| Maestro |  You want me out of Dystopia and I want to get out.  |
| The Thing | Yeah? And where would you go? |
| Maestro | The Palace of Doom. I want to kill him and take over. Care to help? |
| The Thing | Tell me more. |
Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
- Rebels
- The Thing (Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross) (Main story and flashback) (Name revealed) (Origin revealed)
- Janis Jones
- Ruby Summers
- Layla Miller (First appearance) (Joins)
Supporting Characters:
- Glenn Talbot (First appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
Antagonists:
- Maestro (Bruce Banner)
- Gravity Police (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Dogs of War (First appearance)
- Jamie (First appearance) (Unnamed)
- U.S. Air Force (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Skooter (Mentioned)
- Slider (Mentioned)
- God Emperor Doom (Victor von Doom) (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-15513
- Battleworld
- Dystopia
- Doomstadt (Mentioned)
- Castle Doomstadt (Mentioned)
- Battleworld
- Earth-69413 (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Earth (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Earth Orbit (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- United States of America (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Earth (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
Vehicles:
- Thaddeus Ross' Rocketship (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for 1st story
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
MONSTER SMASH!!!
• A BATTLE ROYALE between THE MAESTRO and the THING!!!
• But is it the BEN GRIMM we know and love under that rocky hide?
• What X-FACTOR member will show up as an unexpected ally of the rebels?