Chapter Summaries

Yota demanded compensation from Kingpin for the losses and power he had taken, and they reached a deal involving corporate shares, board positions, and intelligence. Luke Cage challenged Kingpin’s status as a villain, and Yota left Luke to decide whether to kill him or send him to prison.

• Yota demanded Kingpin give him shares and board positions in Stark Industries and Osborn Corporation, along with the power in his body, as compensation.
• Kingpin agreed to give Yota the corporate shares and board positions, and Yota also demanded shared intelligence about Super Heroes and Super Criminals.
• Luke Cage objected to Yota negotiating with Kingpin, who revealed Luke’s past as a gang thug and former prisoner.
• Luke Cage said he now wanted to do what was just, and Yota left Kingpin’s fate in his hands by asking whether he would kill him or send him to prison.
• Luke Cage hesitated because Kingpin was injured but had not yet been tied to a scheme against him.

Yota reorganized the forces he had seized, put Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver in charge of his business interests, and recruited or redirected several former villains. After checking on Peter Parker, Yota discovered that he had become Spider-Man and expected superheroes to multiply rapidly.

• Yota told Kingpin to secure American identities, shares, and board positions for Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, and they accepted after Yota persuaded them.
• Yota captured The Hand and the remaining supervillains, used illusions to make them serve him, and turned The Hand's forces away from criminal businesses.
• Jessica Jones joined Scarlet Witch's group, while Yota arranged money for Sandman's daughter's treatment and released Venom and Eddie after taking a sample for research.
• Yota sent Black Sky Elektra to Kamar-Taj, where the Sorcerer Supreme extracted the entity possessing her, then sent Elektra to a hospital.
• Yota checked on Peter Parker and sensed that his life energy had surged, confirming that he had become Spider-Man.

Yota warned Wanda, Pietro, and Jessica Jones that Galactus would soon threaten Earth, with his herald expected to arrive during Mister Fantastic and Invisible Woman’s wedding. After the wedding failed on the news, Yota prepared to flee to another parallel world if the crisis became dangerous.

• Yota explained that Galactus’s herald would arrive on Earth during Mister Fantastic and Invisible Woman’s wedding.
• Yota told Wanda, Pietro, and Jessica Jones that Galactus devoured planets and piloted a spacecraft larger than Earth.
• Wanda and Pietro realized they could not defeat Galactus and accepted that they might have to escape if events went wrong.
• Yota saw news of Mister Fantastic and Invisible Woman’s failed wedding and concluded that Galactus was likely about to arrive.
• Yota decided not to gather heroes to fight Galactus and focused on protecting the people around him.

Bruce Banner told Yota that Galactus and his Heralds were heading for Earth, which could be destroyed within days. Yota questioned Reed’s plan to use a bomb hidden in the Silver Surfer’s board and explained what he knew about Galactus, leaving the plan’s uncertain details unresolved.

• Bruce Banner showed Yota evidence of the Silver Surfer and explained that he and Reed had captured him after a fierce fight.
• Banner warned that Galactus and another Herald were approaching Earth, with Galactus expected to arrive within seven days.
• Banner described Reed’s plan to release the Silver Surfer with a Quantum Bomb in his board and use it against Galactus, while holding back the other Heralds.
• Yota explained that Galactus’s strength depended on how much energy he had and that he generally avoided planets with life unless weakened.
• Yota asked how they would ensure the Silver Surfer reached Galactus and how they would control the bomb.

Yota joined Bruce Banner, Wanda, Pietro, and Jessica Jones at the experimental base to help with the plan to fight Galactus. There, they found Earth’s scientists and former rivals cooperating, while Ross led the defense effort against the approaching threat.

• Banner explained Reed’s crude plan to attach a sensor-triggered bomb to Galactus’s ship, and Yota doubted it would be enough to kill him.
• Yota brought Wanda, Pietro, and Jessica to Banner, then had Wanda use Banner’s mental image to teleport them all to the experimental base.
• Yota spotted Silver Surfer’s surfboard in the laboratory and asked where Silver Surfer was.
• Yota saw Reed, Tony Stark, Doctor Doom, and Hank Pym working together, despite their rivalries and arguments.
• Ross introduced himself to Yota as the officer temporarily leading Earth’s defense plan.

