Chapter Summaries

Thor, Valkyrie, and Hulk fought Hela in Asgard, but Hela defeated them and killed Thor and Valkyrie before throwing Hulk into space. Annie used the Time Stone to restore the three, then faced Hela as the surviving Asgardians’ stolen souls remained in Hela’s hands.

• Hela tried to stop Loki’s ship from escaping, but Valkyrie arrived and crashed her ship into Hela to protect Thor.
• Hulk returned after Fenris fell off Asgard, and Thor, Valkyrie, and Hulk attacked Hela together; Hela overwhelmed them, killed Valkyrie and Thor, and hurled Hulk into space.
• After Hela approached the pinned Thor, Annie appeared and offered to speak with her, then used the Time Stone to restore Thor, Valkyrie, and Hulk to their saved states.
• Hela identified the gem as the Time Stone, and Annie explained that she had reversed time for the three while the rest of the events remained unchanged.
• Thor asked Annie to restore the dead Asgardians, but she said their souls belonged to Hela, who planned to revive them as an army.
• Annie interrupted the brewing confrontation and rummaged through her pocket for the item she had come to show Hela.

Annie completed her agreement with Odin by bringing his final magical image before Hela, who rejected his apology but became Asgard’s ruler after he accepted her claim. Annie then took Hulk, Thor, and Valkyrie through a portal to the Bear Shield Bureau’s Moon Headquarters Base.

• Annie refused Thor and Hulk’s requests to fight Hela and instead shattered a crystal sphere to reveal Odin’s magical image.
• Odin apologized to Hela for raising her as a conqueror and imprisoning her, then told Thor to accept her rule over Asgard.
• Hela dismissed Odin’s apology, watched his image fade, and drove the others away with a wall of black spears.
• Annie declared her work in Asgard finished and opened a portal to Earth, while Hulk, Valkyrie, and Thor left with her.
• Valkyrie emerged with the group at the Bear Shield Bureau’s Moon Headquarters Base, where an officer welcomed Annie, Hulk, Thor, and her.

At the lunar base, Banner, Natasha, Valkyrie, Thor, and Annie spent their time off together while Melinda warned Annie that Thanos was seeking the Infinity Stones. Annie dismissed the threat, planned to avoid further requests for help, and told Coulson that the captured Mutants could not regain their powers, though the sorcerer might relearn magic.

• Valkyrie asked Banner who Natasha was, and Banner introduced Natasha as his girlfriend and Valkyrie as Hulk’s friend.
• Thor joked about Banner having two identities and two girlfriends, prompting Coulson and Melinda to steer Annie away from the conversation.
• Annie told Melinda she had faced no major trouble on her travels, and Melinda warned her that Gamora had reported Thanos was collecting Infinity Stones.
• Annie said she was unconcerned about Thanos and told Coulson not to keep asking her to help, while explaining she did not want to return to her parents yet.
• Coulson asked whether the captured Fantastic Four and X-Men could regain their abilities, and Annie said the Mutants could not while the sorcerer might relearn magic.

After recovering from the little girl's attack, Grandmaster reclaimed the Reality Stone but was confronted by Thanos, who took it and killed him. Thanos left Sakaar and ordered his Chitauri soldiers to find Loki so he could pursue the other Infinity Stone.

• Grandmaster regenerated from the melted metal in the arena, escaped as sand, and found that the Reality Stone had been left behind.
• Thanos arrived on Sakaar with Chitauri soldiers and demanded the Reality Stone from Grandmaster.
• Grandmaster killed the surrounding Chitauri soldiers and tried to escape Thanos, but Thanos caught him in the city and took the Reality Stone.
• Thanos demanded to know where the other stone was, and Grandmaster said it might be with the little girl or Loki before Thanos killed him.
• The rebels burned Grandmaster's corpse with energy weapons while Thanos ordered his soldiers to locate Loki and departed Sakaar.

