"Inhumanity" is a 2013-2014 comic book crossover storyline that ran through a
number of Marvel Comics beginning in December 2013. The event follows the
aftermath of "Infinity" when the Terrigen Mists are released throughout
the world and activate dormant Inhuman cells in ordinary people who are
Inhumans descendants. A new core ongoing title called Inhuman was launched as
part of this storyline and is a focal point of this story.
Publication history "Inhumanity" was announced in July 2013
as a post-Infinity status-quo change, with Matt Fraction helming a new
Inhumans series, titled Inhuman, which would be at the heart of the storyline.
Axel Alonso, Marvel's editor-in-chief, said
“The effect on the Marvel Universe will be seismic...You might learn that your
new self is fantastic, beautiful, filled with immense power...By the same token,
you could turn around and find out that you’re nothing. You’re a blob. You have
no powers. You can create a little flame out of your pinkie.”
Fraction added "Our focus characters are drawn into the palace intrigue of this
shattered Inhumans Royal family. It becomes a superhero story and a mythical
story, all revolving around turning the world into a world full of superheroes."
In September 2013, Marvel began releasing various teaser images asking
"Is she...", "Is he...", "Are we..." leading up to the unveiling of the cover
of Inhumanity #1, a one-shot to be written by Matt Fraction. Later in the
month, Marvel announced a host of tie-ins to Inhumanity, including New
Avengers, Avengers A.I., Mighty Avengers, Avengers Assemble, and a new
limited series spinning out of Inhumanity, titled Inhumanity: The
Awakening, which follows the events of Infinity: The Hunt.
A trailer was released on 122013. Plot
= Main plot= Following the destruction of Attilan and
the spread of the Terrigen Mists upon the entire face of Earth, Karnak was
left mentally scarred by said events and began tearing up the upper west side of
Manhattan, babbling and sobbing uncontrollably. He had to be put in
custody by the Avengers. In Stark Tower, Karnak explained to the Avengers what
happened during their fight with Thanos and what it meant for the Inhumans.
While he was questioning himself for the reason for Black Bolt to spread the
Terrigen Mists and what would happen next, Karnak had an epiphany in which he
finally saw "the fault in all things." He told Medusa that she needed to forget
everything she thought she knew, ignore her instincts and forget the past.
Otherwise, all would be lost. Following this revelation in which he stated it
was too late for him to unlearn a lifetime of error, Karnak shattered the
window from his containment cell and jumped out of the Stark Tower, killing
himself. = Subplots=
Dr. June Covington has come upon the possession of a Terrigenesis Cocoon. At
Stark Tower, Spider-Girl gets the attention of Captain Marvel and informs
her that her social studies teacher was sent to a hospital when his Terrigenesis
Cocoon activated three days before, and that both he and the cocoon had been
kidnapped. Captain Marvel is unable to leave to help, but Spider-Woman and
Black Widow volunteer. Their first stop is an A.I.M. temporary station on the
Lower East Side of Manhattan. Black Widow explains that since A.I.M. got
themselves a country, they are now a diplomatic force and legally protected;
the station is no more illegal than a CIA safehouse in Moscow. But, they still
have all their old science-terror contacts in the New York underworld so
the trio plan to break in, kidnap a guy, and pump him for everything he knows.
However, before their target can give all the information they desire, he is
shot and they are captured. The leader of the A.I.M. group introduces herself
as Dr. Kashmir Vennema, who Black Widow has fought before, and she gloats that
she could have them arrested for trespassing. Black Widow states that Dr.
Vennema used to be an inter-dimensional arms dealer who formed an operation with
her alternate selves. According to Dr. Vennema, Mr. Schlickeisen died during
the Terrigenesis process and they sold his body. When it becomes apparent that
the trio do not want to buy the other one, she decides to have her guards kill
them. Spider-Woman tells her that is a bad idea, but Vennema cites state law:
once they crossed her threshold, she was legally in the clear. At Hemoglobal
Research and Lab Services, Dr. June Covington walks in with the corpse and
kills the only member of staff present. She will be commandeering their
facilities for the weekend. The Avengers A.I. encountered an elderly
widow named Doris who turned to attorney Matt Murdock for help after her bank
foreclosed on her home. After being exposed to the Terrigen Mist, she
transformed into an octopus-like creature with masses of tentacles in
place of arms. She attacked the Avengers A.I. before being persuaded to stop by
Doombot. Doris then took off for parts unknown with Medusa.
Luke Cage keeps the Mighty Avengers together and made the remodeled Gem
Theater as their base. The Mighty Avengers now have the purpose of helping
those in need. During this time, the Spider-Hero becomes the new Ronin.
Barbara McDevitt was discovered to be an Inhuman descendant whose powers were
activated after she suffered from Terrigenesis and remained in a cocoon
for weeks. Afterwards, Cortex Inc. enlisted Barbara in her new identity of
Quickfire to infiltrate the ruins of Attilan.
