"Its name is Galactus," Reed Richards said, addressing the SHIELD force and the Ultimates. As it turned out, he and Miles ended up going to Earth-616 instead of Tony. Jessica was going to have to ask about that later if they survived. Ikol suggested that Jessica tell Reed to make death rays. Ikol was not helping ( Read more... )

Jessica had waited all morning. She waited as the Tricarrier moved a few states. She waited as she found at that the closest thing to a change of clothes she had available was a jacket. She waited as the Ultimates gathered for lunch around their big meeting table ( Read more... )

The past day had been impressive. After taking the oath of office, President Cap created peace between generals in the Carolinas, deposed a militia leader in Detroit, survived an assassination attempt by Marvin Flumm, Director of SHIELD, installed Monica Chang as the new Director, forced the disbanding of the Senate Emergency Powers Committee that ( Read more... )

"Just a kid," Tony Stark said.

"We were all kids once," Nick Fury mused.

"When I was a kid, I stayed home and watched TV," Clint Barton added.

Tony scoffed. "I invented cellular technology.

"Is that true?" Clint asked.

But the small talk was over when the new Spider-Man woke up in his cell, behind a force field door. "Wow. He is just a kid," ( Read more... )

So, there was a step beyond Condition: Red. Hi, Condition: Black. Horrified to know you existed ( Read more... )