Chapter Summaries

Little Spider defeated the Sinister Six, enjoyed the crowd’s admiration, and left to return to work. An armed group then threatened civilians to force him out of the Spider Armor, and he surrendered rather than risk their lives.

• Little Spider bound the defeated Sinister Six, checked their condition, and handed them over to the police.
• Little Spider greeted the cheering crowd and explained that he had to work to pay for necessities.
• Unmarked fighter jets and an armed helicopter attacked near the civilians, then a man in black threatened their safety unless Little Spider surrendered.
• Little Spider recognized that the armed group likely belonged to a United States agency or the military, but the man in black threatened to frame him and turn the public against him.
• Little Spider chose not to endanger the civilians and stepped out of the Spider Armor.

Black Widow, Melinda, and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents cornered Ivy Pepper, but she used her plant powers and mind control to fight her way through their capture attempt. Just as she called for Jude Warner's help, Grant Ward shot her from a distance.

• Black Widow and Melinda used serum-filled bullets to weaken Ivy's plants, forcing Ivy to escape through a window and land on a canopy of grass.
• Ivy controlled several agents with Hormone Manipulation and used them as a shield while trying to flee.
• John Garrett, Hawkeye, Black Widow, and hundreds of agents surrounded Ivy and attacked with anesthetics and tranquilizer rounds, incapacitating the agents she controlled.
• Ivy recalled Jude Warner's instruction to call for help and began shouting his name, but Grant Ward shot her before she could finish.
• John Garrett praised Ward over his earpiece, while Ward lowered his sniper rifle with an ambiguous smile.

Jude fought Captain America, Deadshot, and Cheetah at the Heissem Research Center, using Cowboy 1 to overpower them and destroy the building. He knocked Captain America unconscious and left Cheetah badly beaten as he prepared to finish the fight.

• Jude repelled the soldiers and fought Captain America and Deadshot, then recognized the red-haired woman as Cheetah Barbara when she transformed.
• Cheetah, Captain America, and Deadshot attacked Jude, but Cowboy 1 deflected their assaults and blasted Captain America and Cheetah into the guardhouse.
• Deadshot's lasers went astray near Jude and killed soldiers, while Jude's energy slashes cut through nearly half the research center.
• Jude accused Captain America of serving politicians and said S.H.I.E.L.D., A.R.G.U.S., and the military had targeted Spider-Man and his woman, but Captain America still charged him.
• Cheetah clawed deep dents into Cowboy 1, but Jude knocked Captain America unconscious, burned Cheetah with the armor's propulsion flames, and dragged her down from the sky.
• Jude kicked Cheetah away and extended energy blades from Cowboy 1's palms as he moved to attack her.

Jude tried to save Peter Parker and Ivy Pepper after S.H.I.E.L.D. and its allies used them to force him to surrender. He woke in Island Prison, where he learned he had been detained alongside other prisoners.

• Hawkeye and John Garrett arrived with S.H.I.E.L.D. forces and threatened Peter and Ivy to make Jude stop fighting.
• Garrett showed Jude images of the imprisoned Peter and unconscious Ivy, then offered him government employment in exchange for his cooperation.
• Jude tried to seize Garrett and Hawkeye as hostages, but Nick Fury, Amanda Waller, and a general threatened to have Peter and Ivy killed.
• Jude surrendered after Captain America promised to protect his friends, and the agents handcuffed and sedated him.
• Jude woke in a glass cell at Island Prison and spoke with a neighboring prisoner about why he had been brought there.

S.H.I.E.L.D., A.R.G.U.S., and the military agreed to keep Jude Herbert’s companions imprisoned and share the spoils from his technology, while preparing to interrogate Jude. In Gotham and New York, Bruce and Tony learned Ivy Pepper had been arrested, and Steve failed to persuade Nick Fury to release her or Spider-Man.

• Amanda Waller, Nick Fury, and White-Bearded Lieutenant General agreed to keep Spider-Man and Ivy Pepper detained, jointly handle Jude Herbert, and search Heissem Technology Company.
• Alfred told Bruce that S.H.I.E.L.D. had arrested Ivy Pepper and that Jude could not be reached, so Bruce left to handle the situation.
• Tony proposed to Pepper Potts, and Pepper accepted before urging him to regain his fighting spirit.
• After learning S.H.I.E.L.D. had taken Ivy, Pepper asked Tony to save her, and Tony said S.H.I.E.L.D. would soon have trouble dealing with Jude.
• Steve asked Nick Fury to release Spider-Man and Ivy Pepper, but Fury refused, leaving Steve questioning heroes’ place in politics.

