4 laid} PIZZARI — Cia) FABELA\ APP AHEM RM ete eee ie sM URI IIdOS TCO) MUst ma Ob M JE, e Ue IRI A Ang CROWNED KING OF NEW AVALON (A REGION OF WEIRDWORLD). DANE HAS BEEN CORRUPTED BY THE BLADE'S INFLUENCE, DRIVING HIM TO METE OUT JUSTICE IN AN INCREASINGLY BLOODTHIRSTY AND CRUEL FASHION. HIS FRIENDS AND FORMER TEAMMATES, THE AVENGERS UNITY S' wd Per \A om B Cela 8) DANE DOWN TO WEIRDWORLD-AND CAPTURED HIM WHILE THEY DECIDE WHAT TO. DO ABOUT HIS SITUATION.. FRANKTIERL LUCA PIZZARI ANDREW CROSSLEY & ANTONIO FABELA. VC'S JOE SABINO- Pauses Baas pana COLOR ARTISTS US) R7S resales bls ee} oT eeu see ee Ese Best IE Ee) ti bie WIL. MOSS TOM BREVOORT ASST. EDITOR Sears ecretnn heap acelg JOE QUESADA Peis imag EVEN Spat ces EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AXELALONSO Ce eh mol ee oe easels Dao ee ee eo ee ee ete cay are trademarks of Marvel Characters, Inc. No similarity between any ofthe names, characters, persons, and/or insftutions inthis magazine with those of any living or desd person or institution is intended, and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental MWI.MARVEL,COMT/M INNO MOOD, FOR THIS, PERCY. YOU KNOW T'Ve ONLY EVER ‘DONE WHAT WAS. NECESSARY AND THis Is. DIFFERENT. THESE ‘ARE HEROES. MY TEAMMATES. my FRIENDS. THEY'LL COME AROUND. YOU'LL, See. THEY'LL REALIZE Tit THE ONE WHO NEEDS TO WIELD THE BLADE!DING WITH OUR, sHT-IN SHINING REBECCA STEVENS s sl SOMEONE MUST MATTER THE A Resume tar Coen d 3 RESPONSIBILITY, ef yes ian Ne \ Ne ae, b fl 3 AND THAT i miss A SOMEONE Is: STEVENS? ARE Met vas i *! 50 82 Me ws =: PAT MEANT 10,96 S Ey Sane ee urea pe 7 2% = Way THE | Y \ Ge Your AM. BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO EXCUSE Me FOR AMOMENT, MR: WHITMAN,ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. TAM BOLTEN DINN. TAM DANE Do you WE ARE THOSE KNOW WHAT A SHOW WHO DEDICATE A SHleLD Is, )_ STARRING THE Lives TO OUR ‘EARTHER? WE EVEN TAKE HERBS THAT WiLL ALLOW Us 10 Be By OUR PANE THERE eo, en Setzer. heReS THAT We Ene "Seis wre WITLALL THaT KNOW WiLL SHORTEN Has SURVIVED. SUR LIFESPAN. oli Suesecr’s SAID... HE CANNOT POSSIBLY DEAL WITH US ALL. SO WHEN He SHOOTS: Mes THOUGH, YA KNOW..NOT GONNA STOP ME FROM CRATERING YOUR COCONUT,thes SNAKE MEN... CAN'T PLACE IT, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING FAMILIAR ABOUT THEM, THE WAY THEY FIGHT.. ‘SPEAKING SHE (OF FIGHTING. WAS FIGHTING AND THEN) WHERE DID’ ALONGSIDE Lis THE NEXT, SHE'S ALKYRA AND ‘ONE MINUTE, TAKING ADVANTAGE HER MEN AND THEN THE (OF THE DISTRACTION eo? NEXT. OF THE BATT ce\“MMeDIATELy ASA Out \ See Tim REALLY NO. THREATYOU EA HAVE A Bk ETTER OF WHAT WE D1 BAD. ISN’ It. GuYS?,AND THEN THE BLA LORD WHITMAN Ru PEEP. CAME. AND WE KNOW "AN ISSUI He's NoT perrect. We KNOW HE Is NOT ANG. an WITHOUT His is aemne PROBLEM We WILE, FIGHT FOR THAT. 5 VANE HIS BEST,TT SEEMS TO. Me THERE'S A LUTION THAT WILL. KEEP EVERYONE ‘SATISFIED... I'S WHAT MaKes THe Most SENSE. WE ALL KNO\ THAT BLADE BE TAKEN, FROM HIM, 1 STAY HERE IN WEIRDWORLD AND THE AVENGERS TAKE THE BLADE. TLL EVEN stay HERE TO HELP BOLTEN MEN nim SHROUGH THe ekOcess WM OF NEW AVALON! Ni Se ts etox ani CiSreN TS Ve NeW SvALON EAN NOW AN a LeAbER BACK: ALKYRA!TO BE CONCLUDED!WHAT HAPPENS Phe