Recaps

Dane helped defeat the gods, then faced Barbatos and pursued knowledge beyond the Source Wall before turning to plans involving Tiamut, new energy, and Hydra. The arc left Natasha embedded with Obadiah Stane, Tony planning an escape, and Dane studying the Red Room’s methods.

• Dane and Doctor Fate drew the gods into the Lesser Divine Realm, where Dane and his allies defeated them and Black Batman killed the fleeing Hermes.
• Thomas tried to change the past, but Dane stopped him before Barbatos was summoned and threatened the Omniverse.
• Dane worked with Lucifer to drive Barbatos back using Tenth Metal, then searched the Source Wall and found Yuga Khan trapped there.
• Dane awakened and took control of Tiamut, renamed the island after the Celestial, and began bringing the Eternals under his command.
• Dane pursued business and political alliances, intervened when the Purple Man controlled Jessica Jones, and left Daredevil alive.
• Dane intervened in Budapest, saved Hawkeye and Antonia, and persuaded Natasha to investigate his claim that S.H.I.E.L.D. was Hydra before staging a shooting to make her apparent betrayal convincing.
• Natasha returned to S.H.I.E.L.D. with a cover story and was assigned to approach Obadiah Stane, while Tony and Yinsen planned an escape from the Ten Rings.
• Norman reported that human trials of the Human Enhancement serum had succeeded, and Dane learned that Melina Vostokoff had developed a chemical method of controlling young subjects.

Dane freed the Black Widows, rescued Wanda and Pietro from Hydra, and forged a new-energy alliance with Tony Stark. After Killian’s Extremis soldiers attacked him, Dane destroyed A.I.M.’s lab and traced the assassination plot toward Roxxon and Dario Agger.

• Dane captured Melina, freed the Black Widows from Dreykov’s control, and arranged for Kingpin to hide them in Hell’s Kitchen.
• Natasha infiltrated Stark Industries and agreed to undermine Hydra from within while Tony escaped captivity, returned to New York, and uncovered Obadiah’s betrayal.
• Tony fought Obadiah in Iron Monger armor, and Jessica helped defeat him before Dane brought the captured armor to Umbrella.
• Dane recruited Bill Foster to research the Quantum Realm, partnered with Tony on Element Xin reactor technology, and explained Hydra’s infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Dane and the Black Widows rescued Wanda and Pietro from Strucker’s Sokovia base, and Dane brought the twins to America.
• Dane and Tony formed an alliance as old-money families plotted against Tony and Dario Agger recruited Killian to steal Umbrella’s technology.
• Dane survived Killian’s ambush, raided A.I.M.’s headquarters, captured Killian, and discovered A.I.M.’s work on Extremis and Captain America’s blood.
• Dane learned from Joseph Gillaume that Killian had ordered the assassination after meeting someone from Roxxon, and Yelena told him that Agger had recently traveled for business.

Dane broke Bucky free of Hydra’s conditioning, fought Wenwu for the Ten Rings, and expanded Umbrella’s influence through Extremis medicine and new technology. As the Avengers confronted Hammer’s hijacked drones, Daredevil and his allies uncovered the Hand’s role behind Kingpin and considered asking Dane for help.

• Dane restored Bucky’s memories and persuaded him to rescue Steve, while Hydra captured Bruce Banner and subjected him to experiments.
• Dane and the Black Widows joined Jessica Jones, Wanda, and Tony Stark in stopping Dario Agger, and Umbrella later treated Antonia and began distributing Extremis medicine.
• Natasha discovered that Wenwu controlled the Ten Rings, and Dane fought him in Aden, claimed two rings, and forced Wenwu to retreat with the rest.
• Bucky recovered Steve from the Greenland ice, and Steve awoke in an Umbrella hospital, where Bucky told him that Peggy Carter was alive.
• Ivan Vanko hijacked Justin Hammer’s drones at the Hammer Industries expo, and Umbrella’s forces helped contain the attack while Natasha investigated the company.
• Tony defeated Ivan’s powered armor, while Umbrella acquired some of Hammer Industries’ African assets and S.H.I.E.L.D. began investigating Umbrella’s exoskeletons.
• Daredevil, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, and The Punisher fought the Hand, and Daredevil revealed its connection to Kingpin and proposed seeking Dane Davis’s help.

Dane and his allies confronted the Hand, Hydra, and the Destroyer while Thor faced exile and Loki’s betrayal. The arc leaves Thor restored to power and entering the palace as Dane’s forces fight Laufey’s invasion of Asgard.

• Daredevil brought the street heroes to Black Widow Base, where Dane explained the threat posed by the Hand and the Dragon Bone before Atlas forces attacked Midland Circle and buried the Five Fingers beneath its ruins.
• Dane forced Kingpin to surrender and later helped Danny Rand and the C.I.A. expose Kingpin, the Hand, and Harold Mitchum, while Umbrella expanded its operations in Hell’s Kitchen.
• Wanda and Steve led the Rebel Army against Hydra, and Dane captured Hulk after Hydra’s chip and a broadcast melody drove him to attack them.
• Natasha captured Baron Strucker and learned about Hydra’s control chip, while Dane took Banner to Umbrella for treatment and Thor arrived on Earth through a wormhole.
• Thor failed to lift Mjolnir, while Loki took the throne of Asgard, allied with Laufey, and sent the Destroyer to Earth after Sif and the Warriors Three arrived.
• Dane disabled the Destroyer with his Ten Rings, and Laufey invaded Asgard after revealing Loki’s Frost Giant origins and taking the Casket of Ancient Winters.
• Dane assembled Umbrella’s forces alongside S.H.I.E.L.D. units and led the expedition through the Bifrost to rescue Asgard from Laufey’s invasion.
• Dane used the stored Bifrost energy in his rings to attack the Frost Giants and carried Thor to the palace, where Thor retrieved the Spear of the Universe and regained the Odin Force.