Searching for a child kidnapped by A.I.M., the Superior
Spider-Man (Doctor Octopus) comes to a Nevada ghost town where the deserted
saloon is the entrance to a secret A.I.M. lair. He enters and discovers that
Magneto is already there and has defeated a mob of baddies. Magneto explains
that the kidnapped boy is a mutant whose parents were killed and is now being
tortured by MODOK to make him pliable enough to aid the villain’s schemes. As
the two descend into the A.I.M. base, defeating increasingly more powerful
baddies, Magento lectures “Spidey” on the absurdity of the idea of a
supervillain. At the bottom, MODOK shows himself and Magneto uses his powers to
bash the giant headed Big Bad against the wall. He frees the kidnapped boy and
tries to assure him that there is a place where mutants like him can be safe.
The boy, having seen his parents murdered because he was a mutant, blames the
mutants and vows revenge against them before flying off. Magneto takes the loss
philosophically.
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Writer: Gerry Duggan. Art: David Yardin. Colors: Andres
Mossa. Letters: Clayton Cowles.
Synopsis: Cyclops escapes from the escape-proof cuffs
Captain America put him in last issue and joins him at a SHIELD safe house in a
Las Vegas casino. Cap agrees to hold off on arresting Cyke until the mission is
over. They meet a Steve Rogers LMD who manages the site; the LMD aids Cap in a
search for Latverian black ops sites as it is known that Latveria has a living
Skrull prisoner of war. Cap also borrows a Skrull detector and he and Cyclops
fly to Latveria….
On arrival, they use the detector to find the site where the
Skrull is being held. They sneak into a castle, only to be caught by a band of
Doombots—and then it is discovered that Cyke’s laser eyes do not always work
properly. Cap fights the Doombots while Cyke releases the Skrull from its cell.
And then they are confronted by the real Doctor Doom, who is angry, as usual.
Cap tells him there may be another Skrull invasion underway and they need the
captive, as Doom would also suffer under another invasion. Doom acquiesces—but with
a catch. He kills the Skrull with a shot from his armored finger and orders them
to go….