Chapter Summaries

Iron Man and Mar-Vell fought a Kree Outrider Sentry and learned that destroying its energy core could trigger a catastrophic explosion. After power and communications returned to Michael’s lab, he headed to the battle while Doom continued calibrating the simulation equipment.

• Iron Man nearly pierced the Kree Vanguard Robot’s energy core before Mar-Vell’s blast knocked them apart.
• Mar-Vell identified himself as a Kree scientist and tried to order the robot to shut down, but it rejected his command in favor of Ronan the Accuser’s directive.
• Mar-Vell warned Iron Man that the sentry’s core would destroy all life within three hundred miles if detonated and proposed disabling its limbs, head, and weapons first.
• Sherry told Michael that an alien robot was fighting Iron Man and that an unidentified Kree appeared to be cooperating with him.
• Michael put on the Vibranium Armor and left to investigate while Doom continued calibrating the simulation model.

Michael joined the fight against the Kree Vanguard Robot and disabled it by tearing out its energy core without triggering an explosion. The robot shut down, leaving Tony Stark stunned by how quickly Michael had defeated it.

• Mar-Vell's shield failed, and the Kree Vanguard Robot blasted him into the flames.
• Iron Man tried to cut through the robot's arm, but its shell restored itself before the machine blasted Tony away.
• Four missiles struck the robot, and it turned its attention to Michael in black-and-gold armor.
• Michael blocked the robot's attacks with a Particle Barrier and Golden Magic Circles, then focused his fire on its chest.
• Michael punched through the robot's damaged chest and tore out its energy core, shutting the machine down.
• Tony Stark remarked that the fight had ended really fast.

Michael, Tony Stark, and Mar-Vell learned that Ronan had come to Earth under a deal with Thanos to retrieve the Tesseract. After Michael opened a portal, the group set out to visit Director Coulson at S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters.

• Tony Stark scanned Michael's armor and learned that its shell contained a high proportion of Vibranium.
• Mar-Vell dismantled the Outrider Sentry's energy core and explained that Ronan was a powerful Kree Supreme Accuser who threatened Earth.
• Mar-Vell discovered from the sentry's memory that Ronan had agreed to retrieve the Tesseract for Thanos.
• Michael told Tony that S.H.I.E.L.D. was secretly still operating and used S.W.O.R.D.'s resources to locate its headquarters.
• Michael opened a portal to visit Director Coulson, and Mar-Vell and Tony followed him through.

Director Coulson brought Captain Rogers to the Helicarrier to investigate the Tesseract’s activation and prepare for a possible alien attack. Before they could respond to the threat, Tony Stark and two companions crashed into the command center.

• Coulson explained that S.H.I.E.L.D. had recovered and that the Tesseract had activated on its own in the Helicarrier’s laboratory.
• Coulson asked Captain Rogers to help stop any threat that might emerge from the Tesseract.
• Fitz and Simmons said the Tesseract had answered a Gamma-energy search signal that could guide an alien or an alien army to Earth.
• The Helicarrier’s alarm sounded, and Coulson, Rogers, and the scientists rushed to the command center.
• Tony Stark and two companions smashed through the ceiling into the command center, where agents aimed their weapons at them.

Coulson and the others learned that Ronan was coming to seize the Tesseract, but Mar-Vell could offer only surrender as a way to save Earth. As they rejected that plan and prepared to discuss alternatives, Thor arrived on the Helicarrier and mistook Mar-Vell for an enemy.

• Mar-Vell told Coulson, Tony, Michael, and Captain America that Ronan was coming to take the Tesseract for Thanos.
• Mar-Vell advised S.H.I.E.L.D. to surrender the Tesseract, but Coulson refused to accept surrender except as a last resort.
• Michael warned that giving the Tesseract to Ronan would eventually put it in Thanos's hands, while Mar-Vell insisted Earth had no chance against Ronan's fleet.
• A sudden storm formed over the Helicarrier, and Michael recognized that someone had arrived.
• Thor landed on the Helicarrier, announced that he had an urgent warning about the Tesseract, then spotted Mar-Vell and raised his hammer against him.

