Appearing in "Marvel's Secret Artist"
Featured Characters:
- Marvel UK Staff members
- Ron
- Don
- Bert
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Iron Man (Drawing)
Locations:
Synopsis for "Marvel's Secret Artist"
Marvel's Secret Artist leaves a note for the Marvel UK staff, which they decipher to tell them to come to the basement if they want the reference material. At the same time the artist also secretly delivers new art of a new version of Iron Man.
Appearing in "Berserker!"
Featured Characters:
- Avengers
- Iron Man (James Rhodes)
- Fantastic Four
- X-Men
- Hulk (Bruce Banner)
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
- Spider-Woman (Julia Carpenter) (First full appearance)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Dr. Doom (Victor von Doom)
- Ultron
- Molecule Man (Owen Reece)
- Volcana (Marsha Rosenberg)
- Titania (Skeeter MacPherran)
- Dr. Octopus (Otto Octavius)
- Wrecking Crew
- Absorbing Man (Crusher Creel)
- Enchantress (Amora)
- Galactus (Galan)
- Lizard (Curt Connors)
- Klaw (Ulysses Klaw)
Races and Species:
Realities:
Locations:
- Battleworld
- Zsaji's village
- Doombase
- Magneto's Base
- Sol (Mentioned)
- Earth (Mentioned)
- North America (Mentioned)
- United States of America (Mentioned)
- North America (Mentioned)
- Earth (Mentioned)
- Asgard (Mentioned)
Items:
- Spider-Woman's Suit
- Doctor Octopus' Tentacles
- Spider-Man's Suit and Web-Shooters
- Iron Man Armor MK V
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield
- Fantastic Four Uniforms
- Hawkeye's Suit, Bow and Trick Arrows
- Mjolnir
- Wasp's Suit
- Captain Marvel's Suit
- Wolverine's Suit
- Cyclops' Visor
- X-Uniforms
- Absorbing Man's Ball and Chain
- Magneto's Helmet
- Doctor Doom's Armor
- Wrecker's Crowbar
Vehicles:
- Galactus' Worldship
- The Wrecking Crew's alien tank
- The Villains' alien ship
- The X-Men's alien ships
Synopsis for "Berserker!"
Elsewhere, the X-Men retreat from the active volcanic region, and although they failed to stop a group of villains Xavier is impressed that they were able to send Titania, Molecule Man, Absorbing Man, and Doctor Octopus packing. However, instead of returning to base, Xavier tells them to follow after their foes while he, Magneto, Storm and Nightcrawler rendezvous with them. Meanwhile, aboard the villains' craft, they care for the Molecule Man, who was seriously wounded by Wolverine's claws. Seeing Owen's condition from the monitors at Doombase, Volcana rushes to the Enchantress and asks the Asgardian sorceress to teleport her to Owen's side. When Volcana tells Amora that she is willing to do anything, the Enchantress teleports her away, satisfied by this offer. Volcana appears within the ship just as the two containing the X-Men and Magneto attack. During the course of the ensuing battle, Wolverine manages to chop off the Absorbing Man's arm while he is in the form of stone, but is burned badly by Volcana. Outnumbered and outgunned, Volcana calls a strategic withdrawal and uses her powers to cover their escape. At that moment aboard Galactus' ship, Doctor Doom continues to search for something that will allow him to defeat Galactus and the Beyonder. However, his plan to create a distraction by creating volcanic eruptions on the other side of Battleworld has backfired and has succeeded only in alerting Galactus to Doom's presence. Locating the intruder, Galactus uses his power to violently eject Doom from his ship.
Back at Doombase, Doctor Octopus and his crew return and Volcana begs the Enchantress to save the Molecule Man's life. At first, Amora refuses, but Titania warns her that if Owen Reece dies she will rip out her throat. Elsewhere, the Absorbing Man wonders what to do about his severed arm. By holding it in place where it was cut, he risks changing back to human form and is surprised when his gambit pays off and his arm reattaches itself. While down below in the dungeon the members of the Wrecking Crew lock the Lizard in a cell since he cannot be controlled after they seemingly killed the Wasp. Leaving the Lizard to rot, the Wrecking Crew are unaware that Klaw has been secretly watching the entire situation unfold. When Bulldozer retires to his room he notices that the wall has been ripped open from outside. Suddenly he is ambushed by She-Hulk, who begins to pummel on him for his part in the Wasp's death. Hearing the commotion, Titania enters the room and sees that the She-Hulk has defeated every member of the Wrecking Crew in a fight. She gets the jump on She-Hulk just as Doctor Octopus and Absorbing Man enter the fray. In yet another part of Doombase, the Enchantress laments over her current situation and pines for the love of Thor. Her thoughts are distracted by the return of Doctor Doom who has just barely survived being ejected from the Worldship of Galactus. He stumbles into his room and passes out, proclaiming that the battle is over.
As the other villains are pummeling She-Hulk, the other heroes have discovered that she is missing. When Hulk and Hawkeye tell this to Cap and try to get him to mobilize a searching party, Captain America denies their request. When Cap sees that others want to go out and rescue her, he reminds them all that the stakes are too high to make decisions of the heart. Elsewhere in the village, Colossus is finally up and about after recovering from his injuries. He goes looking for Zsaji and finds her as she is leaving her hut. When she suddenly collapses he is there to catch her. Suddenly, Captain America is contacted by Professor X who tells him that he and his team can go after She-Hulk while the X-Men take their place watching over Galactus. With this bit of news, Captain America orders everyone to get ready to move out.Appearing in "Instant Karma!"
