Written by Jim Zub
Penciled by Kim Jacinto
Cover by RB Silva
Published Jun 14, 2017
Cover by RB Silva
Published Jun 14, 2017
They might not know it yet, but the former Unity Squad is trapped in a darkforce dome thanks to the newest dedicated hydra agent, Captain America. Synapse senses mass pain and confusion while Doctor Voodoo tries to read it's magic. While Synapse tries to get a cell signal, Rogue flies into the side of the dome, bouncing off. Next up, Human Torch blasts some fire at it but it's just enveloped and stops. Finally Voodoo sees something...
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| You leave it up to a guy named "Voodoo" to solve the problem? |
A hideous beast steps out of the darkness. Rogue shoots towards it's face, dropping Synapse into freefall in the process. She blasts through it and grabs the falling Avenger. A hole where it's head once was drips tiny demons and Voodoo realizes the sky above is a conduit between the two dimensions. Determined to keep the residents safe, they protect the city below, heading in every direction fighting the monsters and ferrying the citizens away from trouble.
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| There's nothing to see here. Everything is under control! |
Meanwhile beyond the dome, Quicksilver crosses atop it looking for some gaps. He suddenly gets an emergency transmission from Tony Stark telling him that all Avengers are needed in DC. Clearly a trick to lure those not already dealt with, he takes off running south over the water. Inside the dome, Synapse senses fear. She follows it into a burning apartment building and saves some trapped children.
Calling on Rogue to zero in on her location, the former X-Man catches them and whisks them all to safety. Wasp tells Rogue they're spreading themselves too thin, but she doesn't listen and takes off. Later, she inner monologues that she's not a leader while spying some bad guys trapped in the dome as well.
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| WE ARE LAUGHING! |
The Shocker and Scorpia, two b-list supervillains take advantage of the chaos and rob the gold reserve. Rogue interferes and Shocker nearly brings the entire building down on all of them on accident. While they argue, some of the beasts happen upon them and Rogue warns them, they all have bigger fish to fry.
The issue wraps with Wasp, Johnny Storm, and Synapse fighting the monsters alone and outnumbered. Synapse suffers the effects of mass fear while Janet calls out to Voodoo. It's then she notices the problem. It appears he's merged with one of the beasts. He tells her not to disturb them while they're feeding and with that, we're left to be continued.
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| Way to take your eyes off the prize, Wasp. You blew it now! |
Man - I miss this book. Of all the X and Avenger books that made it through the recent Marvel resets, this was one that was gaining ground. It's sad to see it published so irregularly. With the departure of Gerry Duggan, it could have fallen but this team of Jim Zub and Kim Jacinto hasn't skipped a beat. When Cap discontinued the Unity Squad, I thought for sure this book was history but for once, I'd be sad to see these characters go anywhere else. I even miss Cable and Deadpool - two X-Force and New Mutant characters that made those books. Either way, it's still good and I look forwward to it. I give this one a 9/10.
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