Chapter Summaries

Thor and Warlock Adam tried to calm Kovac, but Conqueror Kang attacked him again and vanished after Thor and Adam challenged his accusations. In Puerto Rico, Peter’s reinforcements arrived as the heroes prepared to seek help against Kang and his 31st-century technology.

• Thor grabbed the panicking Kovac and reassured him until he calmed down, while Adam marveled that Thor had survived Kovac’s energy blast.
• Kovac warned that Kang had arrived, and Kang froze time and fired a green beam at him; Kovac broke free of the freeze and dodged the attack.
• Thor rescued Kovac and confronted Kang, while Adam argued that Kang could not be certain Kovac caused the crisis.
• Kang vanished without negotiating, and Thor and Adam took Kovac back toward Puerto Rico.
• Peter’s reinforcements, the Fantastic Four in their supersonic car, arrived in Puerto Rico, and Carol wondered whether Spider-Man was a high school student.

Reed Richards discovered that Kovac was a living spatial rift whose energy came from another universe, and concluded that Kovac could return home once his personality was complete. Conqueror Kang learned how the Cosmic Cube worked and began researching how to repair spatial rifts.

• Human Torch greeted Peter, and Reed asked him to bring Spider-Man over to help investigate Kovac.
• Reed examined Kovac and determined that his body was a container of energy, then compared him with the Tesseract and the Cosmic Cube.
• Peter explained that the Cosmic Cube differed from the Infinity Stones because its power came from outside the universe.
• Reed observed that Kovac's movements created and corrected an Einstein-Rosen bridge, concluding that Kovac himself was a spatial rift who could return home.
• Mar-Vell said Kovac needed a complete personality before he could return, while Kovac insisted he could not do it on his own.
• Conqueror Kang secretly observed Reed's findings, returned to his empire, and ordered research into repairing spatial rifts.

Kang used the Time Stone to shoot Kovac, triggering a burst of energy that swept away everyone nearby. Gwen awoke in a strange version of Manhattan wearing a black Venom suit and decided to find that world's Spider-Man, hoping he could help her get back.

• Kang appeared before the Avengers and claimed his weapon would close the rift by eliminating Kovac, but Peter pulled Kovac clear of his first shot.
• Warlock Adam recognized the Time Stone in Kang's weapon, and Kang struck Kovac with it from behind.
• Kovac erupted with dazzling energy that engulfed Kang and the others, while Venom shielded Gwen from the blast.
• Gwen woke in Central Park in an unfamiliar Manhattan, wearing a black suit bonded with Venom and displaying powers like Peter's.
• Gwen read a newspaper about that world's Spider-Man and decided to find Peter Parker in hopes of returning home.

Gwen searched for Peter Parker in a world where she and Peter had married, then met an older Spider-Man and identified herself as a Gwen Stacy from another world. Cindy woke inside the Soul Stone’s pocket universe and learned she needed to stop Conqueror Kang from reaching Kovac; she set out to find Peter.

• Gwen searched her old home and the Parker house, finding no trace of her family but discovering photos of herself married to a grown-up Peter.
• Venom asked Gwen whether she liked Peter, and she admitted she did not know before swinging through Manhattan.
• An older Spider-Man mistook Gwen’s Symbiote suit for a threat, and Gwen removed her mask and said she came from another world.
• Cindy woke in a dreamlike world inside the Soul Stone, found Adam, and learned he had brought everyone inside to protect them from the power released when Kang tried to destroy Kovac.
• Adam asked Cindy to stop Conqueror Kang from finding Kovac, and Cindy sensed Peter’s location and went to find him.

Gwen visited an older version of herself and Peter at Empire State University, where she discussed supporting Peter and learned that Cindy had kissed him. The conversation was interrupted when Cindy Moon burst into the laboratory.

• The older Peter brought Gwen to meet his future Gwen at Empire State University and began analyzing her situation in the Spider-Verse.
• The older Gwen encouraged Gwen to consider her feelings for Peter and told her that supporting him did not mean letting him destroy himself.
• Gwen said she would persuade Peter to give up being Spider-Man if the responsibility drove him to despair.
• Venom told Gwen that Cindy had kissed Peter in late September, and Gwen reacted with shock.
• Gwen's Spider-Sense warned her just before Cindy Moon crashed through the laboratory window.

