Chapter Summaries

Thor’s repeated failure to lift Mjolnir left him drinking and questioning his worth, while Daisy and Loki prepared to face Jörmungandr’s coming attack. Ben Parker confronted Thor and demanded that he stay away from Peter.

• Daisy’s preparations were ready, but Jörmungandr still had not appeared, while Odin’s ravens searched Earth and grew thinner.
• Thor failed to lift Mjolnir again, gave up trying, and began drinking while working as a school gate guard.
• Peter questioned whether Thor could be good for nothing without divine power, leaving Thor unable to answer.
• Daisy blamed Loki for Thor’s condition, and Loki pointed out that she had brought women to try lifting Mjolnir; they then agreed to split the eight war hammers expected when Fear Itself began.
• Ben Parker introduced himself to Thor as Peter’s uncle and told Thor to stay away from Peter, criticizing his lack of responsibility.

After Uncle Ben’s lecture left Thor questioning his future, Sif urged him to remain mortal rather than fulfill the prophecy that he would die fighting Jörmungandr, and Thor walked away to think. Meanwhile, Daisy protected Obama during the election and attended the results gathering, where she pressed for confirmation of her Deputy Director position.

• Uncle Ben warned Thor not to harass Peter Parker and lectured him about responsibility, leaving Thor overwhelmed with guilt about having enjoyed a hero’s praise without earning it.
• Sif embraced Thor and revealed through her actions that she wanted him to stay mortal and avoid the prophecy that he would die fighting Jörmungandr.
• Thor pulled free from Sif and walked away to think about whether to reclaim his divine power.
• Daisy accompanied Obama during his final campaigning and helped protect his family as voting began.
• At the election results gathering, Daisy met Norman Osborn and saw General Ross, Viper, Pierce, James Wesley, Justin Hammer, and an invisible Loki among the attendees.
• Daisy dragged Viper along, confronted Pierce, and warned Old Pym that her Deputy Director position needed to be confirmed soon.

Jörmungandr escaped his prison after Skadi's Hammer freed him, but he killed Original Sin and destroyed the hammer after finding her memories useless. As Daisy and Loki discussed the escape, Fury reported that eight small objects were approaching Earth, though Tony Stark dismissed them as harmless meteors.

• Skadi's Hammer opened the prison seal, allowing Jörmungandr to break free from his chains and regain some power.
• Jörmungandr read Original Sin's fragmented memories, found only an image of a woman with flames around her hands, and killed her.
• Skadi's Hammer broke apart after Original Sin's death, and Jörmungandr left the prison to summon subordinates sealed on distant planets.
• At Obama's campaign headquarters, Loki told Daisy that Jörmungandr had escaped and that Heimdall could not locate him.
• Mockingbird connected Daisy to Director Fury, who reported that eight meteor-like objects were heading toward Earth, while Tony Stark dismissed them as small pieces of metal.

Daisy watched the Sanctums weaken three of Jörmungandr’s hammers before five others descended to find hosts, while S.H.I.E.L.D. received reports of hammer-controlled attackers around the world. She headed to Nick Fury’s Arctic safehouse to deal with Juggernaut, whose base had been compromised.

• Daisy and Stark saw the Sanctums’ magic wear down three hammers, but five hammers broke through the atmosphere and searched for hosts.
• Daisy saw a hammer strike Xavier’s School and assumed Colossus had been chosen, while trusting the school’s defenders to handle him.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. reported hammer-controlled Blonsky at a Pioneer Technology base, the Thing in Eastern Europe, and Hulk in Brazil; Daisy sent the Four Warriors of Asgard to help Reed, while Loki went to confront Hulk.
• Nick Fury reported that Juggernaut had been controlled at his Arctic safehouse, and Daisy agreed to reach the base within a five-minute window.
• Daisy arrived at the Rocket base in the New Siberian Islands, where agents were retreating or fighting as the site was evacuated.

Daisy confronted Juggernaut after Jörmungandr’s hammer transformed him into its puppet. She shattered the hammer and returned to S.H.I.E.L.D., where reports showed that several other battles remained unresolved.

