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The story opens in Nick Fury's secret base #21 Providence (which in the map in #1 appeared to be in South Dakota), which appears to be where the Secret Warriors were each sent individually to at the end of last issue. Except Daisy Johnson (Quake) has just learned that Fury overrode her wishes and sacked Sebastian Druid, and she's understandably angry about it.JT James (Hellfire) supports her anger, and the others don't look too happy. Fury tells them to leave him and Daisy alone. She reminds him he promised it would be her decision. But Nick says she wasn't going to make the *right* decision so he did it for her. He's a long-time leader of men and he *knows* who won't cut it. Daisy walks out on him and accepts JT's offer of going for a drink.In the Siberian Leviathan base Long Winter Madame Hydra has brought the mysterious box to the Leviathan leader she now names Magadan, ostensibly in trade for Viper who they kidnapped in #12. Viper tells her not to do it, but Madame H just hands it over not asking *anything* in return. And she confirms that it is in working order. Viper asks how she can do this after all Viper gave up to get it (referring to breaking her relationship with Silver Samurai)? And how can she betray her convictions? But MH replies that her loyalty remains where it has always been ... and shoots Viper in the heart.Magadan commends Madame Hydra for a job well done, and says everything is now ready for the rebirth. MH says she'll just go change out of this Hydra uniform and takes off her helmet to reveal the face of Val de Fontaine (which we've known since #6).This segues into a brief secret history of Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine. 15 years ago in Rome she meets up with her parents only to see them blown to bits before her eyes. 2 days later she is approached at the funeral by a man who speaks to her in Russian (presumably Vasili Dassaiev who will be known as Magadan). She's been desperately waiting for contact because her parents' cover is failing. He assures her that that will be dealt with and she can continue the family tradition of spying for Russia. But he expects a unique opportunity to come her way. Next day she's approached by Dum Dum Dugan and recruited for SHIELD, who believe that her parents were *anti-Communist* agents (as mentioned in her 2nd-ever app in Strange Tales #162).Daisy and JT are out having that drink and sharing their anger and frustration at Fury. She's grateful to him for rescuing the troubled teen from her boring life into SHIELD (as told in the Secret War: From The Files Of Nick Fury 1-shot) and then making her team leader of the Warriors (Mighty Avengers #13), but "Rarrr!". She changes the subject by asking him what JT stands for. He says his mother named him after the singer/songwriter James Taylor. She tries to order another drink from the waitress but JT signals they've had enough. Daisy asks JT why *he* puts up with Fury. He says he doesn't believe in the cause, he thinks Fury is a delusional old man who's fighting a war that's already over. He only stays because of *her*. Daisy deflects the moment by returning to the revelation that his name is James Taylor James. She coyly suggests she she's not sure how she feels about something like that.In Hydra's Gehenna base Gorgon subjects himself to psychic scrutiny to verify *he* is not the traitor. Kraken says that they, Hive and Baron Strucker can now be sure of each other. Gorgon complains that Kraken has not been tested, but Strucker says that Kraken has been with him in Hydra since the beginning. Gorgon agrees that it is now obvious that Madame Hydra, who left last issue before she could be checked, was the mole all along. Kraken says he prepared for the contingency that the guilty party would flee. He fitted all the craft in this base with tracking devices so they know she's gone deep into Russia. But it seems they don't know about the Leviathan base. (They probably think she was spying on them for SHIELD instead of the other way round as she was supposed to be doing.)In Long Winter Val has strangely changed into her trademark (see her Wikipedia entry) SHIELD 'uniform' (in the exact pose from the opening of ST#168, the only time she actually wore it in the early Steranko days). She reports to Magadan on the status of Hydra. They have been very good at keeping up with cutting-edge technology, while Leviathan's stuff dates back to when they went into their long sleep. Hydra is still rebuilding its forces but Leviathan will soon have all their old manpower back. Most importantly Hydra is riven by factions while Leviathan always presents a united front.1 of their 'demon' scientists says they're ready to start the process but they need Magadan's authorisation code. He inputs 'Dassaiev Capricorn Zodiac'. They connect up the contents of the box and begin the defrost cycle. We see the ranks of linked tubes and the special tube in front. This opens and a man called Orion steps out. Magadan and Val bring him up-to-date as he dons a uniform. He's slept for 14 years. The Soviet empire has collapsed and Russia has become capitalist. Their old enemies are thriving. This is what he predicted. Now is the time to settle old scores. "Taunt the Baron. Tempt the Fury."On the final page Nick gets a text from Val suggesting they meet for dinner again where they did in #3.


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In the last 2 issues Nick Fury and the Secret Warriors invaded Hydra's main base Gehenna to set off a mountain-buster bomb. Unfortunately Hydra was waiting for them because Hellfire (JT James) had betrayed them (although they don't know that). Eden Fesi teleported them in but was knocked out before he could get them out again. Fury set the bomb on a timer and Phobos (Alex Aaron), son of Ares, used his godly prescience to lead them to an escape route, knowing that this would also lead him to a duel to the death with Gorgon. Alex broke Gorgon's sword Godkiller in 2 but the villain stabbed him through the heart with the hilt-half.Now Gorgon takes Phobos' sword Grasscutter as a replacement. (It too was broken last issue but now it is whole again. These magic swords!)Fury and the White Caterpillar Team are on the other side of a chasm with a broken stone 'bridge'. Team leader Quake (Daisy Johnson) channels her grief into her quake power (which doesn't do much except increase the amount of debris lying around). Gorgon, Madame Hydra and the rest of the enemy troops retreat, leaving Baron Strucker shouting threats at his old foe Fury. Our lot leave too.They run up a winding stone staircase to a cavern with 4 exits. Speedster Slingshot (Yo Yo Rodriguez) runs off to investigates them all. Eden Fesi, carried by Stonewall (Jerry Sledge) isn't just unconscious but seriously injured. And they only have about 2 minutes before the big bomb goes off. Yo Yo returns with the way out but there are 100's of Hydra Agents about. Nick says he has transport waiting for them if they get out, and contacts someone with the codename Last Chance.Yo Yo leads them to some stairs to the surface where a VTOL craft could land. Fury gives Daisy a GPS beacon to guide the rescue in. He'll stay to hold off Hydra. JT goes back to help him, but tells his girlfriend Daisy that *her* job is to get the others away. JT and Fury are holding their own when the mountain-breaker explodes. All the Hydra Agents fall into a new chasm, and JT starts to follow but Nick grabs his hand. But then he tells Hellfire he knows he was the traitor.We next see a flashback to JT's last meeting (#20) with a Hydra contact informing them of the upcoming attack on Gehenna. But now we see Fury overhearing it all. Now Nick says he detected JT leaving their base when it was on lockdown, followed him and witnessed the meet. JT tells him how Hydra blackmailed him over some money he stole from Fury. He didn't trust Nick, especially after he fired Sebastian Druid. And Hydra promised to keep Daisy safe. Nick asks JT if he truly loves Daisy. JT says yes and Nick says he believes him. Daisy would want him to save JT. But Nick's not Daisy, and he drops him into the chasm. He tells himself he did it for the girl's sake.Fury then runs topside where the others are in an aircraft. He tells Daisy the JT didn't make it, and they take off.Later Strucker is sitting alone in the amazingly unharmed meeting room in Gehenna. An aid informs him that the planes following our heroes were all destroyed by unknown means. And Gorgon and Madame Hydra have left taking most of the Agents with them. Kraken arrives saying he's just destroyed Leviathan's Siberian base, leaving them with only 1. But he's very unhappy with how the Baron has let things fall apart. He reminds him of the pact they made 6 years ago, but Wolfgang hasn't kept up his side of the bargain. And so Kraken attacks him saying it's time for him to go.We finish with an epilogue in the Grecian Fields Of Elysium. Dead Phobos is reunited with his equally dead father Ares. Alex says he fought and lost, but he tried his hardest. Ares says that's why he was found worthy to be here, and it's good enough for him.


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As Nick Fury sits drinking in a bar, a meeting of the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (United States, United Kingdom, Russia, China, France) is held in strict secrecy. The purpose of the meeting is to inquire into the invasion of China by members of the private security organization (i.e. mercenary team) HC PMC. On the hot seat are the company’s two officials, Dum Dum Dugan and Jasper Sitwell. They are question as to the identity of their current client; the two decline to reveal the information but everyone knows that they were working for Nick Fury, former head of SHIELD. In response to a question, they mention that they last saw Fury two weeks ago at a reunion of the Howling Commandos. All surviving members were there, including Senator Robert Ralston with his grandson, an Army Ranger, and the most impressive guest, Steve Rogers, a/k/a Captain America. Fury toasted his old comrades and they shared stories of past glory, especially as led by Cap…. The Council raises the current issue: that HC invaded China and destroyed a Hydra Base (a flashback reveals that it was the Secret Warriors Black Team, led by Alexander Pierce accompanied by several of the Howling Commandos). Dugan and Sitwell are asked whether they consider certain men to be more important than their governments. Thinking back to Cap during the war, Dugan answers with a yes and defends his actions, destroying a Hydra base that China was too weak or too corrupt to deal with it themselves. The Council then asks if this was an isolated incident or if the members of the company are going to continue with this course of action. Dugan replies, "That’s going to be pretty difficult…seeing how most of them are dead."


