Chapter Summaries

Doctor Doom entered the Baxter Building and destroyed the zombie Fantastic Four, then traced their origin to another universe. He demanded that the Avengers hand Spider-Man over so he could pursue the missing Richards family, but Tony refused and Peter asked to make a call.

• Hercules arrived with Amadeus, and Doctor Doom entered the Baxter Building after removing Amadeus's internship badge.
• Doom released Zombie Human Torch and used his flames to kill him and Zombie Reed on the rooftop.
• Doom killed Zombie Susan, burned the remaining zombie bodies to ash, and used their resonance frequencies to identify their universe.
• Doom searched Reed's computer, found information about Spider-Man, and told the Avengers that the Fantastic Four had gone to another universe.
• Doom demanded that the Avengers give him Spider-Man, but Tony refused and Peter asked to make a call.

Doctor Doom of Earth-616 rescued the Fantastic Four, Magneto, and three civilians from the Zombie Heroes and brought them to Latveria. There, Reed Richards proposed developing a serum to stop the zombie transformation, and Doom of Earth-2149 agreed to provide what he needed.

• Doctor Doom of Earth-616 and Spider-Man encountered the Fantastic Four, Magneto, and the civilians fighting Zombie Heroes in New York.
• Doom created a portal after revealing that he had destroyed the multiversal transit device, and the survivors followed him to Latveria.
• Spider-Man revealed that he had rescued a limbless King T'Challa from a basement, while Asteroid X began descending toward Latveria.
• Reed told Doom that the zombie virus could not be cured after full transformation but might be neutralized with a serum before then.
• Doom of Earth-2149 promised Reed the resources for his research and warned Doom of Earth-616 to understand what he was doing.

Ash Williams learned that the Necronomicon had not caused the zombie crisis and nearly gave up hope, but Peter and Doom drew him back into the effort to save survivors. As a zombie army closed in on Latveria, Reed prepared a temporary vaccine and Peter proposed evacuating refugees through a portal to the Wasteland Universe.

• Ash released the imprisoned Amora, who had become a zombie, and Peter destroyed her before she could attack him.
• Peter explained that he came from another universe, and Ash told Wanda and Dazzler that the Necronomicon had only tricked him.
• Peter asked whether the Necronomicon could still help against the zombies, prompting Ash to hurry back to Doom's study.
• Doom of 2149 welcomed Peter and reported that a massive zombie army was approaching Latveria.
• Reed presented a theoretical vaccine that protected people for about an hour, and Peter suggested sending the refugees to the Wasteland Universe.

Reed of Earth-616 developed a zombie vaccine while Peter and Doom prepared to evacuate survivors to a safe universe. T’Challa learned Magneto had unleashed the virus after being manipulated, and Peter contacted the mysterious mastermind behind it.

• Reed vaccinated Susan and explained that he believed the zombie virus enslaved its victims rather than evolving them.
• Peter told Doom of Earth-2149 that he would destroy the portal after everyone reached Earth 21923, while Doom of Earth-616 studied the portal controls.
• T’Challa woke in Latveria with prosthetic limbs, and Magneto confessed that he had released the virus after making a deal with a mysterious man.
• T’Challa searched Asteroid X’s communication records for the mastermind, but found no messages and could not contact him.
• Peter suggested locating the signal across the multiverse, then contacted the mastermind, whose screen image showed a huge bald head reacting to Spider-Man.

The Watcher explained that Earth-2149’s zombie outbreak was part of a causal loop intended to contain the Hunger Virus, but Doom revealed that alternate timelines had already broken that loop. As the zombies attacked Castle Doom, the defenders fought to protect the refugees, and Peter seized Mjolnir from Zombie Thor.

• The Watcher told Magneto and the others that he had sent Zombie Sentry to Earth-2149 to create a closed loop and limit the virus’s spread, provoking Magneto’s fury.
• Doom showed an alternate timeline where Reed Richards’s multiversal machine brought Zombie Sentry to another universe, proving the Watcher’s plan had not contained the crisis.
• Ash prepared to unleash the Dark Legion as the Watcher warned that the zombie horde would reach Castle Doom within minutes.
• Millions of the dead joined the Dark Legion to hold back the zombies while Human Torch and Magneto took the serum and flew out to buy time for the refugees to escape.
• Zombie Thor broke through the defenders, so Peter used his bioelectricity to wrench Mjolnir from him and caught the hammer.
• Peter’s narration explained that interference had fractured Earth-2149’s timeline into numerous replacement universes, leaving the Watcher’s claim to have protected the multiverse in doubt.

