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Doom Messiah
Doomgard:A young blond man tries to lift a hammer up and fails. Another young blond man takes his place. As he touches the hammer, thunder and lightning crackle and he lifts the hammer. He did it! he exclaims in disbelief.
An old one-eyed, red-bearded Thor agrees. The young man has been reborn worthy. He is older than most. But even before his time, there is a legend that the sky was full of stars. A sea of them and now there are so few. Where did they go? And why is there one fewer every year? Look in his hand. It was the All-Father who plucked the stars from the heavens and from each forged their hammers. They all have different names. He will name his – but they all serve the same purpose: Justice! the assembled Thors shout.
The Thors are the law, the old one continues, just as the All-Father intended. What does he do now? the young Thor asks. He tells him to bend his knee, for God is watching. They kneel down before a graven image of Doom. And from now until the end of days they shall labor to do his work.
The other Thors, among them a Beta Ray Bill, welcome their newest member. A Storm Thor warns him of the change that will come first. Old Thor warns of physical and mental challenges. It is no easy thing to become a Hammer of God. Especially if you come from humble beginnings. Beta Ray Bill explains he is asking where their new Thor is from.
Higher Avalon, the new Thor stammers. A kingdom in good standing with the throne, Bill replies pleased. He takes it that he knows his histories. Yes, the young Thor replies. Taking him into a bear hug, old Thor demands he tell them the story then.
Young Thor’s narration:There was nothing. Followed by everything. Swirling, burning specks of creation that circled life-giving suns. God Doom created the light. Then there was Earth. The firmament cooled and he raised up a land, this land – the world – and upon it he set his kingdoms.End of narration.
Young and old Thor walk up the castle’s battlements. Old Thor asks if he ever travelled beyond the kingdom where he was born. Only for the testing, the boy replies. It’s not uncommon, the elder man agrees. The borders of each kingdom are clearly defined. Travel between them is very often discouraged by requiring special dispensation from the local baron. There are good reasons for this. Not all kingdoms are as peaceful as Higher Avalon. Many kingdoms crave the heavy end of the hammer.
From their high seat in Doomgard, they allow no breaking of God’s laws. Doom demands order and order pleases him. Does he want to please Doom? he asks his new brother. Yes, he replies happily. Well then, this is the world and there are sinners in it. Let them do justice!
The Kingdom of Utopolis.A wilderness where three teenage Moloids, Dragon Man and Bentley-23 are examining a recent rift. A plane lands and out steps Minister Alex Power. Are they sure of what they found? he asks them. One of the Moloids replies that they are sure they found something but, as they started examining it, they knew they needed to call the experts. They didn’t even know something like this was down there until the earthquake uncovered it. It wasn’t an earthquake, Dragon Man corrects them.
Bentley, wearing a space suit and holding a line, tells Alex they are ready. He and Dragon Man head downward. One of the Moloids warns Alex that as you go downward gravity reverses. Alex jumps into the water and uses his own control over gravity to counter the effect.
They emerge head down on the other side of the lake. The others follow and one of the Moloids asks the Dragon Man what he meant that it wasn’t an earthquake. He’s been mapping and comparing the seismic activity of each kingdom. He continues that there is megatons of evidence that this world is not a naturally occurring construct, but rather a composite of some other kind.
Alex interrupts gently, pointing out what Dragon Man is saying is the evidence doesn’t point into the direction of an earthquake. He figures it’s a cover. A ruse so the good people of Utopolis don’t freak out when they learn another Hulk got loose on the mainland. Bentley figures he’s right.
They reach the partially buried object. Dragon Man notes its subatomic structure is unusual. At first glance he would guess it’s some fabricated exotic matter. Alex orders them to dig out the spaceship.
The young Thor and the old Thor are flying (old Thor in a flying chariot drawn by his two goats). Old Thor explains the All-Father is God of the world. But the world the young man knows - the kingdoms – extends only from the great ocean in the northern hemisphere to the badlands in the south. Their home, the precinct of Doomgard, lies west of Doomstadt and Castle Doom itself. Look down! Below them lies Higher Avalon from which the young Thor hails and the impetus for today’s justice.
The young Thor marvels how different it looks from up here. The old Thor tells him new found power leads to new perspective which will lead him… well. There are almost one hundred major and minor houses, Higher Avalon being just one. They have jurisdiction over all of them. Even his former liege, Baron James Braddock, waits for them to deliver God’s justice. The boy recalls seeing the baron once as a boy, how he waved at them and seemed above them. As the older Thor muses about stations in life, they reach a red island, the Bar Sinister.
Bar SinisterThey enter the throne room guarded by Sinister clones. The original Sinister languishes on his throne. Ah, the law, he greets them. How very trashy.
Old Thor reads the summoning: Baron Sinister has been summoned to Castle Doom to answer to the crime of discord. Are they sure they have the right man? Sinister asks. Old Thor suggests he resist. And on the off chance he will be found guilty, will there be sentencing as well today? Sinister asks. The high court has been assembled to bear witness, he is informed.
Old Thor tells the younger one to writes the words. He writes some runes on the ground -fehu – nautiz – uruz - to transport them to Doomstadt. They teleport away with Sinister who decides to give his audience a show.
They arrive at Castle Doom, which is guarded by Galactus.
A crowd is present. Sitting in a Thorne at the roots of the World Ash Yggdrasil sits Doom, next to his consort Susan Storm. At his feet sits their daughter Valeria. To his side is the accuser Baron James Braddock and in front of him is his right hand man, Strange, Sheriff of Agamotto.
Strange announces that he serves as the arbiter of the proceedings. Unless there is divine intervention, his judgment is final. He is the law. Baron Sinister has been charged with discord by the House Braddock. Strange has been shown evidence showing that Sinister has secretly and illegally aligned himself with Hyperion, Baron of Utopolis, in opposition to Higher Avalon.
Sinister calls the accusations laughable. He has no desire to take part in some game of intrigue. There is another problem with this story: there is an ocean between their kingdom and his.
James Braddock points out they know Sinister has hired the Iron Pirates as couriers. Sinister calls that a lie and demands proof. Are there any other charges?
Young Thor asks old Thor if things are always this formal. Old Thor explains within the borders of their kingdoms, as long as they follow Doom’s laws each Baron rules absolutely. But disputes between kingdoms are the court’s domain. Sometimes skirmishes are resolved so amicably that formal alliances are formed. Like the one between Konshu of upper and the Panther God of lower Egyptia. Often they are settled unevenly. There are winners and losers in the court of Doom Such as the former Baroness Pryor, unseated and contained by the absent Baron Summers. And then there are the conquered. The Horsemen all once had their own kingdoms. Now they bend their knee to the Baron Apocalypse. Is it always this formal? Yes, until it is not.
Sheriff Strange comes to the final charge. Sinister has also been accused of libel. Oh that, Sinister shrugs. All he said was she (referring to Brian Braddock’s wife Meggan) looks like a cow. Lady Meggan is with child! Brian shouts. His? Well that’s even worse, isn’t it? Sinister remarks.
Strange finds him guilty and demands he pay restitution in gold or territory. Sinister refuses and demands to meet his accuser in the arena. As a baron this is a luxury afforded to him. Braddock can refuse, of course, but the charges must be withdrawn. Strange angrily admits that is the law. Sinister goads Braddock. James announces he will gladly fight. Sinister reveals he was talking to his brother Brian. Or would he rather return to the fields of Avalon? Sinister needles. Milk more cows? Furious, Brian shouts he will fight. James warns him, this is no game and asks him to be careful Sinister is more than he seems.
Soon the two combatants stand in a small arena holding stun sticks. Thors stand in a circle around the arena. Sinister calls Brian a strapping young lad who could beat him to pulp with a normal stave. Brian agrees he’s strong enough. Well, now he’s made him curious, Sinister remarks. He attacks amateurishly, leaving himself wide open and Brian beheads him with his stave in one smooth movement.
He presents himself as victor to the crowd, turning his back on the body. James shouts a warning as the body gets up and the severed head remarks: “Consider my thirst for curiosity quenched.” The body viciously kicks and hits the surprised Brian who falls. The body grabs the stave while the head continues talking. Does Lord Brian already know if the child is a boy or a girl? Will the lady name it Brian or perhaps Brianna if it is a girl?
The body reattaches the head. He would hope not. Sentimentality is sickening enough but burdening a child with the name of their failed, dead father? That’s just so common. With a scream, he raises his stave, ready to strike over James and Meggan’s horrified protests.
However, the lethal blow is held back by a forcefield. Emperor Doom himself has intervened, to everyone’s surprise. He orders everyone on their knees. Instantly, they obey.
He cares little for their petty disagreement, yet Doom has saved young Lord Braddock. Perhaps gratitude is in order? Higher Avalon sits below the kingdom of Manhattan and is long rumored to be the most favorable conduit for reaching the Silent Chamber. Brian has heard this, yes? The Silent Chamber where thieves and heretics work to cast Doom down from his throne. He has, Brian replies. Did he know, Doom continues that when faced with confession, there is one name they whisper… Braddock. He will tell him where he might find this hidden citadel!
Brian apologizes but he doesn’t know. If one is given full dominion over a kingdom, is not all of it his domain? Doom asks. If he sees nothing, if he says nothing, if he does nothing… what good is he? He finds him at fault. Doomed. His eyes, his tongue his hands and feet all are forfeit.
James tells him to wait and admits it was not his brothers the prisoner spoke of, it was him!
Sheriff Strange pronounces him guilty and orders the Thors to place the Baron under arrest.
Doom slams his fist down. A baron of one of his kingdoms has betrayed him. A cancer that cannot be allowed to remain. Pull the entire house down! The entire royal family is to be publicly— Victor, Susan interrupts him gently and puts her arm on his shoulder: mercy. He puts his hand on hers and agrees.
