Chapter Summaries

Rorschach chased the Skrull starship through space, testing his newly enhanced strength against its weapons. He survived their ordinary cannon fire unharmed and blocked a railgun blast with a telekinetic barrier, leaving the Skrulls unsure of his fate.

• Knuckle ordered the Skrull crew to fire the starship’s Energy Cannons at Rorschach.
• Rorschach charged through the barrage and emerged from the flames completely unharmed.
• Knuckle ordered the crew to fire the railgun after the ordinary cannons failed to hurt Rorschach.
• Rorschach formed a telekinetic barrier and blocked the railgun blast.
• Knuckle and the Skrulls assumed Rorschach had been killed, but the blast’s glow still obscured him.

Rorschach survived the Skrull warship’s orbital cannon and fought his way aboard after the Skrulls failed to escape or stop him. Knuckle tried to explain that the stolen item could benefit Earth, but Rorschach struck him down before he could finish.

• Rorschach emerged unharmed from the orbital cannon blast, leaving Knuckle and the other Skrulls stunned.
• Knuckle ordered the warship to flee at maximum speed, but its speed was already at its limit, so he ordered another barrage instead.
• Rorschach endured the repeated orbital blasts, caught up to the warship, and landed on its outer hull.
• Rorschach cut through the hull and entered the warship as the Skrulls prepared for the breach.
• Knuckle began telling Rorschach that the stolen item could help Earth and that the Kree were also searching for it, but Rorschach knocked him down.

Rorschach recovered the Cube from the Skrulls, killed the warriors aboard their ship, and brought Knuckle back alive for questioning. Charles learned that both the Skrulls and the Kree wanted the Cube, leaving the mutants worried that the interstellar war could reach Earth.

• Rorschach spared Knuckle to question him, then killed the other Skrull warriors aboard the ship.
• Rorschach carried the Cube and unconscious Knuckle back to the mutant base.
• Charles identified Knuckle as an alien, and Hank confirmed that Rorschach had recovered the Cube.
• Charles read Knuckle's memories and explained that the Skrulls and Kree were fighting over the Cube.
• Erik worried that both interstellar races might return to Earth, and the White Queen asked how powerful they were.

Charles revealed that the Skrull and Kree were powerful interstellar civilizations and explained how a Skrull had stolen the Cube. Rorschach reassured the mutants by revealing his strength, then asked Charles to search for alien infiltrators and keep watch on Carol Danvers.

• Charles explained that the Kree and Skrull were powerful interstellar races, and described the Skrull's shapeshifting and imitation abilities.
• Charles revealed that Tuga had disguised himself to infiltrate the laboratory and steal the Cube.
• Charles said that Rorschach stood at the pinnacle of the universe and recounted how he had caught up with the escaping ship, destroyed it, and recovered the Cube.
• Rorschach told Charles to search Earth for Skrull and Kree infiltrators and to keep watch on Air Force pilot Carol Danvers.
• Rorschach called Carol a secret weapon against interstellar forces and assured everyone that Earth was not defenseless.

Rorschach and the mutants discovered that Kree and Skrulls had infiltrated Earth’s government to find the Cube. They agreed to eliminate all of them, and Rorschach proposed that Charles kill them silently with his ability.

• Rorschach told the mutants that Carol Danvers would become a powerful warrior and said they only needed to keep watching her.
• Charles scanned Earth and found Kree and Skrulls embedded in government departments, with the Kree investigating the Cube’s whereabouts.
• Rorschach called for killing every Kree and Skrull on Earth, and the mutant leaders agreed to eliminate them.
• The mutants worried that a public attack could harm their relationship with humans, so Rorschach suggested Charles silently destroy the infiltrators’ brains.

Rorschach and White Queen secretly eliminated every Skrull and Kree agent in America, while Charles refused to use his telepathy to kill. The mutants resumed preparations to found their nation, but on Hala, Yon-Rogg learned that all Kree agents on Earth had gone silent.

• Erik, Raven, and White Queen urged Charles to kill the enemy agents with his telepathy, but Charles refused.
• Rorschach reassured Charles and asked White Queen to accompany him as a telepathic intermediary.
• Rorschach and White Queen silently killed the Skrull and Kree agents across America, disposed of the bodies, and altered witnesses' memories with Charles's help.
• Rorschach told the mutants that the threat was temporarily resolved, and they continued preparing to found their nation.
• On Hala, Yon-Rogg learned that every Kree agent on Earth had lost contact and suspected they had all been identified and eliminated.

Yon-Rogg learned that Kree agents on C53 had gone silent and ordered Talos to investigate Earth and retrieve the Energy Source. Talos arrived in Florida, uncovered a hidden Kree warship, and found no unusual information in its agents’ mission logs.

• Yon-Rogg heard that the Kree agents on C53 had vanished and that wreckage from a Skrull vessel had been found nearby.
• Yon-Rogg reported the intelligence to the Supreme Intelligence, which ordered him to find the Energy Source before the Skrulls did.
• Yon-Rogg sent Talos to C53 to investigate and recover the Energy Source.
• Talos landed in an uninhabited Florida wilderness, cloaked his warship, and located another hidden Kree vessel.
• Talos took control of the hidden warship and reviewed the Kree spies’ mission logs, finding nothing unusual.

