Chapter Summaries

Daisy helped suppress Tony Stark’s palladium poisoning, then joined Nick Fury and others as they brought Howard Stark’s belongings to Tony’s damaged mansion. After the group departed, Coulson remained with Tony.

• Daisy used Viper’s formula to help the Science Department agents prepare an antidote that suppressed Tony Stark’s palladium poisoning.
• Black Widow injected Tony with the antidote at Randy's Donuts, where he argued with Nick Fury, Daisy, and Black Widow about the agents surrounding him.
• After Tony flew to his mansion, Daisy teleported Nick Fury, Black Widow, and Coulson there to continue their discussion.
• Agents brought Tony a box of Howard Stark’s belongings, which Nick Fury said might help him find a new energy source.
• Daisy sent Nick Fury back to Washington, and Black Widow and Daisy left; Coulson stayed behind as Tony asked why he had not gone too.

Coulson gave Stark the toxin inhibitor Daisy developed, while Daisy managed Hammer Industries and prepared for the Stark Expo. At the expo, Daisy welcomed Pentagon officials and presented Hammer Industries’ robotic soldiers, leaving their evaluation and the launch’s outcome unresolved.

• Coulson gave Stark a flash drive containing Daisy’s toxin inhibitor, and Stark questioned where she had gotten the work.
• Daisy continued overseeing the Helicarrier refit and robotic soldier projects, using Hammer Industries to speed up her financial transfers.
• The Stark Expo opened in Queens, where Pepper’s planning and investor interest helped Stark Industries recover and attract new projects.
• Justin Hammer held a Hammer Industries product launch at the expo, while Daisy received Secretary Robert, Admiral Hague, and Lieutenant General Green.
• Daisy introduced Hammer Industries’ four models of Anti-Terror Type 1 Robotic Soldiers to the Pentagon delegation.

Daisy presented Hammer Industries’ robot soldiers to Pentagon officials, then joined Black Widow to respond when Victor von Doom caused a blackout across much of New York. At the Baxter Building, Doom continued overpowering the Fantastic Four as Daisy and Black Widow raced toward the fight.

• Daisy told the generals that Hammer Industries was developing upgraded robot soldiers, and Admiral Hague invited the company to deploy them in Mosul.
• A blackout struck much of New York, and Secretary Robert identified Victor von Doom as the likely cause after reports said he was absorbing electricity.
• Nick Fury ordered Daisy to investigate with Black Widow, and Daisy agreed to bring the robot soldiers into the battle.
• Daisy and Black Widow raced toward the Baxter Building, where Doom was brutally beating the Fantastic Four.
• Doom, driven by his losses and old grudges, used his combat skill and developing powers to keep the Fantastic Four on the defensive.

The Fantastic Four fought Doom as he unleashed increasingly powerful electrical attacks, while Daisy watched from the sidelines and considered the complicated history between Reed and Doom. The battle turned more dangerous when Doom’s electricity became infused with magic.

• The Thing and Reed tried to stop Doom, but Doom’s electric whips injured the Thing and a civilian as Susan and Human Torch evacuated bystanders.
• Human Torch attacked Doom, who used electric whips to ensnare him until Susan restrained Doom with a telekinetic shield and saved her brother.
• The Fantastic Four regrouped and fought in better coordination after most civilians fled, though Doom continued to overpower them.
• Daisy observed the fight and reflected on Reed’s daughter Valeria, whose name came from Doom’s first love, as well as the rivals’ complicated connection.
• Doom’s electricity turned black and gained corrosive power, and Daisy recognized the change as magic.

Doom used his newfound understanding of magic and electricity to overwhelm the Fantastic Four, but War Machine and Daisy arrived to challenge him. As both sides prepared to attack, three mysterious golden lines appeared in the air beside Daisy.

• Doom wounded Reed Richards and defeated Human Torch and The Thing while Susan shielded Reed.
• War Machine arrived and attacked Doom with gunfire and missiles, but Doom survived the destruction of a fast-food restaurant behind a magical shield.
• Daisy brought twenty robots and ordered Doom to surrender, then prepared a coordinated assault with War Machine.
• Daisy sensed a tremor in space, and three golden lines appeared beside her amid a shower of sparks.