He pronounces that Brian is elevated to Baron and warns him to serve Doom better than his brother did. Furthermore, he orders Baron Sinister to be publicly whipped and the former Baron of Avalon removed from his sight.
Two Thors grab James, who tells Brian to do well and apologizes. He thanks Doom for his mercy. The mercy was for the innocent, Doom pronounces. He has none for him. He gets the Shield. James and the Thors teleport away.
The meeting is over. Sue asks Valeria if she is coming. The young girl replies she has to talk to Sheriff Strange first. Strange hopes that Valeria’s news is mundane. He has had enough excitement for the day. She reminds him the two offices they hold represent the dueling ideologies of her father. Strange is the law while she is the left hand, the Foundation. Science called discovery and religion called Doom, he adds. In the past, their two independent branches have had their shares of disagreements, which is why her father created certain protocols in the case of future ideological disagreements. She believes they have just had such an incident. Minister Powers uncovered something… interesting. Alex Power joins tem. Couldn’t help himself, he jokes. He just loves bright shiny things.
They step outside and walk past Galactus. Like much what lies below the surface of this planet, this object is made of some fairly exotic stuff. Structurally different from what they’ve encountered before, but well within what she would call the realm of possible matter.
Sitting atop Galactus’ hand, Val’s brother Franklin waves at them.
She tells Strange there is something he and the law would call impossible. Possibly heretical. Carbon dating puts the age of the object sometime well before the cre—
Strange interrupts her. If true, this is schism. He will send agents to seal off the site and she will recall her team, suspending all research activities immediately. He is invoking quarantine.
The Shield:A high wall two hundred and fifty feet high and sixteen thousand miles long, protecting the kingdoms from the horrors outside. Built by God Doom’s hands, old Thor tells the rookie. As good a place as any for a man to die, James Braddock announces. He decks himself out with pieces of armor and weapons.
Young Thor tells him he saw him from the street once as a boy. He looked up and imagined him a god or at least something greater than man. And now he gets to see him fall. Look how far he’s come, James replies. He has absolutely no desire to see such a thing, young Thor assures him. Then this will be a lesson for him, one he should remember for all his days: There are no great men above reproach. Just God and his whims to which they are mercy.
Old Thor hands Braddock his helmet and tells him it’s time. Any last words? When they come to pull you down, don’t let them drag you down. You jump and take as many of the bastards with you as you can! He jumps down and lands on the other side.
What’s that he smells? a gravelly voice comes from the mists. James switches on his energy sword. Fresh meat so sweet. Carve you up, pass you out. More shadows come closer. Yeah, I’m gonna share you with the others, the Venom hisses but only on one condition. I’m keeping your brains for myself. He is followed by a zombie horde. James beheads the first zombie. More zombies fall upon him.
The Shield holds not just the zombie hordes back, but also the seasonal migration of the drones that are the Annihilation Wave and the self-improving Ultrons. Old Thor tells the young one that they and the sentinels who guard the Shield have lost many, defending it over the years. It is no small burden, this calling of theirs as he is now learning. Aye, the young man replies shocked.
Castle DoomSometime later.Old Thor informs Sheriff Strange that it is done. Baron James died well for someone who this morning had the world at his feet. It was the will of God, wasn’t it? Strange points out. Who are they to question such a thing? Old Thor replies, if that will be all, he wishes to return to the great hall at Doomgard. He longs for the loving embrace of mead. But Strange needs one more thing of him. He needs an old hand for this problem. Schism. They’ve suffered a breach and it must be contained.
Thor asks if the heretics of AIM have once again— Strange interrupts this has nothing to do with seditious conspiracy stories spun by Advanced Ideas Mythologies. This is real. There is an object… He needs it quarantined and later examined. He hands old Thor a scroll with his eye seal on it.
Utopolis:He and the rookie Thor join the Foundation members at the discovery site of the life raft. Quarantined? Young Thor asks. Old Thor explains God fears the loss of believers. Quarantine is for things that cause doubt.
One Moloid assures them they stopped as soon as word came down. A bit too quickly, if they ask him. Lots of interesting stuff here. Hard to keep his hands off it, he reports regretfully. Old Thor wans him not to touch.
What does he mean, doubt? young Thor asks. Old Thor explains it’s a chaotic world. Sometimes things occur that seem to contradict the godhood of Doom. Are they real? young Thor asks.
The Moloid, in the meantime, becomes more entranced by the ship and finds something interesting.
Unaware of this, old Thor continues, the question isn’t are the real but do they matter? There is an order to this world and this order has a name. It is Doom and there is nothing in the shadows that can threaten his reign. If there was, they would stand against –
The Moloid touches a panel on the ship. Stop! Thor shouts but there is a flash of light and a hatch in the ship opens. Old Thor orders the others to stay back. What is it? Young Thor asks, what does he see? His god-doomed grave! the old man groans and orders the young warrior and the Moloid to run. Moments later, a spear coming from the ship impales him. Tell the sheriff they found death! he orders. Fly, brother, fly!
He raises his hammer and calls the lightning. Moe weapons come flying from the inside of the ship and kill him, thanks to Terrax and the Black Swan. The other members of the Cabal watch silently.
What is this place? Thanos finally asks. Not any place in their native galaxy, Maximus decides as they leave the craft. The Reed Richards from Universe 1610 remarks they are alien, so the design they stole worked. He’s also accessed the Raft’s diagnostics. The compression of all space-time might have led to some kind of external distortion while they were in stasis, but there is something very wrong with these readings.
Proxima Midnight brings a Moloid as prisoner Thanos grabs him and demands to know where they are. This is Doom’s world, he replies, which he made to test both the faithful and the unforgiven. The firmament created with his own hands. Thanos demands a name.
The highborn call it Latverion, believers call it God’s kingdom, but everyone else calls it Battleworld.


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The Eye of Doom
Castle Doom:Sheriff Strange informs God Emperor Doom about current events. The good news: no reports of any major incidents from the Shield in the last week. There were a few minor skirmishes in the kingdoms: The Inferno smolders as usual. The green behemoth rages. They have scattered reports of a traveler illegally crossing kingdom borders in mutant territory, but inquisitors have been dispatched and he awaits further information.
Oh, and while Baron Sinister made good on the restitution he owed Higher Avalon, he could not resist taunting the Braddock clan on their recent loss. He had a most… unflattering statue of Baron James constructed and delivered. Sooner or later, they are going to have to give the man the slap he deserves.
Why does he bother with this? Doom asks him. What does he mean? Strange shoots back. He knows full well what he means, Doom insists. This banality… this tedious record keeping of minor transgressions. No more tedious than this disagreement they have had many times, Strange replies. He knows full well why he does this. Doom is omnipotent, not omniscient. The danger to his throne and the world – the last world – comes from what they do not know. Yes Doom agrees, but this is a world like any other world of old… full of danger. And they will face such things as they have always done: together and in the order in which they present themselves. He remembers all their disagreements. And Stephen’s reports still concern him little.
He’s in a damn tricky mood today, isn’t he? Strange breaks his usual form of address. The troubles of God are infinite and beyond man’s understanding, but it wouldn’t take a god to divine that this day this also goes for Stephen, Doom replies. What’s wrong, old friend?
Strange replies that, like everyone on this world, he knows Doom is God but unlike them he remembers what was. He remembers the two of them making all of this. Saving what they could. Creating what they could not. And when they disagree, he remembers that he could have been God and not Doom.
They head outside into a park. Doom reminds him that he could have been God. Strange does remember and still doesn’t want it but it reminds him how precious what they have left is so he guards it fiercely.
Which is why he is not concerned, Doom points out. He does not know everything but he knows Stephen is out there… keeping what should be hidden, uncovering what should be known. He has the favor of an all-powerful god. The full favor of Doom.
As they pass a statue erected in honor of the Molecule Man, Owen Reece, Stephen thanks him. Do they have any other pressing business? Doom asks. That moment, Stephen receives news. The unknown becoming known, he is afraid. Foreboding news from Doomgard.
Utopolis:The wilderness.Several Thors and Strange arrive to find the dead old Thor. Strange asks the young Thor, who was present as well, if he is sure he saw right? They came out of the vessel, the young man insists.
Uncertain, Strange calls upon a magical eye. Once he had another eye, he remarks but it was lost some time ago. God Doom saw it fit to give him a better one, all-seeing, and what he sees here is not of this time, not of this world. And now he also sees they are not alone. He disperses the eye and asks how many there were. The young Thor is uncertain.
Another Thor has searched for tracks and believes it to be six or seven. Tracks leading south, away from the vessel. The attack happened two hours ago. Assume they are strong and fast. If they walked, for one hundred leagues. If they flew, four times that. Strange gives order to find them and bring him someone alive. God will have questions.
He asks the young Thor if he is ready. He doesn’t know, it’s his first day… it wasn’t supposed to be like this. Strange replies every day was like this. Bringing order to a thing takes great effort and has a high cost. He raises the body of the dead Thor, telling him to rest well. He has earned it.
He turns to the vessel’s entrance and gives order for their hidden friend to come out. They are alone. Don’t make him come in there.
Miles Morales hesitatingly peers out. He comes in peace, okay? Miles tells his story. He has no idea what happened or what’s going on. The last thing he remembers was sneaking on –
He’s been aboard the vessel the whole time? Strange interrupts. Who were the others on his ship? It wasn’t his ship and he has no idea who those guys are. He just snuck aboard because he wanted to learn what those bad guys were doing in that giant dome. Because another world had appeared in the sky and the dome opened and—
A world in the sky? Strange repeats. Is he telling him… he remembers?
Castle Doom:Susan Storm stands atop one of the castle’s towers looking at the Galactus sentinel, atop whose hands her children Franklin and Valeria play. Doom joins her musing about forgotten myths of mortals building towers so they could be closer to God. The stairs are unnecessary. He would meet her wherever she chooses.