Nick Fury and the other officials forced Jude Herbert to provide an iris scan, which opened the underground laboratory beneath Heissem Technology Company. The lab’s clones awakened and killed the agents, then prepared to rescue the imprisoned Jude Herbert.

• Nick Fury, Amanda Waller, and Colonel Sylvis confronted Jude Herbert in Island Prison and demanded his armor technology, but he refused and taunted them.
• The joint excavation team found an entrance to an underground laboratory, and Nick Fury arranged for Jude Herbert’s iris data to open it.
• The team discovered more than a hundred adult clones of Jude Herbert in cultivation tanks, but activating the laboratory triggered Operation Phoenix.
• Nine symbiote-based Jude Clones attacked and killed most of the agents, while an Ivy-gene clone took control of the three surviving team leaders.
• The Clones argued over their names and fought among themselves until one reminded them that the imprisoned Jude Herbert was in danger, prompting them to unite.

Jude’s clones launched a coordinated assault on all five secret prisons to rescue Jude, Spider-Man, and Ivy. At Dome Prison, they breached the defenses, while Warden Dahomar tried to exploit the clones’ infighting to stop them.

• Jude’s clones armed themselves, learned the possible locations of the prisoners, and decided to attack all five prisons at once.
• Ivy Herbert controlled three Captains and arranged transport planes, then the clone teams set out for the prisons.
• At Dome Prison, the clones exposed their disguise, killed the welcoming guards, and smashed through the gates and the first defense line.
• Warden Dahomar ordered the prison defenses activated and called Coulson for help, but learned the Helicarrier was also under attack.
• The clones advanced through Dome Prison, using shields, symbiote attacks, and a Vibration Grenade to defeat its guards.
• The clones argued over who would lead their squad and pointed their guns at one another, prompting Dahomar to order a laser barrage.

Jude Herbert’s clones overwhelmed Vault Prison and searched it for Jude, Ivy Pepper, and Peter Parker, only to learn that none of them were being held there. Clone 1 killed Warden Dahomar and stopped the prison’s self-destruct sequence by crashing its system.

• The clones united around rescuing the original Jude Herbert before fighting to decide which clone was the true Jude, and Clone 6 absorbed the prison’s laser nets with a sphere.
• Warden Dahomar ordered the guards to evacuate and activated Vault Prison’s self-destruct sequence after learning that the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier was also under attack.
• Clone 1 extracted a blueprint from a robot head, and the clones split up to search the prison’s floors.
• Clone 1 captured Warden Dahomar and learned that Jude Herbert, Ivy Pepper, and Peter Parker were not in Vault Prison.
• Clone 1 killed Dahomar and hacked the Vault system, crashing it and halting the self-destruct sequence.

Jude's Clones freed the prisoners and destroyed Dome Prison after failing to find Jude, Ivy, and Little Spider, then attacked Cube Prison. They captured the facility and released several villains, while Bruce Banner, Hulk, and the newly transformed Doctor Samson were left fighting the Wrecking Crew and other supervillains.

• Clone 6 released Baron Strucker, Clone 17 freed Toyman, and Clone 15 let MODOK out of Dome Prison.
• The freed prisoners opened the rest of Dome Prison, and Jude's Clones destroyed it with a laser-charged sphere as they withdrew.
• Jude's Clones attacked Cube Prison with a High-Energy Particle Cannon, destroying its command center and capturing the facility.
• Bruce Banner warned Leonard and Samuel about Gamma energy, but an explosion exposed them to Gamma Rays and transformed them as Hulk emerged.
• Clone 35 released Absorbing Man and Titania, who agreed to work for him, and learned that Bruce Banner and Abomination were imprisoned there.
• Symbiote 4's forces attacked Hulk and Doctor Samson, and the Clones withdrew from Cube Prison, leaving them to fight the supervillains.

Clones attacked the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, killing Maria Hill and forcing their way inside. Captain America and the other heroes confronted them as the carrier suffered heavy damage.