Annie, feeling homesick but determined to stay until she could obtain the sixth Infinity Stone, encountered Peter Parker while watching the stars atop an unfinished building. After revealing her powers and leaving in an invisible spaceship, she left Peter swinging back toward his dorm to beat a room check.

• Annie discussed her homesickness with Tibbers and said she was staying in this world in hopes of obtaining the Soul Stone.
• Peter Parker swung to the construction site and tried to persuade Annie to let him take her home.
• Annie teased Peter about his webbing and dodged him, then hovered in the air and revealed that she was Annie Hastur.
• Annie boarded a spaceship that appeared in the sky and left, while Peter recognized her as the Avengers' young mage.
• Ned Leeds called Peter to warn him that dorm inspections might begin within ten minutes, and Peter hurried back to school.

Hela prepared to take the Chitauri soldiers and their spaceship after Thanos sent them to Asgard to find Loki. Loki and the Asgardian refugees reached their new home, while Amoline enjoyed Annie’s absence, unaware that Annie was still away in another world.

• Hela learned that an incoming ship was approaching Asgard and planned to seize it and turn its soldiers into her death army.
• Thanos confirmed Odin’s death and ordered the Chitauri to search Asgard for Loki and the Power Stone.
• Loki arrived at the remote planet he had bought for the Asgardian refugees and ordered them to begin building New Asgard.
• Heimdall suggested rebuilding the Bifrost, but Loki dismissed the idea because they lacked the necessary materials.
• Amoline told Gregory that caring for Annie had exhausted her, and Gregory left to study spells while Annie remained away.

Annie enjoyed dessert by the shore until Professor X, Logan Howlett, and Ororo Munroe approached her to ask whether she could restore the powers of the X-Men who had lost them. Annie agreed to consider it, but only if Professor X beat her in a game; the chapter ended before they played.

• Annie rebuffed Tibbers' teasing and noticed three Mutants approaching her table.
• Professor X introduced himself, Logan Howlett, and Ororo Munroe, and Annie called him out for trying to read her mind.
• Professor X apologized for the Atlantic incident and explained that the X-Men he had sent to confront Annie had lost their powers.
• Annie recalled Wade Winston Wilson and revealed that she had left him adrift near her island, while concealing her bad-luck spell.
• Professor X asked Annie to restore the X-Men's powers, and she proposed a game: if he won, she would help; if he lost, she would not.

Thanos confronted Hela in Asgard and forced her to reveal that Loki had gone toward Xandarian space and the other Infinity Stones were on Midgard with a little girl. Meanwhile, Annie beat the X-Men in a cotton-candy contest through a loophole and vanished before Charles could stop her.

• Thanos attacked Hela and threatened to shatter Asgard until she agreed to tell him what she knew.
• Hela told Thanos that Loki was heading toward Xandarian space and that the other Infinity Stones were on Midgard with a little girl.
• Thanos offered Hela a place in the Black Order, left her a communicator, and departed in the Sanctuary II; Hela crushed the communicator and resolved to build her strength and conquer the universe.
• Annie challenged Charles, Wolverine, and Storm to a cotton-candy contest, promising to restore the X-Men's powers if they won.
• Charles chose Wolverine to compete and established that the contestants could use only their hands and mouths.
• Wolverine ate cotton candy by spinning its stick, but Annie crushed her mound into a small ball and swallowed it, winning before she vanished as Charles tried to stop her.

Deadpool Wade Winston Wilson drifted across the Pacific after a storm destroyed his raft, while the X-Men returned to Xavier's School and discussed how to restore their teammates' powers. Thanos learned that Loki was hiding on a remote planet and ordered his forces to pursue him as he planned his next move toward Earth.