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This issue backs up 2 minutes from the end of the last 1 to fill in some details of how the situation developed.It's Home Run, Nick Fury's secret base #20 below the Yankee Stadium in New York, and Secret Warriors Eden Fesi, Hellfire (J T James) and Phobos (Alex Aaron) are escaping from Norman Osborn and H.A.M.M.E.R.. They are heading up to the roof because Fesi needs to know which direction he's facing before he can open a portal to where they want to go. But when they get there they find Osborn waiting for them as Iron Patriot with Ares and Hawkeye (Bullseye) of the Dark Avengers as well as many HAMMER troopers.However Eden calmly opens a portal and the 3 walk through. He's in no hurry to close it because the enemy can't use his portal unless he wills it. But Alex's father the Greek god Ares strikes the opening with his battleaxe and forces his way through. The guys quickly run out into base #22 called Inside Straight.Last issue we saw the other SW'ers Druid (Sebastian Druid), Quake (Daisy Johnson) and Stonewall (Jerry Sledge) clustered round the hospital bed of their teammate Slingshot (Yo-Yo Rodriguez). She lost her forearms in battle in #3 and has now got prosthetic replacements. Yo-Yo was eager to return to duty when the alarm went off as Ares arrived at the base and brought the rest of the enemy with him. And the base AI went into 5 minute auto-destruct mode. Now we continue from there.Daisy tells them that only Nick Fury could cancel the self-destruct sequence, and he's off on a secret mission of his own. So they're all going to have to link up with Eden and the others so Fesi can port them all out in time. Speedster Rodriguez has zipped out of bed to don her fighting togs and returned before they notice she's gone. Quake tells them where the battle is, and Slingshot zooms off to be 1st in the fray.With 4 minutes to go she's told the other 3 that help is on the way and she's smashing foes with her new metal fists left, right and centre - including the God of War. Osborn tells Bullseye to take her out, but she grabs his arrows out of the air as the rest of the team turn up.With 3 minutes left Daisy sends a signal which releases a horde of Nick Fury Life Model Decoys to join the battle. The tide is turned but the battle goes on. As Hellfire wields his fiery chain, Ares is about to strike him with his axe. But Stonewall steps in the way and takes it in the chest. The power he inherited from his father Absorbing Man automatically takes on the properties of the axe, and his now-metal fists pummel the god.At the 2 minute mark Iron Patriot is enjoying blasting multiple Nick Fury's with his repulsor rays. But Quake fights her way to him and delivers a hands-on mini-quake which shatters his iron helmet. However that doesn't stop him from blasting *her* into the air. Stonewall catches her in the air but Hawkeye shoots him in the back with a blast arrow. Yo-Yo takes revenge by punching him in the face.There's only 1 minute left and Bullseye dares her to hit him again. She loses it and pulverises him. But the twisted villain enjoys it. She's about to hit him again when Jerry stops her because it's time to go. Eden has another portal open with the clock at 30 seconds. Hellfire carries Druid and Quake through. Slingshot and Stonewall follow, Jerry with Ares' axe still embedded in his chest.IP has picked up unconscious Bullseye and prepares to escape. Ares elects to stay to go after his son. With 10 seconds to spare NO flies off leaving the HAMMER troops to die. Alex and Eden leap through the portal, and presumably without his axe Ares can't follow them this time. And the base explodes.So where's Fury? Well in Washington his pal John Garrett, under the alias Jacob Coolidge from the Energy Department, is having his meeting with Seth Waters of the Treasury. They pretend to discuss stuff for a few seconds and then Waters bluntly asks how his visitor got through the metal detectors with his cyborg parts. He reveals he knows who Garrett really is, and that John's working for Nick Fury. John replies that he's polycarbonate these days, not metal.Waters also shows that he knows that Garrett was part of something called Pieta, as Aquarius of Zodiac. He wants John to pass a warning to Colonel Fury to stop what he's doing. The men Waters works for are powerful, omniscient and omnipresent.Garrett leaves to meet up with Fury. He says "It's done." and Nick smiles.The Warriors have gone to base #17, the Coccoon, the base of Caterpillar operations. They are patching each other up. Jerry has had the axe removed and his chest bandaged. Eden tells Alex he's sorry his dad died in the exploding building. Alex says it'll take a lot more than that to kill a god. And we see Ares rising from the rubble.


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The day after last issue Nick Fury is flying back to New York and having a video conference with Dum Dum Dugan, Eric Koenig, Gabe Jones and Jasper Sitwell of the Howling Commandos Private Military Company. He's going to send them to the Hell's Heaven Hydra base in China and he'll take Alexander Pierce's Black Caterpillar team off concentrating on Leviathan to back them up. He signs off saying he'll see Dugan in Italy and then the desert. Gabe is worried about causing an international incident and Jasper agrees. Eric wonders if that's exactly what Nick wants.Daisy Johnson (Quake) has been on the trip with Fury. She takes the opportunity to protest once more about his decision (in #11) to drop Sebastian Druid from the team. Since he always tells her the Secret Warriors are *her* team then it should be up to her. He tells her to review the performance files and make her own mind up. But the lives of Druid and the others depend on her choice.Madame Hydra is preparing to leave Hydra's main base Gehenna. Gorgon asks where she's going and she replies that she's going to rescue Viper from Leviathan (kidnapped in #11). Tomi Shishido thinks she should wait until Kraken's telepaths have established she isn't the suspected traitor. Madame H suggests Viper being tortured for Hydra secrets is worse than any traitor. And a mind scan can't reveal the truth in your heart. And as she leaves she adds the barb that Gorgon failed to prevent the kidnap.Within the 'great temple' Baron Strucker works out with his Satan Claw glove against 4 attackers while Kraken looks on (from a throne?). Strucker is winning until 1 man plunges a blade in his back. Wolfgang loses it and kills that opponent. Kraken describes Gehenna as a holy place, and says he hasn't so far found the traitor who defiles it. But this afternoon Gorgon and Madame Hydra will be tested. Strucker says the traitor must be unearthed so that they can complete the task the 2 of them began some years ago.5 years ago on a remote tropical paradise he's named Hydra Island Strucker is having a meal with his twin offspring Andrea and Andreas (the duo also known as Fenris). The pair are spoiling for some action, so when an armoured stranger appears they leap to their feet. But their father tells them to stand down and introduces them to the Kraken, an old friend he hasn't seen for a long time. Kraken and the Baron go for a walk and compare notes on their children. Kraken has a disappointing son (who we never know any more about) but he has found a protégé in Japan (Tomi Shishido in #11's flashback). They pass a sign which Strucker says points to Pieta. They had sworn that 1 day they would return there with Nick Fury and Viktor Uvarov dead. He thinks Kraken has come to say that day is at hand. But instead Kraken announces he is dying.Now Fury and Quake return to the Secret Warriors' base in New York the Cocoon (NF's secret base #17) to be greeted by the rest of the  Warriors. They call a meeting because things are getting serious.Leviathan have Viper at *their* secret base Long Winter in Siberia. A Hydra jumpship openly approaches them and the Leviathan leader expects someone has come to negotiate for her release. Madame Hydra steps out holding the box that everyone is so interested in.Back at the Cocoon Daisy explains about the 2 other Caterpillar teams that are concentrating on Hydra and Leviathan respectively. This team will pitch in where required. But she also tells them that Nick wants to give them all the chance to drop out before things get too hairy. Nobody takes up the offer, and daisy gives Fury an I-told-you-so look.Nick tells them to pack their bags because they're all leaving this base. They won't be travelling together for security. They'll find instructions in their quarters, and they mustn't tell each other about them. Actually Eden Fesi is to teleport himself and Alex Aaron (Phobos), and Jerry Sledge (Stonewall) and Yo-Yo Rodriguez (Slingshot) will find themselves in separate seats on the same plane. But Daisy and JT James (Hellfire) do have individual routes. And Sebastian Druid finds a note telling him he's fired.


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In previous issues Hydra went to war against Leviathan, and the Howling Commandos PMC were nearly wiped out in an attack on a Hydra base in China. This issue is set 6 months later.It opens in the Hydra recruiting station Ravenous II in Seattle (indicating that the original Ravenous has been a casualty in the war). That is now destroyed, taking the Space Needle down with it and much else in the city centre.The Secret Warriors have relocated to Nick Fury's secret base #16 Carbon in Colorado. Nick reviews recent history with them. After the China incident Hydra raised 3 blocks in Paris to get Fury's European command base #13 Hotspot. A month later a biological attack took out his London base #14 Columbia, with 12,000 civilian casualties in the surrounding area. Then the war between Hydra and Leviathan escalated. Leviathan destroyed all Hydra's Hive bases, shipyards and Ravenous I in Vancouver. Hydra's toll on Leviathan was even worse and *they* now only have 2 bases left. A month ago a ceasefire was arranged, but Leviathan head Magadan was assassinated in a meeting with his co-heads Orion and Val de Fontaine - and after exiting his brain the bullet created a blood spatter on the wall in the shape of the Hydra symbol. The Seattle attack was retaliation by Leviathan. This was the final straw for the world governments, but while they're running round like headless chickens Fury intends to end it all now.Fury has the base on lockdown until it's time for action. That night JT James (Hellfire) complains to his lover Daisy Johnson (Quake) that he needs to get out because he's going stir crazy. As Daisy's the team leader she can fix it and she reluctantly agrees. But he goes to a bar to meet a Hydra contact. In #16 we learned that Hydra are blackmailing him into giving them information, and they've sweetened the deal by promising to leave Daisy alone when they win. Now JT's having 2nd thoughts but he still tells the guy that they're going to destroy the main Hydra base Gehenna.2 days later they're at another Fury secret base #12 The Rocket, which appropriately enough contains a rocket that takes them to base #28 Heaven's Hell in geosynchronous orbit above Gehenna on a mountain in New Zealand. (This is off the end of the list of 27 secret bases in #1.) From here they'll attack there while Mikel Fury and Alexander Pierce's  Grey and Black Caterpillar teams will hit Leviathan's 2 remaining sites. The plan for Daisy's White team is for Eden Fesi to teleport them to Gehenna where they'll set off a 'mountain breaker' and teleport back.But when they get there they find Hydra troops waiting for them. Fury doesn't seem surprised and sends his people into action. Quake causes quakes. Slingshot zooms in and belts the foes with her cyborg arms. Stonewall shields Phobos from flamethrowers and absorbs the flames to use against the enemy. Hellfire joins him with his flaming chain. Meanwhile Fury has planted the bomb and armed it. But then their ticket out Eden gets blasted from behind.And Baron Strucker, Gorgon and Madame Hydra (Viper with the octopoid on her head) are watching from elsewhere.


