Chapter Summaries

Mephisto joined Hawk in the ruined Heaven Dimension and learned that Hawk had killed Jehovah and destroyed the angels. Hawk refused to claim Heaven, but offered it to Mephisto, who promised to give Hawk Earth’s Authority of Life and Death.

• Mephisto rushed into the Heaven Dimension with his demon army to support Hawk and found the realm devastated.
• Hawk told Mephisto that Jehovah, the angels, and their forces were dead, then described Jehovah’s hints about looking into the future.
• Mephisto recognized that Jehovah had tried to draw Hawk into a scheme involving his future, and Hawk agreed to discuss it over drinks.
• Hawk refused to take the Heaven Dimension because he feared hidden dangers and wanted to protect his realm, but offered it to Mephisto.
• Mephisto accepted the Heaven Dimension and promised to transfer Earth’s Authority of Life and Death to Hawk.

Hawk learned that time was trying to prevent him from transcending after his timeline became independent, and Mephisto explained how Zeus had overcome the same resistance. Hawk agreed to help Mephisto become King of the Underworld in exchange for ending new darkness and ghosts, then returned to Earth and struck a target in Italy.

• Mephisto told Hawk that his timeline had become independent and that time would try to tempt him into looking at the future to stop his transcendence.
• Mephisto explained that Zeus had transcended time and that Zeus had made a deal with the Celestials to stay out of the Main Multiverse's affairs.
• Mephisto swore he would keep their conversation secret and asked Hawk to help him become a true god and King of the Underworld.
• Hawk returned the Western Hemisphere's authority of life and death to Mephisto and tasked him with preventing new darkness and ghosts from appearing.
• Hawk returned to Earth, appeared above a country within a country in Italy, and used a Light Speed Punch before leaving.

Hawk arranged to have his sister Anya’s coffin taken to the Tahiti Cloning Base so she could be resurrected in time for Christmas, then borrowed the Eye of Agamotto from The Ancient One to speed up time. The Ancient One refused to delay her retirement again, saying her time in the universe would end once Mephisto finished devouring Heaven.

• Hawk donated money to the Vatican and mourned its destruction with the priest while Sharon and Gwen discussed why he had destroyed it.
• Hawk ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to exhume Anya’s coffin and transport it to the Tahiti Cloning Base for cloning.
• Hawk brought Gwen to Kamar-Taj to borrow the Eye of Agamotto and accelerate the cloning process so Anya could be with him by Christmas.
• The Ancient One told Hawk that she planned to retire after the year, and Hawk asked whether she would delay her retirement again.
• The Ancient One explained that she had delayed her retirement twice, but would not do so a third time; she expected her time to end when Mephisto finished devouring Heaven.

Hawk prepared to bring his sister Anya back to life, using S.H.I.E.L.D.'s cloning base and the Time Stone to accelerate her new body’s growth. In the Pure Land, Anya reunited with Hawk as her parents arrived and he asked whether they were ready to return to the human world.

• Hawk offered The Ancient One the future role of God of Time in the Phoenix Main Multiverse, and she accepted.
• Hawk and Gwen went to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Tahiti base, where scientists verified Anya's remains against Hawk's DNA before he destroyed the remains and test equipment.
• Hawk promised Sharon that S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and their families would go to the Pure Land after death, crediting Gwen for reminding him.
• Scientists loaded Anya's DNA into the third cloning pod, and Hawk used the Time Stone to accelerate the creation of her body.
• Hawk went to the Pure Land, where Anya embraced him and Mr. and Mrs. Maximoff arrived; Hawk asked if they were ready to return to the human world.

Hawk, Gwen, and Anya traveled to Westview Town for Christmas Eve as Pietro prepared a reunion for Wanda. The chapter ended with Wanda opening the door to find her parents, Ilya and Marina, waiting outside.

• Hawk used Phoenix Fire to melt the snow outside his garage, and Gwen teased him while sharing her Christmas cakes.
• Anya sided with Gwen, and Hawk asked her to change into warmer clothes before they left for Westview Town.
• Hawk, Gwen, and Anya drove to Westview Town while Ilya and Marina arrived nearby in a S.H.I.E.L.D. car.
• Pietro urged Wanda to answer the door, and Wanda saw her parents standing outside.
• Wanda cried out to Ilya and Marina as she welcomed them home.

On Christmas Eve, Hawk reunited with the Chloe family and visited the Maximoffs before entering his Underworld Pure Land. He pardoned Alexander Pierce and reunited him with Anna, then left them together.

