Ends of the Earth (Marvel Comics)
| "Ends of the Earth" | |
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Preview for "Ends of the Earth" storyline that is an edited version of the cover for The Amazing Spider-Man #682.
Art by Stefano Caselli. |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Publication date | March – June 2012 |
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| Main character(s) |
Spider-Man Sinister Six Doctor Octopus Avengers |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Dan Slott |
| Penciller(s) | Stefano Caselli |
| Editor(s) | Stephen Wacker |
"Ends of the Earth" is a comic book storyline in The Amazing Spider-Man published by Marvel Comics in 2012. The storyline was created in honor of the 50th anniversary of the character Spider-Man. Unlike the prior event story "Spider-Island" there are only two tie-in issues instead of the multitude of tie-in issues involved with that story; the story is completely contained within issues #682-687 of The Amazing Spider-Man.
The story is part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Spider-Man's first appearance. "Ends of the Earth" will see Spider-Man fighting against the Sinister Six, who are led by Doctor Octopus. Despite Spider-Man leaving the Avengers in Shattered Heroes, the members of the team are supporting characters, and he rejoins the team at the beginning. The story was written by Dan Slott and brings storylines that have been running since issue #600 was released in July 2009 to fruition. Marvel released several preview images for the event, and has written an article about why each current member of the Sinister Six is important for this group.
Doctor Octopus learns that he only has a few months left to live due to injuries he has sustained in fights with Spider-Man, Captain America, and others. During the "Origin of the Species" storyline Doctor Octopus enlists the help of several villains to kidnap the presumed newborn son of Norman Osborn and Menace because he believes the unique combination of their blood can provide a cure for him. When he learns Harry Osborn is the father he realizes no cure will be found in the boy's blood. Doctor Octopus captures Tony Stark and forces him to work on a cure for him by threatening to blow up a bomb, despite Tony telling Octavius that he is not a medical doctor. Doctor Octopus has an army of Macro-Octobots attack New York City to keep Spider-Man and the Avengers occupied while his Sinister Six (consisting of Chameleon, Electro, Mysterio, Rhino, Sandman, and himself) infiltrates a military base, but Spider-Man and the Avengers are able to stop them. The Sinister Six create a cosmic problem on a Caribbean island to keep Spider-Man and the Future Foundation occupied and away from the Baxter Building so the Sinister Six can sneak inside and steal one of Reed Richard's inventions. The Sinister Six attack a lab in Paris to create an opening to the Avengers Academy to steal a device containing self-sustaining power invented by Henry Pym. The Sinister Six fight and defeat the Intelligencia so that the Sinister Six is the only team of supervillains left to conquer the world. They also steal the Intelligencia's Zero Cannon (a weapon which negates Earth's gravity) to send objects to space. Doctor Octopus appears in a new robot suit designed to keep him alive. Doctor Octopus has some Octobots sneak aboard John Jameson's space shuttle when it launches for Horizon Lab's Apogee 1 Space Station, and tries to have them take over the space station by having the Octobots mind-control the space station's personnel. Spider-Man, the Human Torch, and John Jameson are able to stop the Octobots, but the space station is destroyed.
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