Chapter Summaries

Jessica Jones, a former superhero traumatized by the Purple Man, met Heisenberg after getting into a fight at his nightclub, and the two spent the night together. Heisenberg then took Jessica into space and promised to kill the man who had hurt her, leaving her crying in his arms.

• Jessica Jones wandered into Heisenberg's nightclub drunk and attacked other patrons until Heisenberg stopped her.
• Jessica punched Heisenberg, but he proved stronger and carried her to his penthouse after she charged at him.
• Jessica spent the night with Heisenberg, then told him her name and recognized him as the notorious Heisenberg over breakfast.
• Heisenberg went to Jessica's detective agency, and later took her into space, where he promised to brutally kill the man who had tormented her.
• Jessica cried and told Heisenberg that Superman had never been her hero.

Heisenberg tried to ease Jessica’s fear of Purple Man, but she remained terrified, so he decided to find Purple Man and let her kill him. He recruited Eliza to locate Purple Man within three days and warned her not to let S.H.I.E.L.D. take him.

• Heisenberg took Jessica to Mount Everest and the Atlantic Ocean to help her overcome her fear, but she still feared Purple Man.
• Heisenberg brought Jessica to his nightclub, then called Bullseye and spoke with Eliza at the hospital.
• Heisenberg confronted Eliza about her loyalty to Matt Murdock and offered her a place among his subordinates; she agreed and knelt before him.
• Heisenberg gave Eliza one day to speak with Matt after he woke, then ordered her to find Purple Man within three days with S.H.I.E.L.D.’s cooperation.
• Heisenberg told Eliza to keep Purple Man out of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s hands and not let them upstage her.

Heisenberg recruited Jessica as the Nuke Gang’s chief enforcer after promising to deliver Purple Man to her within three days. Meanwhile, Nick Fury assembled the Avengers, but Heisenberg unexpectedly arrived at their Washington meeting, leaving Nick horrified.

• Heisenberg compensated the hospital staff, checked on Bullseye and Matt Murdock, and gave a nurse an autograph and a promised gift.
• Heisenberg offered to deliver Purple Man to Jessica within three days and invited her to join his gang; she accepted and became its chief enforcer.
• Tony Stark mocked the Avengers lineup and challenged Nick Fury’s authority before Captain America got him to sit down.
• Heisenberg melted his way through the conference-room window and greeted the Avengers, startling Tony and the others.
• Nick answered Hill’s call confirming that Heisenberg had visited the New York branch, then told her that Heisenberg had already arrived.

Heisenberg ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to locate Zebediah Killgrave and kill him, then told Eliza to watch Rumlow. As S.H.I.E.L.D. discussed ways to restrain Heisenberg, the Avengers split up plans to seek potential allies and investigate Killgrave, while Hawkeye urged them to look for Kryptonite.

• Heisenberg told S.H.I.E.L.D. to find Zebediah Killgrave without contacting him, and assigned Eliza to work alongside the agency.
• Heisenberg told Eliza to watch Rumlow and treat him kindly because he would become her teammate.
• Nick Fury showed the Avengers information about Thor and Captain Marvel as possible sources of help against Heisenberg.
• Tony suggested finding Killgrave and examining whether his mind control could be used against Heisenberg.
• Captain America proposed sending teams to find Killgrave and contact Jane Foster, with Tony ready to support them; Banner objected to being kept at the base.
• Hawkeye questioned whether the Avengers should first confirm Krypton existed and search Earth for Kryptonite.

Heisenberg went to the Himalayas to meet The Ancient One, forcing her to appear by triggering an avalanche and then saving the climbers. She brought him to Kamar-Taj, where they discussed their shared goals and continued their conversation in her study.

• Heisenberg considered his plans to use Hydra to rule humanity and expand into space, but decided he first needed to persuade The Ancient One and prepare for the human casualties his plans might cause.
• Heisenberg flew to the Himalayas and triggered an avalanche with his Heat Vision to draw out The Ancient One, then froze the snow to save a Chinese climbing team.
• The Ancient One appeared and invited Heisenberg to Kamar-Taj, where he suppressed the apprentice sorcerers with his Biological Field before she moved everyone into the Mirror Dimension and ended the effect.
• The Ancient One told her disciples to keep training and took Heisenberg to her study for a private conversation.
• Heisenberg dismissed the idea of learning Marvel magic, explaining that its sorcery drew power from the Ancient Gods and required a price.

Heisenberg met with The Ancient One, who assured him she would not oppose his plans, then hurried back to New York. As S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra prepared to capture Purple Man near Heisenberg’s mansion, Heisenberg sent Eliza to observe the operation.

