Chapter Summaries

Emma Howlett and Professor Charles attacked Jean Grey’s Dark Phoenix personality in the Spirit Candle Mind Realm while James fought her possessed body in the throne room. As both battles continued, Dark Phoenix revealed that she and Jean wanted to become the Black Queen.

• Jean Grey complained to Emma Howlett that Professor Charles was bullying her, and Emma mocked Dark Phoenix’s appearance before the fight began.
• Emma attacked Dark Phoenix with psychic diamond swords while Professor Charles transformed the Spirit Candle Mind Realm into an execution ground and bound her with chains.
• Jean’s body broke free of the Mystic Arts chains, unleashed black-red Phoenix flames, and fought James with telekinetic blasts and shockwaves.
• James battered Dark Phoenix with his claws and energy arms as soldiers outside the sealed throne room heard the battle and recognized Jean as a formidable fighter.
• Dark Phoenix broke free of Professor Charles’s restraints, transformed into a giant black phoenix, and told Emma that they wanted to become the Black Queen.

Emma and Professor Charles entered Jean’s mind to awaken her and stop the Phoenix, while James fought the awakened force in Wolf Nest. Jean finally opened her eyes and joined Emma against the Phoenix, but Professor Charles warned that the danger was not over.

• Emma and Professor Charles concluded that Jean’s will was resisting the unknown power and that the Dark Phoenix could become too strong to contain if the two forces merged.
• Emma turned to diamond and had Professor Charles send her into Jean’s mind, where she found Jean asleep beneath a golden Phoenix and tried to wake her.
• The Phoenix opened its eyes, destroyed Emma’s diamond form, and attacked James, burning away his flesh before he regenerated.
• James corrupted the hall’s Vibranium with Hellfire, forged it into armor, and fought the Phoenix while worrying about Emma and Professor Charles.
• Emma and Professor Charles battled the Phoenix in Jean’s mind and repeatedly called out to Jean until she opened her eyes.
• Jean stepped out from the Phoenix’s wings and joined Emma, while Professor Charles warned that the danger was not over.

James defeated the Dark Phoenix and learned that Jean would have to change her personality to control her power, while the Skrull Emperor Kl'rt prepared to seize Earth before the Kree arrived. The chapter ended with Kl'rt calling for a Secret War.

• James carried the unconscious Jean from the ruined palace and told Laura that she would live.
• Charles explained that Jean would need to unite her divided will to control the Dark Phoenix, and James accepted that she might change while remaining herself.
• James and Charles discussed the Kree threat and the possibility that Skrulls were hiding on Earth.
• Mutas and Tessa presented the Skrull Emperor Kl'rt with intelligence about Earth’s superhumans and admitted they had failed to collect James’s pheromones.
• Kl'rt declared that the Skrulls had come for the Child of the Universe and urged them to launch a Secret War before the Kree arrived.

James Howlett and Emma questioned Kree prisoners in the Wolf Tower, seeking the coordinates of Hala. Mar-Vell revealed that the Supreme Intelligence prevented Kree from disclosing the homeworld’s location, but told James the pureblood Accuser Corps might have weaker mental restrictions.

• Bucky welcomed James and Emma to the Wolf Tower and explained how its defenses blocked spatial travel.
• Emma removed the Kree prisoners’ power-inhibiting collars, then killed Atlas and Bron-Char while the third Kree proved unable to reveal Hala’s coordinates.
• James questioned Mar-Vell, who explained the Supreme Intelligence’s restrictions and described the Kree Empire’s history and place in the wider universe.
• Mar-Vell suggested that the pureblood Accuser Corps might be able to reveal Hala’s location, and James left after telling her Howard Stark wanted to visit.
• Mar-Vell tried and failed to kill herself because Professor X’s suggestions prevented her from doing so.

James Howlett and Emma discussed the coming war with the Kree while Jean Grey demonstrated her Phoenix power in a sparring match with Laura. At a Howlett Group research base, Reed Richards demanded access to research on the Cosmic Storm crew, but Viper refused to let them leave.

• James Howlett agreed with Emma that they should take the initiative against the Kree after years of preparation.
• Jean Grey overwhelmed Laura in their sparring match, then helped her recover and formed a light-armor suit around her.
• Laura told Jean that only Jean's first attack had been serious, and Jean asked Laura what kind of man would be worthy of her.
• Reed Richards demanded access to the Cosmic Storm research and freedom for himself and the others to leave the base.
• Viper refused Reed's demands, calling the four crew members important research assets and potential superhumans who needed to be restrained.

