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American Zealot Chapter One: Legend
In
Ephraim, West Virginia, a coal mining town was impoverished when the coal
company closed up; then Virago entered, a massive online distribution hub opened
up—but the town wasn’t saved, as Virago brought in all of their own people and
gave nothing to the town. Then U.S. Agent arrived to help but that resulted in
a huge crater in the ground….
The
locals set off a bomb at Virago and a bored bureaucrat in Omaha, knowing that Virago
was a front for the defunct SHIELD and wanting to annoy Valerie Cooper, had
U.S. Agent sent to investigate….
In
Mount Vernon, New York, a series of pizza delivery guys arrive at a house, are
interrogated by the paranoid occupant, and locked in the basement. Then
Morrie Watanabe shows up with a delivery; he gets the drop on John Walker, U.S. Agent,
who was expecting trouble, and hurls the ex-Cap into the basement. Agent
attacks Morrie who clobbers him with a series of slick kung fu moves, knocking
him through a wall. When things settle down, they share the pizza while
watching TV. Walker reveals he has been warned about a bomb concealed in a
pizza box and he is trying to protect the homeowner. Finally, the suspicious
pizza guy speeds to a stop at the house so Walker throws his shield, smashing
the car’s engine—and the shield. Walker drags the guy out of the car, only to
be interrupted by a kid asking for an autograph. U.S. Agent is initially rude
to him but thinks better of it and gives the kid his damaged shield. A little
girl, who in a flash reminds him of his kid sister, gives a password; when U.S.
Agent responds with the correct countersign, she gives him an object….
U.S.
Agent boards his aircraft, accompanied by Morrie who is having fun for the
first time in years and they bicker about Walker’s racist assumptions about
Morrie (he’s Japanese, not Chinese) and other stuff. They arrive at the Virago
plant where their aircraft is captured by a tractor beam and they escape aboard
a motorcycle to face a squad of armored soldiers. The soldiers stop the bike
and the leader covers U.S. Agent with a gun and removes her helmet to reveal
John Walker’s sister Katie….


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American Zealot Chapter Five: Rockets’ Red Glare

U.S. Agent John Walker battles the new U.S. Agent April Manning, also called Saint,
on the crashing Helicarrier over Ephraim, West Virginia. Finally, the ship
crashes to the ground and Manning emerges, dragging the defeated Walker….
The
witness is asked to go back to account for the Kaiju so earlier we see that
Walker and his pilot were attacked by a giant blue dragon, which Walker opined
was part of the American Kaiju Project, which created the serum that gave Manning
and Kate Tolifson their super-soldier abilities; Walker’s superior Valerie Cooper tells him that’s classified. Walker rides the dragon to the Helicarrier
and leaps aboard, carrying the pilot….
Inside,
Kate attacks Manning, warning him about taking a second dose of the serum so
soon after the last one, and the need for a new U.S. Agent to replace Walker;
she also wonders why a wealthy man like Manning would get involved in
superheroing. [We see that Manning’s son was killed in a confrontation with
police and he blamed himself.] Meanwhile, Manning’s pilot has sought out Morrie
Watanabe, who is Manning’s master, at the hospital where he has taken Lamar
Hoskins, and flies him out to talk sense into Manning. The Dragon crashes into
the Helicarrier, allowing Manning to overpower Kate and then Walker arrives for
the fight seen at the beginning of the issue. And when Manning drags Walker out
of the downed carrier, he suddenly collapses….
Later,
Walker talks to Val Cooper and learns that Kate is now in a psych ward, having
lied about their brother committing suicide. Cooper also realizes the value of
having Walker without official status. Then Morrie arrives and the two plan
their next moves….


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American Zealot Chapter Three: Election Day

Valerie Cooper calls Lemar Hoskins, the former Battle Star, and pressures him into a
mission to bring in his former partner, the rogue U.S. Agent …
…who
stops by Cooper’s office to ask why they recruited his sister Kate. Cooper
claims that Kate Tolifson approached them, emulating her heroic big brother.
She also takes him to task for befriending the people of Ephraim, West
Virginia. We also learn why Walker was fired as U S Agent: he led a group of
law enforcement officers to confront a band of peaceful anti-nuke protestors on
a beach in Puerto Rico. He received an order to clear them out in time for the
national news; his gestures were misinterpreted and everything turned violent.
During this, Walker has been thinking about Kate’s dying her hair blonde; when
he saw her it was lavender and he concludes that exposure to the chemical waste
from the missing fuel cell could have turned it lavender and heads out….

April Manning, the new U.S. Agent, recalls a day many years ago when he had a
confrontation with a pair of young Black men with their pants hanging down and
lectured them on the real racism being the men’s being “morally broken and
defeated.” They attacked him and he beat them up. Now, he is Kate’s lover and
they are plotting their next move….
Lemar
is on the scene and April and he fight, with the new U.S. Agent scolding Lemar
for so easily settling for the role of John Walker’s sidekick when he was a
better choice for the lead role, beating Lemar to a pulp and breaking his arm.
Then Walker arrives at the Virago planet and finds Kate’s teammates dead and
Kate hits the switch which reals the Virago building was concealing a SHIELD
Helicarrier which rises into the air, hurling John Walker to the ground. U.S.
Agent Manning then bows to his real master… Morrie Watanabe….


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American Zealot Chapter Two: Homeland
Financial
wizard April Manning (a man, incidentally) leaves one of his lectures and enters
the car to take him to his next assignment: he injects himself with a drug that
rapidly increases his muscle mass….

Valerie Cooper catches up with the bored bureaucrat in Omaha who activated
John Walker/U.S. Agent without knowing he had been fired—and fires that guy….
Walker
recalls how his family left him in a burning house as a kid and Captain America
(that’s how he remembers it) rushed in and rescued him; it was actually his
brother Mike, an Army serviceman. Now he is arguing with his sister Kate Tolifson,
who is part of the team (four other soldiers, all male) guarding the Virago
building in Ephraim, West Virginia, actually a cover for a secret SHIELD
installation. They argue a lot over the baggage both of them are carrying. She
gets to the immediate problem: the local, resentful of Virago, blew up their
power plant. Now a fuel cell is missing and Kate is certain someone in the town
has it. So, they have only a little time until a) the containment field hiding
the true nature of the base shuts down and b) the fuel cell leaks toxic energy
to kill everyone in town. He heads out but his cycle breaks down and a local
fellow gives him a ride back to town where everyone takes him for Captain
America….
Meanwhile,
John’s unwanted partner Morrie Watanabe wakes up in the home of a local family
where the kids play with guns and there is no indoor plumbing….
Walker
returns to Virago and reports that no one in town has the fuel cell; Kate
thinks he’s an idiot for believing the hicks whom he identifies with. She also
reveals something he never knew: brother Mike accidentally started the fire
that night while he was drunk. And years later he wasn’t killed in a copter
crash—he shot himself. Walker throws a fit and he can’t be restrained by the
four soldiers with Kate. He leaves—and then a band of covert agents comes in
and kills the four soldiers. Then Kate welcomes her lover, April Manning, the
new U.S. Agent ….


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I was once where you are now
Where are the U.S. Avengers? Cannonball's lost in space. Enigma and Squirrel Girl have gone to join the European Resistance. Citizen V has been shot in the head with an energy blaster. Red Hulk and Iron Patriot have been captured by Hydra, and IP has been put in the same cell as CV.But we start with a flashback for Toni Ho to the day, when she was 11 years old, that she heard that her father Prof Ho Yinsen died saving Tony Stark's life (as part of Iron Man's origin in Tales of Suspense #39). She thought Stark could have done more to save her father, and vowed that when she grew up she would do better. (She was already learning about basic electric circuits in school - possibly a school for high achievers - and was following in her scientist father's footsteps.)Now Toni finds herself in a similar situation to her father's. He was held captive with Tony Stark who was in danger of dying from shrapnel near his heart. Now her cellmate Roberto Da Costa is also slowly dying. The damage to his head has made him lose the ability to suppress his old Sunspot power, which in turn is boosting his M-Pox infection which will kill him. And he's also been reduced to a mumbling, confused and passive state.She now knows that Prof Yinsen cannibalised equipment in the cave cell to help Tony Stark create the 1st Iron Man armour, which also kept the shrapnel out of his heart. Toni wonders what she can find here to help Roberto.1st she tries an experiment. She figures that the propaganda-spewing TV screen doubles as a spy camera, so she drapes Bobby's jacket over it to see how vigilant the guards are. It takes 16 minutes before someone comes to remove it. Meanwhile Toni examines the sparse contents of the room - noting protein bars wrapped in foil, and chewing gum.Meanwhile in Paris Le Peregrine leads the freedom fighters that Enigma and Squirrel Girl have joined - Ares, Captain Britain, Excalibur and Guillotine. Their other member Outlaw is scouting and has located the Hydra armoury. The group attack.Excalibur uses her painless dissection power to temporarily open up a Hydra guard's chest, which also automatically paralyses him. She stops Ares from killing him, and instead uses the sword Excalibur to make the guard experience empathy for his previous victims. Guillotine comments that *her* sword is more destructive, and Faiza Hussein notes that their magic weapons don't like each other.Outlaw joins them and Captain Britain kicks the door down. (Brian Braddock mentions it's been a hard time for him lately. Presumably referring to losing an eye and the rest of the Captain Britain Corps in New Avengers (2013) #30.) Inside they find 8 'giant nuclear-armed Hydra death robots' and lots of Hydra troops. Squirrel Girl leads the charge with the rallying cry "Euro-US Avengers E.U.-nite".And in another sidebar Cannonball has been sold to alien slavers. His muttered complaints in English are noticed by a pipe-smoking old human gent named Howard Mason.Back in the internment camp Toni Ho is taking part in the daily exercise regime - walking in a circle for 2 hours in the midday sun. If she says "Hail Hydra" she can go to a proper gym/spa instead. But when their guard isn't looking she takes the glasses off a fellow prisoner and breaks 1 of the arms off to use as a screwdriver. (He is Philip Voght who readers of Ultimates will know as the leader of the Troubleshooters. He complains that his team lost their powers when Psi-Hawk left to help Eternity in the Eternity War.)Back in her cell she hopes that she'll have 16 minutes before a guard come to investigate what she's doing. She took some capacitors from the TV, and used chewing gum to attach them and foil 'wires' to a belt which she now fastens round Roberto's head. She hopes this will help him control his Sunspot power.But the guards arrive in much less than 16 minutes. Toni remembers how her father was shot while providing a distraction giving Stark's armour time to power up. So she stands up to the guards, claiming to be more dangerous to them than Da Costa. She says that her father turned weapons-manufacturing plutocrat Tony Stark into Iron Man who created the Avengers. It's the power of ideology.By the time the guards realise it's all bluster Sunspot is up and running.