Susan tells him she was walking in the square today and they have a brief argument about her walking outside alone. After she makes it clear she can take care of herself, she continues that the retinues of the upper and lower kingdoms were walking and they were singing a song about the man in the sun. Does he know about this? He has not heard it sung but he is aware of this. Why hasn’t he discouraged it? Because he hoped she’d hear it and be pleased.
Sue admits she misses him. Victor knows but her brother defied them. He would have struck Jonathan down where he stood, or worse, sent him to the Shield, but he left his punishment up to her. She chose to lift him up and bring light to what was a too dark self-illuminated world. So now he is the sun.
Susan believes she acted right. He was a dissident and would have pulled them down, but still she loved him and wanted to somehow honor him. Doom tells her she should have listened more closely to the song. There are those in the upper and lower kingdoms who worship him. It is no small thing to be worshipped.
Sue muses there was a time before all that fuss when many believed there was no sun because he was offended at the idea of something shining brighter than him in the sky. The idea is offensive, he agrees. But true. And truth is always the sharpest blade. It always cuts the deepest. Earlier, Stephen mentioned that he seemed troubled. He was right. But the strong man can show very few his wounds. Doom can show only one. He asks her to look at him. He has changed. Changed for the better, Sue tells him.
He continues he has told her his secrets. She knows he wasn’t always a god. He believed in the rightness of him. Given his gift to shape all of reality, he would make something better than the shapers of old. And yet, look at what it actually is. Sue tells him they all make mistakes. She misunderstands, Doom replies. There is no flaw in the world – it is the world he wanted. But his people are restless because he fails to properly inspire them. He is a poor God. He thinks that, once having made the world, he should have removed himself. Perhaps the gods of old had it right. It is better to be unseen, demanding faith and beyond being defined by the mundane. He is beginning to think that, in his perfect world, he is the one flawed thing. Susan disagrees.
He reminds her he is flawed. All this power and he still cannot heal his face. She carefully removes his face plate. She remembers when they found each other. She remembers choosing him. Not because of how he looked but because of his mind and heart. And when she found out what he had done to save them all… She knows him better than anyone and he couldn’t be more wrong. He shouldn’t remove himself. He should meet the people in the streets. Show them his real strength. Take the mask off. So they can see this? he asks, referring to his scarred and mutilated face. So they can see what she sees. A God with great love for his people.
The hidden Isle of AgamottoStrange teleports into the castle with young Thor and Miles Morales. It’s his Sanctum Sanctorum, he explains, a safe place from prying eyes and a remembrance of all things lost.
Strange presses a button on the wall. God Doom has made a world of many wonders, he continues. He has seen mirrors of those he has known living different lives or strangely similar ones. For example, much of what was a place called Wakanda can be found in the Upper Kingdom both in design and function.
When he saw the vessel the Thors had found, he was not surprised… but to find it held refugees from the time before… Well, that requires full understanding. Miles looks down and bursts out he has another one.
Strange asks young Thor to open the vessel as he did the other one. He presses a button, and the hatch opens to reveal Star-Lord, Captain Marvel, the female Thor and Spider-Man. So are they there yet? Star-Lord asks. Because he swears it doesn’t look like they’re there yet.
Miles recognizes and greets Peter Parker, who asks how he is here. For that matter, how are any of them here? Carol Danvers asks. Last she remembers, the world was ending… and Dr. Strange is here… a man who disappeared months ago. What’s going on?
He wonders aloud if they are really from the same world. Carol tells him he sounds like an idiot, which seems familiar enough. Even if that were true, are they really the only ones who survived? he asks. Carol points back inside: there are a few more.
Cyclops steps out, radiating Phoenix Force and after him the Black Panther supporting a weak Reed Richard. Is that really him? T’Challa asks. Memento Mori? Illuminatus, Strange replies and finally shows emotion. It’s good to see him. The Panther asks how he survived the collapse. How is he here?
It’s quite a story, Strange replies. A long one but they built this craft to survive the end of everything… amazing. T’Challa sighs that there were defects. They lost people. Reed… he… They lost people. One second more… and maybe he could have saved them, Reed groans. Minutes ago, they were right here and now he can’t even tell them how much he— Oh God…
Where exactly are they? Star-Lord asks. Strange warns them the situation is far more complicated. It’s not just the where that should concern them but also the when. They’ve been in stasis… gone … quite some time. Well, he thinks an hour’s long, Star-Lord replies. He gets bored. How long is he talking about?
Eight years, Strange reveals. Everything died but, in the moment of death, God made a new world… this one. He constructed it out of the remnants of incursion points between collapsing worlds. Some of what they would call their Earth remains. Most does not. They should know that no one remembers the worlds before, just this one.
How is that possible? Spider-Man asks. It’s quite simple actually, comes the answer. Exactly how well do they remember eight years ago? Most of it is partial recollections, images, moments of clarity. At first as the world was shaped, it took constant effort to synchronize the new history with the old, but now it’s much easier. Especially since God controls the areas of study in the ministries of science.
Who is it? Reed asks weakly. Who is the God he is talking about?
Doom, Stephen replies simply. Victor saved them all. The heroes look at him like he’s gone mad. How long ago did he find their raft? T’Challa finally asks. Three years ago, Strange admits, eyes downcast. He knew there was something important in there, but he had to weigh that against other considerations.
Victor von Doom is a God and rules over everything in this world and he had to “weigh that against other considerations?” Reed shouts. What in the world could matter so much that he left them here buried alive? It’s easy to explain, Strange replies grimly. He is very, very good at playing God.
UtopolisThe wilderness:The members of the Cabal have gathered around a fire and discuss matters. Did they notice the sun today? the Inhuman prince Maximus asks. It’s his favorite kind of madness but he swears the sun is circling the Earth and not the other way round. Fascinating!
Proxima Midnight admits it is a strange land but hardly fascinating. Corvus Glaive adds they covered good ground today but this wasteland seems endless. He suggests they split up the next day.
Reed Richards from Earth1610 aka the Maker grimly states they should have done things differently at the raft. The yellow peasant seemed useless but that Thor, he had an aged look. They should have questioned him. Namor agrees. They should have kept him alive.
There is no need for mercy, Thanos opines. No need to regret what was lost. Oh really? the Black Swan mocks. Because he thinks if they just muddle along, they’ll somehow eventually find the answers to their questions? The answers will find them, Thanos decides. He knows it. And how is that? Namor asks. Because he is looking up, Thanos replies and looks at the horde of Thors in the sky.


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All the Angels Sing, All the Devils Dance
Utopolis:The Thor Corps attacks the members of the Cabal.
“Here’s the thing you need to understand about how this world is different from the old one…
The Earth that was… the universe that was… the multiverse that was… these were all formed by some higher order, some alien ethereal other thing that perfectly constructed not just the material nature of everything but the rules that governed it as well. But this world? The new world? It was formed from the shattered remnants of broken Earths – I know for I watched Doom will them into singularity.
If there’s one thing you hear, let it be this: The new world is unnatural. And survival is its first and highest purpose.”
Armed with a spear, Namor fights one Thor. Maximus and the Maker sit the fighting protected by a forcefield bubble. The Black Swan fires her eyebeams at a female Thor.
The Hidden Isle of Agamotto:Dr. Strange continues his speech. As such, it is a place of testing. Of constant conflict and it needs a god with a firm hand. Thus Battleworld. Thus… Doom. Long may he wear his crown, he adds with an unreadable expression.
When he talks like that, he does know that he sounds insane, right? Carol Danvers remarks. Exactly, Star-Lord agrees. The one thing more insane is that cape he is wearing. He has to have one!
How did it happen? Reed Richards demands. Does he remember how their Brotherhood couldn’t understand why the early death of everything was happening? Stephen asks. Worlds, universes… crashing together. Reed believed someone or something was behind it. Well, he was right.
Flashback:Unfortunately no one could stop the perfect annihilation plan the Beyonders had set into motion but they could stop them. So Dr. Doom, the Molecule Man and Dr. Strange confronted the Beyonders.
How did they stop them? the Black Panther asks. They killed them and took their power for themselves, Strange replies simply.End of flashback
Ashamed, he admits that he looked into the abyss that was omnipotence and ran from it. Doom did not. Then he saved all that there was left to save. And now he serves Doom, the Panther states. Now he is God, Strange replies. Doubt him if they want. Defy him. Curse his very existence. It doesn’t matter. He reigns.
So it’s all gone? Miles Morales asks weakly, as the other Spider-Man supports him. His world? His friends and family? Not all of it, Strange informs him. Some small bits remain. Parts of his New York. A small portion of Wakanda, he tells the Black Panther. Is that enough? Is it enough to remind them of who they were in the face of where they are now? There are times when this world falls far short of what he hoped it would be. But it is real – it exists and that counts for something.
Then he has to ask, the Phoenix-changed Cyclops begins, if he had the power and means, if he were playing God and this was not the world he wants, don’t you have the responsibility to burn it down and raise something better? Isn’t that the real burden of the power Doom has? Isn’t that the burden of the power he has? That’s something he would never— Strange begins.
Young Thor from Higher Avalon interrupts apologetically. Why is his hammer glowing? Their attention is needed elsewhere, Strange decides grimly.
UtopolisThe Thors are hoping for reinforcements because the battle is not going well for them. One Thor decides to take this matter to God. He kneels down, his hammer glows.
DoomstadtAn image of him appears in castle Doom at Doom’s feet. When Doom is surprised, Valeria explains today she informed Sheriff Strange of something heretical in Utoplis. He sent the lawmen there. Apparently, it isn’t going well.
The Thor explains there is chaos in Doom’s kingdoms and they need the All-Father’s guiding hand. He has no doubt they can prevail, no matter the cost, but there is something unnatural at work here and the All-Father should know.
Doom gets up, followed by Sue and Valeria and decides to see things with his own eyes, or the ones he has available to him. He orders the Thor to show him what he sees, and the sights appear as three-dimensional images.
