Chapter Summaries

Salomon and Victor von Doom discussed humanity’s freedom from the force driving the universe toward heat death, then turned to Latveria’s efforts to reunite the former Yugoslav peoples under Unified Truth. Latveria used economic aid and integration to secure compliance while threatening rebels with devastating force, preparing the country for expansion beyond Earth.

• Salomon argued that humanity must escape the consciousness controlling the universe rather than create another god, while Victor von Doom warned that Salomon might have to bear an endless vigil.
• The Emperor and Regent treated their negotiation as a minor compromise to improve living standards and build markets for Latverian manufacturing.
• Latveria offered rebels surrender terms and civilian evacuations, but reserved the Hellfire Knights and weapons of mass destruction for groups that continued fighting or threatened to spread rebellion.
• The Executive Yuan rewarded compliant regions with relief supplies and tax breaks while promoting ethnic integration, advanced manufacturing, and Unified Truth.
• The government expected a spaceport and the destruction of religious institutions to strengthen Latveria before drawing the remaining Yugoslav nations into its fold.

Salomon reviewed intelligence about biological threats and foreign influence in Latveria, then prepared to travel to Germany in concealed armor. He left the response to the purges and the search for Vision underway as he rested before departure.

• Hammurabi gave Salomon intelligence showing that Latveria had found three viruses among travelers and trade goods, prompting rapid eradication and investigations into pharmaceutical companies.
• Hammurabi proposed spreading viruses in retaliation, while Salomon reviewed arrest reports and continued the purge of media and foreign interests.
• Victor von Doom said he had sent assassins after foreign shareholders, while the Malik family prepared financial and public-opinion operations against their targets.
• Hammurabi questioned Salomon's choice of black armor and a Skull Mask, but Salomon said he would use it to conceal his identity and rely on his Constant Magic for protection.
• Salomon learned that Tony Stark was searching for Vision and ordered the group to depart for Germany once his armor arrived, then rested.

Salomon explained to Hammurabi why he intended to destroy the market-driven superhero program and the organizations enforcing the Sokovia Accords. After Tony Stark landed in Germany, Salomon departed aboard a Heavy Assault Transport to join the conflict, while Hammurabi stayed behind in orbit.

• Hammurabi discovered that Salomon's first black armor had been modeled after Darth Vader and persuaded him to abandon the design because it would make him look ridiculous.
• Salomon told Hammurabi that the U.S. military planned to turn superheroes into profitable political symbols and use them to justify interventions against other nations.
• Salomon declared that he would eliminate the so-called superheroes and prevent financial conglomerates from enforcing the Sokovia Accords.
• Hammurabi praised Salomon's actions as serving the public, and Salomon insisted that he still wanted Darth Vader armor with a breathing sound module.
• Hammurabi reported that Tony Stark had landed in Germany, and Salomon's Heavy Assault Transport took off toward the conflict.

T'Challa grew increasingly frustrated with Germany's refusal to hand over the Winter Soldier, while Natasha Romanoff and Clint offered him information and urged him to seek Tony Stark's help. Tony arrived in Berlin with Secretary of State Ross and refused Ross's demand that he confront Steve Rogers.

• T'Challa visited the German Foreign Office repeatedly, but officials said James Buchanan could not be interrogated or handed over to Wakanda because he was dangerous and would face an international trial.
• T'Challa rejected his Royal Guard's suggestion to take the Winter Soldier by force, citing his father's wish for Wakanda to seek peace and join the world stage.
• Natasha Romanoff and Clint met T'Challa and warned that the American government must not get control of the Winter Soldier; Natasha suggested he speak with Tony Stark and showed him information about the criminal psychologist.
• T'Challa insisted Wakanda was technologically advanced and said he would solve the problem himself before Clint dropped him at his hotel.
• Tony Stark arrived in Berlin with Secretary of State Ross, who asked him to persuade Steve Rogers to sign the accords and warned that Steve might obstruct their operation.
• Tony Stark angrily told Ross that he would never lay a hand on Steve Rogers.

Tony Stark realized Ross was prepared to force the Sokovia Accords and secretly made preparations to protect Steve Rogers and the Avengers. Meanwhile, Zemo continued his undercover mission and promised a woman he would reunite with her after it was over.

• Ross told Tony that the German Foreign Office had arrived and warned him that S.H.I.E.L.D.'s superhuman prison, The Raft, was now under their control.
• Tony noticed the All-Seeing Eye on Ross's tie pin, feared the symbol's significance, and secretly sent a message as his convoy left the airport.
• Tony learned Colonel Rhodes was aboard a Ministry of Defence plane with restricted areas, numerous medical staff, and enough sedatives to knock out an elephant.
• Victoria Hand ordered the activation of Red Route 3-110 and contacted operative Heinrich Zemo about his Crimson-level mission, code-named Credit.
• Zemo spoke with a woman during a limited call, promised to reunite with her after his mission, and then cautiously answered a knock at his hotel room door.

