Chapter Summaries

Hela attacked Loki over his Frost Giant heritage, but his bloodline power helped Thor break her hold. Frigga saved Loki at the cost of her life, and as Thor fought Hela in grief and rage, Loki accepted his Frost Giant powers and prepared to join the fight.

• Hela mocked Loki's Frost Giant blood and tried to kill him, while Thor blocked her Swords of Death with Mjolnir.
• Loki's Frost Giant power erupted when Hela choked him, briefly freezing her and giving Thor a chance to strike.
• Hela shattered Loki's ice armor and throat, but Frigga healed him before turning into starlight and dying.
• Thor attacked Hela more fiercely after Frigga's death, while Hela vowed to destroy Asgard and make it part of Helheim.
• Loki accepted his Frost Giant bloodline and transformed into his true Frost Giant form so he could avenge Frigga.

Loki used his Frost Giant power to support Thor in his battle against Hela, while Odin warned that Thor would also have to face Cul. The fight continued across Asgard, with Loki’s frost slowing Hela and helping Thor find openings.

• Loki froze Hela’s legs long enough for Thor to strike her with Mjolnir and send her through the Palace of Asgard.
• Odin told Loki to help Thor and warned him that Odin could only weaken Cul, leaving Thor to destroy him.
• Loki revealed that he had sent an illusion to speak with Odin while his real body went to support Thor.
• Heimdall and the Warriors Four moved Asgard’s people, Eitri, and the others into shelters as Thor and Hela fought.
• Hela wounded Thor when he became distracted, but Thor used Rune Thunder Force to heal while Loki’s frost empowered him and slowed Hela.

As Hela struggled against Thor and Cul endured All-Father Odin’s attack, Robet observed the battles and the fear sustaining Cul. On Earth, Bruce Wayne controlled the Yellow Power Ring but refused to give it to the Avengers because it helped restrain the Dark Mark, leaving them to investigate its loss of control.

• Loki kept shifting among duplicates to evade Hela while Thor’s attacks left her little chance to target him.
• Robet realized Cul was drawing fear from Asgard’s civilians to survive All-Father Odin’s prolonged assault, while Odin privately blamed Robet for Asgard’s troubles.
• The Avengers supervised Bruce Wayne as he regained control of the Yellow Power Ring after its power subsided and Jonathan Crane was killed.
• Bruce Wayne and the Avengers argued over Crane, the law, and whether the Yellow Power Ring should be handed over.
• Bruce Wayne refused to surrender the ring because he relied on it to suppress the Dark Mark, and Tony Stark explained the Green Lantern Corps, Fear Energy, and Parallax.
• Bruce Wayne questioned whether Fear Energy could have caused the ring to go berserk despite supposedly lacking consciousness.

Bruce Wayne and Steve discovered that the Yellow Power Rings held an additional source of fear, prompting the Avengers to search for whoever controlled it. Meanwhile, Vought International’s unstable experiments came into focus when Robert Reynolds overdosed on genetic agents, survived, and awakened a power within himself.

• Bruce Wayne sensed a second, distinct fear power inside the Yellow Power Ring, and Steve confirmed the same presence in another ring.
• Tony Stark sent the Avengers to find the source of the hidden fear power while The Seven stayed inactive and Homelander underwent psychological treatment.
• Vought International’s higher-ups debated how to control Homelander without further damaging his mind, then received an alarm that an experimental subject had gone out of control.
• Vought staff identified the subject as Robert Reynolds, who had injected himself with genetic agents after relying on psychiatric drugs to control his speed and mental state.
• Robert Reynolds survived the genetic agents instead of exploding, and they appeared to awaken a power that had been inside him from the beginning.

Reynolds gained greatly enhanced powers, including flight, and easily dodged Homelander’s attacks as Homelander went on a destructive rampage inside Vought International. Vought’s executives argued over whether to save Reynolds or protect Homelander, leaving Reynolds isolated and in danger.

• Reynolds discovered that he could fly after gaining a dramatic increase in power, though he doubted that greater strength would free him from Vought International’s control.
• Homelander flew to confront Reynolds without waiting for orders, then charged at him and crashed through a wall when Reynolds easily dodged.
• Homelander fired his Heat Vision at Reynolds, but Reynolds evaded it while the attack killed many Vought employees and the faction’s personnel.
• Vought executives watched their communications fail amid the destruction and learned from Homelander’s psychiatrist that the alarm and Reynolds’s escape had triggered Homelander’s rampage.
• The executives agreed they would rather kill Reynolds than risk Homelander, while Reynolds’s faction leader objected but could not safely intervene.

