Recaps

Allen and Rocket captured Nebula, then continued pursuing Star-Lord and the Orb despite learning that Thanos might be interested. Meanwhile, Sakura was crowned Queen, formed an alliance with the Skrulls against the Kree, and made finding the Orb her highest priority.

• Rocket threatened Nebula until she surrendered, and she revealed that she was Thanos's daughter and had been investigating the bounty on Star-Lord and the Orb.
• Allen denied placing the bounty, rejected Nebula's offer to speak for Thanos, and jettisoned her escape pod into space.
• Allen convinced Rocket to pursue the four-billion bounty, and they followed the traces left by Yondu's Space Leap while Nebula sent a distress signal.
• Sakura was crowned Queen and agreed to form an alliance with the Skrulls to destroy the Kree Empire, while the Shi'ar envoy remained neutral.
• A legion leader informed Sakura that Star-Lord's location had been found, and she ordered her forces to monitor him and alert her when he found the Orb.

Allen and Rocket continued hunting Star-Lord while earning money from the bounty hunters they defeated. When Captain Marvel Carol Danvers confronted them over the destruction on Kamui Planet, Allen beat her brutally and left her defeated.

• Allen and Rocket discussed the profits from selling captured ships and weapons while continuing their search for Star-Lord.
• Carol Danvers entered the bar, identified Allen and Rocket, and questioned them about what happened on Kamui Planet.
• Allen attacked Carol before she could finish demanding their surrender, and he shrugged off her energy blasts.
• Rocket fired on Carol while Allen struck her with his hammer, then Allen overpowered her in close combat.
• After Carol exhausted her strength, Allen warned her not to challenge him again.

After Allen’s victory over Captain Marvel made him a target of interest across the universe, Carol struggled with her defeat while Ronan prepared to recruit Allen. Star-Lord retrieved the Orb on Morag, but Yondu and the Ravagers ambushed him and demanded it.

• Carol Danvers learned that major powers could find no useful information about Allen and was warned to recover from her defeat before renewed wars engulfed the planets she protected.
• Ronan told Gamora that the Kree intended to pay Allen and his partner to serve the Empire, while Gamora hoped Allen would prevent Ronan or Thanos from obtaining the Orb.
• Star-Lord flew to Morag, located the temple, and used a device to release the sphere containing the Power Stone from its energy field.
• Star-Lord returned to find Yondu and a group of Ravagers waiting beside his missing ship, and they demanded that he hand over the Orb.

Yondu took the Orb from Star-Lord, but Thor, Ronan, and Sakura’s Imperial Guard soon clashed over it, drawing multiple factions into battle. Ronan seized the Power Stone and unleashed its devastating energy across the planet.

• Yondu’s Ravagers captured Star-Lord and took the Orb, while Yondu promised the red-skinned woman a share of the bounty.
• Thor arrived and demanded the Orb, then Ronan the Accuser landed with Gamora and offered Yondu money for it.
• Sakura’s Imperial Guard arrived, and Yondu handed them the Orb in exchange for Sakura’s promised payment.
• Thor attacked the Imperial Guard, triggering a battle between the factions that spread from the planet into space as other forces joined in.
• Odin learned from Heimdall that Thor had started the fight, while Thanos and Sakura watched from afar; Captain Marvel Carol Danvers then arrived and destroyed several warships.
• Ronan knocked Yondu down, took the Orb, and embedded the Power Stone in his hammer, unleashing a catastrophic energy blast that devastated the planet.

Ronan the Accuser seized the Power Stone, defeated Thor and Carol Danvers, and set out to attack Xandar. Allen, Rocket, Thor, and Carol then clashed over whether to pursue Ronan, while Yondu discovered that Peter had escaped again.

