Exiles: Endless (Marvel;Re)/Issue 1

This is the first issue of the Marvel;Re ongoing series, Exiles: Endless, part of the Web of Shadows story arc. It is succeeded by Exiles: Endless #2 and preceded by Exiles: New World #13.

Synopsis
The Multiverse is a large place with enormous problems. The cosmic conquerors, mystical dominators, and deluded villains living within the Multiverse tend to abuse their privileges of freedom by attacking other universes not of their own. When these ravagers disrupt the cosmic balance, causing Multiversal disasters, the Exiles are called upon to fix the damage done to realities. Some of them survives, some of them doesn't. Either way, these heroes are summoned to deal with the worst the Multiverse can offer, no matter how it's done.

Our rag-tag band of heroes are preparing for a next mission of theirs as their Timebroker, Kang, ponders over the team, reviewing their performance thus far and what threats could the future hold for them...

Panoptichron, the Crystal Palace
Inside a pristine room located within a grand structure outside of time and space, a woman wearing a distinct armor can be seen sitting on a chair, facing a number of large monitors displaying events happening throughout multiple universes. The panel zooms on her scarred face as she begins to monologue, identifying herself.


 * Susan Storm (Earth-13074) / Ultimate Kang: "My name... is Susan Storm. Or, as I'd like to call myself these days, Kang. A long time ago -- time really is malleable here -- I was a very... nasty person, to say the least. To save my universe from ending, my ex-husband, Reed, sent me to the past to prevent such a catastrophe from happening. Problem was, I... did a lot of harm in trying to do what's right. It's... too late for me to regret all the crap I have committed. Looking back, though... I think I could have done everything more reasonably despite how my supposed 'origin' universe is a giant clusterf**k of atrocities. (Kang blinks and sighs) Funny how a single event can change your entire life, huh? Just as my world was about to end, I turned into a murderous tyrant. Just after I tried to go further back into the past, I... let's just say I was a changed person once again, and that it was one hell of an experience."

The panel immediately switches to the view of Kang's last experience, flashing back to a scene where many heroes of the Ultimate Universe were seen laying down in pain as the space-time continuum bled. Kang and the past incarnation of her ex-husband, Reed Richards AKA the Maker, conversed about their failure in saving the universe utilizing the Infinity Gems.


 * Ultimate Kang: "No... it's too late. We failed."
 * Reed Richards (Earth-1610) / Maker: "No. We can fix this. The Gauntlets --"
 * Ultimate Kang: "Are useless."
 * Antonio Stark (Earth-1610) / Ultimate Iron Man: "(The Infinity Gauntlets he wields break) What the hell? They're... shattering?!"
 * Ultimate Kang: "I... I have to go back further. Have to try again. Have to make things right. Have to save the future. (Turns to Ultimate Invisible Woman, who is her past incarnation) Susan. If you stay with Ben Grimm, the world is doomed. Understand this. I hope you fare better than we did. Goodbye, Ultimates."

Kang disappeared in a sphere of chronal energy, going back further into the past... only to find herself standing in an empty space of nothingness.

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