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Subject: Re: The Semi-Complete Story of "52" (abridged)... any interest?
by Gnostic85 on 2007/3/29 15:03:29
EVEN BIGGER SPOILER ALERT!
PART EIGHT
- Yanked out of the time-space continuum by the aliens who granted him his powers, Buddy Baker's powers are reset, particularly his ability to tap in the Red, the web of energy connecting all life. Placed back into the continuum, he desperately reaches out to find a life-form that can enable him to survive in the vacuum of space... and finds the Sun Eaters. He adapts their abilities, which include migration mapping and homing abilities...
- At the Rock of Eternity, Osiris begs Captain Marvel to take away his powers, still believing that they are causing the misery in Kahndaq, while his "pet" Sobek complains of hunger. Before Marvel can do anything, Black Adam and Isis show up. Osiris blames Black Adam for his supposed "curse" and a fight ensues, despite the Marvels' attempts to break it up. Osiris accidentally strikes Isis, which shocks him enough to make him stop. Isis convinces Osiris to return and help her and Adam find out what's causing the problems in their kingdom.
- Elsewhere in space, another Lady Styx is reborn...
- Back in Kahndaq, Osiris is still convinced that his powers are evil. Sobek suggests that Osiris simply change back into his human form, which Osiris does, and thus transforms himself back into crippled Amon Tomaz. But then Sobek suddenly eats him. Turns out the lovable talking crocodile is in fact Yurrd the Unknown, a sleeper agent created by Dr. Sivana. The Four Horsemen have arrived in Kahndaq. Black Adam kills Sobek/Famine, but he and Isis then find themselves battling War, Pestilence, and Death. War barrages Adam with missles and bullets, but is no match for him. Pestilence infects Isis with diseases, leaving her to Death. Adam blasts Pestilence's head off with one of War's cannons, distracting Death long enough for Isis to set off a volcanic eruption from beneath Kahndaq, blowing the last horseman into the sky. It's to no avail, though; ravaged by disease, Isis dies in her husband's arms.
- In Nanda Parbat, Renee watches as a flower, given to her by Isis, dies, realizing that it is a sign that Isis herself has died. Richard Dragon gives her the Question's old gear and sends her to Kahndaq to investigate.
- Death flees to Kahndaq's neighbor, Bialya, which has embraced Intergang's "Religion of Crime". The local government is panicked, because they realize that Black Adam is probably coming for them. They consult Bruno Mannheim, who basically tells them they're screwed.
- In Kahndaq, Black Adam is PISSED, and thanks to the death of Isis and Osiris, whose presence had siphoned off some of his power, he's now more powerful than before. Renee meets with a grieving Adam and tries to warn him against lashing out at the word, but to no avail. He heads for Bialya.
- Atom Smasher, realizing that his new boss Amanda Waller is going to draft him to fight Adam, walks out on the Suicide Squad. Similarly, Sentinel and Terrific leave the Checkmate HQ to confront the rogue demigod.
- Adam wages a one-man war against Bialya, slaughtering their government and then attacking every civilian he can find.
- At the Great Wall of China, the Great Ten are being mobilized to fight Black Adam, despite the concerns of their Physician and Thundermind, the latter suspecting that the Chinese government had some involvement in the creation of the Four Horsemen...
- Black Adam finally encounters Death, who's been feeding off of all the people Adam has killed. The Black Marvel still manages to tear the horseman apart by embedding his own sickle in his chest and then calling down the lighting of Shazam. With the monster mortally wounded, Adam begins the interrogations...
- On Oolong, the mad scientists are panicked about the inevitable arrival of Black Adam, with the notable exception of Dr. Sivana, who says, "BRING IT ON!"
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