Doom sees the Thors fighting the Cabal. He asks Valeria for her opinion. Val remarks the Thor is right, the outcome is difficult to predict, as she watches Thanos take out one Thor. They’ve seen multiple titans of this designation but none of them give off the energy levels this one is giving off.
Doom boasts he sees gnats that do not concern him. Susan warns him he might be underestimating what they are looking at here, as they are watching a Thor trying to pummel the Maker’s forcefield. Even her forcefield could not withstand repeated hammering of a Mjolnir. Perhaps he should reconsider intervening. That won’t be necessary, he tells her. Stephen has arrived (along with the heroes).
Doom asks Valeria for an updated projection. More favorable of course, she states, but actually less predictable. They have analogues of many of the things they are seeing, but there are variables. See the same variables through time and they become constants. All of which sends her to some pretty dramatic conclusions. She wants a much harder look at this.
UtopolisFighting Namor, Black Panther admits there is something disquieting and familiar about all this.
Castle Doom:Sue is fascinated by Reed Richard. She doesn’t know him but there is something special about him. Indeed there is, Doom whispers. He spent years looking in every corner of every kingdom for some version of him. And now here he is, brought before him.
He orders Susan to summon surgeons. There will be wounded. Something has caught his eye and stirs him to action, but he will return shortly.
UtopolisThe fighting stops as they see Doom standing amidst them. Richards! he shouts.
Is he talking to him? the Maker whispers. He doesn’t really care for his tone. He is most certainly not talking to him Maximus informs him.
The other Reed calmly faces Doom. So it is really Victor, he states. It’s amazing, an artificial construct of reality. A world where there should be nothing. Look at what he’s made!
Yes, Doom agrees, he did what Richards and his ilk could not. He saved the unsavable in the face of utter annihilation. He is a miracle worker, but here Reed is, so he must be as well.
They built a ship, Reed replies. All they saved was themselves. He can’t help but notice Victor put himself on a throne. Yeah, they´re all absolutely shocked by that, Spider-Man chimes in. Floored!
A throne? Doom asks. He’s had a throne for quite some time. A throne was his birthright. He’s placed himself a good bit higher than that. Has he? Thanos asks. He has his doubts. One plays at being God, one should not shy away from saying it. He is God! Dooms states forcefully and blows up the ground beneath them. He understands this must be confusing for them but take heart. While he is mighty, he is also merciful. He will give them a moment to… readjust their old ways of thinking. Then they will bend their knees and bow their head at his feet. Believe in him… for this world is his!
Surrounded by light, the Phoenix-empowered Scott Summers announces he does not need a moment and he does not need his mercy. For holding a thing, shaping a thing, does not make it yours forever. Things change… they evolve…. He fires an energy blast at Doom, who screams.in agony.
In the end, he is just like any other man, Cyclops coolly observes. For a time playing at something greater than what he is. And he? He is mutant – more than man! He is the future here in the present. And all worlds - even Doom’s - belong to them. “The planet is ours… the planet is min—”
Doom grabs Cyclops by the throat. He lifts him up. The future he speaks of is a dream, Doom announces, and that dream is over. He breaks Cyclops’ neck.
In the meantime, Strange tells T’Challa he has seen things over the years and hidden many of them. Remember this! He casts a spell and teleports all the Incursion survivors – heroes and villains – away.
Where did he send them? Doom demands. He scattered them to the winds, Strange replies. Why? Because they both knew what was going to happen. They would have refused to bow before Doom and then he would have felt compelled to eliminate such behavior with prejudice. Stephen couldn’t allow that.
Stephen thinks that’s an indulgence, Doom points out, but he knows what they are going to do. They won’t be able to help themselves. It’s their nature. It’s his. “Maybe it’s mine as well,” Strange admits. Those are people they really know from the old world and he has lived a lifetime with some of them. They did great things together.
And have they not done great things together, old friend? Doom asks and stretches out his hand. Of course they have, Strange replies, but he won’t have anything to do with this.
Call them back, Doom orders. Stephen refuses. Doom warns him not to test him. Careful not to mention the name Reed Richards, Stephen announces he didn’t even tell him what Doom’s done and he’s sure he’s going to be hard at work solving the problem of Doom. How much harder does he think Reed Richards is going to try when he finds out Doom stole his entire life? Look at him, even with all that power he is still afraid of Richards!
“Well, you know what, old friend? I think you should be.”
Doom kills him with one energy blast. Grimly, he stares down at where Strange stood moments ago.


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Owen Reece Died for Our Sins
Castle Doom:Sheriff Strange’ state funeral:Before there was the world, there was the ether, an old Thor narrates as the imperial family walks through a cordon of Thors. They cannot call it heaven or forever or any other joyful thing, for it was nothing. And in that ocean of absence, there was only God Doom and his first disciple: their fallen leader, Stephen Strange.
Think on it, brothers and sisters: there was nothing and then there was everything! And the only witness to the miracle of creation besides the All-Father was the good sheriff Strange.
He stands beneath a statue erected in Strange’s honor which stands close to the statue of the Molecule Man. What an honor! What a life! If Valhalla is for the brave, then there Stephen will be a king! Of them all, he was truly the most worthy! The other Thors shout their agreement.
What the Hel is going on here? Thor from Earth 616 whispers to the Thor of Higher Avalon, who shushes her and promises they will speak later.
Susan informs Doom there will be a public memorial later, where all the barons and citizens of Doomgard can pay their respects but he was Victor’s friend. She thought he would appreciate something more personal. Doom thanks her.
Susan hands Franklin a flower. He flies up, attaches it to the statue’s collar and creates an abundance of flowers there. He is sorry that Strange died. He liked him a lot. He promises to smash the person who did this into small pieces.
Much later:Doom steps into his garden and looks at the statue. He and she didn’t always see eye to eye, Valeria suddenly addresses him, but he was certainly a great man. She’s sorry.
They live their lives defined by the choices they make, he replies, and in the end the high cost of living is death. They all deserve better. Val points out she is the reason he was out here. Her team found the vessel and quarantined it. So maybe this is all her fault and she should be smart enough to keep her head down, but she has to ask, why is he now tasking her office with finding the people who did this? More than that, why aren’t they dead? Who escapes the judgment of God in a situation like this? No one has escaped anything, he replies calmly. But it is unwise for him to pursue them at the time. He is upset and in such n state he might just break the world. So she will find them and then he will show her what real judgment looks like.
She still doesn’t know how they escaped Valeria stresses. If she is going to find them she has to know everything about them. She knows something unexpected happened out there and she wants to know what it was.
They look at each other silently before Doom reminds her that undying love and eternal patience are not the same thing. He warns her not to confuse them. He needs her find those people and catch them. He needs her to do it without asking anymore questions. Is she the daughter of Doom? Capable of all things? Yes, Sir Val replies. Then find them, he orders. Val races off.
Doom looks up at Strange’s statue. “Damn you, Stephen,” he swears. Then he walks towards Owen Reece’s statue and enters an entrance of light. He walks down a cave.
It is full of light, light that reminds him of the moment he faced the Beyonders and recreated the world. A voice calls through the light, announcing: find the quietest place in the world. Call it here, call it now and if you close your eyes and listen, you still won’t be able to hear a thing. Not one thing, Victor. Like most things that perceive, their ears lie so much. But if you sit still, unmoving, at peace with your place in the universe, you can feel it. A slight rumbling in your stomach. A disturbance in the world. One resonating in your guts. The world has the appearance of peace, of being whole but he thinks it might all just fly apart if they are not careful. Did he bring him something to eat?
Doom apologizes. It did not occur to him. He had other things on his mind. He devoured everything but he is still hungry, Owen Reece, the Molecule Man, complains. If he doesn’t eat something soon, he’ll just be skin and bone.
Stephen Strange is dead, Doom states. Well, isn’t that a surprise, Owen muses. Was it cancer? It’s always cancer. Doom replies it was inner decay of a different sort. His doubt killed him. Interesting, surprising, unexpected, Owen prattles. How is that possible? Because he knew. He was there, he saw it. But then their eyes are like their ears. They lie too, don’t they?
Stephen was only there at the end, Doom points out. And even Doom was not there at the start. In the beginning, it was just Owen Reece and them. No, Owen corrects him. It was just them. The Lords of White Light. Those from Beyond. The Beyonders. Omnipotent. All-powerful. More curious than a cat. They built whole universes. Random ideas given form. They tested them. They twisted life into every shape possible. They pushed it as far as it could go… and then they got bored with life and started loving the idea of death. Sometimes you’ve tinkered all you can… and the only thing left to do is to tear it all down and start over. So then they made him.
Yes, Doom agrees. Owen Reece the Molecules Man. A bomb built to destroy a universe. Not a bomb, the bomb, Owen corrects him. Bomb bomb bomb… set him off and watch him explode!
It was a good plan. The Beyonders really knew their stuff. They made one of him to kill a universe and all of him to kill the multiverse. The same person across all reality. Sliced into delicious little bits. But does he know what the Beyonders forgot to plan for? Yes, Doom replies, they made Owen a man. They gave him choice. They live their lives defined by the choices they make. And in the end the high cost of living is— Me! Owen shouts, memememe! He had a choice and his choice was him. He points at Doom! Does Victor ever wonder who exactly found whom? Forwards and backwards in time. Did Victor find Owen or Owen find Victor?
Doom finds the order of little consequence. What matters is they both knew what had to be done. He was a bomb meant to simultaneously explode. So they decided to set some of him off early. Blow the primer to diminish the charge.
They had to kill him, Owen recalls. Lots of him. At first, it was a cost he was willing to pay, and they built a religion of Black Swans around the idea. With each him, he lost a bit of what made him him. But the madness wasn’t worth it. They weren’t going to prevent the early death of the multiverse. The Beyonders had built him too well. So the got tricky. And that’s when Stephen joined them. Right at the end. While the Swans were busy killing Molecule Men Owen and Doom were busy building something else, better versions of him. They drew the Beyonders out, destroyed them with the newly created Molecule Men, stole their power and stored it someplace else where it could be used to preserve some of what had been lost.