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Daisy Johnson (Quake) and Sebastian Druid are in the Kata Tjuta rock formation in Australia. They came here to recruit someone but Druid crashed the plane. They are looking for the Aborigine Eden Fesi, a universal shaper. He's intended as a replacement (but not in powers) for Yo-Yo Rodriguez (Slingshot) who got her hands chopped off last issue. He's currently being trained by the teleportation mutant Gateway. Sebastian points out that 2 guys behind Daisy might fit the bill. And it *is* them.Meanwhile in Juba (which will become the capital of South Sudan) Nick Fury enters a bar and is greeted by ex-SHIELD Agent Jasper Sitwell. Waiting for him at a table are his old Howling Commandos and SHIELD buddies Dum Dum Dugan and Gabriel Jones. Dum Dum greets Nick warmly and calls for beers. Gabe isn't so happy.The rest of the Secret Warriors are in Inside Straight (designated here as Nick Fury's secret base #8) where the LMD doctors are looking after Yo-Yo. Alex Aaron (Phobos) catches JT James (Hellfire) rifling through Fury's files, and offers to help. JT is tired of Fury not telling them what's really going on, and hopes to get some clues. Alex finds a secret switch under a desk which opens a secret door. Inside they find a set of Life Model Decoy versions of the boss. (Now we know why Nick labels this base the replication facility.) Meanwhile Yo-Yo is in a (medically induced?) coma, and Jerry Sledge (Stonewall) is reading a poem to her called "Angels with monster feet, monsters with angel wings" (which I understand was written for this issue by Hickman).Back in Sudan Dum Dum and Nick are reminiscing over women they have known in their checkered past. Gabe is still scowling. He can't believe the news that SHIELD was really always a part of Hydra - Fury and Baron Strucker kept trying to kill each other! (And supposedly Nick succeeded once.) But really he's pissed off that Fury abandoned them after he was kicked out of SHIELD, and after SHIELD was later disbanded. Dum Dum got this out of his system last issue, and he invites Nick to see their setup.Back in Australia Daisy and Sebastian are taking it easy at Eden and Gateway's house. There's a kangaroo on a spit-roast. (Daisy declines the offer but Druid says it's tasty.) Fesi says he knows who they've come to recruit him for, but what he really wants to do is express his talent for playing rock guitar. Daisy asks if he's on pituri (a native drug), but he replies that the guitar is his drug. Anyway he can't go because Gateway won't let him. But then Gateway says he *can* go. Fury previously wanted him for his other group, which Gateway knew wasn't right. But Daisy's group *is*. Eden's happy to go, but Daisy wants to know "What *other* group?".In the Grand Chamber in Gehenna. the ancient HQ of Hydra, in New Zealand the 6 heads of Hydra have gathered. Baron Strucker has proposed his plan. The new Madame Hydra finds it cunning but too aggressive. Kraken disagrees. Madame H is concerned that Fury has uncovered the old secret. Gorgon thinks she worries about him too much, but MH gives him the respect due a worthy adversary. Kraken says Hydra are the Spear, SHIELD are the Shield, and their conflict is age-old - they must fulfill their destiny. Viper calls that superstitious garbage. Hive says something in a language we can't understand, but presumably the others can. Strucker thanks him for his 'devotion'. Viper supports the plan. Gorgon says he knows how it will end and doesn't care about the route they take. Madame Hydra agrees for the sake of unity, and they prepare for war.Last scene change - back to Sudan where the Howling Commandos Private Military Company have their base. When SHIELD was disbanded 1200 Agents refused to join Norman Osborn's HAMMER and formed this group, with whatever equipment they could 'salvage'. They've been a mercenary group since then, but they try to be selective about their jobs. Nick tells Dum Dum that from now on *he* will pay them to work for him, and their 1st target is the ex-SHIELD base called the Dock that HAMMER now occupy. The troops show their enthusiasm.Dum Dum takes Nick to look at the armoury, which Fury deems adequate for the job. But Gabe has a concern. They'll be going up against HAMMER troops, many of whom will be ex-SHIELD. He knows many of those men, and they took the job reluctantly because they had families to feed. Fury says they made their choice. He doesn't believe the idea that workers bear no responsibility for what their bosses tell them to do. So he won't lose sleep over having to fight them.


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Hydra and Leviathan have been gradually destroying each other. Last issue Nick Fury decided it was time to hit them both fatal blows. He took Quake (Daisy Johnson)'s White team to destroy Hydra's main base Gehenna on a mountain in New Zealand while the other 2 Caterpillar teams hit Leviathan's remaining 2 sites. But Hellfire (JT James) has been betraying them to Hydra, and the enemy were waiting. Fury planted and armed a 'mountain breaker' bomb but in the fighting Eden Fesi, their teleporter escape route, was knocked out.The team are surrounded and Baron Strucker, Gorgon and Madame Hydra (Viper with the the octopoid on her head) have come to gloat. Fury offers to surrender if they'll let his team go. Strucker offers just to let them live, and Nick appears to accept. But then he fires 3 bullets at the Baron's face. However Gorgon cuts the bullets into pieces and Hydra attacks.The Secret Warriors fight back but Fury reminds them that the bomb is counting down. It has 2 charges. The 1st 1 they can survive as it just buries the bomb. They then have a few minutes to escape before the main change destroys the whole place. As Phobos (Alex Aaron)'s sword saves Nick from Gorgon's sword blow his limited precog tells him which way they should go. Fury tells Stonewall (Jerry Sledge) to carry Fesi and they head out with Nick and Alex as rearguard.With Hydra troops in pursuit they reach a narrow stone (natural) bridge across a chasm as the 1st explosion rocks the place, breaking the 'bridge'. The others, including so-far-unmentioned Slingshot (Yo Yo Rodriguez), have made it to the far side but Fury and Phobos are trapped with the enemy. (This is exactly what Alex's future-vision showed him as the way to save the others.) Nick fires an arrow-line to the other side and attaches himself to it. He makes a grab to carry young Alex with him but the son of Ares kicks him hard sending him shooting down the line alone.Phobos uses his sword to cut down approaching Hydra members until Strucker and Viper arrive. But this is not what he's waiting for. Then fellow-swordsman Gorgon joins them and Alex knows this is the moment his visions have been leading him to. And Gorgon expected this too.Thus begins an epic duel between Phobos with Grasscutter and Gorgon with Godkiller. Phobos adds in his fear stare power, but it doesn't affect blind Gorgon. But still Alex draws 1st blood. Enraged Gorgon whips off his blindfold to unleash *his* stare that turns victims to stone. But *that* doesn't affect the godling. So it's back to straight swordplay. The SW cheer as Alex shatters Gorgon's sword, but Grasscutter is broken in 2 as well. He continues to attack with the half-blade but Gorgon knocks him down with a mighty blow to the chest, and then stabs the fallen boy in the chest with *his* half-blade.


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We Raise Them Up…Just So We Can Pull Them Down

At Castle Doom, Valeria informs her father, Doctor Doom,
that she has been unable to locate the rebels, save for Corvus Glaive and
Proxima Midnight who are now in stasis; the Black Swan, now allied with Doom,
gives their background. Valeria is unable to discover anything of the rebels'
plans….
Back at the Foundation, Valeria and her team are still
trying to figure out Doom’s motives. Alex
Power is unable to explain the unusual drones they keep finding….
Young and old versions of Reed Richards are trying to piece
together how Doom achieved his godlike power, while viewing the activities of a
masked Prophet who is raising an army against Doom….
Working for Reed to uncover the source of Doom’s power,
Spider-Man (Peter) and Spider-Man (Miles) follow a tracking device to the Dr
Strange statue. They run into Valeria who directs them to the underground place
once she is assured they did not kill Strange. The two Spideys descend into the
crypt where they find Owen Reece, the Molecule Man, who tells them that he is
the source….
A band of villainous vassals (Madeline Pryor, Sinister, the
Maestro, and Apocalypse) bring Doctor Doom news of the Prophet and his rebels.
Doom orders them to deal with it. Returning to Bar Sinister, Sinister plots
with Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers)….
On the hidden isle of Agamotto, Namor and T’Challa enter a
chamber to hear a message Dr. Strange left to be accessed after his death. They
are given the Siege Courageous, an artifact than can transform and transport
its user—and the Infinity Gauntlet….
As he goes to bed, Franklin
asks his mother Sue to tell him about the Fantastic Four. She relates the
history of the superhero family: Sue, Johnny, Ben Grimm—and Dr. Franklin Storm,
and how they were saved by the great Dr Doom who created this world. But he wants
to know what happened to Ben….
Now we discover what has happened to Ben, along with Thanos:
the Thing makes up the Shield that protects this world. Thanos tells Ben of the
real world….and how Doom has manipulated him into this degrading service. Ben
decides to revolt….


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King of the Dead

The Prophet who is leading the rebel forces against Doctor
Doom’s generals reveals himself to be Maximus of the Inhumans. He is overrun by
goblins and killed. At this point, Sinister and Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers)
turn against the Goblin Queen and defeat her; Sinister is then decapitated by the
faithful Apocalypse (and survives)….
Watching from his stronghold, Doom summons the Thors, but
when their citadel draws near, he finds the warriors locked in combat, with the
victors being those who would rebel against Doom, descending to the ground led
by the female Thor from 616. Suddenly a shadow appears over the battlefield: it
is the arrival of the Maestro and his army of Worldbreakers….
At Project 42, the Reed Richardses of 616 and 1610 are ready
for their mission while in contact with the Black Panther. T’Challa and Namor
are at the Shield which protects the living of Battleworld. Calling himself the
King of the Dead, T’Challa blows up a section of the wall and commands the dead
to follow him though the portal called the Siege Courageous which will
transform their lives and teleport them to the battlefield. The hordes of the
unliving begin chanting, “Glory and honor!” as they follow their new
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Doom Messiah
The last remaining universes collided and vanished. What is there now?
A world of a multitude of smaller kingdoms where the God-Emperor is Doctor Doom, his consort is Sue Storm, their child Valeria.

