Chapter Summaries

Corvus Glaive’s forces invaded New York City, throwing the city into chaos as S.H.I.E.L.D. and local heroes fought back. Gwen joined Peter Parker from another universe, while the X-Men and Asgardian allies arrived to reinforce Earth’s defenders.

• Nick Fury learned Superman was off Earth and contacted the Mutant nation and Asgard as the alien ship appeared over New York City.
• Corvus Glaive ordered the Chitauri to attack the city while shielding their warship against possible human retaliation.
• The Chitauri began ravaging New York City, and Gwen rescued a civilian before fighting the invaders.
• Peter Parker arrived to help Gwen, and the two Spider-People fought the Chitauri together.
• Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents defended their building as the X-Men arrived and Thor struck the invaders with lightning.

Thor, the X-Men, and Captain America fought the Chitauri invasion in New York, but many murderous creatures reached the streets and attacked civilians. As the human defenders struggled to hold them back, officials proposed a nuclear strike on the city, leaving the President facing an impossible choice.

• Thor arrived amid a storm and used lightning to destroy Chitauri soldiers, while Magneto crushed thousands more with their armor.
• Corvus Glaive ordered a bombardment, but Cyclops intercepted many energy shells, Thor destroyed the warship's cannons, and Magneto saved the damaged X-Men fighter jet.
• Thor and the X-Men joined forces and tried to stop the warship's pods from reaching the ground, but some of the creatures inside survived and attacked New York.
• Captain America arrived to protect a police defensive line and urged officers to continue evacuating civilians as a fighter jet fired on the creatures.
• At a high-level meeting, officials proposed launching a nuclear missile at New York, and the President struggled to choose between the city and humanity's safety.

Thanos learned that Ronan had claimed the Power Stone and ordered Loki and Corvus Glaive to return so he could begin his plans to save the universe ahead of schedule. In New York, humanity’s Helicarrier battered the alien fleet until Corvus received Thanos’s recall order and withdrew, leaving Earth safe for the moment.

• Ebony Maw told Thanos that Loki had accused Corvus Glaive of invading Earth without orders, while Thanos suspected Loki was using his army to conquer the Nine Realms for himself.
• Ronan revealed that he had discovered the Power Stone inside the Orb, bound it to his Universal Weapon, and declared that he would destroy Xandar before challenging Thanos.
• Thanos rejected Ebony Maw’s suggestion to attack the Kree Empire and ordered Loki and Corvus Glaive to return so he could begin his plan to save the universe early.
• Thor destroyed a Leviathan Warship with lightning as Nick Fury and Hill directed the Helicarrier’s energy cannons against the alien fleet.
• Corvus Glaive prepared to attack the Helicarrier, but Thanos ordered him to return to Sanctuary I, and the alien warships withdrew from Earth.
• The president ordered post-disaster rescue efforts and planned to publicize the superheroes, while Nick Fury considered recruiting them into a special unit.

After returning from his failed attack on Earth, Corvus Glaive learned that Thanos had chosen Nidavellir as his next target. Peter returned from the Sun after the Battle of New York and ordered Reed to separate the Phoenix Force from the Cosmic Storm so he could take the energy and attempt a breakthrough.

• Thanos spared Corvus Glaive and ordered his forces to march on Nidavellir to obtain a weapon capable of controlling the Infinity Gems.
• Humanity began rebuilding New York after the Battle of New York, while the heroes and the Mutants gained public recognition and support.
• Peter returned from the Sun, discovered the alien invasion, and learned from Reed that the Space Station had remained unharmed.
• Peter cautioned Reed not to underestimate alien civilizations, then allowed him to continue researching technology recovered from the Chitauri.
• Reed reported that the energy fused with the Cosmic Storm could grant living beings extraordinary abilities, and Peter ordered him to separate the Phoenix Force so Peter could take it.

Peter said goodbye to Uncle Ben and Aunt May, then left Earth in his spaceship to explore the universe. Before departing, he collected the separated Phoenix Force from Reed and told him how to contact him in an emergency.

• Peter returned to the farm, where Uncle Ben and Aunt May welcomed him and Uncle Ben guessed that he was Superman.
• Peter and Uncle Ben revealed their guesses at the same time, then Peter told the couple he would soon leave to explore the universe.
• Ancient One visited Peter at the farm, agreed to look after his family, and wished him a safe journey.
• Peter launched his spaceship from the farm, revealed his identity to Uncle Ben and Aunt May, and promised to take them to other planets when he returned.
• Peter docked at the Space Station and took the separated Phoenix Force from Reed, who had stored it in a secured container.
• Peter told Reed to contact him through the spaceship in an emergency, then departed Earth and jumped through space.

