WORLDS COLLIDE pt V
Written by Mark Waid
Penciled by Jesus Saiz
Cover by Alex Ross
Published Dec 6, 2017
Fresh off the events of Champions #14, they and the Avengers continue their journey to the center of counter-earth. Something was buried deep here by the High Evolutionary, and it holds the key to the two worlds colliding. Finally they reach the door and Hercules and Nova smash the door open.
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| That's a big ole door. |
There in front of them lies a hole, the likes of which Thor cannot find the bottom of. They pair up, fliers with non-fliers, including the newly humanized Viv Vision, much to her father's dismay. Their long descent gives Vision an opportunity to talk with his daughter. In his adventures, he encountered a much older version of himself, revealing he has thousands of years of existence. His family however does not. Vivian tries to digest this information, while finally they reach the bottom and a horde of Ani-Men stand primed to attack. They battle - Animal Person vs superheros, while human Viv walks off to explore.
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| Viv sees the perfect opportunity to wander off at the core of a counter-earth and without any powers. |
She finally finds the High Evolutionary's engine - one that looks an awful lot like him. Both his greatest creation and biggest failure, his child was created out of boredom of the Ani-Men. Only his son included one major principal - compassion. He fought for the Ani-Men's rights to life and was cast out. Today he has chained himself to the orbit engine, refusing to allow Viv to alter it's trajectory.
With only minutes to spare, the sides continue to battle while Viv begs the Lesser Evolutionary to tamper with the controls. Otherwise, billions will die. She herself was altered by the beings' father. Finally she convinces him to steer it. She moves towards it but he tells her the vibrational feedback would tear her apart. He'll do it. But suddenly the Avengers move in, attacking him. He fights back and Viv uses the distraction to walk through.
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| Aw Viv. Come on... |
Memories fill the page. Viv and her family. Her father tucking her in. Sitting on the couch watching television. The earths avoid convergence and Vision screams for her to stop. She refuses. As she fades away, she tells her father she loves him, and with that she's gone.
The issue wraps with the Avengers and Champions standing at her grave. Luckily though, one page later she finds herself in a field of white. She asks "Where am I?" and with that, this issue is left to be continued.
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| Is this how Field Of Dreams was supposed to start? |
Wow. What an issue. You know, you have to give it to Mark Waid. When a writer has the opportunity to deliver a crossover, it's clearly a double effort when the same guy writes both books. To take both the All New and All Old Avengers and spin them off, only to cross them over - that's a task. And he delivers it flawlessly. I'll be definitely picking up Champions #15. I gotta see where this ends up. For this one, I give it a 9/10.
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