1985:
Jerry and Julie spy Galactus who is building his elemental converter to feed on
Earth. Then the van is surrounded by several villains, including Lizard, Mole Man,
Doctor Octopus, Mandarin, and Mr. Hyde. Doc Ock grasps Jerry by the throat—and
then a red, white, and blue shield severs his metal tentacle. The heroes have
arrived, led by Toby. The boy calls out, “Avengers assemble!” then apologizes
to Captain America for stealing his line. Jerry brings Toby into the van as
they head off to finish the matter….
1964:
As the townspeople led by the reanimated corpse of Clyde’s father surround the
family home, Mrs. Wyncham accuses young Jerry of using some sort of power to
bring them; Clyde reveals that he is the one with the power but he doesn’t know
how to control them. Mom hits him over the head with a candlestick, breaking
the spell and sending Clyde to a psychiatric hospital for the rest of his
life….
Jerry
returns to the Wyncham house, bringing Clyde the comic books that were stolen
from him and pleading with him to calm the anger which led him to call out the
comic book baddies to take his revenge on the town. Red Skull shoots Jerry and
Clyde mentally hurls him out of the window. He tells everybody to go home now
and the villains all depart in an orderly fashion. Julie begs Clyde to bring
Jerry back to life but Clyde says that he promised his mother he would never do
that again….
2008
: Toby Goodman writes about the events of that time, explaining how the
authorities covered everything up and the guy at the comic book store threw a
fit over the cache of valuable comics being stolen while the town was
evacuated. The Avengers agreed to take Clyde back with them where he could be
cared for properly. Toby went to England with his Mom and stepfather and it
opened up a whole new successful life for him. And as for his Dad? The heroes
took him back with them too, Dr. Don Blake saved his life and Jerry began a
romance with his first crush Jane Foster, finally living in the only place he
could ever call home. Excelsior!