Chapter Summaries

At the Galactic Conference on Beast Ring, Peter disguised as Ben tried to keep the Kree and Skrulls from fighting while the major powers gathered. Emperor Milleous arrived with a secret plan to exploit the talks, leaving the conference poised for further conflict.

• Caiera introduced Beast Ring’s defensive planetary rings as the Galactic Plumbers’ venue for the conference, while Nick Fury and Steve Rogers discussed Ben and the threat posed by the Incurseans.
• Nick Fury reunited with Steve, introduced his Skrull wife, and warned that the Incurseans might not stop at mediation; Steve told him that Earth’s friends missed him.
• Dorrek and Queen Veranke arrived with their warriors, and their Kree and Skrull forces began trading insults before the conference had started.
• Peter, disguised as Ben, transformed into Gravattack and used gravity to separate and restrain the Kree and Skrull warriors, demanding that they behave peacefully.
• Emperor Milleous arrived, privately counting on the talks to buy time for his plan, while Dorrek and Veranke turned their anger toward him but could not expose their own secret support for the Incurseans.
• Caiera invited everyone to take their seats.

At the Beast Ring conference, Peter watched the empires argue while Steve and Norman confronted Red Skull. Meanwhile, Ben infiltrated Attea’s warship and learned her plans, leaving him focused on finding a chance to free Looma and Felicia.

• Jason insulted Norman and Steve, while Red Skull refused to return to Earth and Steve vowed to pursue him.
• Queen Veranke demanded Kree concessions, Dorrek rejected her terms, and Milleous offered the Skrulls an alliance in exchange for Veranke’s favor.
• Peter grew bored as the conference descended into insults, while Super-Skrull watched his watch and planned to seize its power.
• Attea declared that she would make Ben her First Royal Husband and revealed plans to use the Vreedle army against the Kree, Incursean forces against the Skrulls, and the Evil Highbreed against Sakaar.
• Attea told Ben that Ma Vreedle was building an army on a water-rich planet and that her sons were guarding Attea’s father.
• Ben learned that Attea had found Looma and Felicia injured and unconscious, and he resolved to find an opportunity to free them.

Attea redirected Dr. Psychobos and the Evil Highbreed toward the Beast Ring, where they began a secret invasion during the Galactic Conference. As the Highbreed prepared to spread their transformation across the universe, a Chimera-like monster emerged from an explosion in the conference tower.

• Attea agreed with Dr. Psychobos that the Evil Highbreed should attack the Beast Ring, and he mobilized the Sub-Planet Battleship.
• Highbreed disguised as Queen Veranke attacked Skrull guards outside the conference room and revealed their plan to turn the Skrulls into Half-Beastmen.
• The Highbreed transformed the Skrull warriors and used Mimic Masks to send them back undercover.
• The Highbreed revealed that they had infiltrated the Kree Empire, including its king, and planned to spread their influence through the Galactic Conference.
• An explosion tore the top off the conference tower, and a Chimera-like monster emerged from the flames.

A chaotic galactic conference erupted into violence as Tarros and Kelt exposed Peter as a possible fake King of Sakaar and tested the watch. Kelt copied its power, transformed into a formidable hybrid, and destroyed the conference room, leaving Queen Veranke awestruck.

• Atasso and other factions inflamed tensions at the conference until the delegates and their forces began fighting.
• Bill tried to stop the battle, but Tarros blocked his hammer and accused Peter of being a fake King of Sakaar.
• Tarros signaled Kelt, who forced Peter's hand onto the watch core before Peter could choose a hero.
• The watch transformed Peter into Four Arms and gave Kelt a powerful hybrid body that combined abilities such as magma and diamond.
• Kelt's roar unleashed destructive sound waves that blasted apart the conference room, while Tarros protected Queen Veranke from the explosion.

At the Galactic Conference, Kelt used Kevin Levin’s power to overwhelm Peter in his Four Arms form and defeat Caiera, Bill, Steve, and Harry. Peter transformed into Humungousaur and began pushing Kevin back, revealing that switching forms could let him match his opponent’s strength.

• Nick Fury and Captain Marvel saw Kevin Levin fighting Peter, who was transformed into Four Arms, and Fury realized Kevin had combined the powers of Ben Parker’s Alien Heroes.
• Kelt, empowered by energy from a distant Skrull moon, attacked Peter with diamond and magma fists and forced him to his knees.
• Kevin Levin used gravity and the ground to hurl Caiera and Bill away, then knocked Steve and Harry aside with his tail.
• Carol Marvel noticed Kevin’s strength still fell short of Ben Parker’s feats, while Peter began growing and transformed into Humungousaur.
• Peter pushed Kevin back and told Kelt that switching forms quickly could let him match Kevin’s strength.