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Meet the new boss
Captain America (Steve Rogers), now head of SHIELD, has come to see Citizen V (Roberto da Costa), head of AIM. Since SHIELD took over AIM Bobby now works for Steve. Steve claims to want to continue the friendly relationship they had as Avengers, but he gets in a dig about the 'questionable decisions' da Costa has made since Rogers invited him on that team.

Cap also makes some veiled references to his secret allegiance to Hydra and the upcoming Secret Empire event. He commends Roberto on his rehabilitation of the previously evil organisation AIM (in the previous New Avengers series and earlier), and comments that the public trusts them since they took the colours of the US flag (in this series). And his opening remark is "Hail Hydra" which he passes off as a joke.

Meanwhile in the Engineering Division Aikku Jokinen (Enigma) brings coffee to her lover Toni Ho who is struggling with the latest upgrade to her Iron Patriot armour. Aikku is concerned by all the weapons Toni is installing. Dr Ho continues to insist that they are non-lethal, and that IP is only designed for defence and rescue. But Aikku suggests that the guns are potentially lethal.

She's also worried about how much time Toni is devoting to this. The last time she was so driven she was searching for a way to get Jokinen out of her living POD armour without killing POD. Neither of them know what's driving her now.

Steve Rogers is now talking about how the country needs a firm hand to run it. He wants to know if Bobby will toe the line and take orders. (Apparently last issue's mission wasn't completely authorised.) He also enquires about the AIM's psychic training. Da Costa says he's used non-SHIELD techniques of mental resistance he learned from Prof X. Cap seems concerned about this.

Meanwhile, again, Red Hulk (Gen'l Maverick) and Squirrel Girl (Doreen Green) are on a mission in an underground scientific lair. Rulk's hour of power runs out just as Arthur Nagan (a man's head on a gorilla's body) returns with his army of Gorilla Men (gorillas' heads on men's bodies?). He's embarrassed about having to be saved by Doreen and her troop of squirrels.

Maverick is contacted by an AIM scientist who tells him there's a way to get around the 1 hour limit of being the Red Hulk (which is imposed for safety reasons). Apparently the other scientists think it's too risky, but this guy is willing to do it if the General wants. Maverick readily agrees. But we hear the AIM guy say "Hail Hydra".

Cap is piling the pressure on Citizen V. He wants assurances that da Costa won't repeat things like some of his recent ploys:- Deploying a giant robot against government agents (Avenger Five in NAv(2015)#9-10). Infiltrating SHIELD with a double agent (Songbird in most of that series). Turning Robert Maverick into a Hulk and letting him loose among civilians. And in general doing whatever he wants because he thinks he knows what's best for America.

3rd interlude:- Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) is visiting his wife Smasher (Izzy Kane) on a Shi'ar planet where she is doing her duty as (the only human) member of the Shi'ar Imperial Guard. Sam is taking their toddler Josh on patrol with them as they take down some villains. Izzy isn't worried because the baby's inherited some powers including an even stronger version of Guthrie's protective forcefield.

Sam has been working on Earth for AIM/US Avengers on weekdays and then commuting to Shi'ar space for weekends. Izzy tries to persuade him to come live here all week - she makes enough money to support the whole family. Sam would miss Earth and his family, but not AIM so much now that SHIELD is in charge. He finally agrees to resign when he gets back to Earth.

Cap has returned to his secret base and is discussing the day with Erik Selvig. He's worried that AIM won't be susceptible to Dr Faustus' hypnosis. But on the positive side 1 of the team is already 'compromised' (presumably Maverick/Rulk). And he's got da Costa wary so that he'll hesitate before trying any of his tricks. And this will give Steve and Hydra time to strike 1st.

Days later Secret Empire starts (in SE#0). Bobby sees Hydra agents and supervillains on the rampage, and the Chitauri invading.


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$kullocracy
This issue is designed to introduce the team. Each piece of the current action is preceded by a pre-recorded video character statement by a relevant member. Each such video is headed (for us) by name and 'role' in the group. Starting with ...... Roberto Da Costa (the leader). The Brazilian-born mutant claims now to be a US citizen. He says he wanted to become an American after the New Mutants became his surrogate family.Meanwhile in the present the Secret Empire apparently believe that the post-truth era is ripe for them to come out into the open - by attacking California with a helicarrier powered by an active volcano on top!Sunspot is coordinating defence, reluctantly using his assigned new codename Citizen V. But nothing is stopping the advance so he calls General Maverick to ask if the 'big guy' is ready - but he's told that 'safety lock' won't release for 4 minutes. Da Costa reckons they've got less than 2 minutes.Toni Ho (the brains)'s video says she's the daughter of Ho Yinsen. But her parents got divorced, she gained a half-brother and Yinsen died saving Tony Stark's life. She became a tech-whiz, joined Sunspot's AIM and built a armoured suit she calls Iron Patriot.Now Iron Patriot attacks the helicarrier. Maverick thinks she's crazy because her suit has no weapons. Admittedly all her weapons are non-lethal but that doesn't mean they're useless. She unleashes a forcefield which slows the behemoth down, but it's too heavy to stop completely. Maybe she's got them 6 minutes.But another agent has infiltrated the Empire ...... Norwegian Aikku Jokinen (the quiet 1) used to inhabit the alien Pod. But since it sacrificed itself to save her she now uses the Pod undersuit as her costume. And she's stayed with the team to be with her love Toni.Now under a new nom-de-guerre Enigma she discards her Secret Empire guise (it's handy the way these bad guy groups wear uniforms that completely cover them) and uses her (suit's) phasing ability to render the Empire boss's guards nearly weightless and throws them off the carrier. Then she threatens him to make him stop the carrier. But instead he voice-activates a horde of anti-aircraft drones against attacking jets.So Roberto calls in flying Cannonball who carries Squirrel Girl. But she is accompanied by another horde - of flying squirrels.Doreen Green (the wild card) apparently has dual Canadian/American citizenship. She's a science student with squirrel powers and a can-do attitude.Now her squirrels attack the drones. But Iron Patriot's system is running out of juice to keep the forcefield going. Luckily Gen'l Maverick's safety lock has reached the end of its countdown.Gen Robert L Maverick (the muscle) brings us up to date. Billionaire Sunspot staged a takeover of the evil Advanced Idea Mechanics and turned it into the good Avengers Idea Mechanics. But the government didn't trust such a loose cannon. So now Sunspot and AIM work for SHIELD as American Intelligence Mechanics. The super-characters introduced so far are the members of Sunspot's New Avengers who agreed to come with the deal. Maverick is military oversight.But he too now has a super-power. SHIELD has developed a Hulk plug-in but it only works for certain people - and he's 1. It gives him Hulk-power for 1 hour every 36 hours.So now he activates it and changes into a new Red Hulk. He leaps from an aircraft carrier and plummets down to smash into the helicarrier as Enigma phases out with the Secret Empire leader. And it's all over.There is 1 more video to record. Sam Guthrie (the heart) joined the New Mutants as Cannonball. He believes in Prof X's dream of building a world for everyone. So he considers himself part of the 'us' Avengers.When he's finished Roberto agrees that they have to believe in the future. And the future comes calling in the shape of Danielle Cage, Captain America 20XX.But meanwhile we see Golden Skull inspire his gang. He says there's no such thing as America. In reality it's every man for himself, and the smart man grabs what he can.


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The cavalry stayed home
Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) is returning to Earth from visiting his wife and kid in the Shi'ar Empire. His space-taxi driver isn't happy when they come out of warp into a massive Chitauri invasion but he's willing to wait long enough to let the hero out. Sam asks him to take a message back to Smasher (Izzy Kane) asking her to send help.

We're in the middle of Secret Empire #0 and we see Guardians of the Galaxy (Gamora, baby Groot, Rocket Raccoon and Star-Lord), Ultimates (Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers), Ms. America and Spectrum) plus Hyperion and Quasar (Avril Kincaid) fighting the foe. Guthrie takes time out to contact his friend and boss Sunspot (now Citizen V) (Roberto Da Costa) at A.I.M. HQ in S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier Douglass hovering over Washington DC. But he sees the aliens take out Hyperion (off-panel) and a 'dragon' troop-carrier swallow Quasar. Cannonball rockets to her aid but gets a warning from Da Costa too late about the dragons being living bombs. He disappears in the resulting explosion.

Roberto wants to take the helicarrier into orbit to search for Sam. He hears about an explosion in New York (presumably Nitro in SE#0) and prepares to send a team there as well. But Captain America (Steve Rogers) his boss calls and orders him to stay guarding Congress and the White House.

The U.S. Avengers team are chafing at the inaction. Squirrel Girl watches Enigma and Iron Patriot (Toni Ho) arguing again about IP's increased armour and firepower. Toni always claims that her suit is purely defensive, or at least only passively aggressive. But her lover Aikku Jokinen has been getting increasingly worried. Toni blusters that she'll only shoot at robots and really powerful villains - ending with "I'm not Tony Stark!".

The final team member Gen'l Maverick knows that he can't become Red Hulk again for another 5 hours anyway. But an AIM Agent approaches him with the promised nanite upgrade to his power that will bypass the safety cutout which limits him to an hour of power a day.