• Ronan used the Power Stone to defeat Thor and Carol Danvers, knocked Gamora aside, slaughtered Sakura's Imperial Guard, and headed for Xandar.
• Allen and Rocket arrived at Morag, where Groot rescued Thor from a crack in the ground and Thor explained that Ronan had taken the Power Stone.
• Rocket wanted to abandon the hunt, but Allen said Ronan's control of the Stone was limited and demonstrated that he could reseal it in its container.
• Carol Danvers arrived and proposed joining forces against Ronan, but Allen and Rocket rejected her offer, and Thor joined them aboard their ship.
• After Allen, Rocket, and Thor left, Yondu's Ravagers emerged from hiding and told him that Peter had escaped after a woman removed his shackles.

Gamora manipulated Star-Lord into turning back toward Xandar, while Allen, Rocket, and Thor arrived ahead of Ronan and waited as the Kree attack devastated the city. Thor fought Ronan with an accidental vomit attack and a clash of thunder against the Power Stone, then Allen stepped in to face Ronan’s offer of employment.

• Gamora provoked Star-Lord into changing course for Xandar to stop Ronan and reclaim the Orb.
• Allen, Rocket, and Thor reached Xandar, where Thor asked to eat before the battle and the group stopped at a restaurant.
• Ronan’s Dark Aster attacked Xandar, broke through the Nova Corps blockade, and crashed into the city center.
• Thor ambushed Ronan, vomited over him after taking a punch, and gained an advantage while Ronan was distracted by the stench.
• Ronan and Thor clashed with the Power Stone and Thor’s thunder, creating a devastating energy blast that sent Thor flying.
• Allen caught Thor, took his place, and approached Ronan, who offered him and his companions money to join the Kree Empire.

Allen defeated Ronan and challenged Thanos's population-control plan as Odin and Thanos arrived on Xandar, followed by Sakura and the ancient god Sithorn. The gathering around the Power Stone ended with Sithorn proposing a game to decide who would claim it.

• Allen destroyed Ronan's weapon, endured the Power Stone's blast, and beat Ronan unconscious before killing him with an uppercut.
• Thanos and Odin arrived on Xandar and confronted each other over the Power Stone.
• Thanos explained that he intended to permanently halve every civilization's population, and Allen questioned his reasoning and mocked his claim of fairness.
• Sakura appeared amid falling snow, raising the tension between herself, Odin, and Thanos as they faced off over the Power Stone.
• Sithorn emerged from black mist, suggested a game to determine who would get the Power Stone, and addressed Allen as if they were old acquaintances.

Sakura and Odin fought Thanos for the Power Stone while Allen kept Sithorn from intervening. Sithorn escaped after Allen revealed he wielded three Infinity Stones, leaving Allen to reflect on how dimensional demon gods had lost their desire to fight.

• Sithorn recognized Allen, warned him about the Dark Egg and Dark Magic contracts, then proposed a game to decide the Power Stone’s ownership.
• Sakura froze the possessed alien and the city, but Sithorn escaped her magic with the Power Stone and placed it in Thanos’s hand.
• Odin attacked Thanos as their forces clashed across Xandar, and Sakura froze the Black Order and other nearby fighters with the Casket of Ancient Winters.
• Sakura joined Odin against Thanos and confirmed that Allen would honor their agreement if they secured the Power Stone.
• Allen stopped Sithorn from empowering Thanos, revealed his three Infinity Stones, and disrupted Sithorn’s connection to his true body.
• Sithorn vanished, and Allen wondered whether immortality had drained dimensional demon gods of their will to fight.

Allen took over the fight against Thanos and defeated him after a destructive battle that devastated Xandar. He claimed the Power Stone and teleported Thanos and the Black Order away, promising they would meet again when Thanos had all six Infinity Stones.

• Thanos grew exhausted fighting Sakura and Odin, and Thor was knocked aside when he tried to help.
• Allen stepped in to face Thanos, matching the Power Stone's force with his own strength and the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
• Allen and Thanos's battle devastated Xandar, while Carol Danvers, Star-Lord, and Gamora watched from space.
• Allen broke through Thanos's energy barrier, overwhelmed him with a barrage of blows, and took the Power Stone.
• Allen told Thanos he would spare him and teleported him and the barely surviving Black Order away with the Space Stone.

