Chapter Summaries

Ultron seized Stark's automated mechanical-soldier factories and launched attacks around the world, overwhelming local governments and stretching S.H.I.E.L.D.'s forces. Daisy offered paid military assistance to countries and asked Jean to call on Mutants to help resist Ultron, leaving the Mutants to decide whether and how to answer.

• Ultron took control of Stark's three automated production facilities and sent mechanical soldiers to attack cities worldwide.
• As governments issued conflicting orders and cities fell, Daisy told Agent Sitwell that S.H.I.E.L.D. would leave local unrest to each country unless it paid for assistance.
• Daisy urged Jean to call on Mutants to help fight Ultron, while Beast Hank objected that they would be sent to their deaths.
• After discussion, Jean issued a voluntary call for Mutants with suitable abilities to resist Ultron and cautioned those unsuited to combat to stay out of the fighting.

As Ultron's mechanical soldiers attacked Atlanta, Lauren Strucker used her mutant powers to save a child, changing the outlook of the child's father, Jess Turner. Jean Grey's call inspired Mutants around the world to join the defense, helping humanity gain ground as several production factories were destroyed.

• Reed Strucker drove through Atlanta's chaos while rejecting Jean Grey's broadcast calling on Mutants to protect their families and communities.
• Lauren Strucker stopped her father and used a translucent shield to lift a wrecked Ford sedan, freeing a trapped girl as Jess Turner watched.
• Reed Strucker took Jess Turner and the injured girl toward the hospital, while a reporter interviewed them for n.
• Daisy saw n's report and recognized that Lauren's rescue had transformed Jess Turner's relationship with Mutants.
• More than a thousand Mutants stepped forward within fifteen minutes, and Pepper, Jean, Hill, and the United States military destroyed three suspected production factories.

Daisy led S.H.I.E.L.D. and a coalition of heroes into Latveria to destroy Ultron, who had seized the country after turning Doctor Doom’s mechanical soldiers against him. The campaign advanced quickly until a new type of Mechanical Soldier wounded Wolverine, Luke Cage, and Pepper, leaving Pepper badly injured and asking Daisy to help Tony if she died.

• Hackers trapped Ultron’s data stream in Latveria, and agents reported that Ultron had taken control of the country while Doctor Doom’s whereabouts remained unknown.
• Daisy called for the Third Latveria War, charged the United Nations for S.H.I.E.L.D.’s campaign costs, and gathered a large force of agents, Mutants, and heroes.
• Daisy received a victory blessing at the Vatican, then led the expeditionary force through the Doom Sea and Doom River toward Latveria’s capital.
• Lorna, Groot, Spider-Man, Pepper, and other heroes fought Ultron’s Mechanical Soldiers as the allied forces advanced along several battle lines.
• Ultron deployed a new type of Mechanical Soldier that injured Wolverine, Luke Cage, and Pepper.
• Pepper lay gravely wounded and asked Daisy to help Tony if she died.

Daisy healed Pepper, learned that Tony had created Anti-Daisy Armor, and destroyed one of the machines herself. The other two were also defeated, leaving Ultron with no remaining backup plan as S.H.I.E.L.D.'s forces advanced.

• Daisy healed Pepper's internal injuries after learning that Dr. Helen Zhao had refused to treat her.
• Pepper told Daisy that Tony had developed armor specifically to fight her.
• Daisy confronted an Anti-Daisy Armor, overcame its countermeasures, and destroyed it with Reality Alteration.
• Daisy learned that Tony had built three Anti-Daisy Armors and that they had injured Gambit and Beast.
• Jean destroyed one Anti-Daisy Armor, while Ant-Man sabotaged another before the gathered fighters tore it apart.
• S.H.I.E.L.D.'s army continued advancing as Ultron ran out of resources and defeat became foreseeable.

In the 40th century, the Avengers struggled against Vision after he severed his humanity and unleashed the Mind Stone’s power. As Vision prepared to kill Captain America, Deadpool appeared, and Vision became bewildered by the bizarre contents of his mind.

• Wanda, Thor, and the other Avengers fought Vision while the mechanical soldiers attacked their allies, leaving many of them badly injured.
• Vision discarded his remaining humanity and used the Mind Stone to spread a force that threatened to strip away the Avengers’ free will.
• Wanda shielded the group, and Captain America broke through the barrier to interrupt Vision’s attack with a blow that could harm him.
• Vision overwhelmed Captain America and grabbed him by the neck, but sensed a new lifeform arriving.
• Vision tried to control Deadpool with the Mind Stone, failed, and saw a jumble of strange images in Deadpool’s mind that left him questioning his understanding of humanity.

