By means of Lockjaw the teleporting giant dog, the Inhumans
(Black Bolt, Medusa, Karnak, Gorgon) invade the Baxter Building to attack their
friends the Fantastic Four whom they wrongly believe have launched missiles at
Attilan. Thing hears a noise and gets up to investigate but he can’t open the
door as Lockjaw is holding it tight. Ben rips the door off and sees the Inhumans,
Black Bolt stuns him with a mental blast, and Karnak knocks him cold with a
blow of the hand. This ruckus is heard by Human Torch and Crystal; they investigate
but Crystal is snatched away by her sister Medusa and Johnny is doused by
Gorgon with flame retardant, blown out by a giant fan, then knocked in the head….
On his island exile, Maximus the Mad rejoices at how well
his plan is going. But Triton rises from the sea and apprehends him as the only
other candidate for launching the missiles, stuffs him in a sea sled, and takes
him back to Attilan. On the way he sends a message to Black Bolt to hold off on
the FF….
But Reed Richards and Sue Storm, with baby Franklin, have
returned home to find the place a shambles. The Inhumans stand back, explain
that the situation demanded a response up until they found there was another
culprit, Black Bolt uses his mental powers to restore Ben’s ruined bathrobe,
and Lockjaw opens a dimension door back to the Great Refuge and they leave with
a warning to the world to keep a tight rein on their own nuclear stockpiles….
Characters: Inhumans, Black Bolt, Medusa, Karnak, Gorgon, Lockjaw,
FF, Thing, Johnny, Crystal, Maximus, Triton, Reed, Sue,
“The Young Warriors!” 3.5/5
Writer: Gary Friedrich. Pencils: John Buscema. Inks: John
Verpoorten. Colors: ? Letters: Jean Simek.
Synopsis: Madame Natasha has movie director Roman Wilson
over; he kisses her but beside the kisses of Hawkeye and her late husband the
Red Guardian, he’s pretty lame. She asks him to leave and he does. Then Maria,
her maid, shows up with her son Carlos, who doesn’t believe his mom works for
the famous Black Widow. Nat confirms it, realizing any attempts now at a secret
identity would be pointless. She dons her BW suit and does some acrobatics in
the gym. Carlos has a favor to ask: he is a member of the Young Warriors and
they intend to take over a building in Spanish Harlem and turn it into a center
for underprivileged children and they want Black Widow to chase the baddies
out. BW defers her decision until she learns more….
The next day, the Young Warriors burst into the offices of
shady politician Anthony Scarola who is incensed at first but calmly leaves with
his men because he has a plan. Black Widow drops by and sees the Young Warriors
serving free breakfast but she questions the methods. Then Scarola’s thugs burst
in with guns and chase everyone out; Natasha swings into action and clobbers
them all. The police arrive to arrest the hoods but also serve an order to
vacate as the Young Warriors are squatters. Carlos and his pals don’t want to move
to another location as this one had been publicized. Nat offers to help them do
things legally and news columnist Paul Hamilton points out that the Black
Widow, by her tentative association with the Young Warriors, is being labeled a
crazy radical in the press. She is flustered and he offers to help….