Thor attacked Mar-Vell after finding a Kree aboard the Helicarrier, and the fight escalated when Iron Man and Captain America tried to intervene. Michael stopped Thor and Mar-Vell’s powerful attacks before they collided and called for everyone to reason with one another.

• Thor struck Mar-Vell with Mjolnir and pursued him through the Helicarrier hangar.
• Thor overwhelmed Mar-Vell in close combat, then knocked Iron Man and Captain America aside when they tried to stop him.
• Mar-Vell gathered Kree crystal energy as Thor charged Mjolnir with lightning, threatening to tear the Helicarrier apart.
• Michael appeared between them, redirected Mar-Vell’s energy attack, blocked Thor’s strike with a Seraphim Shield, and knocked both fighters down.
• Michael stood between Thor and Mar-Vell and said they should try being reasonable.

Michael stopped Thor and Captain Mar-Vell from fighting, and the group debated what to do with the Tesseract as Ronan approached Earth. The chapter ended with a Kree spaceship appearing above New York.

• Michael intervened before Thor and Captain Mar-Vell could unleash their full attacks, then urged them to talk.
• Thor learned that Mar-Vell had come to warn Earth about Ronan’s invasion and questioned why the Accuser wanted the Tesseract.
• Coulson revealed that the Tesseract was aboard the carrier, while Mar-Vell urged the group to surrender it to spare Earth.
• Thor proposed taking the Tesseract to Asgard, and Rogers urged Coulson to consider avoiding war.
• Michael announced that the expected guest had entered the atmosphere, and a communications agent reported a large spaceship above New York.

A Kree force attacked New York and demanded that Earth surrender to the Kree Empire within ten minutes. On the Helicarrier, the heroes prepared to aid the civilians, while Black Knight disappeared without explanation.

• A massive Kree warship and its fighters attacked New York, killing and destroying for five minutes before broadcasting an ultimatum to Earth.
• Mar-Vell warned Coulson and the others that the Kree would begin a full assault if Earth did not surrender within ten minutes.
• Thor and Tony agreed that the heroes had to confront the Kree, and Steve Rogers insisted they go help the civilians.
• Mar-Vell volunteered to fight beside Earth, explaining that Ronan did not represent the Kree Empire.
• Tony's new red-and-gold armor arrived at the Helicarrier, and he went to change equipment before the team departed.
• Rogers realized that Black Knight had vanished from the Helicarrier.

Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, and Mar-Vell confronted the Kree forces in New York as the invasion turned toward war. At Sky Sword Headquarters, Michael assigned Wanda, Pietro, Bucky, and Daisy to infiltrate the Kree operational fortress while he took responsibility for the mothership in space.

• Iron Man arrived in the plaza and took down four Kree soldiers while the fight was broadcast across the country.
• Thor struck Kree soldiers with lightning, and Mar-Vell refused an officer’s order to abandon Earth; Tony and Thor prepared to fight.
• Michael met with Wanda, Pietro, Bucky, and Daisy at Sky Sword Headquarters and showed them an image of the fifteen-mile Kree mothership outside Earth’s atmosphere.
• Michael ordered the four specialists to infiltrate and seize the Kree operational fortress hovering above New York.
• Wanda questioned whether taking the fortress would stop the mothership, and Michael said that part of the mission was his.

Michael explained his plan to infiltrate the Kree Super Mothership and introduced Victor Von Doom to handle its alien systems. Meanwhile, the Kree invasion battle spread across New York, where the heroes fought the army and Iron Man encountered Spider-Man.

