Chapter Summaries

Lorna used her magnetic powers to protect Scott Lang and the others from Riot, then tore the laboratory’s upper floor free to trap the creature. She unleashed torrents of steel against Riot, determined to kill him.

• Riot attacked Scott Lang, and Lorna struggled to stop the biological blades with her magnetic control.
• Lorna pulled Scott to safety and raised a metal cage around Riot while Esme, Hope, Old Pym, and Scott escaped downstairs.
• Lorna discovered Riot had almost no magnetic field and could not be controlled effectively, so she focused on attacking him.
• After the others left, Lorna tore the laboratory’s upper floor away from Pym Tower and suspended it in midair.
• Lorna formed ten torrents of steel and sent nine of them to surround and pursue Riot.

Lorna struggled to defeat Riot until Daisy revealed that high-frequency sound could weaken symbiotes. Daisy then searched the Life Foundation for three fleeing symbiotes, forcing one out of its host while the other two remained at large.

• Riot regenerated from Lorna's attacks and tried to flee when Daisy appeared, recognizing her as a threat.
• Daisy struck metal at a high frequency, weakening Riot and showing Lorna how to fight him.
• Daisy entered the Life Foundation after learning that three other symbiotes were hiding there and fleeing in different directions.
• Unable to identify the symbiotes among the crowd, Daisy sent a precisely controlled punch's sound waves through the area and caused a host to crash his Humvee.
• Daisy used a fireball to force the exposed symbiote out of its host, leaving two symbiotes still unaccounted for.

Daisy used a symbiote named Scream to create an avatar and examined the memories behind the symbiotes’ return from the dead. She learned that the Builders had created the lifeforms overseeing Earth and could travel freely between universes.

• Daisy failed to communicate with the yellow symbiote telepathically and brought it to the Life Foundation to study it.
• Daisy created an empty dummy for the symbiote to inhabit, and the transformed body became an avatar that could carry her will.
• Daisy learned that the weakened symbiote Scream had gained sonic immunity while inhabiting her avatar.
• Daisy examined Scream’s memories and discovered that Aleph had raised Void Lord and Abyss to oversee life and destruction on Earth.
• Daisy learned that the Builders had created Void Lord and could mass-produce advanced lifeforms and travel between parallel universes.

Daisy captured Scream, left the other symbiotes unpursued, and helped Lorna stop Riot after the fight devastated the Pym Building. She arranged temporary relief for Old Pym and the Pym Group, while Dr. Klaus was arrested and blamed for the disaster.

• Daisy pulled Scream out of her clone, sealed it in a container, and left the Life Foundation without investigating Mars or searching for the other symbiotes.
• Lorna battered Riot with ultrasonic impacts until its consciousness and Dr. Drake were left nearly brain-dead, and Daisy sent agents to take Drake into custody.
• Daisy assessed the damage to the Pym Building and refused to personally pay Old Pym's compensation costs.
• Daisy arranged for the Pym Group to use the Life Foundation headquarters and for the personal assets of Dr. Drake and Dr. Klaus to cover employees' losses, with a loan to address the remainder.
• Police arrived, killed or scattered the remaining armed men, and arrested Dr. Klaus, whom witnesses and evidence identified as responsible for the incident.

Eddie Brock and Anne became hosts to the symbiotes Venom and Riot, while Norman Osborn recruited Eddie for his plans. Daisy monitored Osborn’s effort to build H.A.M.M.E.R. and infiltrated it with Hydra agents.

• Eddie Brock regained hope as the Great Depression hurt those around him, resumed work as a food delivery driver, and reunited with Anne.
• Two symbiotes entered Eddie and Anne, who heard them identify themselves as Venom and Riot before Anne fled in confusion.
• Eddie discovered his immense new strength and killed two robbers.
• Norman Osborn approached Eddie Brock and invited him to join his plans.
• Daisy learned of Osborn’s recruitment of Eddie and tracked his efforts to establish H.A.M.M.E.R., placing Hydra agents in half of the organization.

Daisy tried to make Scream a weapon for Maria Hill, but Hill refused to bond with the symbiote, so Daisy sealed it away. At H.A.M.M.E.R.’s founding, Norman Osborn became its Director and unveiled himself as Iron Patriot, while Daisy noticed Hydra had already infiltrated the agency.

