Nova (Richard Rider) appears on this week’s comics!
Here, Richard Rider is one of the representatives who was present in the meeting with Gladiator, Deathbird, Xandra, Paibok and Frenzy. Also, the chart mentions that Richard is an ally of Arakko.
Johnny is ambushed by Devos the Devastator, Paibok the Power Skrull, and Lyja the Lazerfist!
Two excellent stories here. Ben and Reed working with Sharon Ventura to rescue Alicia Masters from Aron the Rogue Watcher. The question is, can they trust her?
While this is going on, Johnny is alone in battle in a plotline that's been building for a little while. And what they heck is up with little Franklin? Or Susan for that matter. It's a comic that positively zips along, every page delivering something exciting and fun. Especially that last page...
On Sale Date: October 27, 1992.
Total Paid Circulation: 217,625 (average #371-382).
Johnny is ambushed by a cabal of cosmic villains out for revenge against the FF! Devos the Devastator, Paibok the Power Skrull, and...Johnny's Skrull wife, Lyja!?
Eddie's hand squeezes a grip at Jayden's forearm as his Other flutters beneath his skin. Second floor. Two at the railing, beside the elevator. Do not look up. Their eyes are not upon Us.
Eddie allows his shoulders to slip downward a little. If they'd been spotted, the agents would be on their way down already. "They haven't made us yet. Bathroom hallway is at the next junction, there'll be an exit nearby."
The squad of well-dressed gentlemen had already neutralized Cannon, Marko, even Paibok, with Elektra nowhere to be found -- and likely to stay that way, at least until Jayden could get out of this mess properly. Eddie hadn't even been put on this assignment initially, so the sight of him had told her everything she needed to know in an instant: it was all FUBAR now.
As they force themselves to walk the main first-floor corridor at a leisurely pace, Eddie makes a point of keeping his body between Jayden and the eyes of the spooks upstairs. If there were a clothing store between here and their target junction, he'd nudge her inside and convince her into a quick change, because there's no way the spooks don't know what garb they're looking for and even his Other can only do so much. But in a matter of moments, they're taking the turn down the restroom corridor, and now there's only about a hundred feet separating them from the far exit--
Incoming suits! Hide her!
His Other is correct, of course -- two spooks entering through those doors, all black suits and white shirts and sunglasses in the middle of an overcast afternoon and now indoors, do they want to look like they came from the Matrix?
There is literally nowhere to go that won't make them look like they've noticed the suits... so Eddie goes for a particularly brazen trick. He clasps his hand a little tighter about Jayden's forearm and swings her around in front of him, then pushes forward so that her back collides with the wall to the right, and brings his free hand up to her cheek, hiding her lower face from the spooks with his wrist.
He murmurs the quietest of apologies... and then presses his mouth to hers.
This Meme: Accepting
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His voice is the first thing that calms her nerves. Nearly everything that could have gone wrong did. With a spectacular amount of effort and grace, mainly getting pushed ahead by the others, she managed to remain uncaptured. How this had fallen apart was something she was going to find out. There had to be a leak in their circle since no one but her team and a select few higher ups knew about this mission.
Even still she was more rattled than she wanted to be. So knowing that she had two more on her side that she actually trusted was a selfish comfort she was going to take. Though she didn’t quite have the same feeling she had for the others. Eddie and Venom had proved themselves to her enough that She was safer with them than on her own.
“Exactly how fucked are we?” She asked falling back and tucking herself under their arm, pressed tight into their side. She lets them lead her through the very public maze. Taking the less than peaceful hints when shoved into a store. She knew what the pair were getting at; she couldn’t help but take the liberties to alter his own clothing with a few brushes of her hands. Might as well play the part and all.
She takes down her hair to be loose as opposed to the strict braided ponytail she usually kept. Making it to the corridor is the cause of the growing sliver of hope. One that she is too locked in her own mind trying to puzzle out their traitor. The rising anxiety and anger caused her to be off guard and pliant to their man handling. Stunned she didn’t move even with the breath of apology ghosting along her skin.. At least not until he follows through.
The scratch of stubble is dangerously pleasant, pushing a vibrant zing along her nerve endings. Plush lips slightly chapped against her own was something she gave passing flights of fancy to in the darkest hours of her own mind. It’s only after they pull back does she come to her senses. She watches from the side of her eye as the goons leave the mouth of the hall before she is shoving them back for some space to think.
“Nice one?” She’ll kick herself that that is what she said. For now, she grabbed their hand and pulled them out of the door. They would need a new ride as her vehicle was tracked and she was sure his bike was too. Thankfully there was a plethora of bikes to choose from and this time, she wasn’t going to complain about their driving.
Eden Fesi goes to the portal to warn the mutants about a threat. Unfortunately, he arrived too late when he finds Magneto, Frenzy, Banshee, Fabian Cortez, Random and other mutants as well as Paibok the Skrull, are captured by the Knullified Cable.