Chapter Summaries

Megatron entered the battlefield and discovered that his chassis had grown stronger, then eagerly tore into the Chitauri forces. After crippling a Floating Colossus, he met Tony, who wondered about Megatron’s intelligence and emotions.

• Megatron examined his enhanced body and realized that the battlefield filled him with excitement.
• Megatron endured the Chitauri’s energy blasts unharmed, then reflected their attacks and destroyed their aircraft and soldiers.
• Megatron climbed a skyscraper and blasted a Floating Colossus, crippling it with one shot.
• Tony flew up to Megatron and greeted him, but Megatron declared that he could handle the battle without the Creator.
• Tony asked Jarvis about Megatron’s emotions, and Jarvis said his expressions resembled genuine human emotion.

Megatron used his Type IV body and greatsword to devastate the Chitauri invasion, killing two Floating Colossi and leaving the battlefield’s enemies in awe. Bored by his opponents’ weakness, he seized Starscream and demanded to see his status panel.

• Megatron shrugged off the Chitauri’s attacks and charged the Floating Colossi with his greatsword.
• Megatron killed one Floating Colossus with a single strike, then stabbed through the second beast’s skull.
• Megatron slaughtered Chitauri soldiers while his active Spark replenished his energy, and people across Earth watched his rampage.
• Megatron dragged down a fighter jet and forced its pilot, Starscream, to transform and identify himself.
• Megatron accused Starscream of arriving late and demanded to see his status panel.

Megatron forced Starscream and the tiny Flight Squadron to join his Decepticons, then led them into battle against the Chitauri despite having no other soldiers. The chapter ended with Megatron charging toward the enemy swarm while holding Starscream in place to stop him from fleeing.

• Megatron threatened Starscream until he surrendered his personal template and agreed to fold the Flight Squadron into the Decepticons.
• Megatron demanded the Flight Squadron's troop template and discovered it had only Starscream and one other member.
• Megatron ordered Starscream to recruit as many powerful soldiers as possible, while privately recognizing that the Decepticons consisted of only himself.
• Megatron charged toward the space-time tunnel and the Chitauri forces, with Starscream and his lone subordinate following.
• Starscream realized no other Decepticons had answered the call and tried to flee, but Megatron held him in place and charged onward.

Megatron and the Giant Ferocious Beast rampaged through the Chitauri invasion while Donnie confronted Loki at Stark Tower. Donnie declared that Loki would die for the devastation in New York, regardless of Odin’s protection.

• Black Widow watched Megatron’s battle and commanded her Mechanical Insects, while the Giant Ferocious Beast followed Megatron into the Chitauri army.
• Starscream contacted Captain America and urged the Avengers to attack the cubes, but Captain America gave up on coordinating with the Decepticons.
• Loki sat atop the ruined Stark Tower, pleased with his army, until Donnie arrived and beat him before taking the scepter.
• Donnie told Loki that the scepter and cubes already belonged to him and that Loki would either die or spend his life in prison.
• Donnie dragged Loki to the edge of the tower, blamed him for the coming deaths in New York, and threatened to kill him even if Odin or Asgard intervened.

Donnie took Loki’s scepter and warned him to abandon his ambitions while the battle for New York worsened. When Clark grabbed Mjolnir, he unleashed its lightning on the invading Chitauri, leaving Thor stunned and Donnie amused.

• Donnie took Loki’s scepter, restrained him, and warned him that he knew what Loki was planning and would keep watching him.
• The Chitauri invasion intensified as the superheroes and military struggled, and Thor fought fiercely while worrying about Loki.
• Clark returned to New York after sending Martha away and rescued civilians by punching Chitauri.
• Clark grabbed Mjolnir, which unleashed immense lightning under his control and destroyed Floating Colossi and thousands of Chitauri.
• Max arrived and stared in shock at Clark’s power, while Donnie joked that Superman and the hammer were true love and Thor felt devastated.
• Thor wondered whether Clark might be a Son of Odin, while Odin observed the battle from Asgard and reacted to Clark’s appearance.

