Location: A studio in New York ( Read more... )

In one of the countless storage areas of the Baxter Building, Ben Grimm is hunting for something - increasingly agitated as he fails to locate the object he seeks. He tosses aside some of the other objects he displaces - carefully setting aside others he recalls as dangerous or unstable ( Read more... )

Teddy caught himself jiggling his leg nervously for the second time in five minutes. He'd finally bit the bullet and asked Hercules to put him in touch with the Fantastic Four. Mr. Fantastic had agreed to see him about alien genetic testing, to see if he really was (somehow) the son of Captain Mar-Vell ( Read more... )

The door to Uatu's citadel explodes in shards, the flaming remnants raining down nearby. Thanos lowers his hands - still glowing from the discharge of energy, and steps inside, still wreathed in the flames of the Phoenix Force.

"Uatu. Come out here and save me the twenty seconds it will take to find you. I promise the pain will be brief."

A sleek silver craft streaks through the inky blackness of space - appearing from hyperspace near Earth's moon, and proceeding towards it at roughly half of light speed ( Read more... )

"And, with a twist of my key, the Coffee Bean is officially open for business." Harry Osborn smiles, looking up at the cafe. It'd taken months of work, but his new franchise was finally under way. The half-sincere cheers from the three employees who were opening with Harry reinforced the feeling of pride; no one could take this achievement from him ( Read more... )

New York City had one of the highest mutant populations in the country, largely due to District X and the diverse, melting-pot nature of the city. All across the city there were roving death squads of Purifiers, rioters and lynch-mobs from associated anti-mutant groups like Purity, and Sentinels and Prime Sentinels attempting to hunt down mutants ( Read more... )

Cower, brief mortals, as the veil between your limited reality and the mystic machinations of the magi thins to a dangerous volume...

Cower, true believers, at the menace of Baron Mordo!

Even now, the Master of the Demonic Arts steps into the Ringo Memorial Laboratory, idly brushing a spot of dust off of his immaculately cut suit, proceding to walk ( Read more... )

"And who, may I ask, is requesting a visit?"

There were a couple of ways this could of gone.

He could have strapped on the thigh-high boots, poncho, and guns. That would get him an immediate audience.

"Tell the Fantastic Four that KANG THE CONQUEROR is here to see them."
"It's clobberin time!"Yeah, not the kind of response he wanted. The honest ( Read more... )

Ben Grimm stared at the black brew for longer than he’d like in the same living room where Luna had appeared. The problem wasn’t that he gotten to bed or fallen asleep easily enough. Almost as his head had touched the pillow he was out and pretty much was that way for six hours. Which was not enough sleep unless if the end of the world was ( Read more... )