Avengers Arena#1(2012)

Twenty-nine days into the ordeal, Hazmat (Jennifer Takeda) runs through the jungle with her containment suit damaged and radioactive fumes escaping from it. She reaches a clearing, only to be attacked by X-23. Despite the pain and the severity of her injuries, Jenny realizes that she is unlikely to survive the encounter and wonders if dying would really be so terrible. Twenty-nine days earlier, at Avengers Academy, Hazmat and Mettle enjoy a rare moment of intimacy, with Jenny admitting that Ken makes her feel like a normal girl. Their happiness is abruptly interrupted when they, along with fourteen other young heroes, are mysteriously transported to an unknown location and suspended above the ground. Their captor, Arcade, introduces them to his latest creation: Murder World. He explains that the sixteen teenagers have been completely isolated from the outside world and that no one knows where they are. Food, water, and medicine are available, but they will have to fight for them. Within thirty days, only one of them will leave alive. The young heroes immediately attack their captor, but Arcade effortlessly defeats them. He blasts Reptil away, withstands Hazmat's radioactive powers, and repels the combined attacks of Chase Stein and Darkhawk. Even Juston Seyfert's Sentinel is powerless against him. Arcade then declares that he is not the villain of the game, insisting that the real purpose of Murder World is to reveal who they truly are beneath the heroic identities they have constructed. Anachronism questions why they would turn on one another, but Arcade explains that most of them barely know each other and that he never needs to force them to kill. Some may prove to be cowards or liars, while perhaps one might demonstrate genuine heroism. To begin the game, Arcade orders them to select the weakest member of the group, threatening to kill someone himself if they refuse. Meanwhile, Mettle finds Hazmat and tries to convince her that confronting Arcade again would be foolish. He reminds her that Arcade easily defeated all of them and suggests that they play along until they can find another solution. Jenny refuses to accept this and returns to the others, attacking Arcade once more. Although her assault fails to overcome his defenses, Arcade decides that she will be the first victim unless someone else volunteers. As Hazmat is restrained and unable to move, Mettle steps forward and declares himself the weakest link. Arcade accepts his offer and, with a simple snap of his fingers, causes Ken to explode. Covered in her boyfriend's blood, Hazmat can only stare in horror as Arcade walks away, welcoming the teenagers to Murder World.