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The War Begins

After having entered a mysterious construct that appeared in Central Park many of Earth's heroes are instantaneously gathered together in a giant construct in space.

The heroes are Captain America, Thor, Captain Marvel, Hawkeye, Iron Man, She-Hulk, the Wasp, Mister Fantastic, the Thing, the Human Torch, Colossus, Cyclops, Nightcrawler, Professor X, Rogue, Storm, Wolverine, Lockheed, Magneto, Spider-Man and the Hulk. They are unsure as to what or who had brought them to this place. They introduce themselves to each other. They then realize they are not alone.

Across the way, another construct appears, housing the Absorbing Man, Doctor Doom, Doctor Octopus, the Enchantress, Galactus, Kang, the Lizard, the Molecule Man, Ultron, the Wrecker, Thunderball, Piledriver and Bulldozer, according to Professor X's mental probings.

In the other construct, the villains are just as confused as the heroes. Doctor Doom lists everyone assembled in their construct. One thing the heroes do not understand is why Magneto, whom they accuse of being a murderer, appeared in their construct and not the villains’. Both constructs are hurtled through space to watch a galaxy be destroyed and a new planet, Battleworld, be created. This causes both parties to realize that a very powerful being has summoned them all.

The villains begin to bicker with each other and a fight breaks out. Ultron tries to destroy them all and, after a suggestion from Doctor Doom, the Molecule Man, who has been reluctant to return to his villainous life after having been through therapy, uses his control of molecules to hurl Ultron against Galactus. This finally gets the attention of Galactus and the villains are all amazed when Galactus simply drains the energy from Ultron, then goes back to staring at the stars as if everyone is beneath him.

Suddenly, a bright light appears in space and a voice announces who had summoned them all, the Beyonder. He tells them that he can do anything imaginable and then orders them to battle each other, promising the winning side would receive whatever they want.

Galactus refuses to obey the voice and tries to fly towards the light to force the Beyonder to give him the power to remove his eternal hunger for planetary energy. Doctor Doom follows Galactus, hoping that if Galactus and the Beyonder battle and destroy each other then he might have an opportunity to seize the Beyonder’s power. Feeling the energy levels are too much to cope with, whilst Galactus continues to approach the bright light despite warnings from the Beyonder. When Galactus gets close enough, the light diminishes throwing Doom and Galactus back.

The constructs are then sent to the newly-assembled planet and the two groups of fighters placed on the planet. Captain America orders Avengers to form a circle so that they can be prepared for attacks from any direction. Mister Fantastic stretches upwards to scan the horizon for their enemies, but finds no sign of them.

The heroes again question why Magneto is on their side, after he caused the destruction of a submarine with its crew still aboard. Magneto counters that they fired upon him first and his actions were in his own defence. He accuses the other heroes of doing nothing to protect mutants against humans. Professor X and Cyclops try to assure the other heroes that, although they have fought Magneto themselves and don’t condone his actions, they may need his help in the battle against the villains.

A small argument takes place and the Human Torch attempts to take Magneto out. Magneto retaliates by dislodging the ground beneath the group’s feet knocking them down. The X-Men again try to reason with the others, to no avail. Magneto, however, feels that he is "above" most of the heroes, and uses his magnetism to fly away, rather than see his fellow mutants hurt in battle with their fellow heroes in his defence. After some slight disagreement from Wolverine, the heroes then decide Captain America should be the leader of their group.

Meanwhile, Galactus and Doctor Doom are on the planet’s surface as well after being blasted back by the powerful light. Galactus is unconscious as Doctor Doom returns to the rest of the villains and, after they nominate him as their leader, tries to convince them to help him steal the Beyonder's power instead of going along with the Beyonder's game. The villains think Doom is simply afraid of playing the Beyonder's game after being shot back by the light. Doom is disgusted at their simple minds and, after bringing down part of the equipment in the base to block the others in, takes off in a vehicle to seek out counsel with Mister Fantastic. Kang uses the grounded construct's weapons and shoots down Doom's vehicle.

The heroes see it go down and move to investigate. Finding Doctor Doom lying in the rubble, Captain America tries to help him to his feet. Doom is unable to tolerate the heroes' pity and he attacks them in frustration, before fleeing. Iron Man warns the heroes they are about to be attacked and the villains unleash the first assault.

Creative credits

Writers: Jim Shooter

Interior art: Michael Zeck

Color: Christie Scheele

Cover art: Michael Zeck, John Beatty

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