Chapter Summaries

Stephen Strange arrived in Asgard to meet Odin before He-El or the Dark Elves could start a war, while Heimdall discovered the Dark Elves’ concealed fleet attacking Asgard. The chapter ended as the flagship fired a massive blast at Himinbjorg.

• Thor ordered Asgard’s defenses to stand down when Stephen Strange arrived through a magical ring and asked to see Odin.
• Thor welcomed Stephen and escorted him toward the palace while the Asgardian guards resumed their posts.
• Heimdall heard spacecraft engines, found an invisible Dark Elf ship, and destroyed it by attacking its engine.
• Heimdall saw the Dark Elves’ flagship emerge near Himinbjorg and release a swarm of smaller ships toward Asgard’s palace.
• The flagship fired a massive dark crimson blast at Himinbjorg as Heimdall watched in horror.

The Dark Elves launched an attack on Asgard, destroying Himinbjorg and trapping the city in a battle. Thor realized the unmanned ships were a distraction, but the shield’s energy core exploded and the enemy fleet poured in.

• The Dark Elves blasted Himinbjorg apart, destroying the Rainbow Bridge controls and sending Heimdall into the ocean.
• Thor ordered Asgard’s shield raised and sent Stephen Strange to meet Odin and protect Frigga while he joined the battle.
• Thor and Sif discovered that the attacking ships inside the shield were unmanned drones, while the main Dark Elf fleet waited outside.
• Vidar warned Thor that someone had released the prisoners in The Jail, and Thor realized they intended to destroy the shield from within.
• An explosion destroyed the shield’s energy core, the shield collapsed, and the Dark Elf fleet surged into Asgard.

Stephen Strange warned Odin that Thanos would gather the Infinity Stones and destroy half the life in the universe, while asking how Asgard would handle the Reality Stone. When a riot in The Jail crippled the defense system, Odin led Strange toward the research institute to confront the Dark Elves.

• Stephen Strange entered Odin's council hall and apologized for breaching Asgard's defenses, then asked about the Reality Stone.
• Odin told Strange that researchers were extracting the Reality Stone from He-El's robot and asked him to explain his visions of the future.
• Strange described Thanos's plan to gather all six Infinity Stones and destroy half the universe's life, and explained why he feared He-El might use the Reality Stone.
• A guard reported that The Jail had erupted in a riot and that the rioters had destroyed the defense system's core functions.
• Odin left Frigga behind and led Stephen Strange and the royal guard toward the research institute.

He-El learned that Nick Fury had begun to suspect him, but dismissed the danger and prepared to invade Asgard if Odin would not return Vivian. After ordering General Ross and his private Red Unit to stand by, He-El put on the Quark Armor and began opening a Space Bridge to Asgard.

• He-El saw that Nick Fury’s suspicion and distrust had risen sharply, but concluded it was too late for Nick to stop him.
• He-El told General Ross that the Crimson Giant Corps should await his orders and prepared the forces stationed at Area 51 and New Century City.
• He-El donned the Quark Armor and sent the Manta Ray Mothership into his back.
• He-El commanded the primary control pillar to begin constructing a Space Bridge to Asgard.

The Dark Elves breached Asgard’s defenses and attacked the palace while Thor and the Asgardians fought back. Thor charged into the great hall to rescue Frigga, but Malekith ordered a cursed warrior to strike him down.

• Thor ordered Asgard’s hidden air forces to attack the Dark Elf fleet after the shield hub was destroyed.
• The Dark Elf mothership blasted a breach in the palace, allowing Dark Elf soldiers to land inside.
• Sif and the Asgardian warriors attacked the mothership while Thor rushed to the palace hall.
• Thor found Malekith holding Frigga hostage after her guards had been killed.
• Malekith ordered a cursed warrior to attack Thor, and the warrior swept him through a wall into the corridor.

