In Kampuchea, the Avengers have just
placed Magneto under arrest but the X-Men and the
Soviet Super-Soldiers have arrived and are laying claim to him. The three
groups fight but the X-Men think to carry Mags off while the other
two teams are distracted, with Dazzler blinding those who would
pursue. But Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau) is able to keep up with
the departing Rogue to tell her that they will soon be by to reclaim
Magneto for the World Court....
Back
at the clearing, Captain America fights Crimson Dynamo, Thor battles
Titanium Man (and both are aided by Cap Marvel interfering with the
Soviets' armor). She-Hulk punches out Vanguard and Dr Druid
hypnotizes Darkstar into using her Darkforce to take her own
teammates prisoner by convincing her they are the Avengers.....
Magneto
insists on locating the debris from Asteroid M, ostensibly to keep
the dangerous technology out of the wrong hands and he zooms off
without the others. He soon discovers it beneath the surface of a
lake and raises it into the air. Entering he plants explosive charges
to destroy the craft while reclaiming his familiar helmet—but as he
gets ready to submerge the asteroid into the lake, the Avengers show
up to recapture him. He seals himself inside a magnetic field but Cap
Marvel is able to enter it and knock him out. The X-Men appear and
fight the Avengers—and Magneto awakens and warns them all of the
imminent explosion. Cap Marvel flies through the ship and locates the
bombs but too late. Magneto is able to throw up a protective shield
around the others but they all end up stunned by the shockwave. Mags
gathers up the X-Men and takes them away in the Blackbird. When the
Avengers recover they find their foes, and their quarry, gone. But as
the various X-Men bicker over their course of action—and whether
Mags has turned evil again, they are unaware that Dr Druid is sitting
among them, invisible....
X-Men: Storm, Havok, Rogue, Wolverine,
Dazzler, Magneto
Avengers: Captain America (Steve
Rogers), Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau), Black Knight, Dr Druid,
She-Hulk, Thor
Soviet Super-Soldiers: Vanguard,
Darkstar, Ursa Major, Titanium Man (Gremlin), Crimson Dynamo (Dmitri
Bukharin)