas….
The next day at work, Jennifer is
still in shock but she is told she is being promoted and sent down to Vat H
where Dr. Alba tases her and she ends up like the dead rat at home….
Story continues in TOTALLY
AWESOME HULK #21.


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W.M.D. Weapons of Mutant Destruction Part 5
Story continues from TOTALLY AWESOME
HULK #21.
Amadeus Cho and his team (Old Man Logan,
Lady Deathstrike, Sabretooth, Domino, Warpath) arrive at the front gate
of the Weapon X facility in Serenity Hills, Texas, and threaten the guard not
to alert anyone. They crash through the main entrance, take out the guards and
drop into the shaft down to the main labs. Hulk reminds them that their
objectives are to 1) destroy the cyborgs, 2) capture Stryker and his
scientists, 3) rescue Bobby Andrews and any other recruits. They are met by
mindless cyborgs, so Hulk gives the okay to slaughter them but a pair of female
ones prove very hard to kill—they have been augmented with Domino’s luck
factor, and she is the one to bypass this and destroy them….
William Stryker gives the order for
Dr. Alba to release H-Beta and H-Alpha but they are minutes away from
completion and Alba decline to unleash them early, despite Stryker’s angry
orders….
Hulk detects Bobby’s location (he’s
H-Beta) and the team crashes down into the main lab where some blobby Hulk
variations attack, with one absorbing Domino into its body. While Hulk and
Warpath fight these monsters, Logan, Lady D, and Sabretooth find Stryker and
take on his guards. When the monsters are defeated and Domino is freed, Hulk
learns that Stryker’s guards are ordinary humans and hurries to stop Logan and
his group from killing them. Hulk manages to block them from tearing into
Stryker so that the bad guys gets away. Meanwhile, Warpath and Domino reach Vat
H just in time for Dr. Alba to release the finished H-Beta….
Story continues in TOTALLY AWESOME
HULK #22.


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Story continues from TOTALLY
AWESOME HULK #19.
Hulk (Amadeus Cho) shows his teammates
the layout of the Weapon X lab in a Roxxon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico: they
are trying to save Lady Deathstrike, capture the scientists, and smash the
Weapon X cyborgs. Old Man Logan, Sabretooth, and Domino are armed and ready.
They dive from the airship and fight the cyborg sentries, destroying them all.
Entering the building, Hulk is attacked by twenty cyborgs, watched from
Washington by the mysterious leader who doesn’t think Hulk can handle it. And
he can’t—until Sabretooth shoots him in the face, his sudden rage increasing
his strength. They make it to the lab and while Hulk is battling more cyborgs,
the others free Deathstrike and Warpath who join the battle. They corner the
scientists and the angry Yuriko is ready to slaughter them out of revenge for
the horrors they put her through but Hulk stops her, insisting they’re the good
guys and asking them to name their boss. The boss, however, gives the signal to
destroy the facility and only the heroes survive—and a mechanized bird delivers
the sample of Hulk’s DNA to the big boss, Reverend William Stryker….
Story continues in WEAPONS OF
MUTANT DESTRUCTION: ALPHA.


