Recaps

Russell gave Eileen a Spider Totem and helped her adjust to her new powers while Asgard came under attack from an alliance of realms. After Sif reported Heimdall’s death and Asgard’s siege, the Avengers prepared to defend Earth, but Kurse’s fleet attacked Washington D.C.

• Russell recognized the two escaped Watchers at the Halloween party, forgave their overdue payment, and asked for ways to strengthen an apostle.
• Sandman attacked people in Queens, but Gwen used Luminescent White Energy to overpower him before Russell discovered that the Spider Totem had chosen him.
• Russell offered Eileen a modified Spider Totem, and after she reconsidered, he gave her one and arranged for Steve to train her as she learned to control her strength.
• Malekith forged an alliance with the Angel Queen, Laufey, and Queen Sindr, then led their forces in an assault on Asgard during the celestial convergence.
• Russell retrieved the Reality Stone and studied it while Gwen and Russell helped Eileen adjust to her new strength at Avengers Tower.
• Russell revealed Ultron’s soul, while Sif and the Warriors Three fought their way through the allied forces on Midgard and S.W.O.R.D.’s response resulted in mass civilian deaths.
• Malekith exploited tensions among the allied rulers and planned attacks across the realms, while Sif reached Avengers Tower and told Thor and Loki that Heimdall was dead and Asgard was besieged.
• Loki divided the defense among the realms, Russell persuaded the Avengers to aid Asgard, and Kurse’s fleet attacked Washington D.C., destroying a white building with its main cannon.

Russell helped repel the Dark Elves, confronted Knull, and learned that ancient gods were manipulating the coming Ragnarok. He then arranged a Sacred War on Earth, where Odin’s death and Thor’s victory brought the fighting to a close.

• Russell helped rescue people in Washington, D.C., then used Tony Stark’s teleportation to destroy several Dark Elf warships.
• Thor and Hulk fought Kurse until Loki exploited his weakness and destroyed him, while the heroes split up to battle the Four Realms Alliance.
• Gwen and Wanda defeated Malekith and forced the Dark Elf commander to surrender, while Russell discovered Little Glutton and confronted Knull.
• Russell drained the Cosmic Abyss of Primal Dark Energy, defeated Knull, and imprisoned him in the Sword of Light after asking what made a true god.
• Russell returned to Asgard, learned that Odin intended to sever the Threads of Fate behind Ragnarok, and negotiated a Sacred War on Earth.
• Midgard’s defenses devastated the Four Realms Alliance’s attempted infiltration before the armies met on the frozen Norwegian Sea.
• During the battle, Russell fought Laufey and watched for the ancient gods manipulating fate, while Odin followed the Threads of Fate to his death.
• Thor awakened the Thorforce and defeated Surtur without killing him, then declared that the bloodshed had to end and that the Angel Queen was out.

Russell preserved Asgard by disguising its gods’ deaths from the World Tree, then helped defeat Infinity Ultron’s army and became involved with the Watchers’ conflict with the Celestials. The arc left Russell presenting his methods for purifying energy and evolving life at a Mage Convention, while Gaea and the gathered gods recognized an invisible shackle.

• Sindr fell to Thor and gave the Eternal Flame to Surtur before he died, while Odin called to Thor from the Threads of Fate and Hela arrived to attack the humans.
• Russell, Thor, and Hela met Odin beneath the World Tree, and Russell found counterfeit souls and traced the tree’s energy to countless worlds approaching Ragnarok.
• Russell enlisted Mephisto and woke the Shadow Gods, then concluded that the World Tree was absorbing energy and used mimetic spirit bodies to make it believe Asgard’s gods had died.
• Supreme Strange reached Kamar-Taj seeking help, and the Watcher asked Russell to stop Infinity Ultron’s army from ravaging the Multiverse.
• Russell destroyed the Ultron Legion outside Universe 616, then joined Doctor Strange and White-Bearded Ancient One in planning a Mage Convention.
• Ikur showed Russell Prosilicos and warned that the Celestials might target him, while Russell reviewed the planet’s history and the mages gathered for their convention.
• Gaea sought help understanding the relationship between mind, soul, and body, and Russell’s demonstration helped her recognize how imbalance had twisted Atum’s mind.
• Russell presented his methods for refining magical energy into Origin Energy and began explaining Life Level evolution, prompting the gods and mages to recognize an invisible shackle.

Russell treated Atum and the Shadow Gods for Alien Ancient God Energy, then helped the Creator and the Elder Gods as threats gathered across the Multiverse. The arc ended with Hela poised to rule Asgard while she and Thor prepared to join the defense of the Real Universe.

• Russell removed most of Atum’s Alien Energy and later worked with Gaea to separate the corruption from Atum’s origins, while Gaea introduced him to Ness in the Shadow Dimension.
• The Creator asked Russell to help the Elder Gods and offered World Tree Energy, and Russell destroyed five Celestials approaching Earth-616 before treating Atum, Ness, and four other Elder Gods.
• Russell learned that displaced Hell Creatures were attacking the Sanctum Sanctorum and recruited Tony Stark, Loki, and Mephisto to help Supreme Strange defend the Real Universe.
• Loki brought Russell to Asgard, where Thor and Hela fought over the throne and Russell explained that the Creator had agreed to stop manipulating the Asgardians’ fates and pushing Ragnarok.
• The Creator enlisted Chthon and Seth to hunt the Celestials, while OAA warned the Cosmic Celestials that the First Firmament and Dark Celestials had returned.
• Hela defeated Thor and declared herself Asgard’s rightful heir, while Odin approved of her readiness to rule and Russell comforted a dejected Loki.
• Thor decided to inspect the passage near Kamar-Taj and bring Hela with him, and Hela ordered Skurge to open a passage and offered him the role of her executioner.