Donnie charged through the spacetime tunnel and turned the Chitauri fleet against itself with the AllSpark. He left Megatron to hold the tunnel entrance while he seized control of the fleet and its flagship.

• Thor caught Mjolnir back from Clark, while Clark remained wary of exposing his powers and Donnie saw no reason to befriend him yet.
• Donnie flew toward the tunnel and ordered Megatron to hold the entrance and clear out the Chitauri, dismissing Starscream's complaints as he passed.
• Donnie crossed the tunnel and found the Chitauri fleet, including a flagship large enough to threaten Earth.
• Donnie used the AllSpark to animate and control the Chitauri warships, making them attack one another.
• Donnie took control of the fleet as the Chitauri ships exploded and the fleet's resistance collapsed.

Donnie slaughtered the Chitauri leadership after destroying their fleet and refused their offer to serve him. He then confronted Thanos by signal, and their silent exchange left a future clash looming.

• Donnie destroyed the Chitauri flagship’s neural command system, killing most of its soldiers, and forced the surviving commanders to surrender.
• The Chitauri leader offered Donnie the survivors’ wealth and promised to rebuild their population, but Donnie crushed his head and killed the remaining Chitauri.
• Donnie took control of the flagship’s records and connected an incoming signal from Thanos.
• Thanos acknowledged that Donnie had wiped out the Chitauri, and Donnie warned him that he would kill him if they met again.
• Thanos and Donnie silently locked eyes before ending the communication.

After the Chitauri invasion, human leaders realized they had no way to oppose Donnie and began considering new ways to gain superhuman power. At Kamar-Taj, Donnie refused Thor’s request to take Loki back to Asgard, and Odin eventually summoned Thor home.

• Politicians secretly discussed Donnie’s power and concluded they could not stop him, while some proposed creating their own superhuman force.
• Officials learned Donnie had taken the cubes and Loki, and they cursed him without proposing to confront him.
• At Kamar-Taj, Donnie told Thor that Loki had been imprisoned and would likely remain there for life.
• Thor asked to take Loki to Asgard for judgment, but Donnie told him to answer to the civilians killed in the invasion.
• Odin sent word from Asgard for Thor to return after Thor failed to negotiate with Donnie.

Donnie and Odin failed to negotiate Loki’s release, as Odin refused to trade away the Infinity Gauntlet. After the conversation ended, Donnie examined his captured Stones and decided to have Shockwave and Soundwave study the Cosmic Cube for a new energy source.

• Odin praised Donnie, then demanded to know what would secure Loki’s release.
• Donnie asked for the Infinity Gauntlet, but Odin refused, and their negotiations ended with Loki remaining imprisoned.
• Donnie revealed that he had never intended to keep his promise to release Loki and reasoned that Odin had chosen not to ask for the Infinity Stones.
• Donnie destroyed the Mind Scepter’s casing and took the Mind Stone, which had no effect on him.
• Donnie kept the Cosmic Cube intact and decided that Shockwave and Soundwave should use it to research the Super Energy Crystal.

Stephen and Nicktimus used the Book of Vishanti to pull Stephen’s dead brother Victor back from the World of the Dead, while Lison watched greedily. The resurrection succeeded, but Victor returned with sharp fangs, leaving Nicktimus alarmed.

• Stephen, Nicktimus, and Lison located a place in New Mexico where Stephen could use the Book of Vishanti to resurrect Victor.
• Lison agreed to help on the condition that Stephen lend him the Book of Vishanti, while Stephen resolved to confess his actions to Donnie afterward.
• Stephen opened a Guiding Light to the World of the Dead, and Nicktimus helped sustain the spell as the undead attacked the light.
• The Book of Vishanti guided Victor’s soul back and formed a body for him in the rundown bar.
• Stephen found Victor alive but cold, and Nicktimus noticed sharp fangs at the corners of Victor’s mouth.

