Chapter Summaries

Sif and the Warriors Three fought off Hydra’s Animal Warriors, but their growing numbers overwhelmed the Asgardians. Finn arrived with the brainwashed Thor, and Hogun recognized Thor as he entered the battle, leaving Finn to wonder who the Warriors Four were.

• Sif killed a flying Hawkman with her enchanted blade, prompting McCarthy to send more Animal Warriors into the fight.
• The Animal Warriors stalled the Warriors Four until they surrounded and wounded them, while the Asgardians struggled against the growing crowd.
• Finn learned of the Animal Warriors’ losses, kicked McCarthy aside, and brought Thor to the battlefield.
• Finn ordered the Animal Warriors to open a path, allowing him and Thor to reach Hogun.
• Hogun recognized Thor and called for his help, while Finn ordered Thor to fight.

Thor fought Hogun and defeated him while Finn watched and considered how to capture the Warriors Four and learn about the force behind them. Picking up Hogun’s Mace stirred fragments of Thor’s past memories, but he remained brainwashed and obedient to Finn.

• Finn ordered Thor to attack Hogun, and the two clashed while the Animal Warriors moved aside and Finn observed their fighting.
• Thor’s superior fighting skill overwhelmed Hogun, who was injured and knocked to the ground.
• Hogun questioned Thor about his identity, but Thor accused him and the Asgardians of attacking Hydra and trying to kill him.
• Finn ordered Thor to capture Hogun and then fight the other three; Thor knocked Hogun unconscious and headed toward the other battlefield.
• Thor picked up Hogun’s Mace, which triggered fragments of his memories, but he told Finn it had not fully restored them.

Thor, now loyal to Finn and Hydra, defeated Hogun, Fandral, and Volstagg and ordered them taken for study and recruitment. After the Battle Axe stirred fragments of his memories of the Warriors Four, Thor charged at Sif, who met his attack and demanded to know why he was fighting her.

• Finn punched the unconscious Hogun to test his defenses, then ordered him taken back for treatment and study.
• Thor used Hogun’s Mace to overwhelm Fandral, knocked him unconscious, and had Hydra take him captive.
• Thor defeated Volstagg after several dozen exchanges, and Hydra soldiers carried him back to camp.
• Thor dropped Mace, took up a Battle Axe, and recalled fragments of memories involving Sif and the Warriors Four, but his Hydra conditioning made him angrier at them.
• Thor charged Sif and clashed weapons with her, but she matched his strength and demanded to know why he was attacking her.

Thor and Sif fought an increasingly destructive battle, with Sif’s divine power giving her the advantage while Thor grew more comfortable wielding his Battle Axe. Far away, Mjolnir reacted to Thor’s growing attachment to the axe, and Peter Parker and Barry Allen decided to follow the hammer’s signal.

• Thor attacked Sif without answering her question, and Finn watched as their weapon-enhanced strength approached his own.
• Sif’s power surged during the fight, and she kicked Thor back hard enough to make him spit blood.
• Thor eagerly charged Sif again, and their weapons clashed amid clouds of dust as he found the Battle Axe increasingly suited to him.
• Mjolnir trembled in Peter Parker’s hand near the Kansas-Missouri border, and Peter sensed its connection to him weakening.
• Peter told Barry Allen that Mjolnir seemed to be reacting to Thor, and Barry suggested they follow its signal.
• Peter loosened his grip, and Mjolnir trembled as if guiding them toward Thor.

Thor’s divine power continued to strengthen him until he defeated Sif, while Finn grew wary of Thor’s power and planned to reinforce his control over him. Peter Parker and Barry Allen tracked Mjolnir to Hydra’s base, where the hammer’s uncontrolled lightning triggered the base’s energy detection.

• Thor’s growing strength and speed let him overpower Sif, knock away her sword, and render her unconscious.
• Thor asked Finn whether he should kill Sif, but Finn ordered him to bring her back for interrogation and considered how to control Thor more firmly.
• Peter Parker and Barry Allen mistook the Hydra soldiers for military personnel and hesitated to approach the base.
• As Peter Parker and Barry Allen considered retreating, Mjolnir released a burst of lightning that Peter could barely keep hold of.
• Finn went to confront the badly injured McCarthy, but Hydra’s monitoring equipment detected the energy released by Mjolnir.

Finn dispatched the Animal Warriors after spotting Peter Parker and Barry Allen near the Hydra base, then attacked McCarthy for concealing the Asgardians’ presence. Mjolnir’s interference kept Peter and Barry from escaping, and Barry began overwhelming Finn with his speed as the chapter ended with Finn on the ground under a barrage of punches.