Cindy and Gwen traveled through a Soul Stone pocket universe while searching for Peter, eventually reaching a peaceful version of Manhattan where Parker Industries thrived. They learned that Peter’s former enemies lived as ordinary people there, but Peter’s presence remained unstable and elusive.

• Cindy explained that their surroundings were a pocket universe shaped by the Soul Stone rather than a parallel universe, and Gwen joined her search for Peter.
• Cindy tore through the pocket universe and brought Gwen to a version of Manhattan where she sensed Peter nearby.
• Gwen and Cindy found Parker Industries, a company that Peter had founded with Harry Osborn and Amadeus Zhao and that made its patents freely available.
• The two infiltrated the building, where Cindy identified Rhino as a security guard and Scarecrow as a researcher.
• Cindy said Peter flickered in and out of existence, while Gwen realized the peaceful world had given supervillains the ordinary lives they wanted.

Gwen and Cindy searched Parker Industries for Peter, whose presence Cindy could sense despite his absence. Doctor Octopus concluded that Peter was in the same place but at a different point in time, and the two realized he was fighting Conqueror Kang.

• Gwen and Cindy found Peter’s empty office and searched it for clues.
• Cindy told Gwen that Carl had become a spider-swarm monster and that she had killed him.
• Gwen and Cindy hid when an unfamiliar visitor entered Peter’s office, then recognized him as Otto Octavius.
• Otto Octavius reasoned that Cindy sensed Peter across time and space, but that Peter was not present at the same point in time.
• Gwen and Cindy realized Peter was fighting Conqueror Kang.

Peter fought Conqueror Kang inside the Soul Stone while trying to stall him until Kovac regained his personality. Meanwhile, Cindy and Gwen searched other pocket universes for Reed Richards and encountered Peter Quill in his dream world.

• Peter explained that the Soul Stone had trapped souls in worlds they desired, while he and Conqueror Kang had awakened and brought Kovac into the Stone’s space.
• Conqueror Kang tried to reach the recovering Kovac, and Peter dodged his attacks, hid on Kang’s chair, and electrocuted him before striking his face.
• Cindy and Gwen sought Reed Richards, but Warlock Adam was too weak to guide them beyond sending them into other people’s pocket universes.
• Cindy and Gwen entered an unfamiliar 1980s world and recognized Peter Quill listening to “Come and Get Your Love” as he pushed a cart of toys.
• Gwen asked whether they should wake Peter Quill, and Cindy agreed.

Cindy Moon, Gwen, Star-Lord, and the Guardians awakened several people trapped in idealized worlds inside Warlock Adam’s Soul Stone. After splitting into teams, the Guardians found Rocket imprisoned in a cage with other modified animals.

• Cindy and Gwen entered Peter Quill’s ideal world, and Quill woke up after learning that his bandmate Rocket was really a raccoon and saying goodbye to his mother.
• Gwen and Cindy woke Johnny Storm by punching him, then watched the Thing awaken after Johnny called out to his old friend Ben Grimm.
• Star-Lord awakened Drax by singing with him and his imagined family, while Johnny’s teasing helped Susan Storm break free of her peaceful family illusion.
• Drax killed Thanos in Gamora’s ideal world, and Gamora woke up as well.
• Warlock Adam sensed the remaining people and sent the group to search in teams; the Guardians found Rocket caged with several modified animals.

Cindy and Gwen brought the Fantastic Four to Reed Richards’s soul world, where they discovered that he had divided himself into curiosity and satisfaction. Reed and Adam worked out how to reach Peter and Conqueror Kang, while the reunited Guardians of the Galaxy prepared to help save the world.

• Cindy and Gwen found Reed alone in a white space, where he explained that one half of him pursued knowledge and the other retained it.
• Gwen asked where Reed was, and he deduced that they were inside the Soul Stone and that Adam had trapped everyone in soul worlds.
• Cindy asked how to reach Peter and Conqueror Kang, but Reed’s world collapsed when she admitted they had not asked Adam for help.
• Adam explained that he could not dissolve Spider-Man’s mind universe while the Cosmic Cube’s energy filled the Soul Stone, and Reed proposed summoning Kovac to travel to the artificial time node.
• Star-Lord, Rocket, Groot, Drax, and Mantis joined the group, and Drax reminded Rocket that saving others could have saved Rocket and his friends.
• Star-Lord put on his mask and rallied the Guardians to save the world again.

