Chapter Summaries

Yondu led his Ravagers cautiously toward Telan Star after learning that Asgard protected the planet, while bounty hunters raced there to claim a billion-unit reward for the Cosmic Cube. Thanos revealed that he had created the bounty to conceal Gamora’s mission to steal the Space Stone, leaving Earth facing an approaching wave of aliens.

• Yondu refused to storm Telan Star and warned his crew that Asgard protected it, then sent Kraglin to wake Peter.
• Yondu’s smaller ship landed in Missouri, while Ravager and bounty-hunter ships began converging on Earth.
• Rocket piloted a ship toward Earth with Groot, excited by the billion-unit bounty and determined to beat the other hunters.
• A Chitauri elder reported to Thanos that the bounty had been posted, and Thanos said the outcome depended on Gamora.
• Thanos revealed that he wanted the Space Stone hidden on Telan Star and had used the bounty to send cannon fodder there while Gamora pursued it.

George finished modifying a magical school bus as Coulson arrived with news that many alien spacecraft had appeared around Earth and landed in different places. George agreed to investigate, judged the aliens likely to be Ravagers and Bounty Hunters, and urged Coulson to speed up plans for recruitment offices worldwide.

• George finished enchanting a magical school bus and assigned Blonsky to drive it between the Floating Island and the city.
• Coulson arrived at the Superpower Academy and told George that alien spacecraft had appeared outside Earth and landed across the world.
• Coulson explained that governments had intercepted some ships, but many landed and vanished from detection while civilians and reporters learned of the arrivals.
• George reassured Coulson, offered to help locate the aliens, and said they should accelerate plans to open recruitment offices in every country.
• George suspected the aliens were Ravagers and Bounty Hunters and planned to capture some to learn their purpose.

George agreed with Coulson to establish Superpower Academy recruitment offices worldwide within a week of the alien invasion’s resolution, then organized the school to capture the invaders as combat training for its students. He left Charles in command and departed, while Charles arranged teams to deploy around the world and asked Coulson to notify Tony and Thor.

• George secured Coulson’s promise that recruitment offices for the Superpower Academy would open in cities around the world within a week after the invasion ended.
• Coulson explained the alien invasion to the teachers, and George reassured them that the invaders were manageable compared with the Academy’s forces.
• George assigned each teacher a student team, placed Charles in charge, and gave Charles a marked Portkey so George could respond if they encountered a threat they could not handle.
• George left using Apparition, and Charles asked Coulson to contact Tony and Thor in case the aliens tried to escape aboard their spacecraft.
• Charles organized the teachers and students into teams and sent them through Portkeys toward the aliens’ landing sites.

Superpower Academy had grown into a powerful organization, allowing George to focus on magic while its teachers and students handled threats. When alien bounty hunters attacked San Francisco seeking the Cosmic Cube, Wolverine and a combat training squad arrived to confront them.

• George relied on Superpower Academy's growing strength to protect Earth while he studied magic and prepared for greater crises.
• A group of alien bounty hunters landed in San Francisco and attacked S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and police while searching for information about the Cosmic Cube.
• The aliens' advanced weapons destroyed four armed helicopters, leaving the human forces badly outmatched.
• Wolverine arrived with a Superpower Academy combat training squad and killed one bounty hunter, whose gunshot wound quickly healed.
• Nathan bound the aliens with vines while Wolverine fought them, and Jessica took aim from above with a mounted machine gun.

After Superpower Academy students and teachers defeated the open alien invasion, Rocket Raccoon and Gamora separately searched for ways to obtain the Cosmic Cube. Yondu’s group then pressured Peter to help them pursue the bounty, leaving him caught up in their plan.

• Jessica used an aircraft-mounted machine gun to kill the invading Bounty Hunters, while Wolverine pursued their surviving leader and an agent asked him to capture the alien alive.
• Superpower Academy teachers and students subdued the invaders across Earth, while Tony and Thor intercepted fleeing spaceships; captured aliens were taken to S.H.I.E.L.D. for questioning.
• Rocket Raccoon hacked into classified files, learned that George was suspected of taking the Cosmic Cube, and decided to infiltrate the Floating City.
• Gamora watched a Bounty Hunter group fall to a human leading children and decided to seek a human identity so she could enter the Superpower Academy.
• Yondu told Peter that their group could not defeat George and demanded that Peter help them complete the bounty, offering him one hundred million from the reward.

