Synopsis
Avengers, The (1963 series) #315 synopsis by
T Vernon
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A handful of Avengers (Captain America, Thor, Sersi) plus Jarvis and the visiting Spider-Man are trapped in freefall in a communications room with the scanners showing that the rest of the universe has vanished. This is the result of a strange energy flux which has already happened several times (last issue) as though reality were turned off and on again. They are at a loss as to what to do. Spidey tries adjusting the scanners to pick up anything closer and they discover the main building of PolyDyne Industries sitting on a section of floating land. They have no computer connections so Cap asks Sersi if she can use her telepathic abilities to sense is someone is there. She does but the result has her curling up into the fetal position and crying. Jarvis notes that their air supply is running out. Cap refuses to give up….
At PolyDyne Industries, the disguised Nebula is amazed at the power released by the experiment. She tries to contact Gunthar on the mothership but can’t get through—and then she notices the nothing outside the building. Dropping her disguise, she demands an explanation of Professor Harker who guesses that his compressor is trying to duplicate the Big Bang, creating a new universe to displace the current one. Nebula flies into a rage and then the Avengers, who have moved their room adjacent to the PolyDyne lab by the power of Thor’s hammer, crash through the wall. She begins firing her wrist blasters at them which can’t penetrate Cap’s shield or Thor’s whirling hammer but can fry Spider-Man. Spidey dodges while Thor calls up winds to pin Nebula against a bulkhead. She manages to free herself and fight back. Thor tries to control the energy effect but it is too much for him. Spidey asks Harker if he has any advice; Harker says there is a way to stop it but Nebula burns him to a crisp before he can explain. Cap questions one of the other scientists who thinks that if they can shut off the power flow before the reaction becomes self-sustaining it might solve the problem but doesn’t know if that’s correct. Cap tries to unplug the conductor but he can’t reach it; he explains to Spider-Man and Spidey fires a web and pulls himself closer to grab the cable and pull it out…which sends everything back to normal, Spidey is surprised at how easy it was and Sersi notes that no time has passed, Spidey deducing that no one will ever know how they saved the universe. Jarvis notes, “We’ll know.” Nebula has made her escape but Cap notes that Iron Man and Vision are on their way to her ship….
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