Donnie visited the dying Old Bartender, who refused his offer to be saved, and told him about Stephen resurrecting his brother Victor as a half-blood Vampire. Donnie left to kill the last pure-blooded Vampire as a final send-off, while Wanda wanted to join him and he insisted she stay safe.

• Donnie returned to Donnie's Estate and sat with the gravely ill Old Bartender, offering to save him, but Old Bartender refused.
• Donnie told Old Bartender that Stephen had resurrected Victor as a half-human, half-Vampire who might spread the Vampire virus, and Old Bartender urged him not to harm Victor unless he attacked anyone.
• Donnie said he would kill the last pure-blooded Vampire as a final send-off for Old Bartender, then left the cottage.
• Donnie returned home with Wanda, found a bloodstained stone, and said he was going to kill someone.
• Wanda asked to go with Donnie, but he told her to wait until she became a demigod and said he feared losing her.

Donnie used a fragment from the Blood God’s altar to locate Dracula’s resting place in the Middle East, then forced the Vampire progenitor awake. He attacked Dracula and overwhelmed him, leaving their battle underway as Dracula transformed into his beast form.

• Donnie used the inscribed stone fragment and the AllSpark to find Dracula beneath the Middle Eastern desert.
• Donnie stomped the desert, cracking open the underground chamber and awakening Dracula.
• Dracula emerged from underground, demanded to know who had disturbed his sleep, and asked what year it was.
• Donnie refused to answer until Dracula was dead and punched him, sending him flying and deforming his face.
• Dracula transformed into his beast form and fought Donnie, but his attacks failed to hurt him.

Donnie defeated Dracula and used the Mind Stone to overpower and kill him, eradicating the progenitor virus. He reflected that he had finally fulfilled his promise to kill every vampire, while the League of Shadows turned its attention back to Gotham City and Raven.

• The League of Shadows watched Donnie's battle with Dracula, and Lady Shiva and the Ninja Master decided to avoid provoking Donnie and focus on Gotham City.
• Donnie battered Dracula with attacks empowered by the AllSpark, destroying Dracula's anomalous cells and weakening him.
• Donnie used the Mind Stone to dominate Dracula's mind and then tore off his head.
• Donnie destroyed Dracula's blood and eradicated the progenitor virus, leaving Victor Strange as Earth's only half-blood vampire.
• Donnie said he had finally managed to fulfill his promise to kill every vampire and planned to speak with Stephen.

Donnie and his allies buried Old Bartender, and Donnie honored his promise by placing Dracula’s head at the grave. Suspecting an impending danger, Donnie took the Space Stone from Shockwave and Soundwave’s laboratory and left through a portal.

• Tony Stark, Donnie, Wanda, and the others gathered at Old Bartender’s funeral, where Tony placed a bottle of brandy by the grave.
• Klein offered to use technology to revive Old Bartender, but Donnie refused, saying the revived person would not truly be the old man.
• Donnie placed Dracula’s head at the grave and told Old Bartender he had killed the progenitor of the Vampires and fulfilled his promise.
• Donnie comforted Wanda, then went to Shockwave and Soundwave and asked about their research on the Cube.
• Donnie tore open the Cube, removed the Space Stone, and told Shockwave and Soundwave that his suspicion of danger was only a guess.
• Donnie opened a portal and left with the Space Stone as Shockwave and Soundwave watched in silence.

Donnie explained that Stephen’s resurrection spell had made Victor a half-Vampire and imprisoned Stephen, Nicktimus, and the others after they accepted responsibility. Then the Kamar-Taj sorcerers discovered that Raven had arrived on Earth, signaling a coming cosmic disaster.

