Chapter Summaries

Daisy recovered Captain America's shield and activated Project Insight, which detected 300,000 Skrulls in the United States; she hesitated to order a mass attack because of the danger posed by an unseen supermassive warship. Aboard the Eternity, Bullseye helped the imprisoned heroes begin an escape by using a baseball to damage Wolverine's power-suppression collar.

• The Skrull Queen used Poisonous Spider venom to distract Daisy, then escaped with Paibok after cutting off his arm to keep Captain America's shield from being retrieved.
• Daisy destroyed the Skrull warships, returned the shield to S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, and activated Project Insight across three Helicarriers.
• Project Insight detected 300,000 Skrulls in the United States, and Daisy held off on attacking because she feared retaliation from a hidden supermassive warship.
• On the Eternity, Bullseye told the imprisoned heroes he could break the power-suppression collars and began striking Wolverine's collar with a baseball.

Daisy located the Skrull warship and launched Project Insight, using Revealing Agent and missile strikes to expose and kill Skrulls across the United States. The five-minute bombardment eliminated more than one hundred thousand targets, while many others remained hidden among crowds.

• Bullseye shattered Wolverine’s power-suppressing collar with a rubber ball, and Wolverine freed the imprisoned heroes.
• Captain America contacted Daisy through an unstable encrypted channel, and Beast Hank helped determine the heroes’ location on the far side of the Sun.
• Daisy found the Skrull warship and decided to attack it from within rather than confront it directly.
• Daisy deployed forces across the United States, sold Sentinel Robots to several countries, and ordered three Helicarriers to spray Revealing Agent.
• Daisy activated Project Insight, and missiles and cluster bombs struck exposed Skrulls as drones broadcast the attacks worldwide.
• After five minutes, the bombardment had eliminated more than one hundred thousand Skrulls out of three hundred thousand targets, while many others remained among crowds.

Daisy led S.H.I.E.L.D. and the heroes onto the Skrull warship to rescue its human captives while preparing to destroy the vessel with the Power Stone. The rescue continued as civilians were sent through portals to Washington, but the battle left many heroes wounded and more than a thousand soldiers and agents dead.

• Daisy sent ground forces to arrest Skrulls and ordered the rescue of human captives while prioritizing the threat of the Skrull warship.
• Daisy entered the warship through a portal and joined the superheroes, Mutants, and agents who were struggling against the Skrulls.
• Daisy rescued Obama and reunited the heroes with their friends and family after S.H.I.E.L.D. verified their identities.
• Daisy explained that her forces would destroy the warship while rescuing civilians, and Captain America agreed to put the rescue first.
• Daisy led the assault through three Skrull defensive lines as Hulk and the other heroes helped clear the way, suffering heavy casualties.
• Daisy opened portals to send civilians from the prison areas back to Washington while channeling the Power Stone into the warship.

Daisy Johnson negotiated the Skrulls’ withdrawal, helped destroy their battleship, and returned to a transformed Earth. She became Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. as the agency moved into public oversight under the United Nations.

• Daisy Johnson stalled Queen Veranke while Captain America and the heroes evacuated the hostages and withdrew through a portal.
• Daisy used the Power Stone to damage the Skrull battleship, then pushed it out of the Solar System with Tony Stark, his Mark Armors, and Black Bolt.
• The Skrull super-giant battleship exploded near Pluto, and Daisy returned to Earth after checking that the threat was gone.
• Jean became principal of Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters, while Daisy formally took over as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.
• The United Nations imposed a five-year term and an agency vote for future directors, while Obama granted Daisy her initial term.

Daisy officially took office as S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Director and dealt with the aftermath of the Skrull invasion, including securing funding and taking custody of captured Skrulls. As people across Earth struggled with the consequences of the invasion, Daisy comforted a guilt-ridden Spider-Woman.

• Daisy formally became Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., and branch leaders around the world quickly congratulated her.
• Daisy told Baldy to seek funding from the major powers and kept S.H.I.E.L.D.'s hidden wealth secret.
• Daisy persuaded the Secretary of Defense and other countries to pay S.H.I.E.L.D. to resettle captured Skrulls, then sent the prisoners through a Legend Gate to the Shi'ar to be sold.
• Captain America learned that a Skrull impersonator had said "Hail Hydra" on television, while Daisy gave Miss Mockingbird and Grant Ward time off to recover from the backlash.
• Daisy visited Spider-Woman, who blamed herself for the invasion, and reassured her that the Skrull woman was responsible.