• The Ancient One told Heisenberg that Vishanti had informed her of his arrival and that she would not obstruct his plans for humanity.
• The Ancient One briefly transformed into a young woman, unsettling Heisenberg with the possibility that he had become her lover in some futures.
• Heisenberg returned home and reflected on the possibility of saving The Ancient One, while Natasha spoke with Jane Foster at a café.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra located Purple Man in Hell’s Kitchen, less than eight hundred meters from Heisenberg’s mansion, and assembled a team to arrest him.
• Heisenberg and Jessica held a drinking contest at his nightclub, and Heisenberg beat her by thirty-two bottles.
• Eliza told Heisenberg that agents were gathering near Purple Man’s apartment, and Heisenberg ordered her to go but not rush into the operation.

Purple Man’s attempt to control the agents sent to capture him exposed Hydra infiltrators and sparked a battle between S.H.I.E.L.D., Hydra, and Eliza’s gang. Heisenberg seized Purple Man and carried him off in a car, offering Jessica the chance to finish him.

• Captain America, Barton, and Grant Ward’s agents stormed Purple Man’s apartment, where Purple Man controlled most of the attackers.
• Purple Man forced the agents to identify themselves, revealing that many were Hydra operatives working under John Garrett; Captain America broke free and attacked him.
• Outside the apartment, Eliza arrived with reinforcements, and Garrett ordered his agents to attack as the opposing groups opened fire.
• Eliza falsely claimed Crossbones was one of her people, then used the confusion to join her gang and fight the agents.
• Purple Man escaped to his Chevrolet, but Heisenberg lifted the car into the sky and ignored Purple Man’s control.
• Heisenberg called Jessica and told her to wait on his roof, promising Purple Man if she destroyed the falling car without damaging the roof.

Heisenberg crippled Purple Man and left Jessica to discover and kill him, then encountered the battle between S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra. He recruited Crossbones for a meeting but refused Coulson’s request to intervene, leaving S.H.I.E.L.D. to handle its own war.

• Heisenberg tore Purple Man’s frontal lobe with Heat Vision, took Captain America’s shield, and dropped Purple Man’s car onto Jessica.
• Jessica smashed the car, recognized Purple Man, and beat him to death beside Heisenberg’s pool.
• As Coulson’s S.H.I.E.L.D. agents fought John Garrett’s Hydra forces, Eliza tried to recruit Crossbones, who introduced himself as Brock Rumlow.
• Heisenberg arrived, told Rumlow that Alexander Pierce’s Hydra faction would soon be exposed, and invited him to a meeting at the Nightclub.
• Heisenberg ordered Eliza to withdraw with Rumlow, then refused Coulson’s plea for help and flew away.

Nick Fury discovered that most of Captain America's task force were Hydra agents, while a Skrull posing as Agent Hill escaped to seek Heisenberg's protection. Heisenberg tasked Eliza and Crossbones with building his organization, then learned the Hill he had been attracted to was an alien impostor.

• Nick Fury ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. branches to hunt Hydra infiltrators, but the communications system blocked his orders as agents closed in.
• Tiatel stayed behind to draw fire while Arida escaped the Three-Winged Building and headed for Heisenberg.
• Heisenberg recruited Crossbones to identify and organize Hydra talent, and assigned Eliza to mobilize Kingpin's global network and protect Crossbones's recruits.
• A blast destroyed Heisenberg's rooftop recliner, and a Skrull disguised as Agent Hill asked him to shelter her and another Skrull in exchange for a spacecraft.
• The Skrull revealed her green form, and Heisenberg recoiled after realizing the woman he had wanted was an impostor.

Heisenberg agreed to shelter the Skrull refugees in exchange for Arida’s help and ordered Jessica to escort her to them. Meanwhile, Alexander Pierce launched Hydra’s war against S.H.I.E.L.D., and Sitwell’s men opened Bruce Banner’s cell, provoking the giant to break free.

• Heisenberg questioned Arida about the Skrulls and agreed to help them if she arranged for the real Nick Fury to be brought before him.
• Heisenberg promised the Skrulls an ecological planet and sent Arida to find Jessica so she could escort her people from their lunar base.
• Alexander Pierce ordered Zola to lock down S.H.I.E.L.D.’s networks, declared war, and told Sitwell to unleash the Beast and kill Nick Fury’s allies.
• Sitwell rallied Hydra agents inside the Three-Winged Building and ordered them to draw the Beast toward the streets while Hydra attacked the White House.
• Sitwell’s team opened Bruce Banner’s room and threw grenades inside, causing the giant to break free.