Allen spared Thanos to preserve the timeline, then negotiated with Odin and Sakura amid Xandar’s destruction. After promising to protect Asgard, Allen restored Xandar, while Sakura borrowed the Power Stone and hired him to help with her plans against the Kree.

• Allen explained that he had let Thanos escape to avoid disrupting the timeline and offered Odin the Power Stone for four billion.
• Sakura recognized Allen, tested him with her weapon, and confronted him about coming to the universe without telling her.
• Odin warned Allen about Sithorn and asked him to protect Asgard and prevent Ragnarok; Allen promised to safeguard Odin’s family and people.
• Odin thanked Allen for changing Frigga’s fate and returned to Asgard, while Allen and Sakura discussed their alliance with the realm.
• Sakura took the Power Stone and said she planned to destroy the Kree Empire; she hired Allen as a bounty hunter and agreed to pay him for the Orb.
• Allen used the Reality Stone to restore Xandar and revive its dead civilians.

After Xandar was restored, Allen and Rocket signed on to join Sakura’s campaign against the Kree, while Allen told his friends he would leave after the job was done. He concealed the Reality Stone’s role in restoring the planet and urged Nova Supreme to decide whether Xandar would join Sakura’s growing alliance against the Kree Empire.

• Nova Supreme learned that Sakura had the Power Stone and had hired Allen, Rocket, and Groot to fight the Kree, then summoned them to ask how Xandar had been restored.
• Allen told Rocket that he planned to leave after their contract ended, and Rocket and Groot offered to help before respecting his wish to handle a private matter alone.
• When Nova Supreme offered fifty million for the truth about Xandar’s recovery, Allen blamed Sakura’s magic and left her believing Sakura had saved the planet.
• Allen confirmed that Sakura was recruiting forces for a final offensive against the Kree homeworld and warned Nova Supreme that Xandar needed to choose a side quickly.

As the Kree prepared to defend Hala against Sakura’s growing alliance, Allen met Star-Lord and took a sample of his blood. Vilnalasath used Ego’s genes in the sample to strengthen Allen’s psychic abilities, and Allen planned to hunt Ego after the Kree homeworld fell.

• The Kree militarized their population and prepared Hala for a final stand as Sakura’s alliance tightened its blockade and attacks.
• Rocket complained about the mercenary legion’s losses, while Allen sent him another batch of recruits, including Star-Lord, Gamora, and Drax the Destroyer.
• Allen drew blood from Star-Lord and left the bewildered recruit with Gamora and Drax.
• Allen gave Star-Lord’s blood to Vilnalasath, who extracted Ego’s genetic material and used it to amplify Allen’s psychic powers.
• Allen and Vilnalasath agreed to target Ego after dealing with the Kree homeworld.

Twelve hours before the war against the Kree began, Sakura rejected Carol Danvers’s plea for peace and declared that the Kree would be wiped out. The Allied Forces launched their assault on Hala, while Allen watched and Rocket commanded fleets in the opening battle.

• Carol Danvers arrived at Sakura’s palace to negotiate on behalf of herself and the Kree, but Sakura condemned her past service to the empire and refused to stop the war.
• Sakura warned Carol not to interfere, and representatives of the Anti-Kree Alliance recounted Kree atrocities and demanded the Kree’s extermination.
• Carol left the palace, and Sakura showed the Power Stone as she warned that Captain Marvel would die if she entered the battlefield.
• Twelve hours later, Sakura’s signal flare began the war, and the Allied Forces attacked the Kree defenses around Hala, destroying several outer planets.
• Allen watched the battle from the command ship as Rocket issued orders to the fleets and directed their attacks on the Kree defenses.