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W.M.D. Weapons of Mutant Destruction Part One
Story continues from WEAPON X #4.
A pizza driver delivers to a secret
facility in Serenity Hills, Texas, heading further and further into the
building with his pizzas—but he can go no further than the Red Level and in the
center of that is the Weapon X lab, headed by Dr. Alba….
Old Man Logan contacts Kitty Pryde,
current leader of the X-Men, warning her about Weapon X’s new killer cyborgs,
telling her to use Cerebra to watch over mutants. He declines her help in
dealing with the problem at the source. He heads into the next room aboard the
Olympus Group Transport and finds Lady Deathstrike and Sabretooth; without a
warning he attacks them both, explaining that they all need to keep on their
guards against the deadly cyborgs that can mimic any human form. Sabretooth
opines that Warpath and Domino aren’t up to the demands, so the former hurls a
knife at him: Creed ducks but Domino ricochets a bullet off the knife in midair
that hits Creed between the eyes. Sabretooth than accepts them as part of the
team and suggests that Amadeus Cho, the Totally Awesome Hulk, can be ditched
since he isn’t a killer. Logan points out that he’s a super-genius and they
need him. Amadeus shows them that he has regrown the face of the cyborg whose
skeleton he recovered and identified the human host (David Andrews), a lead in
tracking down the baddies. Logan points out the stasis formula the cyborg was
grown in and suggests they search for who has purchased a lot of it; Amadeus
traces it to a company called Omnitek in Oklahoma that was producing the
chemical illegally. Logan sends Amadeus and Lady D to find David Andrews’
family while he and the rest check out the chemical company. He tells Amadeus
and Lady D separately that he needs them to keep and eye on the other….
Logan, Sabretooth, Warpath, and
Domino break into the deserted Omnitek facility and are attacked by cyborg
cats; fighting them off, they find shipping manifests, leading them to the
names of customers who bought the fluid….
In Youngstown, Ohio, Amadeus and
Lady D find the Andrews home and put David’s mother to sleep while they search.
They uncover a book by Rev. William Stryker and a phone which gives them the
name of another son (Bobby) and a film clip of the mother killing the pet cat
to punish the kid. This last shakes Amadeus up but Lady D knows that people can
be much, much worse, like the ones they are looking for….
At the Weapon X facility, Rev
William Stryker persuades a young man that he is needed for the crusade against
the devil and his mutants, working him into a state of zeal before sending him
to the lab. Dr Alba tells Stryker that they need more than volunteers to make
their quotas and that their mental state is immaterial. Stryker vehemently
disagrees, insisting each volunteer must be spiritually ready for the task.
Alba goes to the lab and tases the young man and has him dropped into a vat
before ordering pizza.…
Story continues in TOTALLY AWESOME
HULK #20.


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Black Widow infiltrates a yacht where a launch party for
Collins Financial’s new cryptocurrency is taking place. She leaps overboard and
through a porthole in search of the computers but encounters Winter Soldier. He
tries to talk her out of this mission of vengeance/redemption; her mind covers damaged
memories of the Red Room having sent her to kill one of the Collins founders on
behalf of his brother, whose daughter is now the CEO. Nat and Bucky fight,
while a mysterious second Black Widow murders a technician and plants a bomb in
the computer room. Their fight is interrupted by the explosion and Nat makes
her escape, diving out of a porthole to see her double riding away in a small
motorboat….


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In Symkaria, Yelena Belova returns home to find Black Widow
Natasha Romanoff waiting for her and asking for her help….
Nat’s damaged memories recall having trained Yelena in the
Red Room many years earlier, later telling her husband Alexei that Yelena is
too headstrong for a mission. The Red Room, however, sent them both on one to
steal a set of keys for the Schmatlock where Yelena, against orders, beat up
the guards. Later, Headmistress rebukes Nat for her training of Yelena….
At the Schmatlock Security firm, a car bomb goes off in the
street to provide a distraction for Natasha and Yelena to infiltrate the
building and beat up some employees, taking their clothing to impersonate staff.
Entering the computer room, Nat downloads all of the security codes and then an
alarm goes off; the two Widows follow a trail of dead bodies to the CEO’s office
where they find a duplicate of Natasha with the corpse of the CEO. The two
attack the one but Yelena is pushed through a window in the scuffle and Nat
chooses to save her and let the bad guy go. They escape with Nat wondering how
many of her memoires are gone with this new body….


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Black Widow, on a rooftop with an arrow in her side,
reflects on the events that got her to this place….
She spent the night sleeping on Matt Murdock’s couch,
insisting she’s fine and that she doesn’t need any help….
One hour ago on a roof, she was intercepted by Hawkeye who
has been entrusted to bring her in; another target on her hit list, Alla
Zolotov, whose grandmother was a former client of the Red Room, is in town.
Natasha tries to convince him that someone is impersonating her and killing
crooked business types she only wanted to expose. Hawkeye doesn’t believe her
and there is a scuffle, ending with Nat shocking Clint into insensibility. She
mounts to another rooftop with a sniper rifle, searching for her double,
intending to kill her to save the Zolotov. Nat gets her in her sights—and Hawkeye
shoots her in the side with an arrow. She flees but Hawkeye catches up with her
and corners her. Then Hawkeye is shot and she takes a bullet to the leg. The duplicate
Black Widow is there and she reveals herself to be Anya, daughter of the former
Red Room Headmistress as she prepares to kill Natasha….


