7. Marcus-ed for Life

And here’s where the story gets weird.

I know, right? But at this point, the baby starts aging at an accelerated rate, reaching speaking age in mere minutes. When he does, we learn two things: first, the baby calls himself Marcus, and second, Marcus is a colossal jerkface.

When the Avengers arrive to question Marcus about his origins and general weirdness, Marcus talks down to them!!

Fun fact, if someone asks you to do something and your response begins with the phrase “very well”, you are a massive jerk. Marcus IS a massive jerk. But his jerkiness and general awfulness are just the beginning of this story’s terribleness.

Now, we’re about to dip into the forbidden zone of this story. The point at which it goes from generically bad to godawful. So before I do, I feel I should say a couple of things first. Most importantly, I don’t hold anything in this comic against the creative team. They’ve all done enough great work to counteract this one bad comic. Also, since there are four credited plotters, its unclear who exactly did what.

Also, and this is SUPER IMPORTANT BEFORE WE PROCEED: the following story deals with concepts that could be interpreted as rape, date-rape, Stockholm Syndrome, and incest, so serious trigger warnings for all of those things. And now, if you feel like carrying on with me…let’s go on.