Citizen V hears that the the planetary shield is working again. Captain Marvel confirms it. The remaining heroes in space are now keeping out of the way while the Chitauri drones commit mass suicide by trying to penetrate it. Hyperion is heavily injured but Cannonball and Quasar are still MIA.

Da Costa now gets a call from Doctor Faustus which is broadcast all over the carrier. It is a hypnotic message designed to take over the crew. Roberto uses mental resistance techniques taught him by the X-Men's Professor X which begin by concentrating on a red triangle. Bobby taught this method to his staff too, especially the USA team. He sends out the Red Triangle Protocol message to warn them. At least the USA react in time. And Maverick surprises the others by turning into Red Hulk early.

But Roberto's trusted AIM aid Larry turns out to be a Hydra Agent and shoots him. Cap has revealed his true colours. And as the US Avengers descend to Washington which is besieged by Hydra helicarriers the new nanites in his blood enable Hydra to take over Red Hulk and pit him against his teammates, in particular Iron Patriot.


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$kullocracy part three
The Golden Skull gloats to his underlings how he's fooled the US Avengers. We see glass tubes containing the millionaire CEOs that he replaced with robots, which are now surrounding the USA at the party where the team came to warn them of the Skull's threat.General Maverick can't turn into Red Hulk for 8 hours so he just draws his guns. Toni Ho (Iron Patriot) takes command. She tells Aikku Jokinen (Enigma) and Sam Guthrie (Cannonball) to form a perimeter with her around  the Gen'l, Doreen Green (Squirrel Girl) and the boss Roberto Da Costa (Citizen V). She activates the stealth armour she's wearing under her business suit and sets up a forcefield. Enigma's clothes were just a hologram and she turns her armour to diamond hardness.Cannonball tries a new trick - emitting his blast power from his hands rather than his feet, and keeping the power low so he doesn't jet backwards. But Squirrel Girl uses squirrel-strength to hold his back steady so he can up the force and really take out some bots. She tries not to let him know the strain she's under.Da Costa immediately dubs this move the Blastball Squirrel (from Colossus and Wolverine's Fastball Special). He can't afford to use his old Sunspot power these days, but he can use his laser-watches (his AIM scientists stole the idea from Tony Stark). And he invents a battle cry for the team - US Avengers Unite.Toni Ho scans a head taken off 1 of the robots and detects that they were built by Arcade. Roberto remembers him from his New Mutants days. He's currently presumed dead but in his heyday 1 of his signatures was kidnapping people in special garbage trucks. This explains why Skull's gang were robbing garbage disposal firms - they were presumably fronts for Arcade's murderous game parks where these robots came from.Citizen V passes this information to Captain America 20XX hovering outside on her anti-gravity shield. He asks her to look for a nearby place where Golden Skull may be controlling the robots from. Look for the kind of place Arcade would use. She spots an unfinished casino. CV checks and confirms that it's been like that for a long time, and its owner's name is an anagram of Arcade.Danielle Cage plummets down, her steel-hard body taking her through to the basement where she finds some of Skull's pirate-themed goons. But they are also obviously robots so she decapitates them with her shield. However Skull just cranks the robot fabricator up to 11, and giant gumball machines spill their contents which split open to release a robotic pirate horde.Cap is overwhelmed. But Toni Ho arrives in the heavy combat version of her Iron Patriot armour, but emphasising that the weapons she's using are non-lethal concussive beams. Their mobile base SHIELD helicarrier Douglass is here for support, and the rest of the team drop in too. Aikku detects life signs behind a wall, and IP smashes through to rescue the captive millionaires.Inside she discovers what Golden Skull has done with all the gold his gang stole. They turned it into a golden armour for him. He's also got a button which will kill the prisoners in their tanks. Citizen V tells everyone to stand down - they can't risk civilian lives.But he also says something to suggest to Patriot that she use her armour's radio to talk to Enigma's armoured-form without the villain overhearing. Toni gets Aikku to give her control, and while the Skull is ranting how the team's concern for human lives makes them weak she uses Enigma's image inducer to generate a laser beam which slices off the armour-hand holding the button. (Skull's armour is large and his own hand doesn't seem to be inside the metal fist - so Toni's pacifist stance isn't compromised.)Now the giant armoured Patriot and Skull duke it out. But of course gold is a very soft metal so Toni Ho is able to shred it easily.Later Cap is ready to take Golden Skull back to their 30 years ahead future. Before she goes Danielle Cage tells Doreen she remembers her being her babysitter in Avengers Tower. And she gives the Avengers an inspirational speech based on how people in her era are pulling together to repair their shattered world.


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Monsters n' SHIELD
In New Avengers #9 Gen'l Maverick gave Cpl Todd Ziller the ability to turn into the giant monster called American Kaiju and sent him against the New Avengers. Now the NAv are the US Avengers and Maverick is 1 of them. And now the AK has gone rogue in Lichtenbad. Because that country borders Latveria and Symkaria the US can't risk sending official troops there. So Citizen V orders Maverick to go in alone.

Maverick dives from a plane over the target and switches to Red Hulk for his hour of power before he lands near Castle Kruger where Kaiju has been sighted. But he's immediately attacked by a different beast who we recognise as Deadpool turned into a Frankenstein's Monster. As they duke it out DP can only make incoherent noises while inwardly thinking deep thoughts. But significantly Rulk's blows trigger DP's healing factor. Meanwhile Wade Wilson remembers how he got to this position.

He came here seeking a fugitive mad scientist Victor Vandoom. Who protests that he got that name 10 years before Victor Von Doom was born. And anyway his great-granddad created a monster out of wax. And he's going to become famous by creating even better monsters. At that point a non-Kaiju Cpl Ziller grabs DP from behind and Vandoom injects Wilson with something. And that's how it happened.

Now we learn that Vandoom's serum was created from the potion that turns Ziller into American Kaiju. But Todd has become addicted to being a monster, and Vandoom gives him what he wants.

As monster-DP and Red Hulk continue to fight Wade's healing factor at last turns him back into ordinary Deadpool. But then AK attacks them both, appearing to smash Rulk flat. And Vandoom films it all - he's going to use the video as proof of the monsters he can create, and sell to the highest bidder.

Kaiju is about to eat Deadpool when of course Red Hulk turns out not to be dead after all. He grabs Ak by the tail and throws him at the castle, destroying it.

Later as Roberto da Costa surveys newspaper reports of the chaos in Lichtenbad an angry Captain America (Steve Rogers), his boss, shows up to have words.


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Wake up the Kraken, unleash the heat
The U.S. Avengers are at the defence of Washington as Hydra attack. But Red Hulk has been sabotaged by an A.I.M. (good guys now) Agent secretly working for Hydra - and the bad guys now control his actions, and at the end of last issue they made him attack Iron Patriot.But they don't control his mind or voice, and even as he rips 1 of IP's arms off he's telling her to create a force field round his head to cut off his oxygen supply. Toni Ho occupies only the torso of this extra-large armour, so *her* arm isn't damaged. But most of her systems are down. She eventually manages to fire a concussion cannon at him (all her armament is non-lethal, at least in intent).Enigma and Squirrel Girl are fighting Hydra soldiers whose weapons seem designed to hurt *them* specifically. (We see Wasp (Nadia Pym) flying past to remind us that there are lots of other superheroes in this battle, and later Hulk (Amadeus Cho), Ms Marvel, Spider-Man and Vision cameo.) Enigma asks Patriot (over a comms link) how this is possible, and Toni says in Aikku's case this can only mean they've had studied AIM's file on her. And the only people with such access are Toni, their boss Citizen V/Roberto Da Costa and Director of SHIELD Steve Rogers.They get the answer as Captain America reveals himself to be the leader of Hydra too, flanked by his lieutenants Doctor Faustus, Arnim Zola, Baron Zemo, Hive, Kraken and Viper.Toni Ho quickly formulates a plan to save as much of the team as she can. She gets Enigma to hold on to Squirrel Girl. Then she remotely activates a function of Aikku Jokinen's armour that appears to blow them both up, but actually sends them elsewhere. And as Rulk rips her other arm off and Hydra move in to arrest her Toni cues General Maverick to go along with the idea that the other 2 are dead.As Maverick drags Iron Patriot to whatever awaits them, and Hydra Agents take prisoner the AIM people who *weren't* secretly on their side, he demands to know what's happened to Da Costa.Meanwhile near Saturn a pair of space scavengers are collecting valuable scales from the Chitauri dragon ship we saw blow up last issue. They also pick up the floating body of Cannonball.Elsewhere turns out to be Paris, France, in midair. Enigma didn't know her armour could teleport, but Doreen Green works out what Toni Ho did. Aikku's suit can make her intangible, but it automatically keeps her synchronised to the current place. Otherwise she might sink into the Earth as it moved through space. So Toni must have switched that part off, and they've phased through the Earth. And now they're still intangible but the synching is back on, which is why they're hovering peacefully in the sky.Enigma lowers them to the ground, and it's suddenly not peaceful anymore. Hydra are here too and try to arrest them. But these guys don't have specially tuned weapons. Enigma makes short work of the troops until they fire a sonic cannon at her. But Squirrel Girl uses her superstrength to tip the cannon truck over. Unfortunately a Hydra flying craft attacks next - and *that* guy recognises them and does know how to get past Enigma's defences.But then he has his own problems as Ares appears from nowhere to break the plane with his godly axe. Doreen is confused because the last she heard he'd been killed (torn in half).But Ares is not the only member of the local Resistance. We meet others of the Champions of Europe - Outlaw, Captain Britain, Guillotine, Le Peregrine and Excalibur.Back in the US Toni Ho has been taken out of her armour and Red Hulk has been gagged to shut him up (Hydra still control his body). They are taken to the Schoolhouse where they will learn to love Hydra. (We see the Troubleshooters (Philip Voght, Jim Tensen, Indigo and Spitfire) from the Ultimates in other cells.) Toni is put in a cell with Roberto. We saw him shot in the head last issue but he's still alive with a bandaged head. The guard says he'll die soon, and then Toni will have the room to herself.