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A disguised Black Widow (dark hair and evening gown) arrives
at a classy New York charity event with her eye on one Walter Sobol; Tony Stark
is there and she dances with him and warns him to stay out of her way. She goes
to the control room where she had earlier drugged the technician and inserts a
thumb drive into a port….
Her mind is full of fractured memories of how the Red Room’s
Headmistress assigned her to assassinate a target for Walter Sobol’s
grandfather….
At the event, Sobol introduces a presentation for his
charity but what comes on screen is pictures of his father and grandfather.
Sobol’s security team is at the control room and Natasha is ready for them. She
fires her stings and throws a lot of kicks and races to the roof where she is
met by Iron Man. Shellhead confronts her about her actions and she explains
that she is trying to right the wrongs she made as a Soviet killer,
specifically the company that was built by Sobel’s grandfather having his enemies
and rivals murdered, though Walter is unaware of this. She then vanishes,
revealing she was a hologram. Tony calls Steve Rogers to report while another
Black Widow watches from the shadows….


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The false Black Widow has been revealed as Anya, daughter of
the former Headmistress, and she has the real Black Widow at her mercy. Anya
has been killing in Natasha’s guise to promote the creation of a new Red Room,
as protection from the old Red Room’s best agent, “rogue” Natasha. The villainess
also explains that she had a special virus designed to block memories
introduced into Nat’s recent body transfer. With that, Nat sets off a flash
grenade and overpowers Anya as Iron Man appears and Hawkeye reveals he is still
alive. This was all part of a scheme cooked up by the heroes to discover what
had affected Nat’s memories in order to find a remedy. Winter Soldier and
Yelena Belova also come out of the shadows as Nat explains she did the one thing Anya
would never expect: she trusted her friends. Anya starts shooting and flees and
Nat follows, insisting on doing this alone. There is a fight, Anya gets her
hands around Nat’s throat—and then she is hit by a very familiar shield. Nat
picks it up and clocks her again with it. And then Captain America shows up to
claim his property….
With the knowledge of how her memories were corrupted, Tony
Stark is able to restore them. And Natasha says “Thank you.”


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Soul gauntlet
The unbeliever heroes are flying to attack Goddess' planet Paradise Omega on the far side of the Sun in 2 enhanced quinjets. Thanos and Silver Surfer appear as holograms in the quinjets to say that Surfer has seen the light and joined the Titan in opposing Goddess. They plan a diversion to help the assault. (See Infinity Crusade #4 for how that pans out.) Meanwhile in the Cathedral on Omega the believer heroes are planning to repel the attack. Their satellite defences detect the incoming powered-up Silver Surfer (that's the diversion). Moondragon orders everyone to prepare for a ground assault.Spider-Man has rid himself of doubts (in the last 2 issues) and now is ready to fight, but his nature makes him shy away from killing. He overhears Storm and Jean Grey arguing about the same subject. Ororo still believes in the sanctity of life but Jean thinks any sacrifice is worth an end to evil and injustice (such as anti-mutant hatred). Jean telekinetically pushes past her friend who reflexively responds by summoning a wind to knock her over. Spidey tries to cushion Jean's fall but she thinks he's attacking and traps him in telekinetic restraints and Storm sends a lightning bolt to deal with the interference. Which Captain America deflects with a thrown shield and tells everyone to calm down.The 2 quinjets are wrecked (by Thor's hammer) as they near the planet but the heroes eject in 2-person escape pods which continue the journey (IC#4 again). Moondragon deploys small teams to meet each pod when it lands. Peter Parker asks Cap if they're really expected to kill their unbeliever friends, expecting him to reassure him, but Cap says this is war. But he pairs SM with Puck of Alpha Flight to benefit from the experience of the war veteran. They only need to keep the enemy away from the Cathedral long enough for Goddess to initiate the cosmic rapture. Peter pins his hope on the idea that after that the enemy won't be an enemy anymore, and he can try jaw not war until then.But when they see Firestar and Strong Guy heading towards the Cathedral Puck launches straight into battle and Spidey has to follow him. While the diminutive Alphan beats on Firestar Spider-Man webs up Guido's goggles so he can't hit back when he punches him. But FS zaps Puck (and IC#5 tells us they both fall unconscious). Peter calls out in surprise which enables Strong Guy to pinpoint him and get some telling blows in. It's Guido who walks away from the battle.Back on Earth Robbie Robertson and Betty Brant are in the Daily Bugle darkroom exposing photos she took of documents which indicate that their publisher J Jonah Jameson's wife Marla Madison was involved in an illicit weapons testing project. Then JJJ bursts in and they have to pretend to be having an affair.Spider-Man recovers immediately but Moondragon telepathically tells him to leave Guido to others (in IC#5 we learn it is Dr Strange and Shaman) and she directs him to another site where he sees fellow-believer Sleepwalker using seaweed to pull Darkhawk and Human Torch into the ocean. Believer Hercules is swimming ashore (from where he'd been thrown by Maxam in IC#5) but a claw-cable from Darkhawk drags him under where he too gets tangled in seaweed as they fight. Spidey dives in to 'rescue' Herc from the seaweed but really also to allow DH to escape and save drowning HT.SM swings through the trees carrying Herc and they run into Rogue who is still smarting from a sneak attack by Hercules (earlier in IC#5). Spidey throws him at her and the impact knocks both bodies out. He then comes across Thing who's similarly angry about being defeated by Gamora (again earlier in IC#5). They exchange blows, Spidey dodging all of Ben's, but then Jean Grey joins in and Peter tries to stop her mind-blasting their opponent.However it's all rendered moot by the Sun going nova. (at the end of IC#5).Story 2:- The killing ground (starring Nightwatch part 3 of 3)Penciller Bill Wylie. Inker Timothy Tuohy.Nightwatch has followed Deathgrin into a sewer. His lenses allow him to track his foe's acidic trail until DG leaps at him from the water. His razor-sharp cloak automatically defends him. DG severs a gas main to use the pipe as a weapon. NW's costume protects him from the foe's acidic skin and he manages to KO him. He then drags him out of a manhole where emergency workers are attending the gas leak. NW leaves him for Code Blue to deal with and flies off. He reflects that Daniel Davis has been completely taken over by the Deathgrin mask, but Kevin Trench himself is in danger of being consumed by the Nightwatch costume.


