Chapter Summaries

Russell noticed G'iah, a Super Skrull, watching him in the reading room and let her approach, curious whether she could copy his abilities. After G'iah accidentally copied Wanda's powers but failed to copy Russell's, he questioned her, leaving her confused.

• Russell observed G'iah watching him and recognized her as a Super Skrull.
• G'iah approached Russell, intending to copy his abilities and memories by touching him.
• Russell sent G'iah to buy drinks, and she accidentally copied Wanda's mind control and telekinesis while collecting her order.
• G'iah returned and touched Russell's hand, but her talent reported that she had copied none of his abilities.
• Russell asked G'iah why she could not copy any abilities, and she was left confused.

G'iah failed to copy Russell's abilities, while Nick Fury was revived with GH-325 and endured unbearable pain from the procedure. Captain Marvel arrived and learned that Russell had killed Thanos.

• Russell told G'iah that her copying ability failed because their Life Levels were too far apart, and warned her that copied abilities could not replace true strength.
• G'iah reported to Gravik that Russell had discovered her and that she could not transform into him or the girl selling milk tea.
• Coulson oversaw Nick Fury's revival with GH-325, and Fury begged the medical staff to let him die as the procedure's pain overwhelmed him.
• Captain Marvel arrived and tried to encourage Fury, while Coulson promised to arrange memory transplant surgery to erase his painful memories.
• Coulson told Carol that the Black Order had been stopped and that Russell had killed Thanos.

Russell waited for the Attribute Panel to finish upgrading, then used stored Magical Energy to raise his Divine Physique to 1122. He left the story ready to continue growing stronger while Master Ancient One remained Sorcerer Supreme.

• Russell noticed Carol had returned to Earth but decided she was not worth his attention.
• Russell traveled to Mars to wait for the Attribute Panel upgrade to finish.
• Russell used Mephisto’s stored Crimson Energy to gain two billion Attribute Points and increased his Divine Physique.
• Russell drew more energy from Master Ancient One’s warehouse, pushing his Divine Physique past 1,000 and eventually to 1122.
• Russell stopped drawing energy after Master Ancient One urged him to continue, and he confirmed he would postpone succeeding him as Sorcerer Supreme.

Russell tested his Divine Physique before helping Little Gwen investigate the Big Gwen appearing in her dreams. He found a stranded Gwen’s soul at a ruined clock tower and introduced himself, while she questioned why this world’s Mage Spider-Man was not the little girl on a poster.

• Russell destroyed an uninhabited planet while testing his Divine Physique, then returned to the reading room.
• Little Gwen told Russell that another Big Gwen had appeared in her dreams and asked him to help her speak to her.
• Russell traced the other Gwen’s soul aura, opened a portal, and promised Little Gwen they could discuss learning magic when she was older.
• Russell and Little Gwen found a blond Gwen’s soul phantom at the ruins of Trinity Church’s clock tower.
• Russell introduced himself as the world’s Spider-Man and Mage Spider-Man, but Gwen pointed to a poster of Eileen Smith and questioned his identity.

Russell discovered that Nightmare had taken Stone Sister Gwen from the afterlife and placed her in Little Gwen’s dream to use as leverage in a deal with Amazing Spider-Man. After Russell restored Stone Sister Gwen’s lost memories, she worried about Peter’s bargain, and Russell suspected Nightmare had exploited it by sending her into Little Gwen’s body.

• Gwen, Matt, and Eileen formed a team with Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Danny Rand, while Russell objected to Eileen using the Mage Spider-Man title.
• Russell explained that Stone Sister Gwen and Little Gwen were versions of Gwen from different universes.
• Stone Sister Gwen agreed to let Russell examine the memories she had lost after her death.
• Russell found that Nightmare had intercepted Stone Sister Gwen’s soul and placed it in Little Gwen’s body to tempt Amazing Spider-Man into making a deal.
• After Russell restored her memories, Stone Sister Gwen asked about Peter’s deal, and Russell warned that Nightmare might have exploited it rather than truly resurrecting her.

Russell consulted Ancient One about finding a way into the Dream Dimension so he could confront Nightmare, then returned to find three Gwens together. He offered Amazing Gwen a chance to return to her universe and be resurrected, and they agreed to leave after preparing the necessary equipment.