Odin questioned Stephen Strange about He-El and learned that He-El wanted the Reality Stone to upgrade Earth’s foundational materials. Fearing the power this would give humanity, Odin resolved to keep the Stone from He-El, but Iron Man suddenly appeared with a gray-skinned prisoner.

• Odin reinforced the guards around the armory and vault as he escorted Stephen Strange toward the laboratory.
• Odin asked Stephen what kind of person He-El was, and Stephen praised him as a great man and pioneer of humanity.
• Odin reflected on He-El’s influence and feared that humanity could become a formidable power under his leadership.
• Odin asked why He-El wanted the Reality Stone, and Stephen explained that He-El intended to elevate Earth’s foundational materials.
• Odin decided He-El must not obtain the Reality Stone, but Iron Man blasted through a wall with a gray-skinned prisoner pinned beneath his feet.

Tony Stark broke out of his confinement and joined Odin and Stephen Strange as the Dark Elves attacked Asgard and sought the Reality Stone. He learned that the Stone had been extracted from Vivian, and followed them toward its location, doubtful it could be recovered.

• Tony Stark burst through a wall and stopped a scaled prisoner during the prison riot, then complained to Odin about being confined and forgotten.
• Stephen Strange greeted Tony Stark with relief, while Odin thanked him coldly for saving his guards.
• Tony Stark teased Odin about recording his thanks, then followed Odin and Stephen Strange down the corridor.
• Stephen Strange explained that the Dark Elves had broken out of the prison, destroyed the shield's energy core, and were targeting the Reality Stone.
• Tony Stark learned that Odin had extracted the Reality Stone from Vivian and regretted that Earth would likely lose it.

Odin waited in Asgard’s laboratory as the Cosmic Cube forced the Reality Stone to separate from Vivian, while Tony Stark and Stephen Strange questioned how Odin would protect it. Before Odin could answer, Thor crashed through the laboratory wall after being struck by the Cursed Warrior.

• Tony Stark saw the Cosmic Cube bombarding Vivian and reflected on Earth’s inability to protect powerful cosmic artifacts without He-El.
• The goateed dean said the Reality Stone was beginning to separate from Vivian and that the first extraction attempt could happen in about ten minutes.
• Odin ordered the laboratory staff to report any abnormalities in Vivian, and the goateed dean said there had been none.
• Stephen Strange and Tony Stark asked Odin how he would safeguard the Reality Stone, and Odin considered his options.
• Thor was blasted through the laboratory wall by the Cursed Warrior and rose to face him.

Thor and Tony Stark fought Algrim, the Dark Elves’ Curse Warrior, in the laboratory but struggled to hurt him. Odin halted the clash when Malekith appeared, dragging Frigga by the hair and confronting him.

• Thor crashed through the laboratory wall after Algrim overpowered him, and Tony Stark prepared to attack the Curse Warrior.
• Tony fired his Repulsor Ray, but Algrim swatted the blast aside with his bare hand and charged him.
• Thor threw Mjolnir into Algrim’s fist, staggering him, and Tony blasted Algrim through several walls, but Algrim quickly stood again.
• Odin ordered the fighting to stop and demanded that the Dark Elves bring out their leader.
• Malekith appeared with Frigga in his grip and taunted Odin about growing old.

Malekith invaded Asgard and seized Frigga, forcing Odin to surrender the Reality Stone in exchange for her safety. As Malekith prepared to leave with the Stone, a figure emerged through a Space Bridge and caught Vivian, demanding to know who had touched her.

• Malekith entered the palace with Frigga as his hostage and demanded the Aether, the Reality Stone.
• Odin stopped Thor and agreed to trade Vivian, who contained the Reality Stone, for Frigga's release.
• Malekith released Frigga and extracted the Reality Stone from Vivian while Odin prevented the others from attacking.
• Malekith gathered the Stone and began retreating with Algrim, leaving Frigga on the ground.
• A Space Bridge opened beneath the falling Vivian, and a demonic figure caught her and asked, "Who touched her?"

