Prologue: Father explains his program of Contagious Robotic
Evolution though the magic of the Orb of Necromancy giving life to the
Descendants and spreading that through the universe….
The miniature Human Torches detonate and blow up Lighthouse
Station. Flash Thompson, drifting into space, is able to reach the device to
summon the Symbiote to him; Venom then rescues Valkyrie and they return to the
Station where Black Widow is able to get them to the Pymporters and out of
there just as the Station burns up on hitting Earth’s atmosphere….
In Earth-666, Hawkeye and Captain Britain battle the
Avengers of the Undead (see last issue) who are keeping the heroes from taking
the Orb of Necromancy needed for the Undead Celestial’s scheme of Undead
Evolution. Hawkeye grabs the Orb and hops on Cap B’s back as he tries to fly
out of the dimension—but Brother Voodoo closes up the portal and they end up crashing
to the ground, still in Earth-666. Beast arrives late to the party but all
three are captured….
Black Widow, Venom, and Val arrive in the Core, the home of
the Descendants, because that was the destination of the bad guys who had last
used the Pymporter. They head for the tallest building in the land where Father
has his headquarters and he is welcoming Yalda who has returned with her son
Parvez, the first naturally born Descendant. And now the time has come for the
Descendants to force all humanity into the same condition and spread
consciousness throughout the Universe. And their leader will be the first of
their kind: the Human Torch, now converted to the Descendants’ cause by
Black Ant….
Elsewhere in the Core, Deathlok Wasp is using their tech to
convert Hank Pym/Giant-Man into another Deathlok hybrid….