Taro and Yon-Rogg investigated the missing undercover agents but found nothing unusual in their mission logs. When Taro’s Kree warriors killed Carol Danvers and her fellow soldier, Rorschach arrived, slaughtered the Kree, and left Carol gravely wounded.

• Taro sent the undercover agents’ mission logs to Yon-Rogg, and they agreed that the records showed no suspicious activity.
• Carol Danvers and another soldier found Taro’s Kree warriors beside their advanced warship and asked who they were.
• Taro ordered his warriors to kill the soldiers, and the Kree shot Carol and her comrade, fatally wounding both.
• Rorschach arrived in response to the attack and found Carol close to death.
• Rorschach killed Taro and every other Kree warrior with his heat vision while their energy weapons failed to hurt him.

Rorschach rescued the badly injured Carol Danvers after killing the Kree who attacked her, then had Illyana Rasputin heal her at the mutant base. He planned to turn Carol into Captain Marvel and sent Raven and Hank to handle the Kree aftermath and salvage their ships.

• Rorschach killed the Kree attackers, carried Carol Danvers to the mutant base, and ordered Illyana Rasputin to treat her.
• Illyana Rasputin healed Carol and reported that she was safe but mentally exhausted and needed sleep.
• Rorschach told the veteran mutants that the Kree had come to Earth and assured them he could handle the threat.
• Rorschach explained his plan to use the Cube to transform Big Mom into Captain Marvel.
• Rorschach assigned Raven to handle the scene and Hank to take the two intact Kree warships.

Yon-Rogg identified Homelander as a major threat and decided to lead an elite Kree force to C53. At the mutant base, Carol Danvers woke healed, learned Homelander had saved her, and prepared to ask him questions.

• Yon-Rogg watched footage of Homelander defeating Kree warriors and reconsidered his assumptions about C53 and mutants.
• Yon-Rogg suspected C53 natives or mutants had eliminated the missing Kree undercover agents, and decided to lead an elite force to the planet.
• Yon-Rogg added Rorschach to his kill list for killing Talos.
• Carol Danvers woke in the mutant base, learned Illyana Rasputin had healed her, and remembered that Homelander had rescued her.
• Selina brought Carol Danvers to Rorschach, where Carol thanked him and asked to get answers to her questions.

Carol Danvers learned that Earth faced threats from the Kree, Skrulls, and many other alien and supernatural forces. Rorschach revealed the danger to her and suggested she could become a powerful ally, leaving her stunned by the scale of the threats Homelander had fought.

• Carol Danvers asked Rorschach who the blue-blooded attackers were, and he confirmed they were Kree.
• Rorschach told Carol Danvers that Kree and Skrulls were already lurking on Earth and that a Skrull warship had recently been destroyed.
• Carol Danvers feared another invasion, and Rorschach admitted he could not promise to defeat the aliens but said her help could improve their chances.
• Rorschach asked Carol Danvers to keep classified information secret, and she agreed.
• Rorschach gave Carol Danvers a file describing past alien visitors, further interstellar threats, Atlantis, and dimensional demon gods, leaving her stunned by how much danger Earth faced.

Carol Danvers learned how dangerous Earth and the wider universe were, and Rorschach invited her to join his super-soldier experiment. After she watched him destroy the returning Kree fleet, she agreed to participate.

• Rorschach told Carol Danvers that Earth faced major threats and asked her to join his super-soldier experiment, which he said had a seventy percent chance of success.
• Carol Danvers asked for time to think, and Rorschach told her not to leave the base when the Kree returned.
• Rorschach flew out to confront the Kree fleet as its warships attacked him with energy fire.
• Rorschach endured the barrage and destroyed the Kree warships one by one.
• After Rorschach returned to the mutant compound, Carol Danvers told him she had decided to join the experiment.

Rorschach arranged an experiment to give Carol Danvers the Cube’s energy, recreating the process that had made her Captain Marvel. After enduring a dangerous surge of energy, Carol transformed and emerged with immense power.

• Rorschach chose to fight Yon-Rogg’s fleet near Earth so the world would see Homeland defend it and Carol would commit to the experiment.
• Rorschach reassured Hank, who then prepared the laboratory and connected Carol to an apparatus carrying the Cube’s energy.
• Carol endured the initial energy transfer, and Hank gradually increased its intensity as her readings worsened.
• Hank urged Rorschach to stop when Carol began losing control, but Rorschach told him to hold on a little longer.
• A burst of energy shattered the chamber, and Carol emerged floating in golden light as Captain Marvel.
• Carol smiled at Rorschach and remarked that he had not told her the experiment would take so long.

Mutants founded Krakoa and prospered under Rorschach’s leadership, while Howard Stark lived long enough to receive a funeral in 2012. When Hank reported an anomaly with the Cube, Rorschach suspected Loki had arrived but stayed at the funeral, confident Loki posed no threat.