• Russell brought the two Gwens to the reading room and told Ancient One about Nightmare and the Dream Dimension.
• Ancient One explained that shutting down the three Sanctums could expose the Dream Dimension, but might also let other demons enter Earth, and suggested that Amazing Spider-Man could offer clues.
• Russell returned through a Portal and introduced Little Gwen, Ghost Gwen, and Amazing Gwen to one another.
• Ghost Gwen asked why Russell had no variants, and he said he might come from a universe beyond the Multiverse.
• Russell told Amazing Gwen he could locate her universe through her soul and help resurrect her, and the three Gwens agreed to leave in a few days to prepare the resurrection equipment with Tony.

Russell entered the Blood Dimension to confront the Blood God and gained nearly 44 million Attribute Points by absorbing the God’s energy. After defeating the Blood God, he left Him shaken and questioning whether Russell was an Ancient God.

• Russell checked his Attribute Panel and found that his daily Attribute Points had risen by nearly thirty thousand.
• Russell explained that Luminescent White Matter was becoming a special energy inside Gwen, then learned that alien warship wreckage was being sold on New York’s underground black market.
• After Gwen left, Russell opened a Portal to the Blood Dimension and let the Blood God’s energy attack strike him so he could absorb it.
• Russell gained 43,982,200 Attribute Points after the Blood God exhausted His energy supply.
• Russell struck the Blood God down and held Him in a giant luminescent-white hand, prompting the God to insist Russell was an Ancient God rather than Spider-Man.

Russell forced Blood God to agree to compensate him, then negotiated installment payments after learning Blood God lacked the authority to pay all at once. At a secret S.H.I.E.L.D. base, Nick Fury told Coulson he planned to step aside as Director and explained that S.H.I.E.L.D. was losing influence, leaving Coulson to question whether the organization should disband.

• Russell demanded compensation from Blood God for the attack, and Blood God agreed to pay 2 billion units of energy.
• Blood God explained that he lacked enough authority to pay the full amount, and Russell proposed installment payments while considering a labor fee.
• Nick Fury finished his resurrection surgery and told Coulson he would recommend him as S.H.I.E.L.D. Director.
• Nick Fury said he would go underground to track Hydra and warned that S.H.I.E.L.D. was losing authority and the Council’s trust.
• Coulson suggested that S.H.I.E.L.D. might disband itself after dealing with Hydra.

Tony raided a secret Hydra base in Siberia, found Bucky among the Winter Soldiers, and fought him before Steve arrived. Steve tried to reach his brainwashed friend, and Tony agreed to help subdue Bucky without hurting him.

• Tony and the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. attacked the Siberian Hydra base, and Tony entered its laboratory, subdued the guards, and copied the experimental data.
• Tony found Bucky in a Nutrient Pod, interrupted the Winter Soldiers’ awakening procedure, and reviewed Bucky’s history as Hydra’s brainwashed Winter Soldier.
• Bucky broke out of the pod and attacked Tony, who fought him with enhanced strength and a Rings of Raggadorr Energy Shield.
• Steve arrived and called out to Bucky, but Bucky attacked him and sent him flying.
• Tony explained that Bucky had been brainwashed and agreed to help Steve subdue him without causing serious harm.

Tony and Steve captured Bucky, and Tony told Steve that Bucky had killed his parents while under someone’s control. Russell began purifying Bucky’s soul and asked Tony how to earn more energy, leaving Bucky’s recovery underway.

• Tony told Steve that daily exercise and some extra help had made him powerful, then assured him that Bucky could recover from his brainwashing.
• Tony revealed that Bucky had murdered Howard and Maria Stark in 1991, and promised Steve he would spare Bucky until he recovered.
• Russell arrived at Tony’s seaside villa and used Luminescent White Energy to purify Bucky’s soul so he could recover faster.
• Russell checked his Attribute Panel and saw that his Divine Physique remained far below 10,000.
• Russell asked Tony how to earn energy, and Tony asked him to explain his current methods.

Russell and Tony discussed turning Russell’s harmless Special Energy into a product sold through distributors, giving Russell a new way to earn energy. Bucky awoke and admitted his role in the Stark murders, then described the Hydra Colonel who ordered them as Tony began searching for him.

• Russell confirmed that he had earned two billion units of energy from Mephisto and explained that his Special Energy could neutralize ordinary Magical Energy.
• Tony suggested Russell sell Special Energy through distributors, and Russell became excited by the idea and considered recruiting agents to find Dimensional Demon Gods.
• Russell’s glowing eyes temporarily blinded Tony and Steve, who wiped their eyes while Russell explained his expression of sudden inspiration.
• Bucky awoke, reunited with Steve, and apologized to Tony for killing Howard and Maria Stark while under Hydra’s control.
• Bucky identified the person who gave the order as a Hydra Colonel and described him for J.A.R.V.I.S. to sketch and search for.