Peter and the others fought through the chaos at the Galactic Conference while Highbreed infiltrators captured Queen Veranke and killed Tarros. Steve subdued Red Skull, then learned Veranke and Milleous had escaped and chose to pursue Milleous first.

• Peter punched Kevin Levin, who retaliated with a powerful blow as Milleous fled amid the fighting.
• Queen Veranke and Tarros returned to their spaceship, believing Kelt had defeated the Sakaar King and brought Humungousaur as a prisoner.
• A Highbreed disguised as Kelt captured Veranke with a Facehugger, while another disguised as Humungousaur killed Tarros.
• The two Highbreed revealed their plan to replace key members of other factions and spread their despair across the universe.
• Steve beat Red Skull, disabled him with magnetic discs and Blue Mood, then learned Veranke and Milleous had escaped.
• Steve decided to capture Milleous first.

Peter struggled against Kevin Levin, whose stolen alien abilities and gravity overwhelmed him until Peter transformed into Gravattack. With Bill and Caiera joining the fight, the three coordinated their attacks and began to overpower Kevin.

• Norman Osborn and Harry searched for Steve, then abandoned the search to pursue Emperor Milleous.
• Kevin Levin used his speed, strength, and gravity to beat Peter despite Peter's transformations.
• Bill broke free, struck Kevin with his Divine Hammer, and urged Peter to counter the gravity with Gravattack.
• Peter canceled Kevin's gravity with his own, allowing Bill to hit him with lightning and the hammer.
• Caiera joined Peter and Bill, and the three attacked Kevin together, exploiting how he struggled to focus his many abilities.

Peter, Bill, and Caiera defeated Kelt and sent him to the Null Void Realm while the battle against the Incurseans continued elsewhere in the Beast Ring. Norman and another Highbreed dealt with Steve, and the Osborns faced Milleous and the Vreedle brothers, who revealed they had an Annihilarrgh.

• Peter, Bill, and Caiera overwhelmed Kelt, and Peter sent him into the Null Void Realm with the Null Void Projector.
• Caiera explained that the projector's stabilizing device limited its suction, and the group turned their attention back to ending the riot.
• Norman Osborn and another Highbreed revealed they had defeated Steve and disguised themselves as him, while the second Highbreed attached a Facehugger to Steve.
• Norman's companion criticized his Steve disguise for not having a perky enough butt.
• Norman and Harry attacked Milleous, who ordered Boy and Octagon to fight them.
• Octagon revealed a black box containing an Annihilarrgh, and Boy suggested pressing its button.

Norman and Harry captured Milleous while Attea prepared to use the Conquest Ray, claim the Incursean throne, and marry Ben. The chapter left Milleous surrendered and facing the weapon his daughter had ordered fired.

• Octagon blasted Norman from the sky, but Harry used infrasound to incapacitate the Incursean soldiers surrounding him and Norman.
• Milleous celebrated the arrival of the Incursean warship, unaware that Attea intended to kill him and take the throne.
• Aboard the warship, Attea told Ben she would marry him after killing her father, then answered Milleous's call and announced her plans.
• Attea rejected Milleous's objections, declared herself Empress, and told him to face her Conquest Ray before ending the call.
• Harry mocked Milleous as Norman restrained him with a Subjugation Disc, while Octagon took Boy away and left Milleous to surrender.

With the Beast Ring surrounded by Incursean warships and the Conquest Ray charging, Caiera had the Galactic Plumbers restrain the stranded leaders with Subjugation Discs and raise the Planetary Shield. Attea fired the Conquest Ray just as it finished charging, after Ben had tampered with its timing.

• Attea refused Jason’s offer to surrender, declaring that the Spartak Empire would still belong to her if she killed him, and space pirates beat Milleous.
• Carol asked Caiera how to stop the Conquest Ray, while Bill silenced the survivors and the disguised Steve returned after claiming he had gotten lost chasing Milleous.
• Caiera told the survivors to evacuate, then made the leaders who offered to join the Galactic Plumbers wear Subjugation Discs.
• The Galactic Plumbers activated the Planetary Shield as the Incursean Conquest Ray reached full charge.
• Attea pressed the firing button, launching the Conquest Ray at the Beast Ring.

