Recaps

He-El’s speech sparked nationwide support as people recalled how his projects had helped them, while his forces prepared for the presidential vote against Loki. Despite Loki’s control of most aircraft carriers, several military bases, and more than fifty electors, He-El headed to Congress, confident Loki had already lost.

• People across the states rallied for He-El, demanded his election, and recalled the benefits his projects had brought them.
• He-El’s cloaked Manta Ray spacecraft remained at fifty thousand meters while he ordered an attack capable of destroying Mind Control wave frequencies.
• Vivian reported that Loki had regained control of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, three military bases, and more than fifty electors, leaving He-El’s forces outmatched on paper.
• He-El ordered Vivian to watch for the Cosmic Cube opening a spatial wormhole and prevent Loki from escaping.
• He-El boarded a smaller Manta Ray spacecraft and flew toward the Congress building as the presidential vote approached.

S.H.I.E.L.D. focused its forces on guarding Stark Industries' Ark Reactor as Nick Fury explained that He-El expected Loki to open a spatial wormhole after the presidential election. Natasha and Hawkeye joined the assembled heroes and fighters at the reactor, where they prepared for an alien invasion.

• Natasha asked Nick Fury whether S.H.I.E.L.D. should support He-El's presidential campaign, but Fury said they could not free enough electors from Loki's control.
• Fury explained that He-El had predicted Loki would open a spatial wormhole after the election, whether He-El won or lost, so S.H.I.E.L.D. had concentrated its forces around the Cosmic Cube.
• Nick Fury sent Natasha to Stark Industries' Ark Reactor, and Hawkeye accompanied her there by Quinjet.
• Natasha and Hawkeye joined Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Thor, Peter Parker, and others at the reactor.
• The assembled heroes prepared to serve as the first and second assault echelons when the alien army invaded.

He-El arrived at the Capitol as the crowd rallied behind him, then took his seat for a tightly supervised Electoral College vote amid widespread suspicion that Loki’s Mind Control had turned many electors against him. The count began, and the first announced vote went to Frit Evans rather than He-El.

• He-El descended from a Manta Ray spacecraft and told a child it would carry humanity into the stars.
• He-El entered the Capitol, reassured a clear-minded congressman that he would win, and sat beside Evans.
• The Senate president began the Electoral College vote, with ballots counted and broadcast immediately under strict supervision.
• The first announced ballot was Colorado elector Sweetlanner Hobbs’s vote for Frit Evans.

Frit Evans appeared close to winning the presidential vote after Loki’s Mind Control gave him a commanding lead over He-El. At the count’s most desperate point, the controlled electors regained their awareness and began voting for He-El, leaving Evans stunned and demanding to know how his control had been broken.

• Sweetlanner Hobbs and other electors cast early votes for Frit Evans, giving him a decisive lead while He-El and Yolanda Priscus received none.
• He-El calmly challenged Evans’s confidence, and conscious electors began casting votes for him, though Evans still led 260 to 170.
• With nearly all conscious electors having voted, Evans appeared to need only ten more votes to secure victory.
• He-El referred to the more than thirty thousand supporters outside the Capitol Building, but Evans dismissed them as irrelevant.
• Electors previously under Loki’s Mind Control suddenly regained awareness and began voting for He-El.
• Evans glared at the electors and asked He-El how he had restored them.

He-El exposed how Loki had controlled the electors and won the presidential election after the awakened legislators cast their votes for him. Loki threatened to destroy Earth, but He-El revealed he had anticipated the coming invasion as the Cosmic Cube began to tremble above Stark Industries.

• The electors regained their consciousness and began voting for He-El, raising his total while Evans's count remained at 260.
• He-El explained that Loki's Mental Local Area Network had been neutralized because the thirty thousand people outside the Capitol had unknowingly formed a network opposing Loki's control.
• He-El's votes reached 270, and the president of the Senate declared him the forty-fourth president.
• He-El called Loki a prank-playing child, and Loki threatened to destroy Earth and claimed he would ultimately win.
• He-El asked whether the Cosmic Cube had gathered enough energy to open a spatial wormhole, and the Cosmic Cube began trembling above the Ark Reactor at Stark Industries.