Yota and the others discussed the threat posed by Galactus and the lack of intelligence on Silver Surfer, while learning that the U.S. government had evacuated and General Ross was now the highest-ranking official in America. Yota proposed using Professor X to search Silver Surfer’s mind, but pointed out that the government and military had earned the Mutants’ distrust.

• Wolverine revealed that the U.S. government had fled Earth, and General Ross confirmed he was now America’s highest-ranking official.
• Captain America asked Yota how he had appeared at the laboratory, but Yota redirected the discussion to the threat of Galactus.
• Black Egg explained that S.H.I.E.L.D. knew little about Silver Surfer and had only captured him with Hulk’s help after Doctor Reed separated him from his board.
• Yota suggested asking Professor X to use telepathy to learn everything Silver Surfer knew.
• Black Egg objected that the government and Mutants lacked trust, and Yota rebuked him over the government and military’s treatment of Mutants.

Yota took Wolverine, Wanda, and Pietro to Xavier's School to negotiate the X-Men's help against the Sentinel Program, advising Wolverine to demand concessions from the government. Their arrival sparked a tense power clash between Wanda and the two Jean Greys, which Yota interrupted.

• Yota refused Nick Fury's offer to send S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and used Wanda's power to bring Wolverine and the others to Xavier's School.
• Yota proposed that the X-Men demand an end to the Sentinel Program, its materials, and court-martials for officers who harmed Mutants.
• Wolverine admitted that he and the captain had destroyed William Stryker's Mutant research base and rescued its prisoners.
• Yota and his group arrived at Xavier's School, where two Jean Greys greeted Wolverine and recognized Wanda and Pietro.
• Jean Grey and Wanda faced off with their powers, and Yota stepped in when Wanda began to lose ground.

Yota informed Professor X and the X-Men that a planet-devouring threat was approaching Earth, prompting Professor X to gather the team and explain the crisis. The X-Men prepared to cooperate, while Professor X hoped the disaster might improve relations between Mutants and humans.

• Jean Grey told Wolverine that Wanda and Pietro had recovered from being controlled, and the Phoenixes and Scarlet Witch lowered their powers.
• Storm brought Professor X to welcome Yota and the others, and Professor X learned through Yota's telepathic message that the military and Special Ops needed help.
• Professor X ordered Jean Grey to gather all the X-Men and reserve members, then Yota explained that a planet-devouring threat was coming for Earth.
• The X-Men reacted with alarm as Professor X urged them to help protect both humans and Mutants and hoped their cooperation would ease tensions.

Yota’s group and the X-Men traveled to the experimental base to coordinate with the military against Galactus. Wolverine secured a public reckoning for William Stryker, leaving him expelled and without military protection.

• Wanda teleported Yota’s group and the X-Men to the base studying Silver Surfer and his Silver Surfboard.
• Professor X greeted Egghead and General Ross, then said Mutants and humans needed to unite against the disaster.
• Wolverine confronted General Ross over the military’s attacks on Mutants and demanded that William Stryker publicly confess his crimes.
• General Ross ordered the military to expose Stryker’s crimes, while privately welcoming the removal of a rival for military resources.
• Half an hour later, Stryker’s secrets appeared on television and in newspapers, and the military expelled him from service.

Wolverine and Professor X learned that William Stryker had lost military support, while researchers studied the captured Silver Surfer and his Galactic Glaze skin. Professor X tried to read Silver Surfer’s mind for information about Galactus, but the psychic struggle continued with help from the two Phoenixes.

• Wolverine saw the news about William Stryker and believed he and the Brotherhood would pursue him despite his remaining contingencies.
• Hank Pym and Doctor Doom explained that Silver Surfer’s Galactic Glaze skin resisted extreme conditions and most attacks, though Hulk had injured him with blunt force.
• Yota considered taking Silver Surfer’s Galactic Glaze, while Doctor Doom said the captive had answered questions except those about Planet Devourer.
• Professor Charles tried to enter Silver Surfer’s mind for intelligence about Galactus, but Silver Surfer’s Cosmic Energy and Galactic Glaze made it difficult.
• The two Phoenixes flared their eyes and prepared to help Professor Charles as he and Silver Surfer struggled against each other mentally.

