Chapter Summaries

Loki’s controlled allies sabotaged the Helicarrier as the heroes fought to stop them and prevent a crash. Ivan returned to repair the system, but Loki escaped aboard the Quinjet after Hulk failed to hold it down, leaving Coulson behind.

• Loki sent the mind-controlled Tony Stark and Rumlow to destroy the Helicarrier while Natasha and the others fought to free themselves and stop the sabotage.
• Hulk transformed and fought Thor, while Steve and Danny confronted Carl Creel, the Absorbing Man, whose body had become Vibranium.
• Hawkeye’s virus shut down Engine One and sent the Helicarrier falling, so Hill called Ivan back to repair the system while Steve battled Tony.
• Betty calmed Hulk and sent him after the Absorbing Man, who Hulk eventually threw into the sea.
• Loki trapped Thor in a falling cage and prepared to escape with Coulson, Tony, and Rumlow as the Helicarrier’s crew readied for impact.
• Hulk grabbed the departing Quinjet, but Loki struck his wrist with the Mind Scepter and escaped, leaving Coulson behind on the Helicarrier.

As Loki prepared to invade New York with an alien army, Wang Bert raced back to the city while Trish exposed the crisis and Chief George organized the police and heroes to evacuate civilians. The chapter ended with President Ellis ordering military forces to stop Loki and demanding Wang Bert’s return.

• Hulk nearly attacked Coulson, but Betty told him to knock Coulson unconscious, and Coulson knocked himself out instead.
• Ivan restored the Helicarrier’s systems, but it crashed into the sea; Wang Bert told the others to return to New York after the impact.
• Mindy and Lina avoided a kidnapping attempt because Wang Bert’s bodyguards captured the mercenaries, and Wang Bert arranged for them to go to his estate.
• Wang Bert accepted Wong’s invitation to visit Kamar-Taj, then transformed his car with blood and flew from California toward New York.
• Trish announced that Loki would bring an alien army through a portal in Manhattan, prompting panic as New York’s mayor and director-general fled.
• Chief George rallied police officers and heroes to manage evacuations, while President Ellis ordered forces deployed against Loki and summoned Wang Bert back to America.

Loki and Tony Stark prepared to open a portal over Stark Tower while Wang Bert secured legal protection before returning to New York. As allies raced toward the city and Pepper arranged for Dr. Yinsen to confront Tony, Tony revealed his ambition to destroy all other armor and become the only Iron Man.

• Loki ordered Iron Man and Absorbing Man to destroy Wang Bert’s armor base, where they destroyed War Lizard’s Electronic Biological Brain and buried the Drone Armor.
• Steve led the Avengers toward Stark Tower while Coulson joined the mission, and Nick Fury tried unsuccessfully to reach Wang Bert for support.
• Wang Bert negotiated a rescue disclaimer and death quota with Senator Stern, then ordered Ivan to publicly denounce Iron Man after learning about the attack on his base.
• Pepper pressured Ivan to clarify his accusations, learned that Jarvis controlled Stark Tower, and sent Dr. Yinsen in Mark Two armor to bring Tony back safely.
• Dr. Selvig delayed opening the portal after noticing Loki’s Mind Scepter, while Tony arrived with Absorbing Man and prepared Mark VII.
• Tony told Loki he planned to destroy all other armor so that he would be the world’s only Iron Man.

Tony Stark and the arriving heroes tried to stop Loki and Dr. Selvig from opening the portal, but the Tesseract-powered device activated and brought the Chitauri into Manhattan. As the city descended into panic, heroes began evacuating civilians and S.H.I.E.L.D. split up to respond, while Carter set out to capture Daniel Whitehall.

• Tony helped Peacemaker repel military fighter jets, while Ivan, Banner, Electro, Wind Demon, and Sin Buster arrived to attack the portal device and defend the city.
• Ivan fought Tony, Hulk and Electro battled the Drone Armors, and Sin Buster and Wind Demon confronted Loki, Absorbing Man, and Peacemaker on the rooftop.
• Absorbing Man transformed with enchanted Uru Metal and absorbed Sin Buster’s Hellfire, while Peacemaker kept Wind Demon from destroying the portal device.
• Dr. Selvig activated the Tesseract, and the resulting Space Vortex released Chitauri who attacked the heroes and hunted civilians across Manhattan.
• Chief George, Spider-Man, Jessica, Trish, Power Man, and Firefighter Hero helped civilians flee as Steve directed S.H.I.E.L.D. members to assist with the evacuation.
• Carter told Steve she would capture Hydra leader Daniel Whitehall before rejoining the team, while Steve and the others moved toward Stark Tower.

