Chapter Summaries

Jude and Ivy crashed Tony Stark and Pepper Potts's lavish wedding at Stark Tower after a parade of powerful guests arrived. Tony reluctantly let Jude enter, though Jude promised to make trouble and mocked him on the way inside.

• Ivy woke Jude and persuaded him to get ready for Tony and Pepper's wedding, despite Jude not receiving an invitation.
• Bruce Wayne arrived at Stark Tower and avoided reporters before Clark and Diana drew the media's attention.
• Sunspot brought Professor X to the wedding, followed by Norman Osborn with Harry, Lex Luthor, and Oliver Queen.
• Jude and Ivy arrived in armored suits, prompting reporters to speculate that they were new superheroes.
• Tony objected to Jude's arrival, but Jude threatened to leave with the guests, so Tony let him in.
• Jude entered Stark Tower and taunted Tony with a face, his tongue, and both middle fingers.

Jude and Ivy reunited with Bruce Wayne at Tony Stark’s wedding, where Jude also met Peter Parker, the Osborns, Clark, and Lex Luthor. Bruce and Lex challenged Clark over the possibility that people might treat Superman as a god, and Jude said he had an important discussion for them about a coming cosmic threat.

• Jude and Ivy greeted Bruce Wayne, and Ivy joked about Jude’s drunken night before leaving to change for her bridesmaid duties.
• Jude met Norman Osborn and Harry Osborn after Peter Parker introduced them, and Norman thanked Jude for supporting Osborn Group.
• Jude introduced Bruce Wayne to Clark and joked that they would become close friends.
• Bruce asked Clark whether he might become a God of Man, and Clark insisted he had no interest in being a god.
• Lex Luthor agreed with Bruce’s concerns about powerful people looking down on others, while Jude argued that other people had given Superman his godlike titles.
• Jude told Bruce, Clark, and Lex that a cosmic threat might arrive soon and asked them to stay after the wedding to discuss it.

Tony Stark and Pepper Potts married, while Jude Herbert discussed Superman, Bruce Wayne, Lex Luthor, and an approaching threat from space. At Stark Tower, Jude presented the Star Ring Project to a meeting that Tony arrived at drunk, only to find everyone focused on Jude.

• Pepper Potts and Tony Stark exchanged rings and were married at a large wedding attended by Ivy, Bruce, Jude, and Superman.
• Jude warned Bruce that Superman could see through his identity, urged him to trust Superman, and cautioned him about Lex Luthor.
• Jude told Bruce that a threat from space would bring disaster to Earth and make Superman and other superpowered people valuable allies.
• Jude danced with a guest at the wedding, while Tony complained that Jude had stolen the spotlight with his crab dance.
• After the wedding, Pepper encouraged Tony to attend Jude's important meeting, and Tony left, insisting he would tear Jude's proposal apart.
• Tony barged into a Stark Tower conference room and found the attendees gathered around Jude, who introduced the Star Ring Project.

Jude explained that the Star Ring Project would turn satellites into an orbital defense system against alien threats drawn by the Tesseract, which he identified as the Space Stone. He revealed that Loki had likely taken the Tesseract and admitted he also wanted it for his own purposes, leaving Diana alarmed by the dangers his plan could bring.

• Tony interrupted the meeting, and Superman cooled him down before explaining that Jude planned to arrange satellites into the Star Ring Project.
• Jude warned that Earth’s possession of the Space Stone could attract hostile cosmic forces and said the Tesseract had been taken after S.H.I.E.L.D. was destroyed.
• Jude named Loki as the likely thief, and Wonder Woman condemned the Asgardians as arrogant or warlike.
• Jude described the Star Ring’s defensive force field and energy-based weapon, while Professor X worried that it would intensify war.
• Jude admitted he wanted the Space Stone for himself and insisted he would eliminate the disasters it caused.

Jude, Superman, and Veronica began relocating satellites to build the Star Ring after the three companies announced their plan. After clearing their own satellites from low orbit, Jude ordered Veronica to destroy a foreign satellite that remained in the way.