Featured Characters:
- Iceman (Bobby Drake) (Main story and recap)
Supporting Characters:
- William Drake (Main story and recap)
- Madeline Drake (Main story and recap)
- Marge Smith (Main story and recap)
- Walter Smith
- Marge Smith's "family"
- William Drake-8501 (First appearance; dies)
- Madeline Bass-8501 (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Idiot (Main story and recap)
- White Light (Main story and recap)
- Oblivion (Shadow only)
- Kali (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Joel Drake (Only in recap)
- Mary Drake (Only in recap)
- Port Jefferson Police Department
- Ralph Ratchit
- Unnamed sergeant
- Unnamed officers
- Defenders (Mentioned)
- Secret Empire (Referenced)
- Mrs. Bronte (First appearance)
- Charles Xavier (Named only)
- NYPD (First appearance)
- Huntz Ratchit (First appearance)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Poster)
- General Douglas MacArthur (Named only)
- U.S. Navy (Mentioned)
- George Drake (Mentioned) (Death)
- Liberty Legion (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and recap)
- Mutants (Main story and recap)
- Abstract Entities
- Unrevealed alien races
Realities:
- Earth-616
- Earth-8501 (First appearance)
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Oblivion's Realm
- Milky Way (Main story and recap)
- Sol (Main story and recap)
- Earth (Main story and recap)
- North America (Main story and recap)
- United States of America (Main story and recap)
- New York (Main story and recap)
- Long Island (Main story and recap)
- Brookhaven (Main story and recap)
- Port Jefferson (Main story and recap)
- Port Jefferson Police Station (First appearance)
- the Drake house (Main story and recap)
- the Smith house (Only in recap)
- Port Jefferson (Main story and recap)
- Brookhaven (Main story and recap)
- Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, Salem center, Westchester County (Named only)
- Long Island (Main story and recap)
- New Mexico (Referenced)
- New York (Main story and recap)
- United States of America (Main story and recap)
- Europe
- United Kingdom
- England, 1892
- United Kingdom
- North America (Main story and recap)
- Earth (Main story and recap)
- Sol (Main story and recap)
- Earth-8501
Items:
- Bounce-Box (First appearance)
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield (Photo)
- Daily Bugle newspaper
Synopsis for "Instant Karma!"
Back in Port Jefferson, Iceman convinces the Port Jefferson Police Department to release him after his arrest at the wreckage of the Smith house by Ralph Ratchit by using his authority as a Defender and claiming he was dealing with Communist spies. He returns to the site and discovers an unusual box which he takes back to his parents' house. His father is incensed at him for his actions and yells at him. Bobby afterwards contemplates his relationship with his parents but the box begins making a sound and he suddenly disappears.
Marge Smith and her family find themselves in the England of 1892. They manage to view Bobby on a terminal with the box that they refer to as a Bounce Box suggesting its purpose to be a teleportation/time travel device. They suggest that "Margaret" should do something to help him.
Bobby winds up finding himself teleported to the year 1942 but is confronted by a policeman die to his lack of appropriate clothing. He flees on an ice slide but is clipped in the arm by a bullet shot by the cop and passes out. When he awakens, he finds himself in a bed being tended to by his much younger parents. His parents feel an overwhelming sense of trust and recognition for Bobby and beg to let them help him but Kali and her army on flying spiders and olive-skinned riders suddenly appear and attack after Kali detects the presence of the Bounce Box.
Bobby transforms into Iceman and puts up an ice barrier to protect him and his parents from Kali's assault. Iceman does his best to fight off the attackers while "Margaret" frets with her family in 1892 England about Kali attacking the wrong people. Bobby's father seeks to perform an act of heroism and retrieves the Bounce Box with the intention of getting it to Iceman and is subsequently attacked by Kali's henchman. He is picked up and thrown into a wall as Iceman is restrained by Kali. An image of Margaret then appears in the sky and she beseeches Kali to leave as she convinces her she is in the wrong time and place. Kali flees with her army as Iceman seeks to comfort his gravely injured father who then dies. Bobby is terrified of the consequences since he hadn't yet been born in that timeline.Appearing in "What Fools These Mortals Be..."
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Nurse Margaret "Maggie" Cambridge (First appearance)
- Nurse Daly (First appearance)
- Doctor Craigborne (First appearance)
- Sergeant McNamara (First appearance)
- Morrie (First appearance)
Realities:
Locations:
Synopsis for "What Fools These Mortals Be..."
Later that night, the painkillers wear off, and Puck begins suffering terribly from his wounds. He tries to summon a nurse, but no one responds. Getting out of bed, he scampers down the hall to the nurse’s station where he stumbles upon Nurse Daly. She appears flustered and fumbling about with several vials of painkillers. Puck suspects that she may be an addict.
The following day, Puck consults with Chief Administrator Dr. Craigborne. Craigborne wants to call the police concerning Daly's possible drug problem, but Judd suspects that the issue may be larger than just "one junkie nurse". He asks Craigborne to give him forty-eight hours to resolve the mystery.
That night, Judd catches Nurse Daly meeting with her supplier. He tracks them back to a boathouse and gets into a fight with two drug dealers. He succeeds in defeating them, but also manages to tear open his stitches. Pucks passes out onto the floor.
He awakens back inside his bed at the Fort Albany hospital. He speaks with Dr. Craigborne and a detective named Sgt. McNamara. McNamara has concluded that Nurse Daly was the actual ringleader of the entire drug operation. After McNamara leaves, Craigborne attempts to give Judd a sedative. Puck realizes that the needle is actually filled with insulin and punches Craigborne. He knows that Craigborne is the true ringleader of the drug operation and was letting Nurse Daly take the fall. Puck calls Sgt. McNamara to come back and pick up the corrupt doctor.Notes
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