Chapter Summaries

Feeney faced Malekith after Malekith sacrificed his Life Force to transform, then used Kekkai Emperor’s Four Bullets to reverse the transformation and interrupt a second sacrifice. Malekith was left injured and unable to power up as Feeney continued attacking.

• Pietro checked on Feeney while the Avengers and Asgardians surrounded Malekith and the remaining Dark Elves.
• Malekith sacrificed his Life Force and transformed, resisting the Avengers’ ranged attacks as he charged at Feeney.
• Feeney summoned Kekkai Emperor and used Four Bullets to rewind Malekith to his previous state, then struck him with Explosion Magic.
• Malekith demanded to know what Feeney had done, but Feeney answered with more blasts, injuring him further.
• Malekith began sacrificing himself again, but Feeney hit him with another Four Bullets and interrupted the transformation.

Feeney ended the battle against Malekith and the Dark Elves, then rescued Billy and reunited him with the Avengers. The Aether remained a problem, but the immediate threat was over.

• Malekith gathered the remaining Dark Elves to complete the sacrifice, but the Avengers and Thor disrupted his plan until only five warriors remained beside him.
• Feeney used the Golden Great Deduction Technique to make a Dark Elf's grenade roll to Malekith, then detonated it and pulled Malekith into a miniature black hole.
• The remaining Dark Elves fought on and chose death rather than capture, bringing the battle to an end.
• Feeney opened a portal and pulled Billy out of the transport passage, then used his ability to stop Billy screaming.
• Feeney gave Billy a Sumire's Fried Chicken Roll, and Billy calmed down before meeting Black Widow and the other Avengers.
• Feeney introduced Billy as his best friend, reassuring Billy that their friendship had not changed.

Feeney inspected the crashed Dark Elf spaceship and discovered that some Dark Elves had escaped, then contacted Hank Pym about shrinking the enormous vessel. The chapter ended with Feeney arriving at Hank Pym’s house and asking what he needed to do to take the spaceship away.

• Feeney sent Billy home through a portal before joining the others to inspect the Dark Elf spaceship.
• Tony cut an entrance into the ship, and Feeney found no living Dark Elves aboard.
• Tony checked the ship’s records and confirmed that surviving Dark Elves had escaped in a small, invisible ship.
• Feeney worried that the enormous spaceship would fall into S.H.I.E.L.D.’s hands, so he called Hank Pym about shrinking it.
• Feeney opened a portal to Hank Pym’s house and asked how they could shrink and take away the spaceship immediately.

Feeney obtained Hank Pym’s shrinking devices and used them to restore and store the damaged spaceship. At the Avengers Base, he explained the Dark Elves’ attack and revealed that the Aether was inside his body.

• Hank Pym gave Feeney devices powered by Pym Particles after Feeney agreed not to let S.H.I.E.L.D. or Stark study the technology and promised to help rescue Hank’s wife if possible.
• Feeney returned to the battlefield, used Four Bullets to repair the spaceship, shrank it with Hank’s devices, and stored it with his Storage Technique.
• The Avengers and Asgardians watched Feeney take the spaceship, and Tony asked how he had shrunk it.
• Feeney went with the others to the Avengers Base, where he explained that he had been trying to stop the Dark Elves from reclaiming their weapon.
• Feeney summoned the Aether in his palm and told Captain America that it was inside his body.

Feeney negotiated with Nick Fury over access to the captured spaceship while promising to seek a way to remove the Aether within six months. After Sif and Fandral returned to Asgard, Thor stayed on Earth because Jane had told him she wanted to break up, and he asked Feeney for help.

• Thor explained that the Aether parasitized Feeney's body and absorbed his life force, while Sif and the others promised to help him remove it.
• Feeney refused Nick Fury's request to study the spaceship immediately, then agreed to let S.H.I.E.L.D. examine it after he had tried other ways to remove the Aether, within six months at the latest.
• Feeney, the Avengers, and the Asgardians shared a meal and discussed the escaped Dark Elves before preparing to leave.
• Thor told Sif and Fandral he would stay on Earth to check on Feeney, and Sif and Fandral returned to Asgard through the Bifrost.
• Thor told Feeney that Jane wanted to break up and asked him for help, then stepped through Feeney's portal.