• Donnie told Stephen that the resurrection spell had restored Victor’s soul but recreated his body with the Vampire virus, irreversibly changing him.
• Stephen and Nicktimus blamed themselves for the spell and argued over who should face punishment, so Mordo sent them to prison and returned the Book of Vishanti to the library.
• Wong said Victor could be monitored and given animal blood, while Mordo vowed to hunt down Lison.
• Donnie, Mordo, and Wong discussed the powerful demonic aura detected in Gotham City and learned from Constantine’s report that the newcomer was a girl named Raven.
• Donnie realized Raven’s first arrival on Earth meant she was seeking allies against her father, Trigon, and warned that a second arrival would leave no time to stop the coming disaster.

Bruce learned that Joker had killed five people to mark Batman’s five-year retirement and considered returning as Gotham grew dangerous again. Meanwhile, Joker met Deadpool, whose suggestion to target Bruce Wayne enraged him.

• Alfred told Bruce that Joker had killed five people and declared war on Batman.
• Bruce recognized that new strange threats had reached Gotham and considered putting on the Batman cape again, though he first needed to heal his injured leg.
• Deadpool talked incessantly to Joker and explained that a black creature had changed his red suit and enhanced his abilities.
• Deadpool proposed targeting Bruce Wayne and Rachel to lure Batman out.
• Joker became furious when Deadpool named Bruce Wayne and stabbed him repeatedly.

Raven searched Gotham City for allies to help her fight Tri-Gong, but she found that people feared and hunted her instead. She tracked a man in a black symbiote suit, only to arrive at an empty room.

• Deadpool complained about the symbiote suit while Joker stabbed at it, and the suit snapped Joker’s knife.
• Raven disguised herself and walked through Gotham City, hoping to recruit allies and learn about Kamar-Taj.
• Raven felt Tri-Gong watching her and worried that Agamotto’s Sanctum would suffer heavy losses without help.
• Raven used magic to locate the man wearing black parasitic matter and pushed open the door where she expected to find him.
• Raven found the room empty and continued to face suspicion and attacks from people who believed she was a dangerous demon.

Raven searched Earth for companions to take to Agamotto's Sanctum, but Zatanna attacked her and Constantine struggled to manage their confrontation. Constantine revealed that he had called someone to deal with Raven, and the person arrived in person.

• Raven lamented that Earth had few powerful people and that Deadpool Wade had avoided her.
• Zatanna burst into Raven's room with a magical attack, but Raven's resistance made it harmless.
• Constantine entered and tried to calm Zatanna, who remained furious and could not affect Raven with magic or hypnosis.
• Raven insisted that she was human and invited Constantine to join her at Agamotto's Sanctum.
• Constantine said he had called someone to handle Raven for entering Earth without permission, then realized that person had arrived.

Donnie met Raven, Zatanna, and Constantine in Gotham, where Raven asked him to help stop her father, Trigon. Donnie agreed to find a way but said he could not act yet, and he recognized that even his three Infinity Stones were nowhere near enough to face Trigon.

• Donnie confronted Constantine over the time he had abandoned him during Mephisto's attack.
• Zatanna praised Donnie and asked him to teach her magic, but he refused because she already had her family's magical inheritance.
• Raven asked Donnie to help her against Trigon, and Donnie reluctantly agreed to find a way while refusing to return with her to Agamotto's Sanctum immediately.
• Constantine recognized Trigon's name and realized the danger, while Donnie considered the threat posed by the multiversal being.
• Donnie drew out three Infinity Stones and concluded that they were far too weak to let him face Trigon.

Donnie sent Raven away and promised to help her, then settled his debts with Constantine and offered Zatanna a chance to study at Kamar-Taj. After learning Constantine's Great Summoning Technique, Donnie left to find someone and let Stephen go.

• Donnie reassured Raven that he would help her, admired her eyes, and watched her disappear.
• Donnie confronted Constantine over his dealings with Mephisto and theft of Kamar-Taj spells, and demanded the Great Summoning Technique in return.
• Donnie offered Zatanna a chance to enter Kamar-Taj if she found it within two months, and she eagerly left.
• Constantine taught Donnie the Great Summoning Technique's magic circle and incantation, then hurried away.
• Donnie decided to find someone and let Stephen go, then vanished.