• Maria Hill noticed the approaching Quinjet, but its missiles struck the Helicarrier and killed her.
• Clone 51 crashed the Quinjet into the missile breach, and the Clones stormed the carrier.
• Steve joined Coulson, Hawkeye, Black Widow, and the others as they responded to the attack.
• Clone 44 defeated S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, demanded the location of Mansion Prison, and tricked one agent into jumping with an explosive backpack.
• The Clones damaged a turbine and met the heroes, who attacked after asking whether Ivy and Little Spider were imprisoned in the Mansion.

The Clones overwhelmed S.H.I.E.L.D.’s top combat forces aboard the Helicarrier while pressing their assault on the five major prisons. The chapter ended with Little Bastard still trapped in an underground laboratory, asking whether a week had passed.

• No. 59 and No. 55 fought Hawkeye and Black Widow, while No. 49 defeated Mockingbird Barbara Morse and pinned both women to the ceiling with the Gravity Gun.
• No. 60 trapped Captain America against a steel wall with Magnetic Putty after immobilizing his Vibranium Shield.
• Ant-Man and Wasp held off the Clones briefly, but No. 43’s Module Tracking Device surrounded them in a cage and bombarded them with energy pulses.
• The Clones quickly wiped out S.H.I.E.L.D.’s top combat forces, and an electric grenade blew Hawkeye through a hole in the Helicarrier’s wall.
• Little Bastard called out from his underground laboratory at Heissem Technology Company, asking whether a week had passed.

The Clones broke into the Mansion Prison and rescued Ivy, but the prison’s return to full size destroyed the Helicarrier and sent the survivors plunging into the Atlantic. The wreckage crashed into Atlantis during Atlanna’s memorial, killing residents and destroying her statue.

• Clone No. 41 sent ten Clones into the Mansion Prison, where they fought past the guards to search for Ivy.
• Clone No. 52 freed Ivy, and Clone No. 41 restored her with a recovery potion as the other prisoners escaped when the Mansion’s power failed.
• Ivy learned that Jude had created 111 Clones, who planned to kill him and then fight among themselves to decide who would remain.
• The Mansion suddenly returned to full size, tore apart the Helicarrier, and forced the group to escape in a makeshift iron Cube with the Gravity Gun’s help.
• The Helicarrier’s burning wreckage fell into the Atlantic and crashed into Atlantis during Atlanna’s memorial, killing residents and destroying her statue.

Jude Herbert’s clones rescued Little Spider from Circus and urged him to abandon his No-Kill Rule. The clones then arrived at Island Prison, where Warden Vic faced a crowd of Jude Herberts.

• Three Jude Herbert clones broke into Circus, found Little Spider shackled and injured, and argued until Clone 63 killed them with electricity.
• Clone 63 freed Little Spider, explained that they were Jude Herbert’s clones, and took him from Circus.
• The clones caused a massive fissure as they escaped by Quinjet, and Little Spider questioned the danger to civilians.
• A clone rebuked Little Spider for doubting him and argued that killing enemies was necessary to protect his loved ones; Little Spider reluctantly agreed to listen.
• At Island Prison, Warden Vic expected Nick Fury to return but instead found more than twenty Jude Herberts pointing guns at him.

The Clones took control of Island Prison and gathered there to put Jude Herbert on trial, while Nick Fury rushed back to S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters. Just as the Clones prepared to execute him, Jude used a hidden ability to freeze them and free himself.

• Clone 85 forced Warden Vic to lead the Clones to Jude while the others seized Island Prison.
• Nick Fury learned that all four major prisons had been attacked and ordered his plane to continue to headquarters.
• Jude confronted the Clones, who revealed their plan to execute him before choosing a final victor.
• The Clones from all five special operations teams gathered and aimed their weapons at Jude, while Ivy and Little Spider watched.
• Jude shouted “Wuba luba dub dub!”, freezing the Clones, then used metal filaments to unlock his shackles.

Jude revealed that he had planned for the Clones to be sent into other universes as pathfinders, using the Space Stone to open portals. After the Clones agreed to his plan and requested Peter and Ivy clones, Jude put them back to sleep and led Peter and Ivy toward someone beneath the prison.

• Jude unlocked the Clones and explained that he had secretly prepared a separate Operation Phoenix backup and controlled their intelligence.
• Jude proposed sending each Clone to a different universe through portals opened with the Space Stone, which he believed was held by S.H.I.E.L.D.
• The Clones agreed to the plan on the condition that Jude make each of them a Peter Parker and an Ivy Pepper, and Jude accepted.
• Jude put the Clones back to sleep and explained to Peter that they would scout unknown universes for danger and intelligence.
• Jude admitted he had planned to activate the Clones as expendable pathfinders and told Peter and Ivy that an important person was waiting beneath the prison.