Feeney returned home with Thor, who asked him to investigate why Jane wanted to break up with him, and Feeney went to sleep after letting Thor stay. Meanwhile, news of Feeney fighting the Dark Elves without his armor sparked worldwide curiosity about his identity, and Nick Fury tried to redirect public attention toward the Avengers.

• Thor followed Feeney through a Door Home and asked him to find out why Jane wanted to break up with him, but Feeney refused and let Thor stay at his home.
• Feeney gave Thor money and a key, warned him to keep his stay secret, and went upstairs to rest.
• News outlets and the public discussed Feeney's appearance and identity after photographs showed him fighting the Dark Elves without his armor, causing the bounty on his identity to rise.
• At Kamar-Taj, Jonathan wondered whether Feeney could become the next Sorcerer Supreme, and Mordo said only the Ancient One could decide.
• Nick Fury told Hill to release footage that emphasized the Avengers and steer public discussion away from Feeney, but Feeney remained the main topic.

Jane returned from Asgard heartbroken after refusing Odin’s condition for remaining with Thor, while Feeney struggled with the worldwide attention on the Divine Punishment Knight. Nick Fury suggested Feeney hold a press conference to guide the public discussion.

• Jane returned home and told Daisy, Ian, and Eric that Odin had forbidden her and Thor from marrying, so she had chosen to break up with Thor rather than accept his terms.
• Daisy comforted Jane as she drank herself to sleep, then helped Ian and Eric clean up.
• Feeney woke the next day, found Thor gone, and saw that the internet was filled with speculation about his identity.
• Feeney called Nick Fury to ask him to stop the investigation, but Nick Fury said S.H.I.E.L.D. could not suppress public discussion.
• Nick Fury suggested Feeney hold a press conference like Stark had, and Feeney reacted with surprise.

Feeney asked Wanda to help him check on Billy after worrying that the Dark Elves’ kidnapping had affected him psychologically. He brought Wanda near Billy’s home, but still could not bring himself to explain exactly what he wanted to find out.

• Feeney considered Nick Fury’s suggestion to steer public attention away from his identity but decided to think it over.
• Thor returned with drinks and snacks, said he had not reconciled with Jane, and learned that Feeney planned to visit his teacher at Kamar-Taj.
• Feeney called Wanda and asked her to meet him alone, while Pietro suspected they were going on a date and Wanda briefly lifted him into the air with her powers.
• Feeney complimented Wanda when she arrived, then opened a portal with her to Queens near Billy’s home.
• Feeney told Wanda to check whether the kidnapping had traumatized Billy and asked what she thought of him.

Feeney took Wanda to check Billy’s mental state, then discussed his growing public profile and the possibility of revealing his identity. After Wanda offered a suggestion, Feeney went to Kamar-Taj, where curious Sorcerers questioned him about the Dark Elves incident.

• Feeney brought Wanda to Billy’s home, where she examined his mind and found nothing wrong.
• Wanda told Feeney that Billy still considered him his best friend and had fallen for a girl at school.
• Feeney asked Wanda for advice about a press conference and the risk of his identity being exposed, and she suggested an approach.
• Feeney took Wanda home, then traveled through a portal to Kamar-Taj.
• Kamar-Taj’s Sorcerers crowded around Feeney to ask why he had not worn his armor during the previous day’s incident.

After the Celestial Convergence began to subside, Feeney reunited with his family and showed Skye the shrunken Dark Elf spaceship. When Skye revealed that wealthy women had placed a huge bounty on his identity, Feeney decided to hold a press conference to stop people from investigating him.