The Thors enforce all the laws for Doom’s world; as the tale opens we see them welcoming a new recruit to their ranks in their headquarters in Doomgard. The new Thor and his older mentor are sent to Bar Sinister to bring its ruling Baron (Mr.) Sinister to Doom’s court for judgment. As the Sheriff of Agamotto (Stephen Strange) presides over the case beneath the gaze of Doom, Sinister is accused to supporting Hyperion, Baron of Utopolis in his wicked schemes toward Higher Avalon whose ruler is Baron (James) Braddock. Sinister is judged guilty but claims the right of combat against his accuser: Brian Braddock. Armed with stun sticks, Brian quickly decapitates Sinister—whose headless body then defeats his foe. Doom questions James Braddock about the reports that his realm hides the Silent Chambers, a gathering place for rebels. Braddock denies any such knowledge which makes him a poor vassal in Doom’s sight. Doom condemns the entire Braddock family to death but Sue pleads for mercy. Therefore, Doom scales it back to deposing James from his position, the Baronetcy is transferred to Brian; James is sentenced to “The Shield.” Later we see him taken out to the huge wall surrounding the kingdom and, with his armor and sword, thrown over the side where he is immediately beset by monsters which include Marvel Zombies, the Annihilation Wave, and Ultron….

Valeria confers with Stephen Strange about explorer Alex Powers and his survey team and their amazing discovery of a craft in the desert. The craft resembles the FF life raft from issue #1 and it is clearly older than this world’s creation, which thought is heretical. Strange summons the older Thor who is mentor to the newest one and dispatches him to quarantine the new discovery. As the Thors set up a barrier around the ship, a curious Moloid worker touches it and the door opens. Projectile weapons come out, mortally wounding the older Thor; he orders the new man to inform the Sheriff immediately. From the ship emerge the Cabal, led by Thanos; he seizes the worker and demands to know what this world is called. He is told…Battleworld.

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The End Times
The epic begins with Doctor Doom, Dr. Strange, and the Molecule Man standing on Doom’s time platform staring into Beyond. Beyond wants to know “who dares to stand before us?” Doom replies “I.”

In the Ultimate Universe (a/k/a 1610), Reed Richards tells Nick Fury that the multiverse is vanishing away; there are now only two worlds left: theirs and 616. Richards advises Fury that the only way for their world to be the sole survivor is for them to invade and destroy the other. Fury mobilizes all of the war craft to assault their sister-reality. Richards reveals to the Cabal that this is merely a distraction, neither universe will survive but it will hide their real objective from Fury.

In the 616-universe, heroes are taking on the invading forces as Reed and the Fantastic Four of this world are preparing a life raft to ensure that a specially chosen group of survivors will carry on the human race after all the universes are destroyed. Outside, the invaders are taking huge losses from the greater population of super-types in 616; the Avengers, X-Men, Guardians of the Galaxy, and more are holding off the enemy. Our Captain Marvel clobbers the enemy Iron Man; Colossus hurls the Hulk in a fastball special to take out a huge installation, while Spider-Man, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist aid civilians caught in the cross-fire. The Kingpin invites all of his criminal cronies to a final party at a favorite bar—which is crashed by a heavily armed Punisher.

The distraction completed, 1610 Richards orders the launch of a doomsday weapon. 616’s resurrection team is killed by the weapon, Cyclops releases the Phoenix Force and merges with it, becoming something new. The FF launch their life raft with a selected band of heroes aboard as the Earth’s surface breaks up. A blast rips the raft apart and Reed must exert all of his power to save the lives of Sue and the children…but he fails….

Everything goes white….

Title card:
The Marvel Universe, 1961-2015.
The Ultimate Universe, 2000-2015.


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The Eye of Doom
On Battleworld, Doctor Doom and Dr. Strange fill us in on how this universe came to be, that when everything fell apart the two of them created this world and determined that Doom should be its god and so Strange as sheriff concerns himself with all of the world’s problems, large and small—while Doom rules. The whole population accepts this, as they have no memories of any previous universes….

Dr Strange goes to Utopolis, the site of the crashed space vessel where the veteran Thor was killed (last issue); with the all-seeing eye he discovers that the craft is from another world. Strange dispatches the Thors to track the new arrivals then raises the fallen Thor as a sentinel. Strange then detects a stowaway aboard the ship: the Ultimate Universe’s Spider-Man (Miles Morales) who surprises Strange by remembering his past….

At Castle Doom, a conversation between Doom and his consort Susan Storm reveals that her rebel brother Jonathan was recreated by Doom as the sun for this world. Doom however, expresses second thoughts about being a god but Sue suggests he remove his mask and go among his people as a loving god….

Dr. Strange takes Spidey-Miles and the young Thor to the hidden Isle of Agamotto where he shows them a craft identical to the one that landed in Utopolis. Opening it reveals refugees from the 616 Universe: Spider-Man (Peter Parker), Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers), Thor (Jane Foster), Star-Lord, Reed Richards, Black Panther, and Cyclops who is now powered by the Phoenix Force. Strange explains to them that the universes ended eight years previously and their ship was discovered three years ago. What shocks them the most is the Doctor Doom is now god—and a very good one….

Thanos and the Cabal are camped out in the wilderness of Utopolis wondering where they will find answers to all their questions. The answers find them as the Thors arrive….


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Under Siege

Doom’s generals are fighting on the battlefield against one
another when the plane piloted by Star-Lord and carrying the two
Reed-Richardses arrives and is brought down by a Hulk. The Reeds go off telling
Star-Lord to wait in the castle. The gigantic Thing knocks the Maestro’s ship
out of the sky….
Galactus arrives on the scene and stomps on Terrax when he
offers his services to his former/alternate master. Franklin,
“piloting” Galactus, challenges Thing; when Ben realizes that the kid is
Susan’s son, he refuses to fight and is destroyed by the World-Eater….
Black Swan finds Peter Quill in the castle and tries to kill
him but Quill takes a small sliver of wood and jams it into a huge root; it
instantly grows into a giant Groot, tearing the castle apart from within….
Valeria takes her mother to uncover Doom’s biggest secret
and they encounter Reed Richards of 616….
Doom enters the field himself and is confronted by Thanos;
the alien conqueror boasts of his own divinity and demands Doom submit. When
Thanos admits he does not have his Infinity Gauntlet, Doom rips the skeleton
out of him. Doom commands Annihilus to devour the attackers when the Siege
Courageous opens in the air and the army of the unliving pour out and attack,
led by Black Panther and Sub-Mariner….


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Beyond
Doctor Doom confronts Black Panther and Sub-Mariner, at the head of an army of the unliving. Doom promises to raise Wakanda for the Panther; T'Challa, wearing the Infinity Gauntlet, would prefer to do it himself. The Panther turns Doom into brittle metal and Namor shatters him with a lance. Doom pulls himself together and fights back.... On his way to talk to Molecule Man, 616 Reed Richards encounters Sue Storm and Valeria, promising to put everything right again. He descends into the secret chamber with the Maker (Ultimate Reed) to find the source of Doom's power. Maker traps Reed in a temporal bubble and regresses him to ape-hood. Molecule Man steps in and slices up the Maker as if he were so much bologna....
As Doom stands over the fallen T'Challa, he realizes this was all a distraction. He hurries to Molecule Man's prison where he is met by Sue who has learned the truth about her lover/god Doom. Below, Doom confronts Reed and they bicker about what Doom has done and how Reed would have been better. Owen Reece removes Doom's power so that the two longtime enemies fight on equal terms; Reece resolves everything by recreating the world as Reed would have done it.... [A whole lotta big flashy pages follow....] In Wakanda, the Black Panther plans his country''s space program.... Owen Reece sends Peter Spidey and Miles Spidey off together.... The reunited Richards family uses Owen's power to create and launch new world that they plan to visit an explore from now on.... And Doctor Doom is without his mask because he no longer has scars to hide....


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All the Angels Sing, All the Devils Dance

As the Thors battle the Cabal in the wilderness, Dr Strange
continues to bring the refugees from the 616-Universe (and the readers) up to
speed on the new reality. As the universes were being annihilated, Doom and
Strange killed the Beyonders and Doom took their powers. With his newfound
omnipotence, Doom created this new, fragmented world out of bits and pieces he
salvaged from all the dying worlds and now he rules as a god. Cyclops, now
powered by the Phoenix Force, demands to know why, with all their power, they do
not fix the problems they face. Before Strange can answer, young Thor notices
that his Mjolnir is glowing—a signal that they are needed elsewhere….
In the midst of the Cabal vs. Thors battle, a boar-headed
Thor prays to Dr Doom and is translated into his presence where he makes his
situation report. Doom consults a huge world map where he is able to see what
is happening through the messenger’s eyes. He asks Susan and Valeria for their
thoughts and listens attentively but the need for action is rendered moot by
the arrival of Strange and the 616 refugees at the scene of conflict. As they
observe the new situation, Susan spies Reed Richards and senses something unusual
about him. Doom, however, knows exactly who he is and has been searching for
him. Doom teleports out to the battlefield and confronts Reed, boasting of how
he saved the world; Thanos mocks him for his delusions of godhood. Doom
unleashes a blast and offers them a moment to accept the new reality before
they fall down and worship him—but Cyclops challenges him, melting Doom’s armor
and claiming the world as his own. Doom seizes him and snaps his neck. Strange
teleports the other 616 refugees away to save them from Doom’s wrath when they
would naturally fail to worship him. Doom demands that Strange return them but
Strange refuses, warning him that he should be afraid of Reed Richards. Doom
responds by disintegrating Strange….


