Chapter Summaries

Jerry gave Otto a smart wristband to help with his artificial-sun research, then spent his free time in New York. After secretly helping Hass stop fleeing bank robbers, Jerry realized this parallel-universe Hass was his father and set out to learn whether Elsa and another version of himself existed there.

• Jerry told Otto he could wait until Jerry opened a Portal to Ego's Planet and gave him a smart wristband containing advanced scientific knowledge.
• Jerry relaxed in New York and chose not to intervene when armed bank robbers sped past in a car pursued by police.
• Jerry recognized his father, Hass, driving one of the police cars and used magic to make the robbers' car crash.
• Hass's officers arrested the unconscious robbers, while Jerry confirmed that this older Hass was Hass Witt from a parallel universe.
• Jerry wondered whether Elsa and another version of himself existed in this universe, then followed Hass invisibly to learn more.

Jerry visited a parallel universe and considered how to advance his universe into a multiverse by creating linked copies of universes. He discovered that this world’s Elsa was his counterpart’s wife and had a daughter, and he decided to take his counterpart’s place for Old Hass’s birthday.

• Jerry saw Lisa Hathaway alive in this universe and used the differences between parallel worlds to develop a theory about creating linked universes.
• Elsa arrived with her young daughter, mistook Jerry for her husband, and the girl called him Daddy.
• Jerry realized his counterpart had married Elsa because they had grown up under different circumstances, then changed his appearance to resemble the older man.
• Jerry chose not to erase Elsa and her daughter’s memories and decided to stand in for his counterpart at Old Hass’s birthday.
• Jerry used mind reading to avoid being exposed, and the birthday celebration went smoothly.

After reflecting on how he had raised his own Elsa, Jerry watched Peter lose his spider powers and decided not to interfere with Peter’s breakup from Mary Jane. Jerry then removed a strand of Peter’s memories and sent it into Harry’s mind, leaving Harry watching scenes from Peter’s life.

• Jerry realized that his own influence and Lisa’s upbringing had helped make the two Elsas different.
• Jerry saw Peter fall after losing his ability to shoot webs and understood that Peter’s doubts about being Spider-Man had caused his powers to vanish.
• Jerry decided not to intervene in Peter’s romantic troubles, believing Peter would eventually become Spider-Man again and meet Gwen.
• Jerry pulled a strand of white silk from Peter’s mind and appeared at the Osborn mansion.
• As Harry regretted slapping Peter, Jerry sent Peter’s memories into Harry’s mind, where scenes from Peter’s life began to play.

Jerry completed his spell and stole the Solar System from a parallel universe, then returned to Knowhere and used Peter Parker to find another universe. There, he identified the newly empowered Peter as The Amazing Spider-Man and left him stunned by revealing his secrets.

• Jerry watched news of Spider-Man’s return and recalled how Harry and Peter had reconciled after Harry learned the truth about his father.
• Jerry completed the Imprint magic, shrank the Solar System into his Ring Universe, and escaped before over a hundred Celestials arrived.
• The Celestials found the Solar System missing and decided to create a replacement.
• Jerry returned to Knowhere, where no time had passed, and immediately used Spider-Man Peter to locate another parallel universe.
• Jerry encountered Peter Parker in the new universe, immobilized him, and revealed how he had gained his powers.

Jerry helped Peter prepare to meet Gwen’s parents, then returned to New York after marking the Solar System for inclusion in his Ring Universe. When the Lizard Doctor attacked the Brooklyn Bridge, Jerry defeated him and left him unconscious in human form.

• Jerry conjured a fine suit and restored Peter’s crushed flowers, then freed him from the Full Body-Bind Curse and warned him not to use his webbing to rescue people.
• Jerry marked the Solar System for assimilation into his Ring Universe and planned to help Tiamut and the others combine it with the worlds already acquired.
• Jerry spotted the Lizard Doctor attacking people on the Brooklyn Bridge, while Peter rushed there after hearing the commotion.
• Peter fought the Lizard Doctor but struggled to protect civilians as the stronger monster threw cars and knocked him aside.
• Jerry offered to help Peter, caught the Lizard Doctor’s tail, and slammed him around until he passed out and reverted to human form.

