INSIDE, OUTSIDE, AND UPSIDE DOWN
Written by Jim Zub
Penciled by Sean Izaakse
Cover by RB Silva
Published Aug 30 2017
A possessed Scarlet Witch fought in Captain America's Hydra army, with her brother Quicksilver fighting to save her. Now Wanda has returned, and although she's able to convince her brother she's back to normal, she needs people to trust her. Only problem is some members of the newly-disbanded Unity Squad are less forgiving than others.
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| Rogue: No. Everybody else: Yeah. |
Rogue clearly has a problem with her and Johnny Storm works to diffuse her apprehensions. Voodoo can relate after being possessed himself but Rogue sticks to her guns. In the end, she has the votes and is welcomed to stay.
That night, Human Torch sneaks in Rogue's room to check on her and make sure she's ok. She talks about how their squatting in the former Avengers mansion while a witch is moving in to bust up her family. He tells her it's obviously under strange circumstances but Cap had been compromised. It's nobody's fault.
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| Pillow Talk |
In an adjacent room, Scarlet Witch and Jericho talk which leads to Wanda putting the moves on him. He pulls some deep pimp action and starts working some wizard game when suddenly, they're floating in the air. Wanda snores away while Rogue and Johnny are equally launched into the air and freaking out. Synapse and Quicksilver ready themselves and there stands an old foe... Gravitron.
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| I remember the Gravitron from the State Fair. Didn't look like that... |
He's had a revelation. And although Human Torch tries to fight back, he's quickly incapacitated. All of the other supervillains and their schemes and machinations are meaningless. True power lied with the Cosmic Cube. Rogue tells him they don't have it but he tells her that's not the point. He intends to show the whole world how meaningless how everything can be.
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| I must have the ring.. er.. the cube! |
Wanda has heard enough. She tells the villain enough boasting, but is quickly shot into the atmosphere. As she floats in orbit, the un-Avengers look to have met a rather well matched foe. How will they defeat him? We'll have to wait till next time as this issue is left to be continued.
Gerry Duggan did such a great job on this book that he left a pretty big hole to fill. Now a few issues in, Jim Zub is reaching a milestone as his own arcs develop. In a post Deadpool Unity Squad, he's doing an ok job. Was Scarlet Witch an adequate substitution for Duggan's favorite character ever? She's an Avenger. So probably so. I give this one an 8/10.
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