Hood produces a device containing a holographic map of the city, and heads for the house of the ruling family. A tracking device allows him to home in on an unknown power source. He breaks through a wall and finds a red sphere stored behind it.
After several attempts Hood manages to crack the sphere open. And inside is a yellow gem. Hood declares that it is an Infinity Gem. And yellow means it is the Reality Gem. He clutches it tight and vanishes away ...
Wonder Man is having trouble maintaining his ionic form. Iron Man and Thor drop in to discuss why he has turned against the Avengers. Simon Williams repeats that he thinks they are doing more harm than good. He told Steve Rogers in #1 that he wanted the Avengers to disband. And in #2 he tried to force them to cease (until his ionic body betrayed him).
Tony Stark tries to point out that in #2 Wonder Man destroyed a time machine with which they were going to save the world. Simon retorts that "it's always something" and anyway the world's still here. Now we find the real underlying reason for his revolt. He's mourning for Scarlet Witch, Wasp, Ant-Man and Jack of Hearts, and he wants the Avengers to stop before they kill any more of their own.
Wonder Man vanishes. Thor muses that there are always casualties of war. But he and Iron Man both miss Janet van Dyne.
The scene now switches to the Baxter Building. Hood is there using the Reality Gem to keep the alarms from going off, and to keep Mr Fantastic asleep in his chair. But then Thing turns up unexpectedly. Hood turns the floor beneath him to water, and all the floors below that, sending Ben Grimm to the basement.
Hood uses the respite to break in to a secret room of Reed Richards'. Inside he finds, amongst other things, a pocket universe holding an Infinity Gem. He uses the Reality Gem to bring the new gem to him. It is red, the Gem of Power.
Hood now uses the gems to take him away from the Baxter Building, but wonders why they take him to a desert. Then Red Hulk turns up. Hood attacks him (in a double page spread) figuring the Power Gem has set up a test scenario.
Meanwhile in Avengers Tower the main team are assembled for a buffet meal. Jarvis is there serving up the food, but Captain America (Bucky Barnes) is conspicuous by his absence. (Maria Hill isn't around either.) Protector arrives to introduce his girlfriend Annie. But the festivities are interrupted when a beaten Red Hulk crashes through a window, mouthing the word "Infinity".
For the special marvelite in you
Story #2Avengers Assemble: The Oral History of the Earth's Mightiest Heroes Chapter 11
Writer:
Brian Michael Bendis. Penciler/Inker:
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Synopsis
This chapter covers
T'Challa the
Black Panther joining the team in
#52, the creation of the robot
Ultron (first seen in
#54-55, origin in
#58) and the introduction of the android
Vision in
#57-58.
Among the comments on Panther is
Luke Cage pointing out that T'Challa was the first black Marvel superhero, an inspiration to others like himself.
Ultron was created by
Henry Pym (
Goliath, etc) and was probably the 1st artificial intelligence created by a human in the modern Marvel age. Unfortunately Ultron turned on his creator, and by extension the
Avengers, and then the whole human race. Hank has to live with guilt over everything Ultron does.
One thing Ultron did that Pym needn't feel guilty about was create Vision. Vision was created as an enemy of the Avengers, but immediately switched sides.