Daisy and Black Widow encountered three Kamar-Taj mages who tried to capture Doom, but Doom killed two of them with his newly empowered magic. Daisy rescued the last mage and led a machine-soldier assault that weakened Doom’s shield, just as Tony Stark arrived.

• Three gray-clad Kamar-Taj mages emerged through a portal and charged at Doom, demanding that the others leave.
• Doom killed two mages with blasts of magic before Daisy used gravity to pull the remaining plump mage out of danger.
• Daisy ordered the machine soldiers to bombard Doom with missiles, lasers, incendiary bombs, and armor-piercing rounds.
• Doom’s magic shield endured the barrage but weakened under Daisy’s attack, and Rhodey confirmed that its energy was nearly depleted.
• Tony Stark arrived in red-and-gold armor as Daisy prepared to finish Doom with more missiles.

Stark, Rhodey, the Fantastic Four, and Daisy cornered Doom, but his surrender was a ruse that turned the fight into a deadly struggle. As Daisy’s attack threatened his life, Doom drew on forbidden power in a desperate attempt to survive.

• Stark broke through Doom’s magical shield, and Doom surrendered while the heroes surrounded him.
• Doom attacked Daisy with an electric whip, but she dodged, and Stark and Rhodey were caught in his whips.
• Stark and Rhodey fired repulsor beams at each other, creating an explosion that engulfed Doom.
• Daisy aimed the Atomic Cutter at Doom’s brain as he sensed an imminent threat to his life.
• Doom relived memories of his childhood, his mother, and his rivalry with Reed before trading parts of himself for power from another dimension.

Daisy’s team searched the wreckage after a blast apparently sent Doom away through a spatial jump, while Reed argued that Doom might still be alive. Daisy received an invitation to visit the New York Sanctum, then agreed to help with disaster relief as the generals assumed Doom had been killed.

• A clash beyond the world sent a blast through Doom’s connection, devastating the battlefield and leaving his armor and metal remains behind without a body.
• Reed told Daisy he believed Doom had escaped through an interplanar jump and asked to study the remains, but Daisy told him to report to the Department of Defense.
• Daisy stopped the fat sorcerer from leaving, gave him the bodies of Doom’s two victims, and received a business card for 177A Bleecker Street.
• Stark challenged Daisy and Rhodey for leaving the ruined scene, and Daisy said she had no money to contribute.
• Daisy planned to report to the generals and join disaster relief, while the generals assumed Doom had died in the bombardment.

Stark held a charity gala to raise money for a New York disaster relief fund, and Daisy reluctantly attended while trying to avoid donating. At the gala, Viper sat beside Daisy and greeted her despite Daisy’s attempt to pretend they were strangers.

• The government, military, and businesses cleared more than half the rubble in three days, but Manhattan’s reconstruction costs remained far beyond Doom’s inheritance or Mr. Reed’s means.
• Stark organized a charity gala to establish a disaster relief fund, and Pepper persuaded Daisy to attend after Daisy declined the invitation at first.
• Daisy dressed for the gala, arrived with her maid, and settled in a corner to listen to Stark’s speech and the charity auction.
• Grant Ward watched Daisy from afar, while Baldy Sitwell secretly observed her and reacted with fear when a mysterious woman approached.
• Viper sat beside Daisy, complimented her outfit, and Daisy pretended that she and Ophelia Sarkissian were not acquainted.

After Viper met Daisy at Stark's banquet, Baldy reported their connection to Director Pierce, who suspected Daisy was a Hydra agent sent to take his power. Pierce ordered Baldy to test her by shouting Hydra's slogan, while secretly surrounding him with Hydra agents.

• Viper told Daisy that using her secret formula had caused trouble but said she had managed to cover up their relationship.
• Stark failed to find support for his disaster relief fund, so Fury later agreed to share the cost with him.
• Baldy told Pierce that Daisy had ties to Viper, and Pierce ordered Crossbones to kill her.
• Crossbones refused to act against a possible Hydra agent, while Baldy called for more intelligence, leaving Pierce suspicious of both subordinates.
• Pierce ordered Baldy to test Daisy by shouting "Hail Hydra!" and had Hydra agents surround him when he refused.
• Pierce planned to kill Baldy and Daisy together if necessary, while hoping Daisy was not Hydra so he would avoid a conflict with Hydra's leaders.