Hydra agents released Hulk from the Three-Winged Building, while Tony Stark and Captain America responded to the chaos and fought Hydra agents. On the moon, Talos refused Nick Fury’s request to return to Earth and ordered Nick and Agent Hill imprisoned, insisting that S.H.I.E.L.D. could not represent Earth.

• Hydra agents used sonic weapons to enrage Hulk, who escaped by smashing through the facility’s walls.
• Tony Stark heard explosions at the Three-Winged Building, contacted Captain America, and learned that Hydra had infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hulk was loose.
• Captain America left Barton and Melinda to handle the fight, rushed to Coulson, and demanded to know why Nick Fury had not coordinated the response.
• Talos refused to connect Nick Fury to Earth, and Nick pleaded with him to send him back.
• After Skrulls brought in the captured Agent Hill, Talos ordered her and Nick locked up separately and declared that they could not represent Earth.

Jessica helped Arida reach the real Nick Fury, who agreed to fake his public death and hand over himself and Hill to Heisenberg. At S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy, Hulk saw Nick Fury fall and attacked, and Tony arrived just as Hulk cornered Jessica.

• Jessica destroyed the turrets guarding the Three-Winged Building, fought through S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, and brought Arida to Nick Fury.
• Nick Fury agreed to die publicly as part of the deal with Heisenberg, then went with Arida and Jessica to S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy.
• Fitz searched the academy for Simmons as a huge green monster burst from underground.
• A gunshot struck Nick Fury in the chest in the academy plaza, and Hulk charged toward his fallen body.
• Jessica kicked Hulk away from Nick Fury and fought him until he slapped her into the academy library.
• Hulk cornered Jessica, but Tony arrived and fired missiles at Hulk's head.

Heisenberg rescued Jessica by knocking Hulk unconscious with three punches and returned Bruce Banner to New York, while his people helped civilians injured in the battle. Meanwhile, Captain America’s return helped S.H.I.E.L.D. defeat Hydra in New York, but Pierce fled with his allies before Rumlow killed him aboard the plane.

• Heisenberg heard Jessica groan, rushed to S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy, and punched Hulk through the city before kicking him from Earth to the moon and back down to the Sahara.
• Heisenberg found Bruce Banner unconscious in the Sahara, brought him to New York, and ordered Bullseye to send their people to help injured civilians.
• Captain America, Coulson, Melinda May, and other agents reinforced the Three-Winged Building, where Captain America helped end the fighting and more than two thousand Hydra Agents surrendered.
• Alexander Pierce escaped New York by plane with Sitwell, Crossbones, and his other confidants, then planned to meet Madame Viper in London and target S.H.I.E.L.D. forces abroad.
• After Pierce dismissed his friendship with Nick Fury, Rumlow stabbed Pierce through the heart and said they had each served their own cause.

Rumlow killed Alexander Pierce, rallied Hydra’s surviving American elites around Heisenberg, and returned them to New York to rebuild. Heisenberg woke to find Banner still unconscious and discovered that the previous day’s upheaval had earned him 625,477.262 cubic units of Origin Matter.

• Rumlow killed Pierce and argued that Hydra needed a powerful leader, then called Heisenberg to offer him the surviving American elites’ loyalty.
• Heisenberg told Rumlow’s hackers to find footage of his fight with Hulk, and the agents watched the battle before accepting Heisenberg as their new boss.
• Rumlow ordered the plane back to New York, where his agents landed at a former Kingpin airfield and blended into the Nuke Gang.
• Heisenberg woke, covered the unconscious Banner, and left clothes beside him before going downstairs to eat lunch.
• Heisenberg checked his gains and found that the previous day had earned him 625,477.262 cubic units of Origin Matter.

Heisenberg spent his new wealth, explored a calmer New York, and gave his old watch to young Peter Parker in Queens. After returning home, he planned to use Hydra, the Cosmic Cube, and coming alien threats to strengthen his influence over Earth.

• Heisenberg eliminated his genetic weakness to Kryptonite and asked Billy to recruit two Chinese chefs.
• Heisenberg visited Hell's Kitchen and learned Bullseye had calmed residents with free drinks and an order forbidding street trouble.
• Heisenberg found eight-year-old Peter Parker at home, gave him his watch, and revealed himself as Superman before flying away.
• Heisenberg returned to his rooftop and planned to help Hydra oppose S.H.I.E.L.D. while drawing the US Government into Cosmic Cube research.
• Heisenberg planned to use Thor's foolish little brother, Chitauri technology, and Iron Man's new energy to create crises and push Earth toward leaving the Solar System.