• Wanda questioned Michael's plan to attack the Kree Super Mothership alone, but Michael insisted he was prepared.
• Daisy asked how the team would operate the Kree ship, and Michael introduced Victor Von Doom as their technical expert.
• Iron Man, Thor, and Captain America battled Kree forces across New York, each using different tactics.
• Iron Man noticed Spider-Man fighting Kree soldiers and helped him defeat the attackers.
• Spider-Man excitedly recognized Iron Man, who urged him to focus on saving the world.

Thor and Mar-Vell defeated one Kree officer, while Captain America and Iron Man worked together to take down another. A much stronger commander named Kurare arrived and attacked Captain America, leaving Tony to face him and wonder how powerful the real Ronan was.

• A Kree officer attacked Mar-Vell, but Thor intervened and smashed the officer into the plaza.
• Captain America ambushed the second Kree officer, then teamed up with Iron Man to defeat him.
• A purple shockwave struck Captain America and blasted him through a railing into the greenery.
• Tony scanned the newly arrived Kree commander and found his energy far greater than that of the two officers.
• Kurare introduced himself as the warrior assigned by Accuser and swatted aside Tony's Repulsor Beam.

Tony Stark and Spider-Man were overwhelmed by the Kree warrior Kurare until Thor challenged him in the plaza. Meanwhile, Bruce Banner transformed into the Hulk and leaped toward the battle to help.

• Kurare blocked Tony's Repulsor Cannons, then outmaneuvered him and slammed his armor into the plaza floor.
• Spider-Man attacked Kurare, but Kurare caught him and threw him into a patch of woods.
• Thor confronted Kurare, and their hammer and energy attacks collided, shattering the plaza around them.
• Officer Blake Stow and Patrick tried to stop a civilian from walking toward the battle, but he transformed into the Hulk.
• The Hulk leaped toward the fighting after telling the officers he was going to help.

Thor fought Kurare in the plaza until Kurare outmaneuvered and knocked him down, but Hulk arrived before Kurare could finish him. Meanwhile, Wanda's team seized the Kree ship above New York, and Michael faced Ronan the Accuser.

• Thor and Kurare fought across the plaza, with Kurare using changing weapons and a feint to knock Thor down.
• Kurare prepared to deliver a final blow to Thor, but an airborne bus struck him before Hulk landed and challenged him.
• Wanda led S.W.O.R.D.'s Supernatural Operations Squad through the Kree ship's air ducts and took control of its bridge.
• Victor Von Doom cut the ship's communications with the mothership while Wanda reported the team's success to Michael.
• Michael ended the call and confronted Ronan the Accuser in a dark room.

Michael fought Ronan the Accuser aboard the Kree ship, using magic and armor to redirect Ronan’s overwhelming close-combat attacks and eventually drive him back. Ronan recovered his Universal Weapon and prepared to continue the fight.

• Ronan praised Michael for bypassing the ship’s defenses, then attacked him barehanded when Michael fired a pulse beam.
• Ronan overpowered Michael in their first exchange and slammed him into the ship’s wall.
• Michael used magic to redirect Ronan’s strikes, then hit him with a Pulse Cannon blast that grazed his face.
• Ronan launched a fierce barrage, but Michael deflected his attacks and countered with pulse blasts and miniature missiles.
• Ronan staggered back into his seat, seized the Universal Weapon, and pointed it at Michael.

Hulk killed Kree General Kurare in New York while Michael fought Ronan aboard the Kree mothership. Michael survived Ronan’s devastating attack with a combined magical and technological barrier, then summoned the Sword of Vishanti and prepared to fight seriously.

• Hulk overwhelmed Kurare and smashed him into the ground until the Kree general stopped breathing.
• Tony and Spider-Man fought the Kree soldiers and watched Hulk defeat Kurare.
• Ronan used his Omni-Weapon to shatter Michael’s spell rings and batter him with powerful strikes.
• Ronan unleashed a devastating blast that vaporized part of the mothership, but Michael blocked it with the Rings of Raggadorr and a Particle Barrier.
• Michael formed the Sword of Vishanti and prepared to fight Ronan in earnest.