The Allied Forces’ war against the Kree shifted when Carol Danvers intervened, but Sakura used the Power Stone to destroy the Kree front line and battle Carol near Hala. The chapter left the war’s outcome resting on their duel as the Skrull envoys considered seeking an alliance with Sakura’s rising empire.

• Allen asked Rocket Raccoon how long the space war might last, and Rocket estimated it could continue for weeks, months, or even years.
• Carol Danvers arrived and destroyed more than ten thousand Allied fighter jets, easing pressure on the Kree and halting the Allied advance.
• Sakura used the Power Stone to annihilate the Kree front line, then declared she would kill Carol and use her body for research.
• Carol charged Sakura, and their clash destroyed planets and shattered one of Hala’s moons, whose debris caused heavy casualties among Kree civilians.
• Sakura overpowered Carol and sent her hurtling toward Hala, while the Skrull envoys Agger and his subordinate discussed pursuing an alliance with Sakura’s empire.

After Captain Marvel's death, Sakura's Allied Forces conquered Hala and destroyed the Kree Empire, while Allen warned Sakura against attacking the Shi'ar. Allen then took the Power Stone, fused it into his body, and began planning how to find Ego and acquire the remaining Infinity Stones.

• Sakura killed Carol Danvers, captured her soul, and led the Allied Forces toward Hala as the Kree defenders were overwhelmed.
• The Allied Forces looted and massacred Hala, leaving the Kree scattered and too diminished to rebuild their empire.
• Allen congratulated Sakura on becoming ruler of the New Empire, defended her decision to kill Carol, and warned her that the Shi'ar Empire and Gladiator would be dangerous opponents.
• Vilnalasath revealed that she had devoured Ego's gene and gained the ability to hide herself through mental suggestion, then declared she wanted to consume the living planet.
• Allen decided to work with Yondu to locate Ego and asked Sakura for the Power Stone; she gave it to him, and he fused it into his body.
• Allen announced that he now possessed four Infinity Stones and considered how to obtain the Mind Stone and Soul Stone.

Allen paid Yondu to take him to Ego, then teamed up with Vilnalasath to devour Ego and his planet-like shell. After absorbing Ego’s energy and genetic material, Vilnalasath split the spoils between herself and Allen.

• Yondu learned that Hala had fallen and Carol Danvers had been killed, then discussed raiding planets she had protected.
• Allen appeared on Yondu’s ship, disarmed a Ravager with magic, and offered Yondu more than two billion in cryptocurrency to take him to Ego.
• Yondu accepted the job after Allen promised the Ravagers would not have to fight, and his crew flew toward Ego’s location.
• Allen left the ship and raced toward Ego, where Vilnalasath transformed into a gigantic red dragon and bit into the planet.
• Vilnalasath broke through Ego’s planetary shell and devoured his exposed brain despite his attacks and psychic resistance.
• Ego’s final psychic shriek injured people across several light-years before Vilnalasath divided the absorbed energy and genetic material between herself and Allen.

After devouring Ego, Allen explored his expanded mental powers and discussed Ego’s fatal physical weakness with Vilnalasath. They spared Mantis, and Allen offered her freedom or a home in Sky City in Azerath; she chose to go with them after sensing his concern for her safety.

• Yondu ordered the Ravagers to remain silent and keep their engines off while Allen and Vilnalasath were nearby.
• Allen examined the mental powers he had gained from Ego and agreed with Vilnalasath that Ego’s fragile brain had been his fatal flaw.
• Allen and Vilnalasath decided to leave Star-Lord to his life and return to Earth, while Vilnalasath revealed she had spared Mantis.
• Allen offered Mantis the choice of freedom or a home in Sky City in Azerath, and Mantis chose to go with them.
• Mantis explained that she had sensed Allen’s concern, and he warned her that without protection she could be captured, enslaved, or subjected to experiments like Rocket Raccoon.