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$kullocracy part two
Captain America 20XX (Danielle Cage) came back from her future at the end of last issue. She now describes to the US Avengers (Cannonball, Citizen V (Bobby Da Costa's new identity), Enigma, Iron Patriot (Toni Ho), Squirrel Girl and Gen'l Maverick the new Red Hulk) a traumatic event called Zero Day in her past when she was still a baby (that she also mentioned during her last visit in New Avengers #6).Thanos the Mad Titan invaded Project PEGASUS to get 2 Cosmic Cube Iso-Gauntlets, apparently just to impress the cosmic powers-that-be. He killed half of Earth's superhumans, including Captain America (Steve Rogers). Black Widow then formed an Avengers Initiative who killed him with a combination of science and magic. We see him being stabbed by 4 magic swords wielded by Black Knight, Hulkling, Excalibur (Faiza Hussain) and Guillotine (Jeannine Sauvage).Roberto asks if this is the Eternity War that she she mentioned in NAv#6, and Maker hinted at in NAv#17. But she says that comes later. And in fact in this timeline Zero Day has already passed and was avoided. (This was when Thanos' attack was predicted by Ulysses in the Civil War II Free Comic Book Day issue, after NAv#6.) So this is not her past. But this timeline's Dani Cage may still replace Captain America for other reasons, because she's met many copies of herself in that role in other futures.She's come back and sideways to this timeline chasing a fugitive villain from her own world - the Golden Skull (who we also saw last issue). There are various rumours of his origin. He could be the son of eco-terrorist Green Skull, rebelling against his dad's beliefs. He could be the nephew of the Plunderer, carrying on his uncle's pirate-themed robberies. He could be a descendant of Sir William Taurey who fought Col Steven Rogers in the Revolutionary War. Whatever the case he spreads disaster and then takes anything of value from the rubble.We look in on the Skull and 3 of his Pirates 'earlier' in 20XX. They are searching the ruins of a Latverian Embassy looking for Dr Doom's time machine. He intends to use it to reach a time and timeline not devastated by Zero Day where there'll be much more available to steal (and he also has the usual villain idea of ruling the world). Jolly Jack, a dim giant, asks if they'll finally get the reward he's always promising them. GS intends to give him his reward now, by pulling a gun on him ...... but Dani-Cap intervenes and saves his life. But JJ is too thick to take the hint and attacks her anyway until she knocks him out. The other 2 minions shoot at her, but the bullets bounce off Dani's invulnerable body (inherited from Luke Cage). However Skull has found the time machine and uses it.Danielle reminds Bobby's team of the firewall in time that she and her 20XX team had to find a way through to get here in NAv#5-6. Golden Skull got round it by changing to a different timeline. She emphasises that he's all about the money.Da Costa calls in various branches of his AIM who have been listening in to the meeting. We see them dotted about the SHIELD Helicarrier Douglass hovering over Washington DC. The blue-suited Admin & Research have pulled up news items about robberies by pirates of bullion, tech and strangely garbage disposal companies. Science & Engineering in white figure that advanced 20XX tech would be totally incompatible with ours - but then their deductions from that don't make sense to me. Red-garbed Security & Tactics think he's going to hit a big-money target next - maybe Fort Knox.Citizen V thinks not as he's already got gold. Cannonball thinks he may have used the gold to pay his crew. Cap says he never pays them - he suckers them in and then leaves them dead or captured. Bobby considers that Skull treats humans  as just another resource to plunder. And that gives him an idea where the next strike may be.He takes the team to the Wyne International Hotel where Bryce Wyne is hosting a charity function for billionaires. They arrive (without Dani) in black tuxedos and bow-ties (even the females). The do is being monitored by Golden Skull. Bobby tells Bryce why they are here. So Skull clicks a button ...... and Bryce and all the guests remove their faces to stand revealed as robots. Skull enters with his pirate gang. And that's where we leave it.


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Maybe we should all be praying for time
The U.S. Avengers have gone to rescue Cannonball with his wife Smasher of the Shi'ar Imperial Guard. Sam Guthrie is on a planet called Kral X in the Andromeda Galaxy, in a town called Glenbrook which is modelled after the Archie TV series (here called the Ritchie Redwood Show). And of course the inhabitants are really Skrulls. In a dungeon Sam meets another prisoner Bugface Brown, the only 1 who actually looks like a Skrull.Bugface explains that his shapeshifting race didn't really understand stage/film/TV acting. To them pretending to be someone or something else was what you did in war (or espionage), not for entertainment. This blind spot extends to art which they think must be real images. (We see a Skrull, presumably during Secret Invasion, looking at an old Marvel monster mag (early Journey into Mystery), and wondering if the drawings of monsters were photographs. This harks back to Fantastic Four #2 where Mr Fantastic convinces a Skrull warfleet to go away by showing them monsters and fantastic weapons in old Marvel mags which they think are real.)Then they discovered Earth films transmitted into space, especially movies about Prohibition-era gangsters. The 10 planets of the Kral system were turned into a place where Skrulls could live out a fantasy in that setting (or variations?). (Thing was abducted to gangster-based Kral IV in FF#90-93.) This was connected to Earth being the Skrulls' Promised Land (as revealed in Secret Invasion).Don Scarpone ruled small planet Kral X as a Mafia boss. He had 2 sons, who are now 'Ritchie Redwood' and 'Bugface Brown'. Ritchie became the Don's right-hand man who went on space missions to intercept more films beamed from Earth. These would be worth a lot in trade to the other planets.But among the signals he found the Ritchie Redwood TV Show and kept it for himself and shared it with his friends. The show was a great hit with the people of Kral X, and 'Ritchie' used his position, and 2 Power Skrulls left over from Secret Invasion, to exile his father and *his* supporters from the planet. (The USAv met some of them out in space last issue.) Then they built Glenbrook and took on the personas of characters from the show to live out the 'American dream'.And then things went wrong, which ended with 'Bugface' and his associates being thrown in this dungeon.Up above we see an example of how things have gone wrong. As we saw last issue Ritchie wants everyone to always act in character. This includes never mentioning the fact that Glenbrook isn't actually on Earth, and they aren't actually Earth people named Ritchie Redwood & co. Under threat of being replaced in their roles and sent to the dungeon to join Bugface and the other subversives.This makes it difficult for his 'love rival' Gerry to bring up the subject of Cannonball being a real Earthman. And also having connections to the Shi'ar. Ritchie has based Glenbrook on the 1960's TV shows, and he doesn't want any hint of later changes in society or technology. Especially not aliens and spaceships ... like the 1 that appears in the sky above them. Ritchie *is* allowed to slip out of character, and he tells Biff (who we saw last issue was a Power Skrull) to fetch Mr Waspwind the biology teacher.In the Shi'ar craft Gen'l Robert Maverick jumps out as Red Hulk despite warnings from Roberto Da Costa (Sunspot/Citizen V) and Dr Toni Ho (ex-Iron Patriot) that the don't know all the side-effects of Hydra tampering with his Hulk powers (during Secret Empire). As he falls towards the town he says he's still got 20 minutes of his current hour of power left. Then he has a heart attack in midair and turns into his weak human (but still red-skinned) self.Roberto asks Toni if the headband she created for him (#8, and the improved version #10) restores *all* his old Sunspot powers. She doesn't know, so he just jumps out of the ship anyway to see if he can still fly.Bugface continues his tale. 1 day he returned to Glenwood (in 1 of the spaceships that look like old cars, that we saw last issue) with loads of much later episodes of the show. The existing characters were updated to reflect new decades. Lots of new chars were introduced, like Sabine the Sorceress who brought magic into the series. The latest series has a gay character.Ritchie wasn't comfortable with these newfangled things. He tried to go along wihyperwaveth them but not very successfully. The last straw was when Bugface changed back to his natural Skrull appearance and suggested that he could be exposed as an alien masquerading as an Earthman. And he fancied being a cop from the future too. After the resulting civil war Bugface and all the new chars were sent to this dungeon, with hyperwave generators to keep them stuck in their Earth-teen images. (And unless I misread it, there's a suggestion that they've had to eat others of their number to survive.)Sam Guthrie is chained to a gravity ball which will stop him from flying away. But among the lessons he learned at Xavier's mutant school was thief-skills from Storm. Apparently when Mr Mason used an electronic key to unlock some other shackles Sam was in last issue, Guthrie picked his pocket and stole the key. Which now frees him from the gravity ball. And also switches off the hyperwave generators.Luckily for 2 people Sunspot still has his flying power, and he catches Maverick just before he hits the ground. But they are then confronted by Ritchie Redwood flanked by his 2 Power Skrulls:- Biff who is a combination of Archangel, Colossus, Cyclops and Nightcrawler, and Mr Waspwind who has the powers of Gambit, Iceman, Wolverine, Nightcrawler (again) and maybe Dazzler. Sunspot stands up against them but comes off the worse ...... but then the Power Skrulls are squashed by a giant Monty Python foot-shaped force field generated by a device Toni Ho has rigged. She arrives via a jetpack. Enigma floats down from the spaceship. And Smasher carries Squirrel Girl with her. But the 2 Skrulls bamf free and reappear in midair. Smasher throws Doreen Green at Biff and she kicks him in the face sending him back to the ground. (Doreen lands safely.) Waspwind attacks Enigma and Smasher with his claws but they each use their powers to become almost invulnerable, and the not-adamantium claws shatter. Smasher then sends *him* to sleep.Ritchie exhorts his teen gang to attack as Skrulls, but they complain that he's ordered them to stay in character as Earth teens. So Redwood prepares to take on the enemy himself. But finds that he *can't* change. I guess it's because of the hyperwave generators Cannonball and the subversives have brought with them (after Sam used his powers to break them out of the dungeon).Ritchie and the Power Skrulls are sent to Kral IV (I think) for trial. The rest of Glenbrook's inhabitants get to be whatever kind of Earthers they want to be. And Cannonball is reunited with his wife Smasher.Roberto brings Sam up-to-date with what's happening in AIM and the US Avengers. He's resigned as leader of AIM and Toni has taken over. Toni has given up the Iron Patriot armour. Maverick has health problems which mean he shouldn't be Red Hulk anymore. Roberto is broke and on the run from the US Government (again). But he still wants the US Avengers to continue.We end with a flashforward to part of the upcoming Avengers epic. Toni Ho is calling for help because someone powerful is killing them all.