George traced the bounty for the Cosmic Cube to Thanos but chose to focus on studying magic while Earth dealt with the alien invaders. A month later, he recognized several applicants for school jobs as Gamora, Star-Lord, Yondu, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot.

• Charles reported that captured aliens had revealed a one-billion bounty for the Cosmic Cube.
• George ruled out The Collector and guessed that Thanos had placed the bounty, but decided to wait rather than search for him.
• Superpower Academy, New S.H.I.E.L.D., and governments captured more aliens and seized spacecraft as later arrivals became more cautious.
• George continued studying magic and alchemy while the world settled down after the invasion.
• Professor X told George that several people had applied for teaching and security jobs, and George recognized them as the Guardians of the Galaxy.

George recognized Gamora and the other Guardians of the Galaxy among the applicants and planned to use their arrival to reach Thanos and avert future threats. He devised an Earth Immigration Plan to reduce Earth's population before its Celestial embryo hatched, then summoned the five applicants to his office, where they spotted the Cosmic Cube.

• George identified Gamora, Star-Lord, Yondu, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot from their job applications and considered how they might help him locate Thanos.
• George decided he could kill Thanos without regret and planned to contact the Nova Empire to encourage Earth to join interstellar civilization and reduce its population before the Celestial embryo hatched.
• George took the Cosmic Cube from Floating Island to his office, displayed it on his desk, and summoned the five Guardians.
• Gamora, Star-Lord, Yondu, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot entered George's office, noticed the Cosmic Cube, and restrained their instinct to reach for it.

George hired Gamora, Star-Lord, Yondu, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot at Superpower Academy after warning them that the contract could make them lifelong unpaid workers or subject them to death for harming the school. As they toured the Floating Island, they tried to gather information and George learned that Black Widow had noticed their suspicious behavior, but he said he already had them under control.

• George offered the five applicants drinks and presented employment contracts with a severe penalty clause for harming Superpower Academy.
• Gamora, Star-Lord, Yondu, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot accepted the terms and pressed their fingerprints onto the contracts.
• Logan took the new employees to see the school and arrange their dormitories, while Gamora and Star-Lord tried to charm people for information.
• Black Widow warned George that Peter and Yondu seemed suspicious after Peter questioned her under the guise of flirting.
• George told Black Widow that all five newcomers had problems and were already under his control through the Floating Island's formations.

George told the Superpower Academy staff and Coulson that he would leave Earth to deal with the person behind the bounty, then asked Coulson to prepare humanity for contact with the Nova Empire and relocation to other planets. He revealed that a Celestial embryo inside Earth could destroy humanity, leaving Coulson responsible for warning Earth’s leaders and urging them to act quickly.

• Professor X asked George whether they should stop the troublemakers sneaking toward the Headmaster's Office, but George told him to let them make a fuss.
• George told the teachers that he had identified the person behind the bounty and would leave Earth to deal with them, while the others stayed to protect Earth.
• George asked Coulson to coordinate with Earth's leaders and prepare for the Nova Empire to establish contact and help humanity enter the space age.
• Coulson questioned the speed of George's plan, so George explained that Earth needed to relocate its population because a Celestial embryo lay within the planet.
• George admitted that he could not defeat the stronger Celestials and urged Coulson to warn the leaders and begin relocation as soon as possible.

George caught Yondu, Star-Lord, Gamora, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot fighting over the Cosmic Cube in his office and subdued them all. He offered them two choices: die or become unpaid laborers for Superpower Academy for life.

• Yondu, Star-Lord, Gamora, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot fought over the Cosmic Cube, but Gamora proposed selling it to a buyer for four billion and splitting the money.
• The others accepted Gamora's proposal, and Rocket Raccoon stepped forward to take the Cosmic Cube.
• George appeared, took the Cosmic Cube, and used magnetism and plant magic to subdue all five attackers.
• George reminded them of the contracts they had signed and offered to kill them or make them work for the school for the rest of their lives.

George formed the Super Guard Team from Star-Lord, Yondu, Rocket Raccoon, Gamora, and Groot, then led them into space to find and kill Thanos. After taking over Yondu's Ravagers ship by force, George left the crew under his command.