Russell proposed trading Luminescent White Energy to Kamar-Taj mages in exchange for the Dark Energy they encountered during cultivation. Master Ancient One agreed to endorse the trade, and Russell set the exchange rate before considering how to reassure future clients about its safety.

• Russell met Mordo in Kamar-Taj and learned that two Apprentice Mages had damaged their minds by absorbing Dark Attribute Energy.
• Russell offered to exchange his Luminescent White Energy for mages’ Dark Energy, and Mordo worried that the trade might expose Russell to harm or put the mages at risk.
• Master Ancient One arrived and assured Mordo that Russell could handle Dark Energy, then agreed to tell the mages about the trade and vouch for Russell.
• Russell gave Master Ancient One six masses of Luminescent White Energy and set the exchange rate at fivefold.
• Russell reflected that future clients might doubt the energy’s safety and considered using other methods to win their support.

Russell spoke with G'iah about the Skrulls’ persecution by the Kree and their faction’s plan to invade Earth. He rejected her request to kill Gravik but offered her a dangerous role searching other universes and dimensions, which could also help her people find a new home.

• Russell rested in the New York reading room, where G'iah brought him milk tea and asked if the Skrulls were doomed.
• G'iah explained that the Kree had invented a Skrull threat to justify hunting them, and that some Skrulls now wanted to invade Earth.
• G'iah asked Russell to kill Gravik, but Russell said the Skrulls would not succeed in invading Earth and refused to act for only one cup of milk tea.
• G'iah clarified that she wanted to know whether she had the aptitude to become a Sorcerer Supreme, and Russell said she fell slightly short of his standards.
• Russell offered G'iah a dangerous job as an Apostle searching other universes and the Hell Dimension, and she asked whether she could seek a new home for the Skrulls.
• Russell agreed that G'iah could search for a planet in another universe, warning that helping millions of Skrulls relocate could require her to work for him for a very long time; G'iah accepted.

Russell signed G'iah as his Apostle and prepared her to search other dimensions for a suitable source of Magical Energy and potential allies. He recruited Wanda to train and accompany her, then helped G'iah optimize her meditation and energy absorption.

• Russell gave G'iah an Apostle Contract outlining her duties to find the Hell Dimension, assess its suitability, and track where souls went, and she signed it.
• Russell gave G'iah ten thousand units of energy and two BB Pagers for emergencies and to mark suitable dimensions.
• Russell brought G'iah to Wanda and asked her to teach G'iah meditation, explaining that G'iah would work as his Apostle rather than become a Sorcerer Supreme.
• Wanda agreed to train G'iah and help her on the mission, and Russell observed their meditation until G'iah's energy absorption efficiency reached its peak.

Nick Fury told Coulson that his secret S.H.I.E.L.D. base and its agents were his personal Safe House, then discussed Hydra’s abandoned Winter Soldier bases and the unsettled Skrulls. The next day, Russell led a group into the Amazing Spider-Man world, where Amazing Gwen chose to visit her mother before they sought her living cells.

• Nick Fury revealed to Coulson that he had secretly built the base and recruited its agents outside S.H.I.E.L.D.’s public records.
• Coulson reported that S.H.I.E.L.D. had destroyed seven Hydra bases and found Sergeant Barnes and five other Winter Soldiers in Siberia.
• Nick Fury reasoned that Hydra had abandoned the bases to protect itself and distract S.H.I.E.L.D., and he told Coulson to focus on the exposed pawns and internal inspections.
• Carol told Nick Fury that Talos was dissatisfied with her search for a habitable planet but could still control most of the Skrulls.
• The next day, Russell took Ghost Gwen, Amazing Gwen, Wanda, G'iah, and Little Gwen through a Portal to the Amazing Spider-Man world.
• Amazing Gwen asked to visit her mother, Helen, before Russell used Time Magic to obtain her living cells.

Amazing Gwen reunited with her mother, Helen Stacy, and learned that Russell would clone a body to bring her back to life. Russell left the group at Helen’s villa to retrieve Amazing Gwen’s Living Cells.