• Juggernaut attacked the base agents, and Daisy arrived after a third of them had died.
• Daisy dodged Juggernaut’s hammer and struck it with flame-powered punches, weakening its control over him.
• Daisy’s third punch shattered the hammer, and Juggernaut collapsed as its hold over him ended.
• Daisy ordered the agents to collect the hammer fragments and asked Director Fury whether they had been exposed.
• Professor Charles and Jean subdued Colossus and trapped his consciousness in a Psychic Prison.
• Stark continued fighting Blonsky, while the Fantastic Three and four Asgardians kept The Thing suppressed but could not defeat him.

While Daisy delayed intervening in the battle, Thor traveled to her villa to retrieve his hammer and met Matt Murdock on the way. Thor ended up stranded in a tree with Little Lion waiting below, while Matt watched from a distance.

• Daisy judged the public panic limited and decided to wait before putting her plan into action.
• Thor ran from Manhattan to Long Island to retrieve his hammer from Daisy's villa.
• Matt Murdock gave Thor directions to the villa, then followed him because he suspected a plot.
• Thor approached the villa through the woods and encountered Little Lion.
• Little Lion chased Thor up a tree, then waited beneath it as Thor tried to persuade it to leave.
• Matt watched the standoff from afar, still wondering why Thor had come to the villa.

After Earth's forces stopped Jörmungandr's hammer-wielders, Jörmungandr summoned his City of Fear and an army of undead soldiers to invade Earth. He sent the soulless body of Skadi to spread winter as the floating city raced toward Washington.

• War Machine and Iron Man defeated Blonsky, while Mr. Reed took the hammer from the defeated Thing and Hulk broke free of Jörmungandr's control and hurled another hammer into space.
• Daisy saw the battered Destroyer and learned that Jörmungandr had recovered some strength by feeding on fear from the battles.
• Jörmungandr used his essence to make people across Earth experience their deepest fears and summoned his City of Fear and its army to Earth.
• Jörmungandr ordered the floating city to fly west to east across the United States toward Washington.
• Jörmungandr opened a coffin and commanded the soulless Skadi to spread winter across the land.

Daisy led S.H.I.E.L.D. and its allies against Jörmungandr, using a worldwide internet takeover to provoke him and draw attention away from the approaching battle. The chapter ended with governments and intelligence agencies searching for the hackers behind the disruption, unaware that S.H.I.E.L.D. was responsible.

• Daisy took command of the forces gathering to confront Jörmungandr, while Loki returned to Asgard and left the Destroyer behind for remote control.
• Daisy rejected Sif's request for the Asgardians to lead the attack and ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to carry out Plan A.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. seized control of the world's root servers and replaced online content with adult films, creating a global spectacle intended to blaspheme Jörmungandr.
• The internet disruption was mixed with the outgoing president's speech, producing an absurd broadcast as White House staff struggled to fix it.
• Elektra used the chaos to collect payments from San Fernando Valley businessmen, who paid rather than risk losing the opportunity to competitors.
• Intelligence agencies worldwide searched for the hackers, while compartmentalized management kept S.H.I.E.L.D. agents from realizing their own organization had caused the disruption.

Daisy’s strategy of broadcasting action movies and cartoons weakened Jörmungandr, and she assembled the heroes for an assault on his floating island. The forces split into frontal and rear attacks as Daisy and Black Widow flew toward the island, while Jörmungandr became absorbed in Tom and Jerry.

• Daisy’s broadcasts drained Jörmungandr’s divine power and flooded him with chaotic emotions, leaving him injured and gray-haired.
• Daisy changed into the Eagle Armor and told Hill she would join the coming battle, then gathered with the heroes.
• Cyclops and Stark opposed Daisy’s plan to attack together, so she divided the heroes into frontal and rear forces.
• Daisy arranged for Destroyer to lead the frontal assault and made an agreement with Loki about its possible destruction.
• Daisy and Black Widow flew from the Helicarrier toward the floating island while Jörmungandr watched Tom and Jerry.

Jörmungandr’s forces clashed with the Asgardians and Earth’s heroes as Daisy prepared to face Skadi, whom she recognized as an Eternal. The Destroyer was disabled by Skadi’s ice spear, and Daisy drew her sword to meet her.