• Hawk returned from the backyard with Gwen and celebrated the Chloe family's first official reunion in twenty years.
• Hawk joined the Maximoffs for Christmas Eve, shared a toast with Ilya and Wanda, and spent time with Jean.
• Hawk spoke privately with Wanda, asked her to care for Jean, Billy, and Tommy, and left for another gathering.
• Hawk entered the Pure Land of the Underworld and told Anna that he would pardon Alexander Pierce.
• Hawk brought Alexander Pierce into the Pure Land and declared him free of his sins, allowing Anna to welcome him.

George told Gwen and Hawk that he had decided to take the vampire cure and become human again, prompting Gwen to object because she feared for his safety. As George received the cure at S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters, Helen revealed that she and George supported Gwen and Hawk’s marriage and had booked Trinity Church for their wedding.

• Anya stayed behind after Christmas to spend time with her nieces and nephews while Hawk and Gwen headed toward New York City.
• George told Gwen and Hawk that Dr. Vanessa Brooks had developed a vampire cure and that he planned to take it; Gwen objected, but George said Helen supported him.
• George revealed that Helen had long known he was a vampire, and Gwen discovered her parents thought she had kept the secret from Helen alone.
• At S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters, Helen teased Gwen and Hawk about their plans, then told Gwen that she and George approved of their marriage and had booked Trinity Church.
• Helen said George wanted to give Gwen away as her father rather than as a vampire, while Gwen watched him endure the cure in the medical room.

Hawk and Gwen obtained their marriage license and reviewed the plans for their wedding the next day. They ended the drive home eager to marry, with their bachelor and bachelorette parties still ahead that evening.

• Hawk and Gwen applied for a marriage license at City Hall, where the clerk told them they had to wait twenty-four hours before holding the ceremony.
• Hawk reassured Gwen that the priest at Holy Trinity was a certified officiant and reviewed the wedding party, including Jean as flower girl and Cooper Barton as ring bearer.
• Gwen called Mary Jane to confirm she would return from Los Angeles for the wedding, and Mary promised to arrive before three in the afternoon.
• Hawk and Gwen checked the guest list and wedding traditions, including Gwen's dress, sapphire rings, Helen's hairpin, and a borrowed bracelet from the Bobs.
• Hawk told Gwen that Thor had planned his bachelor party, while Jane, Sharon, and Pepper had prepared gifts for Gwen's party.
• Hawk and Gwen held hands and said they were ready to get married the next day.

Hawk Phoenix and Gwen Stacy celebrated their wedding at Trinity Church, surrounded by family and friends. After exchanging vows and rings, they were pronounced husband and wife, and the priest invited Hawk to kiss Gwen.

• Trinity Church was placed under lockdown as wedding guests arrived for Hawk and Gwen's ceremony.
• Helen, Jane Foster, and Mary helped Gwen prepare, adding old, new, borrowed, and lucky items to her wedding outfit.
• George Stacy escorted Gwen down the aisle and gave her hand to Hawk, who promised to care for her.
• Hawk and Gwen exchanged marriage vows and wedding rings before Father Robert.
• Father Robert pronounced Hawk and Gwen husband and wife and told Hawk he could kiss his bride.

Hawk and Gwen celebrated their wedding, and Hawk revealed that he planned to use his powers to reunite Peter and Tony with lost family members. The newlyweds chose Xandar for their honeymoon, and Hawk promised Sharon a private spaceship to visit it.

• Hawk and Gwen exchanged vows and joked about Gwen being called Dr. Phoenix as their guests celebrated.
• At the reception, Peter announced that he and Felicia would marry next month, while Thor planned to seek Odin's approval and Tony said he and Pepper would wed in June.
• Hawk told Peter and Tony that their wedding gifts would reunite them with Uncle Ben and Howard and Maria Stark, respectively.
• Gwen threw her bouquet, which Pepper caught before fleeing with Tony as the other guests chased them.
• Hawk told Gwen they would honeymoon on Xandar and offered Sharon a private spaceship to visit the planet, but her phone rang before she could respond.

After Doctor Strange defeated Dormammu and reversed the destruction of Hong Kong, Peter Parker, Felicia Hardy, and Ben Hawk Parker vanished in front of Hawk and Gwen. Hawk and Gwen were left facing their sudden disappearance.