After He-El won the presidency, the Cosmic Cube opened a spatial wormhole above New York, revealing an invading Kree army. The military’s missiles failed to stop them, and the Avengers prepared to fight as the Kree poured through.

• Natasha told the Avengers that He-El had overcome a large vote deficit and won the presidential election.
• Bruce Banner saw the Cosmic Cube’s energy surge and warned that it was about to open a spatial wormhole.
• Tony Stark activated the rebound stabilization devices while the Avengers evacuated the Ark Reactor building.
• The Cosmic Cube’s beam opened a dark passage in the sky, where New Yorkers saw an alien army waiting on the other side.
• The military fired missiles at the opening, but they failed to stop the Kree army from emerging.
• Tony Stark ordered the Avengers to prepare for battle as the Kree poured through the stabilized wormhole.

Ebony Maw led a Kree invasion of Earth to seize the Cosmic Cube, overwhelming the ground forces with a massive assault. After the Avengers surrounded him, Ebony Maw took the Cube, and a green figure charged at him.

• Ebony Maw and Ebony Maw led the Kree army through the opened wormhole and ordered the soldiers to seize the Cosmic Cube.
• The Kree attacked Earth as civilians fled and ground forces opened fire, but the Kree's Beam Cannons suppressed them.
• Tony Stark deployed seven electromagnetic-net drones that cut through the Kree army before the Kree destroyed the nets with plasma bombs.
• The Kree crashed through the Ark Building, and Ebony Maw lifted the Cosmic Cube from the rubble into his hand.
• Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Natasha, Hawkeye, Spider-Man, and Black Panther surrounded Ebony Maw as Ebony Maw advanced with his axe.
• A green figure roared and charged at Ebony Maw.

The Avengers fought Ebony Maw for control of the Cosmic Cube, using coordinated attacks to pull it from his grasp. Ebony Maw regained control and prepared to retaliate after Black Widow wounded him, forcing him to acknowledge that he had underestimated them.

• Hulk charged Ebony Maw and grappled with him, while Spider-Man webbed the Cosmic Cube and pulled it from Ebony Maw's hand.
• Ebony Maw used telekinesis to stop Spider-Man from retrieving the Cube, but Iron Man, Hawkeye, Steve Rogers, and Black Widow attacked to distract him.
• Ebony Maw flung Spider-Man into Steve Rogers and regained control of the Cube, but Iron Man used a magnetic device to contest it.
• Hawkeye restrained and electrocuted Ebony Maw with arrows, while Iron Man pulled the Cube farther away.
• Black Widow pierced Ebony Maw's shoulder with her Widow's Bite, drawing emerald-green blood and enraging him.
• Ebony Maw blasted away Hawkeye's restraints, admitted that he had underestimated the Avengers, and raised both hands to attack.

Ebony Maw used earth pillars to launch the Avengers into the Kree army and took back the Cosmic Cube. With Kree forces pouring through the spatial wormhole, Iron Man and Thor headed to stop the reinforcements while the others regrouped and pursued Ebony Maw.

• Ebony Maw raised pillars of earth beneath the Avengers, hurling Black Widow, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Steve Rogers, Spider-Man, and Black Panther into the Kree army.
• Ebony Maw summoned the Cosmic Cube back to his hand as Hulk and Black Dwarf continued fighting on the ground.
• Thor attacked the Kree soldiers while searching for Loki, and Iron Man urged him to close the spatial wormhole.
• Thor agreed to help stop the reinforcements, and Iron Man told the others to seize the Cosmic Cube and keep Ebony Maw occupied.
• Hawkeye, Black Widow, Steve Rogers, Spider-Man, and Black Panther used Kree vehicles and their own skills to make their way back toward the ground.

Thor and Iron Man fought to reach the spatial wormhole as Loki secretly sabotaged them and taunted Thor. Loki tried to flee through the wormhole, but an unseen force restrained him and revealed his outline in electric arcs.

• Thor and Iron Man cleared a path through the Kree army and pushed toward the spatial wormhole, with Iron Man planning to destroy it using an Ark Reactor.
• Loki appeared behind a Kree soldier and blasted Iron Man out of the path, prompting Thor to search for him and demand that he reveal himself.
• Loki told Thor that his plan was unfolding and that he had He-El tied down in the presidential election, then left Thor to face a biomechanical Leviathan that swallowed him and nearby Kree soldiers.
• Loki watched the Avengers fight, decided to leave Earth until the war ended, and flew toward the spatial wormhole.
• Electric arcs outlined and restrained Loki before he could enter the wormhole, and he looked up but saw no person or machine.