• Finn spotted Peter Parker and Barry Allen on surveillance and ordered the Animal Warriors to move out, then killed McCarthy for hiding information about the four from Asgard.
• Peter Parker sensed enemies approaching while Mjolnir’s surges prevented Barry Allen from taking him away.
• Finn arrived with the Animal Warriors, and Peter Parker recognized them as Hydra; Barry Allen decided he could fight them without concern.
• Barry Allen used his speed to strike Finn in the face, evade his counterattack, and kick him off balance.
• Barry Allen knocked Finn down and rapidly punched him while Finn struggled to defend himself.

Barry Allen dragged Finn away at high speed while Peter Parker’s Mjolnir stabilized, letting him unleash its thunder and defeat the Animal Warriors. With Finn unable to respond and the battle turning against Hydra, a Hydra soldier ordered an evacuation and sent Thor to Peter Parker.

• Barry Allen escaped the Animal Warriors’ attempted encirclement, then Finn challenged him to fight one-on-one.
• Finn softened his body to catch Barry Allen’s punch and seized his arm, but Barry dragged Finn into a high-speed run that left him unable to counterattack.
• The Animal Warriors attacked Peter Parker, and Mjolnir’s thunder killed the first attacker and restored Peter Parker’s mobility.
• Peter Parker unleashed Mjolnir’s thunder against the Animal Warriors, killing them as the Hydra soldiers watched the battle collapse.
• A Hydra soldier decided to evacuate the base, forged Finn’s orders, and sent Thor to Peter Parker while taking four unenhanced subjects along.

Peter Parker lost control of Mjolnir when Thor appeared, leaving the two of them locked in a stalemate. Barry Allen returned from searching for Finn, unaware that Finn was hiding in the Mask’s Dark Space while the mask fought to take control of him.

• Thor recognized Mjolnir and reached for it, but it fell to the ground and went dormant because Thor was not yet worthy to wield it.
• Thor attacked Peter Parker, who dodged his blows with Spider-Sense but could not defeat him without Mjolnir.
• Barry Allen hurled Finn into a mountain, but Finn vanished, so Barry searched the rubble and then returned to the battlefield.
• Finn remained hidden in the Mask’s Dark Space, injured and trembling as the mask struggled to seize control of his body.
• Barry Allen returned to find Peter Parker fighting Thor and Mjolnir lying silent on the ground; Thor tried to force Peter back as he considered using the hammer to break the stalemate.

Peter Parker and Barry Allen captured Thor after discovering him fighting alongside Hydra, then brought him to Robet to investigate his identity. Robet began probing Thor’s memories and drew two similar-looking souls from his body.

• Thor rushed for Mjolnir, but Peter Parker trapped him in a lightning-charged spider-silk net before he could reach it.
• Mjolnir briefly stirred to help Thor, but All-Father Odin’s spell stopped it; Peter Parker regained control of the hammer and knocked Thor unconscious.
• Peter Parker and Barry Allen searched the mountain where Finn had vanished, found no trace of him, and contacted Robet about Thor.
• Robet suspected Thor might have been brainwashed, considered how to return him to Asgard, and began restoring his memories.
• Robet’s power enveloped Thor and pulled two similar-looking soul forms out of his body.

Robet separated Thor’s two souls, leaving Thor and Hydra Thor to fight over which one was real while he watched. Meanwhile, Pietro and Lorna woke after absorbing the power of two Dimensional Beings, discovered their abilities had evolved, and hurried to find Barry Allen.

• All-Father Odin realized Robet had used an unfamiliar method to separate Thor’s soul and wondered whether to interfere with Thor’s trial.
• Thor and Hydra Thor fought fiercely, and Hydra Thor bit off and absorbed part of Thor’s soul.
• Robet gave Peter Parker and Barry Allen the ability to see the spiritual battle and warned them about soul-wielding enemies.
• Pietro and Lorna woke up and learned that Robet had said their powers were evolving after they encountered two monsters.
• Pietro discovered his speed had increased without its former restrictions, while Lorna demonstrated an ability to break down and reassemble objects.
• Pietro urged Susan Storm to explain what had happened while they went to find Barry Allen for another speed contest.

Pietro and Lorna woke up, and Robet explained that Thor had been brainwashed into two closely matched soul bodies. Pietro challenged Barry Allen to a race, but when Robet’s Ki Blast pulled ahead, Pietro discovered he could run through the air while Barry struggled to imitate him.