Tony Stark tried to persuade Steve Rogers to sign the Sokovia Accords while Secretary of State Ross pressured the Avengers and threatened prosecution. Steve refused, leaving the dispute unresolved despite Tony's promise that Bucky Barnes would be sent to treatment rather than prison.

• Secretary of State Ross brought Tony Stark to meet Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson, Sharon Carter, and Natasha Romanoff under heavy military guard.
• Natasha Romanoff warned Steve Rogers that the government had chosen its harshest response, but Steve said Bucky Barnes's survival mattered most.
• Tony Stark told Steve and Sam that Ross wanted to prosecute them and reminded them that their shield and flight gear belonged to the government.
• Tony Stark showed Steve Rogers surveillance footage of Bucky Barnes and tried to persuade him with two pens from Howard Stark's collection.
• Tony Stark promised that signing the Sokovia Accords would prevent prosecution and send Bucky Barnes to an American psychiatric treatment center, but Steve Rogers refused to sign.

Heinrich Zemo infiltrated an underground facility to reach a target that could undermine the superheroes, while Tony Stark tried and failed to persuade Steve Rogers to support a new agreement against the warlord. A blackout and explosions let Bucky Barnes break loose, and a mysterious black-robed figure with a red glow confronted the approaching task force.

• Heinrich Zemo passed lax security by impersonating an FBI criminal psychology expert and followed an agent underground toward his target.
• Tony Stark argued that the warlord’s atrocities had to be stopped, but Steve Rogers defended the war as a fight to establish order and refused to sign the agreement.
• Steve Rogers revealed he planned to stop the warlord and correct his actions, while Tony warned that the task force outside would kill him.
• An explosion plunged the command center into darkness, and Bucky Barnes broke free of his restraints and smashed his way out of the cell.
• Tony Stark gave Steve an earpiece and urged him to escape and keep Barnes alive as the task force descended toward the prison.
• The task force entered a dark corridor and heard mechanical breathing before a blood-red glow revealed a black-robed figure.

A black-armored attacker slaughtered the special operations team, while Steve Rogers rushed through the powerless facility to find James Barnes. Ross lost contact with his forces and ordered Rhodes to capture Steve, leaving Steve following Friday toward the rooftop helipad.

• The Black Armored Giant repelled the special operations team’s gunfire, seized its captain, and threatened the survivors with an electrified sword.
• Steve Rogers forced his way past a jammed blast door and found the special operations team dead from edged-weapon wounds, which convinced him Bucky was not responsible.
• Friday directed Steve toward the rooftop helipad and told him to take an elevator shaft as the shortest route.
• Ross failed to reach the special operations team and ordered Rhodes to prepare for combat after reporting that Steve Rogers had defected.
• Ross told Rhodes to deploy armored personnel carriers and capture Steve before he could escape.

Tony Stark reached the helipad as Steve Rogers fought James Barnes, and the damaged helicopter fell into the Spree River with both men beside it. Heinrich Zemo boarded a flight toward northern Siberia, where he planned to finish his mission and reunite with his wife.

• Tony Stark encountered James Barnes on a balcony, where Barnes fired at him before heading for the helipad stairs.
• Steve Rogers caught up with Barnes at the helipad and grabbed the helicopter as Barnes tried to take off.
• Steve and Barnes fought beside the out-of-control helicopter while Tony used an arc pulse to shut down its engine.
• The rooftop railing broke, and the helicopter fell into the Spree River with Steve and Barnes beside it.
• Heinrich Zemo ignored news of the disappearances, boarded a flight toward Russia, and planned to travel to northern Siberia to complete his mission.

Natasha Romanoff met Salomon near Bio-Gene Corporation and confronted him about his role in the events surrounding the Avengers, including Vision’s disappearance. As Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson were headed for Latveria, Secretary of State Ross ordered Tony Stark to use Berlin’s surveillance systems to find them.

• Clint Barton waited nearby while Natasha Romanoff approached Salomon, who confirmed that he had arranged an aircraft in exchange for Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson going to Latveria.
• Natasha accused Salomon of orchestrating the fake psychiatrist’s control of the Winter Soldier, Sharon Carter’s theft of the shield and winged suit, and the attack on the Joint Command Task Force; Salomon said she had no evidence.
• Natasha asked where Vision was, and Salomon said he had destroyed it because its gem and artificial intelligence posed a danger to humanity.
• Salomon reminded Natasha that Steve Rogers had to reach Latveria for his strategic plans.
• At the command center, Ross reported that Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson, and the Winter Soldier were missing and demanded that Tony Stark find them.
• Ross granted Tony access to Berlin’s surveillance network, including its cameras, communications, phones, and computers.

