Volume: 1
Price: 17.99 USD; 19.99 CAD
Pages: 148 ?
On-sale Date: 2013-05-22
Editing: Jennifer Grünwald (credited) (collection editor); Nick Lowe (credited) (editor)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

Cover title is "A+X=Awesome" but indicia issue title is just "= Awesome".

Fight for the Future

Cable; Captain America / comic story / 11 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [James Buchanan Barnes]; Cable [Nathan Summers]; General; Atticus Trask; Sleepers; Sentinel
Synopsis:
Atticus Trask travels to the past and develops Sleepers and a Sentinel for the Nazis. Captain America and Bucky ally with Cable against him.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]

Hulk; Wolverine / comic story / 10 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Wolverine [James Howlett; Logan]; Maestro [Bruce Banner] (Earth-TRN218) (First appearance); Logan (Earth-TRN218) (First appearance); Red Hulk [Thaddeus E. 'Thunderbolt' Ross] (Earth-TRN218) (First appearance)
Synopsis:
Hulk and Wolverine fight their alternate selves, who have been sent from the future to kill the Red Hulk. After failing, the alternate Logan and Maestro return to their own world. They meet with their version of the Red Hulk in the White House and are told that, for the world to survive, the Red Hulk has to die.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]

Black Widow; Rogue / comic story / 10 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Black Widow [Natalia Romanova]; Rogue [Anna Marie]; Sasha; Captain America [Steve Rogers] (on phone); Kilgore Mark X Suitcase Sentinels (destroyed); "Little Rascals"; AIM (behind the scenes)
Synopsis:
Black Widow and Rogue team-up to stop Sentinels that the "Little Rascals" have unwittingly unleashed.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]

Iron Man; Shadowcat / comic story / 10 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Shadowcat [Katherine Pryde]; Lockheed; Stark Resilient [Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Pepper Potts [Virginia Potts]]; Wolverine [James Howlett] (behind the scenes); Brood
Synopsis:
Stark tries to recruit Kitty for Stark Resilient. Due to a mishap with Pym Particles, they end up fighting microscopic Brood that have been trapped in Kitty's nasal cavities since she was "pregnant" with them months before.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]

Black Panther; Storm / comic story / 10 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Black Panther [T'Challa]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Panther God [Bastet] (mentioned); Princess Chinaza; Princess Jayde; Princess Olufunmilayo; AIM [Todd]; poachers
Synopsis:
Black Panther defeats AIM agents who try to invade Wakanda. Storm causes a thunderstorm to disrupt a meeting between T'Challa and women vying for his attention. T'Challa and Storm team-up to stop poachers.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]

Gambit; Hawkeye / comic story / 10 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Gambit [Remy LeBeau]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; actress; stage manager (mentioned); Fence; "Sweetums" (dies)
Synopsis:
Gambit and Hawkeye team-up to save an actress from "Sweetums". Gambit steals Hawkeye's wallet so he can take the girl out.
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Planet of the Beasts!

Beast; Spider-Man / comic story / 10 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Beast [Henry McCoy]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Timmy; Queen Talia; Goliacat; the Announcer (dies); the Wild Ones; Origin Maker [Henry McCoy; alternate Beast] (dead)
Synopsis:
Spider-Man and Beast are accidentally shunted to an alternate reality populated by zombies and blue-furred descendants of the Beast. Beast rejects Queen Talia's advances to save Spider-Man from the Goliacat and both are sent back to Earth-616.
Reprints (1)

The New Deal?

Captain America; Kid Omega / comic story / 10 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Kid Omega [Quentin Quire]; Wolverine [James Howlett]; Bruce Springsteen (mentioned); Mrs. Roebuck (mentioned); Genesis [Evan Sabahnur]; Glob Herman [Robert Herman]; Graymalkin [Jonas Graymalkin]; Hellion [Julian Keller]; Oya [Idie Okonkwo]; AIM [MOGOD [Microscopic Oddities Generated Only for Disintegration] (die)]
Synopsis:
Kid Omega begrudgingly team-ups up with Captain America to defeat MOGOD in an AIM-controlled town. Kid Omega has Captain America "drag" him back to the Jean Grey School so that the team-up doesn't hurt his reputation.
Reprints (1)

Epic Matryoshka

Doop; Iron Fist / comic story / 10 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Iron Fist [Daniel Rand]; Doop; monster; pizza guy; Wolverine [James Howlett] (behind the scenes); Shaman [Michael Twoyoungmen] (behind the scenes); Mafia [Mafian (dies)]; Johnny; intelligent raccoon; talking Soviet bear; Nikolai Gogol
Synopsis:
Doop gets Iron Fist to help him save one of his friends from a Monster Ball.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]

Loki; Mr. Sinister / comic story / 10 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Mr. Sinister [Nathaniel Essex]; Loki [Loki Laufeyson]; Doom's "Unfinished Work"
Synopsis:
Mr. Sinister breaks into Dr. Doom's castle in Latveria to obtain DNA samples of Loki. Loki interrupts him and they briefly team-up against creatures that have been horribly mutated by Doom. Loki allows Mr. Sinister to steal the DNA samples to see what chaos it will cause.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]

Captain Marvel; Wolverine / comic story / 10 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Captain Marvel [Carol Danvers]; Wolverine [James Howlett]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew]; the End
Synopsis:
The End attacks Captain Marvel and Wolverine while they are playing poker. Instead of fighting them, he ends up joining their game.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]

Gambit; The Thing / comic story / 10 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Thing [Ben Grimm]; Gambit [Remy LeBeau]; Petey; Tony; Thundra (mentioned)
Synopsis:
Thing and Gambit cheat some cheaters in a poker game.
Reprints (1)
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