Hawkeye has discovered that Doctor Doom is a cannibal and
fights him; Doom explains that the entire human race is infected, the mutation
is merely the next step in evolution and the Doomstones allow people to retain
their intelligence and personalities. Hawkeye fires an explosive arrow, blowing
apart Deadpool, and contacts the Avengers telling them that Doom has duped
them. He escapes but Doom has a second surprise: he controls the Doomstones and
is able to infect and turn the wearers, starting with Red Hulk. Fighting breaks
out all over the city. Punisher and Black Widow, who have rescued Hawkeye,
contact Black Panther and Reed Richards with news of the true nature of the
Doomstones. They are advised, as the last Avengers, to avenge. To Black Widow
this means destroying the Doomstones but to the Punisher this means killing as
many as he can. They head out on their grim mission, which seems to be mostly
killing. Iron Man is infected so his armor shuts down, trapping him inside for
a slow death. Then Black Widow is carried off by Spider-Man, leaving just Clint
and Frank Castle….
In Asgard, the gods look down on Earth and Loki pronounces a
requiem for humanity—but Thor decides to return….
Punisher goes off on his own, leaving Hawkeye to take the
final step of killing Doctor Doom. He confronts the villain in his lair and
shoots him through the eye with an arrow tipped with one of Wolverine’s claws.
As he walks through the city, Thor descends and kills him with a blow from
Mjolnir. He was the last Avenger, leaving the Punisher to carry out his mission
of slaughter….