After the barnburner last month this months issue is real slow, but that is okay, it is a NEW Beginning as was the title of the issue.We start with Dallas getting an ionic kiss by Atlas, she is then awoken and told she is going to be transported since "the master" is aware of her now. Before she can be taken away REBEL appears and carts Dallas and her wheelchair off. The scene then switches to another beauty , Moonstone, opp I mean Karla Sofen, who is finding she would rather be Moonstone ,as Karla just doesn't seem to have a fit in the world, she is too qualified to be hired, everyone fears her obvious superiority, she muses over whether it was a mistake to accept the pardon from the Commission, and she wonders if Hawk was right to surrender himself "I don't know if our freedom was worth the price of being...BORED" Unseen a not-crimson-cowled-colored cowled figure is stalking her. Scene changes to show Mel and Matt coming back from grocery shopping and enjoying the fresh air and their pardons. They stop by the bank the Beetle armor made an appearance a few issues ago and see it being repaired. Mel is kinda pessimistic over the whole thing Matt is very optimistic over this new life. Then they see their old namesakes. Matt is then ready to jump into action, Mel points out they are not able or allowed to do that. The two Redeemeers are helping with the repairs. As Scream goes Mel seems to have a connection to the pinkish creature.
Bang! over to a CAPTAIN AMERICA Redeemer training session. I liked Cap here(shock i know) He is less than happy to be there and isn't civil with any of them, except with Jolt. He just feels an obligation to tie up the loose ends Hawkeye had left. Cap deflects or stops the Redeemers and offers some tips to help them improve. Charcoal grabs Cap and SQUEEZES... he gets a glare from Cap and told the "exercise is over!", Chuck gets a few glares in too...can we say BA...Bad Attitude!. Sharon Carter pages Cap about helping out Dallas... so although not wanting the Redeemers in action he calls for the Dove to be prepped...Fixer was absent from the training and makes it known he doesn't need training or this gig and is typically arrogant.
BASHUR is contacted by Roger Aubrey(who is in the middle of Citizen V issue 1 Continuity)And we find out He fronted a PROJECT:EARTH rescue operation into Latveria but that the acquisition never showed and he wants COMMCAST to filter through all the signals and find the quarry. The white dressed figure knows how much she(Dallas) means to him, and we find out that he is a mutant and is now called GARABED by Aubrey....
Meanwhile Matt has gone into the Electronics store from a few issues ago and the owner apologises for his rude behavior and Matt gets a job there!
Scene change over to Karla, she is wondering about the team, and we see her struggling with coming to grips that Clint is not there, she hasn't had any contact, and is wondering if they would even ALLOW her to have contact with him...then the cowled figure gets too close and she tosses ?him? to find out its name is M'REEL who is representing the interest of an important person who wants her counsel. Then we see the Redeemers battle Rebel who holds off the initial attack then Fixer uses the Tech pac to control the Iron Man armor on Rebel and Cap collars him, then we have.....
DOOM!!! Who has hired REBEL,who has agreed to serve, so that he can reclaim his lost love. DOOM goes on to say how an ecoterrorist has escaped counter earth(opps i mean PLANET DOOM)and unless DOOM abdicates she will unleash a bioweapon REBEL was to track her down but was unable to, so DOOM decided to make that matter matter to the rest of earth. Get the Avengers or someone to help him and he'd release Dallas.We find out the terrorist is the girl BUCKY and the YOUNG ALLIES...Scene change after driving to a new location off of LA. Karla and M'REEL talk M'REEL is an extradimensional being and introduces Karla to "the first one"...
GRAVITRON!!!
We are left with the cryptic words from gravyttrain,"Can you escape before I kill you?...NO but you should really ask yourself...What;s in it for me if I help Gravitron rule the world...and the answer to that my dear Karla is.... WHAT DO YOU WANT!!!!
June 2001 Nicieza writer, Zircher penciler, Vey inks |