Peter and the heroes drove Conqueror Kang from Peter’s pocket universe and pursued him through a spatial rift. They arrived in Mar-Vell’s pocket universe, where Gamora identified the advanced facility as Kree.

• Peter exploited Kang’s poor fighting skills, but Kang relied on the Time Stone to restore himself and tried to wear Peter down.
• Human Torch, Star-Lord, Groot, Rocket, and the others arrived through a rift and overwhelmed Kang while Gwen and Cindy helped Peter recover.
• Adam Warlock explained that Kovac had regained enough of his personality to open the rift, and that Thor had not been brought into the pocket universe because Kovac’s explosion could not have killed him.
• Kang fled through the rift, and Reed led the heroes after him so they could protect Kovac.
• Peter followed the group while Gwen kept Venom for safety, and Gamora identified their destination as Mar-Vell’s pocket universe, a Kree facility.

Peter and the others searched Mar-Vell’s space station for Conqueror Kang, finding Mar-Vell peacefully tending plants before Kovac revealed that Kang had deceived them. Mar-Vell shot one apparent Kang, but Kovac explained that the real Kang had split into countless copies.

• Rocket, Gwen, Cindy, Peter, Reed, Susan, Gamora, and Adam searched the laboratory while Adam sensed for Conqueror Kang.
• Reed identified plant culture chambers, and the group found Mar-Vell tending plants aboard a space station.
• Mar-Vell used the station’s cameras to direct the group to Sector Seven on the third level, where he said Kang was hiding.
• Kovac appeared and warned Mar-Vell that the Kang the others were pursuing was fake.
• The real Conqueror Kang emerged and aimed his weapon at Kovac, but Mar-Vell shot him in the heart.
• Kovac revealed that the apparent Kang was also a copy and that the real Kang had split into countless copies.

Conqueror Kang used the Time Stone to create countless copies and ambush the heroes, while Kovac escaped to Carol Danvers’s pocket universe. There, Kovac watched Carol’s ordinary life before a memory of Kang’s rise destroyed the perfect world.

• Rocket blasted the first Conqueror Kang, and the hidden Kang army revealed itself.
• Human Torch destroyed most of the Kangs with a massive burst of flame, but also breached the space station, which Mar-Vell repaired before Kovac erased the pocket universe.
• Kovac vanished into Carol Danvers’s pocket universe as the remaining Kangs opened fire, and Peter rallied the others to fight them.
• Kovac observed Carol’s family life and concluded that ordinary people and heroes shared the same emotions and worth.
• Kovac remembered Conqueror Kang creating him and declaring the Kang Dynasty, and the memory shattered Carol’s world as the Cosmic Cube’s energy erupted.

Kovac overwhelmed Conqueror Kang inside the Soul Stone's pocket universe, but Adam returned everyone to reality when the stone reached its limit. After Kang used Carol as a hostage, Peter and the symbiote freed her, and Kovac left to prevent further destruction.

• Kovac repeatedly killed Conqueror Kang and erased the Kangs in the pocket universe, while Kang revived at a resurrection point he had set in time.
• Adam returned everyone to Puerto Rico as the Soul Stone's pocket universe began to collapse, and Thor confirmed the group was safe.
• Kovac explained that Conqueror Kang had created him and warned Peter that the Kang Dynasty would arrive earlier than Kang had claimed.
• Kang escaped Thor's restraint, seized Carol, and threatened to kill her unless Kovac surrendered.
• Peter revealed himself as a distraction, and the symbiote pulled Kang away from Carol so Kovac could kill him again.
• Reed treated Carol's wound, and Kovac healed her before leaving to protect the planet from his power.

Reed and Tony discussed preparations for Conqueror Kang’s possible invasion, while Gwen revealed that she had awakened an ability to disappear from people’s awareness when they were not looking at her. She set that discovery aside to tell Peter something important about her “perfect world.”

• Reed told Tony that Kang’s future invasion remained a threat, and the Guardians of the Galaxy could not be relied on to help.
• Reed said his multiverse traversal machine would be finished within half a month, while Hank considered using a self-evolving AI to counter Kang.
• Peter caught Gwen by the wrist when his Spider-Sense warned him, but then realized he could no longer notice her when he looked away.
• Gwen told Peter her active power made people forget her existence whenever they were not looking at her, and Peter urged her to investigate its source and avoid S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Gwen interrupted Peter’s discussion of superhero names and told him she needed to talk about her “perfect world.”