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Hey, Bugface, where are you?
Cannonball was captured by space slavers and sold to Howard Mason who appeared to be an aged Earthman. Now Mr Mason brings his captive to Glenbrook, a sleepy little US town - on a planet in the Andromeda Galaxy. He removes Sam Guthrie's shackles (and throws them in a trash bin) and reminds him he promised a job in education - he wants everyone to be able to study him as an example of a real human.But they are interrupted by a youth who protests that *everyone* here is human - this is after all America. Mason grovels an apology to his majesty, sorry he means Mr Redwood sir. 'Mr Redwood' hisses an aside to him to get into character or suffer the fate of Bugface Brown. Howard immediately warns Redwood off trying to see his daughter. And Redwood says he just wanted to greet the new guy. He introduces himself as Ritchie Redwood, Glenbrook's typical teenager. Sam is getting more confused by the minute.The U.S. Avengers are on a Shi'ar spaceship with Guthrie's wife Izzy Kane, Smasher of the Shi'ar Superguardians. Citizen V (Roberto Da Costa) (in the control room with Smasher) tells Enigma (Aikku Jokinen), Red Hulk (Gen'l Robert Maverick), Squirrel Girl (Doreen Green) and Toni Ho (ex-Iron Patriot) (in the passenger lounge) that Cannonball didn't really die in the explosion of a Chitauri dragon (warship) (#6 during Secret Empire), and they're going to rescue him. Izzy explains that she can track him via the broadcasts from a medical implant, which also proves he's alive.Gen'l Maverick is his usual grumpy self, but he's still bringing his Red Hulk hour of power on the mission even though the Government fired him and Secret Empire left his human body dangerously weakened. Toni Ho may have given up the Iron Patriot armour but she's now head of AIM. And anyway they both want to help Sam (even Maverick).As the Shi'ar ship travels through warp space (and presumably nears their destination) they are attacked, and the attackers use hi-tech methods to communicate with them (which isn't normally possible in warp space). But on screen they appear to be 1930's American gangsters driving cars and carrying tommy-guns. Their leader Little Rico (who works for Don Scarpone) asks if the Shi'ar are cops, or in league with Ritchie Redwood - either way they're "gonna get filled fulla lead".Sam Guthrie has been given clothes to suit his supposed persona as high-school geography teacher in this 1950's or early '60's setting. But still Ritchie won't tell him what's going on. They are joined by 4 other teens (Vanessa, Becky, Biff and Gerry Mays). Vanessa wants to meet the specimen her father has brought. Becky warns her about slipping out of character and she gets an evil look from Ritchie.Gerry tries to rescue the situation by asking Sam where he's from. When he says "Earth" Gerry desperately treats it as a joke, and gets him to narrow it down to Kentucky - but doesn't know whether that's a town or what. Biff makes fun of Sam's Southern accent. Vanessa says they have to learn human behaviour somehow because they're only allowed to watch certain 'episodes'. Ritchie warns her that she may be vital to the plot but she can be 'replaced'. Becky pleads for her friend - they're not subversives like Bugface and others.Now it's Ritchie's turn to try to get things back on track. He introduces Mr Guthrie as the new geography teacher at Glenbrook High. But even he slips by saying that they've got plenty of time to study him before he eventually dies. Cannonball interjects that he's *not* staying here - he's got a family to return to. And he rockets off.Ritchie exclaims that no-one told him Guthrie had rocket legs. This really ruins the suspension of disbelief. He allows Biff to break character and go after him. Biff bamfs in front of the flying 'teacher' and appears as a combination of Nightcrawler with Archangel, Colossus and Cyclops.Little Rico and his men invade the Shi'ar cotrol room. 1 of them is a large robot Jimmy Robotface. They have their guns on stun presumably because Don Scarpone doesn't want to annoy the Shi'ar empire *too* much. Citizen V and Smasher are already in the fight. Gen'l Maverick disobeys Toni Ho's orders and the USAv see him Hulked-out and ripping Robotface's head off. The mobsters set their guns to kill.Enigma flies Squirrel Girl into action. As SG attacks 1 crook he calls for help from his pal Ratzo. Unfortunately Ratzo has already been floored by Enigma. Roberto has Rico in his grip and is about to hit him with a Sunspot-powered fist ...... but Smasher calls out the news that Cannonball's implant says he's now unconscious. And Rico recognises the coordinates as Glenbrook. They explain about going there to rescue a friend. And Rico is only too glad to sick them on Mad Prince Ritchie Redwood. He also let's them know the planet's real name is Kral X, the nightmare world.On Kral X Sam Guthrie awakes in a dungeon wearing a ball and chain. A voice tells him it's part of Sabine the Teen Sorceress' haunted castle. There are other human-looking teens present, but the speaker is Bugface Brown - and he's a Skrull.


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Let's pretend we won a war
Last issue Toni Ho (Iron Patriot) jury-rigged a device to enable Roberto Da Costa (Citizen V) to safely use his old Sunspot powers. Now they're breaking out of the Hydra Re-Education Centre. But as he battles Hydra troops the silver foil and chewing gum headband starts to burn out. And then Hydra send the remote-controlled Red Hulk against them.In Paris the Hydra occupying force doesn't feel safe, even with La Deuxiemme Bastille, a Hydra flying fortress, hovering overhead. The French military have the city surrounded but they daren't risk civilian casualties. And Black Knight's Euroforce (we see Baby Killer, Swordswoman and Tumult with him) are imprisoned with power dampeners.However the Champions of Europe are still free, and along with our Enigma and Squirrel Girl last issue they 'liberated' the enemy's force of Hydramechs. Which they are now flying into action.Back in the US Red Hulk is trying to talk through his gag. Hydra may control his actions but not General Maverick's mind. Sunspot manages to make out the word 'nanotech', and he uses his solar power as extreme heat to fry the nanobots inside Rulk. Then Maverick deals with the nearest Hydra goons. And they free the Troubleshooters (we see Jim Tensen and Kathy Ling, but they are presumably still powerless). And Da Costa rallies loyal A.I.M. members.Back in Paris Doreen Green tells her group to destroy the Hydra fighter planes because they are remote-controlled. Not expecting that pacifist Outlaw had only equipped the 'mechs with crowd control foam. But it hardens when it hits the receiving aerials and blocks Hydra's control signals - much to the astonishment of Captain Britain.Le Peregrine's Hydramech is grabbed by a secondary-adamantium tentacle from the flying fortress. But Guillotine transfers the magic of her sword to *her* 'mech and slices through the tentacle freeing him. And this also causes feedback which cuts the power in the Bastille - including to Euroforce's power dampeners.Enigma turns herself and her 'mech insubstantial and floats into 1 of the fortress' engines. Which she then destroys by going diamond hard. The Bastille ditches in the Seine, and the Hydra commander surrenders to Euroforce.Aikku Jokinen then contacts Toni Ho, whose gang have taken over the Re-Education Centre. Toni tells her lover that she was right about her obsession with arming her Iron Patriot armour. When this is over she'll do super-heroing a different way. And in Paris they're celebrating too (including the so-far-unmentioned Champions Ares and Excalibur).Meanwhile on a distant planet Cannonball has been bought at slave auction by the mysterious old human Howard Mason. Who has taken him to what seems like an American small town Glenbrook.


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Same as the old boss
We start with footage of Squirrel Girl and Enigma with Captain Britain mopping up a Hydra cell in Boston after Secret Empire. Now Senator Kevin Krask isn't happy with A.I.M. leader Roberto Da Costa (Citizen V/Sunspot) because having the Champions of Europe helping the U.S. Avengers (reduced to just 2 of them) sort out a US problem doesn't sit well with the Administration. They are meeting in the White House and Krask is AIM's new government liaison. Roberto inquires about the old liaison Gen'l Maverick.Maverick is on AIM's base - SHIELD helicarrier Douglass. We catch up with him earlier in the medical lab as Dr Toni Ho (Iron Patriot) is trying to deal with him being stuck permanently as Red Hulk. Maverick could become Red Hulk but for health and safety reasons he'd only get an hour of power, and then his implant wouldn't work again for a day and a half. But Hydra nanites corrupted his system in #6 and now he can't turn back. (It says this happened a few weeks ago.)The strain on Maverick's body will kill him unless they turn him back to human. But they don't know what the end result will be. And they daren't just switch him back to human instantaneously because *that* might damage him or worse. So Toni is going to do it slowly over 6 hours. And unfortunately it's going to hurt him.In the present Krask explains that Gen'l Maverick is being asked to resign. (But more confusingly than that.) Da Costa's AIM and the US Avengers used to work for SHIELD, but SHIELD is now being disbanded. The Government wants Roberto's AIM to replace SHIELD, but his Avengers will have to go. Cannonball died during Secret Empire anyway. There's surely someone better qualified than Toni Ho to be head of science. Squirrel Girl's rep is based on unverified exploits (like defeating Dr Doom and Thanos). And Enigma's not even American.Earlier in the day Squirrel Girl and Finnish Enigma were laying a trap for tech thieves at Project Pegasus. Aikku Jokinen is worried because her lover Toni Ho is giving up her Iron Patriot identity because Aikku didn't approve of the way pacifist Toni was turning the armour from non-lethal to gun-happy. But now Toni is lost without a major focus for her life.Then an interruption arrives in the form of the Plunderer carried by Blue Streak on his rocket-skates.Back in the now Da Costa makes it clear to Krask the when Gen'l Maverick made a deal with him on behalf of the US Government the deal was with Roberto himself not AIM or the US Avengers. And now Da Costa sends a message on his wrist-phone which will ruin Krask's plans.We now skip ahead 2 hours. Maverick has come out his 'operation' alive and human but with a permanently red skin. But he has lots of internal damage which the medical team will now have to address. Toni is approached by 2 representatives of the AIM scientists. They were impressed by her stirring speech in #8, and by her scientific credentials. They want her to be their new leader. Toni objects that Roberto is the boss, and then learns that he has quit the job.Back at the Krask/Da Costa meeting Roberto has just explained what he's done. Krask blusters that AIM rely on 'Berto's funding, but learns that Da Costa has also transferred all his assets directly to the group - he's now broke. He also mentions the headband he's wearing (which Toni Ho created to replace the jury-rigged 1 she put together for their escape from Hydra prison in #8-9). It regulates his Sunspot power. Currently his power is off, and AIM now own the process which switches it on again. So he and their agreement are now totally useless to the Government - they can't even use him as their own superhero. He figures Kevin's superiors won't be too happy with Krask now.As Da Costa leaves the White House there's a flash of light and Cannonball's wife Smasher appears. She's just popped over from the galactic Shi'ar Imperium. And she pops off again with Roberto in tow.They materialise in a Shi'ar diplomatic spaceship. Bobby says he's been trying to contact Izzie since Secret Empire ended, but the diplomatic channels are still in a mess. Izzie says she just heard about hubby Sam from a space cabbie. Bobby says that wasn't a good way to hear about his death, but Smasher says Cannonball *isn't* dead.She says Sam has a Shi'ar bio-implant which says he's alive and tells her where he is. But she'll need help to get him.


