Synopsis
Ultimates² (2017 series) #7 synopsis by
Rob Johnson
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The Never Queen summarises the situation so far. The Ultimates formed to solve cosmic problems and began by turning Galactus The Devourer into the golden Galactus The Lifebringer. Later they discovered Eternity was in chains, and even later that his jailer was the 1st Firmament who had corrupted Lord Chaos and Master Order to kill the Living Tribunal and replace him as the merged Logos. Logos killed the Celestials (but the NQ shows without telling that she saved the top Celestial). He then tried to corrupt Galactus but failed, leaving Big G weakened. Now the Secret Empire event has begun, trapping the Ultimates and many other heroes off Earth, caused by the evil Captain America leading Hydra.
Cut off from Earth by the Planetary Defence Shield, Blue Marvel, Captain Marvel and Spectrum along with many others (including Gamora, Rocket Raccoon and Star-Lord of the Guardians Of The Galaxy plus Abigail Brand of Alpha Flight) face the approach of the next wave of attacking Chitauri. Carol Danvers has pinned all her hopes on a mission that America Chavez is on. But meanwhile they fight to keep themselves and the Alpha Flight space station safe from the Chitauri drones until this wave hits the Shield and is obliterated. When it's over Carol remembers how it started.
After various problems in the previous series and Civil War II, and the Eternity problem discovered in our earlier issues, Alpha Flight detected Chitauri swarms heading towards Earth. In Captain America: Steve Rogers #10 Maria Hill of SHIELD gave Alpha Flight the plans for the PDS. In the CWII: The Oath 1-shot CM recommended it to the President against the advice of Cap. But when the 1st Chitauri wave did arrive (CASR#16) the PDS got switched off so the Ultimates, GOTG and others went into space to hold the enemy off. And then the PDS got 'repaired' trapping them outside (Secret Empire #0). Nothing they could do seemed to breach it so they sent Chavez to find Galactus in hope that he could help them.
Rocket figures it was just like dumb humans to get locked out of their own planet, and if it was a real lock he could pick it. This gives Monica Rambeau an idea. She abandons her 'human' light form and goes cosmic to carefully infiltrate her photons into the Shield to examine the frequencies of its energy structure hoping to construct a jamming pattern that might carve a hole in it. But while she is in this state she also uses her cosmic awareness to find America Chavez. And amidst the images of everything that's happening on Earth she sees he passing through 1 of her star-shaped portals.
And she follows to to see her find golden Galactus resting in Molecule Man's extra-dimensional hideout (seen in #6 of the previous series). Owen Reece has moved on but the space still has its TV, not plugged in but still capable of showing things. Galan is hiding from the 1st Firmament while he recovers from his injuries (but he notes and doesn't mind Spectrum spying on them). America explains the Shield situation but Big G tells her he's been following events on the TV. He shows a bit (not seen in any other comic) where Captain Marvel asked Maria Hill how secure the Shield really was. Could it could keep Galactus out? Galan now says he might have been able to breach the Shield before his battle with Logos, but now he needs to rebuild his strength to take on the 1F. And he needs to assemble his own army to help him. So for the sake of the cosmos Earth is on its own. Chavez angrily retorts that everything's connected, Earth and the cosmic war. But she bitterly leaves.
Spectrum witnessed all this but now feels herself being pulled away. It's Carol using her absorption power to extract her from the Shield where she's been for nearly an hour. She says she can't lose Monica so they just need to wait for MAC to bring Galactus. But Monica gives her the bad news that G is still the Lifebringer but isn't coming to help. Which brings us to the start of the issue where the next Chitauri wave arrives.
CharactersGood (or All)Plus: Blue Marvel (
Adam Brashear), Spectrum (
Monica Rambeau), Ultimates.
Enemies
Chitauri.