Recaps

Wang Bert helped defeat The Beast, exposed Hydra, and dismantled its takeover while establishing S.W.O.R.D. and expanding his influence. The arc left him investigating Inhumans and Dracula as Mercury crushed the European Blood Clan, while escaped leaders sought their Progenitor.

• Wang Bert and the heroes defeated The Beast, and Ancient One sealed its soul while Elektra became Wang Bert’s servant through her soul crystal.
• Wang Bert supported the Fantastic Four and began preparing an Asgard expedition, while Pierce used the heroes’ departure as an opening for Project Insight.
• Mandarin attacked Tony and seized President Ellis, but Wang Bert helped expose the Vice President and Hydra as the Helicarrier assault and battle for S.H.I.E.L.D. began.
• Wang Bert and the heroes defeated Mandarin, Pierce, and their forces, while Tony learned Pierce had ordered his parents’ deaths and killed him.
• President Ellis exposed Hydra and Steve Rogers led S.W.O.R.D., and Wang Bert recruited Nick Fury to explore the universe and investigate Thanos.
• Wang Bert discovered Skye was an Inhuman and learned that Jiaying’s faction sought to use her against him, while he prepared for conflict over newly awakened superpowered people.
• Mercury and Blade defeated Countess Bathory and the European Blood Clan, while Harry Osborn and escaped leaders set out to find Dracula.
• James informed Wang Bert that Grand Duke Damaskinos was secretly capturing Vampires, and Wang Bert ordered the escaped family heads kept undercover while awaiting Dracula’s awakening.

Wang Bert stopped the Inhuman Kingdom’s attack on Earth, ended his attempted ascension to godhood, and helped bring Attilan into the Earth Federation. As signs of the Convergence spread, he prepared for larger threats and traveled to Asgard, where a fight with Odin became a dispute over Hela.

• Wang Bert killed Damaskinos, made Nissa the new Grand Duke, and sent the vampire laboratory’s staff and research to Osborn Corporation as Harry fused with a demon creature and hunted him.
• Wang Bert and the heroes learned that Maximus had joined the Kree, then rallied Earth’s leaders and allies to fight the Inhumans on the moon after Jiaying’s forces attacked Earth.
• Skye sent Raina’s intelligence to S.W.O.R.D., helping Steve’s forces assault Afterlife and rescue Medusa, but Jiaying escaped with Crystal and other Inhumans to Attilan.
• Wang Bert stopped Maximus’s Terrigen Missile attack and led the allied forces to Attilan, where Skye became Quake, Steve’s forces defeated the Inhumans, and Maximus and Jiaying died in the burning palace.
• Black Bolt agreed to seek the Inhuman Kingdom’s entry into the Earth Federation, while Wang Bert welcomed Medusa and Councilor Malik’s allegiance and put Nissa in charge of the Death Star refuge.
• Ancient One warned Wang Bert that the Convergence had begun, and he established an African Space Battlefield as monsters appeared and invited Tony to join him on a trip to Asgard.
• Wang Bert fought Odin, then explained that Little Hela was Odin’s legitimate daughter and part of Hela, ending Frigga’s anger while Odin blamed him for corrupting Hela.

Wang Bert led Earth and its allies through the Celestial Convergence, defeating the Dark Elves and Hell Lords while preparing for a threat from Heaven. After the battle, he took the Power Stone and began trying to claim the Spear of God as Earth faced new dangers.

• Odin recognized Wang Bert as a Guardian, while Wang Bert warned him that the Dark Elves might still be alive and reclaimed Thor’s Hammer until Thor could master lightning.
• After Gamora warned that Thanos wanted the Space Stone, Earth’s forces defeated the Ravagers, and Wang Bert made Charlie his subordinate and began expanding Earth’s influence among the stars.
• Wang Bert established Earth Express on Xandar, while Jane vanished into a spatial singularity and Wang Bert rescued her from the Sealed Land with the Aether.
• Malekith and Loki attacked Asgard with the Dark Elves, Chitauri, Frost Giants, and Fire Giants, but Thor awakened his lightning and Wang Bert’s allies forced the invaders to retreat.
• As the Celestial Convergence brought monsters and armies to Earth, Wang Bert killed Ebony Maw and Malekith, while Earth’s forces defeated the invaders and Ancient One led the battle against the Hell Lords.
• Wang Bert defeated the Hell Lords, and Ancient One named him Earth’s protector before warning that Heaven might seek God on Earth.
• Wang Bert prepared Earth against Gabriel and the angels, then secretly took the Power Stone from Star-Lord’s Orb and let Star-Lord, Gamora, Rocket, and Groot be arrested.
• Wang Bert used the Power Stone as a sacrifice to the Aether to change the Spear of God’s ownership, but the Reality Stone told him he would have to use his soul to claim it.

Wang Bert led Earth and Xandar to victory over Ronan’s coalition, then became embroiled in a struggle over Sovereign, Adam, and the Elders of the Universe. As the Kree attacked Sovereign, its defenders fought to stop the Dark Sky and its Antimatter Cannon.

• Wang Bert helped Xandar defeat Ronan’s coalition, captured Tivan, and secured a Resource Star and other gains for Earth.
• Wang Bert gathered nine Avenging Angels, established ties with Sovereign, and took Adam from High Priestess Ayesha while the Guardians and Hulk fought a space monster.
• Grandmaster and the Elders of the Universe drew Wang Bert into a wager over Sovereign, where he entered Hell and sealed Mephisto and Blackheart after preventing Blackheart from taking Hell’s scepter.
• Wang Bert merged part of his soul with Adam in a golden cocoon, allowing Hell’s power to begin transforming Adam into its new Demon King.
• The Supreme Intelligence tried to seize Adam and Eve, then sent the Kree Empire to conquer Sovereign as the Ravagers Alliance declined to join the attack.
• Ivan’s clones and hidden weapons devastated the Kree vanguard and main ships, but the Supreme Intelligence deployed defenses and drove the remaining forces toward Sovereign.
• Lorelei’s magic threw the Kree into chaos, while Thor and Carol fought Ares, Two-Headed Man, and Man-Thing to keep them from reaching the Dark Sky.
• Shuri confirmed that Tetanus and the others could teleport through the Dark Sky’s interference, and Frank ordered Dr. Banner to deal with its Antimatter Cannon.