Geldoff is a Latverian teenager visiting the U.S. as part of a student exchange
programs, and begins to manifest his dormant Inhuman heritage after being
exposed to the Terrigen Mist. After a brief scuffle with the X-Men, he is
kidnapped by Monica Rappaccini of A.I.M. Fiona is a former blogger who was
exposed to the Terrigen Mist while taking selfies and subsequently began
blogging about her condition where she had mutated to having a bird-like
appearance. She was rescued by members of the Avengers Academy and former
members of the New X-Men after nearly falling to her death.
When Attilan exploded over New York and spread the Terrigen Mists around the
world, most of the wreckage landed in New York's harbor. But enough hit the
city to inconvenience people. The Superior Spider-Man and his Spiderlings
seemimgly help with the recovery, while actually taking the rubble back to strip
it of valuable technological secrets. A radio message from a Spiderling brings
Otto to a street where most electronics have suddenly stopped working, and find
a piece of Inhuman debris on the roof of an apartment building Observing the
impact site, the Superior Spider-Man and his firefighter escort Lt. Coyle realize
that something has been taken, by the occupants of the apartment. Moving
through the building, the Superior Spider-Man notices that the residents
are strangely lethargic and realizes that whatever is draining power from
electronics is also draining energy from people. Inside the apartment, the
Superior Spider-Man encounters a man named Arthur Schweibe who is wearing
half of a set of power armor. Arthur is angry how he and his wife played by the
rules in a world without rules and were left behind. The Superior Spider-Man's
web-shooters and strength begin to fail, but he manages to distract Arthur long
enough to find the rest of the armor attached to Arthur's wife Susan
Schweibe, who has cancer. Arthur had hoped to use the armor to cure his wife,
regardless of the consequences. Coyle confronts Arthur, and forces him to
admit he drugged his wife so that she would be unable to stop his rampage.
Defeated, Arthur lets go of the Superior Spider-Man, who disables the power
source in the armor. He offers to help Susan and get her an appointment with
Elias Wirtham. He asks Coyle to back up his statement that Arthur was being
controlled by the armor and should be left free to support his wife. Coyle
agrees, but asks the Superior Spider-Man why he is being so lenient. Thinking
back to his final days as Doctor Octopus, the Superior Spider-Man merely
says that no-one should die alone. Leaving the apartment, he sees the
Spiderling from earlier arguing jurisdiction with the Fire Department.
Spider-Man intervenes and lays down the law: when it comes to clean-up, the NYFD
are to be backed without question. Victor Kohl is the black sheep of his
family. He had economic problems and even found himself having to steal the
new laptop of his brother Robert Kohl. When the Terrigen Mists were released
onto Earth, the Kohl Family went through Terrigenesis while Victor didn't. While
they were transferred to an Inhuman Nativity Center, he grew resentful
because he thought he was adopted as he didn't change. One day when he was
returning drunk to his home, Victor is confronted by the Nightbringer Ring of
the Mandarin which finds him acceptable to be its wearer. With its power and
still under the influence of alcohol, Victor attacks the Inhuman Nativity
Center where Robert is apparently killed. Iron Man stops him and Victor
flees after the Golden Avenger injures his shoulder with a laser. The ring
teleports Victor to a safe place. While recovering, Victor goes through
Terrigenesis. As soon as he resurfaced, Victor is confronted by Medusa. She
showed to him the rest of the body of his father which was destroyed during
Victor's rampage in the Nativity Center. She also explained to Victor that he
didn't suffer from Terrigenesis not because he didn't have blood ties with
his family, but because the level of exposure to Terrigen Mists to activate
the Terrigenesis in certain individuals can vary. She exiles Victor from the
Inhumans for his actions. Victor blames himself for what he did, but the ring
managed to make him blame Tony Stark from not stopping him when he was
rampaging drunk. The Ring also suggested Victor's new nickname called the Exile.
Medusa and her aide Elejea are summoned to Battery Park by numerous S.H.I.E.L.D.
agents as they found Eldrac alive in the debris after the clean up effort. Medusa
spoke with him trying to determine what happened, so she asked Eldrac if he
could transport her to where her husband Black Bolt would be, Eldrac then opened
his mouth as Medusa is seen walking through. In another part of the United
States, Dante Pertuz was an newly evolved Inhuman who was among many
placed in a cocoon due to the release of the Terrigen Bomb that affected New York
City after the Inhuman city of Attilan fell into the Hudson River. The mist
traveled all around the world which included Dante's home in Des Plaines,
Illinois. After coming out of the cocoon, he was approached by a fellow
Inhuman named Lash who came there to see if Dante was worthy of the gifts that
were given to him. He asked him what happened to his mother and he told him
that she didn't survive the transformation process of the Terrigen
Mist. Dante's retaliation came when his body started to engulf itself into
flames which he used in the form of heat blasts against Lash. During the battle,
Queen Medusa arrived via teleportation by Eldrac the Door to interfere as part
of a plan to get Dante to move to where the Inhumans are currently living.
Titles involved Much like the Age of Ultron tie-ins the
numbering for ongoing titles have the suffix .INH attached.
Collected editions See also
Earth X References
External links Inhumanity at Marvel Wiki