Vol. 6Wagers and World Crises

Wang Bert and his allies confronted the Celestial Group, Old Tony, Ultron, and Thanos while defending mutants and Earth from escalating threats. After stopping the Deviant Machine crisis and battling Thanos, they faced new Spider-Men, raging Hulks, and attackers targeting grain depots, who vanished as phantoms.

  • Wang Bert defeated the Doomsday Master’s attacks, exposed threats against mutants, and prepared to counter the Human Supremacy Organization’s planned strike.
  • Apocalypse recruited Magneto and Mystique while Wang Bert uncovered the organization’s plan to attack him with a cure, Sentinel Robots, and mutant clones.
  • Wang Bert dismantled the Human Supremacy Organization and trained his allies for the Celestial Group’s wager.
  • Wang Bert’s allies fought the Celestial Group’s champions in Yellow Sand City as Cyclops entered Jean’s mind to confront Black Phoenix.
  • Wang Bert and his allies defeated Old Tony’s forces in Wakanda, but Ultron escaped with five Infinity Stones to create Deviants.
  • Old Tony pursued his plan to end the age of Super Heroes as Wang Bert and the heroes stopped Ultron’s Deviant army and defeated Thanos.
  • Wang Bert defeated Thanos with help from the heroes, but Thanos escaped with Arishem’s aid while Old Tony prepared to end the age of Super Heroes.
  • Wang Bert and Old Tony faced multiverse visitors, rage-filled Hulks, and attackers at grain depots before the Hulks and attackers vanished as phantoms.
Chapters 502–601 Read from ch. 502

Arc 21Election Day and the Cure

Wang Bert dismantled the Doomsday Master’s coordinated attacks on God's City, Tokyo, and New York, then turned to protecting mutants from the Human Supremacy Organization. The story leaves him preparing for the organization’s planned strike while Apocalypse recruits Magneto and Mystique.

  • Wang Bert exposed Francis’s mutant-slave operation in a live raid, and Brigadier General Lance implicated General Anthony and Acton before Acton killed himself.
  • Wang Bert confronted the Hellfire Club, recruited Franklin, and defeated the Black King’s forces, while Original Sin gathered emissaries to target God's City, Tokyo, and New York.
  • Wang Bert secured Quicksilver’s leadership of the Brotherhood and captured Magneto, then secretly recruited Kingpin by promising to restore his family.
  • On Election Day, Wang Bert sent the X-Men and Mutant Guardians to stop the Tokyo attack while his forces defended God's City and New York.
  • Wang Bert defeated the Doomsday Master’s messengers, and God sealed Original Sin after revealing that he was God’s evil self.
  • A fragment of Black Light awakened Apocalypse, who approached Magneto and Mystique, while Wang Bert rescued Leech and sabotaged Worthington’s cure research.
  • Wang Bert discovered Sentinel’s control of Trask Industries’ robots as the Human Supremacy Organization planned to lure him to a military base and attack with the cure, Sentinel Robots, and mutant clones.
Chapters 502–526 Summaries Read

Arc 22The Celestial Wager

Wang Bert dismantled the Human Supremacy Organization, then faced escalating threats from Magneto, Apocalypse, Black Phoenix, and the Celestial Group. After three months of training, his allies entered the Celestials’ challenge in Yellow Sand City, where the battle continued as Cyclops confronted Black Phoenix inside Jean’s mind.