Peter and the defenders fought off the zombie hordes while Reed and Doctor Doom prepared a multiversal evacuation, but Zombie Sentry arrived as the source of the infection. Peter stayed to hold him off for three minutes so the others could escape.

• Peter wielded Mjolnir to destroy Zombie Thor, Zombie Luke Cage, Zombie Wolverine, and the zombified Spider-Man of Earth-2149.
• Human Torch, Susan, Magneto, Dazzler, Scarlet Witch, and the Doombots defended the fortress while Reed and Doctor Doom calibrated the transport machine.
• Doctor Doom revealed that he intended to leave his Earth-2149 counterpart behind to activate the machine rather than let Spider-Man die.
• The Watcher warned that a powerful enemy had arrived, and Zombie Sentry swept through the battlefield, destroying zombies and the Dark Legion in his path.
• The Watcher identified Sentry as the source of the infection and said that neither Peter nor Human Torch could defeat him.
• Peter refused Human Torch’s help and prepared to use the Power of Thor to hold Zombie Sentry off for the three minutes needed to evacuate everyone.

Peter fought Zombie Sentry with Mjolnir and lightning, but Sentry shattered the hammer and pinned him down to bite him. Just as Sentry's jaws closed, a silver hand stopped him.

• Strange arrived at Castle Doom and explained how magical multiverse travel differed from Reed's technology, then revealed that a visitor seeking Peter was summoning his counterpart.
• Peter attacked Zombie Sentry with Mjolnir and lightning, but Sentry overpowered him and hurled him into the ground.
• Peter used his symbiote to stop zombie Mockingbird from ambushing him and joined Venom in trying to recover Mjolnir.
• Zombie Sentry shattered Mjolnir, draining Peter's power and blasting him to the ground.
• Zombie Sentry pinned Peter down and tried to bite him, but a silver hand stopped his head.

Spider-Man gained the Power of Captain Universe and defeated Zombie Sentry by temporarily ending his hunger, allowing Bob’s former conscience to return. After Bob asked to die and Peter disintegrated him, the power left Peter, and Strange told him it was time to leave this universe.

• Spider-Man was blasted away as Mjolnir shattered, but the Power of Captain Universe chose him and he struck Zombie Sentry into the sky.
• Peter fought Zombie Sentry across Europe, using molecular control but failing to overpower Sentry.
• Peter realized he could suppress Sentry’s hunger, making him temporarily return to the remorseful Zombie Bob.
• Bob asked Peter to end his life, and Peter disintegrated him before returning to Latveria Castle.
• The Power of Captain Universe departed Peter, and Strange told him he had stayed in the universe long enough and had to leave.

Peter and the survivors crossed into Earth-21935, the Wasteland Universe, while Doom of 616 betrayed Doom of 2149 and destroyed Earth-2149. The Watcher detected a signal from Spider-Man, and Old Hawkeye welcomed the newcomers in Hammerfall Town.

• Peter and the heroes left Latveria for Earth-21935, while Ash asked to choose another universe and Strange took the Necronomicon with him.
• Doom of 616 revealed that he had vaccinated himself against the zombie virus and infected Doom of 2149, who collapsed after the virus took effect.
• Doom of 616 used corpse-control magic to make Zombie Doom overload the multiversal transport device, destroying Earth-2149 before he went to the Wasteland Universe.
• The Silver Surfer searched for another planet after Earth-2149 exploded, while the Watcher prepared to spread Zombie Sentry to Earth-21050 and received a signal from Spider-Man.
• Peter and the refugees arrived in Hammerfall Town, where Old Hawkeye greeted Peter and Reed, recognized the Scarlet Witch, and then saw Magneto emerge.

Magneto and other newcomers joined the Wasteland Universe’s resistance, while Doom’s counterpart chose to stay in his own universe and destroyed the multiverse machine. Peter brought the last survivors from Zombie Sentry’s universe to a new world, as Ash arrived in the Zombie Werewolf Universe with his portal energy spent.

