Recaps

Duva expanded the Xenomorphs across worlds, confronted Mephisto and Kur, and gained the World Tree’s power as Knull’s invasion reached Earth. The arc left Duva facing Knull in space with the Necrosword, while Knull prepared to unleash the races allied with him.

• Duva expanded the Xenomorph gene program, confronted Mephisto over his schemes involving Strange and Christine, and defeated the demon’s avatars with help from Ancient One.
• Mephisto summoned Kur, and Duva’s forces fought the serpent until Odin arrived and hurled him into space.
• Duva warned Odin about the Shadow Gods on the World Tree, and Odin passed his Odin Force to Thor before dying.
• Duva planned to expose the Shadow Gods, while Strange grieved for Christine and Duva considered using Knull’s power to restore her.
• Duva recruited Gorr by healing his daughter and naming him the God Butcher, while Knull reclaimed his body and discovered the Necrosword had chosen Gorr.
• Knull entered the World Tree with his Symbiote army as Duva and Earth’s defenders prepared for the invasion.
• The Shadow Gods granted Duva divine power after he threatened to reveal their hiding places, and Duva reached Cosmic God level.
• Duva confronted Knull with the Necrosword, wounded him with Godly Power Runes, and revealed that he intended to sacrifice Knull’s soul and take his body.

Duva defeated Knull, spread Xenomorphs across worlds, and became entangled in the Avengers’ fight against Thanos and Ultron. The arc ended with Duva battling Ultron over the Infinity Stones as their destruction drew the attention of the Creation Gods.

• Duva trapped Knull in Moira’s repeating time cycle, absorbed the Abyss, and turned it into a Soul World.
• Duva developed the Divine Descent Technique, parasitized Captain America, and began spreading Xenomorphs through people who spoke his name.
• Strange devoured Mephisto and Blackheart in pursuit of bringing Christine back, while Tony and Banner arrived from Universe No. 199999 and encountered Duva.
• Duva sent the time travelers home with Xenomorph embryos, then took control of Tony during the Avengers’ battle with Thanos and defeated him.
• Duva restored Thanos, compelled him to serve, and began expanding the Xenomorph invasion across Universe No. 199999.
• Uatu recruited Duva to help stop Ultron, and Duva gathered Thanos, Dark Strange, and Xenomorph armies to fight Ultron’s forces.
• Duva brought Xenomorph reinforcements from parallel universes, took the Infinity Stones from Thanos, and joined the battle against Ultron with all six Stones.
• Duva and Ultron’s clashes devastated planets and drew the Creation Gods’ attention, while Duva seized the Power Stone from Ultron.

Duva spread the Xenomorph concept across the universe, ascended as its god, and defeated Thanos before turning his attention to Mephisto’s Hell. After killing Mephisto and installing Demon Strange as ruler of Hell, Duva began preparing for a possible journey to DC.

• Duva erased Ultron, restored the ruined universe, and left again to pursue his discovery while Dark Strange and Uatu watched.
• Duva spread his will through Xenomorphs, and Thor fought Hela until Jane Foster helped defeat the Shadow Gods and captured her.
• Thanos obtained the Power Stone and joined Chronos in trying to stop Duva’s ascension, while Duva continued transforming the universe.
• Duva became the Xenomorph God, defeated Thanos, took his Infinity Stones, and erased him after Death refused to claim him.
• Duva led an army into Mephisto’s Hell, where heroes and Xenomorphs joined the assault and he killed Mephisto.
• Duva’s Xenomorph parasitized Mephisto and inherited his power, while Demon Strange absorbed Mephisto’s remains and accepted rule over Hell.
• Duva warned the demons not to provoke him and turned to preparing contingencies for a possible journey to DC.

Duva expanded the Xenomorphs into a hidden Marvel-DC universe, taking control of its heroes and seeking a way into the DC Multiverse. When Batman sent Barry through time to stop the invasion, Duva seized control of Flash’s run and helped set off a collision that brought the Vertigo Universe into the DC Multiverse.

• Uatu assigned Duva’s universe the number 1543681, while Druig and Mister Blue created a Xenomorph Spider-Man from Peter Parker’s DNA.
• Duva used Xenomorph Spider-Man to infiltrate the Spider-Man Alliance, then entered its headquarters, killed Solus and the Inheritors, and learned how to reach Universe No. 9602.
• Duva crossed into Universe No. 9602 and defeated its heroes, then turned Thanoseid into a Xenomorph and extracted the two Cosmic Shards from Super Soldier.
• Duva spread Xenomorph Larvae across Universe No. 9602 and entered the DC Multiverse, where he began expanding the Xenomorphs throughout the DCEU.
• As Batman and Superman fought Luthor and Doomsday, Duva controlled Super Soldier and Superman, while Doomsday evolved into a new Xenomorph.
• Batman stole Luthor’s Xenomorph research and created a Second Generation Doomsday, but Duva spoke through it and drove Batman and Alfred from the Batcave.
• Batman asked Barry to travel back in time and warn his past self, but Duva seized control of Flash and forced him out of the timeline.
• As Flashes across universes ran to create Flashpoints, the Vertigo Universe merged into the DC Multiverse and moved toward Hell, where Trigon and the demons faced the approaching change.