Bullet Points #3
In "3: What Goes Up Must Come Down," Peter sneaks into his aunt's hospital room for a final goodbye—only to be ambushed by Thunderbolt Ross, who has enlisted Steve Rogers to wear the Iron Man armor one last time to capture him. As Peter transforms into the Hulk, the resulting clash with Iron Man takes a devastating turn. Meanwhile, Reed and his team launch a long-forgotten experimental rocket to gather cosmic radiation, but sabotage dooms the mission—leaving Reed as the sole survivor, thrust into a new role as director of SHIELD. Written by J. Michael Straczynski and illustrated by Tommy Lee Edwards, with cover art by Edwards, this 2007 Marvel issue delivers a high-stakes, emotionally charged narrative that redefines legacy and consequence.
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Peter sneaks into his aunt's hospital room to tell her goodbye but falls into a trap as Thunderbolt Ross has asked Steve Rogers to don his Iron Man armor one last time and bring in Parker. Peter transforms into the Hulk and battles Iron Man and the jade giant ends up killing Steve. Reed and his crew blast off in his long neglected experimental rocket to collect cosmic radiation but the spacecraft has been sabotaged and explodes in the upper atmosphere. Reed is the sole survivor and, with his friends all dead, he is asked by the government to become the director of an agency known as SHIELD.
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