Daisy sent Spider-Woman to the Shi'ar Empire to escape the fallout from her recent trouble, then struggled through her new S.H.I.E.L.D. duties. She visited Director Fury, who confirmed his retirement and negotiated for money, weapons, and support for his agents.

• Daisy sent Spider-Woman to the Shi'ar Empire, where Wanda could keep her company.
• Daisy worked late handling S.H.I.E.L.D. paperwork and planned to take a day off after being sued over the revealing agent spray.
• Daisy visited Director Fury in the hospital and accused him of having someone steal two doses of Super Soldier Serum.
• Director Fury said he was leaving S.H.I.E.L.D. because the agency had been exposed and asked Daisy for support.
• Daisy agreed to arrange a Shi'ar warship for fifty billion dollars, with a five-billion down payment paid in installments.
• Daisy agreed to cover the benefits of Director Fury's agents and cooperate with his secret force.

Daisy faced lawsuits over the casualties and damage caused by the Skrull war, then secretly took the Mind Stone from S.H.I.E.L.D.'s vault, giving her three Infinity Gems. As the X-Men and Avengers reorganized, Quicksilver joined the Avengers while Spider-Man was turned away for being too young.

• Daisy attended a courthouse hearing with Doctor Banner and Reed Richards over damage and civilian deaths from the Skrull conflict, but the case was postponed.
• Daisy removed the Mind Stone from the Mind Scepter, failed to fit it into the Infinity Gauntlet, and took the scepter after leaving a fake in its place.
• After Professor Charles disappeared, Jean became principal of Xavier's School, and Colossus, Pyro, and Iceman joined the X-Men while older students joined S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Captain America expanded the Avengers with Falcon Sam and Colonel Rhodes, and Quicksilver chose to join them instead of S.H.I.E.L.D. or the X-Men.
• Captain America and Stark rejected Spider-Man's request to join the Avengers because he was too young.

Daisy watched Danny Rand become the new Iron Fist, then oversaw S.H.I.E.L.D.'s recruitment as Director and brought Thunderbird into the agency. She visited Mary Walker after Mary rejected recruitment, but found nothing unusual about the timid woman.

• Daisy questioned Thunder God about why Davos had not become Iron Fist, then watched Danny defeat the young Shou-Lao and claim the title.
• Daisy returned to S.H.I.E.L.D. after Coulson, Black Widow, and Hawkeye left the agency, and she began recruiting new agents.
• Daisy recruited John Proudstar, codenamed Thunderbird, and assigned him to Crossbones' special operations team.
• Daisy went to Mary Walker's home after Mary refused S.H.I.E.L.D.'s offer and examined the apparently ordinary woman.

Daisy used the Mind Scepter to merge Typhoid Mary’s personalities and recruited her into S.H.I.E.L.D. She then infiltrated an unregistered underground facility at the New York branch and discovered another case of corruption.

• Daisy confronted Mary about her hidden soldier personality and revealed her Sokovia nickname, Typhoid Mary.
• Mary’s fierce personality emerged and displayed peak-human abilities and limited telekinesis as Daisy tested her.
• Daisy used the Mind Scepter to break through Mary’s psychological defenses and merge her three personalities.
• Daisy gave Mary the codename Typhoid and assigned her to work at S.H.I.E.L.D. under Agent Jasper Sitwell.
• Daisy went to S.H.I.E.L.D.’s New York branch after the X-Men recruited Gambit and found an unregistered underground facility filled with agency equipment.

Daisy found Ghost Ava Starr in a S.H.I.E.L.D.-funded underground facility and ordered Bill Foster and Ava to join S.H.I.E.L.D. She began treating Ava’s unstable quantum energy, leaving Ava able to feel solid but coughing up black blood after Daisy struck her back.

• Daisy revealed herself to Bill Foster and recognized the suffering woman in the metal room as his adopted daughter, Ava Starr.
• Daisy ordered Ava to report to S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters as an agent and reassigned Bill Foster to lead a quantum research project.
• Ava rushed out of the metal room, and Daisy told her she could cure her if she removed her protective gear.
• Daisy struck Ava’s chest with her palm, dispersing the excess energy and restoring her ability to remain solid.
• Daisy struck Ava’s back again, and Ava cried out and spat out a large mouthful of black blood.