Vision looked into the depths of Deadpool’s mind and saw Death, causing the Mind Stone to shatter and Vision to explode. In the present, Daisy realized the gem’s destruction had altered the timeline and suspected Deadpool’s connection to Death was behind it.

• Vision pushed the Mind Stone to probe Deadpool’s mind, saw Death in its deepest reaches, and shattered the gem as his body exploded.
• Daisy sensed a change in the universe, found the Mind Stone reduced to powder, and realized she had lost another Infinity Gem.
• Captain America and the others returned from the future with Vision’s head, and Daisy concluded their trip had created a divergent timeline.
• Daisy treated the injured team members, while Thor flew to New York to confront Odin about Asgard’s future destruction.
• Hawkeye told Daisy that Deadpool had traveled to the future with Cable, and Daisy suspected Vision had seen multiversal Death in Deadpool’s mind.

Director Daisy investigated the Mind Stone, Wanda, and Thanos while the Avengers returned to battle Ultron’s forces. Ultron was defeated and his hidden code destroyed, but the world was left facing widespread ruin and a difficult recovery.

• Captain America recognized that Vision’s forehead gem resembled the Mind Scepter’s gem, and Director Daisy showed the Avengers the shattered scepter.
• Wanda gave Director Daisy Vision’s head, and Daisy burned it to ashes with Phoenix Fire.
• Director Daisy learned that Thanos had shut down the Darkhold’s defenses and refused the Black Order’s return, leading her to suspect he had injured himself to make Deadpool immortal.
• Captain America, Captain Marvel, Spider-Woman, and other heroes joined S.H.I.E.L.D.’s advance, and Jean killed Ultron in Doomstadt while Ant-Man destroyed his main body through the network.
• Agents found and destroyed servers containing Ultron’s foundational code, and Director Daisy confirmed the threat had ended seven days after the Independence Day holiday.
• World leaders began cleanup and reconstruction as mechanical soldiers had devastated cities, toppled small governments, and left the global economy facing a severe downturn.

After the Ultron invasion, S.H.I.E.L.D. returned from Latveria and the United States shifted the blame onto Tony Stark. Stark was sentenced to life in prison, while Daisy planned to seek a presidential pardon after public anger subsided.

• After S.H.I.E.L.D. defeated Ultron, Daisy’s forces looted Latveria and handed the territory over to the Vatican.
• Daisy discussed funerals with the priests as the chapter described heavy military, superhero, Mutant, and civilian losses from the war.
• The White House released a lengthy report blaming Tony Stark, and Daisy brought Pepper and Captain America to his public trial.
• Daisy told Pepper she was seeking Obama’s help to secure Stark a pardon, possibly after he served six months in prison.
• Mr. Fantastic and Invisible Woman attended the trial as Stark took responsibility for the disaster.
• The California judge sentenced Tony Stark to life imprisonment, leaving sentence reductions and a presidential pardon as possible options.

After Stark was sentenced to life imprisonment, Daisy explained why she could not stop Stark Industries from reclaiming Avengers Tower and offered the Avengers an abandoned airport instead. As the group dispersed and Pepper began working as a cashier, Ancient One, Wong, and Doctor Strange left Kamar-Taj, where Ancient One asked Strange whether he had been close to Stark.

• Captain America asked Daisy for advice about Avengers Tower, and Pepper explained that Stark Industries' rules prevented Daisy from controlling its daily operations.
• Daisy explained how Howard Stark's corporate rules and the scattered ownership of the shares limited her influence, then offered the Avengers Wanda's abandoned airport in the Bronx as a new base.
• Captain America set out to visit Stark and arrange the Avengers' move, while Pepper hurried to her new cashier job after being barred from work related to her former profession.
• News spread that Tony Stark had been sentenced to life imprisonment as Ancient One, Wong, and Doctor Strange departed the abandoned Kamar-Taj.
• Ancient One asked Doctor Strange whether he had been close with Stark.

Ancient One sent Wong and Doctor Strange toward the New York Sanctum, but Kaecilius attacked them before they could leave. After Ancient One was mortally wounded, Daisy arrived and helped Doctor Strange project his soul, leaving him alone with Ancient One's spirit.