He-El arrived in his terrifying Quark Armor after Malekith took the Reality Stone, leaving Odin, Tony Stark, Stephen Strange, and Thor stunned by the armor’s power and appearance. He-El sent the damaged Vivian to the Manta Ray Mothership to reset, then confronted Malekith as he tried to retreat.

• He-El appeared in his three-meter-tall Quark Armor, shocking Tony Stark, Stephen Strange, Thor, and Odin.
• He-El told the trembling Vivian to prepare for a reset and continue the mission, then sent her to the Manta Ray Mothership to recover.
• Malekith, having obtained the Reality Stone, ignored He-El and prepared to leave Asgard.
• He-El advanced on Malekith, who ordered Algrim to kill him.
• He-El vanished, reappeared before Malekith, and reached for his head.

He-El blasted Malekith with his arm cannon, then swatted the Cursed Warrior Algrim into the Dark Elf Mothership. He pursued Malekith to claim the Reality Stone, and Odin followed to stop him.

• He-El fired his arm cannon at Malekith, blasting open Asgard's palace and tearing through the sky, but Malekith survived by using the Reality Stone.
• Tony Stark, Stephen Strange, Thor, and Odin reacted to the cannon's immense power and the destruction it caused.
• The Cursed Warrior Algrim charged He-El, who struck him with antigravity and hurled him through the palace and into the Dark Elf Mothership.
• He-El flew after Malekith to pursue the Reality Stone, and Odin followed after telling Thor to take care of his mother.

As He-El battled Malekith and Odin in Asgard’s skies, Tony Stark prepared to help him claim the Reality Stone for Earth. Stephen Strange opposed the plan, and the chapter left Tony and Stephen at odds over whether He-El should obtain it.

• Tony Stark decided to fly up and help He-El fight Malekith and Odin so Earth could gain the Reality Stone.
• Stephen Strange prepared to join the aerial battle but declared that He-El must be stopped from obtaining the Stone.
• Tony Stark halted Stephen and demanded to know why he opposed He-El’s plan.
• Stephen Strange remained determined to stop He-El despite understanding Tony’s faith in his friend.
• Tony and Stephen’s disagreement deepened over whether the Reality Stone should be used to advance Earth’s technology.

Thor found Frigga badly injured but alive after Odin flew off to pursue He-El, while Loki appeared to have escaped the Jail. As Thor, Tony Stark, and Stephen Strange argued over who owned the Reality Stone, Odin and He-El’s battle escalated above Asgard.

• Thor found Frigga unconscious but alive and handed her over to the gods in the laboratory for care.
• Thor suspected Loki had escaped the Jail and was searching for a chance to save Frigga, but he chose not to pursue him.
• Thor joined Tony Stark and Stephen Strange and insisted the Reality Stone belonged to Asgard because Bor had sealed it on Earth.
• Tony Stark argued that Asgard had already received the Cosmic Cube, while Thor claimed Odin had sealed that on Earth too and began to say Earth was under Asgard’s rule.
• Odin roared He-El’s name as a massive crimson energy blast descended toward him.

He-El used a Supernova Energy Emitter to stop Odin’s pursuit, but Odin shattered its blast into unstable energy that devastated Asgard before destroying the weapon. Odin then pursued He-El again, who had reached Malekith.

• He-El assembled the Supernova Energy Emitter and fired its quasi-supernova cannon at Odin and Asgard.
• Odin charged through the blast, scattering it into unstable, meteor-like energy that rained across Asgard.
• Thor, Tony Stark, and Stephen Strange tried to destroy the falling energy as explosions injured warriors and damaged the ground.
• Odin hurled Gungnir into the emitter space station, destroying it and ending the cannon’s attack.
• Odin pursued He-El into the explosion while He-El arrived near Malekith.

He-El tried to seize the Reality Stone from a badly burned Malekith, but Malekith used the Stone to hide and force the Convergence to begin early. He-El disrupted Malekith’s attempt and nearly caught him before Odin intervened, leaving the three in a standoff.