After losing the Orb mission, Yondu led the Ravagers to ambush a faster-than-light spacecraft to recover their losses and restore his authority. When the spacecraft entered their trap, Peter revealed himself and declared that he would rob them instead.

• Yondu agreed to hunt down Star-Lord after his crew blamed him for the failed Orb mission, while privately worrying that his favoritism had weakened his authority.
• The Ravagers spotted a faster-than-light spacecraft and decided to steal its valuable engine technology.
• Yondu's crew jumped ahead of the spacecraft, set a spatial distortion trap, and waited to ambush it.
• Peter detected the ambush but stopped inside the trap rather than escaping.
• Yondu ordered Peter to surrender, but his crew realized there was no pilot in the spacecraft.
• Peter floated outside the Ravagers' ship and announced that he was robbing them.

Peter took control of Yondu’s ship and made the Ravagers accept him as their captain after defeating Yondu’s Yaka Arrow. After discovering the crew was nearly broke and in debt, Peter set course for Knowhere to target The Collector and his riches.

• Yondu ordered the hatch opened and let Peter aboard, hoping to save the crew.
• Peter claimed the ship and its crew, and most of the Ravagers submitted to him.
• Yondu challenged Peter with the Yaka Arrow, but Peter caught it and broke it against his own eye.
• Yondu knelt after Peter proved his strength, and Peter became captain of the Ravagers.
• Peter learned the crew had little money, scarce supplies, and debts, then chose to seek riches by raiding The Collector in Knowhere.
• Peter ordered the ship to jump toward Knowhere.

Peter visited Knowhere with Yondu and his crew, then rescued Groot from traffickers after killing the Butcher Knife Mercenary Group’s leader and men. He took Groot on as a companion and continued toward The Collector’s territory.

• Peter explored Knowhere before setting out with Yondu and his crew to find The Collector.
• Yondu explained that the Butcher Knife Mercenary Group trafficked endangered beings and had captured the sapling Groot.
• The group’s stone-bodied leader mocked Peter and Yondu, so Peter declared that he was robbing them.
• Peter shattered the leader with one punch and killed the armed mercenaries with his Heat Vision.
• Peter broke Groot’s cage, understood his thanks, and invited him to join the crew.
• Peter and his companions continued toward The Collector’s territory with Groot among them.

Peter and The Collector clashed after The Collector revealed his desire to acquire Peter’s body, while Yondu began looting the collection hall. Their confrontation drew the attention of Thanos and an elderly man on a living planet, and the chapter ended with The Collector hurling a hand-formed black hole at Peter.

• Yondu, Groot, and Peter entered The Collector’s hall, where Groot startled several creatures in their display cases.
• The Collector introduced himself and offered to buy Peter’s corpse, prompting Peter to threaten him and attack with golden beams.
• The Collector sent himself and Peter into a distant starry expanse, while Yondu summoned his crew to loot the hall and bring the ship.
• The Collector explained that Peter’s body might help him surpass the universe’s limits, and Peter unleashed his full power.
• Thanos sensed Peter’s overwhelming aura on Nidavellir and left for Xandar to seek the Power Stone, while an elderly man departed his living planet to find his offspring.
• The Collector formed a miniature black hole and hurled it at Peter.

Peter battled The Collector across space, while Ronan launched a full-scale assault on Xandar with the Power Stone. Xandar’s defenders fought back as Thanos watched from a concealed warship, waiting before entering the conflict.

• Peter shattered The Collector’s black hole with a golden punch, and the two giants began fighting across star systems.
• Peter smashed The Collector into a planet, destroyed another miniature black hole, and swung a nearby planet at him.
• Xandar’s commander ordered the fleet to defend the planet, civilians to evacuate, and the Nova Corps to send reinforcements after learning Ronan had met with Thanos.
• Ronan ordered his fleet to attack Xandar indiscriminately, and Xandar’s fleet and ground defenses returned fire.
• Thanos watched the battle from a concealed warship and told his subordinate to let Ronan and Xandar fight for a while.

The Xandarian Fleet repelled the Kree’s first assault at enormous cost, but Ronan ordered his mothership to lead a renewed attack with the Power Stone. Thanos prepared to seize the Stone from Ronan, while Xandar’s defenders vowed to hold until Nova Corps reinforcements arrived.

