Denna morgon kom det fjärde vykortet från The Conqueror Events Avengers Challenge – Arc Reactor.

Tony Stark’s body is kept alive by machines after his mind has been erased to protect the Superhuman Registration Database. In other words, Tony is dying.

Anticipating the worst, Tony left instructions for his friends should they ever try to bring him back. Each of his allies has a task tailored to their strengths. Maria Hill must retrieve a hard drive containing a backup copy of his mind, while Rhodey is tasked with reconfiguring the repulsor technology once implanted in Pepper Potts’s chest. Once everything is prepared, electrodes are attached to Captain America’s shield and Thor is called upon to strike it, creating a surge powerful enough to jump-start Tony’s heart.

The plan doesn’t go as expected. The problem is not Tony’s body but his mind. While all his allies struggle to bring him back from a vegetative state, Tony is lost within his own consciousness, surrounded by fragments of memory and fear, unable to remember who he is.

Tony Stark returns at last when Doctor Strange enters his consciousness and helps him reclaim his identity and sense of purpose, giving him a true second chance at life.

When Maya Hansen, a brilliant scientist from FuturePharm, discovers the lifeless body of her boss, Aldrich Killian, she immediately calls her old friend Tony Stark. Maya and her now-deceased boss had been working on a formula called Extremis, a super-soldier serum comparable to the one that turned Steve Rogers into Captain America. Before his untimely demise, Killian gave the untested technological virus to terrorists.

The serum is administered to a man named Mallen, and it completely rewrites his genetic code, giving him incredible powers such as super speed, super strength, and even fire breath. Extremis gives Mallen such an edge that Tony Stark, clad in his suit, can hardly stand against him. Their first encounter almost ends in tragedy when Tony’s body is crushed and he’s left in critical condition.

Tony realizes that he needs to level the playing field if he is to defeat Mallen. He needs Extremis. It takes some convincing, but Maya finally relents and agrees to give him a modified dose of the serum. The risks are immense, as the serum hasn’t been fully tested and the result can quickly swing from super-powers to death while Tony’s genes are rearranged. Fortunately, the result is astonishing: The armor suit undersheath is stored in Tony’s body, and he can control it with his mind. 

With this new upgrade, Mallen doesn’t stand a chance. However, it turns out that fighting him isn’t the hardest thing Tony has to do. When he discovers that Maya was involved in supplying Extremis to the terrorists, Tony is forced to turn her in.

I natt kom det ytterligare två collectibles från min Avengers – Arc Reactor utmaning! Här går det undan!

Ännu en dag med en hel del steg avklarad och det kom besked om att jag passerat 60% av den totala sträckan i Avengers – Arc Reactor utmaningen.

Som ett brev på posten kom också den tredje comic:en.

Tisdagens steg gjorde så att jag kom till 86 km av min utmaning i Avengers – Arc Reactor och då fock jag vykort nr. 2 samt en ny collectible.

The events of Marvel’s Civil War begin with a tragedy. The New Warriors, a group of young Super Heroes, are filming a reality TV show where they take on Super Villains. They bite off more than they can chew, however, as the villains are far more powerful than they expected. One of the villains is Nitro, who uses his powers to trigger an explosion that kills over 600 civilians, including 60 schoolchildren.

This catastrophe forces the government to take action. The Superhuman Registration Act is proposed, requiring heroes to register their identities and operate under S.H.I.E.L.D., accountable to the taxpayers and under government control. Understanding the public’s concern, and perhaps burdened by guilt, some Super Heroes support the proposal and rally behind Tony Stark. Others fear revealing their identities and surrendering their freedom, forming a resistance that goes underground, led by Captain America.

Tony Stark’s team begins using harsher methods to convince others to register or to capture those who refuse. They even create a prison, clone Thor, and recruit the Thunderbolts. Though the two sides do not see each other as true enemies and try to avoid bloodshed, everything changes when the Thor clone kills Goliath. Spider-Man reveals his true identity, only to defect to Captain America’s side later. Sue Richards leaves her husband, Reed Richards, and joins the underground movement, while many other heroes reluctantly side with Tony.

The conflict builds to a massive showdown in Lower Manhattan, where the two teams finally clash. As Captain America’s side gains the upper hand, their leader makes a choice to surrender. He realizes they might have won the fight but they have lost the argument. Looking around, Cap understands that civilians have once again paid the price.

In the aftermath, Tony Stark creates a team of registered heroes for every state and becomes the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. It is not an easy job, and harder still will be mending the fractures left in the Super Hero community.

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Efter dagens övningar kom det en collectible, samt en comic från Avengers – Arc Reactor utmaningen.