Attea fired the Conquest Ray at the Beast Ring, but its shield withstood the blast, so she continued attacking while hundreds of Way Bigs gathered to overwhelm it. Ben, disguised as Bullfrog, tried to escape the warship with Felicia and Looma, but Attea caught him and confronted him as a traitor.

• Attea fired the Conquest Ray at the Beast Ring, devastating the surrounding region, but the ring's blue shield survived.
• Attea discovered Bullfrog was missing and ordered another Conquest Ray attack after the first blast failed.
• Ben, disguised as Bullfrog, persuaded an Incursean soldier to lead him to the prisoners and prepare a spacecraft.
• The Conquest Ray struck the Beast Ring repeatedly, while hundreds of Way Bigs gathered outside and threatened to overpower its defense network.
• Caiera messaged Ben about the danger, but he was carrying the unconscious Felicia and Looma as Attea and her forces confronted him.
• Attea accused Ben of betraying her, while Dr. Psychobos and Ma Vreedle reacted to his escape attempt.

Ben revealed his identity while rescuing Looma and Felicia from Attea and Dr. Psychobos. He won Ma Vreedle over by praising her son, then captured Attea and planned to take her prisoner.

• Attea offered Ben another chance to become her First Royal Husband if he killed Dr. Psychobos and Ma Vreedle, but Ben crushed the gun and refused.
• Ben transformed into Four Arms, knocked Attea aside, and attacked Dr. Psychobos while carrying Felicia and Looma to safety.
• Ma Vreedle blocked Ben’s punch, and Dr. Psychobos retreated after misjudging its force.
• Ben praised Ma Vreedle’s son and suggested she meet Aunt May to exchange parenting advice, persuading her to stop fighting him.
• Ben tied up Attea and declared that he was taking her prisoner as the new queen of the Incursean Empire.

Ben escaped with Attea, Felicia, and Looma while Dr. Psychobos seized control of the Incursean forces and prepared to attack. As hundreds of Evil Highbreed gathered Death Storm energy, Attea asked Ben to turn into Bullfrog so she could die with him.

• Ben bound Attea, left Ma Vreedle to settle her sons, and carried Attea, Felicia, and Looma toward a spaceship.
• Ben broke through the flagship and fled toward the Beast Ring, while the Incursean ships pursued and Caiera warned that weapons had locked onto them.
• Dr. Psychobos hacked the Incursean control system, claimed the throne, and charged the Conquest Ray as he confronted Ben.
• Ben and Attea traded insults with Dr. Psychobos, who ordered the Conquest Ray fired and sent the Evil Highbreed to attack.
• Attea despaired as the Evil Highbreed gathered Death Storm energy and asked Ben to turn into Bullfrog before they died.

Ben seized control of Dr. Psychobos’s Evil Highbreed army and disabled the Conquest Ray, ending the Incursean attack on the Beast Ring. He returned with Attea, while Bill prepared medical pods for the injured Felicia and Looma.

• Ben redirected the Evil Highbreeds to target Dr. Psychobos after revealing he had cracked their obedience programming.
• Dr. Psychobos tried to fire the fully charged Conquest Ray, but Ben’s hack shut down the weapon and the warship’s systems.
• Ben landed inside the Beast Ring and ordered the Evil Highbreeds to destroy the Incursean fleet, while the Kree and Skrull empires fled.
• Ben brought Attea back to the ring, and Milleous was relieved to find his daughter alive.
• Bill prepared medical pods for Felicia and Looma, while Attea insisted she had rescued Looma by finding the distress signal.

After capturing Incursean royalty, Ben prepared to invade the Skrull Empire for provoking Sakaar, while revealing that the Kryptonians could serve as an overwhelming force. Before he could begin the campaign, news arrived that the Skrull Empire had already been destroyed.

• Attea told Ben that an Incursean fleet was still carrying out a surprise attack on the Skrull Empire, and Ben ordered her imprisoned after she demanded servants.
• Ben ordered Caiera to gather Sakaar’s Royal Legion and prepare to attack the Skrull Empire, while clarifying that he was acting as Sakaar’s king, not as a Plumber.
• Ben refused Norman Osborn’s offer to involve the Thunderbolts and relied on the Evil Highbreed and the Kryptonians of New Krypton instead.
• As the other civilizations feared Sakaar’s growing power, news reached Ben that the Skrull Empire had been destroyed before he could launch his attack.