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Owen Reece Died for Our Sins
There is a memorial service for the late Dr. Strange, conducted by the Thors. Doctor Doom and his family are there, none knowing that it was Doom himself who killed Strange (last issue). As the service concludes Franklin places a wreath of flowers about the neck of Strange’s statue and vows to avenge his murder….

Many hours later Valeria finds her father Doom still by Strange’s tomb. He charges her Future Foundation with tracking down the people who emerged from the life raft (Thanos and company) whom she assumes are the killers of Dr Strange. She wonders at how they managed to escape Doom’s wrath at the time but he cuts off all of her questions and sends her on her way…. With a muttered “Damn you” directed at Strange, Doom passes into a place beneath the statue, brightly lit and empty except for Owen Reece, the Molecule Man who floats upside-down in his prison. The cynical Reese greets his old partner and they rehearse the situation that brought us all to where we are: the Beyonders had created the multiverse and placed a version of Owen Reece in each universe to allow for its destruction. Doom used the Reeces to obliterate universe after universe, and then they were joined by Stephen Strange. They managed to draw out and destroy the Beyonders with their own power, leaving Doom to become the god who assembled all he could save into the present Battleworld. Doom confesses that he killed Strange but Owen has already figured that out. Doom takes his leave….

At the headquarters of the Future Foundation, Valeria has Alex Power and Dragon Man fill the rest in on their newest discovery: a means of tracking the energy signatures of what they are calling the Stuff of Doom. Dr Strange’s energy displays as the opposite of Doom’s so they can track his movements and locate their enemies (Thanos and company) and find out why Doom is afraid of them….


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It's Nueva York 2099. Roberta Mendez is asleep with her husband Harry when she wakes to see a samurai swordsman attacking. Both dive out of bed to avoid the slashing sword. Harry tries to defend himself but is quickly knocked out. But now Roberta has muscled-up into her Captain America body and soon disarms their foe. He will only say that he is an assassin called the Specialist. To avoid being forced to name his employer he commits suicide on his blade that Cap is still holding.Cap contacts Alchemax, the company she works for, to report what happened and arrange for the body to be picked up. She throws it out of the window of the skyscraper apartment block to avoid questions from the neighbours. Then she reverts to Roberta, who doesn't remember her actions as Cap - she doesn't know where the swordsman disappeared to. As she goes to check on their kids we discover that Harry is also an Alchemax operative, and he reports in to confirm that Roberta is still unaware of her dual identity.Next day Captain America in costume reports the events personally to Alchemax boss Miguel Stone. He believes her when she says the Specialist killed himself - he knows she wouldn't kill. But Stone knows that the assassin worked for rival corporation Stark-Fujikawa. He doesn't know why S-F would want Cap dead, and more importantly how they knew she was Roberta. He'll get Iron Man 2099 (Sonny Frisco) to check their computer system for leaks, and he'll put a 24-hour watch on Roberta's home. Then he uses the codeword that causes Cap in a trance to go away to change back to Roberta in body and dress.Meanwhile 2 more of Alchemax's Avengers 2099, Black Widow and Hawkeye, are playing chess. As usual BW is winning hands-down until Max wrecks the board. Miguel arrives and sends him away so he can have a private word with Tania. Max is insubordinate until Stone threatens to have him put back into the machine which gave him his talons and wings - maybe crossing him with a weasel this time will produce a more amenable result.Miguel asks Tania if she knows a Francis Novak who murdered his wife and later his girlfriend, but the police couldn't pin either crime on  him. He himself was murdered last night and partially eaten. Widow denies all knowledge, but Stone bets her DNA would be found on the victim. He warns her to stop the killings, or at least hide the bodies.Hercules is sparring with an armoured opponent. But he loses control and brutally beats the man until Sonny Frisco tells him to stop. On his way out Herc passes Roberta and absent-mindedly calls her Captain. The confused receptionist gets a call from Stone - "Avengers assemble" triggers her back into her Cap persona.The 5 Avengers, including dwarf Sonny Frisco inside his extra-large Iron Man suit, gather in Stone's office. He tells them that the Specialist had the business card of Martin Hargood, a criminal specialising in gun running. The team take a quinjet to persuade Hargood to explain his involvement.But in a Latverian cuisine restaurant Hargood is having to explain himself to someone else - John Eisenhart. But the Avengers turn up before we learn what Eisenhart's beef is with the weaponeer. Afficionados of the 2099 titles won't be surprised when John turns into Hulk 2099.Hulk punches out Hercules, and is unfazed by Iron Man's eye-beam. Cap holds her own for a while until the battle is stopped by 2 new arrivals, Silver Surfer and Strange 2099. They are Hulk's allies in the Defenders.


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There's trouble in Alchemax HQ. When Captain America 2099 ordered power cut off to the restraints holding Hulk 2099 and Silver Surfer last issue she didn't realise she also released Martin Hargood, grandson of Baron Mordo. Now the mage breaks into the virtual unreality lab where scientists have constructed a portal they believe will give them access to other domains (of Battleworld?). He uses it to go much further and summon the Dweller In Darkness (depicted as a Cthulhu-like giant monster).Cap, Hulk, Surfer with Hercules and Roman the 2099 Sub-Mariner have joined the female Strange 2099 and Valkyrie in Strange's Sanctum. But last issue Captain America reverted to her civilian id Roberta Mendez, who doesn't know she's Cap. Herc, the only other member of Avengers 2099 present (the rest are Defenders 2099) explains that Roberta's husband Harold gave her the super-soldier serum that put her in this dual state.But just then Alchemax boss Miguel Stone transmits a message to (an implant in?) Roberta's brain. It's a code phrase that triggers her transformation to Cap. To the Defenders' astonishment Roberta's body muscles-up to fill her super-suit. And Cap is back.Stone wants Cap and Herc to come back to help fight the new menace. And bring the Defenders. This time he *promises* he won't try to have them arrested as unlicensed superheroes. Cap presumably tells the Defenders what's going on.Strange uses her powers to view the scene, and recognises the Dweller. He's a demon who generates and feeds on fear. Roman leaves to fetch an ally. Cap sends Hulk and Surfer to attack the monster directly while the rest of them deal with Hargood.Iron Man 2099 is currently battling the Dweller, who uncovers Sonny Frisco's fear of being ridiculed for his short stature. His oversized Iron Man armour is a protection/compensation measure. The hero falls in defeat. Silver Surfer attacks with light, and Hulk with his fists.Miguel is taking his wheelchair-bound father Tyler to a panic room. But Tyler Stone continues to needle his son. He knew that Captain America would be a liability, and admits/boasts that *he* sent the Specialist to kill her in #1. Miguel has had enough, and throws his dad out of a skyscraper window.Cap, Herc, Strange and Valkyrie have reached Hargood. The sorceror holds them back with magical force. Herc tries to bulldoze his way through as usual, but it isn't until Valkyrie adds her might that they make headway. But meanwhile Cap walks round behind Hargood and knocks him out.The Dweller has by now found Hulk and Surfer's fears. John Eisenhart fears losing the Hulk's power, and Norrin Radd fears his maker Galactus. But then Sub-Mariner shows up with the undersea monster Giganto, who he claims *has* no fear (maybe because he's big, but possibly because he's a monster of very little brain). It turns out that the Fear Lord fears foes without fear.But the Dweller isn't defeated. So Strange sends him back through the portal, and Herc smashes it.The assembled heroes reunite with the other 2099 Avengers Black Widow and Hawkeye, who have been 5th-wheels in this confrontation. Miguel Stone says he's going to relax his late father's law that compelled all superheroes to work for Alchemax. The Defenders can continue to operate independantly. (As long as they don't interfere with Alchemax business.)In an epilogue Tania/Black Widow returns to the guy she was flirting with in #1. After they have sex she sinks her fangs into his arm. She accuses him of killing his previous girlfriend. And then executes him by starting to eat him. (She obviously emulates her namesake spider much more than the current Black Widow does.) But a call to action interrupts her again.


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In 2099 the Avengers work for the Alchemax corporation. Last issue they cooperated with the Defenders on a case. But Alchemax's boss Miguel Stone reminded the other team that all superheroes must work for his company. When the Defenders refused he ordered them arrested.Avenger Hercules is getting drunk with Defender Roman the Sub-Mariner, comparing tactics with women. When guards arrive to take Roman into custody, Herc takes exception. When Stone hears about it he sends Black Widow and Hawkeye (the 2099 versions) to deal with it.Silver Surfer and Hulk 2099 have already been captured. Captain America 2099 isn't happy because she promised them safe conduct. But Miguel uses the codeword 'dismissed' which is supposed to revert her to her civilian ID Roberta Mendez, who doesn't know she's Cap.As she leaves the room in the transition phase that will allow her to exchange her costume for her civvies before the Roberta personality takes over, Miguel's wheelchair-bound father enters. But this time the conversion doesn't take, and Cap determines to do something.Meanwhile the female android Vision is spasming in her pool, and her techs don't know how to help her. Iron Man 2099 rushes in and midget Sonny Frisco leaps out of the suit to her aid. He's the only 1 the android trusts. Vision babbles a prediction of the end of the Avengers, and that Roberta is in trouble. Sonny immediately sends for Harry Mendez, Roberta's husband.Hawkeye/Max helps Hercules stand up as Black Widow/Tania pretends to seduce him. With that offer Herc totally ignores the guards trying to hold Roman down. But then Cap joins them and tells the Greek god to hit Hawkeye. (This is another replay of the Hulk punching Thor scene from the 1st Avengers film. Last issue it was Hulk 2099 hitting Herc.)Hawk's hurtling body helps Roman get free of the guards. Cap faces off with BW, but Herc KO's *her* too. Then the 2 of them escape with Sub-Mariner 2099.Miguel is having a typical testy meeting with his father, who thinks he should still have a say in the running of the company he founded and the Avengers team he helped create. He's relieved when Iron Man bursts in to tell him what Captain America's done. Miguel orders him to make sure she doesn't free Hulk and Silver Surfer too.At that moment Hercules is forcing his way through a forcefield protecting their cell, urged on by Cap. Then Roman convinces a scientist to free the captives from their neural inhibitors, and SS and Hulk are loose once more.Unfortunately Hulk remembers Cap's broken promise about their safety in Alchemax, and he punches her before smashing his way out of the room. Then Iron Man blasts her from behind. But this isn't enough to stop Cap from ordering Herc, Roman and the Surfer to follow Hulk.As the 4-some bust their way out of the building, agile Cap fights a delaying action against Iron Man. Until Roberta's husband Harry arrives. He's actually an Alchemax stooge positioned to keep an eye on her, and he uses an override phrase to force her to switch from Captain America to Roberta.Luckily at that point Dr Strange 2099 pops in through a dimensional portal and rescues Cap. She takes her to where she and the other Defender Valkyrie escaped last issue. But Cap is now Roberta Mendez, and totally confused as to why she's wearing a superhero costume.