Gwen told Peter that her ideal world included them together and asked whether he would date her, while Cindy revealed that her ideal world had made them a couple. The two girls agreed to take turns dating Peter, leaving him under their scrutinizing gazes as he surrendered.

• Gwen described the future she had imagined with Peter and asked why his perfect world had no photo of her or Cindy.
• Gwen pressed Peter about Cindy’s feelings and asked whether he would refuse to date her; Peter struggled to answer.
• Cindy arrived and revealed that she and Peter had been a couple in her ideal world, complete with wedding photos.
• Cindy proposed that she and Gwen each date Peter for a day so he could decide whom he liked more.
• Gwen insisted on going first because Peter had invited her to Puerto Rico, and Peter raised his hands in surrender.

Peter and Gwen spent a morning exploring San Juan on a date, growing more comfortable as they toured the old district together. Gwen kissed Peter and asked if he had hated it, leaving them ready to kiss again.

• Gwen led Peter through a mall and took his hand when he kept following behind her.
• Peter photographed Gwen by the Caribbean Sea in San Juan’s old district, and they took a selfie together.
• Gwen and Peter toured the Puerto Rico History Museum at Castillo San Felipe del Morro, chatting as Peter explained the exhibits.
• As they crossed a bridge toward lunch, Gwen asked Peter how her father might react if they started dating.
• Gwen pulled Peter close, kissed him, and asked whether he had hated it; Peter said no, and she asked to do it again.

Peter went on an awkward amusement-park date with Cindy and avoided choosing between her and Gwen. Three days later, Reed’s attempt to visit Earth-2149 accidentally swapped the Fantastic Four of Universe 616 with their counterparts, whose Mister Fantastic greeted them as fresh meat.

• Peter met Cindy for their date and reassured her when she struggled to decide what to do.
• Peter and Cindy rode the amusement-park attractions, but Cindy found them dull and apologized for the disappointing outing.
• Peter comforted Cindy, and they agreed to get food together while Peter decided to avoid choosing between Cindy and Gwen.
• Reed gathered Sue, Johnny, and Ben to test the multiverse transporter and travel to Earth-2149.
• Reed’s transporter unexpectedly swapped the two teams, and the alternate Mister Fantastic called the 616 Fantastic Four fresh meat.

The Fantastic Four discovered that Earth-2149 was overrun by superpowered zombies, while the zombie Fantastic Four crossed into Earth-616 and began attacking the Baxter Building. Amadeus Zhao uncovered the invasion and triggered an evacuation, but Zombie Reed fought back as Amadeus searched for a way to survive.

• Reed confirmed that the Fantastic Four had arrived at the Baxter Building on Earth-2149 and discovered a world covered in bones and inhabited by zombie superheroes and supervillains.
• Zombie Reed and the Zombie Fantastic Four arrived at Earth-616's Baxter Building, ate the security guards, and were observed by Herbie.
• Amadeus Zhao found Herbie's footage of the zombie attack and opened a portal to the Web-Slinger Base while activating the Baxter Building evacuation system.
• Zombie Reed tried to lock down the Baxter Building, but a hacker blocked him, so he sent Zombie Human Torch and Ben after the intruder.
• Amadeus saw Zombie Human Torch on a security camera and abandoned his plan to escape through an exit in search of another way out.

Peter learned that the zombie Fantastic Four had invaded Earth-616 and joined the response as Ultron robots evacuated survivors from the Baxter Building. Amadeus was rescued by Hercules, while Doctor Doom set out to confront the crisis after receiving Reed Richards’s warning.

• Venom pressed Peter about his dates with Gwen and Cindy, and Peter questioned whether Venom was amplifying his thoughts about having multiple girlfriends.
• Amadeus reported that he was trapped in the Baxter Building with the zombified Fantastic Four, and Peter alerted the Avengers, who sent Ultron robots to evacuate survivors.
• Amadeus trapped Zombie Human Torch in a vacuum laboratory, extinguishing his flames, but Zombie Thing reached him before he could escape.
• Hercules killed Zombie Thing and rescued Amadeus, then asked where he could find Thor.
• Doctor Doom received Reed Richards’s warning about the crisis, handed Valeria to his aide, and opened a portal to confront whoever had caused it.