Recaps

Wanda used Chaos Magic and the Darkhold to shield New York from a spear thrown by a powerful figure in space, whom Daisy recognized as a parallel-universe Odin. Odin hurled Gungnir, which pierced Wanda and left her gravely wounded.

• Wanda's energy phoenix blocked Odin's golden spear and kept the fire from reaching New York.
• Wanda used the Darkhold's power to hold Odin's spear at bay while Vision protected nearby defenders with a spatial barrier.
• Daisy recognized the mounted figure as Odin and identified his eight-legged steed and spear as Sleipnir and Gungnir.
• Daisy warned Wanda to avoid Odin's throw, but Gungnir broke through Wanda's defenses and pierced her body.

Apocalypse returned to Earth with Ava and the enormous Goose just as Wanda was dying from Gungnir’s attack. He saved Wanda by extracting the weapon’s golden energy, then confronted “Parallel Odin” and declared that he would kill him.

• Gungnir’s lingering energy overwhelmed the healing potions Quicksilver and Black Widow gave Wanda, while “Parallel Odin” prepared to attack again.
• A dark passage opened above New York, and Goose emerged with Apocalypse and Ava on her back; Goose greeted Stephen, who recognized them.
• Apocalypse gave Wanda a Purple Recovery Potion and extracted the golden energy from her wound, allowing her body to regenerate.
• Wanda conjured clothes with Chaos Magic after Apocalypse stared at her exposed body, and “Parallel Odin” questioned who Apocalypse was.
• Quicksilver quickly explained what had happened, and Apocalypse faced “Parallel Odin” and told him he was about to die.

Apocalypse effortlessly caught Parallel Odin’s enormous Gungnir strike and counterattacked, badly wounding him. After discovering Parallel Odin could transfer his injuries to the dying All-Father Odin in Asgard, Apocalypse learned he had come seeking the source that loosened the Sacred Timeline—and declared that he himself was the source.

• Parallel Odin enlarged Gungnir and hurled it at New York, but Apocalypse caught the spearhead with one hand.
• Apocalypse erased Odin’s mark from Gungnir and sent it flying back, killing Odin’s eight-legged steed and shattering his armor.
• Parallel Odin healed himself by transferring his injuries to the All-Father Odin in Asgard, and Frigga explained to Thor that an Odin from another universe had arrived.
• Thor found Parallel Odin confronting Apocalypse and warned Heimdall that the enemy could pass damage to his father, but the All-Father Odin urged them to let Apocalypse fight.
• Apocalypse confronted Parallel Odin in space, learned he sought the source that had loosened the Sacred Timeline, and said, “I am the source!”

Apocalypse defeated Parallel Odin with his newly comprehended Fist of Laws, stopping him from transferring the damage to Odin in Asgard. With other inter-universal invaders still gathering allies, Apocalypse borrowed the Time Stone from Stephen and launched a planet-sized combined attack through a passage into a Parallel Universe.

• Apocalypse struck Parallel Odin with the Fist of Laws, destroying his defenses and preventing him from transferring his injuries to Odin in Asgard.
• Apocalypse blasted Parallel Odin into dust and sent the remains through a passage back to his original universe, where a three-day rain of blood followed.
• After some phantoms fled and others continued exchanging information, Apocalypse warned the remaining invaders that he would kill anyone who attacked his universe.
• Apocalypse asked Stephen for the Time Stone, removed it from the Eye of Agamotto, and combined its power with the Infinite Divine Fist and Fist of Laws.
• Apocalypse sent a planet-sized green fist through a passage across Universe-616's barrier toward another Parallel Universe.

Apocalypse combined the power of four Infinity Stones with his Fist of Laws to send a devastating attack into Universe-813, where it killed two Thanoses and saved the Illuminati. The multiverse's watching powerhouses withdrew their apparitions, though a few remained.

• Apocalypse sent an Earth-sized green fist projection through the void, using the Infinity Stones to power it and the Fist of Laws to protect it.
• In Universe-813, two Thanoses overwhelmed the Illuminati, leaving its members injured and helpless.
• The fist projection broke through Universe-813's barrier, split in two, and struck both Thanoses.
• The explosions killed both Thanoses and hurled the Illuminati away, but the superheroes survived and returned to the battlefield.
• The multiverse's observers realized Apocalypse could strike across universes, and most of their apparitions faded while a few remained.

Apocalypse drove the multiversal phantoms away and returned to Earth, where the heroes celebrated before S.H.I.E.L.D. began planning for future threats. The peace ended when an alert reported a warship at the edge of the Solar System.

• Apocalypse traced the phantoms’ universes, but they vanished before he could lock onto them, leaving the multiversal crisis temporarily suppressed.
• Apocalypse returned to Earth, where people celebrated his victory and the superheroes held a party at S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Apocalypse learned that the Ancient One had regained her vitality and red hair after expelling the dark power, and Nick Fury asked him to find a safe solution for the enormous, sleepy Goose.
• Apocalypse and Black Widow spent the night together after the party.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. discussed plans for future multiversal threats, then received an alert that a space warship had appeared at the edge of the Solar System.

Nick Fury learned that twelve Kree warships had arrived at the Solar System’s edge and suspected they had secretly monitored Earth. The Kree envoys came in peace to visit Earth’s strongest being, and Apocalypse arrived at S.H.I.E.L.D. to meet them.

