Kidnapped
by Trick Shot, Hawkeye awakens on the shore of an island wearing only shorts. He
discovers a bow and arrows nearby and uses them immediately to shoot down the
enemy’s arrows….
Back
in France, Silver Sable is notified of Trick Shot’s presence on a Greek island
and she calls out her assault force….
The
two antagonists play cat-and-mouse through the jungle with Hawkeye dodging
traps and his enemy’s arrows and wondering why Trick Shot hasn’t killed him yet
despite being at his mercy several times. The climax comes on a shallow
riverbank where they deliberately miss one another. Hawkeye demands to know
what is going on; Trick Shot reveals he is dying of cancer and set this up so
that Hawkeye would kill him in battle. TS insists Clint has an obligation to
kill him and prevent his slow agonizing death. Clint refuses and promises to do
anything he can to help his mentor….
“A
Love That Never Dies” 3/5
Writer:
Dennis Mallonee. Pencils: John Ridgeway. Inks: John Ridgeway. Colors: Paul
Becton. Letters: Jack Morelli.
Synopsis:
One night while Vision is at a baseball game with Black Knight, Scarlet Witch is
home alone when she receives a visitor. A desperate acquaintance, Melinda, is
in need of help as she is being stalked by her lover, John Kowalski, whom she
met after returning to California after her and Wanda’s encounter with Xandu
and Spider-Man. But there’s a twist: as she learned from a car accident,
Kowalski is Death, taking souls from their bodies mercilessly. She fled from
him and he has followed her and now Melinda seeks help from Wanda. Kowalski
enters the house and threatens Wanda’s babies and she challenges him. He
accepts and transports himself and the two women to a World War II battlefield
where he can manipulate soldiers into firing on Wanda; he then changes the
venue to the Vietnam Conflict and finally, Wanda challenges him directly,
slowly taking on the aspect of Death herself, bringing an end to Kowalski’s
time as Death—but Melinda pleads for his life. Wanda returns to her own form
and the lovers embrace, Kowalski telling Melinda they can have three years
together before he must give up his role and his life. As they fade into the
mist, Vision returns home and Wanda tells him she has learned that even in
death, there can be a love that never dies….