• Xandarian pilots sacrificed their damaged warships to destroy Kree vessels, helping repel the first wave after more than a thousand ships from both sides were lost.
• Ronan killed a fleet commander who reported the attack’s failure, then ordered the Kree mothership to spearhead an assault on Xandar.
• Thanos learned that Ronan was advancing with the Power Stone and ordered Ebony Maw to assemble the army to reclaim it at the decisive moment.
• Xandar’s command learned the Nova Corps would arrive in half an hour and ordered the fleet to hold the line until then.
• The Xandarian fleet commander rallied his pilots to defend their home and families, even if the entire fleet was destroyed.

Ronan used the Power Stone to break Xandar’s defenses, but Ebony Maw and the Black Order stopped him and delivered the gem to Thanos. After killing Ronan, Thanos chose Earth as his fleet’s next target.

• Ronan drove his mothership toward Xandar despite the Nova fleet’s attacks, and the fleet commander ordered Captain Sal to delay him at any cost.
• Ronan used the Power Stone to destroy the fleet’s energy blockade, while Xandar’s commanders realized he intended to destroy the planet.
• Thanos’s warship arrived, and Ebony Maw sent Cull Obsidian and Proxima Midnight to confront Ronan.
• Proxima Midnight’s spear shattered Ronan’s Universal Weapon, and Ebony Maw used his powers to bind Ronan and claim the Power Stone.
• Ebony Maw presented the Power Stone to Thanos, who placed it in his gauntlet and killed Ronan.
• Thanos ordered his fleet to change course for Earth.

Peter fused with the Phoenix Force by absorbing a Neutron Star’s energy, then killed The Collector and took his collection. As Peter’s crew headed to Xandar to sell the treasures, a fleeing Nova Corps member warned them that Thanos had the Power Stone and was heading for Earth.

• Thanos used the Power Stone to attack the Nova Corps reinforcements and killed many members while confronting their Centurion.
• Peter freed the Phoenix Force and used the energy of a nearby Neutron Star to fuse it with his body.
• Peter’s Phoenix power destroyed The Collector and left a black hole where he had been.
• Yondu and the crew moved The Collector’s treasures aboard their spaceship, and Peter ordered them to sell the items on Xandar to fund a larger ship.
• As the crew approached Xandar, a fleeing figure boarded their ship and warned that Thanos had the Power Stone and was heading to Earth to seize the other stones.

A Nova Corps centurion warned Peter and the Ravagers that Thanos had taken the Power Stone and could destroy the universe by collecting all six Infinity Gems, but Peter believed him and ordered the crew to return to Earth. Thanos arrived above Earth, invaded the hidden military base holding the Tesseract, and claimed the Space Stone, then called out Loki, who was hiding nearby.

• A Nova Corps centurion told Peter and the Ravagers that Thanos had slaughtered Xandar and taken the Power Stone, and explained the danger of the six Infinity Gems.
• Peter lent the centurion an escape ship to report to Nova Corps headquarters, then ordered the crew to change course for Earth.
• Thanos arrived above Earth and landed in a desert with Ebony Maw and his forces, who uncovered a secret military base.
• Thanos used the Power Stone to annihilate the base’s guards and entered the laboratory, where Ebony Maw seized the Tesseract from Hawkeye.
• Thanos crushed the Tesseract, placed the Space Stone in his gauntlet, and called out to Loki, who remained hidden nearby.

Thanos obtained the Space Stone and Mind Stone, then brought his forces to Earth while S.H.I.E.L.D. and the X-Men prepared to resist him. Ancient One gathered Earth’s defenders on a distant planet to face Thanos in a final battle, counting on a powerful ally to arrive; as Thanos appeared, the defenders braced for combat.

• Thanos exposed Loki’s attempted escape, took the Mind Stone from the Mind Scepter, and left with three Infinity Gems, sparing Loki for the time being.
• Nick Fury learned that aliens had attacked the Tesseract base and contacted Professor X, who identified Thanos’s ship and ordered the X-Men recalled.
• Nick Fury summoned Captain Marvel with his pager and met the Ancient One, who brought him and other defenders to an uninhabited planet for the final battle.
• Thanos’s forces could not locate the remaining Infinity Gem, so Thanos prepared to invade Earth before sensing the gem and deciding to confront its guardian.
• Ancient One assured the assembled defenders that they only needed to hold Thanos off until a powerful ally arrived, then warned them as a blue wormhole opened.

