A+X (2012 series) #8

A courier for the Russian Mafia has a rare space rock which he is auctioning off to the highest bidder. Spider-Woman has been dispatched to locate the rock for S.W.O.R.D. and she enlists Kitty Pryde because Lockheed can sniff out the rock. They trace it to a huge room off the New York subway where Crusher Creel, the Absorbing Man, is fighting Hydra and A.I.M. agents for the rock. While Spider-Woman battles the assembled agents, Kitty snaps it up and places it in the middle of a concrete pillar but Creel can smash into it anyway. After a few attempts at keeping it away from him, Kitty lets Creel have the rock and he turns into a glowing figure of space metal. She then sticks her fingers into his brain and disturbs the blood flow, knocking him out. The two women make A.I.M. watch over Creel and Hydra clean up the mess. And Lockheed has fallen in love with Jessica.

Characters: Spider-Woman, Kitty Pryde, Lockheed, Absorbing Man, Hydra, A.I.M.

“Hawkeye + Deadpool”
Writer: Christopher Hastings. Art: Reilly Brown. Colors: Brad Armstrong.
Synopsis: Hawkeye and Deadpool race a car through Grand Central Station, down onto the tracks and out into an underwater cave where a submarine is waiting. Both guys use bows and arrows to fight their way onto the ship where they face Captain Barracuda who has kidnapped famous chef Hector Herrera to be cook on his pirate ship. Hawkeye and Deadpool clobber the bad guy and rescue Hector, Clint telling Wade to make himself scarce because he doesn’t want Steve and Tony to know that Deadpool was involved. The next night Clint takes Jessica Drew to Hector’s restaurant and they find a disguised Deadpool scarfing down multiple chimichangas.