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The Marvel heroes (Cyclops, Emma Frost, Hawkeye, Hulk, Iron Man, Scarlet Witch, Spider-Man and Storm) have flown to Avengers Mansion after their meeting with the Ultimate heroes in the Triskelion last issue. They've been met by a group of Dr Doom's enforcers, Thors (these ones based on Beta Ray Bill, Destroyer, Groot and Storm plus Frog-Thor, post-Civil War Thor and original Thor).The Thors relay Doom's command that the heroes don't try to heal the dimensional rift that resulted in a Manhattan split between the Marvel and Ultimate versions. The heroes try reasoned argument against the adamant Thors, until Hawkeye erupts in rage and gets killed by a lightning bolt for his pains. The Thors leave, their point made.Later Ultimate Tony Stark comes to see Marvel TS (the security system lets him in because he has the same fingerprints and retinas). MTS admits that his blaming UTS for the rift is covering up his anger at himself - because neither of them were able to prevent the future they are now in. But recovered-alcoholic MTS is still angry that UTS drinks, especially in front of him. UTS throws his hip-flask out of a window.The 2 engineers settle down to work together on the rift problem, the general Doom problem, and anything else they haven't thought of yet. They use pencil and paper most of the time, to avoid electronic snooping.Marvel Peter Parker visits the home of his dead Ultimate counterpart, and meets that Aunt May and Gwen Stacy.Ultimate Punisher is imprisoned in the Raft, the maximum security part of Ryker's Island. Suddenly the grey Ultimate Hulk crashes through the ceiling of the canteen. (The way he enters backwards suggests he was pushed rather than he jumped.) Marvel Maria Hill and Ultimate Nick Fury monitor the situation from the Triskelion. We see that it was a green Hulk that sent the gray Hulk into the prison, and now follows to continue the fight. (The green Hulk isn't the Marvel Hulk we saw earlier, who was a cross between Doc Green and the Maestro - this 1 is a fairly standard version.)Nick Fury leads a SHIELD Hulkbuster squad to deal with the situation, at the same time putting out a call for any superhero help available. Punisher uses the opportunity to escape (along with some other inmates). The 2 Hulks stop fighting each other to hit the Hulkbusters. The 2 Iron Men turn up, followed by a plethora of other flying/levitating/etc characters (plus some being given a lift).


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In Battleworld Manhattan the assembled Ultimate and Marvel heroes are at war, watched by Ultimate Punisher. But Ultimate Spider-Man has appeared to tell them to stop fighting - there's a bigger problem that needs their attention.Some of Miles Morales' associates greet him and ask where he's been for a long while. Meanwhile Marvel Spider-Man vouches for him to the other side.Miles struggles to find the words to explain what he knows. But the X-psychics read the truth in his mind, and Emma Frost shows everyone else what they've seen:-  This isn't the real New York, and Dr Doom isn't god. He used cosmic power to create a patchwork Battleworld from the remains of destroyed alternate Earths, and he dumped these heroes here without memory of their real pasts deliberately in order that they would fight each other.The crowd go through a speeded-up version of the 5 stages of grief until they're ready to listen to USpidey's plan. He explains that he got here with other survivors who are ready to move against Doom. But some of the heroes are still coming to grips with the idea of multiple alternate versions of themselves, and question whether they themselves are real.Ultimate Hulk in particular doesn't want to accept any of it. But UPunisher reveals his presence to distract him with bullets. And Old Man Logan steps out of the shadows to threaten him with the claws. Logan confirms part of Spidey's story because he himself has been travelling across the domains. (All the X-Men are shocked to see him because Wolverine's dead in both realities.)At this point a bunch of Thors arrive to deal with the problem. But Magik whisks the heroes away to safety. Leaving Punisher to blast the Thors with a bazooka, until he's killed by their return fire.The heroes wonder if they can win against Doom. And whether such a battle will be worth the collateral damage to the civilians of Battleworld. But they decide that such tyranny must be opposed. However they will take some time to leave goodbye messages for loved ones. We hear the messages from Miles Morales, Peter Parker and  Marvel Tony Stark to his father, Aunt May and Pepper Potts respectively.As the messages play on we see the heroes join the battle for Doomstadt. We see Thors and Galactus at the scene. We don't actually see the fighting - just repeats of the 'stages of grief' pages full of the head-shot images. The heads gradually disappear, with Miles, Peter and Tony being the last to go.After a double-page blank sheet Miles Morales awakens in his bedroom to find that his dead mother Rio is alive! 3 of his friends want him to go into the city with them. But he gets there via spider-web.


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The issue begins with a 2-page spread symbolising the clash of heroes from the Marvel and Ultimate Universes in Secret Wars #1, with the Ultimate U Punisher training his gunsights on them all. That's all we see of the end of the Ultimate Universe (and the Marvel 1 too). The rest of the issue is set in Battleworld Manhattan, which is an amalgamation of the city from both universes. It is also '3 weeks ago', though 3 weeks before what we don't know - certainly not 3 weeks before the end of the multiverse in the preceding bit.The Marvel U Spider-Man is swinging through the city, with what appears to be an unexplained spacewarp off to 1 side. He comes across the 5 members of the Ultimate Serpent Squad (Anaconda, Asp, Black Mamba, Death Adder and Princess Python) robbing a Hydra base. Suddenly some of the All-New (or Young) Ultimates come to his aid - Black Widow, Bombshell, Cloak and Dagger. And the villains fall.Spidey questions Black Widow (Jessica Drew, previously the Ultimate Spider-Woman) about something she said last time they met, that she was a clone of him. She confirms it (actually it is the original Ultimate Spider-Man she was cloned from, but he was Peter Parker too). She adds that she knows his real identity. In fact they all do (but that's because Ultimate Peter Parker died and was unmasked). This worries him a lot.Spider-Man has to leave for a meeting of heroes from both universes. The Young Ultimates are miffed about not being invited.Ultimate Nick Fury called the meeting in the Triskelion Ultimate HQ. Present from the Marvel U are Black Widow, Cyclops, Emma Frost, Hawkeye, Hulk, Iron Man, Scarlet Witch and Storm, while the Ultimates are only represented by Hawkeye, Iron Man and Thing in his glowing purple form.Marvel Iron Man no longer seems to be Superior, and is disgusted by Ultimate Tony Stark's drinking. And he also blames UTS for the situation they're in.Then Spider-Man arrives complaining about U people knowing his secret id. He gets confirmation that everybody in the Ultimate U knows it. And telepath Emma Frost puts her hand up too. Spidey accidentally says "Peter Parker" during his rant, and Hulk points out that now the rest of the room knows who he is.Scarlet Witch changes the subject - she thinks Fury is working for Dr Doom and leading them into a trap. Fury nudges them back onto the topic of what Stark did. UTS admits that Ultimate Amadeus Cho was investigating a dimensional tear for SHIELD. SHIELD wanted to close it down, but Cho persuaded Stark to let him keep it open. However before they could do anything there was an explosion of white light and the hole closed. But not before the Marvel TS came through.Fury wants to skip the blame game and just work on getting people back to their own universe. There's disagreement over which lot are in the wrong universe. Spidey wonders if there's anywhere to return to, and Hulk suggests this might be the only universe left. But no-one seems to want to believe that.They agree to work together, and the Marvel contingent leave the Triskelion by quinjet. But both sides believe the others don't trust them and each side plans to work alone. UTS intends to try to convince MTS to cooperate.Ultimate Hawkeye reminds his bunch how they were worried about Doom finding out what had happened. Because a bunch of Thors, Doom's enforcers, has turned up:- Beta Ray Bill, Thor Girl, Frog Thor, the Destroyer as Thor, Groot as Thor, and a couple of generic Marvel Thors who may be more distinguishable next issue.


