Synopsis
New Avengers (2010 series) #17 synopsis by
Rob Johnson
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There's a problem at the Stark Resilient Satellite Labs in Paramus, New Jersey and Iron Man has called the New Avengers for help. When they get there they find it's under attack by a giant metal robot which IM says is Ultimo and he tells them not to just hit it. But not before Ms Marvel does so, and then Dr Strange, Iron Fist, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Spider-Man (in his white Future Foundation costume) and Wolverine jump out of their Minicarrier to add their blows or mystic blasts. The robot suddenly emits an allround blast that sends them all flying, and Tony Stark manages to get in the explanation that it absorbs kinetic energy and sends it back. Mockingbird piloting the plane relays the message to all her teammates to stand down. But Stephen Strange has a plan and he imprisons the robot in the Crimson Bands Of Cyttorak, and Wolverine climbs up to start slicing and dicing its head. Spidey and Tony have a midair science chat establishing that it usually isn't manned or self-directing but remote controlled, but this is a new design so all bets are off. Stark doesn't know who sent it or what it wants. SM detects advanced tech in the hole Logan is making. Bobbi Morse directs Danny Rand to use his Iron Fist power to make the foe fall over. Wolvie is still hacking when Iron Man warns him of a big metal spider that has emerged from the robot. It grabs him and slashes his throat and then produces a vial to catch some of the blood. It seals the vial and puts it on a drone which flies away with it, faster than IM or MsM can follow. The old duo of of Luke Cage and Iron Fist get the spider off Wolverine who returns to the attack until Ultimo starts to explode.
Now we go back 15 minutes to see Norman Osborn and his followers watching and listening to the battle remotely. Ultimo is being controlled by AIM. They weren't expecting Avengers to get there so quickly, nor were they prepared for Dr Strange. There's a danger their control might be traced so they ask Osborn if he wants to abort the mission, which turns out to be to steal Iron Man's armour for him. Seeing his main foe Spider-Man among the heroes firms his desire to win. He's flanked by Superia and Madame Hydra (wearing a hooded cloak so we can't tell whether she still has the octopoid on her head) from #16.1, now joined by the villain Gorgon. The last 2 urge caution but Deidre Wentworth is a true believer and Norman says they can go back to fighting each other as well as the heroes or they can remain united under him. An AIMer controlling the spider attacking Wolverine suggests taking the blood sample and the group are eager to get hold of his DNA. (But surely he's left lots of blood lying around in the past.) The extraction is a success as we've seen. Osborn sees Spidey again and orders the self-destruction of Ultimo.
We switch back to the Avengers who are caught in the blast. But we'll have to wait 2 issues to see the result.
EnemiesPlus: Gorgon (
Tomi Shishido), Superia (
Deidre Wentworth).