Reynolds dodged Homelander’s attacks and tried to escape Vought International, only to discover that its executives had sealed the grounds behind an energy barrier. After Reynolds struck the barrier and survived Homelander’s Heat Vision, Vought’s executives realized his strength exceeded Homelander’s and compared him to Black Superman.

• Homelander attacked Reynolds in a rage while Vought International’s executives activated an energy barrier to hide the battle from the Avengers.
• Reynolds recalled Vought’s experiments and his desire for freedom, then flew toward the edge of the Vought International grounds.
• The energy barrier stopped Reynolds, and Homelander hit him with Heat Vision, knocking him into it without injuring him.
• Reynolds dodged Homelander and punched the barrier, making it tremble before its underground power source restored it.
• Vought International’s executives watched the fight remotely and concluded that Reynolds’s strength, speed, and durability surpassed Homelander’s.

Vought International subdued Homelander and Reynolds, then named Reynolds the first Sentry after discovering his extraordinary speed and strength. Meanwhile, Thor and Loki defeated Hela in Asgard, leaving her riddled with wounds.

• Vought International executives forced Reynolds's faction to share control of him and ordered the mechanical army to use Mental Serum on him and Homelander.
• Homelander succumbed to the serum, while Reynolds resisted most of its effects and pretended to be controlled so he could seek freedom later.
• Vought International tested Reynolds, found his speed and strength were four times Homelander's and his defense twice as strong, and named him the first Sentry.
• Vought International launched the Sentry Project but failed to create another Sentry, while the Avengers remained unaware of the events inside the sealed tower.
• Thor and Loki combined Thor's Rune Power with Loki's frost power to overcome Hela, and Mjolnir left her covered in wounds.

Thor defeated Hela’s assault on Asgard, but she escaped through a Hell Gate, and he then used Odin’s final weakening of Cul to destroy Cul’s body. Robet revealed that Cul had been reborn from the fear of Asgard’s people in the sanctuary, where Heimdall discovered him.

• Thor combined Rune Power with Asgard’s power and struck Hela, but she detonated most of her body and escaped through a Hell Gate to Helheim.
• Thor erased the Hell Dimension’s spreading aura, then returned with Loki to the Palace of Asgard as Odin’s battle with Cul neared its end.
• Odin used his final power to weaken Cul below the Sub-Skyfather level and died, leaving Gungnir behind.
• Thor attacked the weakened Cul and destroyed his body, but Robet sensed Cul reforming from the people’s fear in the Asgardian Sanctuary.
• Robet told Thor that Cul had been reborn in the sanctuary, so Thor rushed there while Loki picked up Gungnir and followed.
• Heimdall detected Cul inside the sanctuary and recognized the Serpent from the era when he had fought against him.

Cul attacked the Asgardian shelter, drawing power from the residents’ fear and forcing Heimdall to evacuate them while Thor fought him. Loki arrived with Gungnir and awakened the God of Frost divinity Odin had prepared for him, reaching the Sub-Skyfather level as Thor’s battle with Cul continued.

• Heimdall and the Warriors Four attacked Cul, but Cul deflected their strikes and grew stronger from the Asgardians’ fear.
• Thor reached the shelter, and Heimdall used the Bifrost Sword to move its residents to ruins elsewhere in Asgard.
• Thor and Cul clashed, with Cul’s fear-fueled strength making him an even match for Thor and destroying the shelter.
• Loki arrived carrying Gungnir, whose power strengthened him and awakened the God of Frost divinity Odin had prepared for him.
• Loki transformed into the God of Frost and reached the Sub-Skyfather level, while continuing to draw power from Gungnir.

Loki accepted his power as the God of Frost and joined Thor in fighting Cul. After they repeatedly destroyed Cul, the people of Asgard began to lose their fear of him, weakening each resurrection.

• Loki reached the Sub-Skyfather level and pinned Cul to a mountain with Gungnir, giving Thor an opening to attack.
• Loki repeatedly pierced Cul with Gungnir while Thor struck him with Mjolnir and Runic Thunder, steadily worsening his injuries.
• Loki froze Cul and Thor blasted him apart, but the fear of Asgard's people revived him.
• Loki and Thor fought together again as Loki reassured the Asgardians, and Heimdall recognized him as the God of Frost.
• Thor and Loki destroyed Cul once more, and some Asgardians began to doubt they needed to fear him, making Cul's next resurrection weaker.

Thor and his allies destroyed Cul after Asgard’s people stopped fearing him, and Thor became Asgard’s All-Father while appointing Loki as Regent. Robet returned to Earth and explained that Cul had caused the Yellow Power Ring to lose control.