Thanos arrived on Earth with the Infinity Gauntlet and fought the heroes, defeating Thor and overpowering their attacks. As Thanos unleashed meteors against them, Carol Danvers returned to Earth and flew to his warship, finding that he was not aboard.

• Thanos emerged from a wormhole, and Thor charged him alone before Thanos stopped his axe with the Space Stone and blasted him away with the Power Stone.
• Captain America led the heroes in an attack, but Thanos knocked away his shield and sent a metallic fighter flying while Nick Fury's shots failed to hurt him.
• Magneto and Professor X tried to distract Thanos, but the Mind Stone broke Professor X's hold; Ancient One sent him back to Earth, and Magneto hurled a vast slab of the planet at Thanos.
• Thanos destroyed the slab with the Power Stone, then used the Stones to shatter a distant satellite and send meteors crashing toward the heroes.
• Carol Danvers arrived at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, learned that Thanos had invaded Earth and taken the Tesseract, and flew to his warship to attack his fleet.

Carol Danvers destroyed Thanos’s warship but mistook Peter’s returning ship for an enemy, and Peter revealed himself as Superman before learning that Thanos was battling the heroes on another planet. Peter reached the ruined world just after aged Thor died fighting Thanos, who had four Infinity Gems, and faced the newly arrived Superman with confidence.

• Carol Danvers destroyed Thanos’s fleet and flagship, but Ebony Maw escaped through a Space-Time Tunnel.
• Peter returned near Earth with Yondu and the others, collided with Carol, and introduced himself as Superman.
• Professor X told Peter that the Ancient One and the other heroes were holding Thanos on another planet, and Peter teleported there.
• Aged Thor fought Thanos, who used the Time Stone to heal and the Power Stone to shatter Thor’s body.
• Peter arrived on the devastated planet and confronted Thanos, who declared himself destined to prevail.

Peter confronted Thanos over his plan to erase half of all life, then fought him with enough strength to withstand the Infinity Gems. After Peter shattered Thanos’s Mind Stone illusion and remained unchanged by accelerated time, Thanos was left stunned by the possibility that Peter could defy the universe’s laws.

• Peter challenged Thanos’s plan to eliminate half of all life, and Thanos explained that he believed it would prevent the universe’s eventual destruction.
• Thanos attacked Peter with the power of four Infinity Gems, but Peter met his blast and punched apart a miniature black hole, devastating the planet around them.
• Thanos used the Mind Stone to trap Peter in a vast mental illusion, but Peter formed a golden bow and arrow and split the illusion’s sky, freeing himself.
• Thanos accelerated time around Peter, but Peter escaped the mental prison, leaving a massive crack in the Mind Stone.
• Thanos accelerated thousands of years around Peter, but Peter’s body showed no signs of aging.

Peter’s consciousness merged with the River of Time, witnessing the universe’s creation, destruction, and reversal. As time returned to the battle, Thanos found himself facing Peter again and wondered whether his memories had been a dream.

• Peter entered the River of Time and witnessed the Infinity Gems and the Heart of the Universe take part in the creation of a new universe.
• Peter observed Thanos kill him with the Time Stone, destroy Earth, collect the Infinity Gems, erase half of all life, and eventually die alone on the Garden.
• Peter watched the universe forget Thanos’s warning and ultimately collapse into cosmic annihilation.
• Peter realized his consciousness had fused with time and watched the universe and its dead inhabitants reverse through their histories.
• Time restored Thanos and the battle, and he looked at Peter in confusion, asking whether he had just had a dream.

Peter showed Thanos the universe’s eventual destruction, but Thanos remained committed to his plan and attacked, so Peter killed him and used the Infinity Gauntlet’s power to revive the fallen heroes. The crisis ended and Earth returned to peace, while a figure resembling the Collector reached the edge of the Marvel Infinite Universe and wondered what lay beyond it.

• Peter showed Thanos memories of the universe’s future, but Thanos refused to regret his plan or abandon it.
• Thanos attacked Peter with the Infinity Gems, and Peter froze the universe’s space and destroyed him with golden flames.
• Peter claimed Thanos’s Infinity Gauntlet, reversed the devastation on the planet, and revived Thor, Captain America, and the other fallen fighters.
• Peter opened a Teleportation Gate and brought the grateful heroes home after the crisis ended.
• The Nova Corps arrived too late to fight Thanos, while Yondu and his companions stayed on Earth and Peter gave Reed the collectibles from The Collector.
• A figure resembling the Collector crossed the Cosmic Barrier and reached the boundary of the Marvel Infinite Universe, where he wondered what lay beyond it.