• Jörmungandr judged the approaching force weak and sent Skadi and his troops to attack while his power continued to decline.
• Daisy, Storm, Iron Man, and the Destroyer joined the advance after Storm summoned clouds to cover the battlefield.
• Sif and the Warriors Three fought Asgardians from the past, with Sif killing a former companion whose mind had been lost.
• Iron Man, the Destroyer, and Storm attacked the enemy ranks while Daisy waited for the threat she sensed.
• Skadi pierced the Destroyer with an ice spear and summoned Winter Wolf Kaldr to help search the battlefield.
• Sif identified Skadi, and Daisy recognized her as an Eternal and drew her sword to face her.

Daisy fought Skadi and her giant wolf Kaldr amid Jörmungandr’s invasion, discovering that Skadi’s powers and remote control made her a dangerous opponent. As Daisy damaged Kaldr, Skadi’s anger began to break through her mental shackles, and the battle spread across the battlefield.

• Daisy recognized Skadi’s genetic resonance, resisted the Hunting Rune, and fought off Kaldr and Skadi’s tracking ice spears.
• Daisy teleported past Skadi’s defenses and attacked her, forcing Jörmungandr to loosen his control so Skadi could fight more instinctively.
• Skadi created a vast ice field and coordinated with Kaldr to corner Daisy, who used the Phoenix Force and Shou-Lao’s presence to strike the wolf with a flaming punch.
• Kaldr’s injury stirred anger and a flicker of awareness in Skadi, who began fighting at close range as she and Daisy clashed across the battlefield.
• Daisy restrained her wide-area attacks to avoid harming her allies and told them to charge inward while she kept Skadi occupied.

Daisy fought Skadi and Jörmungandr in the inner hall, badly injuring both but suffering severe wounds herself. As Daisy began to lose strength and Skadi recovered, the promised reinforcements failed to arrive.

• Daisy lured Skadi and Jörmungandr into aerial combat, then knocked the giant wolf out of the battle with a Phoenix-powered punch.
• Skadi pierced Daisy with her ice spear, but Daisy struck back with strength from her Eternal Gene, Phoenix Force, and Vibration powers.
• Jörmungandr detonated Skadi’s spear, destroying Daisy’s armor and sending both fighters flying with severe injuries.
• Daisy and Skadi resumed their fight, and Skadi shattered Daisy’s shield while Daisy complained that no reinforcements had come.
• Captain America was delayed by a speeding ticket while trying to reach Director Fury, and Little Lion kept Thor trapped in a tree.

Thor retrieved Mjolnir from Daisy's house and regained his divine power, then flew toward the West Coast to face Jörmungandr. Lorna was left staring at the destruction he caused and worried Daisy would punish him if he returned.

• Thor waited until Little Lion returned to Daisy's villa, then went inside to look for his hammer.
• Lorna recognized Thor, brought him to Daisy's room, and hurriedly hid Daisy's scattered clothes before letting him in.
• Thor prayed and repented before Mjolnir, resolved to stop Jörmungandr, and lifted the hammer.
• Lightning tore through Daisy's roof and room as Thor regained his power, armor, and cape.
• Thor thanked Lorna and flew toward the West Coast, while Lorna feared Daisy would kill him if he came back.

Daisy and Skadi fought until both were near collapse, but Kaldr sacrificed itself to save Skadi from Daisy’s Atomic Cutter. As Skadi’s memories overwhelmed Daisy, she learned how Skadi found a home with Bor, lost a mortal lover, and first met Kaldr.

• Daisy used the Atomic Cutter against Skadi, but Kaldr switched places with her and was cut into pieces.
• Skadi grieved over Kaldr’s death while Daisy tried to retreat and found her mind overwhelmed by Skadi’s memories.
• Daisy glimpsed the Eternals leaving Earth and saw Skadi grow up among the snow and ice.
• Bor took Skadi into his family, and she found a home in Asgard.
• Skadi fell in love with a mortal and watched him die of old age before marrying the God of Summer.
• Skadi later encountered Kaldr in the woods and was reminded of her lost lover by the giant wolf’s eyes.

Daisy sang as Skadi’s lingering will departed, and Skadi’s body dissolved into ice crystals that left Daisy gravely altered and unconscious. Thor arrived, mistook Daisy for dead, and joined the battle against Jörmungandr, who was still overwhelming the remaining fighters.