• Sharon returned to Hong Kong after reports that darkness had covered the city, while Thor left for Asgard after hearing darkness was approaching there.
• Hawk reminded Peter that he had moved on from Mary, and Peter promised he would not hurt Felicia or Ben.
• Doctor Strange repeatedly entered a time loop to bargain with Dormammu, who eventually withdrew from Earth.
• Doctor Strange reversed time and restored Hong Kong to its condition before Dormammu's arrival.
• Peter sensed something was wrong, and Hawk found Gwen supporting a similarly distressed Felicia.
• Peter, Felicia, and Ben vanished from Hawk and Gwen's sight.

Hawk investigated a temporal fluctuation and learned that the destruction of Hong Kong’s Kamar-Taj Sanctum merged Earth’s time with the Main Universe’s timeline, creating a new past as well as a new future. The Ancient One warned that the Peter Parker Hawk knew might not exist in this altered past, then left to deal with the New Gods—Hawk’s children with Gwen—tampering with timelines.

• Hawk traced a temporal fluctuation to the destruction of the Hong Kong Kamar-Taj Sanctum, which Doctor Strange had restored moments later.
• The Ancient One appeared in Virgo Gold Cloth and explained that Earth’s three Kamar-Taj Time Sanctums had kept Earth’s time separate from the Main Universe’s timeline.
• The Ancient One described how Odin and the Vishanti had used the sanctums to delay Ragnarok and preserve the rule that Earth’s past could not be changed.
• The Ancient One explained that the sanctums’ destruction merged Earth’s time with the Main Universe’s, creating a new past and a new future.
• The Ancient One warned Hawk that the Peter Parker he knew might not exist in the new past, then said she had to leave.
• The Ancient One revealed that the New Gods tampering with timelines were Hawk and Gwen’s children, and Hawk awkwardly admitted Gwen let him handle their mischief.

After learning that Doctor Strange had reversed time through a one-time cosmic loophole, Hawk discovered that Peter Parker’s family had been sent to a parallel universe. He recognized a trap set by Time’s Eternity, then asked Gwen to join him in finding out who Peter had become in the new past.

• The Ancient One explained that Doctor Strange had reversed time by exploiting the energy surge from Earth’s timeline merging with Marvel’s Main Universe.
• Hawk learned from Mephisto that his superior had ordered him to let the reversal happen, then realized Peter’s family might have been displaced when the new past formed.
• Hawk used the Northern Cross Constellation pendant to locate Peter, Felicia, and Ben in a parallel universe, but withdrew when he sensed a Time Trap waiting for him.
• Hawk confronted the trap and threatened Time’s Eternity, then told Gwen that Peter was not in their universe.
• Gwen pressed Hawk about what the Ancient One had said, and Hawk admitted she had wanted Gwen to handle their future children’s upbringing.
• Hawk invited Gwen to discover who Peter Parker had become in the new past.

Hawk and Gwen discovered that the altered timeline had replaced Osborn Manor and the Spider-Man they knew with a new past, where Gwen’s lab worked with Stark and a teenage Peter Parker lived with Aunt May. They returned home after confirming they could not reach their Peter Parker, and decided to begin their honeymoon despite Gwen’s unease about the changes.

• Hawk took Gwen to the former site of Osborn Manor, where they found only a forest, and Gwen showed him that her laboratory now belonged to Stark Industries.
• Hawk brought Gwen to Peter Parker’s house in Queens, where they saw Aunt May and a fifteen-year-old Peter Parker, whom Hawk recognized as a different Spider-Man.
• Hawk told Gwen he could sense their Peter Parker and Felicia in another multiverse but could not reach or bring them back yet.
• Hawk and Gwen returned home, where Gwen learned from her assistant Fiona that no one remembered Osborn, though the laboratory and its staff remained unchanged.
• Hawk comforted Gwen and suggested they go on their honeymoon first.

Hawk and Gwen began their honeymoon by traveling to Xandar aboard a spaceship Hawk created with the Reality Stone. After Gwen became fascinated with the Enterprise’s technology, Hawk led her to their quarters and revealed that he was the “treasure.”

• Gwen visited her expanded Stark Industries laboratory and learned that its staff had no memories of Osborn, then asked Hawk to promise he would bring their missing friends back.
• Hawk and Gwen left Earth and traveled into space, where Hawk created an Enterprise-like ship using the Reality Stone.
• Gwen took the captain’s chair and ordered the Enterprise to set course for Xandar, and the ship entered warp travel.
• Gwen explored the engineering bay and questioned the Enterprise about its Warp Drive while Hawk tried to get her attention.
• Hawk brought Gwen to the captain’s quarters and made his clothes vanish, claiming that he was the treasure.

