By Mark Rodriguez
Due to fighting the Red Skull with the mind of Professor Xavier, all the heroes and villains in the area were mentally affected, their alignment of being either good or evil being changed. The Avengers want to rule the world while the X-Men, now led by Apocalypse, want to eradicate the human race to make room for mutantkind. The X-Gene bomb has been set and it's ticking to its final seconds. What will happen now?
The issue opens with Spider-Man trying to defuse the bomb while everyone else is fighting. When trying to crack the code fails, he tries to just rip out the wires instead. Carnage shows up and tells him that brute force won't do any good against a bomb. Spidey suggests they both web it up, but Carnage suggests to cover the entire bomb with himself. Spider-Man tells him this will kill him, but Carnage says the world is better off without him anyway. He makes Spidey promise to make a memorial of him and the webhead leaves before the bomb explodes.
Apocalypse is still holding Deadpool's head as the other X-Men wonder why the bomb didn't go off. They wonder what could have stopped it and Spider-Man angrily leaps in and attacks them all. Apocalypse grabs Spidey and throw him into a wall. Thor suddenly leaps in and slams his axe into Apocalypse. The rest of the Avengers show up and start to fight against the X-Men.
Thor continues to hack at Apocalype and Loki wants Enchantress to help stop him. Enchantress heals Loki with a kiss, and the God of Mischief wants more, but she remind him that once everything is undone she'll be back to being her evil self. Absorbing Man grabs Thor's axe and turns metallic, punching the Asgardian down. Thor sends him flying with a punch, but then Cyclops and Havok blast him with their powers. Hobgoblin flies past and grabs Cyclops and Thor tosses Havok into both of them.
Loki taunts Thor on how he's unworthy of the hammer and of what he has become. Thor seemingly kills Loki with his axe. Enchantress tries to make Thor see the evil in his actions, but he is still determined to kill Loki anyways. Loki and Enchantress escape in a portal, coaxing Thor into following them, which he does.
Captain America (the original aged Steve Rogers) and his son watch the madness unfold, and Steve says he has a back up plan that might set things right. Jarvis arrives, showing that he is alright.
Meanwhile, Kluh and Medusa are attacking Rogue until Apocalypse steps up to take them down. Xavier suddenly appears and tries to make Evan (Apocalypse) see what he's done, and he blasts him, already knowing it was Mystique in disguise. He prepares to kill her, but then Absorbing Man slams his steel ball and chain right across his face.
In Latveria, Wanda continues to boast, happy to know she is not really Magneto's daughter. She plans to make the world suffer as she has, and Magneto and Quicksilver (since when did he start wearing a Scouter?) try to talk her out of it. Just then Dr. Doom appears through a portal with two others that prepare to take her down. Doom tells Magneto that he made a demonic deal to bring back Doctor Voodoo and his brother Daniel, who is currently possessing the Scarlet Witch and trying to contain her madness. Voodoo says they will be needing her soon.
Steve, his son and Jarvis watch as Spider-Man and the Absorbing Man try their best to take down both the evil X-Men and the evil Avengers. Iron Man interrupts the fight between Havok and CapFalcon to tell him that he intercepted a signal from Steve. They now know the X-Men never had the Red Skull all along and that Jarvis must have used cloaking technology to trick them into thinking he was gone. Iron Man and CapFalcon fly off but Storm blasts them down. Iron Man chooses to keep Storm busy while Falcon goes to kill Steve Rogers.
Falcon arrives to see Steve Rogers in a more armorized version of the classic Captain America version holding onto a weakened Red Skull. The aging Steve Rogers tells him to stay out of his way or he can't guarantee his safety.....
My opinions-
We're getting close to the end and I wonder how they're gonna resolve this all in one issue. You get the heavy hitters like Thor, Kluh, Absorbing Man and Even-Apocalypse just go nuts on each other. Then of all the characters to sacrifice themselves to save the city from the bomb, Carnage was the one to do this. The heroes seem lost to their own evil influence, but Carnage is aware enough to understand he was a crazed killer before all this and the world is better off without him. Enchantress also seems to know when all is said and done she'll go back to being evil again.
As for the last page.... oh man, Steve Rogers still wants to step up as the Captain one more time... I'm really worried about how this will go down. Despite being old, he still has some of his fighting skill, and he's fully armored up, but he is still a fragile old man.... and this brainwashed Falcon is crazy enough and cold hearted enough to not hold back and just rip that armor off him...So Steve has quite a fight on his hands...
As for Wanda and such, it seems it's all coming together for Cap and his plan. Seems he wants to use the Red Skull and Wanda to somehow undo all that was caused during the AXIS, but again.. we'll see if they can pull it off.
