Synopsis
The heroes watch in horror as Galactus’ worldship vanishes, yielding up its energy to be absorbed by its master. Suddenly, the energy is diverted in the direction of Doombase. Captain America dispatches Captain Marvel, the fastest among them, to reconnoiter. Seconds later she arrives to see the energy passing through a series of huge lenses to penetrate the body of Doctor Doom. Back at the village, Professor X uses his psychic abilities to enable Reed Richards to see through her eyes to understand what is happening. Doom, with the powers of Galactus, finds he is now omnipotent and omniscient, possessing an empathy with all things…and he detects the presence of the spy. When the link through Marvel is suddenly cut off, the assembled heroes, including the X-Men and Magneto, hurry to Doombase. There, Doom is preparing for himself an energy-draining weapon with which to challenge the Beyonder. When the heroes arrive, they find Captain Marvel frozen into a living hologram, and Klaw’s disembodied head. The villain fragment explains where Doom is as a massive shockwave shakes the planet. Doom is challenging the Beyonder face-to-face. The heroes narrowly evade the falling debris as further shocks rend the building. In space, Doom is engaged in a furious cosmic battle with the Beyonder and is nearly overwhelmed. During a lull in the combat, Doom appears to the heroes and appeals to them to lend their power to his to defeat their common enemy. Magneto steps forward to take Doom’s hand but is prevented by the intervention of some Avengers. Captain America halts a fight between the X-Men and the others by pointing out that all were tempted to accept Doom’s offer and Magneto was about to stop himself anyway. In space the Beyonder defeats his foe and examines Doom, reading his mind and stripping him of his armor, learning all he can. Then Doom changes…. As Doombase collapses, the heroes release the imprisoned villains and flee to safety. Outside they behold as a form appears in the sky above the—it is the now-gigantic Doctor Doom. As the heroes gear up for the battle of their lives, Doom shrinks to their size and explains that the Beyonder is no more and Doom has been reborn: the war is over. Then he removes his mask….