Marvel has just revealed a street fighter character who can come face to face with Thanoslike the world of Marvel vs. Capcom enter the comics page. None other than Akuma is powerful enough to stand his ground against the Mad Titan, and their battle threatens to destroy all of reality.
Coming from the creative team of Christos Gage and Alberto Jiménez Alburquerque, the 32-page graphic novel is accompanied by physical copies of the recently released Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Edition.
The story presents Doctor Doom and M. Bison teaming up to dominate the Marvel and Capcom universesbut neither villain fully trusts the other. As such, they both have a trick hidden up their sleeves. M. Bison uses his “Psychological Power” to control the powerful martial arts master Akuma, while Doctor Doom manipulates Thanos by promising him a universe to destroy.
The new comic answers this essential question…
Doom and M. Bison end up playing their trump cards when heroes from the Marvel and Capcom universes team up to fight them, but it soon becomes apparent that Akuma and Thanos are too powerful. Alone, the heroes are unable to do anything against the devastating opponents, as they Akuma ends Wolverine and Thanos eliminates several heroes at once. Faced with the prospect of a battle between Akuma and Thanos leaving everything in its wake a pile of smoking debris, the heroes must find a way to stop their colossal fight before it begins.
Realizing they need to do something before reality as they know it collapses, Doom and M. Bison decide to team up with the heroes to stop Akuma and Thanos before their battle gets out of control. Communicating psychically with all players, Psylocke devises a plan to deal with supervillains from both universes. All heroes end up channeling their powers through Doctor Doom, who opens a portal and sends Akuma and Thanos out as their epic battle begins. Eventually, it is revealed that the two big villains have been sent to a pocket universe where there are no living beings.
Akuma and Thanos' battle threatens to separate two universes
An essential crossover for fans of both franchises
By sending Akuma and Thanos to fight in a pocket universe, Marvel and Capcom's heroes end up saving their respective universes without having to face either of the big bads in a straight fight. It's a shame that readers won't get to see how their epic battle plays out, as Ryu suggests that Akuma and Thanos' fight could last forever. It seems like the perfect setting for a longer plot that could fill an entire miniseries. Now that games are available again on consoles, we hope there will be more Marvel vs. Capcom to see who wins between Thanos and Street Fighter's Akuma.
Marvel vs. Marvel Fighting Collection Capcom: arcade classics #1 is now available from Marvel Comics