Chapter Summaries

Logan Howlett asked Carl for help rescuing Laura from Eden, and Carl sent Frank with him through Wanda’s portal. At Eden, Reavers and mercenaries attacked the mutant refuge, killing its defenders as the children escaped into the night.

• Professor X encouraged Logan Howlett to treat the Warp Group as a new home, but an urgent call warned that Laura was in danger at Eden.
• Logan Howlett sought Carl’s help, and Wanda opened a portal that let Logan and Frank travel to the North Dakota border.
• Dr. Zander Rice ordered the captured mutant youths killed unless they were X-23, while mercenaries stormed the refuge.
• Petra used her weakening powers to create an escape staircase and urged Laura and the other children to flee into the mountains.
• John was killed defending the children, and Petra collapsed the staircase before the mercenary commander shot her.
• The mercenaries put on night vision goggles and pursued the escaped children.

X-23 and her companions were cornered by hunting dogs and the Reavers, but Logan Howlett arrived and fought beside her. As Logan’s Recovery Potion wore off and his condition began to deteriorate, he told Laura to find Frank at Eden for help.

• X-23 tried to protect three mutant teenagers from trained hunting dogs, but the dogs dragged them away and killed them while she fought back.
• Donald Pierce and the Reavers cornered X-23, intending to take her to the laboratory, but Logan Howlett arrived and attacked them.
• Logan shielded X-23 from bullets, and father and daughter fought together against the dogs and mercenaries.
• Logan was hit by tranquilizer darts, then stumbled as the Recovery Potion wore off and his strength and healing began to fade.
• Logan told Laura to go to Eden and bring Frank to help, while she noticed a smell of decay coming from her father.

Logan Howlett was mortally wounded while trying to protect Laura, but he pledged his soul and loyalty to Carl Mala and received immense power. Revived and empowered, Logan turned the fight against X-24 and the mercenaries as Donald Pierce fled with Laura.

• Donald Pierce’s men wounded and restrained Logan while X-24 repeatedly stabbed him, and they captured Laura with a tranquilizer dart.
• A radio call reported that Eden was under attack by a single enemy with overwhelming firepower, prompting Donald Pierce to send most of his men away.
• Near death, Logan remembered Frank’s account of Carl Mala’s power and pledged his life and loyalty to Carl.
• Two radiant arms infused Logan with power, healing his wounds and restoring his strength; red flames appeared along his claws.
• Logan killed several mercenaries and damaged X-24’s claws, then overwhelmed him as Donald Pierce ordered an attack and fled downhill carrying Laura.

Logan Howlett rescued Laura and learned from Dr. Zander Rice that S.H.I.E.L.D. had secretly caused the near-extinction of natural mutants with the M43 Virus. After Logan and Laura killed Rice and his mercenaries, Laura asked Logan to take the surviving mutant girl Lorna with them.

• Logan Howlett killed X-24 and pursued Donald Pierce while Frank confronted Dr. Zander Rice at Eden.
• Dr. Zander Rice revealed that Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D., with the Security Council's approval, had backed the Mutant Extinction Plan and spread the M43 Virus through food and other products.
• Logan Howlett arrived with Laura, killed Donald Pierce, and attacked Dr. Zander Rice after learning of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s role; Frank called Carl to report the revelation.
• Logan Howlett and Laura killed Dr. Zander Rice and his remaining mercenaries, then found Lorna as the sole other surviving escaped test subject.
• Logan Howlett prepared to leave with Laura, but Laura asked him if they could take Lorna with them.

Logan accepted the Warp Group as his new home after agreeing to bring Lorna along, while Carl arranged to acquire Alkali Genetics and investigate S.H.I.E.L.D. In Egypt, Steven found Ammit’s Ushabti in Alexander the Great’s tomb, only for Arthur Harrow to confront him and Marc.

