Magneto and his rescuer the Red Skull
escape the zombie hordes that are busy feasting on Magnetos's dead
comrades. The Skull takes his “guest” back to his home inside a
bombed-out Sentinel. The Skull sees Magneto as his tool to destroy
the Shield and return to conquer the civilized world. Magneto
refuses, not trusting the Skull who hands Mags a knife and
challenges him to kill the Skull. Without his powers he is too weak
to defeat his foe. The Skull then claims to know how to remove the
power-dampening collar....
The two journey into New Xandar, the
realm ruled over by Annihilus. The Skull explains to the insectoid
monarch that Magneto can destroy the Shield, allowing Annihilus'
hordes to invade Doom's domain—but Annihilus recognizes that
Magneto is not convinced of this plan. So Red Skull unlocks Mags'
collar and, with his full powers back, the Master of Magnetism
unleashes a blast that armors himself with the cavern's metallic
walls and he agrees to join the Red Skull's scheme....