• Lex Luthor and Bruce supported using the Tesseract, while Diana and Professor X opposed it; Superman suggested forming the Justice League, but everyone rejected the idea.
• Jude left Stark Tower and planned to turn the Moon into a war fortress after defeating Thanos.
• Wayne Group, LexCorp, and Stark Group announced that they would move 246 satellites and demanded that other satellite operators adjust their orbits within three days.
• Three days later, Jude, Superman, and Veronica began moving the companies’ low-orbit satellites to high orbit, with Jude using his Super-Gravitational Field to make the work easier.
• After the group spent a day relocating all their satellites, Superman spotted other satellites in high orbit, and Jude told Veronica to destroy one.

Jude and Veronica cleared high orbit of foreign satellites to make way for the Star Ring, then Jude built its key devices with help from Tony Stark and Little Spider. Veronica revealed her independent personality by threatening Tony and demanding a billion dollars.

• Jude ordered Veronica to destroy foreign satellites, and they cleared high orbit while leaving the three companies' 246 satellites intact.
• Ivy warned Jude that England, France, and other powers had protested and threatened the companies, but Jude dismissed the danger and said the enemy was near.
• At Heissem Technology Company, Jude explained the Star Ring's miniature Dyson Sphere and energy transmission link, then taught Tony and Little Spider to build them.
• Tony realized Jude knew about his Palladium Poisoning, and Jude let him use the new technology to replace his reactor.
• Veronica introduced herself to Little Spider and Tony, disabled Jarvis, and demanded that Tony transfer her one billion dollars.

Jude completed the Star Ring and tested its power on Clark before beginning a major upgrade to Cowboy 1. Far away, Mongul learned that the Green Lantern Corps was attacking his territory but ordered the weakest fleet to invade Earth, then summoned Lobo.

• Jude activated all 246 satellites, completing the Star Ring as it formed a glowing band around Earth.
• Jude had Veronica fire the Star Ring at Clark, blasting him away and damaging his Kryptonian nano-armor.
• Jude began upgrading Cowboy 1 to picometer scale so it could be compressed into an implanted chip and gain greater strength.
• Mongul learned that the Green Lantern Corps had taken at least 500 galaxies and was attacking his forces across the front.
• Mongul set aside the conflict with the Green Lantern Corps and ordered the Seta Starfleet to invade Earth.
• Mongul called for Lobo to be brought to him.

Jude finished upgrading Cowboy 1 to the Picometer Stage after two sleepless days, then left with Ivy to rest. Meanwhile, Loki received Thanos’s signal and chose to open a passage in New York, setting the invasion in motion.

• Peter told Ivy that Jude had shut himself in the lab to upgrade Cowboy 1, so Ivy drove to Heissem Technology Company to check on him.
• Ivy and Veronica argued about whether Veronica could understand human emotions while Jude worked in the laboratory.
• Jude emerged after two days and two nights, revealed that Cowboy 1 had reached the Picometer Stage and been implanted as a chip, then left with Ivy to sleep.
• Loki decided to lure Thanos’s army to Asgard and seize the throne, then received the signal that the army was ready.
• Loki rejected the safer option of opening a passage somewhere uninhabited and traveled to New York to announce his arrival to the world.

Frigga worried about Loki while Odin insisted he needed to learn and promised to search for him. On Earth, Loki opened a portal to Warworld, allowing Mongul’s vast forces to invade and beginning the war.

• Frigga urged Odin to recognize Loki’s need for love, but Odin said Asgard could have only one future king and promised to find Loki.
• Thor received Odin’s permission to visit Earth after the Bifrost was repaired.
• Earth’s heroes and allies prepared for an alien invasion, while warnings sent to world leaders went unheeded.
• Loki appeared atop Stark Tower and used the Tesseract to open a portal between Earth and Warworld.
• Mongul ordered his forces through the portal, and more than a hundred million Setaar soldiers and Warworld arrived near Earth.

Mongul brought the Setaar army to Earth, prompting the world’s governments and heroes to prepare for war. Veronica activated the Star Ring to shield Earth from the fleet’s attack, while Clark and Jean Grey confronted the invaders in space.