• Star-Lord, Yondu, Rocket Raccoon, and Gamora chose to join George, who named them the Super Guard Team and ordered Gamora to contact Thanos.
• George took the Cosmic Cube and left, then the next day departed Earth with the five Guardians aboard Star-Lord's ship.
• Gamora warned George that Thanos had powerful subordinates and a vast fleet, but George insisted his plan would succeed.
• The group reached Yondu's Ravagers base ship, where George declared that he was taking command.
• George killed Electric Face and electrocuted the Ravagers who attacked him, then Yondu announced that the crew had to obey George.

George magically modified the Ravager base ship and learned that Thanos and Ronan planned to ally against the Nova Empire. He ordered the ship toward the threatened planet, while the crew secretly weighed escape and George caught them plotting.

• George modified the base ship with an Awakening Charm, an Untraceable Extension Charm, and Runic Barriers.
• Gamora used the Cosmic Cube to contact Thanos and learned he was near the border of the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Milky Way, where he was testing Ronan's plan to attack the Nova Empire.
• George ordered Yondu to take the ship to the Nova Empire's border, hoping that defeating Thanos and Ronan would help Earth enter the space age.
• Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, and Yondu discussed escaping, but Gamora warned them that George might be watching.
• George suddenly appeared behind the crew, and Star-Lord lied that they had been discussing how to help him defeat Thanos and Ronan.

George registered as a bounty hunter and accepted the bounties on Thanos and Accuser Ronan, promising his companions a share if they helped him. While traveling through space, he gained new insight into Fairy Glitter and cast the Super Magic.

• Gamora registered George for a universal account and a novice bounty hunter identity.
• George accepted the bounties on Thanos and Accuser Ronan and promised Star-Lord, Yondu, and Rocket Raccoon one hundred million each for their help.
• George warned the group not to try escaping again, and they agreed to cooperate for the reward.
• George stopped Yondu's ship so he could experience the power of the stars from space.
• George chanted Fairy Glitter's incantation, and an enormous Magic Circle appeared in the void.

George tested Fairy Glitter’s power and gained new insight into spatial laws while traveling through jump points. After Gamora reported a Nova Empire distress signal from a planet under attack by Thanos and Ronan, George planned to lure them into waiting there so he could confront both together.

• George used Fairy Glitter to destroy a massive asteroid, impressing Yondu and the Ravagers.
• George studied Fairy Glitter aboard the ship and gained insight into spatial laws when the ship traveled through a jump point.
• Gamora told George that a Nova Empire patrol fleet had sent a distress signal from planet K-9852, where Thanos and Ronan were attacking.
• George told Gamora to contact Thanos with the Cosmic Cube and claim that she had hijacked a Ravager ship, asking him to wait on the planet.
• Gamora took the Cosmic Cube to contact Thanos.

George and the Ravagers arrived at the devastated Planet K-9852 and saw the billions killed by Thanos’s forces, hardening George’s resolve to destroy Thanos. As the group balked at the enemy fleet’s size, George activated a powerful magical barrier around their ship and prepared to attack alone.

• George, Star-Lord, Gamora, and Rocket Raccoon saw the massacre on Planet K-9852 and condemned Thanos’s brutality.
• Yondu questioned how George could fight the overwhelming forces of Thanos and Ronan, and George said he would wipe them all out while the others watched.
• Star-Lord proposed using Gamora and the Cosmic Cube to lure the leaders into an ambush, but George rejected the plan and told everyone to stay aboard the ship.
• George activated the Five Elements Kabbalah Defense Barrier around the Ravagers’ base ship, stunning Yondu and the others with its magical defenses and intelligent control.

George transformed into a seven-thousand-meter dragon and chose to crush Thanos and Ronan’s fleets openly to establish Earth’s power before contacting the Nova Empire. As Thanos and Ronan met on a devastated planet and Gamora’s ship arrived, George began his attack by unleashing Fairy Glitter on Sanctuary II.