Doom told Strange the Molecule Man would serve as a conduit. Together they could save the remnants of worlds. Strange was scared by the sheer scope. How to decide what lives and what dies - it’s too much. He asked Victor to do it.
And now Stephen is gone, the Molecule Man finishes. Goodbye! Doom admits that he killed him. Owen confides he knows. He could smell the guilt on him. “You reek of shame, God!” Doom explains Stephen may not have fully comprehended it but he made his decision which marked him as a threat to what they had built. He left Doom no choice! And so their friend the doctor had to go, Owen adds cheerfully. He thinks Victor has started something. An unraveling that may just take them all down. Which makes him wonder who is next. If they kiss God Doom goodbye, they say goodbye to this world also, as he is the one holding it together.
And what if it is him? Doom asks. Won’t that be exciting? Owen asks as Doom walks away. Next time bring him something to eat!
The Department of Science:The Future Foundation:Justice division:Listen up! Valeria addresses the people assembled (Alex Power, Dragon Man, Bentley-23, Psycho Man, Tesla and Nostradamus). God has a job for them, Val announces, and when she says ‘God’ she means Daddy. They’re gonna play a game of hide and seek with a bunch of bad boys and girls who present a threat to the kingdom and possibly the world itself. Doom wants them to find these rebels. So as of now all other projects are suspended. She asks Alex and Dragon Man to fill the others in on what they know about the crime scene.
Alex starts that they have developed some pretty specialized equipment for detecting and differentiating specific energy signatures. It’s always been hard because their world gives off so much background radiation. They know, God particles… the stuff of Doom. Which radiates from the point of its highest concentration: Castle Doom. This is the basic stuff found at the heart of their planet.
It’s what they are all made of, which is why until they built their equipment they couldn’t tell any of it apart, Dragon Man continues. Now they can. And since they’ve been recoding readings they’ve noticed there are always tiny energy spikes popping up when one of Doom’s agents –
Thors! Bentley shouts. God, he hates the Thors!
- any time one of his agents is deployed, Dragon continues. They are pretty easy to pick out. As are major incidents of Doomstuff, Alex continues. When God himself acts, the readings are off the charts.
Tesla interrupts asking about the significance of this information. This is all exactly what would be expected. And such data bores them, the Psycho Man adds.
Val grimly points out that in all the world there is only one person whose power was completely independent of Doom’s. The Sheriff. His power spiked on the negative. It was always an absence of Doom. Alex calls it dark matter and announces it spiked yesterday, before the rebels disappeared. They believe Strange scattered them. Which implies what: mind control? Possession? Nostradamus foresees something worse.
Val agrees. Here is what they are going to do:They are going to take this all the way to the end of the line.
In Doomgard, Thor sits unrecognized among the Thor Corps.
No matter where it goes.
In Egyptia, an angry Namor faces the Black Panther.
She’ll handle any noise from the throne, but from now on, what they learn stays with them. Understand?
In Bar Sinister, Captain Marvel is brought as a prisoner to Baron Sinister.
The Black Swan stands outside Doomstadt.
She wants to know what really happened. She wants to know who these people are, where they disappeared to, what they are able of. And more than anything else, they have to find out what they want and why it scares God so badly.
Thanos stands among several memorials with Mjolnirs just outside the Shield. He begins to smile…


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We Raise Them Up… Just So We Can Pull Them Down
Three Weeks later:Castle Doom:Valeria informs her father, the God Emperor Doom, that she doesn’t have very good news. Displeased, he replies that his world is in disarray. Recent disorder has escalated into open rebellion in some kingdoms. In that chaos, his Thors grow weary and an ill wind portends even worse to come… Nevertheless, he would have the truth from her… and he would have it now.
Valeria looks down on her tablet as she stands between two large tubes holding the bodies of two Incursion survivors. Val summarizes that the search for the people who killed Sheriff Strange has been a failure. Even if they are super patient, extrapolating their chances from what little success they’ve had, honestly, their chances suck. Their only luck was Apocalypse stumbling upon these two some days ago. The Baron and his Horsemen did quite a number on them, but they were still intact enough for the Foundation to get a look into their heads. They found out the beastman is called Corbis. The other is apparently his proxy.
Is she correct? Doom asks the Black Swan, who corrects that they are husband and wife, called Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight. They are the surviving members of the Black Order. The generals of the tyrant Thanos.
Susan Storm interjects, confession is the manifestation of contrition. If this one has truly seen the error of her ways, why does he have to ask for information that should be freely given? Doom replies cryptically she was lost. The Black Swan is from another world. It will take her time to find her way. But she will find it, won’t she, child? She is home, she replies, calling him ‘my Lord.’ Annu Ersetu Damiq. Good, Doom agrees. And is there anything else she thinks they should hear?
She recalls there was the battle. They were all here with him and suddenly they were scattered. She then made her way here. She assumes Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight found each other. Of the rest… she does not know. But she does know who they are? Sue presses. Some. Not all, is the reply. Sue demands she tell them what she knows.
Doom remarks that is secondary to his primary concern. At the moment, he only cares where the rebels are now and that they are brought before him. He asks Val if in the recesses of the captives’ minds there was any hint as to where the others are. Do they know anything of their plans? Val apologizes, they don’t. They have no idea where they are. They have no idea what they are doing.
Later Valeria contacts her colleagues at the Foundation:How are things on the God daddy front? Alex Power asks. Ever get the feeling you are being lied to? Val asks. Not really, no, Alex replies. That’s because he is an awesome liar, Bentley-23 points out. A super liar, actually. It might be his best trait. He thinks? Alex asks amused. He doesn’t know, Bentley replies grimacing. He could be lying!
Alex asks Val if she is okay. She’s got spiders in her head, she sighs. She’s having a hard time ignoring her normal instincts and keeping her nose from where it shouldn’t be.
Alex informs her they’ve had a little breakthrough in their experiment. They finally filtered out the background radiation and found the source of her father’s power. Val is standing on it. Before she can beg off, Alex adds the Night Machine found more of these drone things. Six this time. They added the locations to the others and found they extrapolate out to a geometric search pattern. Somebody’s looking for something. Val looks at the holographic image of the small globelike drone and sighs who’s building this crap?
Project 42:Somewhere inside Battleworld:Several flying drones are returning to this base. Inside are two very different versions of the same man. Reed Richards from Earth 616 and his counterpart from 1610, the “Maker.” Reed muses aloud if they treat this as another problem to be solved, then the question “can we” must be secondary to “should we.”
Examining a drone, the Maker retorts he would argue Reed is wrong. The primary problem - the only problem - is to find a way to defeat Doom. To that end, they need to locate a weakness. Some crack in that heavenly armor of his. What then happens to the world? Reed asks. All that remains of what was… does it just fly apart? Cease to exist? Or would it somehow remain? They have to be concerned about what’s on the other side of Doom.
The Maker calls his premise flawed. He believes that, no matter what, Doom is going to be able to hold it together. He tells Reed to look at the data he is downloading from the probes. The Prophet has raised an army, an endless legion of Doom deniers that marches toward the throne and his World Tree.
Is the Prophet another one if his side projects? Reed asks. Maybe, the Maker replies coyly. If he confessed all of his secret plans, would Reed also tell him his? No, of course he wouldn’t, the Maker mocks. Who could understand the machinations that go inside that head of his? So perhaps they should simply agree to focus on the problem that brought them together: how to kill a god.
Reed insists he is not ready to consider that. The Maker takes off his helmet. He muses that he looks at Reed’s face which is his own face and sees the age on it. He wonders how it became so sentimental? So soft? So weak. Refusing to be goaded, Reed tells him it’s easy once you learn to care about things other than yourself.
The Maker presses a button showing another image: Doom, Susan and Valeria. He means things like this? Reed stares at Sue then looks down. The Maker grins. Reed looks up determined. The problem as he sees it is determining how Victor came to possess so much power. He’s got his best people working on that…
Castle Doom:The grounds outside:The two Spider-Man, Peter Parker and Miles Morales, are in the gardens outside the castle tracking the source of the energy with one of Reed’s gizmos. They are puzzled that the trace seems to lead to the statue of the Molecule Man, or more precisely under it. Peter figures it could be buried underneath.
Actually, there is a trap door, a newcomer announces. She found it earlier, Valeria adds. They are looking for the source too, aren’t they? Is that really her? Peter asks. Is she supposed to know him? Val asks. She doesn’t know him. She had her people working on finding the source too.
She grabs Spidey’s device and examines it critically. Obviously made by the same person who built the drones, she scoffs: might as well have signed their name to it. This is embarrassing. Who built this? Reed Richards, Spidey gulps. Val has never heard of him. Tell him she said this is shoddy work and he should get his act together, okay? She hands it back.
Peter asks if she is coming inside with them. She’s spent the last hour thinking about it and has decided not to. End of the day, she is just a kid. She is not emotionally prepared for finding out these things about her father. The trapdoor is at the base of that statue. But they are going to have to answer a couple of questions if they want her to keep silent. Were they on the ship? The Vessel the Foundation found? One of them Peter, replies. It was a life raft. Okay, and none of them from the life raft killed Stephen Strange, did they? Of course not, Spidey replies. Didn’t think so, Val agrees.
The two Spider-Men enter and there is a blinding light. Can they feel that? a voice asks. Tectonic plates grinding at the edges, like pieces from different puzzles trying to form a single picture, but they never will. Understand? They don’t belong together. It’s going to fly apart. He knows it is. He devoured everything, but he is still hungry! Hellooo, Spider-Men, Owen Reece greets them. Did they bring him something to eat?
Spidey apologizes. He didn’t know there was anybody down here, so he didn’t bring anything. Miles finds a burger in his pocket. Owen demands it.