Jerry cured Doctor Connors and continued collecting Solar Systems from parallel universes until Ancient One warned him that the thefts threatened the multiverse’s balance. He agreed to stop, then asked whether he could still travel to other multiverses to study magic and their laws.

• Jerry restored Doctor Connors to human form, regrew his arm, and left Peter and the witnesses behind.
• A month later, Jerry collected another Solar System and then gathered more than a dozen across parallel universes, meeting many different Spider-Men.
• Ancient One appeared and explained that Eternity had sent her to warn Jerry that taking Solar Systems disrupted the multiverse’s balance.
• Ancient One said Eternity might eventually create an opponent to stop Jerry if he continued, and Jerry thanked her and promised he would not repeat the thefts.
• Ancient One reassured Jerry that he could still grow stronger through other means, and Jerry asked whether exploring other multiverses for magic and universal laws would be acceptable.

Jerry learned he could continue traveling the multiverse as long as he did not steal planets or disrupt its balance, then returned to the Main Universe. When Otto perfected artificial sun technology, Jerry enlarged and enchanted the machine and sent it with Tiamut to help create stars in the Ring Universe.

• Ancient One told Jerry that he could travel the multiverse but must not steal planets or disrupt its balance, and Jerry returned to the Main Universe after thanking Spider-Man.
• Two days later, Otto demonstrated that his artificial sun machine could create a small sun after twelve thousand experiments.
• Jerry reassured Otto that he would handle the machine's size, fuel, and power supply, then modified it to run on magic and enlarged it to roughly the size of Earth.
• Jerry summoned Tiamut and sent him with the enlarged machine and planet-sized tritium spheres to create stars in the Ring Universe.
• Jerry used the Law of Life to restore Otto and Rose's youth, extend their lifespans to two hundred years, and create a small afterlife on Ego's Planet.

Jerry visited the New York Sanctum, treated Stephen and Wong to lunch, and asked Stephen to help him find Professor X in a parallel universe. He hoped to use Professor X to locate Jean Grey and gather the Phoenix Force, leaving Stephen to assist with the search.

• Jerry arrived at the New York Sanctum and conjured lunch for Stephen and Wong.
• Jerry explained that he wanted to find Professor X so he could reach a universe with Jean Grey and seek the Phoenix Force.
• Jerry reasoned that finding one living Jean Grey would let him locate versions of her across universes and collect part of the Phoenix Force for his Ring Universe.
• Jerry said he had tried finding Wanda's brother Quicksilver first, but discovered that he and Magneto's son Quicksilver were different people.

Jerry crossed 725 universes before finding Professor X in Universe 838, where Earth’s heroes were fighting Thanos. As Stephen prepared to use the Darkhold against Thanos, Jerry stopped him, hoping to prevent Chthon from gaining power.

• Stephen allowed Jerry to travel through the multiverse, trusting his judgment and power.
• Jerry crossed several different universes, defeating a Darkhold-controlled Stephen before finding Professor X on his 725th crossing.
• Jerry arrived on Titan in Universe 838 as Thanos and his forces battled Earth’s heroes, including Stephen, Professor X, Captain Carter, Captain Marvel Maria, and the Fantastic Four.
• Thanos used the five Infinity Stones to overwhelm the heroes, and Stephen decided to open the Darkhold for Chthon’s power.
• Jerry teleported to Stephen and pressed a hand against the Darkhold, stopping him from opening it.

Jerry appeared on Titan and faced Thanos, who had overwhelmed the Super Heroes with five Infinity Stones. After proving Thanos's attacks could not harm him, Jerry tried to take the Infinity Gauntlet and disarmed Thanos with a spell.

• Stephen shouted at Jerry to let him use the Darkhold, but Jerry destroyed the book and said he would handle Thanos.
• Thanos defeated the Super Heroes and demanded to know who Jerry was when Jerry appeared before him.
• Jerry called himself an ordinary passerby and asked Thanos to give him the Infinity Gauntlet.
• Thanos struck Jerry with the Power Stone, but Jerry pretended to collapse before standing up unharmed.
• Thanos attacked Jerry with the five Infinity Stones, but none of the attacks affected him.
• Thanos grabbed the Tyrant's Blade, but Jerry cast Expelliarmus at him.