Daisy assessed S.H.I.E.L.D.'s agents and went to hire Taskmaster to train them in combat. Taskmaster agreed to teach the agents for three months per student at a price of five hundred thousand each.

• Daisy treated Ava Starr with repeated Vibration strikes and gave her a card to obtain the Super Soldier Serum from S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Science Department.
• Thunderbird, Typhoid Mary, and Ghost Ava joined S.H.I.E.L.D. roles and received lower-grade Super Soldier Serum.
• Daisy watched Mockingbird and Thunderbird train, recognized that S.H.I.E.L.D.'s agents lacked systematic combat instruction, and decided to find them a teacher.
• Daisy entered Taskmaster's underground martial arts school in the Bronx and found him hiding in an office with optical camouflage.
• Daisy asked Taskmaster to train S.H.I.E.L.D.'s elite agents, and he offered three months of training per student for five hundred thousand each.

Daisy negotiated a deal with Taskmaster, trading combat footage for his training of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. She delegated reforms to improve S.H.I.E.L.D.'s management, then escaped the paperwork by returning to the Shi'ar with Wanda.

• Daisy showed Taskmaster footage of an alien arena fight and offered him combat videos in exchange for training her agents and paying her per elite recruit.
• Taskmaster accepted Daisy's terms, eager to study fighting techniques from across the universe.
• The next day, Daisy sent Thunderbird, Typhoid Mary, and Ghost Ava to Taskmaster for training, and he gave each of them tailored advice.
• Daisy asked Victoria Hand and Wendell Vaughn to revise S.H.I.E.L.D.'s management rules and close its security gaps.
• After half a month of paperwork and meetings, Daisy dumped the meetings on Hill and Baldy, returned to the Shi'ar, and played music with Wanda, while wondering what she had forgotten.

Rocket Raccoon recruited Big Snail as his companion, while Daisy discovered he had disappeared and later returned to Earth after Gladiator launched a campaign against the Cosmic Truth Cult. Learning that the Aether was about to emerge near London, Daisy entered an abnormal storage center where S.H.I.E.L.D. had traced Jane Foster’s emails.

• Rocket Raccoon crash-landed on Ebl and recruited Big Snail after learning about his formidable defensive abilities.
• Daisy discovered that Big Snail had been taken while she was away, and apologized to Cosmo.
• After three days of Shi'ar meetings, Gladiator announced an expedition against the Cosmic Truth Cult and led a large fleet to attack its planets.
• Daisy stayed behind, continued her relationship with Wanda, checked on the Skrull slave trade and Saintess Cult, then returned to Earth.
• Daisy learned that a rare nine-planet alignment would soon bring the Aether to London and hurried there, hoping to claim it for Wanda.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. traced Jane Foster’s emails to a storage center outside London, and Daisy entered the site.

Daisy investigated a spatial anomaly discovered at an abandoned storage center and forced her way through a fissure linked to the Nine Realms Conjunction. She emerged at an ancient Asgardian temple, where Bor confronted her before she could explain herself.

• After S.H.I.E.L.D. intercepted children’s email to Jane Foster, Daisy went to the storage center and found a spatial interlayer with unstable gravity and weakened magnetism.
• Daisy traced the fissure, resisted its pull, and used the Space Stone to tear open a passage when she could not squeeze through with her own energy.
• Daisy emerged at a Norse-style temple and discovered that Asgardian Einherjar were guarding it.
• Bor, the second-generation God King of Asgard, came out of the temple, and Daisy recognized him from Skadi’s memories.
• Daisy saluted Bor in the armor Frigga had given her, but Bor interrupted her as she began to explain herself.

Daisy fought Bor, Odin’s father and Thor’s grandfather, in a pocket space where her powers were restricted. After trading heavy blows, she prepared to meet his overwhelming axe strike head-on.