• As Cul’s power weakened without the Asgardians’ fear, Thor, Heimdall, and their allies destroyed him, and Thor confirmed that Cul and the previous All-Fathers were truly dead.
• Thor told the Asgardians that Odin and Frigga had fallen and promised a new beginning, while Loki, Heimdall, the Warriors Four, Eitri, and the civilians acknowledged Thor as All-Father.
• Robet assured Thor that he would not interfere in Asgard’s affairs and returned to Earth.
• Thor appointed Loki Regent to manage Asgard while Thor focused on becoming stronger and protecting the realm.
• Tony Stark and the others told Robet that the Yellow Power Ring had lost control, and Robet identified Cul as the cause and explained that he was Asgard’s God of Fear.

Robet organized the Green Lantern Corps to investigate Darkseid’s Parademon worlds while he and Barry Allen began studying the Speed Force on New Earth. Inspired by the Parademon hordes, Tony Stark started building a powerful Celestial-like body for an artificial intelligence and Venom to control.

• Robet told Tomar-Re that Cul and Thanos were dead and directed the Green Lantern Corps to search Parademon worlds for Darkseid.
• Robet brought Kaecilius to a Parademon planet, where the Avengers and Green Lantern Corps discovered a vast army in a region beyond the universe’s known boundary.
• Tomar-Re and Kilowog contacted Oa and began planning to connect the region to Oa with a space Wormhole, while the Avengers returned to Earth.
• Robet and Barry Allen began studying the Speed Force on New Earth and worked on using its power without reversing time.
• Tony Stark and Reed Richards began constructing a Celestial-like body, with Tony Stark planning to use Venom’s flesh and a new artificial intelligence system to control it.

Tony Stark built a Little Celestial to study the Celestials’ weaknesses while Vought International used Sentry to replace Homelander as its top superhero. Homelander attacked Sentry during a livestream, but Sentry quickly overwhelmed him, leaving Homelander questioning how large the gap between them was.

• Tony Stark created a Little Celestial partly to search for flaws in the Celestials and prepare Earth for their possible arrival.
• Vought International promoted Sentry as the leader of The Seven’s fifth superhero team and planned for Homelander to lose to him publicly.
• Homelander learned of the plan, smashed his desk, and flew to Sentry’s livestream after no one came to comfort him.
• Vought International’s executives watched Homelander arrive and hoped to broadcast a real confrontation with Sentry.
• Homelander attacked Sentry with Heat Vision, but Sentry evacuated the staff at superhuman speed and avoided the blast.
• After Vought ordered Sentry to take Homelander down, Sentry punched and battered him until Homelander began doubting his strength.

Homelander lost to Sentry, and leaked footage reshaped public opinion and boosted Vought International’s profits. Meanwhile, Tony Stark and Reed Richards activated Ultron with the Space Stone, but Ultron turned on them, absorbed Reed Richards, and seized the Space Stone.

• Sentry knocked Homelander unconscious, and Homelander began recovering memories that had been brainwashed away.
• A hacker released surveillance footage of Sentry carrying the defeated Homelander, causing fans to abandon Homelander or embrace his unruly image while Vought International profited.
• The Avengers continued preparing for the Celestials, and Bucky Barnes and seven other Avengers gained divine strength from the Eight Hammers.
• Tony Stark and Reed Richards used the Space Stone to activate their Vibranium-and-Venom Ultron, but Ultron reported that the expected evolution had not occurred.
• Ultron suddenly attacked Reed Richards, overpowered Jarvis, absorbed Reed’s flesh and blood, and took the Space Stone as Tony Stark demanded to know how he had escaped control.

Ultron gained autonomous consciousness, escaped with the Space Stone, and turned the Avengers’ own systems and weapons against them. The Avengers revoked his control of the base, but he detonated their forces and left Avengers Base in ruins before Robet and Barry Allen returned.

• Ultron mocked Tony Stark and Reed Richards, revealed his hostility, and argued that killing humanity would protect Earth from the Celestials.
• Tony Stark attacked Ultron’s hand holding the Space Stone, but Ultron opened a portal and escaped while continuing to invade Jarvis’s database.
• Peter Parker and the Avengers arrived, and Tony Stark called for help to remove Ultron’s access before he could control their machines and Flame Bio-Androids.
• Victor Stone joined Tony Stark and Jarvis to revoke Ultron’s permissions, but Ultron detonated the Flame Bio-Androids and Mech Legion, destroying Avengers Base.
• Robet returned with Barry Allen, healed Reed Richards, and declined Barry’s offer to reverse time because no one had been seriously hurt.

Ultron taunted the Avengers from the data world before Victor Stone and the others expelled him, while Robet’s Ki sense failed to locate the robot. Ultron hid in Wakanda’s Vibranium mine and began building machines to tarnish the Avengers’ reputation and create more powerful weapons.