He-El took control as president after the Cosmic Cube opened a wormhole in New York, ordering military forces to fight the invading Kree and assuring them the Mind Control threat had been resolved. After Vivian reported that Loki had appeared, He-El suited up in Atomic Armor No. 3—Magnetic Field King and flew to the battle.

• Evans warned He-El that the Cosmic Cube's wormhole would bring a Kree invasion and claimed He-El could not stop it.
• Secretary of Defense Vyacheslav Marvin reported that aliens had spread destruction beyond the military restricted zones in New York.
• He-El ordered fighter jets from New York and nearby states to support the battle, saying he had dealt with the Mind Control issue.
• He-El spoke with General Ross, who deployed fighter groups from nearby military bases.
• Vivian told He-El that Loki had appeared and Atomic Armor No. 3—Magnetic Field King had arrived.
• He-El donned Atomic Armor No. 3—Magnetic Field King and flew out of the conference hall toward New York as the congressmen applauded.

Ebony Maw defeated the Avengers on the ground and flew toward the spatial wormhole with the Cosmic Cube. Hawkeye and Tony Stark reported that the battle was going badly, but Tony said their BOSS had not arrived yet.

• Black Widow, Hawkeye, and Steve Rogers charged Ebony Maw in chariots while Spider-Man and Black Panther attacked from above.
• Ebony Maw sent the chariots crashing toward a fortress, and the Avengers regrouped to attack him with Vibranium weapons.
• Spider-Man distracted Ebony Maw with Kree soldiers as Black Panther tore through an earthen wall, but Ebony Maw flung Black Panther into Hawkeye's Vibranium arrow and threw him into ruins.
• Ebony Maw blasted Black Widow and Steve Rogers into buildings, then restrained Spider-Man and hurled him away.
• Ebony Maw flew toward the spatial wormhole with the Cosmic Cube, while Hawkeye and Tony Stark reported their setbacks and Tony said their BOSS had not arrived.

He-El flew the Magnetic Field King from Washington to New York and rescued Dr. Helen Cho from the Kree attack on the Medical Rebirth Headquarters. He left her under drone protection and headed toward the space wormhole to save the world.

• He-El piloted the Magnetic Field King toward New York after Vivian warned him that Kree soldiers threatened Dr. Helen Cho.
• Kree missiles destroyed the Creation Rebirth Building, and a Kree soldier cornered Helen Cho in her office after killing her secretary.
• He-El burst into the office, killed the Kree soldier, and carried Helen Cho to safety at the New York Botanical Garden.
• Helen Cho tried to embrace He-El, but he stopped her and ordered Vivian to send an Atomic Armor No. 2 Drone to protect her.
• He-El told Helen Cho he would need her in the future, then flew toward the space wormhole while she stayed behind, pleased by his words.

Kree forces poured through a spatial wormhole and devastated New York, prompting other nations to urge the United States to launch nuclear missiles. He-El reached the battlefield at extraordinary speed and began tearing through the invaders, leaving the Kree assault still underway.

• Kree soldiers, advanced vehicles, and Leviathans emerged from the wormhole and overwhelmed New York’s military defenses, killing civilians and destroying buildings.
• People around the world watched the invasion spread across New York, and representatives of other countries urged the United States to launch nuclear missiles.
• Department of Defense Secretary Vyacheslav Marvin told the representatives that President He-El had already gone to the battlefield.
• A satellite feed showed He-El arriving in his Magnetic Field King armor at Mach 60 and shredding Kree soldiers, tanks, and a Leviathan with magnetic force.
• He-El stopped near the wreckage, looked toward the spatial wormhole, and was seen clearly by viewers around the world.

He-El arrived in the Magnetic Field King Armor and turned the tide of the invasion, while the Avengers regrouped and fought across New York. As Thor attacked Ebony Maw near the space wormhole, Ebony Maw reached Loki and recognized the magnetic-field confinement holding him in place.