Ben and the Galactic Plumbers faced the Ancient Builders, who had arrived after destroying the Skrull Empire and unleashed their Aleph Robots against the Evil Highbreed. As the battle shattered the Beast Ring’s shield, a golden Destroyer descended toward the planet.

• Ben learned the Skrull Empire had been destroyed and left Red Skull to Steve, who said he had a score to settle.
• Attea offered Ben the Skrull Empire and the remaining Incursean soldiers, but Ben refused to accept her terms.
• The Ancient Builders surrounded the Beast Ring, declared its inhabitants unfit to exist, and announced they would cleanse them.
• Ben ordered thousands of Evil Highbreed to attack, while the Builders deployed Aleph Robots that merged into colossal war machines and met their barrage head-on.
• The blasts cracked the Beast Ring’s shield, and a golden Destroyer descended through the atmosphere with a swarm of meteors.

Bill, Captain Marvel, Steve Rogers, Peter, and the others battled the Aleph Robots as Ben confronted the Builders’ gardeners. Ben transformed with Captain Cosmos’s power, and Lord of the Void recognized him as the Great Mother of Creation and submitted.

• Bill led the attack on the Aleph Robots, while Captain Marvel and the Plumbers fought alongside him.
• Captain Marvel watched [Steve Rogers] tear through the robots with his shield, and Peter battled using his Copy Watch forms.
• Norman Osborn called for a way to stop the attackers at their source and revealed his dark matter bomb.
• Lord of the Void and Abyss landed, and Lord of the Void declared that the universe had no need for inferior life.
• Ben invoked Azmuth and transformed into the Super-Kill Nightmare Battle Suit, gaining Captain Cosmos’s power.
• Lord of the Void recognized Ben’s power, called him the Great Mother of Creation, and bowed in submission.

Benny’s Cosmos Power led the Lord of the Void and Abyss to mistake him for the Builders’ Creator Mother, giving Benny a chance to avert their attack and recruit them. The Lord of the Void submitted, but the Builder Elders rejected his order and resolved to destroy Earth anyway.

• The Lord of the Void ordered the Aleph Robots to stop attacking and worshipped Benny as the Mother of All.
• Super-Kill discovered that the Builders worshipped the cosmos as the Goddess Creator Mother and had mistaken Benny’s Cosmos Power for her presence.
• Benny realized he might persuade the Builders to join him against the coming Multiverse Collision and approached the Lord of the Void.
• The Lord of the Void and Abyss bowed to Benny, and he ordered the Builders’ mothership to withdraw.
• The Builder Elders debated Benny’s identity, rejected the idea of retreating, and declared they would crush anyone who obstructed their plan to destroy Earth.

Ben confronted the Builders after they rejected Lord of the Void’s orders and attacked the Beast Ring. He destroyed their colossal Aleph Robot, leaving the frightened Builders asking if they could reconcile.

• Lord of the Void asked Ben to wait for the Builders, but their mothership advanced and Alpha ordered the attack to continue.
• Alpha dismissed Ben as an impostor and commanded Lord of the Void to terraform the Beast Ring and erase its lifeforms.
• The Aleph Robots attacked the Plumbers, while Lord of the Void hesitated over whether to obey his creators or defend Ben.
• Ben annihilated the attacking Aleph Robots and confronted the Builders beyond the Beast Ring.
• The Builders merged their robots into a gigantic Life Cleaner Aleph, but Ben destroyed it with a casual wave.
• As Ben approached their mothership, the frightened Builders asked whether they could reconcile.

Ben subdued the Builders and spared them in exchange for exile in the Null Void, where they would help the Kryptonians. Alpha offered the Builders’ technology, including the New Cosmic Structure, but Ben dismissed its ability to create evolved agents as little more than Ultimate Form.

• Alpha begged Ben to spare the Builders and warned that Earth had to be destroyed to stop the Collision Crisis.
• Alpha explained that destroying the Skrull Empire and attacking the Beast Ring had merely been convenient, and said humanity—not Earth itself—was being watched by someone behind the crisis.
• Ben agreed to let the Builders live if they became an exiled race in the Null Void and helped the Kryptonians manage it.
• Alpha offered the Builders’ Superflow technology, Garden System, Aleph Robots, and New Cosmic Structure in exchange for Ben’s approval.
• Alpha described how the New Cosmic Structure could grant special abilities to individuals through a White Event, but Ben dismissed the technology as a version of Ultimate Form.