HOWARD HAS APPARENTLY BECOME A “LIVING NEXUS,” MEANING HE CAN GO ANYWHERE IF HE PUTS HIS MIND TO IT. (WOW, YEAH, I GUESS WE ALL HAVE THAT POWER. YOU’RE REALLY POSITIVE, THANK YOU.) BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY, HE CAN GO TO ALTERNATE UNIVERSES AND EVEN CREATE NEW UNIVERSES WHOLE CLOTH! WHICH, SURE, IS PRETTY NEAT ON ONE LEVEL, BUT ON ANOTHER LEVEL, IT’S A TOTAL PAIN BECAUSE NOW EVERYBODY WANTS A PIECE OF HOWARD. LIKE THIS GUY THE STRANGER, WHO WANTS TO TURN HOWARD INTO HIS OWN PERSONAL DOORMAN (DOORDUCK?) TO WRITER A UNIVERSE ALL HIS OWN. JOE QUINONES PENCILER, COLORIST NOW SHOCKET AND LINDA (THE FEMALE CLONES OF JOE RIVERA HOWARD AND ROCKET WHO MADE YOU CRY IN #2) with RICK MAGYAR AND TARA HAVE TEAMED UP WITH THE GUARDIANS INKERS TRAVIS LANHAM OF THE GALAXY TO, Y’KNOW, SAVE HOWARD FROM LETTERER A LIFE OF SERVITUDE DOING MENIAL TASKS FOR AN CHRIS ROBINSON OVERBEARING BOSS. (HEY, MAYBE THEY CAN PICK ASSISTANT EDITOR YOU UP ON THE WAY BACK!) WIL MOSS EDITOR OH, AND THIS STORY TAKES PLACE BEFORE THE TOM BREVOORT ULTIMATES #2, WHICH YOU SHOULD TOTALLY GO EXECUTIVE EDITOR READ AFTER THIS IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY. AXEL ALONSO GETS A NEW WARDROBE! EDITOR IN CHIEF JOE QUESADA JOE QUINONES & KEVIN WADA CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER COVER ARTISTS DAN BUCKLEY MICHAEL CHO; KAMOME SHIRAHAMA PUBLISHER VARIANT COVER ARTISTS ALAN FINE CHIP ZDARSKY RECAP PAGE ARTIST EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CREATED BY &

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