Recaps

Thor became the Phoenix Apostle as Charmcaster pursued the Alpha Rune and Ben Parker guided her into studying magic. With the Cancerverse invading through the Null Void, Ben led a mission against its forces, where Hela and Looma fought the Cancerverse Avengers and Ben confronted the Star Eater Engine.

• Thor survived Phoenix’s flames, became the Phoenix Apostle, and learned that Phoenix was headed to Legerdomain, where the White Queen planned to host it.
• Charmcaster rejected Magik and White Queen’s advice, sought the Alpha Rune, and later met Ancient One, who began training her as her successor.
• Ben addressed the worldwide mutant crisis as the approaching Collision Crisis threatened both universes, then sent forces to stop the Cancerverse fleet trapped in the Null Void.
• Fiona’s Kryptonians devastated the Cancerverse Avengers, while Rampage Ben escaped and Evil Ben joined Lord Marvel in seeking The Coroner and a way to kill Death.
• Ben took Charmcaster to Wakanda, taught her magic, and brought her to Legerdomain, where she learned he was Lord of Manna and began to rely on him.
• Ben assembled Charmcaster, Looma, and Hela for a Cancerverse mission, named Eitri’s divine sword Eskron, and entered the enemy’s base through the Time and Space Wheel.
• Hela and Looma battled the Cancerverse forces, while Lord Marvel sacrificed Thanos to the Elder Gods and Death appeared, killed Lord Marvel, and faced them.
• Ben’s group survived the base’s destruction with Looma’s rescue and Eunice’s protection, then Ben transformed into Giant God to confront the Star Eater Engine.

Ben defeated Evil Ben with the Phoenix Force while Loki rallied other Lokis against the Time Administration Bureau. Peter then became stranded on Contraxia, where he joined the human Rebel Army against the High Evolutionary and tried to enlist Tiger King after discovering Rampage Ben there.

• Ben became the X-Phoenix, burned Evil Ben from within, and cleansed the Cancerverse while rescuing its victims.
• Loki gathered Old Loki, Kid Loki, Black Loki, and other Lokis into the Loki Committee to seize control of time and the multiverse.
• Ben refused the Mutants’ demand to use Charmcaster as a tool, and Benny sentenced the intruders to win matches or complete Champion Challenges.
• Rampage Ben took control of the Guardians’ ship, defeated them, and sent Rocket toward the Vreedle Brothers’ coordinates as they arrived at Kante with the Annihilarrgh.
• Peter landed on Contraxia, discovered the High Evolutionary’s oppression of humans, and joined Naoko and the Rebel Army in resisting him.
• The High Evolutionary defeated Peter, took the Omnitrix and Annihilarrgh, and left Peter badly injured with his Copytrix broken.
• Peter helped the Rebel Army steal evidence and escape Ram Knight, then recruited Green Goblin and Vulture while preparing to sabotage the nuclear plant.
• Peter found Rampage Ben unconscious in the castle’s medical room and urged Tiger King to oppose the High Evolutionary, but Tiger King refused and Peter asked to take Ben with him.

Peter and the Rebel Army defeated the High Evolutionary’s forces and drove the beastmen toward a new political settlement, but Rampage Ben escaped with the Annihilarg. Peter’s conflict then widened into a battle against Maltruant and his allies over the weapon’s power to destroy universes and timelines.

• Peter reunited with the Rebel Army, rescued John and Rocket from Atlantis City, and helped Connors restore John’s appearance while preserving his beast powers.
• Ram Knight attacked the rebel base, but John’s new Howling Wolf abilities helped cover the defenders’ retreat as Karen, Otto, and Mantis infiltrated Wonderdale Castle.
• The High Evolutionary captured Karen and Otto, but Venom and the others freed the prisoners while Blumley and Kit carried the serum-dispersal device to the castle tower.
• Blumley’s device sent serum rain across New York, weakening and regressing the beastmen, while Mantis trapped the High Evolutionary in an illusion and Tiger King killed him.
• Ram Knight crushed the High Evolutionary’s head, then used stolen abilities and Wundergar Robots to hunt the survivors until Peter defeated him as Way Big and banished him to the Null Void Realm.
• Rampage Ben escaped with the Annihilarg and Peter’s Omnitrix, while Karen and Tiger King planned separate human and beastman nations and Peter offered Galactic Plumber mediation.
• Ben learned that Maltruant was gathering alternate Bens to complete the Origin Bomb, then joined his allies in confronting Maltruant, Vilgax, and Rampage Ben over the Annihilarg.
• Void Illusion aged Peter’s Gravattack form to dust, while Looma pursued Rampage Ben and Negative Ben transformed into X Cthulhu to face Ben.