• Captain Marvel destroyed the Kree fleet in 1983, and Homelander Rorschach killed Apocalypse later that year.
• Mutants founded Krakoa in June 1984 and built it into the world’s most advanced nation.
• Rorschach attended Howard Stark’s funeral in New York in 2012, remembering his support for the mutant nation-building effort.
• Hank messaged Rorschach that the Cube had an anomaly.
• Rorschach suspected Loki was behind the anomaly because Loki’s timeline matched, but he calmly continued attending the funeral.

After attending Howard Stark’s funeral, Rorschach returned to Krakoa when Hank reported that the Cube had activated by itself. Rorschach expected Loki to arrive through it and told Raven and Hank that Asgard and its legendary figures were real, but were merely powerful aliens.

• Rorschach offered Tony Stark his condolences at Howard Stark’s funeral, then flew away from the reporters outside.
• Hank and Raven told Rorschach that the Cube had remained activated for about four hours without anyone operating it.
• Rorschach said the Cube was a door and suggested someone on the other side had activated it.
• Rorschach identified the likely visitor as Loki from Asgard, leaving Raven and Hank stunned.
• Rorschach explained that Thor, Loki, and Odin were powerful aliens whom ancient humans had mistaken for gods.

Rorschach reassured Raven and Hank that Loki was no threat, then waited with them as the Cube opened a portal. Loki arrived expecting fear and obedience, but Rorschach immediately demanded his scepter.

• Hank asked Rorschach how strong Loki was, and Rorschach dismissed him as a weak opponent.
• Rorschach, Raven, and Hank examined the Cube as it flickered and its radiation readings fluctuated.
• A staff member announced that the Cube had fully activated, and it opened a portal.
• Loki appeared with his scepter and was surprised that the people before him showed no fear.
• Rorschach told Loki to hand over the scepter, leaving Loki bewildered.

Rorschach confronted Loki, revealed his overwhelming strength by beating him, and took Loki’s scepter containing the Mind Stone. Loki was left wary of Rorschach, who claimed the Tesseract as his own.

• Rorschach identified Loki as Odin’s son and mocked him for appearing ordinary.
• Loki called Midgardians ants, so Rorschach struck him and sent him flying with one punch.
• Loki attacked Rorschach with his scepter, but Rorschach shrugged off the blasts and slammed Loki into the ground several times.
• Rorschach picked up Loki’s scepter and gave it to Hank to secure.
• Loki demanded to know what Rorschach was, and Rorschach warned him that targeting his Cube had been a mistake.
• Loki claimed the Cube belonged to Odin, but Rorschach mocked the claim.

Rorschach defeated and imprisoned Loki after catching him trying to steal the Tesseract, which contained an Infinity Stone. After Erik warned that Asgard would retaliate, Rorschach considered how to deal with Odin, while deciding he would not return the Tesseract.

• Loki created illusionary copies of himself and attacked Rorschach, but Rorschach identified the real Loki and knocked him unconscious.
• Rorschach ordered Raven to imprison Loki as a thief, and she arranged for people to take him away.
• Erik asked Rorschach what he would do about Asgard after learning that Loki had tried to steal the Tesseract.
• Rorschach considered that he would eventually have to release Loki and negotiate with Odin, but decided he would keep the Tesseract rather than return it to Asgard.

Rorschach decided to keep Loki imprisoned until Asgard came for him. Heimdall told Thor that Loki was alive but had been beaten and jailed on Midgard, prompting Thor to set out for Earth while Rorschach and Loki awaited his arrival.

• Rorschach dismissed the other Rorschach’s choices as an unreliable guide and told Erik to keep Loki imprisoned until someone from Asgard came.
• Heimdall told Thor that he had seen Loki on Midgard, and Thor rejoiced at learning his brother was alive.
• Heimdall explained that Loki had been severely beaten by a Midgardian and thrown into prison, leaving Thor stunned.
• Thor decided to go to Midgard, but Heimdall reminded him that the Bifrost had been destroyed, so Thor left to ask Odin for help.
• Rorschach returned to his usual business on Krakoa and told its people not to worry if strange thunderstorms appeared.
• Loki remained smug in his cell, certain Thor would come for him and that Homelander would face a nightmare.

Rorschach directed Captain Marvel to keep searching for the Cosmic Cube and then went to meet Thor, who had appeared on Krakoa demanding his brother. Thor and Cyclops exchanged threats and began fighting, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Captain Marvel told Rorschach that several factions were searching for the Cosmic Cube, and he advised her to watch Peter Quill while continuing her work across the stars.
• Captain Marvel said she would also help a planet whose people were being slaughtered, and Rorschach let her proceed as she wished.
• Raven told Rorschach that Thor had appeared on Krakoa, and Rorschach went with her to meet him.
• Thor demanded that Cyclops hand over his brother, while Cyclops ordered Thor to surrender.
• Thor hurled his hammer at Cyclops, who dodged it and fired heat beams at Thor.