• He-El entered Asgard’s weightless stagnant layer and approached Malekith, who survived the arm-cannon blast with the Reality Stone sustaining him.
• He-El reached for Malekith and the Reality Stone, but Malekith dispersed from sight and mocked him while hiding through altered perception.
• Malekith used the Reality Stone to accelerate the Convergence and make it begin devouring the Nine Realms.
• He-El shattered the region’s Space Strings, disrupted Malekith’s vortex, and exposed his location before moving in to seize him.
• Odin’s Gungnir flew at He-El, forcing him to evade, and Odin caught the spear and confronted him.

Odin confronted Malekith and He-El above a devastated Asgard, refusing to ally with Malekith while the Reality Stone accelerated the Convergence. As Malekith continued opening the vortex, Odin attacked him and moved to face He-El as battle resumed.

• Malekith urged Odin to join forces against He-El, hoping to eliminate him before the Convergence began.
• He-El said he was prepared to fight them both and warned that Malekith planned to use the Reality Stone to devour the Nine Realms.
• Odin pointed Gungnir at Malekith and ordered him to stop, prioritizing the threat to Asgard and the Nine Realms.
• Malekith kept using Aether to accelerate the Convergence, causing images of the realms to appear and overlap.
• Malekith gathered Aether around himself as Odin attacked him with Gungnir and advanced toward He-El, reigniting the battle above Asgard.

He-El fought to seize the Reality Stone while Odin battled him and Malekith tried to trigger the Convergence. The chapter ended with He-El and Odin exchanging thousands of blows inside a gigantic fireball above Asgard.

• Odin and Malekith's followers prayed as Malekith struggled to survive Odin's and He-El's attacks, with the Aether consuming his life.
• Malekith retreated toward spatial turbulence, intending to use the Reality Stone to trigger the Convergence and restore a dark age.
• He-El pursued Malekith through spatial strings and slapped him out of the Aether's shadow space, then blocked his attempts to hide again.
• Odin attacked He-El before he could seize Malekith, and He-El struck Gungnir with his armored finger, creating a massive particle-fission fireball.
• He-El and Odin exchanged thousands of blows inside the fireball, sending shockwaves down toward Asgard.

He-El fought Odin in Asgard and tried to stop Malekith from reaching the Convergence vortex. He discovered too late that the Malekith he captured was a Reality Stone-made Stand-in, and the Convergence began with the real Malekith inside the vortex.

• He-El and Odin battled across Asgard's skies, and He-El blasted Odin into the lower atmosphere with a concentrated energy beam.
• He-El found Malekith trying to enter the Convergence vortex and knocked him back out with spatial waves.
• He-El grabbed and crushed Malekith, but the body dissolved into dark-red gas, revealing it was a Reality Stone-made Stand-in.
• He-El froze and shattered the gas, then saw the real Malekith inside the Convergence vortex, where Malekith declared the return of the Dark Elves' age.
• Malekith's Reality Stone currents surged, and the Convergence began at an accelerated pace.

The Convergence caused the Nine Realms to collide, threatening to destroy them as Asgard and Jotunheim appeared over Earth. As Asgard plunged into darkness, Thor tried to calm its civilians while He-El and Odin pursued Malekith through the overlapping realms.

• Asgard's sky showed Vanaheim and then Jotunheim, whose freezing landscape spread across the heavens as the realms began moving toward a destructive collision.
• Tony Stark warned that the merging masses would annihilate Earth, Asgard, and the Nine Realms.
• Earth's people saw Asgard descending overhead, and Nick Fury mobilized S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers while preparing rescue and combat operations.
• Jotunheim's cold swept across Earth, and Svartalfheim plunged Asgard into darkness.
• Thor reassured Asgard's frightened civilians, while Tony Stark said the Convergence could not be stopped unless the three fighters decided the victor.
• He-El charged after Malekith through the overlapping realms, and Odin followed to attack Malekith.