• He-El's Magnetic Field King destroyed Kree soldiers and Leviathans, reassuring civilians and halting other nations' calls for a nuclear strike on New York.
• He-El urged the battered Avengers to stop the scattered aliens, and S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Helicarrier deployed craft and soldiers to join the battle.
• Thor burst out of a Leviathan and attacked Ebony Maw with lightning as Maw flew toward the space wormhole.
• Ebony Maw shielded himself from Thor's lightning, then reached Loki and identified the restraint as a personalized magnetic-field confinement.
• Ebony Maw took the Mind Scepter from Loki, leaving Loki horrified.

Loki watched Ebony Maw reclaim the Mind Scepter and free him from He-El’s magnetic restraints, while privately plotting to steal the artifact and escape Thanos. Thor attacked Ebony Maw in a fury, but their weapons clashed and Thor was blasted into a crater.

• Ebony Maw took the Mind Scepter from Loki and told him his mission was complete.
• Ebony Maw used the Mind Scepter to reveal and disable the four devices restraining Loki.
• Loki planned to seize the Mind Scepter and flee before Thanos could kill him.
• Thor charged Ebony Maw with Mjolnir and demanded to know who he was.
• Ebony Maw blocked Mjolnir with the Mind Scepter, and the collision sent Thor crashing into a crater.

Ebony Maw overwhelmed Thor with the Mind Scepter, but Loki stopped him from finishing his brother when Iron Man and four drones intervened. As Loki and Maw prepared to leave, a black-gold armored figure arrived and crushed the nearby Kree soldiers.

• Ebony Maw struck Thor with the Mind Scepter, leaving him gravely injured while Loki watched in shock.
• Ebony Maw aimed another energy beam at Thor, intending to eliminate him for Thanos.
• Iron Man and four drones shielded Thor from the beam, and Loki urged Ebony Maw to leave and report their mission complete.
• Ebony Maw withdrew the beam, and Loki followed him away after glancing back at Thor.
• A black-gold armored figure appeared in the sky, crushing nearby Kree soldiers as the air warped around him.

He-El arrived in upgraded Magnetic Field King Armor, overwhelmed the Kree forces, and shut down the spatial wormhole. Loki accepted that he could not escape, but Ebony Maw blocked him from surrendering and challenged He-El’s authority.

• Tony Stark and the injured Thor watched He-El take control of the central battlefield as his armor tore apart the Kree soldiers.
• Loki and Ebony Maw tried to flee through the spatial wormhole, but He-El’s magnetic field trapped it and shredded the Kree forces passing through.
• He-El twisted the magnetic field in the opposite direction and collapsed the spatial wormhole with a shockwave.
• Loki agreed to find handcuffs and await judgment, while privately keeping an eye out for a chance to escape.
• Ebony Maw stopped Loki from descending and told He-El that he could not command anyone, and Loki remarked that Ebony Maw was the reason he could not comply.

He-El subdued Ebony Maw’s attempt to protect Loki and knocked Loki unconscious, while Thor and Tony Stark restrained him. Thor then left with Tony to help civilians and stop the remaining Kree soldiers, leaving Loki in their custody.

• He-El used the Magnetic Field King to seize control of Loki and pull him toward himself.
• Ebony Maw caught Loki with golden energy from the Mind Scepter, but He-El shattered the energy hand and dragged Loki away.
• He-El struck Loki into the ground, fracturing all 206 of his bones, and Tony Stark restrained him with electromagnetic cuffs.
• Thor smashed Loki’s knee with Mjolnir, then stopped when Tony said Loki could no longer escape.
• Thor flew off to help people and pursue the remaining Kree soldiers, while Tony took Loki and told He-El he was leaving him in his care.

He-El used Earth's magnetic fields to overwhelm Ebony Maw, who wielded the Mind Scepter, and left him trapped inside a towering golden energy giant. He-El pierced the giant with a lightning bolt, which continued into the ground and melted a deep pit.

• He-El knocked Loki unconscious, prompting Ebony Maw to attack with the Mind Scepter.
• He-El crushed Ebony Maw beneath pressure formed from hyperons and sent him crashing into the ground.
• Ebony Maw rose, then channeled the Mind Scepter's energy into a 150-meter golden giant and fired beams at He-El.
• He-El struck the golden giant with a bolt of lightning that pierced its head and melted a deep pit in the ground.

