Basically, this book . . . is one big slug-fest. That's really about all it is. What we have is, Onslaught has gone to the Hero's Reborn universe. Since Franklin Richards created this universe, he has gone there to try to help. He and Bucky are hanging around quite a bit together. At the end of last issue, Onslaught had taken over Iron Man. So that's where we begin this issue, with Iron Man and Captain America slugging it out. That's basically all we have for the first 9 pages. We get a little glimpse of the Fantastic Four. They're trying to bring Donald Blake, Thor, back to life. And Namor's helping. Meanwhile over in the Avenger Mansion, Loki and his band of miscreant Asgardians are formulating their own plan for taking over the universe. Especially now that Thor is out of the picture. But Sue, the Vision, and the Ant-man are doing their best to thwart their plans. They start to make some headway, but . . . . they're fighting gods after all. But they do hold them off long enough for the FF, Namor and Thor to make their appearance. But Loki confirms what Reed had already suspected, ". . . for this universe to survive . . . the boy . . . . Franklin . . . must die!" And that's what we're left with. There's only 1 more issue in this mini, so they have to wrap it up next issue. The best part about this whole book was the J.Scott Campbell cover. I'm not a big Liefeld fan. Actually I'm not a fan at all. But I do love Jeph Loeb's work. But this story . . I don't know. It's just doesn't do his incredible talent justice. Maybe I'm being jaded because of my feelings for Rob. But . . . compare this to the Long Halloween . . . and you'll see there really is no comparison. So I don't really know what happened to his story here, but I'll be glad when it's over and he can move on to a different project.
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