• Pietro and Lorna reunited with Robet, Barry Allen, Peter Parker, and the others, and Pietro complained when Barry and Peter greeted Lorna instead of him.
• Robet used his aura to let Pietro and Johnny Storm see Thor’s two souls, then explained Hydra’s brainwashing and how the souls differed.
• After Johnny Storm filled Pietro in on what had happened, Pietro challenged Barry Allen to a race, and Robet set a Ki Blast as their target.
• Pietro and Barry started together, but the Ki Blast outpaced them as it flew over rough terrain and they raced along the ground.
• Pietro used an invisible force beneath his feet to run through the air, while Barry threw branches and stones ahead of himself to try to copy the technique.
• Barry’s makeshift midair running slowed him down, and Pietro pulled far ahead.

Pietro returned from his race ahead of Barry Allen but failed to catch Robet’s Ki Blast, while Peter Parker hurried to draw more power from Mjolnir. As the two Thor souls began merging through their fight, All-Father Odin tried to bring Thor back to Asgard, but Robet had Guardian disrupt the Bifrost and challenged Odin’s claim that Thor had completed his training.

• Pietro returned ahead of Barry Allen but had not caught the Ki Blast, so Peter Parker declared Robet the race’s winner.
• Peter Parker took up Mjolnir and began drawing on its power, while Robet observed the two Thor souls fighting and consuming each other’s consciousness and strength.
• All-Father Odin realized the two Thor souls could merge into a new Thor, then decided to bring Thor back to Asgard.
• Robet ordered Guardian to use Portal around him, scattering the Bifrost light and preventing Odin from bringing Thor back.
• Odin argued that returning Thor to Asgard was part of their agreement, but Robet replied that Thor had not completed his training because he still could not lift Mjolnir.
• Odin asked whether Robet would let Thor return if he completed his training and lifted Mjolnir.

Robet helped Thor regain Mjolnir and destroy Hydra Thor’s soul, then drew some of Mjolnir’s thunder power into Peter Parker. Thor stayed on Earth to rescue Sif and the others, while Odin returned to Asgard and Robet’s team discussed staying in touch.

• All-Father Odin sent Mjolnir to Thor, and its power destroyed Hydra Thor’s soul before Robet diverted some thunder power to Peter Parker.
• Thor attacked Robet over Mjolnir, but Robet knocked him into a pit and stopped absorbing power once Peter reached his limit.
• Robet returned Mjolnir to Thor and withdrew the spatial power, allowing Thor to regain clarity as Odin summoned him to Asgard.
• Thor refused to return, insisting he would rescue Sif and the others himself, and Odin let him remain on Earth.
• Thor left to pursue his rescue, while Robet told Barry Allen that Peter would recover after digesting the power.
• Lorna asked Robet about attending college, and Robet said he would get communication equipment from Tony Stark.

Robet asked Tony Stark to create concealed communication devices so Peter Parker and the others could stay in contact and get help during supernatural incidents at college. Tony agreed to build them and handle public fallout, while both men rejected the idea of placing the group under S.H.I.E.L.D. or the Avengers.

• Susan Storm and Lorna discussed balancing ordinary lives with supernatural work, and Robet said he would not force anyone to remain in the supernatural world.
• Robet went to Tony Stark's home and confirmed that the Frost Giants had been defeated and the Casket of Ancient Winters destroyed.
• Tony Stark learned that Superman had helped resolve the crisis, but Robet did not reveal Clark's identity.
• Robet asked Tony Stark to build concealed communication devices for Peter Parker and the others and to help manage any incidents exposed to the public.
• Tony Stark agreed and compared their group to the Avengers, while Robet and Tony rejected S.H.I.E.L.D.'s involvement.

Robet and Tony Stark discussed forming a superhero alliance without Nick Fury, while Thor, altered by Hydra Thor’s memories and disillusioned with Asgard, arrived at Finn’s branch’s backup Hydra base. The chapter ended as two Hydra soldiers confronted Thor, who intended to take control of the base.

• Tony Stark questioned Robet about skipping college, then discussed communication equipment and whether Superman might join their alliance.
• Robet reminded Tony Stark that Hydra had resurfaced and suggested contacting Steve; Tony Stark decided to bring Steve into the group and use his official connections.
• Robet left and wondered about Jackie Chan and Jade, while Thor flew toward Hydra after questioning Loki’s betrayal and choosing to remain on Earth.
• Thor reached Finn’s branch’s backup base, declared that he could become its boss, and jumped inside with Mjolnir as two Hydra soldiers recognized him.