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Soul gauntlet
Last issue Spider-Man harboured doubts about Goddess' Infinity Crusade after she left her flock in her cathedral on Paradise Omega to sink into the planet in her cosmic egg. Her priestess Moondragon accosted him and then he found himself in a nightmare New York assailed by his friends and foes.This issue we see that they are Aunt May and dead Uncle Ben, Mary Jane, dad Richard Parker and J Jonah Jameson along with Carnage, Goddess, Green Goblin and Venom. But now we see that they are actually heroes gathered together by Moondragon (as seen in Marc Spector: Moon Knight #57). MD makes Spidey think he's fighting them as Peter Parker. Gamora attacks him as Mary Jane in her Secret Hospital TV role. Archangel is Green Goblin whose razor-bats impale MJ. But webbing reveals that under his GG costume dead Harry Osborn has green skin. JJJ in a clown costume is actually Sasquatch who Peter throws into Archangel/Goblin.Before finding out who the other identities are we pop back to the real New York where Mary Jane and Liz Osborn are working out while Aunt May looks after young Normie Osborn. Liz is worried about Normie after his father Harry's recent death. MJ is worried about Peter's handling of his parents' recent *return* from 'death'. Meanwhile Betty Brant and Robbie Robertson sneak into the Empire State University science labs to investigate suspicious experiments headed by Jameson's wife Marla Madison. But that's all we get of ongoing subplots this issue.On Paradise Omega Invisible Woman, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch and Thor attack Peter as Aunt May, Uncle Ben, Goddess and Richard P. Peter reacts mainly defensively and then escapes using a web glider. But Moon Knight brings him down with his truncheon line and he has to dodge his crescent darts. PP sees MK as Venom and Multiple Man as multiple Carnages. But then he makes a 'leap of faith' off an ESU roof ...... and lands as Spider-Man in front of the cathedral on Paradise Omega. He realises the 'battle' has shown him how useless his never-ending fighting supervillains has been compared to Goddess' plan for universal good. So now he's fully committed. We see Goddess in her egg preparing to put her plan into operation. But on Earth on the other side of the Sun we see the left-behind heroes readying themselves to oppose her.Story 2: Acid test (starring Nightwatch, part 2 of 3)Pencils Bill Wylie. Inks Tim Tuohy.Last issue Nightwatch stopped a gang from stealing stuff from the Natural History Museum. But their leader donned a Macedonian deathmask which killed him and took over his corpse as Deathgrin.NW tries to stop the villain leaving but any contact gives him acid burns. DG is also superstrong and invulnerable. He breaks through a wall to where police are waiting outside. They open fire at him with no effect. Deathgrin starts knocking down pillars of a colonnade, threatening to bring the roof down on the cops but glider-cloaked Nightwatch swoops them out of the way. The masonry buries Deathgrin but he burns his way down to the sewers. He swears revenge on our hero, who swears to stop him.