• Amazing Gwen found her childhood home empty, so she and the others flew to Long Island to find Helen.
• Russell revealed Amazing Gwen’s soul to Helen, and the two embraced as they reunited.
• Ghost Gwen explained that Russell could clone a body for Amazing Gwen and expected the process to take about ten days.
• Helen welcomed the group into her villa, where the girls began chatting about their siblings.
• Russell left to retrieve Amazing Gwen’s Living Cells.

Russell retrieved Living Cells from Amazing Gwen’s body at the Clock Tower, then learned that Amazing Spider-Man had disappeared. He sent Wanda and G'iah to investigate with Amazing Gwen and Ghost Gwen, while Little Gwen asked about Peter Parker and fate.

• Russell reversed time at the Clock Tower, collected Living Cells from Amazing Gwen’s body, and returned the timeline to normal.
• Russell heard a news report that Amazing Spider-Man had not appeared in public for three days and returned to the villa to send Wanda and G'iah to investigate.
• Amazing Gwen offered to guide Wanda and G'iah to Peter Parker’s home, and Ghost Gwen joined them to use her Spider-Sense.
• Russell gave Amazing Gwen a Spider Suit that let her touch physical objects, then told Little Gwen that her Earth’s Peter Parker was not Spider-Man.
• Amazing Gwen, Wanda, G'iah, and Ghost Gwen found May Parker’s house empty and decided to search Amazing Spider-Man’s room for clues.

G'iah delivered Wanda's enchanted talisman to May Parker so Wanda could track Peter Parker, while the group investigated his disappearances and prepared to resurrect Amazing Gwen. The chapter ended with Karn hiding on an unknown Numbered Earth and planning to absorb two Spider-Men to recover from his injuries.

• G'iah disguised herself as Helen and gave May Parker a doll containing Wanda's Chaos Energy talisman, which could reveal Peter Parker's location when he touched it.
• Wanda, G'iah, and Ghost Gwen returned to Russell's villa, where Amazing Gwen reported that Spider-Man's disappearances began after her death and followed a weekly pattern.
• Russell told Amazing Gwen that he had cloned her body, and she agreed to begin the resurrection ritual after learning it could awaken her consciousness so Peter could visit her.
• Karn hid on an unknown Numbered Earth, detected two Spider-Men there, and planned to absorb them to recover from his injuries.

Original Spider-Man and Amazing Spider-Man joined forces with four Spider-Men to capture Karn, the last Inheritor, and learned about the Spider-Society’s fight across the Multiverse. Spider-UK brought Amazing Spider-Man back to his universe so he could prepare to leave, but detected Ghost-Spider nearby and suspected Mage Spider-Man was there too; Peter returned home and learned Gwen had left him a gift.

• Original Spider-Man and Amazing Spider-Man disarmed Karn, then joined Spider-UK, Spider-Man Noir, Peni Parker, and Spider-Ham to capture him.
• Spider-UK explained that Karn was the last Inheritor and that Mage Spider-Man had led the Spider-Society to defeat the others.
• Amazing Spider-Man revealed that a devil had promised to resurrect Gwen in exchange for finding a pair of lovers, but he refused to sacrifice anyone and agreed to seek refuge with the Spider-Society.
• Spider-UK brought Amazing Spider-Man back to Earth-120703 and sent Spider-Man Noir, Peni Parker, and Spider-Ham to search for Ghost-Spider after detecting her presence.
• Peter returned home, apologized to Aunt May, and learned that Helen had brought him a gift Gwen made.

Wanda, Ghost Gwen, and G'iah visited Amazing Spider-Man after Wanda sensed someone had touched her talisman, and Wanda asked him about contacting the Dimensional Lords. On the rooftop, Peni Parker introduced Russell as Mage Spider-Man and showed footage of him destroying a planet, leaving Peter stunned by Russell’s apparent strength.

• Little Gwen asked Russell for help with her homework, then persuaded him to take her along as he secretly followed Ghost Gwen, Wanda, and G'iah.
• Wanda sensed that someone had touched the talisman she had left with May Parker, and the group went to find Amazing Spider-Man.
• Ghost Gwen, Wanda, and G'iah met Peter in his bedroom, where Wanda asked whether he could contact the Dimensional Lords and Peter refused to help with demons.
• Peni Parker arrived and led the group to the rooftop, where she asked whether Mage Spider-Man had arrived and Ghost Gwen confirmed he had.
• Peni Parker told Peter that Russell was the strongest Spider-Man she had seen, then showed footage of a beam destroying a planet and said she had witnessed the event herself.