Re: The Semi-Complete Story of "52" (abridged)... any interest?
Posted by Gnostic85 on 2007/3/3 20:56:39
HUGE SPOILER ALERT!
PART SEVEN
- Having captured Natasha Irons, Lex Luthor sends a message to her uncle informing him of her fate. Enraged, Steel storms the Lexcorp building, accompanied by Raven, Beast Boy, Aquagirl and Offspring. Steel handily takes down Nuklon and Fury, but Everyman manages to crack open his armor. Not that it helps the bastard - Steel causes him to break one of his transformations, which disorients him and causes him to fall through a hole in the floor. Everyman falls four floors down, snapping his neck. Irons reaches Luthor's office, where Lex surprises him with a blast of heat vision. Luthor brushes off Steel's hammer, then punctures his small intestine. High on adrenaline, he rants about how he'll build a new JLA and rename Earth Luxor. However, Natasha grabs the hammer and uses its electronic pulse function to trigger the "off-switch" for Lex's powers. Steel naturally takes advantage of this and beats the living hell out of Luthor.
- On the last leg of his mystical journey, Dibney collects a link from Arion's Chain in Atlantis, then travels to Haven, where he steals the Silver Wheel of Nyorlath from Dr. Achilles Milo, who'd been using it as part of his wheelchair. He then travels to the Tower of Fate in Salem, where he begins the ritual that will supposedly open the door to the afterlife so that he can bring back his beloved Sue. He uses the link and the wheel to create a binding spell, supposedly to ensure that nothing happens to the outside world in the event that he messes up the ritual, then puts on the helmet of Fate... then, pulls the Anselmo gun out of his pocket and shoots the helmet. The helmet flies off and transforms into none other than Felix Faust. It turns out Dibney had realized that the helmet was a fake, and that the whole magical journey had been a ruse by which Faust had hoped to kill Dibney and use his soul to pay off the debt he owed to Neron. Neron shows up to collect, but Ralph holds out, demanding that the demon grant him a wish. Annoyed, the Wishweaver kills him instead... which is all part of Dibney's plan. As he had cast the spell of binding on the tower, only he could remove it; with him dead, Neron and Faust are now trapped in the tower for all eternity, while Ralph is finally reunited with Sue...
- In Nanda Parbat, Renee Montoya can't seem to find any peace, and she's worn out her welcome with the Question's friends. Wandering through the city in search of some new answer, she encounters a mysterious woman with black hair and blue eyes, who says she's come to Nanda Parbat for redemption after killing a man. The woman advises Renee to meditate in a mystical cavern with reflective walls until the walls reveal her true purpose. Renee meditates in the dark for four days, afraid to look into the mirrors. When she finally lights a candle, she sees herself, but the reflections don't show her face...
- In deep space, Adam Strange and Starfire are attacked by Molek the Hunter, who's trying to capture them to hand over to Lady Styx, unaware that the lady is dead. He badly damages their ship and sends them floating into the sun. But just when it seems all hope is lost, the sentient planet (and Green Lantern officer) Mogo shows up and catches them...
PART SEVEN
- Having captured Natasha Irons, Lex Luthor sends a message to her uncle informing him of her fate. Enraged, Steel storms the Lexcorp building, accompanied by Raven, Beast Boy, Aquagirl and Offspring. Steel handily takes down Nuklon and Fury, but Everyman manages to crack open his armor. Not that it helps the bastard - Steel causes him to break one of his transformations, which disorients him and causes him to fall through a hole in the floor. Everyman falls four floors down, snapping his neck. Irons reaches Luthor's office, where Lex surprises him with a blast of heat vision. Luthor brushes off Steel's hammer, then punctures his small intestine. High on adrenaline, he rants about how he'll build a new JLA and rename Earth Luxor. However, Natasha grabs the hammer and uses its electronic pulse function to trigger the "off-switch" for Lex's powers. Steel naturally takes advantage of this and beats the living hell out of Luthor.
- On the last leg of his mystical journey, Dibney collects a link from Arion's Chain in Atlantis, then travels to Haven, where he steals the Silver Wheel of Nyorlath from Dr. Achilles Milo, who'd been using it as part of his wheelchair. He then travels to the Tower of Fate in Salem, where he begins the ritual that will supposedly open the door to the afterlife so that he can bring back his beloved Sue. He uses the link and the wheel to create a binding spell, supposedly to ensure that nothing happens to the outside world in the event that he messes up the ritual, then puts on the helmet of Fate... then, pulls the Anselmo gun out of his pocket and shoots the helmet. The helmet flies off and transforms into none other than Felix Faust. It turns out Dibney had realized that the helmet was a fake, and that the whole magical journey had been a ruse by which Faust had hoped to kill Dibney and use his soul to pay off the debt he owed to Neron. Neron shows up to collect, but Ralph holds out, demanding that the demon grant him a wish. Annoyed, the Wishweaver kills him instead... which is all part of Dibney's plan. As he had cast the spell of binding on the tower, only he could remove it; with him dead, Neron and Faust are now trapped in the tower for all eternity, while Ralph is finally reunited with Sue...
- In Nanda Parbat, Renee Montoya can't seem to find any peace, and she's worn out her welcome with the Question's friends. Wandering through the city in search of some new answer, she encounters a mysterious woman with black hair and blue eyes, who says she's come to Nanda Parbat for redemption after killing a man. The woman advises Renee to meditate in a mystical cavern with reflective walls until the walls reveal her true purpose. Renee meditates in the dark for four days, afraid to look into the mirrors. When she finally lights a candle, she sees herself, but the reflections don't show her face...
- In deep space, Adam Strange and Starfire are attacked by Molek the Hunter, who's trying to capture them to hand over to Lady Styx, unaware that the lady is dead. He badly damages their ship and sends them floating into the sun. But just when it seems all hope is lost, the sentient planet (and Green Lantern officer) Mogo shows up and catches them...
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