Ross gave Tony Stark twenty-four hours to capture Steve Rogers and his allies, while Steve and Sam questioned Bucky about Hydra’s other Winter Soldiers. Steve sought help as Latveria prepared to intervene, with its air defenses and forces readying for a possible strike.

• Ross demanded that Tony capture Steve and his accomplices within twenty-four hours, threatening to send U.S. forces into Berlin.
• Natasha watched the confrontation, knowing the fugitives’ location and the movements of both sides.
• Steve and Sam discovered that Bucky had awakened with his memories restored, but Bucky feared that Hydra’s commands could still turn him into the Winter Soldier.
• Bucky told Steve and Sam that Hydra had created a squad of enhanced assassins and that a doctor could control them.
• Steve and Sam agreed to seek help, while Steve suggested contacting someone who might assist them.
• Hammurabi told his lord that Steve had requested Latveria’s assistance, and his lord ordered preparations for an intervention with Latverian air defenses ready.

Sharon Carter helped Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson, and Bucky Barnes escape with their equipment and a route to a Quinjet, while secretly carrying out a CIA black operation. Tony Stark and Colonel Rhodes headed toward Leipzig to intercept Steve, expecting him to surrender under pressure.

• Sharon Carter gave Steve Rogers his shield and Sam Wilson his flight suit, and Steve set off with Sam and Bucky toward Halle Airport using Natasha Romanoff's escape plan.
• Steve planned to stop the fake doctor in Siberia, clear Bucky's name, and seek help from Latveria to reach the Winter Soldiers.
• After the trio left, Sharon Carter decoded the next step of her secret CIA assignment, which sent her to Southeast Asia to establish a criminal organization.
• Tony Stark and Colonel Rhodes traveled with a convoy toward Leipzig after German intelligence supplied them with equipment and support.
• Tony expected Steve Rogers to surrender because Secretary of State Ross had promised Bucky Barnes would be sent to a quiet sanatorium, but Rhodes warned that Steve would not give in easily.

Tony Stark confronted Steve Rogers at Halle Airport over Bucky Barnes while T’Challa arrived with Wakandan guards to claim Bucky. As Ross lost patience with the standoff, he ordered the Gamma Project deployed against Steve.

• Tony Stark and Colonel Rhodes arrived near Halle Airport with U.S. forces as Natasha Romanoff warned them to prepare for trouble.
• Steve Rogers gathered Clint Barton and Scott Lang, then led his group toward the hangar as military forces closed in.
• Tony Stark demanded that Bucky Barnes surrender for investigation, while Steve insisted Bucky was innocent.
• Secretary of State Ross reported an attack on the highway, and T’Challa arrived with Wakandan guards to take Bucky back to Wakanda.
• Ross ordered the Gamma Project’s subject heated up and injected with adrenaline so he could be deployed into the airport.

The battle at Halle Airport escalated as T'Challa and the Wakandan Royal Guard tried to seize Bucky Barnes, leaving fighters on both sides wounded and dead. With the Avengers temporarily united against the Wakandans, T'Challa challenged Bucky to face him in a duel.

• German police and U.S. military personnel forced the airline to evacuate passengers and delay flights amid the airport chaos.
• T'Challa led the Royal Guard in a charge at Bucky Barnes, and their reckless assault wounded Tony Stark and severely injured Colonel Rhodes while one guard was killed.
• Steve Rogers, Bucky Barnes, Sam Wilson, Scott Lang, and the others fought the Royal Guard, and two guards broke Scott Lang's arms when he returned to normal size.
• Tony Stark broke through the Royal Guard's encirclement and fired micro-missiles, while Clint Barton struck T'Challa with an explosive arrow and the Avengers joined forces to stop the Wakandans.
• Steve Rogers called for an end to the fighting, but T'Challa demanded that Bucky Barnes duel him instead of hiding behind Steve.

A rampaging Hulk attacked the airport, forcing the Avengers and Wakandans to evacuate the wounded and fight together. A Black Armored Giant from Latveria incapacitated Hulk, then announced that he intended to kill everyone as a U.S. military convoy approached.

• Tony Stark realized that Ross had unleashed a frenzied Hulk on the airport, and the Avengers and Wakandans stopped fighting each other to face the threat.
• T'Challa ordered the Royal Guard to withdraw and help Bucky Barnes evacuate the wounded while he stayed to confront Hulk.
• A Black Armored Giant arrived on a motorcycle, blasted apart Hulk's legs, and beat him unconscious as his limbs regenerated.
• The Black Armored Giant demanded to know where Ross was, and Tony Stark pointed out the approaching U.S. military convoy.
• The Black Armored Giant drew his greatsword and said he had come to kill everyone.