Wang Bert arrived in Manhattan as Mephisto used the Mind Scepter to open a Hell Gate and unleash demons, while the Space Stone’s activity began weakening Hela’s prison. Wang Bert confronted Mephisto but was trapped in an endless maze, leaving the others to fight the Chitauri, Loki, and the demons.

• Steve, Natasha, and Hawkeye joined Ivan’s fight at Stark Tower, and Ivan asked Steve to help wake Tony while the others fought the Chitauri.
• Mephisto emerged from Loki’s Mind Scepter, opened the Hell Gate, and sent demons into Manhattan; the disturbance also gave Hela hope that she could escape her prison.
• Wang Bert woke Tony by shaking him, ordered Tony and Ivan to deal with the portal, and flew toward the Hell Gate before Mephisto trapped him in a maze.
• Ancient One confronted Mephisto in a Mirror Dimension while Maze Demon kept Wang Bert trapped in an apparently endless maze.
• Tony and Ivan joined Damon and Wind Demon on the rooftop, Thor arrived and took on a Leviathan Creature Beast, and Loki fled after Tony’s attack passed through his illusion.
• Ivan woke Dr. Selvig, while Damon and Wind Demon subdued and cured Peacemaker and Absorbing Man.

As Mephisto’s demons and the Chitauri overwhelmed Manhattan, a crimson Divine Dragon appeared and turned the tide by protecting the dock district and destroying the Hellfire Raven. The Dragon’s identity as Iron Fist shocked the heroes, while an old woman told Danny Rand to give up the title.

• Wind Demon recruited Absorbing Man to work for his boss, and the two flew down to help fight the Hell Demons.
• Hulk and the heroes struggled to hold back the demons while Tony and Ivan failed to stop the portal device, and Wakanda’s elders refused T’Challa’s proposal to send aid.
• Mephisto revealed he had sent ten Maze Demons and unleashed a Hellfire Raven whose Little Fire Crows set much of Manhattan ablaze.
• The Hellfire Raven and its crows threatened the dock district, but a giant crimson Divine Dragon appeared, frightened the crows, burned demons near Hell Gate, and swallowed the raven.
• Coulson learned from Danny that the Divine Dragon was Iron Fist, and an old woman told Danny he was unworthy of the title.

Wang Bert swept away the demons pouring through the Hell Gate while the heroes battled the Chitauri, but the gate remained open as Mephisto fought Ancient One. Wang Bert guarded the gate and brought Frank, War Abomination, and War Machine to Manhattan, where they joined the fight.

• Madame Gao killed the attacking Little Fire Crows and joined the defense, while Danny Rand realized Colleen Wing admired Wang Bert and returned to battle with Coulson.
• Wang Bert appeared at the Hell Gate, killed the demons across Manhattan, and stopped new demons from emerging, leaving the surviving demons too afraid to attack.
• President Ellis and Councilor Malik helped block the World Security Council’s plan to nuke Manhattan, while Mephisto enlarged the Space Vortex and began fighting Ancient One in the Mirror Dimension.
• Wang Bert failed to damage the shrinking Hell Gate, and Wong warned him to guard it because Mephisto might have another plan; Wang Bert then had Wong bring Frank, War Abomination, and War Machine to New York.
• Frank, War Abomination, and War Machine joined the battle against the Chitauri, as Hulk, Ivan, and Natasha fought the alien forces in the sky.

Wang Bert’s allies joined the battle against the Chitauri while Hela tried to escape through the Hell Gate and Blackheart trapped Mephisto. Ancient One used Mephisto’s attempt to alter the portal to help Wang Bert destroy it, leaving Hela’s avatar lost in a Space Storm and Mephisto defeated.

• Damon took control of a Leviathan, but Chitauri warships struck the heroes with energy blasts before Wang Bert’s reinforcements arrived.
• Mercury led Drone Armors and other allies into battle as military and S.H.I.E.L.D. forces joined the fight against the Chitauri.
• Hela sent her avatar into the Space Channel toward Earth while Blackheart trapped Mephisto in enchanted armor and began draining his power.
• Mephisto threatened to redirect the Hell Gate to the Dark Dimension, but Ancient One guided Wang Bert to strike its weak point as it shifted channels.
• Wang Bert destroyed the Hell Gate, and the resulting Space Storm swept away Hela’s avatar while Ancient One revealed she had anticipated Mephisto’s plan.

