Another book, that all I can say is WOW! J.Michael Straczynski, the author, and Greg Land, the artist, have really outdone themselves with this issue. The Reed Richards part of the story is a little boring. He's gone down to the surface to work with Emil Burbank, the smartest man on this world, to see if they might be able to figure a way out of this mess. But I really don't think Emil is as concerned with Reed's help, as he is for punishing him for his intrusion upon their world. And it looks like he might have the edge in the brilliant-but-mad-scientist category. Either that, or he's just had more practice than Reed. Anyways, while that's going on down on the surface, in the air our 2 teams are facing off against one another. And the Ultimates against the Squadron Supreme? It's a pretty even match. Hell, they practically are the same team. Just on different worlds and in different costumes. But Nick has a plan. "Place two evenly weighted objects on a board, balanced on a fulcrum, and even the smallest additional weight can tilt the board one way or the other. The more evenly matched the sides, the easier it becomes to tilt the balance. Or as Archimedes said, "Give me a lever big enough, and I will move the world."" So what is Fury's little plan to tip the scale? That's what Peter wants to know too. Which is why he stayed behind to see what Nick would do once all his little toy soldiers were in place. It turns out he wants to tip the scale, but not with a pebble. If he's going to do it, he's going to throw a boulder on the board. And he's ready to do it with . . . . . . . . Doctor Doom. I think he might've bitten off a little more than he can chew with this alliance. As in the words of Doctor Doom on the final page, as he's standing over the smoking body of Ben Grimm, "Yes. Very nice. A new universe . . . a new world to conquer. A new tomorrow. A new DOOM!"
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