How did he forget he had a hamburger in his pocket? Peter asks. They were busy, Miles points out. It’s a burger! Hamburgers are what he likes. Puberty is rough. He is hungry all the time. No, where did he get it? Peter asks. From his Earth. So that is an eight years, three weeks old hamburger? Miles doesn’t think suspended animation counts. Still it’s a three weeks old hamburger. They realize Owen probably shouldn’t eat that. Owen finds it delicious though. He owes him one, he tells Miles. More chilled, he remarks they are following a certain tendril. A Spider scurrying along a very particular web. Spidey admits they were sent to find the source of Doom’s power. All he sees here is a big white room. Any idea where they might find that? They are looking at him, the Molecule Man replies.
Castle Doom:Several of Doom’s barons – the Maestro, Apocalypse, Sinister and the Goblin Queen – have gathered (via holograms). Madelyne Pryor explains to Doom that their foe calls himself the Prophet. And he is the sole person behind the uprising? Doom questions. If he looks closer, he won’t find one of them standing in the shadows… propping him up?
Madelyne swears her loyalty. The Maestro scoffs that, if he wanted Doom’s throne, he would take it. Sinister decides to be quiet and Apocalypse chides Doom that the Prophet’s words have rung real in the absence of Doom’s. And they have spread like a fire through the kingdoms. He has raised an army. Two days ago, the Upper and Lower Kingdoms fell to his mob and it grows as he heads this way. Doom ignores him at his peril.
He holds the heavens up, just so the Earth can tremble beneath him, Doom mutters. He curses Stephen Strange for leaving him with all this. Does Apocalypse have more to offer than deference and posturing?
Only the counsel of the strong, Apocalypse replies. Doom is God and the very existence of those who say otherwise is an offense. Only the loyal should live. Kill the rest.
He sees, Doom muses. Power structures must be maintained. Dominance must be displayed. Raining an army of Thors down among them would meet his approval, he supposes. Certainly, Apocalypse agrees. He must act. But why waste his most loyal and worthy on a pretender and his mob? Doom questions. They do it. All of them. And he warns them not to tarry. He is losing what little grave he still possesses. The communication is over.
Bar Sinister:Sinister, holding a cocktail stands in his home. Well, that did not go as planned, he remarks chipper. What does she think they should do?
He is speaking to Carol Danvers, who now also wears a red diamond on her brow. She has some ideas but would like to hear him first. Okay, God Doom wants him to send a full complement of warriors to disabuse these nonbelievers of their sinful ways. He could send less. A pittance perhaps. Carol hits him.
Or he could send everyone, he decides. Because he’s a good, good boy. Another blow. He’s got it now, he holds up his hand. He knows what they should do. Let’s be naughty! Carol grins. Now he’s talking…
The Hidden Isle of AgamottoUsing an undersea tunnel, Namor and the Black Panther are entering Sheriff Strange’s former Sanctum. Sourly, Namor remarks they only had to cross the world seas several times before they finally found the Doctor’s hidden isle. He addresses T’Challa and asks what is the greater miracle: that they actually found it or that they found it without killing each other?
T’Challa muses that, with the enormity of all they have been through, he thinks he eventually realized that there was no avoiding what happened to their world.
They stand before the entrance. T’Challa continues that Namor is a king of ashes now. He is King of the dead. There is nothing left to fight over. Nothing behind them… and only this new world before them.
It’s just a door, Namor replies, and a locked one at that. He forgets Stephen left them a key, the Panther points out and takes out the Eye of Agamotto locket. An identical symbol appears on the door and it opens.
Inside, a hologram of Strange greets them and mentions that they have the Key of Agamotto, which they must have received from his dying hands. But was it given freely or was it taken without merit? Two black demon guard dogs appear on each side of them. The answer to this question will determine their true intent. Tell him: do they know the secret history of the world? Memento Mori?
Illuminatus, the Black Panther announces. The demons withdraw somewhat and put out their tongues on which small boxes lie. Good, the hologram tells them. He hopes his passing was of consequence. Something such as his knowledge of the world God Doom and he built together will be forever lost but some may be passed on. As such, he leaves them all the items of significance he truly owns, of which there are two.
Namor turns to one box and takes out a red, golden, square object. The hologram continues, this is one of the few artifacts which transcends the patchwork nature of this planet. This is the Siege Courageous, an object of power that will transport them anywhere they wish to go. As well as transform the traveler in a manner befitting—
My God! T’Challa interjects as he sees the object in the other box. The voice continues, the second item is geographically restricted to Doomstadt, home to Castle Doom, the Worldtree and God himself. They might not know this world has been constructed from remains of worlds destroyed in the multiversal collapse. Each section is a slice of a single native universe. Which is why, when he found one containing all the gems, he made sure that Castle Doom was built in that section. He leaves to them his most precious possession.
Reaching into the box, T’Challa asks Namor what he thinks. Don’t look at him, Namor retorts. They both know it can’t be trusted. T’Challa takes up the object, a fully powered Infinity Gauntlet…
The hologram tells them to use it wisely and quickly if they must use it. For it may be the only thing with which one may smite God…
Castle DoomSusan Storm calls her son Franklin to go to bed. He leaves his position atop Galactus’ hand and enters his room. Exited, he tells her that today he and Galactus went fishing and caught a Leviathan. She tucks him in and asks for a story. He wants to hear about the Fantastic Four. She laughs that she has told that one 1000 times already, but indulges him.
Sue’s narration:There were four of them: Sue, her brother Jonathan, their friend Ben Grimm and their father Doctor Franklin Storm. They went on what they thought would be an incredible journey but something went wrong and their ship crashed. But they were changed and gained powers. They became heroes and protected the Earth. But then one day the world ended, and the world they are on now began.
Present:That’s when she met Dad, Franklin calls out exited. That’s when he saved them, she agrees.
Sue’s narration:When it was forged, this world was a frightening place. A dark and dangerous time. It was night and all that seemed to exist was war. That was when Franklin’s grandfather died, killed by an Apocalypse. They would have died as well. But there was a light, brilliant and blinding… it was Franklin’s father. He made a world from nothing. He made a world that was everything. That was the day the Fantastic Four died and was replaced with something better. His father helped her bury her father and then together they brought order to this world. His Uncle Johnny even became the sun, so there would be less night.
Present:Sleepily, Franklin asks what became of Uncle Ben. She never says. She kisses him on the forehead and promises that’s a story for another day. For when he is older.
The ShieldDetention level:The Shield is actually what Ben Grimm has turned to. Inside a cell, Grimm tells the prisoner – Thanos – his story is crap. He wanna hear a real one? He’ll tell him… It’s about a guy who had to leave the only family he ever had behind because God needed someone to keep the nightmares out. So he said goodbye to Sue and Johnny and became the Shield, so the world could have some sorta peace. Some sorta chance. And now Thanos is telling him that it ain’t been worth it?
Yes, the mad Titan agrees. He is telling Grimm his God put him here to keep him out of the way. Because he fears him. Just as he feared the Torch and cast him out as well. He sits down opposite the Thing’s face. You see, he knows a secret… He knows who Ben Grimm really is. He is a warrior… a hero and, where Thanos is from, Grimm is the closest friend to Doom’s greatest enemy. They have shamed him time and time over. Doom is a petty usurper of power far grander than himself. Speaking as one who has felt the universe writhe in his clenched fist, this power should not be left to a mortal such as he.
He’s saying none of this is the real deal? Ben demands. No, it’s as real as anything, Thanos replies. It’s just not reality as it should be. Doom has convinced Grimm to live on his knees. This is a painful heartless truth and it begs one question: Is he going to lie here or is he going to stand up?
And, moments later, the Shield falls as the giant Ben Grimm gets up…


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King of the Dead
The Prophet – dressed in rags and a skull mask – emerged from the great waste, appearing from nothing. A cause fully formed. An idea given shape: This Doom is no God. And if he is no God, then why suffer under his hand? Why submit to his rule? The Prophet’s words were fire. He spoke of liberty, and the people pulled down their idols. He shouted freedom, and the people raised up arms. He marched his army to Castle Doom to cast out God himself! It was providence, providing the perfect man at the perfect time. But who is this great catalyst? Who is this Prophet?
With flair, he takes off his skull mask, shouting: “it’s me, you idiots! I am Maximus!” He watches as his army fights against Doom’s generals. “You followed me here to certain Doom. And it’s going to be so… much… fun!”
Castle Doom:The Black Swan informs Doom that the armies of his kingdoms gather to repel the army of the Prophet. If he wishes it, she will hurry to join the loyalists. He demurs, fearing she would lose herself to danger. They will watch from here, as he stands in judgment over those who dare stand against him. Susan suggests he not take it personally. It’s what free people always do when faced with authority. He can’t change the way people are. She’s confident this will end no differently than all the other times. Wide-eyed Valeria interjects she is wrong. This feels different. This is something more. Doom agrees and gives orders to summon his Thors.
Outside, Maximus orders his army to fight until they fall. Believe in him, he is the true prophet of these last days. There’s no escaping what’s coming: Even as demons tear him down, he shouts that they have to embrace the end. But his rants turn into screams of agony.
Captain Marvel informs Sinister that the Prophet’s army is breaking. They don’t have much time. Well, don’t tease him, Sinister replies, if she wants to cause a riot, someone needs to give someone Sinister some kind of order. All right, Carol decides and asks him to tell his clones they are switching sides. Time to turn on the Goblin Queen’s army.
Madelyne Pryor and her army watch in surprise as Sinister’s clones turn against them. What is this? the Goblin Queen demands. Carol kicks her in the face, telling her this is about betrayal. Lying on the ground, Madelyne groans that Sinister always had the heart of a traitor. But why betray them now? Sinister corrects her that he doesn’t have a heart at all. As for why they attack them, betrayal is the good Captain Marvel’s shtick. He has much better reasons. He kicks Madelyne in the face and informs her he just. Can’t. Stand. That. Tacky outfit. She’s wearing! Feel better? Carol asks mildly. She has no idea, he grins.