• Magneto brought scavenged superhero equipment to New Vegas, and Old Hawkeye welcomed him, Wanda, and Dazzler to their new home.
• Doom explained that his counterpart had stayed behind to protect his people and destroyed the multiverse traversal machine, so Peter no longer needed to travel with him.
• Reed and Strange discussed building another traversal machine, and Peter asked Reed to contact the Watcher about survivors in Zombie Sentry’s universe.
• Peter found Rhodey and Sandman as the only living people left in Earth-Z and offered to take them somewhere else.
• Rhodey and Sandman accepted Peter’s offer and arrived in a high-tech world built by its Reed Richards.
• Ash reached the Zombie Werewolf Universe, but the portal ran out of energy.

Peter settled Rhodey and Sandman among the Wasteland Universe’s survivors before The Watcher recruited him to stop a multiversal disaster. He arrived through a portal just as Deadpool prepared to enter the multiverse after slaughtering a universe.

• Reed explained how time coordinates worked across universes, and Peter introduced Rhodey and Sandman as Earth Z’s last survivors.
• Peter brought Rhodey and Sandman to New Vegas, where T’Challa welcomed them to the multiversal survivor shelter.
• Old Hawkeye spoke with Peter about his newfound free time and the growing demands on the Wasteland Avengers.
• The Watcher appeared and asked Peter to stop a terrifying multiversal disaster, and Peter agreed to help.
• Deadpool killed Taskmaster and Man-Thing, opened a gate to the multiverse, and prepared to step through.
• Peter emerged from a spatial portal holding Mjolnir and came face-to-face with Deadpool.

Peter and Deadpool confronted the murderous Deadpool in the Deadpool Kills universe, where Peter exposed the implausibility of his victories and Deadpool used a teleportation belt to kill him. The Watcher revealed that Daken Akihiro and X-23 Laura Kinney might still be alive, leaving Peter and Deadpool to consider rescuing them for the Wasteland Universe.

• The Watcher warned Peter that the evil Deadpool had killed nearly everyone in his universe, then fled when Deadpool spotted him.
• Peter dodged the evil Deadpool’s gunfire and stopped Mjolnir, challenging how the killer had defeated Spider-Man and Thor.
• The evil Deadpool shouted at Peter, who left through a portal and returned with Deadpool.
• Deadpool used the evil Deadpool’s teleportation belt to teleport away half of his body, then took the belt for himself.
• The Watcher revealed that Daken Akihiro and X-23 Laura Kinney might survive their repeated deaths in traps, while Shadowcat had starved to death.
• Deadpool asked Peter how many people he planned to take to the Wasteland Universe.

Peter investigated Dr. Connors’s lab at Osborn Industries, suspecting that its electric eels could be involved in a future supervillain’s origin. Max Dillon broke into the lab, stole the modified eels, and fled after absorbing their electricity; he later delivered them to Dr. Otto Octavius and met Ms. Apocalypse, who would take him to Genosha.

• Peter visited Dr. Connors at Osborn Industries and checked on the electric eels, while Connors continued his experiments.
• After Connors left for the evening, Max Dillon knocked him unconscious, broke into the lab, and stole the modified electric eels.
• Max absorbed power from the eels and the building’s wiring, then knocked out the security team and escaped.
• Max brought the eels to Dr. Otto Octavius, who introduced him to Miss Essex, also called Ms. Apocalypse, and arranged for her to take him to Genosha.

Peter and the Avengers suspected that Max Dillon had been recruited for the Super Soldier Project and was heading to Genosha to use Mr. Sinister’s gene splicer. Peter joined an X-Men mission to Genosha, where he told Logan about his daughter Laura Kinney.

• Peter and the Avengers connected Max Dillon’s escape, the stolen electric eel, and the Super Soldier Project, then suspected he was going to Genosha to use its gene splicer.
• The Avengers decided to send Peter with the X-Men because he could communicate with Magneto and protect himself.
• Peter arrived at Xavier’s School and boarded the Blackbird with Kitty, other New Mutants, and Wolverine leading the mission.
• Peter told Logan that he had met Logan’s children in another universe and revealed that Laura Kinney was likely being trained as a weapon.

Sixteen-year-old Wanda Maximoff and Pietro discussed Magneto’s ambitions and learned that a group of guests, including Peter and the X-Men’s students, were coming to Genosha. On the flight there, Kitty described the New Mutants and Logan warned the students about Magneto as the island came into view.

