Plesetsk, 600 miles north of
Moscow, Russia: Red Hulk was detonated, killing at least 9000. The American superheroes
are on the scene, lending aid when Captain America (Sam Wilson) discovers
Winter Soldier’s mechanical arm. Moments later, Wolverine arrives with Bucky’s
body….
In New York, Peter Parker stops by
his favorite diner to discover waitress Anya is absent as her nephew was killed
in the blast at Plesetsk….
At the United Nations, the General
Assembly is debating the crimes of so-called superheroes. Invisible Woman and
Human Torch are present, relaying info back to Reed Richards at the Baxter
Building. Sue notes that Nick Fury Jr., head of SHIELD, is growing rather close
to Secretary General Riani….
At his lab, Reed Richards is
running tests on Captain Marvel who is devastated that she couldn’t save more
people. Reed informs her that her work in Russia overloaded her system and she is
now operating at about 10% of her former power. Without a word, Carol walks out….
Peter Parker stops by Anya’s
apartment to offer his condolences. He notes that the disaster was caused by
people with superpowers fighting each other but the heroes are striving for
justice…then he worries that she hates superheroes right now. But she doesn’t
and then tells him how Spider-Man saved her life, which left her with a
positive opinion of those who risk their lives to help others. And she tells
Pete she appreciates his visit….
In Russia, Wolverine stops by a
bar and orders a drink then notices a smell outside and leaves to investigate.
He meets the new Miracleman, David Colton, who feels overwhelmed by all this
sudden power and doesn’t know if he can even be killed. Logan tells him the disaster
was partly his fault and living with mistakes doesn’t mean a thing unless he
tries to fix them and if he can’t fix them to find problems he can….
A group from the Pentagon approaches
Tony Stark to insist that he help them rebuild America’s stockpile of nukes.
Tony refuses and the generals respond with threats. After they have gone,
Spider-Man comes out to ask what they are going to do. Tony suits up as Iron
Man and tells him he is going away to create something that helps mankind. But
Spidey wonders what the world will do without the Avengers….
Secretary of State Brooke is stuck
in traffic in Manhattan when Invisible Woman and Human Torch arrive, pluck his
car off the street and transport it to the airport. Sue thanks him for refusing
to join the world’s ban on superpowers; he stops her, telling her that their
opposition was not because of some commitment to freedom but because they were
afraid of what the superheroes might do to them. He enters his plane to greet
Nick Fury Jr., Director of SHIELD, who has agreed to use his agency’s resources
to enforce the Superpowers Resolution. He doesn’t like being the world’s cop
but the alternative is another disaster leading superheroes to decide to take
over the world to set things right….
Reed calls Tony to tell him that
the mystery boxes mirror the powers already on Earth, except the one that
powered David Colton. So there is someone else on Earth with the powers of
Miracleman. Tony responds that he examined Doom’s Probability Machine and as a test,
he created a new universe to see how things would work out if they kept going
as they have been and he ends up with a vision of Spider-Man and Mephisto. Stunned,
Tony calls it the Key to Everything….
Captain America Steve Rogers
emerges from his coma, asking for Bucky…
…whose corpse in Russia suddenly
reforms, returning him from the dead, to be greeted by Nick Fury (Sr.), telling
him they have to save the world….
Give that special marvelite a timely gift