Professor X extracted intelligence from the Silver Surfer and revealed that Planet Devourer had no known weaknesses, even while weakened. The heroes doubted their current plans, and Doctor Doom pressed Reed about his research into antimatter as the group considered the threat.

• Professor X read the Silver Surfer's mind and learned that Planet Devourer was an immensely powerful cosmic being whose ship, Taa II, was larger than a planet.
• Professor X explained that Planet Devourer weakened when deprived of life-bearing planets, but he doubted Doctor Reed's Quantum Bomb could seriously harm him.
• Hank Pym said he might be able to shrink Planet Devourer's ship with ten years of preparation, prompting Nick Fury and Tony Stark to watch him more cautiously.
• Doctor Doom asked Mister Fantastic whether he had developed an Antimatter Bomb, and Reed said he had only studied opening a gate to the Negative Zone.
• Tony Stark criticized Reed's dangerous research, while Reed remained unconcerned about the risks of experimenting first.

Yota removed the Galactic Glaze from the Silver Surfer so four powerful psychics could control his mind and make him a human bomb against the Planet Devourer. Their attempt revealed that the Silver Surfer was already mentally altered, while Wanda's attempt to affect General Ross unexpectedly met a strange power.

• Yota proposed using the Silver Surfer and Reed's Quantum Bomb to strike a vital point in the Planet Devourer's ship.
• Yota stripped the Galactic Glaze from the Silver Surfer, weakening him and waking him.
• Professor X, the Scarlet Witch, Phoenix, and Charles used their psychic powers on the Silver Surfer.
• Wanda explained that the Planet Devourer had transformed the Silver Surfer and erased his former memories.
• Wanda used her psychic ability on General Ross, but a strange power turned it into pure provocation.

Norrin Radd recovered his memories and agreed to help Earth fight Galactus, while scientists used his knowledge of the Power Cosmic to improve the surfboard bomb. The next day, Earth detected another Herald approaching, whom Norrin identified as Firelord.

• Yota drained the excess Gamma Rays from General Ross, and Professor Charles explained how Norrin Radd had become Silver Surfer.
• Norrin agreed to fight Galactus, and psychic scrutiny convinced General Ross to grant him a degree of freedom.
• Norrin joined Earth's scientists, who used his knowledge of alien technology and the Power Cosmic to improve the bomb and prepare for another Herald.
• Iron Man's satellite detected a powerful source of Cosmic Energy heading toward Earth, and Norrin identified the newcomer as Firelord.

Norrin Radd explained Firelord’s powers and character before Stark detected him approaching New York, prompting Scarlet Witch to teleport a group of heroes there. Firelord arrived above the city without attacking, while its residents mistook him for a possible Super Villain.

• Norrin Radd described Firelord as a fellow Herald of Galactus who controlled stellar fire and preferred to find uninhabited life-bearing planets.
• Stark reported that Firelord was entering the atmosphere and heading for New York City, and Yota advised the heroes not to bring those whose abilities would be ineffective.
• Scarlet Witch teleported the willing heroes from the laboratory to New York.
• Firelord paused above New York and revealed his blazing figure as residents watched and speculated about who he was.
• Firelord looked over the city without attacking, knowing Planet Devourer would arrive in a few days.

Firelord attacked New York while warning its heroes that Planet Devourer would destroy Earth, and the heroes took to the sky to fight him. Yota sensed Firelord’s cosmic energy strengthening him and waited for a chance to land a decisive blow.

• Firelord began marking Earth for Planet Devourer, but Tony Stark collided with him and sent his energy blast through a skyscraper, causing widespread destruction in New York.
• Sue blamed Tony for worsening the damage, and Wanda, the Phoenixes, Storm, Yota, and Jessica Jones joined the aerial fight while other heroes prepared to attack from the ground.
• Firelord urged the heroes to evacuate Earth, but Tony refused and attacked him with Iron Man’s lasers and missiles; Phoenix rescued Tony from Firelord’s overwhelming beam.
• Firelord focused on the Phoenixes and Wanda, then swung his staff and sent flames at the heroes, forcing most of them to dodge.
• Yota kept his strength concealed as he dodged the fireballs, sensed that Firelord’s energy was boosting his combat power, and waited for an opening to kill him in one strike.