• Bor rejected Daisy’s attempt to claim kinship and immediately attacked her with his twin-bladed battle axe.
• Daisy struggled to parry Bor’s powerful strikes and leaped onto his axe to attack his throat with her sword.
• Bor punched at Daisy’s wrist, and she abandoned her sword to counter with a fist combining the Iron Fist, Phoenix Force, her strength, and vibration powers.
• Daisy and Bor collided in a powerful punch that sent her flying and forced him to stagger backward.
• Bor criticized Daisy’s sword and unleashed a seemingly unstoppable axe strike, while Daisy gathered golden energy and resolved to fight.

Daisy defeated Bor in a fierce duel and passed the trial he had set for her, though she had only come to retrieve the Aether. After Bor and the fallen warriors vanished, she found his Twin-bladed Battle Axe left behind and decided to take the divine artifact.

• Daisy struck Bor's great axe aside and gained the upper hand, prompting him to fight her seriously.
• Daisy and Bor traded more than thirty blows before Bor's strength faded and Daisy drove her sword into his chest.
• Bor praised Daisy, declared that she had passed the trial, and vanished into dust as the fallen warriors saluted and disappeared.
• Daisy realized Bor had mistaken her visit for a trial and entered the temple to retrieve the Aether.
• Daisy found Bor's Twin-bladed Battle Axe embedded in the ground, took it, and tested its weight and sharpness.

Daisy entered the temple to claim the Aether, but found it still trapped beneath a massive boulder and could not turn it into a solid gem. When the Aether ignored her attempts to communicate, she repaired the boulder until the seal could hold it for another thousand years, leaving the Aether suppressed and Daisy unsure whether it could communicate at all.

• Daisy tested the Twin-bladed Battle Axe and carried it into the damaged temple, where she found the Aether overflowing in liquid form.
• Daisy tried to grasp the Aether and use the Infinity Gauntlet to install it, but the hostile energy slipped away and did not respond to her.
• Daisy discovered that a ten-thousand-ton boulder trapped most of the Aether beneath it, though the stone was riddled with cracks and close to failing.
• Daisy used the Matter Recomposition Ring to repair the boulder, forcing the Aether to retract its energy and strengthen the seal.
• Daisy kept repairing the stone as the Aether ignored her, eventually restoring it enough to suppress the Aether for another thousand years.

Daisy experienced a vivid reality in which she became empress of Earth and conquered the universe, surrounded by wealth, power, and the women in her life. When she recognized that the fantasy was impossible, the scene froze and abruptly changed.

• Aether surged out from beneath the boulder and shot toward Daisy, sending her through a blur of visions.
• Daisy found herself as S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Director, apparently taking control of the IMF and Federal Reserve with Hill and Baldy reporting her successes.
• Daisy confiscated Goblin Chocolate's fortune and watched visions in which she amassed wealth and conquered the universe as empress.
• Daisy enjoyed a lavish court dance featuring familiar women, then questioned whether such a reality could be true.
• A muffled sound froze the scene, which abruptly transformed with a burst of static.

Daisy exhausted the Aether’s energy by enduring its reality simulations and restored most of the boulder sealing it. She released the contaminated portion of the Aether and trapped the remaining sixty percent, leaving it ready for her attempt to turn it into the Reality Stone.

• Daisy treated the Aether’s simulated realities as entertainment until the simulations pixelated and ejected her.
• Daisy realized the Aether had spent over half its energy and negotiated its cooperation while preparing to take it.
• Daisy pushed open the sealing boulder, but the Aether escaped its seal and tried to flee.
• Daisy used the Quantum Bracelets and energy cages to capture and compress the Aether.
• Daisy opened her prison to let the dark-magic-contaminated portion escape and intercepted the remaining sixty percent.

Daisy captured the remaining Aether and traveled to Asgard to find out how to reach Malekith’s stronghold. There, she discovered Odin in a state of mental confusion, and she joined his family and allies in trying to restrain him.

• Daisy subdued the remaining Aether, stored it in a stone box, and left the collapsing temple after deciding to kill Malekith to remove his imprint.
• Daisy returned to London, confirmed Earth was peaceful, and teleported to Asgard to ask for directions to Svartalfheim.
• Daisy found Loki staging an opera that mocked Thor and noticed that Odin’s divine power seemed unstable.
• Gungnir and Mjolnir flew from the Royal Palace as Odin shouted accusations, while Loki, Sif, and the others rushed inside.
• Daisy joined Thor, Loki, Frigga, Sif, the Warriors Three, and Heimdall in restraining Odin, who mistook her for Laufey.