Thor returned to the Hydra base and claimed leadership of the branch after breaking free of Hydra’s brainwashing. He killed Malen and a group of officers who attacked him, then won the remaining members’ allegiance by saying he had avenged Finn and reclaimed Mjolnir.

• Thor ordered two Hydra soldiers to cover the entrance and went inside, where officers were arguing over how to brainwash and divide Sif and her companions.
• Malen urged the officers to brainwash the captives and build up their strength before fighting over control, and Thor appeared behind him.
• Thor challenged the officers’ authority and declared that strength, not status, entitled him to rule Hydra; Finn’s loyalists backed his claim.
• Malen and other officers shouted Hydra’s conditioning keywords at Thor, but Thor killed Malen with a slap, proving their brainwashing no longer controlled him.
• When an officer fired a laser at Thor, Thor killed him and his subordinates with lightning, then identified Mjolnir as his own hammer.
• Thor claimed he had defeated the intruder and avenged Finn, and Hydra members knelt and pledged allegiance to him.

Thor consolidated his control over Hydra and tried to persuade Fandral to remain on Earth rather than return to Asgard. Fandral considered Thor’s plan to build a new force, but said he would stay only if the other three agreed.

• Thor accepted the Hydra members’ submission and offered Finn’s former loyalist a place at his side, while remaining wary that Finn might return.
• Thor went with Fornar to visit the imprisoned Asgardian Four and spoke to Fandral alone.
• Thor explained that his memories had been altered on Earth and claimed he had recovered them with Odin’s help, though Fandral suspected Loki’s involvement.
• Thor told Fandral he would stay on Earth, citing its powerful inhabitants and his refusal to fight Loki for Asgard’s throne.
• Thor invited Fandral to help build a new force that could surpass Loki’s Asgard, and Fandral agreed conditionally if the others would stay too.

Thor tried to persuade the Warriors Three and Sif to remain on Earth and help build a new Asgard, but Sif refused and exposed how little he understood the task. Thor decided to brainwash all four Asgardians into loyal warriors, while Steve left London with Bucky to join Tony Stark and Robet's planned alliance.

• Thor left Fandral locked up and persuaded Hogun and Volstagg to stay on Earth.
• Sif rejected Thor's proposal, arguing that he could not build a new Asgard on Earth and that he should return to Asgard.
• Thor realized that All-Father Odin had been speaking through Sif, then decided to keep her on Earth and brainwash all four Asgardians.
• Thor flooded the prison with hypnotic gas, knocking out Fandral, Hogun, Volstagg, and Sif so the brainwashing could begin.
• All-Father Odin chose not to interfere with Thor's actions and accepted that Thor might not return to Asgard.
• Steve brought Bucky from London to America after Tony Stark told him about new Hydra information and the planned alliance with Robet.

Tony Stark and Steve formed their own Avengers, frustrating Nick Fury, while Peter Parker reunited with Harry Osborn and Mary Jane at college and learned they had become a couple. After spending time with Kara and the others, Robet went looking for Diana but could not find her and returned to Kent Farm.

• Nick Fury ordered Coulson to investigate Steve and Tony Stark’s Avengers, but S.H.I.E.L.D. could not discover its membership beyond Steve, Tony Stark, and Bucky.
• Peter Parker reunited with Harry Osborn and Mary Jane, learned they were together, and concealed his disappointment as he congratulated them.
• Pietro invited Peter Parker to join the others, explaining that Robet had arrived with Kara, but Peter Parker stayed with Harry Osborn and Mary Jane for a meal.
• Robet spent a few days with Kara and the others before visiting Diana, only to find she was not at home, the Louvre Museum, or the Temple of Athena.
• Robet could not locate Themyscira, so he gave up searching for Diana and returned to Kent Farm.

Robet reunited with Jackie Chan and Jade, who had returned from training with the inherited Dragon Power and could now fly. He brought them to a remote wilderness to test their strength, and Jackie Chan launched an attack as Robet defended himself to gauge his abilities.

• Robet received a call from Jackie Chan and Jade, and agreed to visit them at Uncle's Antique Shop.
• Jackie Chan and Jade showed Robet that they had gained Dragon Power and could fly, but Uncle spanked them for showing off.
• Robet led Jackie Chan and Jade to an uninhabited wilderness area so they could spar without risking damage or attracting nearby organizations.
• Jackie Chan explained that he wanted Robet to assess the strength and potential of his Dragon Power.
• Jackie Chan surrounded his fists with crimson dragon-shaped energy and attacked Robet, who defended himself to test Jackie Chan's limits.