Continued from DOMINATION FACTOR:
AVENGERS #1.
Thing finds himself back at the scene
of the Fantastic Four's first meeting with Agatha Harkness when they
hired her as a nanny for young Franklin; he embarrasses himself by
being overly familiar with “Aggie” and openly coveting the Golden
Apple slice. Outside however is the Frightful Four, planning to
kidnap Franklin as leverage against their arch-enemies. Sandman
envelopes Thing in a sand piledriver while Trapster glues Reed and
Sue's door shut; Wizard snatches the kid—but also spots the Golden
Apple slice. At this, Medusa, who was only pretending to join the
group, turns against them but she is likewise clouted by Sandman,
leaving all of the heroes out of action....
At Praxis Corp HQ, Lester promises Nora
Queen that their plans are nearing fruition....
Human Torch arrives in a previous
adventure to the Inhumans' home, the Great Refuge, with Mr Fantastic
and Thing out to stop Maximus from seizing power. Johnny is dazed so
Reed and Ben take down the monster Zorr; Johnny takes the opportunity
to search for the Golden Apple slice. He encounters a treasure vault
and, breaking in, he spies the apple slice before him—but he is
seized by Black Bolt; Crystal concludes that Johnny must be under
Maximus' spell for him to betray his Inhuman friends so she and
Gorgon bounce him around trying to break the spell. And Black Bolt
determines that the apple slice is what Johnny was after....
Mr Fantastic is transferred into the
Enclave with Torch and Thing, seeking to rescue the captive Alicia Masters
but when Reed tries to search for the Golden Apple slice, an
angry Ben demands he join them to rescue Alicia first. As Reed tries
to explain without explaining, Ben becomes increasingly mad and the
two fight, damaging the tunnel and uncovering a treasure chest. Reed
finds the slice inside and Ben is shocked that Reed would betray them
for gold. Then the tunnel collapses on them....
Invisible Woman enters her previous
self in the palace of Namor the Sub-Mariner, who imprisoned her,
thinking he could force her to return his love. She talks her way out
of the protective chamber, playing on his love to find for her the
Golden Apple slice. Reed arrives and fights Namor and suddenly
Dr Strange arrives in his astral form; Sue appeals to him for help but
he is the Strange from the past and doesn't know about the Golden
Apple quest. Dr Strange from Sue's era appears and tells her that for
the quest to succeed she must kill Namor....
And Reed must kill Ben....
And Johnny must kill Black Bolt....
And Ben must kill the Wizard....
Continued in DOMINATION FACTOR:
AVENGERS #2.