Reed Richards and the other astronauts faced the Howlett Group’s control after the Cosmic Storm, while Susan comforted Reed over their past. On Hala, Yon-Rogg trained Vers for her coming battle with the Wolf Emperor, James Howlett.

• Ophelia Sarkissian told Reed that the Howlett Group’s authority superseded ordinary laws and that he was under house arrest.
• Ophelia teased Johnny Storm about his stamina, leaving him humiliated, while Ben Grimm fell ill and retreated to his room.
• Reed apologized to Susan for neglecting her, and Susan reassured him that the Group’s research could help them return to normal life.
• Yon-Rogg warned Vers not to rely on her Marvel power and trained her in hand-to-hand combat.
• Yon-Rogg pressed Vers to name her enemy, and she unleashed her power and vowed to kill James Howlett.

James Howlett visited the Ancient One at Kamar-Taj with Wanda and Pietro, then asked her about the Phoenix Force. After explaining its multiversal origins and Jean Grey’s role as its host, the Ancient One warned James that Jean could not be stabilized forever and urged him to help seal and banish her.

• Howard Stark argued with Tony, then remembered Jarvis and realized his son was still grieving.
• James Howlett brought Pietro to the New York Sanctum and then took him to Kamar-Taj, where Wanda was apprenticed to the Ancient One.
• James asked the Ancient One about the Phoenix Force, and she revealed that it was the divided remnant of the primordial Child of the Universe.
• The Ancient One explained that Phoenix fragments existed across countless universes and that Jean Grey was the Phoenix’s chosen host.
• The Ancient One warned James that Jean’s condition was only temporarily stable and advised him to join her in sealing and banishing Jean.

James refused The Ancient One’s suggestion to seal Jean Grey away, while Wanda and Pietro found Kaecilius stealing the Book of Cagliostro in the Sanctum library. Pietro and Wanda fought Kaecilius, and the chapter ended with him screaming after his legs were stripped to bone.

• James told The Ancient One he would not seal Jean Grey away, even if the Phoenix threatened his family.
• Wanda repaired a broken Mystic Arts lock, and Pietro used it to bind Kaecilius as he took the Book of Cagliostro.
• Kaecilius broke free, raised a shield against Wanda, and tried to escape through a portal, but Pietro took his Sling Ring.
• Wanda confronted Kaecilius with crimson Mystic Arts shields and drove him through the wrecked library hall.
• Pietro pulled a crimson shield from the wall, and Kaecilius collapsed as the flesh vanished from his legs.

At Kamar-Taj, the Ancient One banished Kaecilius after he stole the Book of Cagliostro, while the Skrull Emperor Kl'rt prepared a secret plan to seize human leaders amid the coming conflict between the Howlett Family and the Kree. The chapter ended with Steve Rogers joining Howard Stark on his trip to Wolf Tower prison.

• Wanda Lehnsherr caught Kaecilius stealing the Book of Cagliostro, and Pietro accidentally cut off his legs while trying to help her.
• Kaecilius blamed the Ancient One and the Vishanti for failing to save his wife, and the Ancient One banished him from Kamar-Taj.
• Tessa learned that the Skrull royals used transformation pods to copy powerful abilities and that copying memories required an original specimen or physical contact.
• Kl'rt ordered the Skrulls to infiltrate human leadership and wait until the Howlett Family and the Kree were weakened before striking.
• Howard Stark traveled toward Wolf Tower to visit Dr. Wendy Lawson, and Steve Rogers joined him.

After a Cosmic Storm experiment transformed the Fantastic Four, Ben Grimm escaped the Howlett Group facility and headed for New York, furious and afraid his fiancée would reject him. Reed pursued him, while Susan and Johnny flew after them to prevent the Order from treating them as threats.

• Howard Stark met Steve Rogers, who accompanied him aboard a shuttle to visit Wolf Tower.
• Ben Grimm broke through the research facility’s isolation wall, and Reed Richards tried to calm him while Susan and Johnny arrived.
• Ophelia warned Ben that leaving could get him arrested, but he rejected her advances and declared he would find out whether Debbie could accept him.
• When security attacked, Ben fought his way through the facility and escaped toward New York, with Reed running after him.
• Susan convinced Johnny to help pursue Ben and Reed, and Johnny discovered he could fly as the Human Torch, carrying Susan’s energy sphere toward the city.

Ben Grimm fled the research facility, and Reed Richards tried to restrain him before the Order Whip intervened with force. Their pursuit reached Grand Army Plaza, where the Skrull emperor Kl'rt and his disguised companions watched as Susan and Johnny joined the fight.