Tony Stark and Coulson investigated the explosive blue cells left behind by Ego, which threatened to destroy the United States and possibly Earth. As they waited for Thor and wondered where Allen had gone, Allen suddenly returned with the alien Mantis.

• Tony Stark learned from Coulson that Ego’s uncontrolled cells could explode with the force of nuclear weapons and that their spread had halted for unknown reasons.
• Coulson explained that Thor had gone to Asgard to seek information, while Sky City would not intervene unless Earth faced imminent destruction.
• Tony discovered that Allen might have gone with a companion to help destroy the Kree Empire and angrily lamented that he had not been invited.
• Allen opened a portal and appeared beside Mantis, prompting agents to draw their weapons when they recognized her as an alien.

Allen reassured S.H.I.E.L.D. and the military that Ego’s planetary cells were no longer a threat, then drained their energy and destroyed the remaining growth on Earth. He rejected General Walker’s attempt to approach him and left Coulson celebrating his return while other agencies gathered samples.

• Coulson stopped S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and soldiers from confronting Allen, who explained that Ego’s cells had lost their controlling consciousness and posed little danger.
• Allen told Coulson and Tony Stark that Ego had been a living planet who fathered Peter Quill, and assured them that he had cleared every infected planet.
• Allen identified Peter Quill as a boy who disappeared into space at about nine years old, prompting government agencies nearby to investigate his identity.
• Allen absorbed the energy from Ego’s cells across Earth, leaving dead rubber-like material and pulling the remaining plant and its roots from the ground.
• General Walker invited Allen to speak privately, but Allen refused to deal with the military or provide it with technology, and Walker left without confronting him.
• Coulson told Allen that the military and other agencies had hunted S.H.I.E.L.D. after Project Insight failed, then invited him to celebrate his return with drinks.

Allen reunited with Coulson and Tony Stark, who described the worsening threat from Hydra and showed him the deadly Obelisk. Allen revealed that the Kree Empire had been destroyed and warned Tony about his plan to build a powerful artificial intelligence, but Tony remained confident.

• Coulson recounted S.H.I.E.L.D.'s global fight against Hydra, its dwindling resources, and the dangers posed by energy weapons.
• Tony Stark described the Avengers' attacks on Hydra's super-soldier operations and weapons facilities, while Coulson showed Allen images of the Obelisk and asked him to examine it.
• Tony stopped Allen and Coulson from going to headquarters so he could ask Allen about his space journey and whether he had destroyed the Kree Empire.
• Allen confirmed that the Kree Empire had fallen and said his companions had built a new Empire in its place, prompting Coulson to report the news to the International Security Council.
• Tony asked about Kree technology and explained his plan to create an artificial-intelligence guardian, while Allen warned that it might go wrong.

Allen met with five International Security Council representatives, who questioned him about the Kree Empire’s destruction and his newly established empire. He left them considering a unified Earth government, then traveled with Coulson to S.H.I.E.L.D.’s headquarters to investigate the Obelisk and Skye’s transformation.

• Coulson escorted Allen through a guarded underground base to meet five International Security Council representatives.
• Allen claimed he could destroy nearly any civilization and described the Kree Empire’s fall as an insignificant game, alarming the representatives.
• The representatives asked whether Allen intended to leave Earth and seize territory, and he offered to hand the empire over if they could control Sakura’s legion.
• Allen urged them to form a true Earth United Government if they wanted humanity to join the empire as an independent civilization, and they agreed to convene an emergency meeting.
• After the representatives left, Allen told Coulson he had used temptation and pressure to spur them, then they boarded a Quinjet for S.H.I.E.L.D.’s headquarters.
• Coulson wanted to learn why Hydra had sought the Obelisk, while Allen anticipated how its crystal dust would affect Quake Skye.