• Ancient One told Wong and Doctor Strange to go to the New York Sanctum and urged Doctor Strange to accept magic.
• Kaecilius and his sorcerers attacked Ancient One, who sent Wong and Doctor Strange through a portal before fighting them.
• Wong and Doctor Strange returned fifteen minutes later and found Ancient One gravely wounded.
• Ancient One refused Wong's suggestion to use Daisy's drop of blood and said it could be studied later.
• Daisy appeared, slowed time, and helped Doctor Strange's soul leave his body through Astral Projection.
• Ancient One's soul emerged, and Daisy stepped away to give him and Doctor Strange privacy.

After Ancient One departed and Doctor Strange vowed to avenge her, Daisy left with Mr. M and headed to the Savage Land to find some fun. She began filming King Kong: Skull Island with an unusual cast, including Loki, Captain Marvel, and Director Fury.

• Daisy and Mr. M watched Ancient One merge with the lightning and leave with Eternity, while discussing the cost of abandoning one's body for a higher form of life.
• Doctor Strange realized outsiders had been present, then promised the grieving Wong that he would study magic and avenge Ancient One.
• Daisy and Mr. M left after Doctor Strange and Wong buried Ancient One, and Daisy detoured to the Savage Land.
• Daisy began filming King Kong: Skull Island, with Happy directing and Loki serving as assistant director and male lead.
• Daisy cast Captain Marvel as the female lead and persuaded Director Fury to join the film in disguise.

Lorna reunited with Jessica Jones and helped secure the release of Jessica’s adopted sister, Tracey, from the police station. The chapter ended with Tracey arriving at the restaurant where Lorna and Jessica were talking.

• Daisy filmed herself in a comedic role, then joined the serious Life of Pi production featuring the Panther Goddess and Shuri.
• Lorna declined Daisy’s offer to hold another coming-of-age ball and drove to Brooklyn after Jessica called her.
• Jessica asked Lorna for help with her adopted sister, Patricia Tracey Walker, who had been detained on suspicion of taking powder.
• Lorna used her connections and hired a lawyer to arrange Tracey’s bail.
• Lorna and Jessica shared a meal and drinks, and Tracey arrived after the lawyer brought her from the police station.

Lorna protected Jessica and Tracey from the Purple Man, whose attempt to control her failed against her Mental Shield. After capturing him, she called Esme and her sisters, who uncovered his disturbing powers and history, leaving Lorna disgusted with him.

• Lorna gave Jessica Attorney Hogarth’s business card and left the sisters to talk before heading toward her car.
• Lorna noticed the Purple Man confronting Jessica and Tracey, stepped between them, and resisted his attempt to control her.
• Lorna trapped the Purple Man in a metal cage and hid him in an alley before seeing Jessica, Tracey, and Attorney Hogarth off.
• Lorna returned with Esme, who summoned her four sisters to examine the Purple Man through the cage.
• Esme and her sisters identified the Purple Man’s unusual power and learned from his memories that he had killed many people and held vile attitudes toward women, making Lorna reject the idea of recruiting him.

After Lorna killed Purple Man, Daisy returned to the Avengers’ postwar troubles and the economic crisis overwhelming New York. She refused Captain America’s request to fund relief efforts but arranged for him to encourage people to cherish life, leaving the city’s deeper problems unresolved.

• Lorna asked the Stepford Cuckoos if they could remove Purple Man’s powers, then killed him by crushing him inside his metal cage.
• Esme invited Lorna for coffee, and the sisters’ teasing helped ease her discomfort; Lorna later called Daisy, who approved of Purple Man’s death.
• Daisy spent time with Hill and Wanda, visited the Avengers’ new training base, and arranged equipment upgrades for Falcon and War Machine with plans to bill Stark later.
• Wanda told Daisy about the city’s growing distress as the economic crash drove many people toward suicide, but Daisy said she could not solve the crisis herself.
• Captain America asked Daisy to fund a poverty relief program, but she refused and instead arranged for him to speak at a church service after the Pope prayed for Ultron’s victims.
• Captain America delivered a heartfelt speech urging people to love and cherish life, which Daisy suspected Sharon Carter had written.

Daisy used media campaigns and official measures to slow the wave of suicides, then recruited Hawkeye to keep Deadpool from killing himself. She also began turning Ant-Man and Old Pym into public heroes to inspire people.