• X-23 asked Logan to take Lorna with them, and Logan agreed to try to find her a place with the Warp Group.
• Frank told Logan that the Alkali Genetics Company would face consequences and reminded him that mutants were people too, giving Logan hope that the Warp Group was his home.
• Carl asked Selene about acquiring Alkali Genetics, collecting its mutant samples, and finding evidence of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Mutant Extinction Plan.
• Steven and Marc discovered that the tomb belonged to Alexander the Great and retrieved Ammit’s Ushabti from the mummy’s mouth.
• Arthur Harrow entered the tomb with his followers and demanded that Marc or Steven hand over the Ushabti or die.

Arthur Harrow killed Marc Spector, took Ammit’s Ushabti, and headed to the Hall of the Gods to carry out Tzeentch’s plan. Layla El became Taweret’s avatar, while Harrow defeated the Ennead’s five avatars and smashed Ammit’s Ushabti.

• Arthur Harrow shot Marc Spector dead and took Ammit’s Ushabti as his followers prepared to free her at the Great Pyramid of Giza.
• Taweret possessed Marc’s body, told Layla El that Marc and the other souls had vanished, and urged Layla to free Khonshu so he could bring Marc back.
• Layla El agreed to become Taweret’s temporary avatar and transformed into the Scarlet Scarab.
• Arthur Harrow opened a passage into the Hall of the Gods, where five avatars of the New Ennead confronted him.
• Arthur Harrow used Tzeentch Magic to freeze the avatars and struck them with Bolt of Change, mutating them into flesh.
• Arthur Harrow took Ammit’s Ushabti and smashed it against the ground.

Ammit was freed and chose Arthur Harrow as her avatar, while Khonshu was released by Layla El and recruited her as his temporary Moon Knight. Khonshu confronted Ammit to stop her, but she struck him away as their battle began.

• Ammit emerged from the shattered Ushabti and chose Arthur Harrow as her avatar, empowering him despite his unbalanced scales.
• Layla El freed Khonshu, who confirmed Marc Spector was dead and asked her to become his avatar.
• Layla agreed to work with Khonshu temporarily, gaining his power while retaining Taweret's golden wings.
• Khonshu told Layla they would need to seal Ammit inside a mortal, then went to confront her and her followers.
• Khonshu and Ammit argued over their opposing approaches to judgment, and Ammit struck him away with her tail.

Arthur Harrow secretly used Tzeentch’s power to sacrifice Layla El and Khonshu to Warp, where Khonshu encountered the Four Peddlers. With Khonshu removed, Ammit faced Kong, whose Warp Eight-Pointed Star Rune marked him as her next opponent.

• Ammit overpowered Khonshu, who escaped, then ordered Arthur Harrow to begin judging Cairo’s residents and feeding their souls to her.
• Khonshu attacked Ammit while Layla El assaulted Arthur, but Arthur restrained Layla with Tzeentch’s power, drained her soul, and took her corpse to the Hall of the Gods.
• Arthur sealed Khonshu inside Layla El’s corpse and destroyed it, sending Khonshu’s soul to Warp, where he found four powerful beings and was told to choose who would devour him.
• Ammit grew furious when she sensed Khonshu’s disappearance, but Arthur claimed he had removed an obstacle to her coming battle.
• A giant portal opened, and Kong stepped through to challenge Ammit; she recognized him as Babi before noticing the Warp Eight-Pointed Star Rune on his forehead.

Kong killed Ammit in Egypt while Carl used the fight to establish a public justification for intervening against the Egyptian Pantheon. After collecting Ammit’s special creature soul, Carl considered the Ennead’s family-run power structure and left with Wanda and Kong, hinting that the wider pantheon was next.