• Pietro teased Wanda about studying and drawing, then told her Magneto wanted her to receive the incoming guests.
• Wanda used her crimson energy to fling Pietro into the garden, then agreed to visit Magneto while Pietro cleaned up the trench.
• Kitty told Peter about the rival student teams at Xavier’s School and introduced the New Mutants and the Hellions.
• Logan warned the students to avoid angering Magneto as their plane approached Genosha.

Logan, Peter, and the New Mutants arrived in Genosha to investigate whether Nathaniel Essex had infiltrated the island. Magneto arranged for the students to tour his nation while he and Logan dealt with Essex, and introduced Peter to Wanda as his guide.

• Magneto welcomed Logan, Peter, and the New Mutants at Genosha's airport and gave them visitor passes before flying them to Hammer Port.
• Logan told Magneto that Nathaniel Essex might have entered Genosha to pursue the gene trimmer, and Magneto agreed to deal with him alongside Logan.
• Magneto offered to show Genosha to the students while he and Logan investigated, and Logan agreed after securing their return before nine that night.
• The group saw a giant statue built from Sentry wreckage, with Magneto facing the sea and Charles facing Genosha.
• Magneto invited Peter to tour Genosha and introduced Wanda as his guide.

Peter trusted Wanda enough to reveal his identity and agreed to tour Genosha with her while searching for Electro. Meanwhile, Remy LeBeau helped Doctor Octopus secretly upload data to the Blackbird jet, setting up a theft from Xavier's School.

• Wanda apologized for Magneto pressuring Peter to tour Genosha and suggested he explore the city in ordinary clothes so he would not draw attention.
• Peter asked if he could trust Wanda, removed his Spider-Man suit in private, and introduced himself as Peter.
• Peter warned Wanda that trouble often interrupted his plans, but she said she was looking forward to seeing what happened.
• Remy LeBeau bypassed security at Hammer Port International Airport and used a device to access the Blackbird jet.
• Doctor Octopus appeared in a hologram and hired Remy to upload his data to the jet as part of a plan to steal items from Xavier's School.

Peter and Wanda explored Genosha, where Wanda explained how her father had built a mutant homeland and enforced its laws. They finished their walk discussing lunch and the possibility of attending Dazzler’s concert that evening, while Venom continued searching for Max Dillon.

• Wanda concealed Peter’s bracelet and showed him mutants who faced discrimination because of their appearances or weak powers.
• Wanda explained that telepaths had made abusers experience discrimination themselves, helping her father reduce prejudice among Genosha’s mutants.
• Peter watched a mutant serve ice cream by transforming his body and saw another mutant shape fountain water into a performance.
• Wanda said her father had once publicly punished criminals to frighten Genosha’s residents into following the laws.
• Peter noticed a poster for Dazzler’s concert, and Wanda offered to attend with him that evening before asking if he wanted lunch.

Peter learned about Genosha's free public services and strict genetic testing requirements for parents, which made him question Magneto's rule while Wanda defended her father's intentions. Pietro delivered lunch at super speed, and Wanda took him outside to scold him before returning to eat with Peter.

• Wanda explained that Genosha's mutant-created wealth funded free basic services, and that prospective parents had to undergo genetic testing to prevent children from inheriting harmful mutations.
• Peter wondered whether Magneto's idea of what benefited mutants differed from Wanda's, but Wanda said young people could guide Genosha's future when her father grew old.
• Wanda told Peter that Magneto had a younger daughter named Lorna, born when he was seventy.
• Pietro brought Peter and Wanda their steaks at super speed and joked that Wanda disliked rare steak.
• Wanda restrained Pietro with scarlet energy and dragged him outside to scold him, then returned and apologized to Peter.

Logan followed Magneto beneath his palace and discovered a huge stockpile of weapons and a reprogrammed Master Mold. Magneto explained his plan to provoke humanity into attacking Genosha, but Logan challenged him over what would happen if he lost.

• Magneto led Logan underground and assured him that the gene trimmer was safe.
• Logan discovered Master Mold beneath Genosha and confronted Magneto about keeping the Sentinel factory under a nation of mutants.
• Magneto showed Logan wrecked drones, Chitauri weapons, and a vast stockpile of conventional arms.
• Magneto said he was preparing for war, intending to build a mutant utopia and let humanity fire the first shot.
• Magneto described expanding mutant populations and influence in countries where mutants had legal rights, forcing other nations either to change or start a war.
• Logan asked Magneto what he would do if he lost the war.