• Wade recalled how he had been stranded at sea for a month after his raft broke apart in a storm, and he continued drifting while tied to a giant sea turtle.
• Wolverine Logan apologized to Professor X Charles and Storm Ororo for losing the eating contest that cost the X-Men a chance to restore their powers.
• Charles rejected Ororo's suggestion to use Terrigen Crystals, explaining that they were deadly to Mutants, and told Logan to bring Wade back from the Pacific.
• Thanos's forces reported that Loki was hiding on a remote planet bought under the Grandmaster's name, and Thanos ordered them to go after him.
• Thanos said he would obtain the Power Stone, then the Soul Stone, before turning his attention to Earth.

The Guardians of the Galaxy searched Contraxia for work but were surrounded by Chitauri soldiers seeking Gamora because she knew where another Infinity Stone was. Yondu rescued them, warned that a larger ship was nearby, and Star-Lord hurried the team off the planet.

• Star-Lord struggled to find a profitable job on Contraxia, while Mantis felt uneasy among the hostile locals and Drax objected to visiting Xandarian territory.
• Chitauri soldiers surrounded the Guardians, and Gamora revealed that Thanos wanted her because she knew where another Infinity Stone was.
• The Chitauri officer ordered the Guardians to surrender, and they dropped their weapons because they were outnumbered.
• Yondu arrived and killed the Chitauri unit with his arrow before greeting Star-Lord and the others.
• Star-Lord told Yondu that Annie had killed Ego and saved him, then thanked Yondu for having once saved him from Ego.
• Yondu warned Star-Lord that a larger ship was nearby, and Star-Lord led the Guardians away from Contraxia.

Thanos confronted Loki on New Asgard and took the Power Stone, then learned more about the powerful little girl Loki feared. Meanwhile, Nebula brought Gamora and the Guardians to the Sanctuary II, intending to use the Soul Stone hunt to pit Thanos against the girl.

• Loki, Heimdall, and Korg faced Thanos as he arrived on New Asgard with Chitauri soldiers.
• Thanos demanded the Power Stone, and Loki surrendered it; Thanos placed it in his Infinity Gauntlet and spared Loki.
• Loki told Thanos that the little girl was a powerful Arcane mage associated with Bear Shield, but Thanos rejected Loki's attempt to provoke him into pursuing her.
• Rocket, Drax, and Gamora were held aboard Nebula's Dark Aster after she captured their ship near Contraxia.
• Nebula told Gamora she was helping Thanos find the Soul Stone so he would fight the little girl, while Gamora refused to reveal the Stone's location.
• Nebula left to welcome Thanos as his ship returned, leaving Gamora and the others imprisoned.

Kamar-Taj delivered basic sorcery books to Bear S.H.I.E.L.D. in exchange for Stephen Strange’s release and an agreement to establish a magic school on Luna. Annie confirmed the books were genuine, warned that the spells could involve dangerous borrowed power, and left before explaining further.

• Wong brought copied sorcery books to Bear S.H.I.E.L.D. and asked to take Stephen Strange home once the books were checked.
• Annie arrived through her own portal, and Stephen told Wong that she had defeated and resurrected their group after a disastrous battle.
• Annie inspected the books, confirmed they were genuine, and dismissed most of the spells as unimpressive.
• Nick Fury and Coulson confirmed Bear S.H.I.E.L.D.’s cooperation with Kamar-Taj and discussed building a magic school on Luna, but Annie refused to teach there.
• Annie warned that sorcerers who borrowed power could face serious trouble, then teleported away when the agents failed to understand her explanation.

Nick Fury learned that Thanos had captured the Guardians of the Galaxy, taken Gamora to find the Soul Stone, and was likely to come to Earth for the remaining Infinity Stones. He ordered Maria Hill to summon Earth’s leaders and organizations for an emergency meeting as Bear Shield prepared for war.

