Post by Uatu the Watcher on Feb 12, 2007 18:29:41 GMT -5
Acts of Vengeance
A group of supervillains, Doctor Doom (revealed later to be a Doombot built in the likeness of him, though the real Doom may have attended on occasion), Kingpin, Magneto, Mandarin, Red Skull I, and the Wizard, who were convinced by a mysterious stranger--actually Loki--to join forces in a conspiracy to convince lesser villains to attack superheroes who were not their normal adversaries. This was facilitated by Loki engineering a jailbreak in the Vault, the United States' prison for superhuman criminals. This massive outbreak of supervillains was manipulated by the major villains into ambushing various superheroes, with varying degrees of success. In the end, the circle of villains collapsed thanks to a combination of infighting and defeats of the villains and their pawns by various heroes, primarily the Avengers. It turned out Loki had always been rankled that it was his actions that caused the Avengers to form in the first place and he was attempting to wipe them out. However, the victory would be flawed, as Doctor Doom destroyed the Avengers headquarters known as the Hydro-Base while the West Coast Avengers team suffered the double loss of Vision and Scarlet Witch, who was kidnapped by Magneto and brainwashed into reforming the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.
Notable events included Spider-Man gaining the cosmic power of Captain Universe; Magneto leaving his position as the headmaster of the New Mutants; the debut of the New Warriors in battle alongside Thor against the Juggernaut; and Psylocke gaining a new body thanks to Spiral, the Hand, and the Mandarin. Also, Magneto took revenge on the Red Skull, burying him underground as punishment for his involvement with the Holocaust--of which Magneto was a survivor--while Mr. Fantastic went before Congress and single-handedly convinced Congress to vote against forced super-hero registration in the form of the controversial "Mutant Registration Act".
After the failure of the Acts of Vengeance, Loki tried one last attempt to cause harm to much of the greater New York area and its heroes by creating the Tri-Sentinel. This plan was thwarted by Spider-Man, after he was able to fully realize his possession by the Enigma Force/Uni-Power, the essence of Captain Universe.
A group of supervillains, Doctor Doom (revealed later to be a Doombot built in the likeness of him, though the real Doom may have attended on occasion), Kingpin, Magneto, Mandarin, Red Skull I, and the Wizard, who were convinced by a mysterious stranger--actually Loki--to join forces in a conspiracy to convince lesser villains to attack superheroes who were not their normal adversaries. This was facilitated by Loki engineering a jailbreak in the Vault, the United States' prison for superhuman criminals. This massive outbreak of supervillains was manipulated by the major villains into ambushing various superheroes, with varying degrees of success. In the end, the circle of villains collapsed thanks to a combination of infighting and defeats of the villains and their pawns by various heroes, primarily the Avengers. It turned out Loki had always been rankled that it was his actions that caused the Avengers to form in the first place and he was attempting to wipe them out. However, the victory would be flawed, as Doctor Doom destroyed the Avengers headquarters known as the Hydro-Base while the West Coast Avengers team suffered the double loss of Vision and Scarlet Witch, who was kidnapped by Magneto and brainwashed into reforming the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.
Notable events included Spider-Man gaining the cosmic power of Captain Universe; Magneto leaving his position as the headmaster of the New Mutants; the debut of the New Warriors in battle alongside Thor against the Juggernaut; and Psylocke gaining a new body thanks to Spiral, the Hand, and the Mandarin. Also, Magneto took revenge on the Red Skull, burying him underground as punishment for his involvement with the Holocaust--of which Magneto was a survivor--while Mr. Fantastic went before Congress and single-handedly convinced Congress to vote against forced super-hero registration in the form of the controversial "Mutant Registration Act".
After the failure of the Acts of Vengeance, Loki tried one last attempt to cause harm to much of the greater New York area and its heroes by creating the Tri-Sentinel. This plan was thwarted by Spider-Man, after he was able to fully realize his possession by the Enigma Force/Uni-Power, the essence of Captain Universe.