The Hulk regenerated from his injuries as the Black Armored Giant left to confront Secretary of State Ross and the U.S. military convoy. After slaughtering soldiers and surviving a Javelin missile, the Giant seized Ross and demanded answers about the Gamma Project.

• Clint Barton warned Natasha Romanoff that the Hulk was healing rapidly and would soon wake, while Steve Rogers insisted they could not abandon him.
• The Black Armored Giant rode toward the German military convoy and demanded that Ross come out to meet him.
• When the officer ordered him to surrender, the Giant killed him and attacked the convoy, cutting through soldiers and vehicles.
• A soldier fired a Javelin missile at the Giant, but he detonated it with a shot, survived the blast, and killed more soldiers.
• The Giant dragged Ross from a Humvee and demanded to know how many monsters the Gamma Project had created; Ross tried to spit at him, so the Giant tightened his grip and threatened him.

Salomon uncovered Secretary of State Ross’s connection to the Immortality Serum and fought him after Ross transformed into Red Hulk. Salomon killed Ross and told Tony Stark the fight had nothing to do with him.

• Salomon learned that Ross had overseen attempts to improve serum products related to the Super Soldier Program.
• Ross transformed into Red Hulk and forced Salomon to release his throat.
• Salomon stabbed Red Hulk through the chest, but Ross struck him into the convoy wreckage.
• Salomon shot Red Hulk in the head, severed his spine, and pinned him to the ground before killing him with more explosive rounds.
• Tony Stark arrived from the airport and asked what had happened, and Salomon said Ross had been his objective.

The Black Armored Giant destroyed Ross's head and refused to let Tony Stark take his body, then agreed to help subdue Hulk. He ordered the surviving U.S. soldiers to prepare an operation to drive Hulk into open ground, while Captain Bell began organizing the troops and planning a secret meeting.

• The Black Armored Giant burned Ross's head to prevent investigators from recovering a sample and planned to preserve Red Hulk's body for the City of Immortals.
• Tony Stark asked the Black Armored Giant to help calm Hulk and preserve Bruce Banner's mind, and the giant agreed to assist.
• The Black Armored Giant ordered the surviving soldiers to block roads and use coordinated fire to drive Hulk away from the airport toward open ground.
• Captain Bell agreed to follow the orders, told Sergeant Black to organize the soldiers, and called for a private meeting without records after the operation.
• The Black Armored Giant rode toward Tony Stark and Hulk as Tony attacked Hulk with a Particle Beam and dodged the debris Hulk threw at him.

Black Knight, Tony Stark, and the soldiers lured Hulk away from civilians and into a remote battlefield, where Black Knight used explosive rounds and a motorcycle charge to send Hulk through a mirror-like illusion. Tony realized Salomon had been posing as Black Knight and ordered Friday to track the departing Quinjet, which was likely carrying Steve Rogers to Latveria.

• Tony Stark and Black Knight led Hulk along the highway while Black Knight used military authority to coordinate soldiers against him.
• Falcon joined the fight, and a second combat group reinforced the soldiers as they used missiles and gunfire to steer Hulk toward the fields near Glacen Town.
• Black Knight ordered the soldiers to withdraw, then blasted Hulk with Heavy Explosive Rounds and rammed him with his motorcycle.
• Black Knight, his motorcycle, and Hulk vanished into a field of mirror shards, leaving Tony Stark behind.
• Tony recognized the mirror tricks as Salomon's and ordered Friday to track the Quinjet carrying Steve Rogers, which Friday said was likely headed to Latveria.

After escaping Germany, Natasha Romanoff and Steve Rogers brought the wounded Quinjet passengers to Latveria, where the Wakandans also arrived under escort. They entered the underground landing facility and were welcomed by Diana List, while medical personnel took the injured for treatment.

• Natasha Romanoff and Steve Rogers discussed the wounded, Colonel Rhodes, Ross's transformation, and the political consequences of Steve's defection.
• The Quinjet reached Latverian airspace, transmitted its identification code, and received an escort from two unfamiliar fighters.
• Bucky Barnes and the others listened to a broadcast praising the Emperor's violent campaign to impose order in the Albanian Province.
• Natasha Romanoff landed the Quinjet at Latveria's underground facility as the Wakandans were escorted to a separate landing pad.
• Diana List welcomed the arrivals and directed them toward the reception hall while medical personnel carried the wounded away.