Jerry disarmed Thanos and helped Earth's heroes defeat him, then borrowed the Book of the Vishanti from Wong. He gave Wong the Infinity Gauntlet in return and prepared to study the book.

• Jerry's blue beam bypassed Thanos's defenses and made him drop the Infinity Gauntlet and Tyrant's Blade, which Jerry seized.
• Jerry left Thanos to Stephen, Professor X, and the other heroes, who defeated him after an hour and scattered his army.
• Jerry checked his panel and received five billion Little Red Stars for stopping Thanos and preventing mass destruction.
• Wong arrived with the Book of the Vishanti, and Stephen and the others agreed to lend it to Jerry.
• Jerry gave Wong the Infinity Gauntlet in exchange for borrowing the book, relieving Stephen, Professor X, and the others of their worries about Jerry's intentions.

Jerry learned the Vishanti’s Soul Splitting Technique but chose to continue pursuing a path beyond the Marvel world’s limits. After learning that Jean Grey had died, he used Professor X to travel to another universe and began searching for her.

• Jerry learned that Multiverse-level beings could use the Soul Splitting Technique to send fragments of their origin into other universes, but he rejected it as his main path because it depended on Marvel’s universes.
• Stephen asked Jerry to return to Earth with the others, but Jerry stayed behind to speak with Professor X about Jean Grey.
• Professor X told Jerry that Jean Grey had died, so Jerry used him as a medium to travel to another universe.
• Jerry arrived in the United Kingdom around the 1960s or 1970s and found that the Phoenix Force prevented his Name Search Law from locating Jean Grey.
• Jerry located Professor X in a nearby bar and headed there.

Jerry entered the X-Men: First Class universe in 1962 and met a young Charles Xavier, whom he hoped to recruit for help finding Jean Grey after her birth. He revealed his knowledge of the Mutants who abducted Colonel Henry and explained Sebastian Shaw’s plan, leaving Charles, Moira, and Mystique with intelligence to pursue.

• Jerry identified Charles Xavier in a bar and realized Jean Grey would not be born until the following year.
• Jerry approached Charles, Moira, and Mystique and named the Mutants involved in Colonel Henry’s abduction, describing their abilities.
• Charles failed to read Jerry’s mind, and Jerry let him believe he was a Mutant with telepathic powers.
• Jerry told Moira and Charles that the Black King was Sebastian Shaw, a former Nazi scientist also known as Klaus Schmidt.
• Jerry explained that Shaw intended to provoke a nuclear war, accelerate Mutant emergence, and establish a kingdom for Mutants.

Jerry joined Charles, Moira, and their allies in Washington as they tried to convince the CIA that the Black King was manipulating events to provoke a nuclear war. After the CIA director agreed to form a Mutant squad, Jerry remained detached from the mission and returned to his room.

• Moira connected Colonel Henry’s sudden support for deploying Jupiter Missiles in Turkey to the Black King’s influence, and Charles argued that they needed to convince human leaders that Mutants existed.
• Jerry drove Charles, Moira, and the others to Washington, then left them to meet the CIA while he went sightseeing.
• Charles and the others convinced the CIA director of technology and Agent Moira to join their effort, but the CIA director initially ordered them imprisoned after learning Mutants were real.
• At the docks, Riptide’s tornado devastated the CIA agents, but Erik Lehnsherr destroyed the Black King’s yacht, forcing Shaw and his allies to escape by submarine; Charles saved Erik from drowning.
• The CIA director agreed to create a special Mutant squad to oppose the Black King, and the director of technology told Jerry he would officially join once the paperwork was completed.
• Jerry introduced himself to Erik, compared the director of technology to Coulson, and went back to his room.

Jerry, Charles, and the others joined the CIA Technology Division, where they met Hank McCoy, a Mutant scientist Jerry recognized as the future inventor of Cerebro. Jerry decided against manipulating time and began building a relationship with Hank, hoping to help develop Cerebro and find Jean when she was born.

