Avengers Universe (UK) Vol 1 21

Spider-Man hazes Nova on the way to an Avengers assembly, which is brought to a halt when the Unity Division arrives. As Sam Wilson accuses one of the attendees of jailbreaking the Red Skull, Spider-Man's Spider-Sense goes off and he tackles Nova out the window just as all the Avengers vanish, having been shrunk with Pym Particles and imprisoned in Hank Pym's ant farm. Spider-Man instructs Nova to fly them to safety, but they are attacked by Queen Medusa and Captain America. Magneto rescues them and tells them that he is on their side. At the Avengers Tower Luke Cage motions that the Unity Division move against the X-Men and Inhumans, outraging Medusa, but the argument is interrupted by Captain America's return. Having no further use for her former allies, Scarlet Witch leaves to seek revenge on her father. Magneto takes Nova and Spider-Man to Steve Rogers, explaining that the Inversion spell affected not only the Unity Division of the Avengers, but the X-Men as well. Rogers calls up footage of a rampaging Kluh near Sam Alexander's hometown, and Nova departs to fight the "Hulk's Hulk". At the Avenger's Tower, Captain America muses over the future of the world to Wasp, who he has hooked up to a machine that extracts her Pym Particles, and states that the world needs a tyrant and that he is the best candidate. The X-Men, led by the new Apocalypse, arrive and attack Avenger's Tower looking for the Red Skull, and when they find he is gone they brutally beat Wilson, proclaiming their intent to conquer New York and issuing an ultimatum that all humans be evacuated within three hours or perish.

Appearing in "Inversion: Chapter 3 - Awakened Like Us"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Avengers & X-Men: AXIS #6

Featured Characters:

Super-Villain Group (Reassembled)
- Mystique (Raven Darkhölme) (Rejoins)
- Sabretooth (Victor Creed) (Rejoins)
- Loki (Rejoins)
- Hobgoblin (Roderick Kingsley) (Rejoins)
- Carnage (Cletus Kasady) (Rejoins)
- Jack O'Lantern (Rejoins)
- Absorbing Man (Carl Creel) (Rejoins)
- Enchantress (Amora) (Rejoins)
Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr)
Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom)

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

Realities:

Earth-616

Locations:

Earth
- United States of America
  - New York
    - New York City
      - Manhattan
        Midtown
        Fifth Avenue
        Avengers Mansion
  - California
    - San Francisco (Cameo)
      - Transamerica Pyramid (Cameo)
    - San Francisco Bay
      - Stark Island (First appearance as Stark Island)
  - Nevada
    - Las Vegas
      - Visage Casino
- Latveria
  - Doomstadt
    - Castle Doom

Items:

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "Inversion: Chapter 3 - Awakened Like Us"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Avengers & X-Men: AXIS #6

After broadcasting a warning for humankind, the X-Men, who had created a gene bomb designed to kill those without the X gene in their body, were confronted by Mystique, who attempted to make them see the errors of their ways. Rogue and Nightcrawler confronted her, and forced her to leave with Sabretooth. Meanwhile, in San Francisco, Daredevil confronted Tony Stark about having unleashed Extremis, and the problems it caused to society. Tony surprised Matt with increased agility and strength, and beat him up before throwing him from his headquarters. In Latveria, Doctor Doom declared that he was but a man in the eyes of God and claimed his desire to try democracy on Latveria before he was attacked by the Scarlet Witch, who wanted revenge for having tampered with her and indirectly caused the House of M. He was saved by Quicksilver and Magneto, who stated Wanda would never recover from killing Doom if she did so. In Las Vegas, Loki tried to unsuccessfully make his brother Odinson listen to reason, and had to be saved by Steve Rogers, Nomad, and Spider-Man in the Quinjet. After returning with Loki to the Avengers Mansion, Steve revealed that he had assembled the solution to deal with the inverted Avengers and X-Men: he had reassembled the team of inverted super villains into the Astonishing Avengers.