Flying So High, Until You Fall

Incoming! {What? Oof!} Hi Calvin! {What were you doing in that tree?} Keeping an eye out for you! I'm so happy to see you! Did you bring comics? {Yes. Here you go. You still remember how this works?} Of course I do! Let's just see if you can keep up!

Now let's make some noise! Applause for Ultimate Peter Parker and Harry Osborn, for trying to stop Harry's crazy dad. And we've got to Applaud Adam Warlock for taking on Ultron, and Ronan for tricking Ravenous. That was pretty funny. {Yeah. I liked Ronan's comment about how maybe he should explain things with pictures and tiny words.} I think there has to be some Applause for Carol Danvers, trying to fight a Brood Queen with no powers. {Well, Carol did think she had her regeneration abilities.} Still, that wouldn't be that much help. {I don't know. It's pretty handy to be able to bounce back from any amount of damage, and keep attacking. Certainly works well for Wolverine.} Sure, when he has unbreakable claws to use against the enemy. All Carol had was her fists.

I think Peter needs a Hug. {Because of the deal with Mephisto?} No! He chose to do that! In fact, 616-Peter gets a Bonk for being an idiot! Ultimate Peter gets a Hug because he lost one of his best friends, and had to tell everyone else about it. That must have hurt. {I imagine you're right about that.} Hug for Arana, because they wouldn't let her go out to fight the Brood, but she might get blown up because the Lightning Storm team is bad at fighting aliens. In fact, Bonk for the Lightning Storm team for being incompetent. Also, I've got a Hug for Aaron Stack, because his LMD body failed at the wrong time. {Can we not talk about his LMD body? It's been giving me nightmares.} Why? It's a perfectly natural part of life, that a machine man will someday become a machine woman. {What?! That doesn't make any sense? He's a machine woman right now because he's a freaky perv!} What do you mean? {The less you know, the better.} Fine, then Hug for Quasar, because Moondragon's dead. {Again.} Huh? {Moondragon's died before, and this time she sort of turned to dust. Remember? She told Phyla about it in the Quasar mini-series. She'll be back.} Really? {Sure. Don't sweat it.} Well that's good. I'm going to go ahead and Hug Gabe and Starlord then, because the last few pages weren't very good to them. {Especially for Gabe.}

You said it, and that's why Ultron gets a Bonk. All these people being sad is his fault! {You're starting to glow, kiddo.} It's OK; I don't have anyone else to bonk. {Really? What about Ultimate Norman Osborn?} A bonk is too good for him. He killed his son. I'm going to Banish his soul to a realm of eternal torment! {Whoa, uh, easy there. You're getting a little too '90s era, don't you think?} Well, he's dead, so bonks aren't much use, are they? {I suppose not.}