• Ammit attacked Kong with a divine energy blast, but Kong dodged and battered her into a pyramid.
• Carl told The Ancient One that he intended to stop alien gods from running wild on Earth, and she left through a portal to Kamar-Taj.
• Kong broke Ammit’s spine with a shoulder throw, then split her body with a flaming sword and burned it to ashes.
• Egypt’s president thanked General Ross and Carl, promised an alliance with Sokovia, and was advised to suspend tourism near the pyramids.
• Carl received prestige points and Ammit’s special creature soul, then compared the Ennead’s family ties and Ammit’s rebellion to a workplace power struggle.
• Carl glanced toward the Hall of the Gods and departed through a portal with Wanda and Kong.

Arthur Harrow began sealing Egyptian gods into corpses for Tzeentch while Carl prepared the Warp for an assault on Celestial Heliopolis. The Four Peddlers grew stronger and received their rewards, and Tony Stark discovered a report linking a massacre at a U.S. air base to demonic creatures.

• Arthur Harrow used the Hall of the Gods to seal Maahes into a corpse and destroyed it, adding the Lion God’s soul to the Warp.
• Slaanesh devoured Serqet, while Khorne spared Ammit and Shou-Lao for future transformation, and the Emperor recruited Michael as his first E Archdemon.
• The Four Peddlers told Carl they needed time to assimilate their stolen powers and prepare for the journey to Celestial Heliopolis, with Trevor Slattery joining Arthur Harrow in the plan.
• Carl ordered the Four Peddlers to take Celestial Heliopolis in one decisive strike, distributed daemon souls as rewards, and gave Tzeentch the month’s top salesperson award.
• Tony Stark investigated the Ten Rings after Happy Hogan was injured and found a report that nearly 1,200 personnel at Kuwait Salem Air Force Base had died in an attack possibly involving demonic creatures.

Tony Stark investigated strange heat signatures while trying to uncover the Ten Rings’ connection to A.I.M. After surviving an attack by Eric Savin, he returned to find Maya Hansen and aimed his armor’s palm cannon at her, demanding an explanation.

• Tony Stark reviewed footage of the Mandarin executing Brigadier General Jellitt and learned that unusual heat signatures matched several Lizard incidents.
• JARVIS alerted Tony Stark that Maya Hansen had arrived at the mansion, and she warned him that he might not survive the week.
• Pepper Potts and Maya Hansen traded barbs about Maya’s past relationship with Tony Stark.
• Three armed helicopters attacked the mansion, and Tony Stark intercepted their missiles and brought down two of them.
• Tony Stark identified the surviving helicopter’s bald passenger as Eric Savin, Aldrich Killian’s right-hand man, but Savin breathed fire and escaped into the sea as a Lizard-like creature.
• Tony Stark returned to the mansion and aimed his palm cannon at Maya Hansen, demanding to know why he should let her leave alive.

Maya Hansen told Tony Stark that Aldrich Killian was combining the Extremis virus with the Cross-Species Gene Serum to create stable Extremis Lizard Warriors, and Tony prepared to act against the Miami base. Selene took Maya to Sokovia for Warp Group, while Killian learned that Tony knew about the base and vowed to continue his plan.

• Maya Hansen explained to Tony Stark that Aldrich Killian and Dr. Curt Connors had combined Extremis with the Cross-Species Gene Serum to create stable Extremis Lizard Warriors.
• Maya told Tony that the Mandarin was Killian's boss and had recently left America, prompting Tony to ask where the Ten Rings' secret base was.
• Maya gave Tony the base's location in Miami, Florida, and warned him that one Iron Man could not defeat its forces.
• Selene intercepted Maya on the road, invited her to Sokovia on behalf of Warp Group, and took her with her.
• Eric Savin reported his failed ambush to Aldrich Killian, who recognized Maya in the news footage and realized Tony knew about the base.
• Killian said no one could stop his plan, despite the exposure of his identities and base.

Aldrich Killian advanced his plan to unleash chaos in New York and assassinate President Ellis, while Dr. Curt Connors prepared to spread his mutated serum across the city. As the Avengers headed toward Miami to confront the Ten Rings, Tony Stark revealed the threat posed by Connors’s Lizard-Extremis hybrids, and Nick Fury pressed him for information about the Mandarin.