A moment later, he is hit by an energy blast. Obviously, someone doesn’t appreciate good taste, he groans. It gets worse as he is decapitated. Holocaust lifts up his head and informs him that Apocalypse would like a word.
Apocalypse enjoys the war as a field of testing. He’s lost his head once again, he points out to Sinister, who retorts Apocalypse has lost all sense of decorum. Tardiness – as rude as it is petulant. Though it seems he is not the only late arrival.
The remark becomes clear when the Thors arrive. Or more to the point, all of Doomgard does, as Franklin sitting on Galactus’ hand points out excitedly. Susan points out is Doomgard but where are the Thors?
In the great Hall in Doomgard, chaos has broken out as many Thors protest against Thor-616’s revelations. The Thor of Higher Avalon defends her; she speaks the truth about All-Father Doom. She speaks the truth and it has torn them asunder. And so Thors fight Thors.
The Thor of Higher Avalon tells Thor-616 that he and some others will hold the other faction in check, while she takes the rest to the battle below. The Worthy far outnumber Doom’s faithful. As it should be, she agrees. She addresses them all. They know in their heart that her words are true. They have been deceived. God Doom isn’t great! He is not even good! So who will come with her and do battle? Who will come with her so that they might smite God? Several Thors follow the call.
Doom’s castleVal and the Black Swan watch horrified as the Thors turn against Doom’s armies. Sue asks him why they would do that. He is betrayed. Again.
On the battlefield, Sinister’s head laments how he has fallen and asks Apocalypse for a baron’s pardon for a fellow baron. Battling Thors, Apocalypse scoffs at the thought. If he must serve God Doom, then there will be no mercy for traitors like Sinister or the once Worthy. Sinister can fall no further. His condition can get no worse.
He thinks it can, Sinister worries, as he looks up and sees a familiar huge ship. The Maestro is here.
The Maestro orders his Worldbreakers into battle. Break the world! An army of Hulks jump off the carrier all shouting SMASH!
Project 42:The Maker gloats. Maximus and his army have engaged Doom. While they distract them, Richards continues they will slip a small team past them to steal the most valuable thing that’s left in the Multiverse. He asks Star-Lord if he is sure he can pilot them there undetected. Absolutely, Peter Quill assures them. Probably, he adds as an afterthought. There’s a decent chance, he adds in smaller voice.
The Maker remarks all they need is for the battle to last long enough to obscure their arrival and departure. He doesn’t think the mob of Maximus is going to take them the distance. What are his older, alter ego’s secret plans?
Actually, they are not his plans at all, Reed replies and asks via comm if T’Challa can hear him. Loud and clear, the Black Panther replies. Has it started? Yes, they are preparing to leave now, Reed replies. A re they ready? Almost, T’Challa announces. He wanted to wait until the last moment. This isn’t something you can just put back in the box. They wish each other good luck. Hesitatingly, Reed adds that, if they fail, it means this is the end and… and… It means he will see him on the other side, T’Challa replies. Death is just a different kind of journey to the land that he is king of.
The conversation is over. Just then, he almost started crying, Namor mocks. They are at what’s left of the Shield. There were almost actual tears.
T’Challa orders him to stay with the Siege Courageous. He’s going down. As he does so, Namor remarks he wasn’t volunteering. He doesn’t even know what they are doing here. And another thing, this “king of the dead” appellation he’s been spouting since before the first Incursion, it’s ambiguous and frankly… doesn’t he think it’s getting a bit old? No, he doesn’t, the Panther replies and tosses some small explosives at the Shield wall. They detonate creating a large opening. Namor asks what’s on the other side of the wall. The dead, is the reply.
The first zombies shuffle closer. The Panther addresses them. It is said when one travels through a Siege Courageous one is granted a new life. A second chance. An opportunity to be something better. Something more. Come with him and they will travel through it to the greatest battle any world has ever seen. Together they will face a false God and strike him down. Do they know what is waiting for them on the other side? Glory and honor!
One of the zombies mutters that he feels compelled to follow him, but maybe they should talk about this. They have it good here. What’s left of James Braddock agrees. It’s surprising, he finds he quite likes murder and eating soft squishy things. Like peanut butter and brains, the first zombie agrees.
Namor skewers him with his trident and now has everyone’s attention. Why the hesitation, monsters? he demands. Their king is waiting for an answer. Uh, glory and honor? James states hesitatingly. The other zombies take up the call. Glory and honor! they finally all shout.


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Under Siege
Outside Castle Doom:While below the rebels are still battling Doom’s troops, Star-Lord, chewing on a toothpick, is flying the two Reeds to Castle Doom, when they are hit by a Hulk. As they lose their aft engines, plummeting to the ground below, Peter warns his passengers to hold on to something.
Standing atop his ship, the Maestro turns toward the castle and in a shout asks if Doom can see him. He has brought the entire green north to his lands. He has waited a long time for this day and, when he is done with the armies below, he… The Maestro breaks off when he sees the giant orange Thing who smashes him and his ship down.
On the ground, Thor and Captain Marvel shout a warning that the Maestro’s ship is coming down and the beheaded Sinister realizes he cannot flee.
Castle Doom:Seeing what happened, a horrified Susan Storm mutters what Ben is doing. An explosion tells them the rebels have reached the building, at least that’s what Black Swan figures. Doom believes it’s something else and tells her to look. Susan asks what he is going to do about Ben. Valeria points out it is too late.
On the ground, Terrax the Enlightened tries to get Galactus to react to him. Steered by Franklin, Galactus stomps on Terrax. He turns to the Thing, announcing he hopes he likes getting his butt kicked.
In the meantime, Star-Lord has flown through the castle’s wall, leaving a hole behind. They have arrived. Mr. Fantastic announces he has acquired a signal lock and tells the Maker to follow. The Maker orders Star-Lord to fix their ride.
Outside, Franklin suggests the Thing save himself the trouble and give up. He wishes, Ben scoffs and hits Galactus. Franklin almost falls off.
Susan is horrified and asks Doom to put an end to this. Not yet, he replies. Grimm was the Shield, he mutters, and if the Shield has fallen…
Floating above Galactus’ head, Franklin mocks, nice punch but it’s gonna take more than that, more than him, to knock him out. Then he has bad news, Ben deadpans, there’s a whole lot more than him coming.
A strange howling noise heralds the arrival of the Annihilation Horde led by Thanos. Doom teleports away. And in front of the Annihilation Horde.
Franklin warns the Thing he’s done it. That’s his father and he is in a bad mood. And so is he! Galactus’ eyebeams blast Ben, who realizes that Doom is Franklin’s father. So that makes him Suzie’s kid? he asks. Franklin agrees and impatiently goads him to come. This just ain’t gonna have a happy ending, is it? Ben mutters unhappily. Fighting him don’t’ seem right now. He tells Franklin to do what he’s gotta do. Franklin has Galactus beat the Thing apart.
Sue is horrified by what she has just witnessed. Val just stares and mutters this is some show. The spectacle of it. Like theater. She asks Sue if she trusts her. When Sue affirms that she does, Val asks if she loves her more than anything. No matter what? She is her daughter, Sue replies. Of course she does. Val asks her to accompany her. She needs to show her something.
In the castle, Star-Lord is busy fixing the ship when the Black Swan discovers him and demands what he thinks he is doing. He tells her and retorts what is she doing. Serving her god, she replies. Destroying those who stand against him. Oh, she’s one of those people, Peter remarks unimpressed. She thinks if she says scary things he’s the type of guy who’ll take it to heart. Like sheep. Well, listen up. He’s a big bad wolf who does big bad things. He doesn’t like it, but he can’t help his nature. So why doesn’t she turn back, where she came from before this turns into one of those “I told you so” things?
A moment later, he is hit hard. He lands next to Doom’s throne in the World Ash. His spleen! he groans. Calmly, she assures him she he is sure this hurts. They all have an extinction cycle and this is his. She is a Black Swan and this is her nature.
Peter desperately scrambles for the toothpick he lost in the rubble. Having found it, he grins. Last chance, he warns her. If she stops right now, he promises he won’t use this. She is predictably unimpressed. Well, remember he told her so, he smirks. Say hello to his little friend. He sticks the toothpick into the World Tree and the tree begins to change move even. I… Am… Groot! it shouts as it breaks through the castle roof. And even Franklin realizes that looks like trouble.
Valeria has taken Sue to the gardens. They see the Worldtree walk away with the castle and Sue wonders if what they are doing is a good idea. Val reveals they’ve been lied to for a very long time. She wants to show Sue the hidden Molecule Man. What they find outside the entrance instead are the two Reeds. Mr. Fantastic greets Susan.
On the battlefield, Thanos shouts enough and lands in front of Doom, who addresses him coldly. Thanos has brought down the wall he so carefully built – and for what – this? He wishes to be baron of the wastelands? Very well, he will permit Thanos to keep the Horde if he can find his faith.
He offers him a gift? Thanos scoffs. He was a god once as well. The Infinity Gauntlet gave him that power. And when he was a god, he did not use these powers as a mortal would have… as Doom did… saving what he can. No, he wielded them as a god should, judging all living things. Doom is a weak god. A pretender! He should bow before Thanos!
Doom seems to consider his words. Does he have an Infinity Gauntlet now? He does not, Thanos grins. Yet he remains Thanos, the greatest tyrant and for him that will be enough.
Doom reaches through his chest and tears out Thanos’ spine. That appears to be untrue, he observes. He turns to Annihilus and remarks he is owed penance for this indulgence. He orders him and his Horde to devour the heretics attacking Doom’s castle.
Suddenly, a portal opens on the battlefield and the living dead stumble through, followed by the king of the dead, the Black Panther, wielding the Infinity Gauntlet. He tells Doom his reign is over.