Due to fighting the Red Skull with the mind of Professor Xavier, all the heroes and villains in the area were mentally affected, their alignment of being either good or evil being changed. The Avengers want to rule the world while the X-Men, now led by Apocalypse, want to eradicate the human race to make room for mutantkind. The X-Gene bomb has been set and it's ticking to its final seconds. What will happen now?
The issue opens with Spider-Man trying to defuse the bomb while everyone else is fighting. When trying to crack the code fails, he tries to just rip out the wires instead. Carnage shows up and tells him that brute force won't do any good against a bomb. Spidey suggests they both web it up, but Carnage suggests to cover the entire bomb with himself. Spider-Man tells him this will kill him, but Carnage says the world is better off without him anyway. He makes Spidey promise to make a memorial of him and the webhead leaves before the bomb explodes.
Apocalypse is still holding Deadpool's head as the other X-Men wonder why the bomb didn't go off. They wonder what could have stopped it and Spider-Man angrily leaps in and attacks them all. Apocalypse grabs Spidey and throw him into a wall. Thor suddenly leaps in and slams his axe into Apocalypse. The rest of the Avengers show up and start to fight against the X-Men.
Thor continues to hack at Apocalype and Loki wants Enchantress to help stop him. Enchantress heals Loki with a kiss, and the God of Mischief wants more, but she remind him that once everything is undone she'll be back to being her evil self. Absorbing Man grabs Thor's axe and turns metallic, punching the Asgardian down. Thor sends him flying with a punch, but then Cyclops and Havok blast him with their powers. Hobgoblin flies past and grabs Cyclops and Thor tosses Havok into both of them.
Loki taunts Thor on how he's unworthy of the hammer and of what he has become. Thor seemingly kills Loki with his axe. Enchantress tries to make Thor see the evil in his actions, but he is still determined to kill Loki anyways. Loki and Enchantress escape in a portal, coaxing Thor into following them, which he does.
Captain America (the original aged Steve Rogers) and his son watch the madness unfold, and Steve says he has a back up plan that might set things right. Jarvis arrives, showing that he is alright.
Meanwhile, Kluh and Medusa are attacking Rogue until Apocalypse steps up to take them down. Xavier suddenly appears and tries to make Evan (Apocalypse) see what he's done, and he blasts him, already knowing it was Mystique in disguise. He prepares to kill her, but then Absorbing Man slams his steel ball and chain right across his face.
In Latveria, Wanda continues to boast, happy to know she is not really Magneto's daughter. She plans to make the world suffer as she has, and Magneto and Quicksilver (since when did he start wearing a Scouter?) try to talk her out of it. Just then Dr. Doom appears through a portal with two others that prepare to take her down. Doom tells Magneto that he made a demonic deal to bring back Doctor Voodoo and his brother Daniel, who is currently possessing the Scarlet Witch and trying to contain her madness. Voodoo says they will be needing her soon.
Steve, his son and Jarvis watch as Spider-Man and the Absorbing Man try their best to take down both the evil X-Men and the evil Avengers. Iron Man interrupts the fight between Havok and CapFalcon to tell him that he intercepted a signal from Steve. They now know the X-Men never had the Red Skull all along and that Jarvis must have used cloaking technology to trick them into thinking he was gone. Iron Man and CapFalcon fly off but Storm blasts them down. Iron Man chooses to keep Storm busy while Falcon goes to kill Steve Rogers.
Falcon arrives to see Steve Rogers in a more armorized version of the classic Captain America version holding onto a weakened Red Skull. The aging Steve Rogers tells him to stay out of his way or he can't guarantee his safety.....
My opinions-
We're getting close to the end and I wonder how they're gonna resolve this all in one issue. You get the heavy hitters like Thor, Kluh, Absorbing Man and Even-Apocalypse just go nuts on each other. Then of all the characters to sacrifice themselves to save the city from the bomb, Carnage was the one to do this. The heroes seem lost to their own evil influence, but Carnage is aware enough to understand he was a crazed killer before all this and the world is better off without him. Enchantress also seems to know when all is said and done she'll go back to being evil again.
As for the last page.... oh man, Steve Rogers still wants to step up as the Captain one more time... I'm really worried about how this will go down. Despite being old, he still has some of his fighting skill, and he's fully armored up, but he is still a fragile old man.... and this brainwashed Falcon is crazy enough and cold hearted enough to not hold back and just rip that armor off him...So Steve has quite a fight on his hands...
As for Wanda and such, it seems it's all coming together for Cap and his plan. Seems he wants to use the Red Skull and Wanda to somehow undo all that was caused during the AXIS, but again.. we'll see if they can pull it off.
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