AVENGERS WEST COAST #68: While the rest of the heroes deal with Ultron’s “Andrones”, Wonder Man confronts the Grim Reaper, who has a most unsavory proposition. Then it’s off to the Rose Bowl parade to stop Ultron from turning the crowd into robots with his “robotizing spray”!
AVENGERS WEST COAST #67: Quicksilver, Tigra, & Hawkeye have been captured by Ultron, who bathes them in “Robotizing Spray”, which will, well, turn them into robots (somehow)—along with the rest of the world. And hey, why wouldn’t the evil robot team up w/ the zombie Grim Reaper?
AVENGERS WEST COAST #66: Unmarked helicopters spraying chemicals under cover of night. Robotic wheat farmers. Strange metallic lesions appearing on civilians. What do any of these things have in common, and why does it smell like Ultron in here?
AVENGERS WEST COAST #65: Grim Reaper is brought back to life as a zombie (again), and must absorb a human life through his scythe every 24 hours to stay that way. It falls on his brother, Wonder Man, to try to stop him.
NEW WARRIORS #6: Stane International launched their rocket full of toxic waste into orbit, with Namorita, Marvel Boy, Firestorm, and Star Thief onboard. They are rescued by the Inhumans and taken to the Blue Area of the moon—Stane’s true target all along! PLUS: Uatu the Watcher!
We also get Rage’s origin story told here. He’s really just a kid who mutated after having toxic waste dumped on him.
AVENGERS #327: Ramskov (aka Surge) is flipping his wig, having flashbacks to Chernobyl, and putting innocents in danger. Rage busts in to help the Avengers in their battle just as Thor transports them all to another dimension to contain the situation—a dimension full of monsters!