• Jerry, Charles, and the others officially became specially appointed CIA agents and were introduced to Hank McCoy, the Technology Division's youngest researcher.
• Hank revealed that he was a Mutant with exceptional intelligence, beast-like feet, and enhanced strength.
• Jerry considered using his Time Law to alter the future but chose to wait rather than risk drawing Eternity's attention.
• Hank led the group to the Mutant dormitories while Jerry impressed him with his biological knowledge.
• Hank asked Jerry to advise him on a genetic medicine, and Jerry agreed to work with him.

At the CIA Technology Building, Jerry told Hank that his genetic serum could not remove the X-Gene and offered to use one of his other abilities to restore Hank and Raven to normal. Hank agreed and rushed to find Raven.

• Hank showed Jerry a genetic serum made with a shapeshifting gene from Raven’s blood and asked for advice.
• Jerry explained that the serum could not remove the X-Gene and might instead cause it to mutate, leaving Hank discouraged.
• Jerry offered to help Hank return to normal using one of his abilities, clarifying that he had more than telepathy.
• Hank asked whether Jerry could also help Raven, and Jerry agreed.
• Hank ran out of the laboratory to find Raven.

Jerry offered Raven a way to change her appearance while keeping her Mutant abilities, in exchange for Charles helping him find Jean Grey in a year. Raven hesitated after Charles and Erik gave opposing advice, and the chapter ended before she accepted the deal.

• Charles explained that he had used telepathy to learn why Hank had brought Raven to Jerry.
• Hank asked Jerry to help him become physically ordinary, while Charles urged Raven to take more time before deciding.
• Raven showed her blue form and asked Jerry to make her ordinary after mistaking Charles's reaction for disgust.
• Erik praised Raven's true appearance and warned that becoming ordinary would make her no longer a Mutant.
• Jerry offered to alter Raven's appearance without removing her X-Gene, provided Charles later used Cerebro to help find Jean Grey.
• Hank was surprised to hear that the CIA would soon have him develop Cerebro, and Jerry said the director would notify him in a few days.

Jerry cured Raven and Hank’s bodily mutations without removing their abilities, then helped Hank complete the first-generation Cerebro to search for Mutants. Charles prepared to use the device, while Jerry warned that Charles might eventually lose his hair.

• Charles agreed to help Jerry search for a Mutant next year if Raven resolved her inner troubles.
• Jerry used magic to restore Raven’s human form and Hank’s normal feet while preserving their abilities, and both thanked him.
• Hank began developing Cerebro for the CIA and expected the first version to be ready in about two weeks.
• With Jerry’s scientists helping solve technical problems, Hank completed the first-generation Cerebro in ten days.
• Hank placed the Cerebro helmet on Charles, who refused to shave his hair, and Jerry joked that Charles would eventually go bald.

Charles used Cerebro to locate nearby Mutants, and he, Erik, and Jerry set out to recruit them for the CIA. After several unsuccessful stops, Charles found a potential recruit dancing at a specialty bar in Washington, where the three sat down to approach her.

• Hank activated Cerebro, allowing Charles to identify Mutants and print twenty sets of coordinates before Jerry told Hank to shut the machine down.
• Raven caught Charles as he nearly fainted, and Erik helped him recover before they decided to follow the coordinates.
• Charles invited Jerry to join the search, and Jerry agreed.
• Charles, Erik, and Jerry visited five locations but found no recruitable Mutants.
• At a Washington specialty bar, Charles located a Mutant dancing on a table, and the three sat nearby to approach her.

Jerry, Charles, and Erik recruited Mutants for their team and sought out Logan Howlett, whose powers and combat experience Jerry explained. Charles and Erik eventually persuaded Logan to join them, leaving the team stronger as they continued preparing for future battles.

• Jerry left Charles and Erik to recruit the dancer in black, and she emerged from the bar with them wearing a leather jacket.
• Jerry, Charles, and Erik traveled through nearby cities and recruited several Mutants, including a driver, a young prisoner, and a college student.
• Charles and Erik found Logan Howlett in a bar, but he refused their offer and threatened them with his bone claws.
• Jerry told Charles and Erik about Logan's powers, history, and combat experience, urging them to recruit him.
• Charles returned to the bar with Erik, and twenty minutes later Logan walked out with them.