Recaps

Aaron dealt with the Ghost Rider’s search for Gaius and helped Johnny Blaze and Carter Slade oppose Witchcraft Demon’s attempt to obtain the Saint Vangansa Contract. After recruiting Carter as a retainer, Aaron left the fight against Witchcraft Demon to Johnny and the Avengers, where Ghost Rider began judging him.

• Aaron created a temporary Gaius to mislead Ghost Rider, then restored the real Gaius’s memories and destroyed the creation after granting his final wishes.
• Aaron joined Johnny Blaze and Carter Slade at St. Michael’s Church, where Carter explained the Saint Vangansa Contract and the coming threat from Witchcraft Demon.
• Aaron, Abei, Johnny, and Carter fought Witchcraft Demon and his allies, but Witchcraft Demon escaped and threatened Johnny’s girlfriend Roxanne and Aaron’s family.
• Aaron warned Nick Fury and the Avengers about the prophecy, while Carter trained Johnny to control his Hellfire and S.H.I.E.L.D. prepared for the demonic threat.
• Witchcraft Demon captured Roxanne, so Johnny agreed to exchange the Saint Vangansa Contract for her rescue, and Carter gave him the contract.
• Aaron recruited Carter Slade as a retainer after Carter signed a contract and drank the Sequence Nine Corpse Collector potion.
• Johnny, Tony Stark, and Vision used the contract to draw Witchcraft Demon out at Saint Vangansa, where he absorbed the village’s evil spirits.
• Tony attacked Witchcraft Demon with Holy Water and missiles, but Ghost Rider bound him with a Hellfire chain and began judging him.

Johnny Blaze defeated Witchcraft Demon, but Lucifer opened Hell’s Gate and unleashed demons across Earth before the Thoughtform sealed it with the Tree of Knowledge. Geer founded the Shadow Holy Court, while Aaron helped Scott Lang stop Darren Cross and later gave Hank instructions for rescuing Janet from the Quantum Realm.

• Aaron and the heroes defeated Witchcraft Demon, and Johnny used the Judgment Eye to free himself from Mephisto’s shackles.
• Lucifer used the Saint Vangansa Contract to open Hell’s Gate, unleashing demons across Earth as the Ancient One and Kamar-Taj fought to contain the invasion.
• The Thoughtform sealed Hell’s Gate with the Tree of Knowledge, while Lucifer revealed his ambition to return to Heaven and claim its throne.
• The Ancient One questioned the Thoughtform, who explained Geer’s devotion to Gaius and declined her offer of training at Kamar-Taj.
• Geer negotiated legal protection for the Shadow Holy Court and founded it in New York, with Carter Slade as Archbishop and Bucky Barnes as a deacon.
• Aaron supported Hank Pym’s plan to stop Darren Cross, while Scott Lang and his friends infiltrated Pym Technologies and tried to destroy the Wasp Suit and its data.
• Scott stopped Darren from threatening Cassie, escaped the Quantum Realm, and reunited with her after Darren died when Scott destroyed the suit’s Pym Particles.
• Aaron turned his upgraded motorcycle into the robot Supersonic, then gave Hank instructions for retrieving Janet from the Quantum Realm.

Aaron helped Wanda leave the Avengers, then became involved in the hunt for Bucky and uncovered Zemo’s demonic possession. After defeating Samael, Aaron recruited Zemo, leaving him with a contract and a chance to meet his family.

• Aaron helped Wanda retire from the Avengers under a God of Contracts agreement, then warned the Avengers not to use her to pressure him.
• After the Vienna bombing, Aaron treated T’Chaka and showed T’Challa the prophecy that had foretold the attack.
• Aaron joined Scott Lang and Peter Parker in Siberia, where Zemo revealed footage of Bucky killing Howard and his wife and admitted to engineering the conflict between Tony and Steve.
• Aaron confirmed that Samael possessed Zemo, and the demon attacked the group after they landed in the Siberian forest.
• Aaron battled Samael with help from Abei, Fawkes, and Supersonic, then used the Casket of Ancient Winters to destroy the demon’s body and captured the escaping Hell Origin.
• Aaron entered Zemo’s Mind World, explained that Samael had fallen and that Lucifer had placed a bounty on the Gaius name, then offered Zemo a position in his service.
• Zemo agreed to work for Aaron in exchange for a chance to reunite with his family, and Aaron presented him with a contract and ten potions.

Aaron negotiated with the United Nations, arranged Stephen Strange’s introduction to Kamar-Taj, and brought his ancestor Horn Gaius back to life to learn about the family’s history and dangers. He then followed a prophecy to Bohart Star, where the Guardians crashed, Ego revealed himself as Peter Quill’s father, and Yondu was hired to capture the Guardians.

• Aaron refused Ross’s demands for his magical artifacts, threatened retaliation if his allies were targeted, and later reached High-Level Holy Magus before beginning Rogue’s portal training.
• Aaron sent his followers to find Stephen Strange and guide him to the Seer, then healed Strange’s hands and brought him to Kamar-Taj after Ancient One agreed to let him inspect the Gaius records.
• Aaron animated a wooden statue of Horn Gaius, fought him in the Mirror Dimension, and learned about the Gaius family’s dangerous history, Horn’s past, and the risks of bringing beings to life.
• Horn visited Wanda, Hela, and Jane, warned Wanda about Chthon, and discussed Hela’s long-standing engagement to Aaron before asking them to keep his visit secret.
• Aaron accepted a mission to kill Ego, sent Ramon to seek Yondu, and followed the Guardians’ trail after they stole Sovereign batteries and fled in the Milano.
• The Guardians crashed their damaged Milano on Bohart Star, where Aaron demanded compensation for his Food Trees and offered them work to repay the debt.
• Ego arrived on Bohart Star and told Peter Quill that he was his father, while Ramon learned that Yondu had taken Peter from Ego and Stakar and Ayesha moved against Yondu and the Guardians.