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Tania is out with her boyfriend in Nueva York when she gets a call to action as Black Widow. Other 2099 Avengers are already in action:-  A version of Hercules, an oversize Iron Man, a Hawkeye with wings and talons rather than a bow and arrow, and a female Captain America muscled up by the Super-Soldier serum. Their targets are jewel thieves the Chain Gang.Drunken Herc charges in, gets knocked back into a car, and abandons the fight in favour of making unwelcome advances to its female occupant. Iron Man takes up the battle but seems to vanish(?) as a Ganger shoots Hawkeye who is carrying Cap and drops her. But as she falls she sprouts forcefield wings (so why was she being carried into battle?) and defeats the villain. Fallen Hawkeye is about to get shot again when Black Widow leaps on the gunman. Cap has to stop her killing him with her lethal stinger. Iron Man retuns with the rest of the gang in tow. Cap now rescues the car driver from amorous Hercules. Herc apologises, but then stalks off without attending the mission debrief.Captain America reports to Miguel Stone, head of Alchemax, who controls the Avengers. He promises to have a word with Hercules about his drinking, and then dismisses her. This causes her to go into a robotic trance that he calls her transition mode. She leaves and changes into her secret id as receptionist Roberta, apparently afterwatds not knowing she's Cap. She gets a video call from her husband and 1 of their 2 daughters.Stone finds Hercules in his room and orders him to stop drinking alcohol. Herc says he has already done so - he's now only drinking cider. He's trying to drown his sorrows on the anniversary of when in a fit of madness inflicted by Hera he killed his wife Megara and their 3 children.Iron Man is down in Alchemax's basement with the Vision. The extra-large armour opens to reveal a small man inside, named Sonny Frisco. This Vision is a female android floating in a bath and hooked up via cables. She warns him to beware of enemies who will call themselves friends - the Defenders.


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The 2099 version of the Avengers (Black Widow, Captain America, Hawkeye, Hercules and Iron Man - but not the ones you're familiar with, except Herc) have clashed with Defenders 2099 (a female (Dr) Strange, Hulk 2099 and the Silver Surfer) over a bad guy Martin Hargood. We don't know why the Defenders want him, but he's connected with an attack on Cap's secret id Roberta Mendez.While the teams face off Hargood makes his escape, but he runs into 2 more superheroes. He defends himself with blasts from his hands, and the sound alerts his would-be captors. They find that Hargood has been captured by 2 more of the Defenders, Roman the Sub-Mariner and Valkyrie.Hercules immediately makes a play for Valkyrie, as 1 divine immortal to another, which annoys Roman who consider her his woman. They fight over her, which annoys Brunnhilde because she doesn't consider herself anybody's prize. Silver Surfer separates the combatants. Hulk punches an off-guard Hercules in the side of the head (somebody's been watching the 1st Avengers movie).Strange says the Defenders are after Hargood because he's involved in a dangerous magic scheme. Cap insists that the Avengers take him in for questioning about her attempted assassination. She invites the Defenders back to Alchemax, and promises they won't be arrested. But Iron Man intends to keep a wary eye on them - Vision 2099 warned him they were dangerous in #1.Miguel Stone, head of Alchemax, has Hargood interrogated while Strange watches. He stands up well to torture and won't say why someone tried to kill Roberta. But he tells them he is the grandson of Baron Mordo, the original Dr Strange's arch-enemy. And then he dies. But Stone orders him brought back to life, to be 'interrogated' again. This time he says he doesn't know who gave him the kill order, but mutters about the coming of 'the Dweller'.The rest of the Defenders chill out with Hawkeye and Hercules. Herc and Roman renew their rivalry over Valkyrie. Hawkeye suggests a drinking contest. When Cap and Strange join them the 2 are far gone.Cap takes the sober ones Hulk, Silver Surfer, Strange and Valkyrie with Hawkeye to a meeting with Miguel and Iron Man. Stone offers the Defenders a job with Alchemax. Strange politely declines - they operate in Downtown while the Avengers concentrate in well-off Uptown. Stone reminds them that all superheroes must legally work for Alchemax - if not they're supervillans.The Defenders try to leave but are stopped by guards. Iron Man fires a device which disables Surfer's connection to his cosmic power. Strange opens a portal and takes Valkyrie with her. But Hulk is stopped when Miguel Stone bites his neck - his fangs inject a powerful paralytic venom.


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This world is mine
His human body worn out after his recent adventures, the Beyonder is sleeping on a pavement when he's awoken by a cop. As usual he doesn't understand what's going on, but when the cop wants to know where he came from he opens a hole into his dimension (empty now that he is here in ours), which blows the man's mind.His next encounter is with a hooker named Toots who claims to be holding up the wall she's leaning against. He's still tired so he accepts her offer of accompanying him to a hotel room. When she asks for cash 1st he creates a gold bar. She doesn't believe it's genuine and tells him to get lost. Worried about the wall he creates buttresses for it.Then he teleports into the seedy hotel. The guy on the desk gives him a room without payment, figuring to rob the rich-looking mark while he sleeps. Beyonder locates the room by the number on the key, but then walks through the door - and falls asleep on the floor.Later he wakes to see Toots has brought some friends. She told her pimp Chulo, who told his boss Vinnie Corbo, and they're here with bodyguard Smurfette and book-keeper Millie Shuriff. Vinnie is very interested in the gold, and wants to know the man's story.Beyonder summarises for him (and us) the events of Secret Wars I and SWII#1-2. Last issue ended with him learning about money. Misunderstanding the claim that cash represented gold he turned the building that housed the Power Man & Iron Fist offices into gold, which collapsed under its own weight.Beyonder doesn't actually have a name, not even Beyonder. (Since he was the only thing in his universe why would he need 1?) When asked who he is he usually replies "I am from beyond". But Vinnie decides to call him Frank. Frank is still tired, so they leave him with Toots for company. She teaches him that beds are better than floors and pavements for sleeping on. Meanwhile Vinnie makes sure no-one else will disturb his find.Later Frank wakes hungry. Vinnie and a suitably-dressed Toots take him to a fancy restaurant. There he discovers that his earlier painful experiences with food was because he ate the containers as well as the contents. When they show him how to tell the difference he finds he really likes food and goes on a binge.Later still Vinnie introduces Frank to the attentions of women. Toots has taken a protective shine to him, and gets jealous.Next day Vinnie gets his boy to swap his rather classic suit for what he considers a more modern look (in the 80's).And the day after that he puts him to work 'dissuading' Vinnie's rivals. And curing his 'girls' of any illnesses they may have picked up in their work by a laying on of hands. And of course making a modest amount of gold (Vinnie doesn't want to flood the market like that gold building threatens to do in Web Of Spider-Man #6 and Amazing SM #268).That evening Frank also cures Vinnie Jr of dyslexia and restores Mrs Corbo's figure to that of her youth.Next day Vinnie takes Frank shopping. He buys loads of consumer gadgets and a motorbike. Then they go to the horse racing. But when Frank makes Vinnie's horse win the mobster is upset. His business is a business and whatever Frank can do to help there is good business. But gambling is his hobby, and he wants to win or lose through his own skill. So Vinnie takes him to an illegal casino for fun.Days later Frank has a penthouse suite, his own female entourage and a new dark curly hairstyle to replace his blonde look copied from Captain America. He goes on his round in his chauffeured limo with a selection of his gadgets, eating junk food while food-processing vegetables and styrofoam. He collects Vinnie's cut from various enterprises while sometimes giving a helping hand. He stops to say hello to Chulo and Toots, oblivious to the fact that she loves him.At the end of the day he visits Vinnie's lavish house. The boss treats him more like a son, and tells him he's too good to be his underling. He should strike out and carve out his own much bigger criminal empire.Days later Frank owns several mansions and boats and the good life has bloated him. He flies by helicopter to 1 of his yachts to host a party attended only by females who swear they love his fat body. But he can tell they are insincere, and transforms back to Steve Rogers' fitness.He steers the boat to New York harbour and invades the office of the Kingpin, who tries to set his men on him, including the Rose. But Frank has them under his control, and now makes Wilson Fisk agree to work for him and pass on 90% of his take.Next day he gets the President and the top level of the US government and military to swear allegiance to him. Then he extends his will to everyone in the world (except for 1 person). Then all animals, all bacteria and viruses, and then all molecules, atoms and particles. The whole world bows to his will.The 1 exception is Owen Reece - Molecule Man. In his Denver apartment he suddenly senses that all the molecules in the room except his own are being controlled by an outside force. Owen realises that it must be the work of Beyonder. (They met in SWI and he was the 1st person contacted by Beyonder in SWII#1.) He quickly frees his girlfriend Marsha Rosenberg (Volcana) from control. But then they just keep on watching television.Meanwhile Beyonder visits many superheroes (including Cap, Iron Man, She-Hulk and Thor) and world leaders accepting personal obeisance from them all. His interest in gadgets makes him visit a female cyborg called Circuit Breaker who is out for revenge on all robots because 1 of them caused her to be like this.Later he's enjoying the company of women in yet another mansion. But his success seems empty. He goes to see Vinnie, who is now also under his control, to ask why he still feels the desire for more after gaining everything. But Vinnie has no answer. He seeks out Toots who is now a waitress, and realises he has turned everyone into the robots Circuit Breaker hates. He returns her free will, and she thanks Frank for turning her life around (before taking it over). His friendship had made her think better of herself and aim for a better life.Beyonder lets go of everyone and everything else, and wipes the memory of his rule from their minds.Later he turns up at Avengers Mansion. Toots' gratitude affected him deeply and now he wants to join the Avengers to earn the plaudits of mankind. Jarvis tells him they are away in the Skrull galaxy so Beyonder zaps there to help them.Hours later he returns having messed it up. So he conceives another approach based on what Vinnie said about success (in gambling) being hollow without effort. And for this he will need a lawyer - Matt Murdock.