• Nick Fury watched a damaged spacecraft crash on the Moon and sent Marines to rescue its occupants.
• Rocket, Mantis, and the unconscious Quill returned to the base, while the medical staff took Quill for treatment.
• Rocket told Nick Fury and Maria Hill that Thanos had taken Gamora, Drax was missing, and the Guardians had escaped after Mantis hypnotized a guard.
• Rocket and Mantis warned Nick Fury that Thanos already had two Infinity Stones and intended to collect all six and destroy half of all life.
• Rocket described Thanos’s vast forces and fleet, including Sanctuary II, and Nick Fury ordered Maria Hill to call Earth’s leaders and organizations to an emergency meeting.

Nick Fury convened Earth’s leaders and heroes on the moon to warn them that Thanos was coming for the Infinity Stones and would threaten all life. The attendees chose to resist, while Thor questioned Annie’s absence and suspected she had a plan involving the Stones left on Sakaar.

• Earth’s leaders gathered at the Bear Shield Bureau’s lunar base, where Professor X and Magneto Erik discussed Thanos and their possible need to fight together.
• Nick Fury briefed the assembled attendees on Thanos, the Infinity Stones, and the danger facing Earth.
• A World Security Council member proposed surrendering the Stones, but Black Bolt warned that Thanos would still wipe out half of all life.
• Magneto Erik, Professor X, and General Ross argued that Earth should resist, and the attendees agreed to prepare for the invasion.
• Rocket Raccoon and Mantis doubted the Earthlings understood Thanos, while Thor suspected Annie had a scheme involving the Infinity Stones on Sakaar.
• Thor asked Coulson where Annie was, and Coulson avoided explaining that she had skipped the meeting to play.

As the Earth-Moon Summit ended, Thor prepared to leave for Nidavellir to forge a new hammer while Annie spent the day in a New York park. There, she reunited with Henry, refused to take back the lucky coin she had given him, and warned him to avoid big cities, prompting him to take his daughters to a remote farm.

• Nick Fury announced the creation of Earth's Defense Alliance, and Professor X asked him to restore the abilities of the nine X-Men and the Fantastic Four.
• Nick Fury said he could not make Annie restore their strength and promised Professor X places at a future lunar magic school instead.
• Thor and Rocket Raccoon requested a spacecraft to travel to Nidavellir so Thor could have a new hammer forged, and Nick Fury approved their departure.
• Annie fed the giant carp in a New York park and told Jenny and Emma that she wanted to eat one before their father, Henry, explained that the fish were contaminated.
• Henry recognized Annie as the girl who had given him a lucky coin and offered it back, but Annie refused and warned him that he might die if he stayed in a big city.
• Henry hurriedly took Jenny and Emma to his remote vineyard farm, where the girls looked forward to seeing the horses.

Sanctuary II arrived in the solar system, and Thanos learned that Earth’s defenses and heroes posed a serious threat, especially Annie Hastur, who possessed three Infinity Stones. He ordered the Black Order to secretly eliminate Earth’s powerful allies before he confronted Annie, while Nebula was left alone with her grief over Gamora.

• Sanctuary II entered orbit around the Sun, and Thanos considered how to take the three Infinity Stones on Earth without risking the stones or his forces.
• Supergiant, Ebony Maw, and Cull Obsidian discussed invading Earth, while Thanos asked Ebony Maw to report on its defenses and Annie Hastur.
• Ebony Maw described Earth’s powerful organizations and heroes and recounted Annie’s victories over Loki, Ronan the Accuser, Ego, and the Grandmaster.
• Thanos ordered the five members of the Black Order to lead elite troops in discreet attacks on Earth’s superheroes and other potential sources of Annie’s support.
• Nebula asked Thanos whether he needed her help, but he dismissed her, leaving her to dwell on Gamora’s sacrifice and the Soul Stone.

Charles Xavier confronted Supergiant in a psychic battle after she attacked the school, and they destroyed each other with a psychic bomb. Storm evacuated the students and returned to find Charles dying, leaving her with a warning that Thanos's forces had arrived to eliminate Earth's heroes.