After driving Mephisto back to Hell, Ancient One gave Wang Bert the Mind Scepter and warned him that he had little time before a greater threat arrived. Wang Bert stole two nuclear missiles, captured and shrank the Chitauri mothership, and the remaining alien forces fell from the sky; meanwhile, Mindy took in a confused little Hela as her new sister.

• Ancient One sent Blackheart to Hell, turned away a group of visitors from a parallel world, and gave Wang Bert the Mind Scepter with a warning about his limited time.
• Wang Bert asked Nick Fury for two nuclear missiles, then carried them into the Space Vortex and stored them instead of using them.
• Wang Bert fought through the Chitauri mothership, knocked out its leader and other higher-ups, and shrank the mothership with Pym Particles, causing the Chitauri forces to shut down and fall.
• Mindy found Little Hela at Blood God Manor, named her Hi, and made her and Lina call her Big Sis.
• Wang Bert returned to the portal as the heroes gathered to take photos, and Natasha suggested a group picture to mark the end of the battle.

After the Chitauri invasion ended, Wang Bert claimed the Tesseract and Mind Scepter, then punished Loki by magically turning him into a woman. Loki warned the heroes that Thanos planned to invade Earth, while Thor sought the Tesseract to repair the Bifrost; the chapter ended as a Quinjet approached and Wang Bert sensed trouble.

• Wang Bert destroyed the portal, ending the invasion, and claimed the Tesseract and Mind Scepter as spoils of war.
• Hulk battered Loki while the heroes prevented Thor from stopping him, and Wang Bert told Senator Stern that Earth would decide Loki's fate.
• Wang Bert used a magic scroll to transform Loki into a woman, and the heroes reacted with shock and ridicule.
• Loki revealed that Thanos had sent the Chitauri as a vanguard and warned that he planned to invade Earth.
• Thor offered Asgard's help against Thanos and asked Wang Bert for the Tesseract to repair the Bifrost.
• Wang Bert spotted an approaching Quinjet and said trouble had arrived.

After the Battle of Manhattan, Wang Bert defended his claim to the Tesseract, arranged a trial for Loki, and negotiated to lend Thor the Space Stone for Asgard. As he assessed his gains and prepared to challenge S.H.I.E.L.D. and Wakanda, he ordered James to control Killmonger.

• Wang Bert refused Pierce’s demand for the Tesseract, Mind Scepter, and Loki, invoking his Death Quota and President Ellis’s authority.
• Wang Bert and the heroes helped Manhattan’s residents, while the city’s officials, S.H.I.E.L.D., and Iron Man faced public condemnation and the heroes gained widespread praise.
• Wang Bert agreed to lend Thor the Tesseract after Thor swore to return it, and they agreed Loki would face an Earth trial before returning to Asgard.
• Wang Bert proposed Loki’s trial to President Ellis and offered S.H.I.E.L.D. the Mind Scepter in exchange for its first 084 Item.
• Wang Bert coordinated with Carter over Whitehall and Nick Fury, then reviewed his gains from the battle, including Absorbing Man, the Space Stone, and the Chitauri mothership.
• Wang Bert decided to deal with S.H.I.E.L.D. and Wakanda, then ordered James to get Killmonger under control.

Nick Fury was arrested amid revelations that Hydra had infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D., while Wang Bert recovered Fury’s pager and sent Thor and Loki back to Asgard. The chapter ended with Wang Bert taking Lina and Little Hela as disciples and learning that Little Hela wanted to destroy life.

• Pierce told Nick Fury that S.H.I.E.L.D. would become the scapegoat for the alien invasion, and Fury arranged to evade prison before the World Security Council took him away.
• Steve, Carter, Garrett, and Ward confronted Fury and Coulson at a secret base, revealing Hydra’s deep infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D. and arresting Fury.
• Wang Bert took Fury’s pager, while Carter and Steve dealt with Fury and Coulson; Wang Bert then invited Steve to see Thor off.
• Wang Bert gave Thor the Tesseract device, and Thor left for Asgard with Loki as Tony hurried off to his hearing.
• Wang Bert asked Ivan to study the pager’s interstellar signal, assigned Anton Vanko to research the captured Chitauri mothership, and ordered experts to develop a Purple Man Virus that could control aliens.
• Wang Bert accepted Lina and Little Hela as disciples, giving Lina a restaurant card and learning that Little Hela wanted to destroy life.