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Beyonder intends to destroy the multiverse but knows that for his aloneness to be once more complete he must also destroy his memory of it, which won't be as easy.Meanwhile Marsha Rosenberg has been trying to get through to the Avengers but keeps being put on hold by their hotline. Eventually she manages to get them to hear that she's talking about the Beyonder and she's put through, but only to the Fantastic Four who are staying at Avengers Mansion since the Baxter Building was destroyed (FF#278). Mr Fantastic tells her that the Avengers are off fighting Beyonder (Av#265).Marsha explains she's been living quietly with Owen Reece/Molecule Man in Denver until Beyonder turned up. Now he wants to kill Owen and destroy the universe. She stalled him for a bit (last issue) but since then she's been trying to call the Avengers.The FF set out for Denver but suddenly find themselves whisked to the Colorado Rockies instead. There they find a great assemblage of superheroes:- Avengers and West Coast Avengers, Alpha Flight, Spider-Man, Hulk, Vision & Scarlet Witch, Cloak & Dagger, Power Man & Iron Fist and Silver Surfer along with Marsha Rosenberg. Then The X-Men join them and Phoenix explains that it was she who brought everyone here to defeat Beyonder.Marsha offers to join them with the Volcana power that Dr Doom gave her in Secret Wars I #3. But now that Phoenix has extracted all the info about Beyonder from her mind they send her back home to safety because she's only an amateur superheroine.The object of their concern has created a new underground base for himself further north in the Rockies. He tries to sort out what he really wants to do by voicing his thoughts to tape. When he came to Earth from the Beyond-Realm, where he had been all there was, he had discovered multiplicity. And all these individual beings felt incomplete, which led to desires. And now that he knows he's not alone he too feels incompleteness and desires. But he is omnipotent and so everything in the multiverse is as he wants it to be, even if only because he hasn't changed it. He can have anything he desires but he doesn't know what he wants.When he was all there was in his universe he felt no incompleteness, and so no annoying desire. So he had logically come to the conclusion that he should destroy everything. But his memory of the multiverse would still make him feel incomplete. He would have to return himself to the state before he found the multiverse. But he can't actually remember anything before then. Did he come into existence at that point? Or did he exist before then but was unaware? If he wipes out this reality will the result for him be peace or death?And he also remembers all the mortal lives he has come across, and the persistent idea that it is their very mortality that gives their lives meaning. And he decides to make himself mortal, even though it will leave him vulnerable. This will require him to be born into a human body. He rejects the 9-month approach using a human female, and instead magics up a huge Jack Kirby machine.But he wants to test it before using it on himself. He remembers the New Mutants who he wiped out of existence in NM#37. He gathers up the faint traces that remain of them and casts it all into the machine. He sets it to evolve them to adolescence and mere moments later they all pop out of the end, costumes included. But they are mindless zombies. He adjusts the device to recreate him with mind and memories intact.The final preparatory step is to create a vessel to store his power in. Then he reverts his current human-like body to his energy form. The energy goes into storage except for a tiny amount which is fed into the machine. And he comes out as a grown man - but mortal.He immediately panics and dives into the storage tank. The energy destroys his mortal body but recreates him as a human god again.Meanwhile back in Denver Marsha remembers how she saved Owen's life by pretending to betray him to the Big B. She reckoned that B only wanted to kill Owie because he envied their close relationship. Reece had been devastated, and Marsha enters the apartment to find it trashed. But Owen is sitting in an armchair seemingly OK.He tells her how he almost committed suicide, but then thought to himself that if he was that weak then he didn't deserve her love in the 1st place. He found the strength to survive on his own. And then he realised that losing his need for Marsha freed him to truly love her for the 1st time. And the lovers are reunited. (Presumably he also worked out along the way that Marsha had only pretended not to love him too.)But Owen has also found the courage to face Beyonder again as Molecule Man. Something that Eternity and the other cosmic beings seem unwilling to do.Back in his underground lair Beyonder remembers the unbearable feeling he'd had that every mortal moment was unique and fleeting. But now the sameness of his immortal moments seems unbearable too. He steels himself and puts himself through the process again. And this time he doesn't wimp out. He revels in tiring himself out with that unexpected thing - exertion.And at this point Mephisto attacks with a horde of demons. He revels in torturing the helpless mortal body. And despite B knowing that it's all illusion, because Mephisto has no physical power on this plane, he still feels the pain. (But surely the demons can be real and do real damage?)But anyway mortal Beyonder battles towards the vessel containing his power. Mephisto surrounds it with (illusory) flames which (appear to) sear B's flesh as he reaches out to it. B forces his arm through and into the vessel. And he's Big B again. And Mephisto and his demons have gone.Now back to the assembled heroes. Phoenix has brought them to the spot above Beyonder's lair, which is 8-9 miles below them. Molecule Man teleports to join them with Volcana.Bur B detects them and decides to send the New Mutants against them. He recreates the techno-organic Warlock, who wasn't restored by his machine. Then he programs their heads with instructions to fight the heroes and transports them to the surface. Because B erased all memories of them in NM#37 no-one recognises them, not even the X-Men.Warlock forms himself into armour to enclose Doug Ramsey/Cypher and leaps into battle alongside Cannonball, Magik, Magma and Wolfsbane. But Mirage and Karma recognise that Phoenix is the greatest threat. Mirage causes Rachel Summers to think the Phoenix-power is turning against her, which allows Karma the opportunity to take control of her body. The others get beaten by combinations of heroes, and Karma & Mirage get taken out by Cloak, Invisible Woman and Scarlet Witch.Phoenix then examines the minds of their foes and learns who they are and what happened to them. For the moment she pacifies them, but swears to put them right later.But for now Molecule Man takes the heroes down to Beyonder's hideout. B was using the NM as a delaying tactic while he modified his machine again. This time it would make him mortal but with his power intact - like MM but more so. But he hasn't finished his mods when the heroes arrive.He erects a quick barrier to hold them off but the strongest of them smash through it. So he strikes them down with his power, leaving only Captain America and Molecule Man standing. So now B and MM clash across the whole multiverse. Owen is losing, but he's also draining some of Big B's power. The other heroes recover and all pile on the weakened Beyonder.But Reece weakens too soon, and Beyonder hurls him and all the heroes away into a pile. And then he fires a blast at them which leaves a scar where the Rocky Mountains once stood and continues on through space forever.Now B is alone once more to finish fixing his machine. He sends his energy once again into storage while a small part of it enters the machine to again create a baby human. But this time the stored energy is siphoned into that child.But Owen Reece had retained enough strength to shield the heroes from the blast, and they recover at the far end of the gouge in the Earth's surface. And he was also able shunt all the other living things out of the path of the blast into sub-space, in stasis to be retrieved when it's safe. But the fight has left him badly hurt.Phoenix takes over and teleports everyone back to Beyonder's lab where they find the baby in the machine. The heroes immediately deduce that the child is the Beyonder, but then argue about killing a baby - especially Marsha and Owen. Spider-Man's spider-sense detects that the machine's defences are going to react against them, giving Sue Richards enough time to erect a forcefield to protect them from the blast.The heroes now leap to wreck the machine, but Mr Fantastic stops them because they might let Beyonder's energy loose to destroy everything. But Molecule Man fires past him and breaks the machine apart. Energy spews out of it, and white light consumes the world.But then the world is recreated from the light. Everyone's alive except the baby. Cap realises that it must have been Owen who saved them all. But Reece thinks the effort has permanently damaged him. However Marsha forgives him for what she knows he had to do.Then we have an epilogue in the Beyonder's realm. It seems that MM achieved his miracle by siphoning all the Beyonder-power back there. It came through a small hole from the Marvel Universe and acted like the Big Bang. It created a universe that eventually resulted in sentient mortals. Thus the Beyonder got his wish.To be continued in AVENGERS #266.