• Ophelia Sarkissian ordered her assistant to seek an audience with Wolf Nest, then left the base while security personnel pursued the escaped scientists.
• Reed caught up with Ben in Brooklyn and bound him, but Order Executor Lazaro weakened Reed and the Order team attacked Ben with energy weapons.
• Ben resisted the Order team, and Reed brought down two shuttles while helping Ben escape toward Grand Army Plaza.
• Kl'rt and other disguised Skrulls watched the fight after discussing humanity's evolutionary potential at the Flight 826 memorial.
• Johnny and Susan joined Reed and Ben at the plaza, where Susan blocked a shuttle blast and Reed punched through its canopy as the Skrulls continued watching.

Kl'rt and his Skrull forces disguised themselves as Magneto and Storm and attacked Brooklyn, where the Fantastic Four fought back. James Howlett arrived and recognized the impostor as a Super-Skrull, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Kl'rt ordered Koralder, disguised as Magneto, to capture the Fantastic Four and devastate the area while framing the Kree.
• Koralder trapped Reed, Ben, Susan, and Johnny in steel, but they escaped as Safali, disguised as Storm, unleashed a destructive storm across Brooklyn.
• James comforted Wanda at the Sanctum, then left for Brooklyn after the sorcerers reported a strange disaster there.
• James used his enhanced sight to see through the fog and recognized the figures as Erik and a young Miss Munroe.
• Colossus attacked Ben while Magneto restrained Reed and Susan lay unconscious, until James confronted the apparent Magneto and called him a Super-Skrull.

James Howlett fought the Skrulls disguised as his allies after they ambushed him in Brooklyn, and he exposed their leader Kl'rt’s inability to match the strength of the people he copied. As the battle drew witnesses and rumors of Howlett Family infighting spread, Red Devil searched the ruins for a piece of Kl'rt’s regenerating body near Reed Richards’s sealed steel sphere.

• Johnny Storm fell after Storm and Havok overwhelmed him, while James landed among the ruins and recognized the gathered Skrulls disguised as familiar allies.
• Magneto ordered the attack, and James fought through the assembled heroes, injuring Psylocke, defeating the Summers brothers, and burying Colossus in the ground.
• Kl'rt revealed himself as the Skrull king and copied James, but James tore into him and used his six-armed form to rip off Kl'rt’s arms and head.
• Koralder and the remaining Skrulls attacked James with metal and lightning as observers watched and rumors spread that the Howlett Family had turned on itself.
• Red Devil searched the ruins and found Kl'rt’s regenerating body crawling toward the steel sphere containing Reed Richards.

Kl'rt copied the powers of the Fantastic Four and fought James Howlett, but James revealed his Hellfire and overwhelming resilience. James defeated the Skrull emperor and left him battered as he complained about his ruined clothes.

• Red Devil retrieved Kl'rt's severed arms and teleported the unconscious Fantastic Four to him, while Kl'rt copied their physical forms and powers.
• James killed Paibok and subdued the Skrull who had taken Magneto's form as Kl'rt confronted him with the combined abilities of the Fantastic Four.
• Kl'rt trapped James in a supernova of flames, but James survived as a skeletal figure crowned with bone spikes and burning Hellfire.
• James killed the Skrull disguised as Red Devil, chased down the invisible Kl'rt, and smashed him into the ground.
• James repeatedly punched Kl'rt with Hellfire-infused blows until the emperor was badly injured, then complained that his clothes had been ruined.

Peggy Rogers and Charles Xavier secured the Skrulls after their attack on Brooklyn, while James Howlett retrieved Pietro and brought him home. At Wolf Nest, Ophelia Sarkissian was led before the Howlett Family’s inner circle as Reed Richards and his companions were confined.

• Peggy Rogers took command of the response in Brooklyn and ordered suspected shapeshifters captured or killed if they resisted.
• Nick Fury identified Reed Richards, Susan Storm, Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm, and Peggy ordered them placed under Level One confinement.
• Charles Xavier identified the attackers as Skrulls and explained that he and James Howlett had learned of them from Kree prisoners.
• James Howlett returned with the wounded Skrull King, warned that the restraints might not hold the Skrulls, and told Peggy and Raven to take them to Wolf Nest.
• James found Pietro at the Sanctum Sanctorum, then brought him home as Pietro described helping people and meeting a blind, unusually fast man.
• Ophelia Sarkissian entered Wolf Nest and was brought before the Howlett Family’s inner circle, where Reed Richards and his companions were sealed in metal coffins.

James Howlett sentenced Reed Richards and Ben Grimm for their role in the New York Incident, while Susan Storm and Johnny Storm were ordered to attend the Superhuman Academy. Jean Grey exposed and punished Ophelia Sarkissian for trying to get close to James, and Peggy Rogers arrived at the Stark mansion with Order soldiers to arrest Howard Stark.

