Recaps

He-El prepared Atomic Armor while confronting Kingpin and Bullseye, then faced the Destroyer after it attacked New York. He-El defeated the weapon with his new armor, but Thor warned that it was not finished.

• He-El confronted a drunk Tony Stark, forced him to apologize, and learned that palladium poisoning was spreading through his chest.
• He-El abandoned his ambitious energy projects, commissioned Atomic Armor Prototype No. 1, and reviewed Wakanda’s Vibranium research.
• Kingpin returned the seven stolen cases of Vibranium, and He-El tested Kingpin and Bullseye in a fight before accepting their help.
• The Destroyer killed Thor, then flew toward New York while Nick Fury and Tony Stark prepared for battle.
• The Destroyer attacked the Super Technology Building, and He-El evaded its blasts as Iron Man and War Machine failed to stop it.
• He-El summoned Atomic Armor No. 1, dodged the Destroyer’s attacks, and rescued soldiers from an Apache helicopter while ordering an evacuation.
• He-El drove the Destroyer into the ground, creating a huge crater, and Thor arrived as Vivian warned that it was still alive.
• He-El offered to pay Tony Stark for the damage and revealed he was Stark Industries’ second-largest shareholder, while Thor warned that the Destroyer could still move.

He-El destroyed the Destroyer as Thor’s conflict with Loki led to the Rainbow Bridge nearly destroying Earth. Ancient One confronted Odin over Asgard’s actions, while He-El later faced public accusations over deaths during the battle and dismissed the apparent smear campaign.

• He-El dismantled the Destroyer by severing its energy junctions, while Thor and Tony Stark struggled to understand how he had defeated it.
• The president recognized how dependent the United States had become on He-El, while Alexander Pierce decided Hydra would protect him and He-El arranged for Tony Stark to take credit for building his armor.
• Loki brought Laufey and Frost Giants to Asgard, then redirected the Rainbow Bridge’s destructive energy toward Earth after Thor defeated him.
• Ancient One diverted the Rainbow Bridge’s energy into a demon’s realm, while Thor smashed the bridge and Loki fell into the World Tree’s abyss.
• Ancient One confronted Odin over the threat to Earth and made him recognize Asgard’s responsibility, while warning him that He-El’s presence had changed the futures she had foreseen.
• Odin sent Thor to Earth to retrieve the Cosmic Cube and observe He-El, but Mjolnir flew into He-El’s palm instead of Thor’s.
• Thirty-seven families announced a lawsuit against He-El over deaths during the battle, and online arguments erupted over whether he could have saved the helicopter crew.
• Tony Stark told He-El that someone was targeting him, but He-El said he already knew and warned that those behind the accusations should be nervous.

He-El helped Nick Fury expose Hydra’s infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D. and use a Helicarrier to strike its leadership, but the president was assassinated and the agency’s future became uncertain. As Thor tried to take the Cosmic Cube back to Asgard, it opened a growing conduit with a presence looking through it.

• Thor arrived at He-El’s home, and Spider-Man secretly followed the convoy and watched from a nearby house.
• Nick Fury discovered that Hydra had infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D., including Alexander Pierce, and He-El gave him evidence of its crimes.
• He-El arranged to buy a Helicarrier, which Nick Fury and He-El planned to use to eliminate Hydra’s leaders.
• Natasha and Hawkeye ambushed Brock Rumlow’s Hydra convoy, and Hawkeye killed Rumlow after He-El escaped his hostage hold.
• Nick Fury used He-El’s Helicarrier to incapacitate Hydra agents, while Tony Stark attacked Pierce over his parents’ murder.
• He-El attended the president’s funeral, and Nick Fury told him the Winter Soldier had killed the president on Pierce’s orders.
• Nick Fury brought Thor to NASA to claim the Cosmic Cube and build ties between Earth and Asgard.
• The Cosmic Cube unleashed energy, repelled Thor, and opened a widening spacetime conduit as He-El ordered an evacuation.

Loki attacked for the Cosmic Cube, but He-El repelled him and uncovered that Loki had infiltrated the American government as Evans. While He-El recovered and prepared against the threat, Nick Fury gathered heroes to confront Loki and brought Spider-Man into the team as a rescue specialist.

• Thanos empowered Loki with the Mind Stone and sent him with the Chitauri to retrieve the Cosmic Cube.
• Loki attacked the NASA West District facility, but He-El fought back with Atomic Armor Mark II and drove him into an electromagnetic storm and a barrage of weapons.
• Loki survived He-El’s Heavy Hyperon Bullet attack, struck He-El with a Mind Blast, and escaped after He-El’s forces pursued his countless copies.
• He-El gave the Cosmic Cube to Nick Fury and ordered Vivian to prepare antimatter weapons, while he began plans to make her a person.
• Vice president Evans used evidence of Bruce Banner’s visit to Medical Rebirth City to turn General Ross against He-El, while secretly directing the growing campaign against him.
• He-El and Vivian traced the campaign to Evans and exposed him as Loki in disguise, then He-El ordered Nick Fury to alert the heroes while he resumed preparing against Loki.
• Nick Fury gathered Tony Stark and Thor, explained that He-El was recovering from a psychic injury, and led them to meet the other Avengers.
• Tony objected to Spider-Man joining the operation, but Nick Fury assigned Peter Parker to stay behind the Avengers and use his mobility to rescue people.