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Mephisto expresses his concerns to his beloved Death (who got killed and replaced by Dave at the end of last issue - but presumably Death is still Death whoever it is). He must find a way to destroy Beyonder in case he kills Death again. (He's also just plain annoyed that Beyonder is so much more powerful than him.)The Big B donated a large chunk of his energy to kill Death. Mephisto has captured that energy before it can return to its owner. He noted that when Dr Doom stole some of B's energy in Secret Wars I #11 the Beyonder was vulnerable. M hopes that this is true again. He has built a huge machine he calls  Beyondersbane to temporarily house the energy, and intends to use it to kill the cosmic being. When he asks Death if it will work she goes all ambiguously oracle on him.The object of his worry has retired to a deserted Pacific island to think (after his attempt to be a superhero champion of life failed last issue, and his ocean base was destroyed in Power Man & Iron Fist #121 ). But his reverie is interrupted by Ed Strunk, a middle-management guy who has similarly come to a larger, populated island to 'find himself'.And on a 3rd island Thing is starring in an alien invasion movie. But he and his crew take a break when the flying-boat mailman Hopper Hertneky delivers a crate of his favourite beer. But Ben Grimm crushes most of the brews in anger when Hopper mentions his wrestling bout with Beyonder (Thing #30). Ben explains to Hertneky his history with the B.Beyonder abducted a load of superheroes and villains to Battleworld (SWI) On that planet Ben discovered he could switch between Thing and human at will, so he stayed there for a while after everyone else went home. But events caused him to give up his human side completely (Th#22) (after discovering that he'd always been able to switch, but a mental block had stopped him).When he returned to Earth in Fantastic Four #277 he discovered that his girlfriend Alicia Masters had taken up with his best friend Human Torch. (We don't know at this time that this Alicia is really a Skrull replacement Lyja.) So Ben quit the team in Th#23. (He doesn't mention that he'd already decided it was over with Alicia on Battleworld.) (He also doesn't mention another reason he quit the FF - in Th#23 Mr Fantastic told him he'd long known about Ben's mental block.)Thing covers the succeeding issues of his own mag. He'd joined the Thunderiders stunt-bikers, and then the Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation of enhanced wrestlers. Including the fight with Beyonder who he blames for losing Alicia and his human side because of the abduction to Battleworld. He tried to kill B in the ring but couldn't bring himself to do it.Meanwhile on desert island #1 Beyonder has been ignoring Ed Strunk. But Ed interprets this as a zen thing and adopts B as his guru. Strunk leaves and comes back with loads of others (1 of whom looks suspiciously like Al Milgrom) who proceed to sit around thinking.Meanwhile again, Mephisto has sent demon Bitterhorn to recruit supervillains. We see him promise Juggernaut to get his pal Black Tom Cassidy his castle back. Visiting Electro in prison in Project Pegasus and promising his freedom. And meeting Baron Mordo in a mystic dimension with a promise of power. And Absorbing Man and Titania.Each time they shake hands on the deal the villain is linked to Beyondersbane. Mephisto's plan is to send all the villains against Beyonder. If he attacks 1 of them or allows 1 to touch him then his own energy will flood into him and B will be destroyed by the feedback - taking Earth and 1/3 of the universe with him, but c'est la vie.Death silently indicates doubt whether this will be enough. So Mephisto further explains that the cosmic powers seen last issue have agreed to the plan, and Eternity will fire the weapon adding all the power in the universe to the mix. And Death will get all those who are killed, and Mephisto himself will get his share of those souls.A demon arrives to say that Bitterhorn has gathered the requisite 99 villains.Word of guru Beyonder has spread to the media and reporters arrive on the island. Ed Strunk elects himself B's spokesman. Owen Reece sees it on TV and it disrupts his game of Trivial Pursuit with Marsha Rosenberg and some friends. Spider-Man sees it too, as does Magneto with the New Mutants and X-Men (but no Prof X). Thing even sees it on his movie island.Mephisto has a problem. The Beyondersbane is unstable and will melt down in a short while. But he has the villains ready, and Eternity has almost finished aiming the weapon at Beyonder. But then Big B announces that he's leaving the island because he's lost the solitude he came for. Mephisto panics because there won't be time to re-aim the weapon before it self-destructs.So the demon appears to Thing as if in a dream in the guise of some of his friends and stokes up his hatred of Beyonder, and as Ed Garner of the UCWF he gets him to sign a contract for a match against B - a contract which temporarily increases his strength a hundred times. When Ben Grimm wakes he immediately swims the 115 miles to Beyonder's isle and angrily smashes his way to his enemy. Beyonder doesn't respond, but it is enough to keep him there.Beyondersbane is aimed and Mephisto sends his villains to attack. Thing sees them running towards him and is torn between killing Beyonder and saving him. Beyonder is torn between killing them all, letting them kill him if he's so bad, and just teleporting off. Mephisto doesn't want B to escape, but on the other hand what if he survives and tracks the mastermind down?In the end Ben's inherent good nature wins out and he uses his enormously enhanced strength against the supervillains attacking on foot. And none of them get through to touch Beyonder. But then the flying contingent zooms in. But Thing throws Absorbing Man at them, and the enhanced power that Crusher Creel absorbs knocks them all out of the sky.There are still a few villains left standing, so Mephisto desperately tears up the contract that gave Thing the extra strength. But by then only Juggernaut is left. Juggy easily beats the normal-powered Thing, and advances on Beyonder. But with his last ounce of strength Ben grabs Cain Marko's foot and holds him back ...... and time runs out and the Beyondersbane goes into meltdown and all the villains return whence they came. Death leaves Mephisto in a huff, and the damned souls get a measure of comfort from their lord's displeasure. Eternity returns to being the universe, and the other cosmic beings go back to their own roles. And Owen Reece/Molecule Man is relieved for the moment, but fears that he's going to have to get involved before the end.The stolen Beyonder-power is dispersed but will eventually find its way back to him. And Thing collapses spent. But Beyonder has a revelation. Ben Grimm rediscovered that his true role in the universe was as a hero. Maybe his own role is to teach others to find their roles.


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Beyonder has been observing humans last issue, especially Captain America and Rachel Summers of the X-Men. Now he's decided that he needs to be a human, and stay that way, to fully understand what they experience. And he's chosen to model his body on Steve Rogers.He's clad himself in a skintight white 1-piece garment, and his 1st sensation is cold. He has materialised on top of a skyscraper in New York and decides to drop to the ground. As he nears the bottom he senses this wasn't a good idea, and reverts to his energy form hovering in midair. Then he goes human again and falls the rest of the way. Even the fall from this small height causes a sensation somewhat similar to when his temporary body got slashed by Wolverine last issue.As he walks among the crowd Beyonder is pleased that his garment elicits responses. At some point he will choose other clothes when he understands more about them.He feels another sensation that Rachel said was hunger in Uncanny XM #196. She advised him to eat. So he copies someone's order for a hot dog and soda. Unfortunately he tries to eat the glass soda bottle, and doesn't find the experience pleasurable.New York is in the grip of an epidemic of hate, as seen in Fantastic Four #280. She-Hulk and Wyatt Wingfoot have been arrested for trying to stop a hate-crime. Mr Fantastic and Human Torch are in Avengers Mansion (their home since the Baxter Building was destroyed in FF#278) trying to figure out the cause. Invisible Girl is escorting Alicia Masters home. (Thing is still away on Secret Wars I's Battleworld.) Psycho-Man and Hate-Monger (the cause of the hate) turn Sue Richards into Malice, filled with hate for husband Reed. (This is the middle of FF#280.)During rioting Beyonder enters a clothes shop through a broken window and asks why people wear clothes. The shopkeeper gets rid of him by telling him to ask a friend. So he finds someone he remembers from Secret Wars I - Spider-Man in the Daily Bugle offices as Peter Parker. He tries to talk to Peter but Parker changes to Spider-Man to get away. So Beyonder follows Spidey home floating invisibly.Then he reappears in Peter's apartment, asking why he wears at least 2 different types of clothing. After Parker punches him he explains he's from Beyond and seeks experience and understanding. Eventually Peter realises this is the Beyonder and suggests Reed Richards might be a better guy to answer deep questions.But 1st he has to explain the meaning of the sensation in his bladder, and introduce Beyonder to the bathroom. Then his guest zaps off to find Mr Fantastic. And Spidey follows hoping to give MrF advance warning.Meanwhile the FF have moved on to #281 where they have broken Invisible Girl free from Hate-Monger's control. That story continues here as the reassembled FF fight HM who sends hate-filled crowds at them. Psycho-Man joins in from the shadows creating different emotions. But when the FF catch HM, PM returns to the Microverse and leaves him to his fate. Which is to be shot by a man shouting "Justice is served" from another shadow, revealing him to be an android.MrF ducked out of all this to talk to Beyonder. But all he can say is that the universe is complicated. And Beyonder zips off again. And Spider-Man misses it all.Next Beyonder transports some clothes from a shop-window manikin. A bag lady Elsie Gertz berates him for not paying, but then points out the clothes don't fit him anyway. She tells him how to (cosmically) change them until he looks good. A street gang led by Charlie Carcrash harass her (again) on the belief she's got money hidden away. They also beat up Beyonder, who's beginning to think this is normal. But he doesn't have anything in his pockets, so they leave empty-handed.Elsie fishes out a Heroes For Hire card and suggests Beyonder goes to them for protection. He mends his injuries, but takes her advice and zips there immediately.Arriving in the HFH offices he finds Power Man and Iron Fist absent. But he looks back in time until he finds them in, and pulls them forward in time to meet him. The duo are understandably angry and attack, but Beyonder knows how it goes now and hits 1st. Luke Cage asks him politely to step outside so the fight won't damage their office. And Beyonder does step outside - through a 14th-floor window.Luke leaps out to try and catch him and break the man's fall with his unbreakable body. But Beyonder does the same trick as earlier, but better. He turns energy partway down and lands in that form. Cage makes a hole in the road.Danny Rand arrives (presumably by lift) and stops Luke from attacking again. He asks the man what he wants. Beyonder goes through his spiel of trying to understand multiplicity and diversity, because in his realm he's the only thing there is. Martial artist Iron Fist thinks being 1 with the universe is what men dream of. Luke dismisses this Zen stuff and says money is what men want.Beyonder doesn't understand why men want paper, until Luke explains it stands for gold which is rare and hence valuable. Beyonder links this to the lessons about money from the Elsie Gertz episode, and combines it with his ideas about multiplicity -> incompleteness -> desire - and comes to the wrong conclusion.Spidey at last finds the Big B just in time to see him turn the building which contains the HFH office into gold. Which collapses under its own weight.Beyonder pulls his vanishing trick again. But an editorial comment says he sends PM&IF back to their own time (where they'll think this was a dream). SM is left in front of a mountain of gold.