Vol. 2Earth's Ruin and Renewal
Jude turned from resisting government control to defending Earth against cosmic invasion, then led the planet toward unity and expansion into space. The volume ended with Peter entering Jude’s Portal Gun and dying when it rejected him.
- Jude completed Cowboy 1, defeated Tony, and surrendered to government forces after they captured Ivy and threatened Peter.
- The authorities detained Jude, Peter, and Ivy while Bruce and Tony prepared to act.
- Jude stopped his escaped clones from killing him, dismantled S.H.I.E.L.D. and A.R.G.U.S., and seized political power before reaching a truce with Superman and Wonder Woman.
- Jude’s laboratory transformed into a giant robot and pursued Francis, who had captured Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead.
- Jude built the Star Ring to defend Earth from Mongul’s invasion after learning that Loki had taken the Tesseract.
- A wormhole pulled Jude, Thor, and Loki inside as they fought over the Tesseract.
- Jude and Earth’s defenders defeated Mongul and the Setaar invasion, though the war devastated Earth and Loki died.
- Jude proposed turning the Moon into a spaceship, then tested a Portal Gun that rejected Peter and left only a skeleton.