Michael fought Ronan aboard the Kree mothership and gradually overcame the Accuser with the Vishanti Sword and his combat skill. He disarmed Ronan and stabbed through his heart, leaving the battle's outcome decisive.

• Michael summoned the Vishanti Sword and advanced on Ronan, forcing the Accuser to withdraw his first attack to avoid being struck in the throat.
• Michael read Ronan's counterattack and cut his wrist, disrupting the hammer strike and forcing Ronan to fight more defensively.
• Michael attacked from multiple angles and drove Ronan through a collapsed wall into a suspended corridor, where a Pulse Cannon blast sent him crashing into the command room below.
• Michael continued fighting Ronan in the command room, cut his arms, and knocked the Omni-Weapon from his hand.
• Ronan kept attacking bare-handed, but Michael spun along his arm and stabbed the Vishanti Sword through his heart.

Michael killed Ronan and took control of the Kree mothership, ordering its forces to surrender. The Kree army on Earth laid down its weapons, and Mar-Vell suspected Ronan had been defeated.

• Michael killed Ronan with the Sacred Sword, and the Kree in the command room surrendered.
• Michael ordered the Kree superior to tell all units to cease resistance and surrender unconditionally.
• Michael contacted Wanda, who confirmed that the mothership's communications could be restored.
• Kree soldiers across New York stopped fighting and surrendered, leaving the Avengers puzzled.
• Mar-Vell guessed that someone had taken out Ronan.

Michael’s team reunited with him aboard the captured Kree mothership, where he revealed plans to make it S.W.O.R.D.’s headquarters and their new operational base. The team accepted the plan, while Michael left Daisy wondering what would happen to the Kree.

• Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Winter Soldier, Quake, and Doom boarded the mothership and followed Kree soldiers to its command center.
• The team found Ronan’s corpse and learned from Michael that killing the Kree leader had broken the troops’ will to fight.
• Michael announced that the mothership would become a S.W.O.R.D. facility called Sky Sword Headquarters and would remain in orbit.
• Michael explained that the ship’s stealth systems and shuttles made it an ideal base, and Doom agreed to move his laboratory there.
• Michael designated a restricted area as the team’s operational base and said he would establish his office there.
• Daisy asked what would happen to the Kree, and Michael told her she did not want to know.

After the Kree invasion failed, Tony Stark formed the Avengers and the captured Kree were set to be imprisoned in Reed Richards's Anti-Matter Zone facility. Thor left Earth with the Tesseract, while Michael focused on studying the Kree technology seized during the battle.

• Tony Stark publicly announced the Avengers and converted Stark Tower into Avengers Tower.
• Reed Richards offered his Anti-Matter Zone prison as a place to hold the captured Kree soldiers.
• Mar-Vell refused Tony Stark's invitation to join the Avengers and returned to the Kree Empire to prevent another attack on Earth.
• Phil Coulson agreed to let Thor take the Tesseract to Asgard after Captain America's insistence.
• Sherry told Michael that the Asgardians had left Earth with the Tesseract, and Michael said he was content to let Odin guard it.
• Michael examined the weapons, equipment, vehicles, and spacecraft seized from the Kree.

The Supernatural Operations Squad settled into its new base aboard the S.W.O.R.D. mothership, while Doom began studying its alien technology. Watching the public praise the Avengers, Wanda reflected on Michael’s unseen work protecting Earth and on the kind of hero he was.

• Michael established a sealed operations base aboard the mothership and assigned Doom a laboratory to study alien technology.
• Pietro and Wanda explored their spacious quarters, and Pietro marveled at the view and the bed.
• The squad watched news reports praising the Avengers for stopping the alien disaster, while Pietro objected that they had not saved the world.
• Wanda told Pietro that S.W.O.R.D. had secretly prevented wars, financial crises, and terrorist attacks under Michael’s direction.
• Wanda remembered Michael saying it was better to focus on what needed to be done, and considered how he worked without seeking praise.