Issue
four opens with a brief summary of Norse mythology, which apparently all came
about because of aliens, yes aliens. An
alien inhabited Odin, and the stories that Odin told, about himself and others,
became the myths that were passed down.
Everything that was created n terms of Norse mythology was just made up
by an alien. The worlds that were
created, the nine realms, the rainbow bridge, was all basically due to an
overactive imagination.
Back in
New York, the mystery of Mr. Church and his connection to Gargoyle deepens and
we learn that the Tong of Creel is fighting Xen out in Japan as Cap and Marv
arrive for their next piece of the puzzle.
Unfortunately, Cap and Marv arrive in time to see Xen lose and another
piece of the Absorbing Man claimed. Cap
gets on a video conference with Reed to find out what happened when he was out
of commission. Cap remembers nothing of
the past, about when Johnny and Sue died, as well as the Avengers, which is
good news for us as neither do we.
Apparently,
as Reed tells it to Cap, the Absorbing Man was pretty dumb, but that all
changed when he merged with Ultron, absorbing all of Ultron’s knowledge and
power into him. He became a deadly foe,
becoming anything and everything he had to in order to counteract the powers of
the Avengers, killing them off, one by one until the Vision infected him with a
computer virus. In order to counteract
this, the Absorbing Man turned to stone, to isolate the virus. At this point, Vision shattered him into
multiple pieces, each piece given to someone else to safeguard with the thought
that if he was ever put back together, the individual that killed the Avengers
would continue his rampage unabated across the globe.
We then
find out that Dr. Strange has been moved to Japan by his assistant, Wong. We are then transported to a Hydra holding
facility because Marv and Cap are looking for Rick Jones, who has the Nega
Bands (which are next on the checklist).
Unfortunately, they see that Rick now only has one arm, the other one,
including the Nega Band that was on it, is missing. Unfortunately, the piece of the cosmic
consciousness that was in the Nega Bands is now gone (maybe because the two are
not together?) so they don’t need those trinkets after all. It is then revealed that Hydra actually
inhabits dead bodies, that they kill their victims and take their minds over,
so being one of the Hydra is not a worry free life like we had once
thought. Cap decides to destroy
everything in his path in his grief.
In New
York, the torch is being defended by the heroes, while Immortus is trying to
retreat to Limbo to avoid being changed by the Terrigen Mists, but he is locked
out for some reason. While in Hell, or
New Jersey, I’m not sure which, Loki explains to the fire demon Surtur of Norse
Myth that he is not actually trapped, that he’s basically just playing his part
in a big play. He is not really imprisoned,
and he doesn’t actually have to cause Ragnarok, he can do whatever he wants
to.
In the
Hydra base, Cap destroys everyone and everything with the Spaceknight gun. He then turns the gun on Death herself, as
she is still following him around. It
crumbles in his hands and he does his best to shelter young Marv from its
advances.
Next Issue: It’s another special, this time focusing on
Cap. Will death finally come? Will it
bring cake?
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