Wang Bert watched the conflict between America and Wakanda escalate, then agreed to negotiate for the captured Fifth Fleet in exchange for permission to build an armed Space Station. Afterward, Wong brought him books from Ancient One, leaving Wang Bert with new studies to pursue—though he fell asleep reading.

• Wang Bert accepted Little Hela and Mindy as disciples, then sent them to Madame Gao for training.
• Frank told Wang Bert that the U.S. military planned to attack Wakanda, and Wang Bert predicted the military would lose.
• America launched a propaganda campaign against Wakanda, and T'Chaka ordered a surprise strike that crippled the Fifth Fleet and captured its troops, including War Machine.
• President Ellis asked Wang Bert to rescue the captured soldiers, and Wang Bert agreed to negotiate in exchange for approval to build an armed Space Station.
• Wong delivered books from Ancient One about space, Hell, and souls, and Wang Bert began reading before falling asleep.

Wang Bert tried to persuade Wakanda to sell Vibranium, then revealed N'Jobu’s death and Erik Stevens’s plans to T'Challa. After T'Challa refused to oppose his father, Wang Bert decided to use Erik’s body and blood to impersonate him.

• Wang Bert met King T'Chaka and T'Challa, asked Wakanda to open up and sell Vibranium, and was refused.
• Wang Bert told T'Challa that T'Chaka had killed N'Jobu and that Erik Stevens might challenge for Wakanda’s throne.
• Wang Bert urged T'Challa to become the Black Panther and open Wakanda, but T'Challa refused to betray his father.
• Wang Bert visited Erik on a submarine and rejected his offer to share Wakanda’s Vibranium, saying he intended to become him.
• Wang Bert controlled Erik and absorbed his blood and soul as he prepared to use his new ability on Killmonger.

Wang Bert successfully created a soul-linked clone of himself in Erik, who reclaimed his Wakandan name, N'Jadaka, and challenged T'Chaka for the throne. T'Challa agreed to fight in his father's place in three days, while T'Chaka secretly prepared a device to control Wang Bert; elsewhere, Hill told Tony Stark that S.H.I.E.L.D. had lost its funding after Fury's embezzlement was exposed.

• Wang Bert transformed Erik's soul with his own power, creating a clone who could share his memories and communicate with him, but the process left Wang Bert weakened.
• T'Chaka learned that Erik had fallen into Wang Bert's hands and ordered Wakanda's forces to kill him if they saw him.
• W'Kabi brought Wang Bert and Erik to the royal palace, where Erik identified himself as N'Jadaka and accused T'Chaka of killing N'Jobu, abandoning him in America, and ordering his murder.
• The elders recognized N'Jadaka's right to challenge T'Chaka, but T'Challa volunteered to fight in his father's place; they agreed to settle the challenge above the waterfall in three days.
• T'Chaka asked Shuri about her device for controlling Wang Bert, and she said it was nearly complete.
• Hill told Tony Stark that the World Security Council had uncovered Fury's massive embezzlement, cut off S.H.I.E.L.D.'s funding, and sent auditors to its headquarters.

Tony Stark worked with Peggy Carter on plans to destabilize Hydra inside S.H.I.E.L.D. and recruit Super Heroes, while he and Wang Bert discussed building a costly orbital fortress against Thanos. In Wakanda, Wang Bert explained the threat posed by Earth’s enemies to Shuri before Erik and T’Challa began their challenge for the throne.

• Tony proposed commercializing Super Heroes to Hill, then privately told Carter he suspected Nick Fury was Hydra’s leader and planned to use the project to expose Hydra and win heroes over.
• Carter asked Tony to recruit Sin Buster to use his Penance Stare against Whitehall, and Tony agreed to seek Wang Bert’s help.
• Tony offered to fund Wang Bert’s Vibranium-armored space fortress, but Wang Bert set the estimated cost at over a hundred billion dollars and told Tony to discuss ownership after securing the money.
• Shuri challenged Wang Bert’s plans for Wakanda’s Vibranium, and he argued that Earth needed it to face Thanos and other threats.
• Erik and T’Challa began their traditional challenge, with T’Challa vowing to defeat Erik and Erik revealing the many kill marks on his body.