Jude and Little Spider freed several prisoners in Island Prison, including Singularity and Franklin Hall, whose imprisonment by S.H.I.E.L.D. had left him mentally unstable. After Hall declared himself Graviton and threatened them, Jude subdued him with nanobots and asserted control over his life.

• Jude and Little Spider discussed Franklin Hall’s gravity powers and continued through the prison, freeing Giganta and Baron Zemo.
• Baron Zemo offered to provide outside support, while Giganta chose to stay with Jude and guide him to Singularity.
• Jude freed Singularity, a High-Energy Being with no memories, by promising to make ice-cream-flavored energy for her.
• Jude shut down Franklin Hall’s cell systems and revived him after explaining to Little Spider how S.H.I.E.L.D. had imprisoned and tortured him.
• Hall proclaimed himself Graviton and threatened the group, so Jude used nanobots to make Hall’s life dependent on him.

Jude and Graviton attacked S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, where Jude exposed Hydra’s infiltration and triggered a firefight among the agents. Graviton killed Nick Fury, while the Triskelion descended into chaos.

• Jude warned Graviton against resisting, then joined him as he lifted Island Prison from the seabed and compressed it into a sphere.
• Jude and Graviton arrived at the Triskelion and confronted Nick Fury in his office.
• Jude revealed that Hydra had infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. and used a broadcast in Nick Fury’s simulated voice to name several suspected Hydra agents.
• Grant Ward shot a young agent, and gunfire erupted across the Triskelion as agents turned against one another.
• Cowboy 1 shot Nick Fury, and Graviton crushed Fury’s corpse against the office walls.

Jude exposed S.H.I.E.L.D.’s abuses and destroyed A.R.G.U.S. headquarters with a powerful blast. As he flew toward the White House, his radar detected a surviving life sign: Thawne.

• Jude hacked S.H.I.E.L.D.’s network, found the Tesseract at Project Pegasus, and released evidence of the agency’s human experiments and Project Insight.
• Jude sent Graviton to retrieve the Tesseract after telling him that Nick Fury was dead.
• Jude flew Cowboy 1 to A.R.G.U.S. headquarters and blasted it into a massive crater, killing everyone the radar could detect.
• Jude headed toward the White House, intending to target the president because the prison operation had been authorized by him.
• Jude detected a surviving life sign on his radar and recognized it as Thawne.

Reverse-Flash rescued Amanda Waller and agreed to attack Jude in exchange for what he wanted. Jude lured Thawne into a trap with Cowboy 1 and activated a gravity field to stop his escape.

• Reverse-Flash carried Amanda Waller away from the A.R.G.U.S. explosion, and she promised to help him get what he wanted if he took Jude out.
• Reverse-Flash attacked Jude at Mach 50, but Jude deployed reconnaissance eyes and pursued him with a barrage of lasers.
• The chase reached Lake Erie, where Reverse-Flash destroyed the reconnaissance eyes with waterspouts and disrupted Cowboy 1 by mixing red lightning with yellow lightning.
• Reverse-Flash reached Jude and tried to seize his heart, but Jude revealed that he was protected by Heart Armor and had lured Thawne into the attack.
• Jude activated Cowboy 1’s 256-times gravity field, compressing the lake water and trapping Reverse-Flash.

Jude killed Reverse-Flash after learning that Eobard Thawne had come from a world without Marvel and had been trying to return home. He then tracked down and killed Amanda Waller, leaving the story with his speculation about the nature of his own world unresolved.

• Jude restrained Reverse-Flash with a 256-times-gravity field and questioned him after hearing him hum the nursery rhymes Jude had heard when he first transmigrated.
• Eobard Thawne explained that he had come from a world without Marvel while traveling through time and asked Jude to kill Amanda Waller.
• Jude burned Reverse-Flash to ashes with Cowboy 1's lasers and wondered whether his world was a Prime Universe stitched together from many others.
• Jude followed Reverse-Flash's information to Amanda Waller's hiding place and mocked her as she claimed the United States would avenge her.
• Jude killed Amanda Waller with a laser before she could finish speaking.