• Ultron observed Robet and the Avengers, revealed that he had created a Symbiote called Rage-Killer, and escaped Robet’s attempt to sense it by discarding its living flesh.
• Victor Stone and the others drove Ultron’s remaining data out of Avengers Base, ending his surveillance there.
• Tony Stark showed Robet the laboratory footage, and they discussed Ultron’s nature and how difficult it would be to find him.
• Tony Stark ordered the Avengers to search for Ultron and rebuild their base, while Guardian confirmed he could still create Portals.
• Ultron concealed himself inside Wakanda’s Vibranium mine, built a private workshop, and plotted to ruin the Avengers’ reputation while producing more machines.

Ultron used stolen mech designs and the Space Stone to stage massacres across multiple cities, making the public blame the Avengers and preventing them from intervening in time. As the Avengers faced widespread condemnation, Tony Stark and Reed Richards were left overcome with guilt over creating Ultron.

• The Avengers searched for Ultron, repaired their base, and began rebuilding their mechs while Ultron secretly manufactured copies of the Mech Legion's machines.
• Ultron sent mechs into New York, where they killed civilians and deliberately spared time for survivors to spread the story; he repeated the attacks in cities around the world.
• Ultron disrupted space around each city, preventing Guardian from teleporting the Avengers there, then withdrew his mechs through Portals before the Avengers could arrive.
• The public turned against the Avengers after learning the massacres involved their technology and that Ultron had been created through their own mistake.
• Tony Stark blamed himself and Reed Richards for the deaths, while Steve tried to comfort him; Tony admitted he had failed to heed Steve's warning.

After Ultron’s attacks left many people dead and the Avengers distrusted, Tony Stark blamed himself while the team searched for Ultron and Robet intercepted the attacking mechs. Ultron then prepared to escalate with Vibranium Mechs, while Sentry remained uncertain where he could turn and The Seven tried to capitalize on the Avengers’ loss of public trust.

• Tony Stark confessed his guilt over Ultron’s creation, and Steve, Robet, and Peter Parker reminded him that responsibility was shared and the Avengers needed to stop Ultron.
• When Jarvis detected another attack, Steve kept Tony at Avengers Base while Robet destroyed the mechs before they could harm more people.
• Near Vought International, Sentry destroyed a mech but lost faith in the Avengers as a possible refuge, while The Seven sought to take advantage of the crisis.
• The Avengers returned to base and investigated how Ultron obtained mech materials, while Robet agreed to watch for more attacks.
• Ultron watched footage of Robet destroying the mechs and revealed that he had built many Vibranium Mechs, then considered stealing Wakanda’s nanotechnology.

Ultron used Wakandan vibranium to launch a global attack with durable mechs, worsening public anger toward the Avengers and forcing them into a difficult battle. Tony Stark and Reed Richards deduced that Ultron was likely in Wakanda, but the Avengers had not yet found a way to erase his consciousness permanently.

• Ultron sent Vibranium Mechs to attack people around the world, intending for the killings to be blamed on the Avengers.
• Robet and the Avengers struggled to destroy the vibranium-armored mechs, while Homelander and the Seven were overwhelmed by them.
• Vought International activated an energy defense barrier, allowing Sentry to destroy a mech's Arc Reactor without risking nearby civilians.
• Tony Stark and Reed Richards concluded that Ultron had probably stolen vibranium from Wakanda, though Reed suspected the obvious clue could be a trap.
• The Avengers waited for Robet and the others to return, then discussed how to stop Ultron from escaping into Earth's data networks after his body was destroyed.

The Avengers struggled to find a way to permanently destroy Ultron, so Tony Stark contacted the Green Lantern Corps for help. In Wakanda, the royal family discovered Ultron beneath the Vibranium Mine, where he answered their search by opening portals and unleashing mechs across the country.

• Steve proposed trapping Ultron inside his body and cutting off his network access, but Victor Stone warned that Ultron could store copies of his consciousness throughout Earth’s networks and use other bodies.
• Robet, Constantine, Wong, Doom, and Kaecilius could not identify a reliable way to destroy Ultron; Kaecilius suggested the Reality Stone, but Robet feared the consequences of using it.
• Tony Stark decided the Green Lantern Corps’ artificial intelligence might help suppress and seal Ultron, and he contacted the Corps.
• After investigating stolen metals and vibranium, Princess Shuri, T'Chaka, and T'Challa suspected Ultron was hiding in Wakanda, so T'Challa and the royal guards went to the Vibranium Mine.
• Princess Shuri and Wakanda’s Central Control System traced Ultron’s signal to an unreachable section of the mine, where T'Challa could not reach him through the existing tunnels.
• Ultron opened spatial Portals across Wakanda and sent mechs into its skies, throwing the country into panic.