Erik took Wakanda’s throne after Wang Bert defeated T’Chaka, then chose to banish T’Chaka and keep T’Challa and Shuri involved in Wakanda’s future. Bast confronted Wang Bert in the spirit realm and set conditions for allowing him to rule, ending with the previous kings appearing to challenge him.

• Wang Bert destroyed Shuri’s sonic device, defeated T’Chaka, and let Erik decide his punishment after Erik won the challenge.
• Erik banished T’Chaka from Wakanda, accepted the elders’ and Dora Milaje’s allegiance, and was acclaimed as the new king.
• Erik asked T’Challa to stay as Wakanda’s ambassador in New York and invited Shuri to remain and develop technology; both accepted their roles.
• Erik and Wang Bert discussed Vibranium, Wakanda’s plans to join the United Nations, and the risk posed by Panther God Bast.
• Bast pulled Wang Bert’s soul into Wakanda’s spirit realm and allowed him to rule on the conditions that he return the throne to T’Chaka’s descendants, use Vibranium sparingly, and face the previous kings.
• Hundreds of Wakanda’s former kings appeared before Wang Bert in Black Panther Suits.

Wang Bert secured Erik’s rule in Wakanda and negotiated an alliance with America, while Carter and her allies uncovered Alexander Pierce’s Hydra leadership and learned of Project Insight. Back in New York, Wang Bert met with Victor Doom, who had been waiting for him.

• Wang Bert defeated the former Wakandan kings by making one vomit inside his sealed Black Panther suit, and they accepted Erik as king.
• Bast warned Wang Bert that Ancient One would not be able to protect Earth much longer, while Erik completed his Heart-Shaped Herb ritual and prepared for his coronation.
• Wang Bert signed an agreement with Erik to form the Alien Resistance Alliance and export Vibranium, then promised President Ellis support for reelection.
• Damon used the Penance Stare on Whitehall and revealed that Alexander Pierce led Hydra, prompting Carter, Tony, and Steve to plan to recruit S.H.I.E.L.D. agents into S.W.O.R.D.
• Carter persuaded Fury to help bring down Pierce, and Fury revealed that Hydra was preparing Project Insight.
• Wang Bert welcomed Victor Doom to the Blood God Building in New York.

Wang Bert learned that Doom wanted to save his mother's soul from Mephisto and discovered that Doom was being recruited by Elektra and The Hand to attack Kamar-Taj. As the Cosmic Storm arrived early at the Space Station, Doom secretly prepared to sabotage the New York Sanctum while concealing his own plans from his crewmates.

• Doom asked Wang Bert how to reclaim his mother's soul, and Wang Bert explained that he would need to bargain with Mephisto and outwit him.
• Wang Bert secretly put blood in Doom's wine to monitor him, then told Lilith to prepare to short Doom Corporation.
• Elektra recruited Doom to use a device from the Darkhold to attack the New York Sanctum during the Cosmic Storm, and Doom agreed after reading the Darkhold.
• Wang Bert warned Ancient One about The Hand's plan, but Ancient One chose to let the hidden monsters emerge so they could be defeated together.
• Six weeks later, Doom smuggled the device onto the Space Station and secretly carved a Magic Array into it, while Wang Bert read Kamar-Taj's spatial spells and prepared for the Wakanda Embassy opening.
• The Cosmic Storm's cloud layer accelerated and was due in twenty minutes, so Doom gathered Reed, Susan, Ben, and Johnny in the command room and told them to stay inside.

Doom’s plan unfolded as demons attacked cities worldwide and the Cosmic Storm struck the space station, transforming Reed, Susan, Ben, and Johnny while Doom’s device absorbed its energy. Wang Bert went to destroy the device but was trapped by Elektra, the immortal Black Sky, leaving the plan’s next step uncertain.

• Doom sealed the command module, prepared his storm-resistant armor, and told Elektra to begin their plan early as demons emerged across the world.
• Kamar-Taj and Wang Bert’s heroes fought the demons, while Wang Bert secured authorization to send American heroes to cities overseas.
• Doom activated his device as the Cosmic Storm arrived, transforming Reed, Susan, Ben, and Johnny and powering the equipment.
• The Beast and other demon gods attacked New York’s Defense Net, and Ancient One sent Wang Bert to destroy Doom’s device.
• Elektra trapped Wang Bert in a mysterious space and revealed she could resurrect through The Beast’s power, surviving his attacks.