• Feeney learned that The Ancient One was protecting the Three Sanctums and decided not to seek her out as the Celestial Convergence neared its end.
• Feeney found his parents studying Kamar-Taj books and Skye reading news about him, then showed Skye the miniature Dark Elf Spaceship.
• Feeney told Skye that Tony Stark might learn to pilot the ship, though Tony's own spaceship was already being built.
• Skye warned Feeney that people were investigating his identity and that wealthy female business owners had offered an enormous bounty for it.
• Skye showed Feeney photos of the women behind the bounty, and Feeney decided to hold a press conference to discourage further investigation.

Feeney sought The Ancient One’s help with the Aether, but its violent reaction prevented her from removing it. He decided to handle his identity problem first and then search for another solution before the Aether overwhelmed him.

• Feeney learned that no Dimensional Demon Gods had attacked Earth during Celestial Convergence.
• Feeney told The Ancient One that the Aether was consuming his Life Force and could overwhelm him within a week.
• When The Ancient One examined him, the Aether erupted and blasted her away, so Feeney used Time Rewind to stabilize himself.
• The Ancient One tried to remove the Aether twice more but failed, explaining that it resisted her power.
• The Ancient One suggested Feeney seek help from Asgard or advanced civilizations, but Feeney feared Asgard would claim the Aether.
• Feeney decided to resolve his identity problem before focusing on finding a way to remove the Aether.

Feeney prepared for a press conference intended to redirect attention from his identity, while Nick Fury dealt with the uproar it caused. Feeney then decided to help Thor by taking him to see Ms. Foster.

• News of Feeney's press conference drew thousands of dangerous visitors to New York, and Nick Fury defended the decision to his superiors.
• Nick Fury privately worried that Feeney's power, as well as his mystery, drove people's fascination with him.
• Tony asked Feeney if he planned to reveal his identity, and Feeney explained that he only wanted to discourage further investigation for a while.
• Thor broke Feeney's table while watching a tragic romance and promised to pay for it.
• Feeney offered to take Thor to see Ms. Foster, and Thor eagerly accepted.

Finney met Jane to learn why she planned to break up with Thor and tried to persuade her to wait until Odin died. Jane rejected the idea, revealing that their vastly different lifespans were the deeper obstacle to their relationship.

• Finney called Jane and arranged to meet her, while Thor chose to hide nearby until Finney learned why she wanted to break up.
• Finney met Jane and Daisy, then asked Jane directly whether she planned to end her relationship with Thor.
• Daisy explained that Odin had said Jane could be with Thor but could not marry him, and Jane confirmed she did not want a relationship without a future.
• Finney suggested Jane wait for Odin to die so she could marry Thor, but Jane refused to put her life on hold.
• Jane told Finney that she was an ordinary human whose short lifespan meant Thor could remain young long after she grew old.

Feeney helped Thor and Jane reconcile temporarily despite the obstacles to their relationship, then learned that enormous crowds were gathering for his press conference. The chapter left Feeney stunned by Nick Fury’s estimate that one-seventh of the world’s population wanted to attend.

• Feeney revealed that Thor had been searching for a way to extend Jane’s lifespan, and Thor reunited with Jane in disguise.
• Feeney explained that Jane had ended the relationship because Thor’s father opposed marriage and their lifespans differed, but Jane agreed to give Thor time to solve their problems.
• Thor announced that he would stay with Feeney to monitor the Aether, and Jane and Thor resumed their relationship for the time being.
• Feeney told Daisy that he planned to use a press conference to control how his identity as the Divine Punishment Knight was revealed.
• Nick Fury told Feeney that one-seventh of the world’s population wanted to attend the press conference, leaving Feeney shocked.

Feeney attended a press conference to clarify that he was a sorcerer, not a knight or god, and to ask the public to respect his privacy. After he finished his prepared speech, Nick Fury ordered the conference to be wrapped up.

• Nick Fury asked Feeney about Thor staying on Earth and how he planned to remove the Aether, and Feeney said he might seek help in space.
• Feeney conjured Possessed by Evil Spirit armor and stepped through a portal to the press conference.
• Feeney used the Golden Great Deduction Technique to silence the crowd and announced that he was a sorcerer who would protect Earth when it was in danger.
• Feeney asked people to stop calling him a knight and to leave his identity and quiet life alone.
• Feeney released the spell, and Nick Fury ordered someone to ask a few questions before ending the press conference.