• Charles told Ororo that Thanos might be stronger than Earth's heroes and had already reached the solar system.
• Supergiant pulled Charles and Ororo into a mental world, where Charles recognized her and sent Ororo back to evacuate the students.
• Charles and Supergiant fought to a stalemate in the mental world, each copying attacks from the other's memories.
• Ororo fought Chitauri soldiers, evacuated the students, and called Logan for help while Charles continued battling Supergiant.
• Charles detonated a psychic bomb that killed Supergiant and fatally wounded him.
• Charles warned Ororo that Thanos's men had come to eliminate Earth's heroes, then died in her arms.

Ebony Maw attacked Magneto Erik Lehnsherr and unleashed Chitauri soldiers on New York, while Annie watched without intervening. Erik crushed Maw beneath a fallen bridge, and as Tony Stark and the others began rescuing civilians, Annie sensed someone seeking her and teleported away to await Thanos.

• Ebony Maw arrived with hundreds of Chitauri soldiers, killed civilians with telekinetically hurled paving stones, and offered Magneto Erik a chance to submit to Thanos.
• Erik rejected Maw, fought him while Juggernaut Cain Marko attacked the Chitauri, and fled toward the river to draw Maw away from the civilians.
• Annie watched the battle with Tibbers and decided not to help either combatant, while Iron Man Tony Stark, Captain Rogers, Sharon Carter, and Spider-Man Peter Parker joined the fight against the Chitauri.
• Erik discovered Maw could not control objects of great mass and brought down a steel bridge on him, burying him amid collapsed buildings and civilian casualties.
• Tony Stark confronted Erik, then sent Iron Man Suits to fight the remaining Chitauri and rescue survivors as Erik left with Juggernaut.
• Annie sensed a hostile presence approaching, teleported away, and decided to wait for Thanos somewhere else.

Maria Hill prepared Steel Bear Base on the Moon to meet the Black Order’s assault, opening a controlled gap in its shields and using its troops and Siege Tanks to devastate the charging Outriders. As Cull Obsidian, Corvus Glaive, and Proxima Midnight pressed through the barrage, Hill sent the superheroes to intercept them.

• Coulson reported that Steel Bear Base had about 3,200 troops, limited vehicles, and several superheroes, while the Black Order’s army numbered roughly 20,000 Outriders.
• Dr. Banner spotted the enemy unloading rolling devices, and Maria Hill ordered the base to lower its shields in a thirty-degree arc at the main entrance.
• Coulson reported that Attilan was also under attack, so Maria Hill had no Inhuman reinforcements to call on.
• Cull Obsidian charged through the opening, and Corvus Glaive ordered the Outriders and Proxima Midnight to attack with him.
• Maria Hill’s Marines, Ghost Operatives, and Siege Tanks opened fire, inflicting heavy casualties on the Outriders, but Cull Obsidian, Corvus Glaive, and Proxima Midnight advanced through the barrage.
• Maria Hill asked Coulson to ready Thor and the other superheroes to intercept the three Black Order leaders.

Earth’s defenders struggled to hold the lunar base against the Black Order and the Outriders as Thor, Valkyrie, and Hulk joined the battle. The chapter ended with Hulk attacking Cull Obsidian while Thor faced Corvus Glaive and the other heroes confronted Proxima Midnight.

• Maria Hill ordered the Hellion tanks to unleash their plasma flamethrowers, but the burning Outriders kept charging, destroyed the tanks, and shattered the marines’ morale.
• Alphonso Mackenzie rallied the marines to keep firing and use their bayonets, while Thor entered the fight and cleared a swath of monsters with lightning.
• Thor rescued a marine from Corvus Glaive, sent the nearby soldiers away, and challenged the Black Order warrior to a duel.
• Bruce Banner transformed into Hulk, and Valkyrie joined Ms. Marvel and Black Widow in fighting Proxima Midnight.
• Coulson directed Hulk toward Cull Obsidian, who was overwhelming the marines; Hulk charged him and smashed him into the ground.