—HazmatOh my God, shut up! You are the worst bad guy ever! Like we're all really going to line up for your idiot death match just because you beat us up some? We're teenage super heroes, dumbass! We get beat up all the time!
Appearing in "Worse Things"
Featured Characters:
- Hazmat (Jennifer Takeda) (Main story and flashforward)
Supporting Characters:
- Avengers Academy (Main story and flashforward)
- X-23 (Laura Kinney) (Main story and flashforward)
- Juston Seyfert
- Reptil (Humberto Lopez)
- Mettle (Ken Mack) (Death)
- Cammi
- Red Raven (Dania)
- Braddock Academy (First appearance)
- Kid Briton (Brian Braddock) (First appearance)
- Bloodstone (First appearance)
- Anachronism (First appearance)
- Apex (First appearance)
- Nara (First appearance)
- Ryker (First appearance)
- Darkhawk (Chris Powell)
- ⏴ Runaways ⏵
Antagonists:
- Unit Locke (First appearance) (Unnamed)
- Arcade
Other Characters:
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Mentioned)
- Juston's Sentinel
- X-Men (Mentioned)
- Wolverine (Logan) (Mentioned)
- Ivan Pavlov (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- God (Yahweh) (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashforward)
- Mutants (Main story and flashforward)
- Sentinels MK VI
- Avian
- Human-Otherworlder Hybrids
- Raptors
- Cyborgs
- Atlanteans
- Robots
- Gods (Mentioned)
- Turkeys (Mentioned)
Realities:
- Earth-616 (Main story and flashforward)
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashforward)
- Antarctica (Main story and flashforward)
- Murder World (First appearance) (Main story and flashforward)
- Quadrant 4 (First appearance) (Main story and flashforward)
- Arcade's Lair (First appearance)
- Quadrant 1 (First appearance)
- Quadrant 2 (First appearance; only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Quadrant 3 (First appearance; only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Murder World (First appearance) (Main story and flashforward)
- North America
- Antarctica (Main story and flashforward)
Items:
- Adamantium (Behind the scenes in main story and appears in flashforward)
- Fossilized Amulet and Pym Particles (Behind the scenes)
- Kid Briton's Uniform (First appearance)
- Bloodgem Ring (First appearance; behind the scenes)
- Darkhawk Amulet
- Staff of One
- Water-Breathing System
- Fistigons and Footstigons
- Anachronism's Axe (First appearance)
Events:
- Christmas (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "Worse Things"
Sixteen super powered teens were taken by Arcade to Murderworld to fight each other to the death.
Arcade seems to have sufficient technology to physically capture and hold all 16 of them. After releasing them from stasis, some of the teens attacked Arcade but to no avail. The teens stopped when it appears that Arcade can't be defeated. Arcade instructs the teens that if they want to survive they will have to kill for it.
Arcade then decided to kill Hazmat who continues to openly defy Arcade. But Mettle, who is also Hazmat's boyfriend, sacrificed himself instead and was killed by Arcade.
Now, fifteen teens remain, who will be the next to die?
Solicit Synopsis
Trapped on an isolated island, 16 superhuman young adults (including cult faves like members of the Runaways, The Avengers Academy and Darkhawk) are given a chilling ultimatum by their demented captor: Fight or die…only one will walk out alive! Thus begins a primal battle that will test the skills, stamina and morals of each combatant there.
Welcome to Murder World, where the secrets are plenty, alliances are fleeting, and the key to victory might be rewriting the rules of the game. Who will survive? The rising star team of Dennis Hopeless (X-MEN: SEASON ONE) and Kev Walker (THUNDERBOLTS) dare you to tune in to your new favorite comic NOW!Trivia
- Cover's an homage to the Japanese movie Battle Royale.
- In addition, Arcade claims he got the idea for the scenario from "a couple of kids' books I read in the pen." This is most likely a reference to the "Hunger Games" series of Young Adult novels.