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Beyond
The Black Panther throws his spear into Doom, who melts apart. Namor figures it can’t be that easy. It won’t be, Panther assures him, and indeed Doom re-solidifies. He has his full attention, he informs T’Challa. He fires an energy blast at the Panther, who shields himself with the Infinity Gauntlet. Then let’s get started, he announces. No, let them finish this, Doom replies, and do so as gods on the Earth, in the sky and the heavens above!
The Gardens outside Castle Doom:Seeing Reed Richards, Susan announces she remembers him. That can’t be, he replies. From what he understands, she doesn’t know who he was. Does she really know him? She explains she saw the holograms of the battle. He was among the people who murdered Stephen Strange. Valeria tries to point out that might not be the case.
Dejected, Reed states of course she knows him from a picture. He had nothing to do with Stephen’s death. That was Doom. He means God, she corrects him. He means Victor, Reed replies darkly. And, however well-intentioned this world of his is, he means to put things back the way they are supposed to be. He means to end this charade. Because this is not the life they are meant to have.
Who is he really? Susan demands. His name is Reed Richards, and he’s the one who fixes things.
The two Reeds enter the underground cavern, with the Maker mocking that things didn’t go as Reed expected. Reed orders him to be quiet. Does he hear that?
The Molecule Man asks if they brought him something to eat. Reed apologizes that they didn’t and asks how he is. Starving, Owen Reece replies. Reed believes they can help.
The Maker asks if that is Doom’s battery. When told that is the case, he takes out a device and traps Mr. Fantastic in a temporal bubble. In the bubble, Mr. Fantastic devolves to an earlier human state, while the Maker scoffs that, when he saw him up there with that woman he calls his wife, he just couldn’t tolerate that weakness. What’s the endgame here? Nostalgia for something that was never his anyway? Really, who’s interested in a weepy god?
Him, Owen Reece announces and uses his power to slice the Maker apart. Mr. Fantastic is restored and Owen warns him to buck up. He's going to be here soon. And then they are going to see what’s what.
Elsewhere, the Black Panther battles Doom. He tries to hit him with the Infinity Gauntlet but Doom catches his fist and asks what the Panther has gained. Nothing! He hits the Panther, continuing that he had tested him, reduced him to this physical violence but T’Challa remains something beneath him while he remains Doom.
He stops when he notices the Panther, whose mask is torn, smiling. T’Challa mocks they were playing for time and he is going to lose. All this structured chaos reeks of machination, doesn’t it?
This is all a distraction, Doom realizes and takes off. He lands in the park and finds Valeria and Susan at the cave’s entrance. Sue demands if all of it is true. He dodges the question by claiming there are complexities beyond even his abilities to explain. If she will just trust him as she always has— Like Stephen trusted him? she asks. He turns away and enters the cave.
Inside, he hisses Richards’ name. He had to meddle, didn’t he? He has some great plan, he expects? What is it this time? A new idea? A fresh take on the old problem of he and Doom? Has he built another great machine? Nothing like that, Reed replies. He just came to convince Owen that maybe there is a better solution to all of this than Doom.
A better solution, Doom repeats. His entire life Richards has been distracted by the modern concern so precious to him and his kind. Ethics and order and society. When all that ever mattered was survival. He has saved millions! Owen has saved millions. And what was it Richards said when he appeared here? All he could save was himself. He couldn’t even save his family.
How dare he? Reed seethes. Hasn’t he been paying attention? Doom retorts. He dares quite a bit. He dared to choose between living and dying for millions! And now he chooses for Richard as well. He snaps his fingers. But whatever attack he is planning on Reed doesn’t harm him. He realizes it’s the Molecule Man’s doing. Did he bring him something to eat? Owen asks. No, Doom admits. Then that makes the two of them equal, Owen decides. Fair’s fair. Right?
Reed stretches and attacks Doom, who blasts him and blusters he dare attack a god? Reed points out he dares quite a bit as well. Things aren’t so easy when he’s not omnipotent. Easy? Doom cries in fury. He thinks things have been easy? He thinks power makes impossible choices more palatable? He has always had power. Nothing has ever been easy.
He knows what’s not easy! Reed retorts. Having your life erased because someone wants to indulge himself. Doom made himself God and the first thing he did was replace Reed. The first thing he offered was salvation, Doom snarls. You stole my family! Reed shouts in his face. He’s wrong! They chose him, Doom claims. If Richards chooses to believe that they only did so in the absence of him, very well. But they chose. She chose. She believed! All that he has done here and Richards still gives him no credit. Can’t he accept that he has done good things here?
Reed replies he is not blind. But Doom could have done more. Doom closed his hands around everything that was left and called it his. He’s so afraid of losing the things he’s got that he holds them too tight. Doesn’t he see? A tree is just a seed in its realized state.
This is what always causes Reed’s fall, Doom scoffs. Abandoning the good because he desires the perfect. He understands how it is. It’s always been the same between them: Reed thinking he is better than him! He goes for Reed’s throat.
Reed replies he is wrong. He has always believed Victor could be better than he is.
No, he means now, this moment! Doom insists, his hands sparkling with energy near Reed’s face. If Reed had the power, he thinks he could have solved it all, solved everything. He thinks he could have done… so … much … better! Doesn’t he? Doesn’t he? Yes, Reed agrees calmly. And they both know it, don’t they? Yes, damn him! Victor swears. Now die!
But before he can kill Reed the Molecule Man announces calmly if they both agree… Doom tries to protest, but there is an explosion of energy. The energy engulfs all of Battleworld and the Black Panther stares at the Infinity Gauntlet he is wearing.
Wakanda:When reality reestablishes itself, he finds himself once more in a blooming Wakanda and realizes it worked. He follows a voice and finds three young Wakandans discussing tradition as one of them drops some blood on a cairn.
Suddenly, the stone projects a holographic stellar map of the solar system. Their solar system, Kimo believes but another boy points out that it has twelve worlds. It’s not theirs. But it is where they are headed, T’Challa announces as he joins them. He congratulates Kimo and T’dori as the finest makers of their generation. He identifies one of them as the great-grandson of his generation’s Black Panther whose spirit now lives in T’Challa. He looks on him with pride. Pride and not shame, which is what they feel for the world out there.
Great societies are crumbling around them and the men who are running them run out of ideas. So all eyes turn to the children to build something better. He points at a world, M23-671-A. An M-class world circling an orange dwarf 241 lightyears away. The West has abandoned space and the East crawls when it could run… As a result, Wakanda now possesses the preeminent space program on the planet. But they must do more, go farther to some place no human has ever been. Their prize is the stars themselves!
The youngsters are amazed, then notice small tremors. T’Challa tells them to look up and they see a rocket leaving. The Panther explains this rocket is for Earth command to support local system travel. They will drag mankind to the stars on the back of Wakandan science. Step by step. And this is the very first one. Their Alpha Flight!
Eight months later:The Marvel Universe:The Prime Earth:New York City:Miles Morales (aka Spider-Man) looks down on the city from a rooftop. He recalls the Molecule Man thanking him for the burger and promising him he owed him one. The adult Spider-Man Peter Parker joins him and asks what Miles told his mom he was doing. Studying with a friend, Miles replies. So not a total lie, Peter decides. He asks if he ate a snack and did his homework, then asks if he wants to go beat up some bad guys. Miles agrees and they swing across the city.
Elsewhere, Susan Richards asks her daughter Valeria to explain it to her again. Val asks if she wants the complicated version or the super-complicated version. She’d prefer the one that makes sense, Sue suggests.
They stand some distance away from the others: Mr. Fantastic, Franklin, Owen Reece and the kids of the Future Foundation.
Val sighs and explains that Owen Reece is the key. He’s kind of a human repository of unlimited power. And that energy has to be directed – used – by one individual, in this case Dad. And this is where it gets really interesting, as Franklin is a universal shaper. A dreamer. So he has these ideas for whole universes!
Franklin creates a bubble and hands it to Reed, who using all that power sends it off into their own reality. Finally, they slice off a bit of Owen to go with it. Like an anchor. But it also serves to make the Molecule Man better. Whole. Healing him.
Owen waves after the part of him that joins the new universe.
And that’s just the start! Val enthuses. All of this has to be catalogued, recorded, explored! So they are like Clark and Lewis, Sue laughs, except for all existence. Well, sure, if Lewis and Clark were also creating the land they were exploring, Val corrects her as she rejoins the rest of the Future Foundation kids. And were smarter, Dragon Man adds. And better looking, Bentley preens.
Val asks Alex if they discussed how they should start. Alex replies he thought they should start with the underlying physics. But then Onome noticed that Franklin is actually playing fast and loose with the entire superstructure. So his best guess now is they have to start with creation myths…
Sue smiles and joins Reed. Looking up, she tells him this is sure something. Franklin asks if they are not superheroes anymore. Reed thinks about it, then replies it’s doing good that counts, not how you do it. And what they are doing right now matters. It might be the most important thing ever, and the best part is he gets to do it with all of them. So no more superheroes for a while. Just science. And no more Mr. Fantastic, just dad. That doesn’t sound too bad, does it? Nope, Franklin agrees and decides he’s gonna play now.
Sue praises him for the way he handled that but he admits he has regrets about Ben and Johnny not being here. She reminds him their act isn’t anywhere close to being finished. Still, it was enough. Their life raft broke and she thought they were done and then he saved them. Reed admits he had some help. The Molecule Man smiles.
And that help bought him just enough time to fix so many things he’s been wrong about. He learned that the difference between living and dying is managing fear. Not being so afraid of losing the things you love that you are holding too tight. He used to believe in universal contraction. Entropy and the end of all things. Well, he’s changed his mind. He’s letting go. Because now he believes in expansion. He believes they endure.Doesn’t she see? Everything lives!
In Latveria, Dr. Doom stands on a balcony of his castle. Slowly, he removes his mask and touches his unscarred handsome face. He begins to smile slowly and finally laughs happily, joyously.