Allen identified the Obelisk as a container that could be opened at the location shown in Coulson’s mysterious drawing, leading S.H.I.E.L.D. to begin searching for the Inhuman awakening site. He told Skye that she was an Inhuman whose parents had likely been caught in a conflict with Hydra, leaving her to realize they may have given her up to protect her.

• Allen touched the Obelisk and explained that it responded to Inhuman genes and was likely a container meant to be opened in a specific place.
• Coulson connected Allen’s hint to a drawing he had found, and Fitz and Simmons reanalyzed it as a map.
• Allen told Skye that the Obelisk held the key to awakening her dormant Inhuman genes and explained the Kree’s experiments and the dangers of the awakening ritual.
• Coulson ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to locate the ritual site while leaving Skye to decide whether to undergo the awakening.
• Skye privately asked Allen about her parents, and he said one of them had already awakened as an Inhuman and that Hydra had likely found them.
• Skye realized her parents may not have abandoned her willingly but may have let her go to protect her.

Allen told Coulson that Skye would awaken the powerful Quake ability, while S.H.I.E.L.D. prepared to secure the underground temple and protect her ritual. Daniel Whitehall learned of their approach and, after Lena revealed that her master knew how to open the Obelisk, arranged an ambush to kill Coulson’s team, seize the Obelisk, and keep Skye alive.

• Allen explained that Skye would gain the Quake ability and advised Coulson to downplay its power to the International Security Council.
• Allen departed through a portal, and Coulson led three Quinjets toward the ritual site to secure it before Hydra arrived.
• Daniel Whitehall met with Lena and declared that Hydra should rule Earth as humanity’s absolute master.
• Lena told Daniel that her master knew how to open the Obelisk, then showed him a note that convinced him the claim was credible.
• Lena said Daniel must kill Coulson’s team, take the Obelisk, and leave Skye unharmed before her master would meet him.
• Daniel ordered Hydra agents to prepare an ambush near the underground entrance, with energy cannons and AI robots ready to attack the arriving Quinjets.

Daniel Whitehall persuaded Gideon Malick that Hydra needed the Soul Stone, while Allen infiltrated Baron Strucker’s base and took the Mind Stone. After meeting Wanda Maximoff, Allen escaped, leaving her to dismiss the encounter as a hallucination.

• Daniel Whitehall told Gideon Malick that Allen had returned from space and argued that Hydra should seek the Soul Stone, prompting Gideon to react with shock at the Kree Empire’s destruction.
• Allen secretly entered Baron Strucker’s base, replaced the Mind Stone in the Mind Scepter with an imitation, and embedded the real stone in his body, giving him five Infinity Stones.
• Allen used the five stones to create a miniature universe and discussed how acquiring the Soul Stone could let him create a universe of his own.
• Wanda Maximoff entered the room and confronted Allen, who revealed himself and greeted her before escaping through a portal.
• Wanda told the guards she had only experienced a hallucination, and they advised her to rest.

Wanda told Pietro about Allen’s break-in and kept the encounter from Baron Strucker, while Allen explained how Wanda’s Chaos Magic fit into his plan to seize Dark Magic. As S.H.I.E.L.D. fought Hydra above the underground temple, Coulson’s Zanpakuto took control of him and drove him into a brutal killing spree.

• Wanda told Pietro she had seen a silver-haired boy with invisibility and Space Teleportation trying to steal the Mind Scepter, and she refused to report him to Baron Strucker.
• Allen and Vilnalasath discussed using Wanda and the Sorcerer Supreme’s connection to the Vishanti to make Dark and White Magic clash and take control of Dark Magic from Sithorn.
• Coulson’s S.H.I.E.L.D. forces battled Daniel Whitehall’s Hydra troops, and Skye destroyed a combat robot before using an energy shield against Hydra’s weapons.
• Hydra switched to kinetic weapons, forcing Skye and the other S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to take cover as they fought from a disadvantage.
• Coulson charged into the battle with his Zanpakuto, which used high-speed movement and slaughtered Hydra soldiers while its influence overtook him.