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This issue opens '2 weeks ago'. #1 was mostly dated '3 weeks ago' and #2 followed on immediately. So this is presumably set 1 week later, but the events of #2 could be spread over that week so the Hulk-fight at the end could have just finished.Marvel Bruce Banner is a captive in the Ultimate SHIELD HQ Triskelion, held immobile by a forcefield. Heroes from both Earths are present as Ultimate Nick Fury asks Banner why he threw Ultimate Hulk into Ryker's Island prison, freeing loads of supervillains.Bruce tells them how as Doc Green he was working on separating Marvel Manhattan and Ultimate Manhattan when he was visited by Ultimate Bruce who told him to stop trying to help, because whenever a Bruce Banner tries to do good it always goes disastrously wrong involving lots of Hulk smashing. Doc G said he'd got all that under control, and just asked his alternate to help.They both got angry. BB-1610 turned into Ultimate Grey Hulk. Doc Green transformed into an old-style green Hulk-616 (so that's who followed Grey Hulk to Ryker's last issue) due possibly to the extra gamma radiation coming from Grey Hulk. Green Hulk threw Grey Hulk out to sea, accidentally hitting the prison.Grey Hulk is still missing, but Fury won't let Banner help find him. He foresees mass conflict between all the super-characters squashed into Manhattan, and Marvel Hulk is 1 player he can keep out of the mix. Marvel Tony Stark isn't happy about this but agrees for now.Ultimate Punisher was 1 of those who escaped from Ryker's. He reaches 1 of his safehouses, costumes up and grabs some weapons. But he's interrupted by Marvel Punisher - this place was 1 of his safehouses too. Both think the other is a Skrull, but Punisher-1610 manages to kill Marvel Punisher with a knife to the chest.Bombshell of the Young Ultimates is fighting the Earth-616 villains the Wrecking Crew. Suddenly Punisher kills the 4 villains, and then takes aim at Bombshell.SHIELD techs are checking that Bruce Banner is still secure, when the power goes off. When it returns Banner is gone. He's being flown to safety within a remote-controlled Iron Man suit. Tony Stark-616 wants his help in undoing whatever merged the 2 Manhattans together.


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Ultimate Nick Fury and Marvel Maria Hill bring the SHIELD helicarrier to Avengers/Stark Tower to search for the 2 Tony Starks and the Marvel Bruce Banner they sprang from SHIELD custody last issue. They send Marvel Black Widow, Captain America (Sam Wilson), Spider-Man and Vision and Ultimate Captain America (Steve Rogers), Hawkeye, Human Torch, Invisible Woman and Thing to arrest them.Outside the Tower they are greeted by a host of various Iron Man armours controlled by the Marvel Stark. The team start taking out the Iron Men too easily, and Ultimate Cap realises it's just a delaying tactic. As Fury arrives leading a SHIELD armoured Hulkbuster Squad, the 1963-64 armour (the 1st slim 1 - red & gold with a faceplate that came to points above the eyes) continues to stall them with Tony's chatter. Marvel Tony rejects Ultimate Fury's juridiction over him.Meanwhile in Brooklyn Ultimate Bombshell is threatened by Ultimate Punisher, who has just killed the Marvel Wrecking Crew (last issue). He's on a killing spree against all super-characters, and rejects her defence that she's a good guy. Her energy blasts mean that Punny is only able to graze her head with a bullet. Then Ultimate Cloak and Dagger come to the rescue. But Punisher astonishes Cloak by fighting his way out of the dark dimension inside his cloak, and escapes.But then Ultimate Iron Man arrives to recruit them.Cut to Dr Doom's castle in Doomstadt where Valeria Richards is reporting as the leader of the Science Foundation. She's worried about the Manhattan Zone where a dimensional anomaly has stuck the 2 sets of heroes together. In #2 Doom had sent some of his Thor Corps to warn them (especially Marvel Iron Man) not to try to alter their situation. Valeria has info that the Starks and Banner have disobeyed him and may have figured out how to open a dimensional rift. And tempers are flaring between the 2 sides.As VR says all this we see the 2 Tony's arguing about what they should do with their research results. Ultimate T wants to hand it over to Dr Doom - Doom will find out what they've been doing anyway, and this is the only way to appease him. Marvel T thinks Doom will just punish them for their disobediance, and their only chance is to use the rift before Doom gets to them. They part angrily.Valeria asks Doom why he set this situation up. He declines to answer and says he won't interfere - he'll let events play themselves out.We see the hordes of Marvel and Ultimate heroes arrayed in final battle. They've split according to origin - so allies at the beginning of this issue are now in opposition. At last we've reached the opening scene of #1, with Ultimate Punisher taking aim at all of them. But Old Man Logan seems to be lurking independently. And Ultimate Spider-Man (Miles Morales) swings in on the last page.


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As the story opens, Hulk is holding Spider-Man by the head in the midst of the site of his midtown rampage, as a crowd looks on aghast. Spidey is unable to break his foe’s grip until a falling lamppost bops Hulk on the head, startling him into letting go. Realizing his first priority should be to get the green giant away from a crowded area, Spidey insults Hulk until the brute chases him. Turning to see if the Hulk is behind him, Spidey is surprised to find he isn't—until his spider-sense kicks in. He looks up and there is the Hulk dropping from the sky. Jade Jaws hits the ground, creating an enormous crater. His quarry in pursuit, Spidey again makes with the mockery (pausing briefly to rescue an endangered woman shopper) and leads the Hulk to the somewhat less populated waterfront. He uses a trail of fish to lure the hungry Hulk into a nearby warehouse and is shocked to see the calm Hulk transform into a smaller, thinner, pinker man. Spider-Man confronts this new arrival and the man is dismayed to find himself in New York City, wearing only a tattered pair of stretch pants. Hurriedly, the man shares a secret: “it’s all connected.” Before Spidey can comprehend any of this, a military detachment bursts in to take this man, referred to as “Banner,” into custody. Spidey intervenes and is threatened by the General; the standoff is broken when Banner turns into the Hulk. General Ross orders his men to open fire, blowing the building to bits. Hulk leaps out of the debris and heads off in the distance, with the soldiers in pursuit. Spidey, clinging to wreckage in the river, mutters “You're welcome. Ow.” In an epilogue, as the television airs interviews with witnesses both against and for Spider-Man, Peter Parker sleeps blissfully on his sofa.


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Peter Parker (AKA Spider-Man) is making his homework in the Daily Bugle while talking with Ben Urich, a coworker. Suddenly, Urich gets a phone call from a General who tells him that one of their "projects" is coming to the city. Ben rushes to his boss office, J.J.Jameson, to tell him the news, something big hits New York. All journalists rush out the door, but Peter has taken the window. Dressed as Spider-Man, he encounters a mad Hulk who throws Peter into a parked car. Hulk begins to walk towards him, as a man takes a photo of the Hulk, making him even more mad. As Hulk is ready to smash the photographer, Spider-Man throws the parked car at him. But before Peter can get the people away, Hulk returns. Spidey webs Hulk in the eyes and hits him with a letterbox. But a young black man enters the battle as he throws some stone at the blinded Hulk. When Spidey warns the young man to get away, Hulk takes the web out of his eyes and grabs Spider-Man by his head.


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Prologue: In a Manhattan warehouse, the fugitive Bruce Banner tries desperately to explain to Spider-Man the vast conspiracy that has the US military on his trail. When the soldiers led by General Ross burst in, Banner transforms into the Hulk and leaps away with the army in pursuit, leaving a confused Spidey amid the wreckage of the building….
August 1942: The US Army’s designated "super-soldier" is killed in action, leading President Roosevelt to demand the creation of a genuine super-soldier as a rallying point for the troops….
1943: In Sicily, three soldiers, Nick Fury, James Howlett, and Fisk, are caught looting a safe. Fisk is shot trying to escape, the others arrested. Fury becomes an unwilling test subject for Project: Rebirth under Dr. Erskine. An injection causes him to go berserk and rip his way out of his bonds, fighting off guards and making his way to freedom. Erskine calls it a breakthrough. In Canada, James Howlett is being subjected to even more gruesome experiments, driving him insane. Escaping into the Arctic wastes, he is shot down by pursuing guards and quickly heals of even fatal wounds—as a mysterious stone stele observes. Three years later, the ramifications of the experiments on Howlett become clear: the scientists have created the first human mutation—and James Howlett is Mutant Zero….


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Today: The Fantastic Four are in SHIELD’s Project Pegasus facility, observing the carved stone stele which seems to be observing them back. Carol Danvers orders the facility evacuated on the chance that the stele is a weapon—then word comes that similar stelae have appeared all over the world, exciting the attention of the Ultimates and other interested parties…
Twenty-seven years ago: James Howlett, kept in a tank at the Weapon X facility for experimental purposes since World War Two, is freed by Erik Lensherr. To free him, Lensherr must kill his mother along with the other scientists on the project, who have been striving for a cure for human mutation….
Eighteen years ago: Charles Xavier meets Erik Lensherr and the two hit it off over Xavier’s dream of a place where mutants can find refuge and cultivate their race. Erik has established such a colony in the Savage Land, and Charles is invited to become their teacher to build a new society. Erik reveals he is the child of two Weapon X agents and declares that his life’s work will be to free mutants from human oppression. Charles states that it will be a large effort, educating the human masses as well as the mutants. Erik asks for a glimpse of Charles' vision and uses it to build a massive structure of steel in their remote refuge. And a carved stone stele observes it all….


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Today: the Fantastic Four are summoned to Project Pegasus, a remote SHIELD base in Wyoming by Carol Danvers. The facility is the storage space for bizarre and alien objects accumulated by the government. The FF have been called in for their expertise in dealing with an odd occurrence: after decades of sitting dormant, a carved stone stele has suddenly switched on—with a creepy red light shining on them all….
New York, 1942: Steve Rogers, rejected for military service because of his frail health, tries once again to enlist—but this time a Sergeant Dugan takes him into a secret facility where Steve is chosen to become a test subject for Project: Rebirth. Steve’s will to fight for his country seems to be the missing ingredient in the formula: the injection of the serum, turns him into a super-soldier. At that moment a Nazi spy guns down Dr. Erskine. Steve apprehends him but it is too late to save the scientist. Unobserved by anyone in the room, a carved stone stele witnesses everything…. Steve meets with President Roosevelt, who explains Steve’s new role as the symbol of America’s ideals and the burden that will entail. Later, Steve bids farewell to his girlfriend Gail. "When will you be back?" she asks. "When I’m done."