Daisy pretended to be a Hydra member when Agent Sitwell brought her to meet a mysterious contact, but a roadside ambush turned the meeting into a firefight. Grant Ward arrived with reinforcements and urged Daisy to escape, leaving her unsure who was behind the attack.

• Hammer Industries won a five-year military contract and received orders for four models of machine soldiers, while Daisy had Danger guide the company toward a limited 2.0 upgrade.
• Sitwell nervously greeted Daisy with “Hail Hydra,” and Daisy answered enthusiastically, convincing him she belonged to Hydra.
• Pierce instructed Sitwell to bring Daisy to meet him, and Daisy drove out of Washington with Sitwell in her S.H.I.E.L.D. Chevrolet.
• Attackers fired a rocket and opened fire on Daisy’s car; she dodged the rocket and shot back, but Sitwell was wounded.
• Grant Ward arrived with several subordinates, shot the Hydra agents posing as police, and told Daisy to flee.

Daisy fought the Winter Soldier Bucky after he ambushed her on the road, then joined Ward and his men in a running battle against Hydra forces. Crossbones arrived with reinforcements, and Pierce ordered Bucky to withdraw, leaving Daisy to decide how to respond.

• Daisy escaped Bucky’s mine attack and faced him in a gunfight, then fought him at close range as he attacked with a knife and his metal arm.
• Ward threw Daisy a pistol, and she joined Ward, Baldy, and his remaining men in retreating while they exchanged fire with Bucky and the pursuing Hydra gunmen.
• Crossbones arrived in an attack helicopter with more than thirty Hydra operatives and surrounded both groups.
• Crossbones greeted Daisy with “Hail Hydra,” and Daisy returned the greeting, startling Ward.
• Crossbones apologized and gave Bucky a phone; after Pierce ordered Bucky to retreat, Bucky left, and Crossbones waited for Daisy’s decision.

Daisy negotiated a truce with Pierce, taking Baldy’s forces and securing his support for her bid to become Deputy Director while agreeing to help Hydra recruit members. After arranging an experiment with the Emotion Regulator, she arrived at the New York Sanctum on Bleecker Street.

• Daisy demanded a face-to-face explanation from Pierce, who blamed the conflict on a dead Hydra agent and offered her Agent Sitwell as a subordinate.
• Daisy secured Pierce’s promise to build support for her appointment as Deputy Director, and both sides covered up the firefight and its casualties.
• Baldy joined Daisy’s faction, Ward’s group began moving closer to her, and Pierce started lobbying for her promotion.
• Pierce asked Daisy to help Hydra recruit members using her Emotion Regulator, and she agreed to provide design plans to Sitwell for experiments.
• Daisy walked to 177A Bleecker Street and arrived at the unremarkable New York Sanctum.

Daisy Johnson visited the New York Sanctum and spoke with Wong about hidden dangers and magic. Ancient One appeared to explain things himself, while Daisy sensed the immense, hostile energy he was suppressing.

• Daisy entered the New York Sanctum, whose magic kept ordinary citizens from noticing or entering it.
• Wong introduced himself and led Daisy upstairs, where she noticed the Sanctum's magical artifacts and the distrust among its sorcerers.
• Wong asked what Daisy knew about the world and began explaining dangers and magic, but their conversation stalled.
• Ancient One appeared and sent Wong to fetch tea while Daisy struggled with the powerful energy radiating from him.

Daisy met Ancient One, who explained that time held countless mutable possibilities and that Daisy was not suited to learning magic. Ancient One gave Daisy coordinates for K'un-Lun, where she predicted Daisy would find an opportunity, and Daisy left to prepare for the journey.

• Daisy discussed relativity and time with Ancient One, who described the many timelines she had witnessed.
• Ancient One said she had tried to teach Daisy magic in seventy-five timelines, but Daisy's path did not lie in magic.
• Ancient One warned Daisy that magic harmed its users and told her she had a deep connection with K'un-Lun.
• Ancient One placed another-dimensional K'un-Lun coordinates in Daisy's ring and left the New York Sanctum.
• Daisy declined Wong's offer of a ride to Kamar-Taj, bid him farewell, and went outside.