Hawk and Gwen finished their honeymoon on Xandar, where they learned they were expecting twins, and departed for the Quantum Asteroid Belt. The Enterprise issued a warning as it approached their final destination.

• Gwen reviewed honeymoon photos and planned to buy souvenirs in Harmony Square before returning to Earth.
• Gwen and Hawk gathered gifts for their friends and family and loaded them onto the Enterprise.
• Gwen told Hawk she was pregnant with twins and insisted he not interfere with her educating their children.
• A Nova Corps inspector cleared the Enterprise for departure, and Hawk set its course for the Quantum Asteroid Belt.
• The Enterprise raced toward the belt, where quantum-state asteroids appeared and vanished, then sounded an alarm as its warning lights flashed.

Hawk and Gwen encountered the Guardians of the Galaxy while returning to Earth and rescued their powerless ship. The Guardians boarded the Enterprise, where Hawk disarmed them and invited them to the bridge.

• Enterprise detected multiple spacecraft as Gwen continued collecting data from the Quantum Asteroid Belt.
• Hawk appeared before Star-Lord and Rocket, summoned the Aries Gold Cloth, and used Crystal Wall to destroy the pursuing Sovereign drones, disabling the Guardians' ship in the process.
• Hawk identified the stranded Guardians aboard the ship, including Peter Quill, Gamora, Drax, Rocket, Groot, and restrained Nebula.
• Gwen urged Hawk to rescue the stranded crew, and he used Enterprise to bring their ship aboard so they could repair it.
• Enterprise invited Rocket and Groot to meet Hawk, but Rocket demanded that the entire group go together, so Hawk transported them all to the bridge and removed their weapons.

Hawk and Gwen rescued the Guardians of the Galaxy, and Gwen was delighted to discover that Star-Lord was from Earth. After inviting them to dinner aboard the Enterprise, the group shared a meal while Star-Lord recounted how he had left Earth.

• Hawk agreed to meet the Guardians after Gwen finished collecting her data.
• The Guardians arrived on the Enterprise's bridge, where Hawk introduced Gwen and explained that Rocket was a genetically modified raccoon and Groot was a Flora Colossus.
• Gwen realized Star-Lord was from Earth when he said he was from Missouri, and Peter told them Yondu had abducted him as a child.
• Gwen invited the Guardians to dine with her and Hawk aboard the Enterprise, where Star-Lord searched the food replicator for Missouri cuisine.
• Gamora, Rocket, Groot, and Drax thanked Hawk for rescuing them, while Hawk turned his attention to the Eighth Sense.

Hawk reflected on his pursuit of the Eighth Sense and realized that its essence was life, while Gwen and the Guardians learned that Ego claimed to be Peter Quill’s father. After Ego invited them to his planet, Hawk agreed to go, leaving the group poised to meet him there.

• Hawk connected his developing understanding of the Eighth Sense to life after learning that Gwen was pregnant, but admitted he had only a partial idea of how to master it.
• Gwen asked Peter why Yondu had abducted him, and Hawk recognized that Ego had sent Yondu to retrieve his children.
• Enterprise detected Ego’s cloaked spacecraft, and Hawk ordered it revealed before Ego contacted them and asked for the Milano.
• Ego identified Peter Quill as his son, and Peter was stunned when Ego correctly named his mother, Meredith.
• Ego explained that he had hired Yondu to bring Peter to him, then invited Peter and his companions to visit his planet.
• Hawk accepted Ego’s invitation for himself and Gwen to go along.

Hawk explained Ego’s origin and plan to Gwen as Enterprise traveled toward Ego’s Planet, and they agreed not to tell Star-Lord the truth before he learned it himself. After Gamora sent Rocket and Groot away on the repaired Milano, Enterprise and Ego’s ship reached the planet, where Gwen asked how they would land.

• Hawk told Gwen that Ego was a living Celestial who sought to spread his life throughout the universe and that Star-Lord was his biological son and only child to inherit his power.
• Hawk explained how Yondu had defied Ego to protect Star-Lord, and Gwen decided they should not interfere by telling Star-Lord before he learned the truth himself.
• Gamora sent Rocket and Groot away on the Milano, telling Rocket to find a nearby planet and wait for her message if anything went wrong.
• Star-Lord asked Gamora why the Milano had left, and she told him it had a shipment to deliver.
• Enterprise and Ego’s ship arrived at Ego’s Planet near noon, and Gwen asked Hawk how they would get down without a spaceport.