Force Works Vol 1 20

Part of the "Crossing" event Force Works Vol 1 #20 Published Released February, 1996 December 5, 1995 Issue Details Pages 32 Original Price $1.50 US $2.10 CAN Editor-in-Chief Bob Harras Cover Artist Heitor Oliveira Rene Micheletti Publisher Stan Lee President Gerard Calabrese "Siege Perilous" Writer Dan Abnett Andy Lanning Penciler Heitor Oliveira Inker Rey Garcia Glasshouse Graphics Colourist Ian Laughlin Malibu Color Letterer Jack Morelli Editor Nelson Yomtov Mark Gruenwald Mike Marts Previous Issue Next Issue Iron Man #324 (Story) Force Works #19 (Title) Avengers #394 (Story) Force Works #21 (Title)

Our imperative now is to join with the Avengers and bring Stark to justice. May the Lord have mercy on us all.

-- Scarlet Witch

Appearing in "Siege Perilous"

Featured Characters:

• Force Works
  •  Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) 
  •  U.S. Agent (Jack Daniels) 
  •  Spider-Woman (Julia Carpenter) 
•  War Machine (Jim Rhodes) 
•  Fisher Todd 

Supporting Characters:

•  Rachel Carpenter 
• Avengers (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
  •  Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff)  (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
•  P.L.A.T.O. 

Antagonists:

•  V.I.R.G.I.L. (Destruction)
•  Cybermancer (Suzi Endo) 

Other Characters:

• Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr) (Referenced)
• Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Referenced)
• Amanda Chaney (Referenced)
• Moonraker (Gustav Brandt / "Slade Truman") (Mentioned)
• Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Mentioned)
• Janet Van Dyne (Mentioned)
• Century (Mentioned)
• Anachronauts (Mentioned)
• Recorder RE-404 (Mentioned)
• God (Yahweh) (Invoked)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Mutants (Referenced)

Locations:

• Earth
  • United States of America
    • California
      • Ventura
        • Ventura Highway
          • The Works
            • Chaos Vault
    • New York (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
      • Long Island (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
        • Suffolk County (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
          • Southampton (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
            • Van Dyne Estate (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
  • Vietnam (Mentioned)
  • Stark's Starcore Satellite, Earth Orbit (Mentioned)

Items:

• Scarlet Witch's Suit
• Eidolon Warwear
• Spider-Woman's Suit
• Cybermancer Armor
• Energy Shield
• Black Widow's Suit (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)

Vehicles:

• Hex-Ship Pegasus
  
  

Synopsis for "Siege Perilous"

Cybermancer and V.I.R.G.I.L. use hard-light constructs against the Force Works team. Cybermancer locates a thermal imbalance in the cooling system, and V.I.R.G.I.L. explains that the system is not covered by his holonet. Cybermancer goes to check for intruders, and is knocked out by Spider-Woman.

V.I.R.G.I.L. uses a holographic body to attack Spider-Woman, but War Machine arrives and rescues her. The Scarlet Witch and U.S. Agent teleport to V.I.R.G.I.L.'s control room and destroy its control panels. Scarlet Witch then uses a hex to reset V.I.R.G.I.L.'s whole system to zero. V.I.R.G.I.L. is effectively destroyed, and the countdown for the chronographic weapon it was operating is aborted.

Recommended Reading

Crossing
Prelude I: Iron Man #319	Prelude II: Avengers #390	Part I: Avengers:The Crossing	Part II: Iron Man #320	Part III: Force Works #16
Part IV: Avengers #391	Part V: Iron Man #321	Part VI: Force Works #17	Part VII: War Machine #20	Part VIII: Avengers #392
Part IX: Iron Man #322	Part X: Force Works #18	Part XI: War Machine #21	Part XII: Iron Man #323	Part XIII: Avengers #393
Part XIV: Force Works #19	Part XV: War Machine #22	Part XVI: Iron Man #324	Part XVII: Force Works #20	Part XVIII: Avengers #394
Part XIX: Avengers: Timeslide	Part XX: War Machine #23	Part XXI: Iron Man #325	Part XXII: Avengers #395	Aftermath: Age of Innocence - The Rebirth of Iron Man

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