Issue
two starts with a brief retelling of the origin of Captain Britain, which
involves a lot of magic and resurrection.
Really, Superheroes are modern day myths, that are all built upon the
myths of yesteryear, which would explain why Thor, Hercules, and even Merlin
are fixtures in superhero comics.
Captain Britain was created by choosing the amulet of life instead of
the sword of death, and he went on to be Britain’s greatest champion, forming
Excalibur with Nightcrawler. Unfortunately,
Excalibur was turned to stone by the Grey Gargoyle, who was then killed by
Captain Britain before he could force the villain to change them back.
That
brings us to the present day as Cap and Marv arrive in Britain on the next part
of their “fetch quest”, the books of Darkhold and Vishanti. Captain Britain asks Marv to bring Meggan, a
member of Excalibur who was also Captain Britain’s girlfriend back to life much
like he did with Sue Richards. Marv
explains how impossible that is based on all the circumstances that led to
Sue’s return. We find out that
Nightcrawler actually escaped being turned to stone as he teleported out of
there, unfortunately leaving his arm behind.
Marv explains that Nightcrawler is still alive, because Marv knows who
is dead, because he is actually in the realm of the dead. Sounds odd and kind of creepy, right? Now imagine it coming from the mouth of a
toddler. Yeah, even worse.
Speaking
of the realm of the dead, it’s time to check in on those individuals that are
stuck there, led by Marv and Dr. Strange, who is only sort of dead, which is
why he’s a ghost. The individuals in the
realm of the dead that know they are dead are involved in their own fetch quest
so to speak. Their quest is to gather an
army, not objects, as they are fighting death herself. They start by gathering the best and the
brightest in the Marvel Universe, such as Iron Man. They need everyone they can, as they are not
only fighting Death, but all of her minions as well. In Latveria, as is the case all around the
world, masses are forming to destroy the “Human Torches”, to prevent the
mutated populace from reverting back to their more docile, human selves. Unfortunately for them, the last remaining
vestiges of superheroes in the world are massing against them, to prevent the
destruction of all Reed worked to build.
In
Britain, Marv and Cap visit the Omniverse, where Roma and Merlin are residing
to grab the books they seek. Merlin
tells Marv that he has a piece of the cosmic consciousness in him, not the
whole thing as he once thought. They
then exit the Omniverse to see that death is following Cap and Marv.
Next Issue: Does Death want Cap or Marv, or both!? Will Marv
ever get all of the cosmic consciousness?
Does Dr. Strange the ghost know Casper?
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