• George Apparated above the planet, transformed into a dragon, and used Giant Magic to grow to seven thousand meters.
• George rejected Star-Lord’s plan to lure out Thanos and Ronan, deciding instead to defeat their fleets head-on and deter the universe’s powers.
• Thanos and Ronan discussed an alliance after Ronan destroyed the planet’s defenses and slaughtered half its lifeforms.
• Ronan offered to share half the Nova Empire’s planets in exchange for Thanos’s help conquering Xandar, but Thanos insisted that Ronan help him find the Orb of Power.
• Nebula told Thanos that Gamora’s ship had arrived, and Thanos watched its carrier descend before noticing George’s enormous dragon.
• George cast Fairy Glitter at Sanctuary II to cripple the ship and stop the enemy from escaping.

George used his dragon form and magic to attack Thanos’s Sanctuary II and then disabled the ship with his metal-control superpower. He destroyed Ronan’s Dark Aster and declared that he would kill Thanos and Ronan, while the survivors celebrated their rescue and Drax moved toward the battlefield to seek revenge.

• George’s stellar-energy beam clashed with Sanctuary II’s shield, and Thanos and Ronan ordered their forces to attack him.
• George used his metal-control superpower to disable Sanctuary II, allowing Fairy Glitter to pierce the ship.
• George summoned a thunderstorm against the soldiers, melted approaching Leviathan Giant Kuns and combat ships with Tri-color Flames, and tore the Dark Star in half.
• George identified himself as coming from Telan Star to answer the patrol team’s distress signal and vowed to kill Thanos and Ronan for the peace of the universe.
• The surviving Nova Empire patrol soldiers and planet natives realized George had come to rescue them.
• Drax emerged wounded from beneath the corpses and staggered toward the battlefield, vowing to avenge Ovillia, Gamora, his wife, and his daughter.

George destroyed most of Thanos’s forces, then confronted Thanos and the Children of Thanos on the ground. He killed Ebony Maw and demanded Thanos’s head in exchange for the Cosmic Cube, leaving Cull Obsidian pinned in the earth as the fight began.

• Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, and Gamora watched George tear apart the Dark Star and overpower Thanos’s forces.
• Thanos ordered Ebony Maw to carry him, Cull Obsidian, Corvus Glaive, and Proxima Midnight into the air to attack George.
• George changed from dragon form to human form, seized control of their metal platforms, and made the four fall safely to the ground.
• Thanos recognized that George had come for Gamora and the Cosmic Cube, and George showed him the Cube.
• Ebony Maw tried to pull the Cosmic Cube away, but George killed him with a metal spike and offered the Cube in exchange for Thanos’s head.
• Cull Obsidian charged George with his axe, but George used his power over metal to slam him into the ground.

George tested his newly improved magic against Thanos's ground forces, wiping out the Vanguard Guards and Titan Apes while Thanos, Proxima Midnight, and Corvus Glaive evaded his attacks. After drawing the three into close combat, George used his power to fling them apart and prepared to fight seriously.

• Thanos charged George with Proxima Midnight and Corvus Glaive after Ebony Maw was killed, while surviving Vanguard Guards and Titan Apes gathered around them.
• George took to the sky and tested Avada Lightning Chain, killing hundreds of Vanguard Guards and Titan Apes, though Thanos, Proxima Midnight, and Corvus Glaive dodged it.
• George changed the terrain into a swamp and used Plant Binding to drag the remaining Vanguard Guards and Titan Apes into the mire.
• Thanos, Proxima Midnight, and Corvus Glaive cut through the vines and attacked George after he landed.
• George used his power to pull the three armored attackers away in different directions, ending his spell tests and turning to the fight.

George fought Thanos and his forces, using metal control and hypnotic magic to defeat Proxima Midnight and Corvus Glaive before taking the Mind Stone from Thanos. After George overwhelmed Thanos, Nebula attacked him, revealing the years of cruelty that fueled her hatred.

• Proxima Midnight warned Thanos that George’s metal control came from his armor, so Thanos and the others removed their armor and charged, but George controlled their weapons.
• George used Lúthien’s hypnotic magic to make the fighters drowsy, and Proxima Midnight and Corvus Glaive were pierced by their own weapons.
• Thanos used the Mind Stone to break George’s control, but George disarmed him, blasted him with a Plasma Railgun, and took the stone.
• Thanos rose again and insisted on his greatness, while George said he only needed to be stronger than him.
• Nebula attacked Thanos from behind, but he caught her by the neck, and she told him she hated him for destroying her planet and tormenting her.