Story
continued from SOLO AVENGERS #20.
Having
escaped from Plantman’s Dome of Life in the desert, Hawkeye and Orb are
fighting, the villain blaming Clint for their being trapped in the wasteland
with minimal food or water. Hawkeye punches some sense into Orb and they begin
walking. Eventually they reach a deserted town. Hawkeye phones the West Coast
Avengers for help and leaves a message on the answering machine. And then he
discovers that Orb’s motorcycle gang is there, having been the site of their
rendezvous. Orb gloats over how they are going to kill the archer but the
bikers shoot down the Orb and Hawkeye flees. Running into a single biker, Clint
clobbers him, discovering when the guy’s head comes off that the biker gang is
made up of Plantman’s minions who have killed and replaced the real biker gang.
He traps most of the gang with a net arrow, then uses a flame arrow to ignite
spilled gasoline, which wraps up the bulk of the baddies, only two left over to
pursue Hawkeye. Cornered and out of arrows, Hawkeye prepares for battle and
then Wonder Man arrives to take them on, followed by Hank Pym; the two heard
his message and flew out in a Quinjet to get him….
“The
Comedy of Eros” 2/5
Writer:
Peter Gillis. Pencils: Tomasina Cawthorn Artis. Inks: Josef (Joe) Rubinsten.
Colors: Paul Becton. Letters: Michael Heisler.
Synopsis:
Starfox has a mission that takes him to the planet Rescorla where the oxlike
natives have a severely repressive morality which is enforced with extreme
violence. Nevertheless, they have no qualms about selling forbidden wares in
their market. Eros pretends he is shopping for a slave but he is actually there
to rescue sexy old friend Heater Delight, who had sold herself into slavery to
escape a persistent (and royal) suitor. Eros pays the price and hypnotizes the
seller into making blasphemous statements and he and Heater flee, escaping the
Rescorlans and making it to a waiting ship and away.