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I don't care how good the damn story is. I don't care that he called and asked for me specifically, I don't care. I shouldn't be here. I'm crazy, I think. I've quietly unhinged. I have two kids by the way. And a wife. We're in love. We really are. I'm a lucky man. My writing career might have been driven off course, but I do have a good life. A surprisingly full, colorful life. Why am I telling you about this? About my life? I don't know. I think I just want to make sure you care when I die. And I'm pretty sure that time is coming. You don't get to live a long life doing the things I do. Doing things like this. It's statistically impossible. So why do these things then? I told you already. I'm not well. 
We walked up and down the streets of Manhattan for hours. And I saw how things had changed Where once we were being attacked, now we were occupied. In the distance, I could hear skirmishes, but nothing like the day before. These beasts had won.
We had all seen the clip on television a thousand times in the last week. Norman Osborn doing what Tony Stark could not. Killing the Skrull queen and saving the planet, if his public relations flacks are to be believed. And people did believe it. They ate it up. Every awful thing this mad had ever done was suddenly no longer a going concern. Suddenly, Norman Osborn was everyone's best friend. The Avengers. S.H.I.E.L.D. Norman was given control of everything.
The world changed in Broxton, Oklahoma. Norman Osborn's Dark Reign was brought to an end, and the heroes won the day. Perhaps I am sentimental in my old age, but that is how the story should always end, isn't it? Darkness giving way to light, celebrations are had, and the world moves on -- at peace now. The Avengers -- the real, true, honest-to-goodness Avengers -- are together again, and I feel like a child. I am so happy to see them all standing side by side. ... Truly, a new Heroic Age is beginning.
Actually, I don't. I'm not sure I ever will. But I understand that the Phil Urich I used to know... is as dead as my wife. I need to accept it. You have to acknowledge your losses before you can mourn them. But I haven't lost everything. I still have the truth. The ability to find it. Reveal it, and make people understand it. To shed the light on the darkness. Especially when it's hard. Especially when it hurts. To see those responsible exposed and punished. I owe it to the man Phil once was. And to myself. My name is Ben Urich. And I'm a reporter.
On the anniversary of this auspicious day, let's all take the time to ask ourselves a question... one that is often posed of this or that event in the past, such as... "Where were you when you heard about Kennedy?" "When Armstrong took his giant leap or when the Twin Towers fell?" "Where were you when Charles Xavier died?" Yes, where were you when? Where were you and what were you doing... when the Fantastic Four first came to be. The world changed for everyone that day. More so to my reckoning than by the murder of a president, the conquest of space, or any other event I can think of. Of course, I realize the world had seen its share of marvels before then... back during the Second World War it must have seemed like a golden age of mystery men and super-champions. But after the return of peace, those same heroes seemingly vanished back into the ether and the world went back to the way it was before. When Reed Richards, Sue Storm, her brother Johnny, and Reed's best friend Ben Grim... took it upon themselves to meet the stars... When the four of them had their bodies bombarded by cosmic rays... and then... upon their return to Earth... were transformed into the amazing beings they are today... it somehow opened the door to the world's transformations, too. Some may argue that, as rife as it now is with alien invaders, Earth-bred horrors and the violent destruction they bring to our lives, it's a much worse place because of it. While others embrace the unique wonders and scientific advancements that have stemmed from it. What cannot be denied is that the planet changed forever. So let me ask you the question again... Where? Where were you? And what were you doing when it happened? When the world became fantastic? Ben Urich, Daily Bugle Staff Writer.
My name is Ben Urich. I'm a reporter. I used to be a husband. A father figure. Now... all I am is a reporter.
[...] And the face is NORMAN -- as if the mind within the mass of circuits and wires had decided who it truly WANTED to be -- long after BOTH its choices were dead and gone. The face is Norman, Norman and the GOBLIN. But the VOICE -- the voice is HARRY.
You call the park you created Seneca Gardens? I'm impressed. Most folks don't know the story of this part of town.
| Director Davis | Mr. Urich, is it true what Mr. Fisk just said? Do you know where this Night Nurse is? Do you know where Matt Murdock has been taken? If you do, then you have to tell us where he is... or you're obstructing federal justice. |
| Wilson Fisk | You're obstructing justice, Mr. Urich. |
| Director Davis | Mr. Urich, I will put you in jail. |
| Ben Urich | YOU BASTARD!!! |
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