• Daisy conditioned Scream with implanted commands and adjusted it to accept Maria Hill’s genes.
• Hill rejected Scream because she did not want another life inside her body, and Daisy sealed the symbiote away.
• Daisy attended H.A.M.M.E.R.’s founding, where the government established it under Pentagon command and Congressional oversight to counter S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Norman Osborn became H.A.M.M.E.R.’s Director and arrived in modified armor, taking the Iron Patriot codename.
• Daisy recognized several Hydra members among H.A.M.M.E.R.’s upper ranks and saw that the agency had already been infiltrated.

Daisy congratulated Norman Osborn on establishing H.A.M.M.E.R. while secretly monitoring his organization, which Hydra had infiltrated. She then met Jean in Atlanta to prepare a report about Mutant-human harmony centered on the Strucker family and Jess Turner’s family.

• Norman Osborn introduced H.A.M.M.E.R. and its fighters, including Bullseye and Daiken, while Daisy congratulated him on the organization’s launch.
• Osborn planned to use H.A.M.M.E.R. and the Osborn Group to build his power, unaware that Hydra had placed fifty agents among his trusted subordinates.
• Daisy ordered an agent to keep watch on Osborn before leaving Washington.
• Daisy met Jean outside N's studio in Atlanta to discuss a follow-up report promoting harmony between Mutants and humans.
• Jean explained that Lauren Strucker had hidden her abilities until Jean’s call prompted her to reveal them, leaving tension within the Strucker family.

Jean worried that the Mutants’ growing unity would fracture families and secretly foresaw herself opposing Cyclops. During a recording, Daisy triggered Andy Strucker’s imminent mutation, then decided to recruit Jace Turner for S.H.I.E.L.D.

• Jean warned Daisy not to awaken the Strucker family’s mutant genes and privately reflected on her vision of standing against Cyclops.
• Daisy and Jean watched Andy shove Lauren, and Daisy recognized that jealousy and awakening mutant genes were driving his volatile emotions.
• Daisy remotely triggered Andy’s mutation, causing him to tear a huge gash through a wall in front of his family.
• Daisy considered Jace Turner more dependable than the Struckers and planned to recruit him personally.

Daisy recruited Jess Turner to lead Sentry Special Operations, which began targeting Mutant groups that obstructed police enforcement, while Norman Osborn struggled to get H.A.M.M.E.R. running. She also showed Storm and Black Panther a Vibranium-bearing planet, giving Wakanda a possible path forward.

• Daisy offered Jess Turner a management role leading a new S.H.I.E.L.D. department tasked with monitoring Mutants, and he accepted after she promised funding, intelligence, and protective equipment.
• Daisy supplied Baldy II with Sentry Mechanical Soldiers, Ability Suppressing Handcuffs, and Leech Potion, and Sentry Special Operations was officially established.
• Baldy II's new department crushed two Mutant organizations that had obstructed police enforcement.
• Norman Osborn remained tied up in H.A.M.M.E.R. paperwork and meetings, frustrating senators and leaving him unsure why he had become Director.
• Daisy took Storm and Black Panther to Barker Star, where they surveyed Vibranium deposits and found them more plentiful than Wakanda's meteorite supply.
• Black Panther celebrated the discovery as a future for Wakanda, while Daisy warned him that his people would need to organize their own guards on the planet.

Daisy helped Black Panther plan Wakanda’s settlement on Barker Star before meeting Yondu and his companions at the Shi'ar base to discuss Dark Vortex. She examined the mirror and saw herself as a vast ball of light, suggesting that advancing further required her to transform her life form.

• Daisy accompanied Black Panther on an inspection of Barker Star, where he weighed Wakanda’s political divisions and the difficulties of building a new homeland.
• At the end of July, Daisy traveled to the Shi'ar, where Yondu and Star-Lord arrived with Gamora, Drax, Rocket Raccoon, and Big Snail.
• Daisy welcomed Yondu’s group, gave them a tour, and then began discussing Dark Vortex with Yondu, Star-Lord, and Gamora.
• Gamora warned Daisy that Dark Vortex could erode her mind and drew her sword after Daisy said she and Thanos were alike, but Daisy used psychic power to make Gamora sheath it.
• Star-Lord activated Dark Vortex, and Daisy looked into the mirror, where Gamora saw her reflection as an enormous ball of light.