Heisenberg returned to the Origin Universe, learned how deeply his parents had grieved over his disappearance, and created a copy of his former self to go back to them. After learning that an Order Keeper’s purpose was to bring change to stagnant universes, he returned to Marvel and resumed planning to accelerate S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Cosmic Cube research.

• Heisenberg paused the Marvel Universe and spent 186 units of Origin Matter to learn what had happened in Phoenix City during his eleven-day absence.
• He learned that his parents had searched desperately for him, then used 226 units of Origin Matter to create his former self with his pre-transmigration memories and send him to them.
• Heisenberg questioned the system about the purpose of an Order Keeper and learned that his role was to bring change and balance to different universes.
• He returned to Marvel, decided that Hill should become S.H.I.E.L.D. director ahead of schedule, and planned to make the Skrulls send Nick Fury and Hill back sooner.
• On Origin Earth, the recreated Heisenberg was arrested after his friends reported their card game, and he insisted that he had been kidnapped by aliens.

Heisenberg confirmed that the Skrulls would honor their agreement and demanded that they hand over Hill and Nick Fury by that night. After forcing Hulk to fight him on Mars, he returned with Bruce Banner unconscious and sent him to S.H.I.E.L.D.

• Bullseye told Heisenberg that footage of him defeating Hulk had gone viral, then described plans to distribute fuel and toasters to New York residents.
• Heisenberg summoned two Skrulls and told them he wanted Hill and Nick Fury in exchange for providing their people with a suitable planet.
• Heisenberg woke Banner by striking him with Heat Vision, and Hulk attacked him despite remembering their previous fight.
• Heisenberg took Hulk to Mars and fought him for two and a half hours until Hulk stopped appearing.
• Heisenberg ordered Billy to take the unconscious Banner to S.H.I.E.L.D. to cause trouble for the recovering organization.

Steve Rogers accepted responsibility for rebuilding S.H.I.E.L.D. after Hydra’s betrayal and issued orders to protect its remnants. When Bruce Banner returned from Heisenberg unconscious, the doctors admitted they were afraid to treat his malnutrition in case a needle brought Hulk back.

• Coulson reported S.H.I.E.L.D.’s catastrophic losses, the disappearance of Commander Hill, and the Chinese Representative’s demand that the organization be dissolved.
• Coulson persuaded Rogers to preserve S.H.I.E.L.D. because it was Peggy’s legacy, and Rogers took the director’s role despite doubting his management abilities.
• Rogers ordered Coulson to gather intelligence, Barton to find Natasha and protect Thor’s girlfriend, and Melinda to hunt John Garrett, Alexander Pierce, and other Hydra leaders.
• Coulson told Rogers that Heisenberg had returned Bruce Banner and that Banner might be a powerful ally against Hydra.
• Rogers visited the unconscious Banner and learned that the doctors feared giving him an IV in case it caused Hulk to reappear.

Heisenberg received Nick Fury and Hill from Talos, freed Hill, and confronted Fury over his choices and trust in the Skrulls. After Fury explained his faith in his powerful friend, Heisenberg killed him, leaving his body to be disposed of at sea.

• Talos brought the bound Nick Fury and Hill to Heisenberg’s rooftop, then left Earth after Heisenberg dismissed him.
• Heisenberg freed Hill and sent her away, then removed Fury’s shackles and shared drinks with him.
• Fury admitted he had given up because Heisenberg had outmaneuvered him, and Heisenberg challenged his trust in the Skrulls and his friend.
• Fury explained that he trusted Talos because he believed in the power of his friend, a woman like the sun.
• Heisenberg killed Fury with his heat vision, and Billy and his men later took the body out to sea to sink it.

Hill took command of S.H.I.E.L.D. and reorganized its priorities after the agency’s devastating losses. Two months later, Heisenberg’s forces had taken control of much of New York, and he ordered his lieutenants to impose his rules across the city.

• Hill reversed many of Captain America's orders, moved S.H.I.E.L.D. to the Helicarrier, and assigned agents to rebuild the organization and develop Project Pegasus.
• Bullseye reported that Heisenberg’s forces had crushed most of New York’s gangs, expanded to more than seventy thousand people, and gained control of nightlife venues, smuggling routes, and company shares.
• Heisenberg asked Matt whether Hell’s Kitchen had improved, and Matt agreed that their work had made it more stable.
• Bullseye told Heisenberg that New York’s gang leaders wanted to meet him, but Heisenberg rejected a return to Kingpin’s rules and demanded that all remaining bosses be eliminated.
• Heisenberg ordered Bullseye to finish defeating the gangs, Matt to draft laws for their organization, and Eliza to train its ordinary thugs.