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During the first Gulf War, Wolverine rescued Nick Fury during battle and carried him back to safety. In the hospital, Fury is approached by General Thaddeus Ross, who reveals that he knows Fury is the same man who escaped from Project: Rebirth many decades earlier. Fury explains that he returned to the army to keep his vow to serve the country. Ross tells him about the revived Super-Soldier project and Fury’s place in it….
One year later, Fury is in charge of the project to recreate the formula that empowered Captain America; his team: Franklin Storm, Richard Parker, Bruce Banner, and cocky intern Hank Pym. They are given a vial of blood to work with but not told that it is Fury’s…. After months of work, Banner thinks he has discovered the formula. Later, while Parker is meeting with his visiting wife and their baby, Banner tests the formula on himself, as Pym watches. Banner is transformed into a massive green brute, reacting violently to the change. His rampage accidentally kills Richard and Mary Parker, and when the Hulk looks into the eyes of baby Peter, he reverts to his Bruce Banner form. Stunned by the enormity of what he has just done, Banner is easily knocked unconscious by Fury….
Today: As the Fantastic Four examines the alien stele in phone consultation with Tony Stark, it takes control of Sue’s mind and speaks through her: it is a Watcher, one of a hive culture that observes and records significant events in the universe. It is now here to witness the coming devastation….


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Strange, Part One
Peter and Mary Jane go to a fancy restaurant they can’t afford for a special date. At her urging, Pete relates the events of a recent adventure: the account begins in class where Pete was upset by the sight of Gwen Stacy’s empty desk, reminding him of her recent death at the hands of Carnage. To clear his head, he went out swinging as Spider-Man and came upon the Ultimates—Captain America, Iron Man, Black Widow and Hawkeye—in battle with the cyborg Deathlok. Spidey swung down and clocked the villain for them, but Hawkeye responded with only some sarcastic comments. Annoyed, Pete headed to the Daily Bugle offices where he was given the opportunity to tag along as Ben Urich interviewed the celebrity wizard Dr. Strange. He recalls the TV bio on Strange: son of the original Sorcerer Supreme whose disappearance has never been explained, young Strange combined magick with media appearances to become known as the "Sorcerer to the Stars." Arriving at Strange’s Greenwich Village mansion, Pete and Urich are turned away by the magician’s manservant Wong. Later, Peter goes back to investigate as Spider-Man and sees through the skylight Wong holding a glowing gem over the comatose Dr. Strange. He burst in and…after this his memory gets hazy. At the restaurant, Pete stands aghast as Mary Jane takes on a darker creepier appearance, when suddenly he is seized from behind by…Uncle Ben and Gwen Stacy. Looking back, "Mary Jane" reveals herself as…Nightmare!


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The Venom symbiote has abandoned Eddie Brock to take over the body of Spider-Man. As the addicted Eddie begs for the symbiote to return to him, the ravenous Spidey/Venom holds off attacks from the Beetle and Silver Sable’s Wildpack. Suddenly his opponents retreat and our unfortunate hero looks up to see the Ultimates—Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Wasp, and Hawkeye, backed up by Nick Fury and SHIELD—descending upon him. As the heroes attack, Venom seizes Captain America and prepares to eat him whole—until Spidey gains control of his mind long enough to hurl the would-be meal to safety. The other Ultimates fall back, allowing Thor to bring down a massive lighting strike on the Spider-monster’s head….
Peter Parker awakens the next morning in his bed, with no sign that anything unusual has happened recently. Aunt May scolds him for coming in late, worried that he was out when a monster was on the loose downtown. After she goes, Pete checks his e-mail and discovers a note from Nick Fury, telling him to come to the Triskelion. At the Ultimates HQ, Spidey meets with Fury and the heroes, where it is explained that the symbiote was removed from him and they put him back in his bed, drugging Aunt May to keep her in the dark, They also have Silver Sable in custody, though Eddie Brock managed to get away. And they will be experimenting with the symbiote as a bio-weapon, telling Pete that by creating it, his father may have started the next world war.


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Peter Parker is telling Mary Jane Watson about his latest adventures as Spider-Man: how he went to the aid of a frightened young man pursued by a menacing gun-wielding figure and discovered he was trying to rescue a vampire from Blade; another time he stopped the assassin Elektra from shooting a man in the street and discovered that the intended victim was a genocidal dictator. Peter confides in MJ that he is beginning to wonder whether he is too young and inexperienced to be a superhero, since he can’t always tell the good guys from the bad guys. Deciding he needs to talk to a more experienced hero he dons his Spider-Man outfit and swings around Hell’s Kitchen until Daredevil approaches him. He confides his doubts to DD who tells him impatiently that he is too young for this, to go back to school and return in ten years. A class assignment to do a report on a superhero leaves him further dismayed. That evening he watches a Times Square broadcast the formation of a new team of respected trusted heroes with the great Captain America as the leader, again upsetting him. Spidey swings over to the Baxter Building and asks the Fantastic Four if he can join their team for the respectability and security; he is told they are not a team but a family and besides they aren’t as well off as he thinks. After he leaves the Human Torch follows him to tell him what he’s going through is normal and that at least he chose to do the right thing with these powers. The next day in school, Peter reads his essay: Heroes comes in many shapes and sizes but his hero is his father for telling him through Uncle Ben the words that define a hero: with great power comes great responsibility.


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The Brooklyn Bridge is destroyed by Magneto who issues a manifesto proclaiming his intentions to subjugate the human race to his Brotherhood of Mutants. The President orders Nick Fury to put his Ultimates into action to capture the mutant terrorists. While several members of the hero team organize rescue operations at the disaster site, Captain America and his team track down and capture several of Magneto’s henchmen. Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are invited to join the Ultimates in their mission to take down Magneto, though some of the group is suspicious of the mutant siblings, who are, after all, Magneto’s children. Iron Man heads out to Charles Xavier’s school to see if his people are safe from the mutant terrorist; when he finds the school deserted, he concludes that the X-Men have gone over to Magneto’s side.


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The Ultimates assault the X-Men’s underground hideout. The mutant heroes’ powers are no match for the government team’s tactics and use of neural scramblers, with Captain America gunning down Wolverine and Hawkeye launching a localized nuke to take out Colossus. Suddenly, Iceman arrives to coat the area with a wall of ice and destroy the neural scramblers allowing the psychics to use their abilities. The paralyzed Xavier shuts down all non-mutant minds in the area to allow his students to escape. The one thing he didn’t count on was that the Ultimates have a mutant of their own: Wasp uses her sting to render him unconscious. Magneto visits Xavier in prison later with an offer to help him escape. Xavier refuses and Magneto reveals this was part of his plan to separate the X-Men from their leader, making it easier for them to go over to his side.


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At a high-security safe site in the US, Nick Fury promises the President that he will do everything he can to bring down Magneto and the X-Men. At the Triskelion, Captain America learns of the Hulk’s escape and reveals that he knows Wasp is a mutant and assures her that their actions are a war on terror not a war on mutants. In hiding, Professor X arranges for a meeting with Magneto. At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the two opposing mutant leaders meet; Xavier proposes that the X-Men join the Brotherhood and cooperate in conquering America. Magneto asks time to ponder the offer; it was a ruse (of course) to allow Wolverine to trail the mutant terrorist back to his hideout. Magneto, however, had a trick up his sleeve: he tipped off SHIELD as to the meeting and now the Ultimates are preparing an assault on the X-Men’s secret refuge.


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In the wake of the Brotherhood’s terrorist attack on the Brooklyn Bridge, the X-Men are in hiding while seeking a means of capturing Magneto and proving their commitment to peaceful coexistence with humanity. The Ultimates have been given the task of finding the X-Men and Magneto. While they are meeting, Magneto breaks into their headquarters, taunts the heroes, punishes his traitorous son Quicksilver by shooting him in the knees, and leaves. Having learned that the X-Men were hiding Magneto when the world thought him dead, Captain America declares war on the X-Men.


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Captain America vs. Giant Man
Steve takes Hank outside and beats him up, goading him into growing to giant-size; Cap then savagely beats the sixty-foot-tall Hank into unconsciousness. Betty briefs Bruce on the Chitauri menace, while the rest of the Ultimates prepare for an assault on the main Chitauri base on Micronesia.


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Persons of Mass Destruction
The Ultimates arrive to save the day: Thor and Iron Man take on the Chitauri fleet in the air, Captain America faces Kleiser on the ground and Wasp and Black Widow seek to shut down the enemy super-weapon. Finally the battle comes to a stalemate as Iron Man's power runs too low for him to continue fighting, the woman are unable to do anything about the weapon because the controls are in the aliens' language and Kleiser's shapeshifting ability prevents Cap from doing any permanent damage to him. Col. Fury orders the use of their weapon of last resort: Bruce Banner. In a helicopter overhead, a soldier savagely beats Bruce, and when that trauma fails to trigger his transformation into the Hulk, Banner is thrown headfirst out of the copter


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Hulk Does Manhattan
As they take a helicopter in search of their greenskinned foe, the Ultimates survey the massive destruction already done to Manhattan by the Hulk. As Hulk tears through the restaurant in search of Betty and Freddie, Giant Man arrives and tries to grab him but Hulk leaps onto Hank's face knocking him to the ground and tries to tear his head off. Giant Man is saved only by the appearance of Iron Man who swoops down and seizes Hulk and carries him off, smashing him into Grand Central Station. Hulk rips apart Iron Man's armor, intending to eat Tony (!) when a thought scrambler slows Hulk down long enough for Iron Man to empty all his power reserves in a blast that sends Hulk into the street. Wasp lures Hulk into following her (by exposing her breasts) to where Captain America drops on him with a tank. The tank doesn't last long but Cap manages to subdue the Hulk long enough to inject him with the antidote-almost. The only sample of the antidote destroyed, Fury plans to use a nuclear weapon when Thor arrives to engage the Hulk; the Thunder God almost beats down the Hulk but Greenskin gets stronger from his anger and flattens Thor, tosses away Cap, and pursues the helicopter carrying Betty to safety. Hulk reaches the helicopter, unaware he's carrying an extra passenger himself-the Wasp, who has entered his ear and applies her sting to the part of the brain that calms Hulk down. He plunges to Earth and transforms back into Banner. An angry Captain America brutally kicks Banner in the face and takes him into custody.