  • Wang Bert exposed the Human Supremacy Organization’s plan to kill Iron Man and mutants, and President Richard ordered raids that dismantled the group.
  • Wolverine and Sabretooth learned Romulus had manipulated their lives, then Apocalypse hypnotized them and sent Magneto to activate the Mutant Transformation Device in the Statue of Liberty.
  • Magneto’s attack threatened Manhattan, but Wang Bert used Leech to stop him before Apocalypse trapped Wang Bert and seized Professor Charles’s body.
  • Jean’s grief released Black Phoenix, who escaped to Hell with Apocalypse and helped Original Sin break free, while Wang Bert resurrected Professor Charles and reversed the mutations in Manhattan.
  • Wang Bert gathered mutants to train against their enemies, then agreed to the Celestial Group’s wager that the winner of a battle in three months would decide the mutants’ fate.
  • After three months, Wang Bert and his allies entered Yellow Sand City, where they fought Original Sin, Apocalypse, Black Phoenix, Legion, Black King, and Jason.
  • Wade’s fused team killed Original Sin, Wolverine and Yuriko broke free of Jason’s illusions and killed him, and Yuriko killed Black King after absorbing his power.
  • Franklin and future Iceman trapped Black Phoenix in a frozen planet, Professor split Legion’s personalities among clones, and Cyclops entered Jean’s mind to confront Black Phoenix.
Chapters 527–551 Summaries Read

Arc 23The Future Tony War

Wang Bert and his allies confronted Old Tony, who had sealed the universe and sought to rule Earth while preparing for a coming Celestial crisis. The heroes survived his assault on Wakanda, but Ultron escaped with five Infinity Stones and set out to create Deviants.

  • Jean merged with Black Phoenix, helped defeat Apocalypse and Legion, and joined Wang Bert in forcing the Celestial Group to concede its wager.
  • Wang Bert and Wanda fought over their relationship, then restored and merged Mutant Planet with Earth as a dark future version of Tony Stark began his campaign to control the world.
  • Wang Bert and Tony entered Future Time-Space, where Old Tony used the Six Infinity Stones to seal the universe, suppress Wang Bert’s powers, and threaten Wakanda.
  • The heroes rescued prisoners and recruited Thor, who confronted Loki on the moon while Wang Bert and his allies fought Old Tony’s forces.
  • Thor learned that Steve and Spider-Man were alive at the End of Time, while Wang Bert discovered the Eternals’ connection to the coming Celestial Tiamut and prepared to stop it.
  • Natasha reached the End of Time and helped Wang Bert return Steve and Spider-Man to Wakanda, but Old Tony trapped Wang Bert’s main body and sent his army against the defenders.
  • Wang Bert used Sersi’s powers to transform the Domo and turn the tide of the Wakanda battle, but Old Tony escaped and collapsed from the cost of wielding Infinity Stones.
  • Ultron killed Ikaris, absorbed Makkari’s speed, and escaped with the Time, Space, Mind, Reality, and Power Stones as Pepper and the surviving Eternals prepared to oppose him.
Chapters 552–576 Summaries Read

Arc 24The Deviant Machine Crisis

Wang Bert and the heroes stopped Ultron’s Deviant army and defeated Thanos, while Old Tony pursued his plan to end the age of Super Heroes. As new Spider-Men and multiversal villains arrived, rage-filled Hulks and attackers targeting grain depots threatened Earth.

  • Old Tony and the Avengers searched for Ultron, who had transformed General Ross’s forces into Deviants and was building an army with human victims.
  • Wang Bert led the heroes to Green Forest Star, where they fought Ultron’s Deviant Machines and Thanos’s allies while Old Tony battled Ultron.
  • Thanos revealed himself as the mastermind, but Wang Bert defeated him in Fair Space with help from the heroes and their combined powers.
  • Thanos escaped with Arishem’s help, while Wang Bert summoned the dead of Green Forest Star and Old Tony prepared to end the age of Super Heroes.
  • Thanos recruited Eternals to help him kill Wang Bert and Iron Man, while Sylvie began monitoring Old Tony and reported the arrival of multiverse visitors.
  • Wang Bert and Old Tony dealt with two Spider-Men and their villains, and Wang Bert cured Dr. Connors after bringing him to Wakanda.
  • Wong reported rage-filled Hulks across North America and Europa, so the heroes fought them on Wakanda’s grasslands while Wang Bert prepared a spell to put them to sleep.
  • Old Tony captured Thor as he defended grain depots, while Wang Bert captured Ant-Man and Black Widows attacking depots in Europa, and the Hulks and attackers then vanished as phantoms.
Chapters 577–601 Summaries Read
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