He-El overwhelmed Ebony Maw by using magnetic fields to create five colossal giants, leaving Ebony Maw’s spirit broken and forcing him to surrender. The golden giant fell to its knees as He-El’s creations surrounded it.

• Ebony Maw regenerated his golden giant with the Mind Scepter and convinced himself its limitless energy would give him the advantage.
• He-El created a lightning giant and then a blazing Fire Giant beside Ebony Maw’s golden giant.
• He-El formed giants of matter and gravity, leaving Ebony Maw trembling at the display.
• He-El created a dark giant that contained what looked like another universe, and his five giants surrounded Ebony Maw.
• Ebony Maw surrendered, dropped the Mind Scepter, and watched his golden giant collapse to its knees.

He-El defeated Ebony Maw, seized the Cosmic Cube and Mind Scepter, and sent the Mind Scepter to Vivian for inspection. He then joined the remaining battle in New York, where Hulk and the heroes helped clear the Kree forces and Leviathans.

• Ebony Maw’s mental strength collapsed, and he surrendered the Cosmic Cube and Mind Scepter to He-El.
• He-El dismissed his five energy giants, took the artifacts, and ordered Vivian to inspect the Mind Scepter so she could become a person.
• He-El saw the Kree fighting human aircraft, while Hulk defeated Black Dwarf and agreed to help the humans bring down the Leviathans.
• He-El compressed a formation of several thousand Kree into a sphere and hurled them toward the ground.
• Natasha pursued a Leviathan, Hawkeye arranged for more explosives, and Nick Fury directed support as Steve Rogers and Tony Stark fought to protect the city.
• Hulk leapt into a Leviathan’s mouth, prompting Thor to wonder why fighting the creatures excited him.

After the alien invasion devastated New York, He-El became president and led the city’s recovery before honoring the Avengers and other defenders at a public ceremony. The chapter ended with the crowd cheering for the superheroes.

• He-El squeezed the last Leviathan into a ball, ending the invasion, which had left at least 300,000 dead and 700,000 injured in New York.
• Congress passed an emergency provision allowing He-El to become president, and he ordered the military to secure and disinfect the city while medical teams treated survivors.
• After a month of recovery efforts, He-El addressed the citizens at the Capitol Building plaza and welcomed the Avengers.
• He-El awarded medals to Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Natasha, Hawkeye, T'Challa, Spider-Man, and the other Avengers for their service.
• He-El noted that Punisher, Bullseye, Kingpin, Falcon, and other helpers had also received awards, as the crowd cheered for the heroes.

Thor escorted the defeated Loki to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s former headquarters as Earth faced the aftermath of Loki's attacks. Thor promised that Asgard and Earth would remain friends, and accepted the Cosmic Cube from Nick Fury to take back to Asgard.

• Thor brought the handcuffed, injured Loki before He-El, Nick Fury, and the others, and Loki mocked them about being escorted back to Asgard.
• Thor rebuked Loki and promised he would be judged and imprisoned in Asgard for his crimes on Earth.
• Thor thanked Earth's leaders for their help and said Earth would always be Asgard's friend.
• Loki tried to speak, but Thor put a restraining ball in his mouth.
• Nick Fury handed Thor the Cosmic Cube, and Thor solemnly promised that Asgard and Earth would always be friends.

Thor thanked his allies, returned to Asgard with Loki and the Cosmic Cube, and left He-El to protect Jane on Earth. After the others dispersed, He-El told Nick Fury to hide the Mind Scepter somewhere only he knew.

• Thor asked He-El to protect Jane, and He-El agreed; Tony Stark offered too, but Thor turned him down.
• Thor thanked his allies, summoned Odin, and entered a spatial rift with Loki and the Cosmic Cube, returning to Asgard.
• T'Challa asked He-El about Wakanda joining the international stage, and He-El advised him to focus on cooperation with S.H.I.E.L.D. against alien threats.
• Natasha thanked He-El for the Widow's Bite, Hawkeye left after receiving Nick Fury's order, and Tony Stark flew back to New York.
• He-El walked with Nick Fury toward S.H.I.E.L.D.'s highway bridge and asked him to hide the Mind Scepter somewhere only he knew about.