Feeney answered questions at a S.H.I.E.L.D.-organized press conference, introducing himself as the Explosion User and explaining why he had not joined the Avengers. After several prepared questions, an unexpected incident disrupted the event.

• Maria Hill quieted the crowd by firing at a reporter’s camera, then announced that she would select reporters to ask questions.
• A reporter asked Feeney about his identity, aliens, and the Avengers, and Feeney said he was human, called his power Explosion Magic, and preferred a quiet life.
• Feeney denied having a romance with Natasha Romanoff and said he had no particular requirements for a partner.
• Feeney answered seven or eight more prepared questions before a small unexpected incident occurred.

A cameraman tried to assassinate Feeney during his press conference, but Hill shot him after Feeney immobilized him with the Golden Great Deduction Technique. Feeney ended the conference with a warning meant to deter people from investigating his identity, then collapsed in Nick Fury’s office and blamed the Aether’s drain on his Life Force.

• A cameraman drew a pistol at Feeney, but Feeney used the Golden Great Deduction Technique to freeze him while Hill shot him dead.
• Hill had S.H.I.E.L.D. agents take the reporter and the killer away, then moved the remaining questions to a safer distance from the stage.
• Feeney answered several more questions and warned people not to uncover his identity before opening a portal and leaving the press conference.
• Feeney staggered into Nick Fury’s office and told him the Aether was draining his Life Force.
• Nick Fury grew concerned and asked Feeney what was happening to him.

Feeney reassured Nick Fury that the Aether was not an immediate threat, then went home to recover from the Golden Great Deduction Technique's side effects. Meanwhile, Thanos learned that the Aether was inside Feeney and ordered Ebony Maw to conceal information about the Infinity Stones while delaying any move against Earth.

• Feeney told Nick Fury that the Aether clung to his body but would not kill him soon, and asked him to monitor people investigating his identity.
• Feeney returned home, where Thor watched the press conference and asked why Feeney hid his identity; Feeney told Thor to disguise himself when going out.
• Thanos questioned the captured Dark Elves and confirmed that the Aether was inside Finney Hails, while Ebony Maw killed the prisoners.
• Thanos told Ebony Maw that four Infinity Stones might be on Earth, with three possibly held by Finney Hails.
• Thanos refused Ebony Maw's request to go to Earth because the Sorcerer Supreme and Asgard might intervene, and ordered him to strengthen the information blockade and locate the other two Stones.

Feeney sought Earth-based ways to remove the dangerous Aether inside him, consulting Tony Stark and Zhao Hailun before planning to visit Wakanda. Tony began studying a Dark Elf gem, while Zhao Hailun set out to find a solution after learning Feeney might not withstand the Aether’s growing energy much longer.

• Feeney checked the online reaction to the reception, then decided to search Earth for a way to remove the Aether before turning to Asgard or other civilizations.
• Tony Stark suggested Feeney consult Bruce Banner, and Feeney agreed to visit him soon.
• Feeney gave Tony a Dark Elf gem made with material similar to the Aether, and Tony asked Jarvis to begin studying it.
• Zhao Hailun examined Feeney and warned that the energy inside him was building up and might soon overwhelm him.
• Feeney told Zhao Hailun he could seek help on other planets if necessary, but she grew determined to find a solution herself.
• Feeney went to Wakanda as his next target for help.

Feeney asked T'Chaka and Shuri for help removing the Dark Elf weapon inside him, which was draining his Life Force. Shuri examined him in Wakanda's lab and found his condition was severe, leaving his survival in doubt.

• Feeney told T'Chaka that an alien weapon inside his body was absorbing his Life Force, and Shuri offered to investigate it.
• Shuri led Feeney to her lab, where they discussed the Infinity Stones and the sacrifice required to obtain the Soul Stone.
• Shuri examined Feeney and found that the weapon was draining his Life Force so quickly that he might die soon.