Daisy accepted the Dark Vortex’s offer of power without deciding to join its system, then struck a profitable deal with Yondu to move his stolen goods through her smuggling channels. Star-Lord discovered a Captain America comic on Daisy’s desk and noticed that its story differed from what he remembered.

• Daisy weighed the cost of joining the Dark Vortex’s system and decided she preferred staying on Earth as Director.
• Daisy accepted the mirror and demanded payment from Yondu, who paid her for Star-Lord’s rescue and began negotiating another deal.
• Yondu sold Daisy a scrapped Nova Corps helmet and other stolen goods, which she planned to resell through her contacts.
• While Daisy and Yondu conducted business, Star-Lord spotted a Captain America comic on Daisy’s desk and found that its story did not match his memories.

Daisy completed her trade with Yondu and the Ravagers, while Star-Lord decided to leave the pirates and pursue his childhood dream of becoming a hero. He and a new crew set off to help the Xandarians against Ronan, leaving Daisy behind.

• Star-Lord learned that Daisy was from Earth, and the news stirred his longing and fear about returning to his homeworld; Gamora later comforted him.
• Daisy bought supplies from the Ravagers at a steep discount and resold them through her channels, while Yondu gained funds and she opened new markets.
• After arguing with Yondu, Star-Lord left the interstellar pirates and borrowed Credits from Rocket Raccoon to buy a fast spaceship from Daisy.
• Gamora bought two Vibranium longswords from Daisy and joined Star-Lord, who planned to help the Xandarians fight Ronan.
• Drax, Rocket Raccoon, the space dog, and Big Snail also joined Star-Lord’s crew, and Daisy wished them a safe journey.

After trading the Dark Vortex to The Collector for most of his Primordial Cosmic Energy, Daisy replenished her strength and chose a new path: becoming a wild cosmic deity by claiming the Star Brand. She tracked down Kevin Connor, the Star Brand’s future recipient, but found only an unremarkable college freshman and still had no plan to obtain the power.

• Daisy traded the Dark Vortex to The Collector for nearly seventy percent of his Primordial Cosmic Energy, but he refused to give up the rest.
• Daisy absorbed the energy to restore her depleted physical foundation and decided she would not follow either the righteous or evil path.
• Daisy drew the Star Brand and resolved to seek its surviving power so she could become a wild cosmic deity.
• Daisy considered the Builders’ methods and the possibility of finding her own way to extract the Star Brand’s power, but had no clear lead.
• Daisy searched S.H.I.E.L.D.’s database, identified Kevin Connor as a University of Rochester freshman, and found that his record was entirely ordinary.

Daisy investigated Kevin Connor to uncover how the Builders selected Star Brand hosts, while preparing a secret cloning project to analyze his life. She then accepted an invitation to Reed and Susan’s wedding, where Reed and Susan worked on a Stark-funded device to explore Negative Space.

• Daisy tested Kevin Connor with staged emergencies and found him cowardly, greedy, and lacking heroic qualities.
• Daisy gave Kevin’s records to Danger for analysis and assigned the maid to oversee a secret cloning project based on his life.
• Daisy decided to buy a larger estate and received an invitation to Reed and Susan’s wedding.
• Susan postponed dress shopping to help Reed finish a detector designed to transmit images and collect samples from Negative Space.
• Reed and Susan completed the detector, which displayed a prominent Stark logo and was intended to help Tony Stark reduce his sentence.

Mr. Fantastic opened a portal to Negative Space to study its resources and help secure Tony Stark’s pardon, but a giant insectoid destroyed the probe. The Fantastic Four saw no immediate danger on Earth, while the chapter ended by revealing that the Annihilation Insectoid Race ruled Negative Space.

• Mr. Fantastic explained that he planned to publish his Negative Space research to help obtain a pardon for Tony Stark, while Susan worried about the risks.
• Mr. Fantastic opened a portal and sent a probe into Negative Space as the Fantastic Four watched its footage.
• A gigantic bee-like insectoid attacked the probe and severed its data cable before Mr. Fantastic could study it further.
• The Fantastic Four waited a day without incident, then continued planning their lives and another way to rescue Stark.
• Negative Space was revealed as a barren world where the Annihilation Insectoid Race had wiped out other civilizations and ruled through constant competition for scarce resources.