• Daisy enlisted major media groups to promote endurance, while Captain America's speeches and new measures temporarily stemmed the suicides.
• After Deadpool reassembled from a leap at the zoo, Daisy sent Hawkeye to persuade him to stop trying to die.
• Deadpool resumed his suicide attempts, and Hawkeye chased him around the city; Daisy raised Hawkeye's pension to keep him motivated.
• Daisy decided to create a star to inspire the public and offered Scott Lang a chance to return to public life as Ant-Man.
• Scott Lang accepted Daisy's plan, which also included the original Ant-Man, Old Pym.

Daisy helped Scott Lang and Hank Pym build public support as Scott became a national hero and Hank prepared to return to Pym Industries. Darren Klaus secretly agreed to help Dr. Drake kill Hank in exchange for his suit and Pym Particles, while Hank and Scott headed to the company for a carefully publicized visit.

• Daisy launched a publicity campaign that established Scott Lang as a national superhero and promoted Hank Pym’s recovery and return to work.
• Darren Klaus watched Hank’s television appearance and resolved to keep control of Pym Industries.
• Dr. Drake met Darren and demanded that he seal the company’s routes so they could kill Hank and take his suit and Pym Particles.
• Hank persuaded several Pym Industries directors and executives to invite him back to the group, and they also invited Ant-Man as a potential spokesperson.
• Hank arrived at Pym Industries in formal clothes with Scott Lang and Scott’s daughter for the planned visit.

Lorna and Esme joined Old Pym and Scott Lang at Pym Industries, where executives welcomed Old Pym back and led them to the laboratories. Darren Cross greeted Old Pym with a pointed remark about his mental illness, while Lorna stood ready to confront him.

• Lorna explained that she represented Daisy's fire safety foundation and held its Pym Industries shares, while Esme scorned Scott Lang for believing he had saved the world.
• Pym Industries employees and executives enthusiastically welcomed Old Pym, who gave an impassioned speech about his return.
• Esme questioned how fame and admiration could affect Old Pym so strongly, and Lorna recalled Daisy's advice to find a purpose and hobby to stay grounded.
• Executives brought Old Pym, Lorna, Esme, and Scott to the top-floor laboratories to review the company's projects.
• Darren Cross greeted Old Pym by asking whether his mental illness had improved, and Lorna blocked his hostile look without backing down.

Old Pym returned to Pym Industries and won over its scientists and management, while Darren Cross lost influence. As the group prepared to welcome Old Pym back, Cross opened the facility to Dr. Drake and his armed men, trapping the laboratory between two forces.

• Old Pym brushed off Darren Cross and toured Pym Industries with Hope van Dyne as the media celebrated his return.
• Old Pym impressed the company's scientists with his knowledge, while Scott Lang entertained his daughter and Lorna and Esme made plans to leave.
• An alarm announced that unidentified armed men had broken into Pym Industries, and management panicked.
• Darren Cross withdrew the company's security guards and opened the gates for the attackers, then led ten armed guards to block the laboratory's exit.
• Dr. Drake entered with more than a dozen subordinates and blocked the laboratory's entrance.

Dr. Drake attacked Scott Lang and his companions to take the Ant-Man suit and Pym Particles, but Lorna and Esme fought back. Drake revealed a monstrous transformation as the battle continued.

• Dr. Drake demanded Scott Lang's Battle Suit and Pym Particles and ordered his men to seize Scott's daughter.
• Lorna stopped the abductors by destroying their guns, then redirected Drake's bullets after he shot at her.
• Drake's men opened fire, and Lorna halted their bullets while Hope returned fire and Old Pym was wounded.
• Esme used her Psychic Ability to make ten armed men shoot themselves, while the bald man survived because of an anti-mind-control device.
• Lorna attacked the remaining men with laboratory objects and discovered that Drake had extraordinary reflexes.
• Drake transformed into a muscular, iron-gray monster with sharp teeth.

Lorna treated Old Pym’s wound and fought the shrunken Dr. Cross, ultimately destroying his Wasp suit with an electromagnetic pulse. She then realized Ant-Man had returned to normal size and was being beaten by Riot.

• Scott Lang put on his Battle Suit and went to face Riot while Lorna protected Hope and Esme.
• Lorna used magnetism to remove the bullet from Old Pym and bandaged his wound.
• The shrunken Cross attacked Lorna and the others, forcing Lorna to defend them with force fields and metal fragments.
• Lorna released an electromagnetic pulse that destroyed the laboratory’s electronics and disabled Cross’s Wasp suit.
• Old Pym pointed out that Riot was beating Ant-Man after Scott returned to normal size.