• Aldrich Killian ordered Eric Savin to prepare an attack in New York, planning to kill President Ellis and blame the crimes on Curt Connors.
• Curt Connors explained that his modified serum had turned him into a murderous lizard and planned to use Oscorp’s Gana Device to infect New York with a plague cloud.
• Tony Stark briefed Nick Fury and the Avengers aboard the Helicarrier about the Ten Rings, Killian, and the powerful lizard-like Extremis soldiers.
• Johnny Storm boasted that breathing fire made him suited to fight the lizards, while Susan Storm asked whether Maya Hansen could be trusted.
• Nick Fury learned that Tony had sent Maya away instead of turning her over to S.H.I.E.L.D. and asked whether she knew where the Mandarin had gone.

The Avengers raided a Ten Rings estate in Miami to capture Aldrich Killian and Dr. Curt Connors, but found Salamander Warriors instead of the masterminds. Watching remotely from Queens, Killian prepared to abduct President Ellis and escape, now considering Connors expendable.

• Nick Fury ordered Maria Hill to locate Maya Hansen and bring her back alive for interrogation.
• Susan Storm cloaked the Quinjet as Captain America briefed the team on capturing Killian and Connors and warned them to target Extremis Soldiers in the head.
• The Avengers attacked the estate, where Thing, Hawkeye, Black Widow, and Human Torch fought the Extremis Soldiers while Tony Stark and Captain America entered the building.
• Tony and Captain America found two Salamander Warriors and a group of Extremis Soldiers instead of Killian and Connors, so they fought the creatures and considered capturing them all.
• In Queens, Killian and Eric Savin watched the battle and planned to escape with President Ellis, while Killian dismissed Connors as expendable now that they had the Lizard Cross-Species Gene Serum formula.

Aldrich Killian remotely detonated two captured salamander warriors, trapping Tony Stark and Captain America beneath rubble while he carried out a larger plan. The heroes learned that Killian had abducted President Matthew Ellis in New York, and Tony discovered Maya Hansen had vanished after destroying her phone.

• Aldrich Killian ignored Eric Savin’s concerns and remotely detonated the salamander warriors at the Ten Rings base.
• Tony Stark and Captain America survived the explosions but were trapped beneath rubble until Thing freed them.
• Captain America suspected Killian had set a trap, and JARVIS located him in New York after he abducted President Matthew Ellis.
• The team saw reports of lizard men attacking New York and realized Killian’s base ambush and the president’s abduction might be connected.
• Nick Fury ordered Tony to question Maya Hansen, but JARVIS traced her phone to near Tony’s villa, where she had destroyed it before disappearing.

Nick Fury prioritized rescuing the president over the lizard attacks spreading through New York, while Harry Osborn and Peter Parker tried to stop Dr. Curt Connors from infecting the city. The Lizard prepared to launch the virus from Osborn Tower as Peter confronted him, leaving their clash about to begin.

• Nick Fury ordered Tony Stark and Jonathan to search for the president in New York and dismissed Captain America's concerns about the lizard people, while the Human Torch accidentally angered Fury by suggesting the Warp Group could open a portal.
• The Lizard used Oscorp's Gana Device to infect pedestrians near Osborn Tower, and overwhelmed police officers found that their bullets could not pierce the monsters' scales.
• Harry Osborn learned that Dr. Curt Connors had stolen the Gana Device and asked Peter Parker to provide the serum formula so he could use the Super Planning Machine to develop an antidote.
• Peter Parker transformed into his lizard form and rushed to Osborn Tower, choosing not to involve Gwen because he felt responsible for the crisis.
• The Lizard loaded four vials of virus into the Gana Device and began its launch countdown, but Peter arrived and confronted him as Connors defended his plan to transform humanity.