Daisy was confronted by Daniel and two sorcerers who tried to detain her and use her as leverage against Kamar-Taj. She easily fought them off, then floated in the Mirror Dimension to study it while defending against their attacks.

• Daniel and two sorcerers blocked Daisy’s way and demanded that she stay in the Sanctum for judgment by the Sorcerers’ Council.
• Daisy put away her pistol, struck Daniel with a kick, and shattered the other sorcerers’ magical whips with Shockwaves.
• Daniel altered the surroundings into the Mirror Dimension, but Daisy resisted by controlling gravity and floating above the floor.
• The three sorcerers attacked Daisy as she focused on studying the space, and Daniel’s iron staff left her arm numb when she blocked a blow.

Daisy escaped the Mirror Dimension by disrupting its spatial structure with a vibration strike, trapping Daniel and the other sorcerers inside. Back at the empty New York Sanctum, she decided to explore its collection of magical artifacts and considered taking some.

• Daisy studied the Mirror Dimension and attacked a sorcerer, sending him crashing into its layered mirrored wall.
• Daniel claimed Daisy needed the sorcerers’ magic to escape, but Daisy opened a portal and struck the wall with a powerful vibration.
• Daisy’s attack disrupted the Mirror Dimension, trapping the sorcerers there for what she estimated would be three days of outside time.
• Daisy returned to the New York Sanctum and found it apparently empty.
• Daisy went to the exhibition room, admired the magical artifacts, and wondered whether she could take a few.

Daisy examined the New York Sanctum’s magical artifacts, but the Crimson Band of Cyttorak secretly attached itself to her and followed her home. Dark Jean tried to burn it away, but the band escaped Daisy and bound Dark Jean instead.

• Daisy found that the Sanctum’s Cloak of Levitation, Watoom Wand, Scepter of the Living Tribunal, Eye of Agamotto, and Cauldron of Cosmic Power rejected her.
• Daisy declined the reluctant Axe of Angarrumus, then noticed the sealed Crimson Band of Cyttorak and left the Sanctum without touching it.
• After returning to her villa and going to sleep, Daisy found the Crimson Band wrapped around her leg and seeping into her skin and soul.
• Dark Jean assured Daisy she could handle the band and repeatedly attacked it with Phoenix Fire.
• The Crimson Band detached from Daisy, bound Dark Jean from head to toe, and tightened as Dark Jean struggled and unleashed flames.

Daisy helped Dark Jean burn away Cyttorak’s mark from the Crimson Band of Cyttorak and later discovered the purified band wrapped around her wrist. She renamed it the Lasso of Truth and began testing its abilities, deciding to try it on the villa’s third resident.

• Daisy helped Dark Jean free her arms from the Crimson Band of Cyttorak while Dark Jean’s Phoenix flames scorched away Cyttorak’s mark.
• Dark Jean gave Daisy the band before Daisy left the spiritual space, and Dark Jean went to rest in the sea of fire.
• Daisy woke exhausted and found the golden band wrapped around her wrist, then sensed that its original mark had been erased.
• Daisy decided not to return the band and renamed it the Lasso of Truth.
• Daisy tested the lasso’s automatic return and ability to extend with her spiritual power, then chose the villa’s third resident as her next test subject.

Daisy experimented with a mysterious lasso, then visited Viper to ask about Hydra after joining the organization. Viper laughed at Daisy’s story about Pierce but said Hydra had changed from the version in S.H.I.E.L.D.’s records.

• Daisy tested the lasso on Little Lion and Miss Maid, discovering that Miss Maid could escape it by turning into smoke.
• Daisy failed to find street punks to test the lasso on and added K'un-Lun to her itinerary after studying the coordinates Ancient One had given her.
• Daisy hid in Viper’s villa and confronted her with a question about her identity and the meaning of “Hail Hydra.”
• Daisy told Viper how Pierce had tried to kill her and how she had forced him to make her Deputy Director, prompting Viper to laugh.
• Viper said Hydra was no longer like the organization described in S.H.I.E.L.D.’s records.