• James ordered Laura to lead a team against the Skrull Royal Starship and assigned Peggy Rogers and Charles to capture Skrulls across the country.
• James sent Susan and Johnny to the Superhuman Academy and Reed Richards and Ben Grimm to Wolf Tower under the Superhuman Order Code.
• James offered Ophelia Sarkissian a place to continue her research at the base Science Division.
• Jean Grey confronted Ophelia over her pheromone-based scheme, burned her, and warned her to focus on her work.
• Peggy Rogers led Order soldiers into Howard Stark's mansion, where Tony and Maria saw them confront Howard.

After the Skrull invasion devastated Brooklyn, humanity learned of the alien threat, while Bruce Banner considered his career options. When Charles Xavier revealed that the Skrull royals’ memories held the Kree Empire’s homeworld coordinates, James Howlett summoned his forces to muster.

• Peggy Rogers exposed an impostor posing as Howard Stark, and Tony Stark asked where his father was.
• The United States revealed the Kree invasion to the public while concealing the Skrulls’ role in the Brooklyn catastrophe, and governments moved to strengthen their superhuman forces.
• Bruce Banner and Betty considered job offers, and Banner chose Stark Industries’ Project Ark before Betty suggested he join the military research division run by her father, General Ross.
• Charles Xavier told James Howlett that the Skrull royal family’s memories revealed the Kree Empire’s homeworld coordinates.
• James Howlett lifted the Tesseract and called for a muster as hundreds or thousands of warriors stood ready in Wolf Nest.

Yon-Rogg negotiated with Ronan to bring Vers-Vell and his team aboard the Dark Aster for the coming war. At the Wolf Nest, MacLain equipped the legionnaires, armored Warren’s wings with Adamantium, and watched the Sirius I launch as an extraterrestrial alert signaled the enemy’s arrival.

• Yon-Rogg halted the Starforce ships outside the Dark Aster and went alone to meet Ronan, while Vers-Vell and Minerva discussed the Accuser Corps’ pure-blood beliefs.
• Ronan challenged Yon-Rogg’s authority and insulted Vers, but Yon-Rogg defended her and warned that they needed her strength against Earth’s strongest fighter.
• Ronan agreed to let Yon-Rogg’s team aboard the Dark Aster and prepared to head for the battlefield.
• Dr. Myron MacLain distributed advanced weapons to Gambit, Colossus, Remus Pitt, and other Winter Wolf warriors, then coated Warren’s wings with Adamantium.
• The Sirius I rose from the Wolf Nest with James and the Howlett Family aboard, and an extraterrestrial warning prompted the Wolf Emperor to announce that the enemy had arrived.

James Howlett led the Sirius Legion into battle against the Kree fleet, whose first barrage was stopped by Earth’s Tesseract-powered defenses. With Magneto and Professor X unable to control the Kree ships, Azazel activated the Sirius Ship’s spatial weapon, and both the Dark Aster and the Sirius Ship vanished.

• Steve and Bucky joined the Sirius Ship as it rose into orbit, where James and the Howlett Family prepared to face the arriving Kree fleet.
• Ronan ordered the Dark Aster and the Kree ships to fire on Earth, but the Sirius Ship and orbital fortresses blocked their barrage with Tesseract-powered shields.
• James addressed the Sirius Legion and vowed that their battle would begin humanity’s expansion into the stars.
• Magneto and Professor X failed to control the Kree fleet, whose defenses thwarted their powers.
• Azazel used the Tesseract-powered weapon aboard the Sirius Ship to open spatial rifts and send the Dark Aster and the Sirius Ship away, leaving only a few Kree fighters in orbit.

Humanity watched the Kree invasion falter when James Howlett’s forces used the Tesseract to transport the enemy fleet to the Metal Dimension. There, Magneto turned the metal world against the Kree as the Sirius Legion prepared to attack.

• People around the world watched a human warship engulf most of the Kree fleet in blue light, while Elon Musk left Stanford and said he was dropping out.
• Ronan’s fleet discovered it had been transported to an unfamiliar planet, and Ronan ordered the ships to prepare their planet-killer cannons.
• James helped the exhausted Azazel over to Raven as meteorites fell across the Metal Dimension.
• Erik Lehnsherr used the Magnetic Amplification Tower to split the ground and summon enormous metal serpents that pierced Kree ships and dragged the Dark Aster down.
• James ordered the Sirius Legion to kill, and its warriors leaped from the Sirius Ship as James descended with the White Queen.