In the Negative Space, Insect Emperor Erneirus ordered his scientists to open a passage to the material realm within three days. Unaware of the threat, Daisy welcomed Susan to her newly purchased Long Island estate for a bachelorette party.

• An insectoid brought Insect Emperor Erneirus the detector made by Mr. Fantastic, and Erneirus ordered his scientists to use it to find a passage between worlds.
• Erneirus gave the scientists three days to open a passage, threatening to have them divided up and eaten if they failed.
• Susan drove to Daisy's new estate on Long Island for an all-women bachelorette party.
• Daisy's business team finalized the estate purchase for cash, Shell Oil stock, gold, jade, and securities.
• Daisy showed off the estate's lawns, greenhouses, Savage Land plants, artificial waterway, lake, ponds, and waterfall.

Daisy hosted Susan's bachelorette party at her new estate, Star Brand, where female superheroes, actresses, and models gathered to celebrate. The party ended with Daisy awkwardly dancing with Lorna after Hill passed her by to invite Wanda.

• Daisy moved Rhino beside the estate's lake, sent the Tyrannosaurus Rex to the Savage Land after enhancing it, and strengthened Tangbao, who bonded with two young lions.
• Daisy selected housekeeping companies for Star Brand and prepared the estate for Susan's bachelorette party.
• Susan arrived and helped arrange the venue before female superheroes and other guests began arriving.
• Daisy welcomed the guests as dancing and drinking got the party underway.
• Daisy stood up expecting Hill to ask her to dance, but Hill passed her and invited Wanda instead.
• Daisy pulled Lorna onto the dance floor, interrupting her game.

At a party, Daisy, Hill, and Wanda teased one another on the dance floor before Daisy and Wanda planned to leave together. Hill interrupted them with a mission briefing that made Daisy take work seriously again.

• Hill teased Daisy by dancing provocatively with Wanda, and Daisy retaliated by slapping Hill while Wanda stepped on Daisy's foot.
• Daisy squeezed between Hill and Wanda, irritating Lorna, who complained that they were using her as a shield.
• Hill left to speak with Jean about Sentry Special Operations, and Daisy used her senses to confirm they were discussing business.
• Daisy and Wanda danced together, spoke affectionately about staying together, and decided to return to their room.
• Hill returned with a tablet and told Daisy there was a mission, and Daisy's expression turned serious as she read it.

Daisy intercepted the Silver Surfer over the Atlantic as he headed toward Earth and demanded that he leave. After she knocked him away, he prepared to strike her with cosmic energy.

• S.H.I.E.L.D. detected a silver anomaly crossing the world toward New York, and Daisy recognized it as the Silver Surfer.
• Daisy flew to the Atlantic in her superhero outfit and blocked the Silver Surfer, warning him not to freeze the ocean.
• The Silver Surfer tried to fly around Daisy while his uncontrolled energy absorbed heat and spread ice across the sea.
• Daisy struck the Silver Surfer with an energy blast when he tried to turn intangible, sending him flying across the Atlantic.
• The Silver Surfer told Daisy to move aside for his great cause, but she refused and ordered him to leave Earth.
• The Silver Surfer gathered white energy in his hand and aimed a palm strike at Daisy.

Daisy fought the Silver Surfer, then chased him through space after he claimed he would explain why Planet Devourer targeted Earth. The pursuit brought them near the Kree Empire, where the exhausted Surfer finally slowed down.

• Daisy shattered the Silver Surfer’s energy attack and forced him to flee, but he returned and baited her into chasing him.
• Daisy pursued the Silver Surfer beyond Earth’s atmosphere after he promised to explain his mission if she caught him.
• Daisy sensed a hidden watcher near Mars as she and the Silver Surfer accelerated into faster-than-light travel.
• The Silver Surfer merged with his surfboard to increase his speed, while Daisy used teleportation and obstacles to close the gap.
• The Silver Surfer emerged from the surfboard, visibly drained, as they neared the Kree Empire, and Daisy asked him to stop and explain.