• Earth’s governments detected the alien fleet and ordered military forces to combat readiness as Bruce Wayne gathered the heroes and Tony Stark headed for Stark Tower.
• The heroes realized Jude Herbert was absent; Ivy woke him, but he left the response to Veronica and went back to sleep.
• Mongul ordered the Setaar fleet to attack Earth, which he believed was technologically primitive.
• Veronica activated the 246 satellites of the Star Ring and deployed a green defensive shield around Earth.
• The Setaar fleet opened fire on the shield as Clark and Jean Grey attacked a warship, and Mongul recognized Clark as the Kryptonian he had been seeking.

Superman and Jean Grey fought the Setaar fleet in space, destroying hundreds of ships but remaining outnumbered as they tried to buy Earth time. On Earth, Jude addressed the panicked population and used Veronica to broadcast the battle live, showing them who was defending them.

• Clark and Jean Grey attacked the Setaar fleet, destroying warships and breaking through two squads sent to stop them.
• Jean wiped out the Second Squad with a Phoenix Storm, then recovered while Clark dealt with the First Squad.
• The Setaar Supreme Commander reported the pair’s strength to Mongul, who ordered his forces to let them approach Warworld.
• Jude appeared on screens around the world, reassured people, and announced that Superman and Phoenix were fighting in space.
• Veronica broadcast the space battle live to Earth’s electronic screens.

Tony fought Loki on the roof of Stark Tower but struggled against his magic and illusions. Jude intervened with a powerful kick, explained his theory of Loki’s magic, and demonstrated an ice storm before Loki rose from the crater and confronted him.

• Loki opened a portal above Stark Tower and fantasized about ruling the galaxy before Tony attacked him.
• Loki used an ice storm, illusions, and mind-control magic to overwhelm Tony, who could not identify the real Loki.
• Jude kicked Loki through several skyscrapers and into a deep crater, breaking his icy shield.
• Jude told Tony that Loki’s magic rearranged molecules and particles, then used liquid nitrogen and a laser to create an ice storm.
• Loki blasted his way out of the crater, glared at Jude, and called him a despicable kidney puncher.

Jude beat Loki senseless and took the Tesseract, but Thor arrived and attacked Jude and Tony before learning what Loki had done. Thor drove Tony back with lightning, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Jude used Cowboy 2 to overpower Loki, see through his illusions, and beat him into helplessness.
• Jude found the Tesseract on Loki as Thor arrived and blasted Jude and Tony away with lightning.
• Thor saw Loki’s vacant stare and attacked Jude and Tony without asking what had happened.
• Jude and Tony dodged Thor’s lightning, and Thor forced Tony back with his hammer.
• Tony’s armor fired weapons at Thor, but Thor blocked them and then blasted Tony with lightning.

Superman and Phoenix confronted Mongul and Lobo on Warworld after learning Mongul wanted the Infinity Stones and a chance to fight a Kryptonian. Mongul attacked Superman while Lobo fought Jean, and their battle was still underway.

• Superman and Phoenix landed on Warworld and confronted Mongul and Lobo, who revealed Mongul wanted the Infinity Stones and to fight a Kryptonian.
• Jean Grey probed Mongul's mind and discovered he intended destruction, while Mongul rejected her attempt to control him.
• Mongul attacked Superman and repeatedly overpowered him, but Superman recovered and struck back.
• Lobo stopped Jean from helping Superman and attacked her with guns, chains, and throwing knives, which the Phoenix Force countered.
• Jean used the Phoenix Force to try to tear Lobo apart, but he endured it and struck at her as she leaped into the air.

Thor destroyed Stark Tower and battled Jude, who disrupted Thor’s lightning and overpowered him with his armor. Jude tracked down Loki, who had found the Tesseract, but Loki’s attempted escape pulled Jude and Thor into a spatial wormhole with him.

• Thor struck Tony into Stark Tower, then unleashed lightning that destroyed the building and attacked Jude.
• Jude dodged Thor’s lightning, explained that his attacks had disrupted the storm clouds, and knocked Thor hundreds of meters with a punch.
• Jude warned Thor that Loki was working with Thanos’s army and that Loki had escaped while they fought.
• Jude tracked Loki to the Tesseract, which was pinned beneath a stone slab, and hit him with a deceleration beam as he tried to teleport away.
• Jude and Thor grabbed Loki as the wormhole opened and were pulled inside together, while Tony called for a new suit of armor.