Firelord overwhelmed the heroes defending New York, while Storm and Yota brought rain to contain the fires spreading below. As Wanda faltered and Firelord moved in to kill her, Yota appeared beside her and seized the attacker’s scepter.

• Firelord’s flames set New York ablaze, and masked people helped residents evacuate as the heroes on the ground guided them to safety.
• Storm summoned clouds and Yota brought down torrential rain, extinguishing many fires while the heroes continued fighting Firelord in the sky.
• Firelord gained the advantage as the heroes tired, and Wanda’s body began to fail under the strain of Chaos Magic.
• Firelord pierced Wanda’s magical barrier and closed in to strike her with his scepter.
• Yota appeared beside Wanda, grabbed Firelord’s scepter with one hand, and raised his other hand, which shimmered with a black spatial rift.

Yota severely wounded Firelord and healed the Scarlet Witch and Jessica Jones before pursuing him over the ocean. Firelord questioned whether Yota had killed the Silver Surfer, and Yota continued attacking as their fight plunged into the boiling sea.

• Firelord blasted Yota and tried to retreat, but Yota's Kamui Shuriken cut a deep wound through Firelord's chest and abdomen.
• Yota absorbed Firelord's spilled stellar energy, while Firelord sealed his wound to limit further blood loss.
• Yota healed the Scarlet Witch, who thanked him, and then used a Flying Thunder God seal to reach and treat Jessica Jones.
• Yota chased the wounded Firelord beyond New York and intercepted him over the ocean as Phoenix and the others slowed his escape.
• Firelord asked whether Yota had killed the Silver Surfer, but Yota did not answer and attacked with Firelord's staff.
• Yota shrugged off Firelord's energy blasts, punched him into the sea, and plunged in after him as the water began to boil.

Yota defeated and captured Firelord, then drained the Cosmic Energy that Planet Devourer had given him. After restoring Firelord’s memories and identity, Yota released him and kept him in the laboratory alongside Norrin Radd.

• Yota gained the advantage over Firelord underwater and drove Firelord’s staff through his chest, while leaked Cosmic Energy heated the ocean.
• Phoenix struck Firelord with two flame-energy attacks as he surfaced, allowing Yota to absorb him into Dark Space.
• Yota spent several hours extracting Firelord’s Cosmic Energy, which condensed into a miniature sun of Stellar Fire.
• Yota used the Munch-Munch Fruit to heal Firelord and release him after the drained energy restored his memories as Pireus Kril, a former Nova Corps officer.
• Yota placed Kril in the laboratory with Norrin Radd, whose remaining Cosmic Energy still made him dangerous.

As Norrin Radd left Earth to carry out the plan, Yota waited and drew energy from Dark Space while the others prepared for the coming battle against Planet Devourer. The chapter ended with Earth’s defenders arming themselves and bracing for the fight.

• Norrin Radd departed Earth on his Silver Surfboard, which Yota had secretly marked with Flying Thunder God.
• Yota began absorbing Stellar Fire energy from Dark Space while considering how much stronger he might become.
• Scarlet Witch asked Yota whether he was nervous, and he told her they had done all they could.
• Tony Stark, Doctor Doom, Hank Pym, Mister Fantastic, Hulk, General Ross, and the others prepared their armor, equipment, and weapons for battle.
• The Phoenixes spoke with Cyclops, while Quicksilver selected weapons and Jessica Jones smoked to ease her nerves.

Yota explained why he had split Phoenix to help her control the Phoenix Force and why Wanda’s Chaos Magic could not be treated the same way. After the group realized Silver Surfer’s surfboard had been destroyed, Mister Fantastic opened a passage to the explosion’s location and prepared them to cross over.

• Yota told Scarlet Witch that splitting her into twins might make her Chaos Magic easier to control, but he had not tried because Chthon controlled it.
• Yota considered merging the two Phoenixes but concluded Phoenix’s power could only fully develop through becoming Black Phoenix or White Phoenix.
• Yota, Tony Stark, Doctor Doom, and Hank Pym discovered that their tracking devices and safeguards on Silver Surfer’s surfboard had been destroyed, suggesting Norrin Radd had self-destructed.
• Mister Fantastic opened a short-lived spacetime passage to the bomb’s location after General Ross demanded they find out what had happened.
• Mister Fantastic handed out outer-space walking devices as the group prepared to enter the passage.