• Daisy sang a sorrowful song that spread across the West Coast as Skadi remembered her love and her phantom danced in the snow.
• Skadi’s will left her injured body, which broke apart into ice crystals; her phantom absorbed some crystals into Daisy before reuniting with her lover in the snow.
• The crystals placed intense pressure on Daisy’s body, causing her heart and organs to enter a dormant state as her genes began to change.
• Thor arrived and, believing Daisy and Skadi had died, praised their courage before leaping into the fight against Jörmungandr.
• Jörmungandr battered Destroyer while Cyclops, Storm, and Iron Man struggled to evade his attacks and keep him occupied.

Thor arrived to help the heroes fight Jörmungandr and learned that Daisy had died. Storm unleashed a massive lightning attack that devastated the enemy forces, while Daisy unexpectedly awakened elsewhere.

• Thor struck Jörmungandr with Mjolnir, shattered his axe, and battered him until black water surged from the ruined courtyard.
• Thor told Stark that Daisy had sacrificed herself, prompting Stark and the other heroes to intensify their attacks.
• Storm learned of Daisy’s death and gathered lightning across the West Coast, wiping out more than half of Jörmungandr’s troops.
• Storm told Thor to keep attacking with the remaining lightning, and Thor charged back into the battle.
• The power of Storm’s lightning woke Daisy, whom Thor had thought was already in Valhalla.

Daisy completed the first stage of her Eternal gene evolution after receiving Skadi’s gift, then returned to the Helicarrier to recover. Meanwhile, Jörmungandr destroyed the floating island and escaped toward the West Coast, leaving the heroes to search the sea.

• Daisy used K'un-Lun qi to calm her genes and discovered that Skadi had completed her Eternal genetic information, giving her a broader potential for evolution.
• Daisy’s eyesight and hearing sharpened, and she thanked Skadi before teleporting to the Helicarrier to recover her strength with food.
• Jörmungandr emerged in his true form, attacked the heroes with poisonous breath, and severed the floating island’s connection to its dimension.
• Thor, Storm, Susan, Human Torch, and Iron Man rescued the heroes as the island broke apart, but the Destroyer fell into the sea.
• Jörmungandr tore through space and vanished over the West Coast, while the heroes searched the sea and then returned to the Helicarrier.

Loki prepared Asgard’s defenses as Jörmungandr forced its way into the realm, while Daisy and the Asgardians returned from Earth to join the fight. Daisy chose to go for Skadi’s sake, and the group arrived on the Bifrost as the threat approached.

• Loki summoned Asgard’s warriors and activated the realm’s defenses while Frigga guarded Odin’s bedchamber.
• Daisy told the returning heroes that Jörmungandr had likely gone to Asgard, and Thor called Heimdall to bring them home.
• Daisy stopped the Earth heroes from debating whether to intervene and said she would join the Asgardians to avenge Skadi.
• Daisy and the five Asgardians traveled through the Bifrost and arrived on its bridge, where Heimdall watched them.
• Thor flew toward the approaching danger, and Daisy followed while the others ran along the bridge.

Daisy returned to Asgard as its warriors prepared for battle and asked Loki about joining the fight. Frigga gave her the Fenris armor and a longsword, leaving Daisy equipped and ready to fight Jörmungandr.

• Daisy descended into Asgard, where Thor and the returning warriors were welcomed by the assembled troops.
• Daisy approached Loki and said she had come to avenge Skadi, while Frigga studied her and questioned Loki about her strength and lifespan.
• Frigga led Daisy to the palace and offered her a suit of armor after sensing that Daisy bore Asgard no ill will.
• Frigga revealed that the armor was called Fenris and identified herself as Loki's mother; Daisy accepted the armor and longsword.
• Daisy put on Fenris and found that it enhanced her Qi circulation and magnetic field, allowing her to fly faster and break the sound barrier.

Daisy accepted Odin’s sword, forged to counter Jörmungandr, and waited for the serpent to reach Asgard. Jörmungandr invaded and unleashed fear across the realm, but Daisy remained unaffected and prepared to fight him.

• Frigga gave Daisy enchanted armor and Odin’s sword, explaining that it was made to destroy Jörmungandr.
• Daisy accepted the sword and recovered much of her strength while Thor and Loki argued over Loki’s false report of Odin’s death.
• Jörmungandr forced his way into Asgard and discovered that Odin was asleep.
• Jörmungandr used his fear-inducing power on Asgard’s warriors and civilians, while Daisy remained unaffected.
• Daisy drew the Treasure sword and challenged Jörmungandr, demanding that he pay for Aunt Skadi’s life.