Jean Grey unleashed more of the Phoenix Force against Lobo while Mongul brutally battered Superman, as the Setaar fleet attacked Earth’s Star Ring shield. Earth’s nations chose resistance, and Veronica’s Star Ring destroyed the Setaar vanguard fleet.

• Lobo broke through Jean Grey’s Phoenix Force restraint and punched her away, losing an arm that quickly regenerated as Jean began releasing more of her power.
• Mongul repeatedly slammed Superman into the ground while the Setaar fleet bombarded the Star Ring shield.
• Earth’s governments held an emergency meeting, argued over resistance or surrender, and ultimately agreed to fight, with Condner following Jude’s advice.
• The Star Ring’s satellites unleashed a shockwave and sweeping energy beam that destroyed all three thousand ships in the Setaar vanguard.

The Star Ring destroyed the Setaar vanguard, but Mongul ordered the invasion to continue and joined the battle on Earth. Jude, Thor, and Loki arrived on Warworld, where Mongul attacked them, and the chapter ended with Warworld firing a massive cannon toward Earth.

• The Star Ring wiped out thousands of Setaar ships, and Condner rebuked an American general who wanted the weapon under government control.
• Superman counterattacked Mongul, but Mongul ordered the Setaar fleet to keep attacking and commanded Warworld to move toward Earth.
• Jude, Thor, and Loki emerged from a wormhole, and Jude took the Tesseract and had Cowboy 2 swallow it.
• Loki betrayed Thor and urged Mongul to destroy his enemies, while Mongul revealed that Loki had planned to use Thanos's army to conquer the galaxy and attack Asgard.
• Mongul defeated Thor and blocked the Star Ring's next beam with Warworld, which repaired its damage and fired its super cannon at Earth.

Mongul’s Warworld destroyed the Star Ring and Earth’s energy shield, leaving the planet exposed to Setaar’s bombardment. Nuclear weapons and defenders across the world stopped many attacks, but the invasion remained underway.

• Mongul charged Warworld’s main cannon, overwhelmed Veronica’s Star Ring, and destroyed Earth’s energy shield.
• Mongul ordered Setaar to attack, and the fleet surrounded Earth and began firing on the planet.
• Earth’s nations launched over a hundred nuclear warheads, disrupting some beams and temporarily disabling Setaar warships, but the strikes could not protect the whole planet.
• Graviton Hall disrupted energy beams with alternating gravity fields, while Doom used robot doubles and magic to shield Latveria.
• Iceman Bob froze a beam and a warship, and Hulk, Wonder Woman Diana, Captain Britain Brian, Lin Lie, Cyclone, and other heroes confronted the attacks.
• Wakanda countered a beam with its own energy weapon as superpowered defenders across Earth rose to protect the planet.

After the Setaar bombardment devastated Earth, its forces began a ground assault while the remaining heroes struggled to survive. On Warworld, Jude, Thor, and Clark fought Mongul over the Space Stone.

• Professor X reported that the bombardment had killed nearly three billion people and at least one hundred and fifty thousand Mutants, while he urged the survivors not to lose hope.
• With the Setaar warship's systems disrupted, its commander ordered a ground assault, and alien troops landed across Earth, killing civilians and destroying shelters.
• Mongul confronted Jude on Warworld and demanded the Space Stone, but Jude broke free and struck him with Cowboy 2's propulsion and energy weapons.
• Mongul counterattacked Jude with his strength and eye beams until Thor struck him with lightning and Jude's beam forced him back.
• Clark charged in and punched Mongul, sending him flying.

Clark, Jude, and Thor joined forces against Mongul, while Jean Grey defeated Lobo with the Phoenix Force but discovered he was immortal. Clark and Jude descended into the crater to check whether Mongul had died, and Jean flew away after destroying Lobo’s Space Motorcycle.

• Clark abandoned his usual restraint and battered Mongul while Jude and Thor attacked Warworld’s palace.
• Clark, Jude, and Thor unleashed their strongest attacks together, and the resulting explosion knocked them all back.
• Jude found that Warworld’s self-repair had stopped and concluded Mongul was probably dead, so he and Clark flew into the crater to investigate.
• Jean Grey disintegrated Lobo with the Phoenix Force, but he resurrected and revealed that he was immortal.
• Jean destroyed Lobo’s Space Motorcycle and flew away, leaving him behind as he cursed her.