Lizard launched the lizard-virus plague over Manhattan, forcing Peter Parker to fight him while Harry Osborn escaped to make another antidote. Meanwhile, Eric Savin and two other Salamander Warriors attacked President Matthew Ellis’s convoy and abducted him for their boss.

• Lizard used Peter Parker’s attempt to reason with him to buy time, then launched four virus-filled shells that spread green rain across Manhattan and transformed exposed pedestrians into monsters.
• Peter Parker severed Lizard’s tail, but Lizard regenerated it and injected himself with the Extremis virus, becoming Fire Lizard Doctor.
• Harry Osborn brought Peter an antidote, but Fire Lizard Doctor burned it; Peter gave Harry the Gana Device and held off Lizard while Harry fled to make another dose.
• President Matthew Ellis’s convoy was ambushed by Eric Savin, who regenerated after an RPG blast and killed the agents protecting the president.
• Two more Salamander Warriors lifted America One, and Eric Savin broke into the limousine and told Ellis that his boss wanted to meet him.

Vice President Rodriguez agreed to seek the Warp Group’s help locating kidnapped President Ellis, despite fearing it would disrupt his secret alliance with Aldrich Killian. At Osborn Tower, Gwen Stacy rescued Peter Parker from Lizard and confronted Connors, declaring she would stop him with her own blade.

• Vice President Rodriguez learned that the Ten Rings had kidnapped President Ellis, while the Secret Service reported that their Salamander Warriors had overwhelmed the president’s guards.
• The cabinet agreed to contact Carl Mala and the Warp Group, and Rodriguez reluctantly authorized General Ross to arrange their help.
• Lizard overpowered Peter Parker at Osborn Tower, severing both his arms and choking him while Peter refused to kill Dr. Curt Connors.
• Gwen Stacy sealed Lizard’s mouth with a web, knocked him away, and rescued Peter as he fell from the rooftop.
• Gwen rebuked Lizard for betraying Peter and attacked him, dodging his fire and tail before swinging in to kick him again.

Gwen killed Curt Connors after he caused a Lizard outbreak, while Peter pleaded for mercy and then recognized the destruction his mentor had unleashed. Harry's antidote cured most of the infected, Homelander invited Gwen to join The Seven and suggested they become a couple, and Gwen scolded Peter for facing the danger without telling her.

• Gwen pinned the Lizard to a wall with her Hell Spider Spears and killed him despite Peter Parker's plea to spare Curt Connors.
• Gwen showed Peter the devastation across the streets, and he admitted he had been wrong to sympathize with Curt.
• Peter told Gwen that Harry was making an antidote, while Homelander arrived and invited Gwen to join The Seven, mentioning their popularity as a potential couple.
• Harry's antidote burst over the city and turned most of the Lizard Men back into humans, so Homelander abandoned his plan to attack them.
• Peter asked how Gwen had found him, and she explained that The Daily Bugle's livestream had alerted her before scolding him for not telling her about the danger.

Gwen decided to join The Seven with Peter Parker so she could use Vought Group's resources to find Eddie Brock, while Aldrich Killian prepared to execute President Matthew Ellis on live television. The chapter ended as the Mandarin's broadcast began showing Ellis suspended above an oil tanker.

• After seeing reports of the Lizard Virus outbreak, Gwen went to Manhattan and saved Peter Parker's life.
• Gwen rejected The Seven at first, then decided to join with Peter Parker to help her find Eddie Brock.
• A mysterious figure spotted Gwen and planned to report her to Blackheart for a reward.
• Aldrich Killian learned that The Daily Bugle had exposed links between the attack, the Ten Rings, and A.I.M., and blamed Maya Hansen for leaking information.
• Aldrich revealed that he had kidnapped President Matthew Ellis and planned to frame his live execution as punishment for an oil spill, while his ally Rodriguez would take over as president.
• The Ten Rings hijacked East Coast television signals, and the Mandarin began broadcasting President Ellis's impending execution.