• Hill identified the approaching warships as Kree after comparing them with S.H.I.E.L.D.’s classified records.
• Rocket Raccoon explained that the Kree had stopped beyond the Kuiper Belt, an unusually respectful move for their civilization.
• Nick Fury suspected the Kree had installed monitoring devices in the Solar System after Rocket Raccoon said they could not have observed Tang’s battle from Kree space.
• The Kree sent a message saying their envoys had come at the Supreme Intelligence’s command to visit Earth’s strongest being.
• The twelve warships entered the Solar System, and their envoys descended toward S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters as officials and superheroes gathered to receive them.
• Apocalypse arrived at S.H.I.E.L.D. after being notified of the visit.

Apocalypse met with Yon-Rogg, who came to Earth as an envoy for the Kree civilization to apologize and seek an alliance. Apocalypse demanded the Kree withdraw their probes from the Solar System and called for the Supreme Intelligence to speak with him directly.

• Yon-Rogg arrived at the Helicarrier hangar and requested an audience with Earth's strongest being, Tang Tianqi.
• Apocalypse recognized Yon-Rogg from their past conflict and heard the envoy apologize for his earlier hostility toward Earth.
• Yon-Rogg said the Supreme Intelligence wanted to settle the conflict involving Accuser Ronan and form a friendly alliance with Earth.
• Apocalypse demanded that the Kree withdraw their probes from the Solar System, and Yon-Rogg destroyed more than a dozen probes hidden in an asteroid field.
• Apocalypse asked whether the Kree would surrender their territory, and Yon-Rogg said they might if Apocalypse let them leave safely; Apocalypse declined the offer.
• Apocalypse told Yon-Rogg that he was not qualified to speak for the Kree and ordered him to arrange a conversation with the Supreme Intelligence.

Apocalypse confronted the Supreme Intelligence after it offered compensation for past Kree offenses, then discovered it had secretly tested him through a network avatar. He injured the Supreme Intelligence across thousands of light-years, leaving it begging for mercy.

• The Supreme Intelligence appeared before Apocalypse and explained that it wished to settle the Kree's past conflicts with him.
• The Supreme Intelligence offered ten ships of supplies, then admitted it had come now because Apocalypse had the strength to destroy the Kree civilization.
• Apocalypse suspected a test and crushed the smart devices around him, leaving the phone containing the Supreme Intelligence's network avatar intact.
• Apocalypse used Law Force along the avatar's Causal Line to injure the Supreme Intelligence on Hala.
• The Supreme Intelligence begged Apocalypse to show mercy and admitted it was wrong.

Apocalypse secured Earth’s position in the galaxy by forcing the Kree to accept his terms, but new cults corrupted by beings from Parallel Universes threatened humanity. He killed several of the demons behind the cults to frighten the rest into withdrawing, leaving the rescued believers to face an uncertain fate.

• Apocalypse sealed the Supreme Intelligence’s phone away and had Nick Fury keep it as a weapon against the Kree if they threatened Earth in the future.
• Apocalypse required the Kree to let humanity study their technology before using it and to stop pursuing the Skrulls, while interstellar civilizations began avoiding the Solar System.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. discovered that more than two hundred cults had corrupted tens of thousands of people and asked Apocalypse to intervene.
• Apocalypse brought the cult leaders to a platform between Earth and the Moon, released their restraints, and used a Fist of Laws to trace one believer’s connection and kill the demon controlling him.
• Apocalypse killed two more powerhouses from Parallel Universes, prompting the remaining beings to sever their connections and withdraw, while the cult leaders returned to normal.

Apocalypse arranged to visit Peter Parker and learned that Peter had become more composed while trying to impress a girl. At dinner with Peter, Ned, and Aunt May, Apocalypse discovered that Peter’s guest was Antonia, the Taskmaster and daughter of General Dreykov.

• Apocalypse returned the restored cult leaders to Earth and told Nick Fury he would find S.H.I.E.L.D. more superheroes.
• Apocalypse called Happy, who said Peter had improved at catching criminals and seemed to be trying to impress a girl.
• Apocalypse agreed to visit Peter for dinner, and Happy asked whether Peter could bring a friend.
• Apocalypse arrived at Aunt May’s home, where she welcomed him alongside Happy, Peter, Ned, and a girl.
• Peter introduced the girl as Antonia, and Apocalypse recognized her as the Taskmaster, General Dreykov’s daughter.

Peter introduced Antonia to Apocalypse and his family during dinner, where Antonia revealed her harsh, independent life after escaping the Red Room. She ended by dismissing Peter as a childish Spider-Man, while Peter was shocked that she knew his identity.

• Peter brought his classmate Antonia to dinner and introduced her to Apocalypse, whom she recognized as the Apocalypse King and connected to Black Widow.
• Antonia explained that she had returned to school because she regretted never finishing her education, and said Apocalypse had healed her paralysis.
• Antonia revealed that her parents were dead, that she hired people to pose as her guardians, and that she financed her life by collecting protection money from Brooklyn gangs.
• May offered to support Antonia through college, but Antonia clarified that she beat gang members who refused to pay her.
• Peter asked Apocalypse about Antonia's past, but Apocalypse said it was Antonia's choice whether to tell him.
• Antonia called Peter a childish brat for dressing as Spider-Man, and Peter was startled that she knew his secret identity.

Apocalypse visited Peter’s home, where Peter’s classmate MJ arrived and joined the dinner. May agreed to let Peter join S.H.I.E.L.D., and Apocalypse promised to teach Peter and Ned cultivation techniques and spells.

• Antonia revealed that she had recognized Peter’s attempt to sneak away, and she teased him for thinking he had acted mysteriously.
• MJ brought Peter his competition materials, and Apocalypse invited her inside to eat with the group.
• Apocalypse told MJ that he knew her from another timeline and suggested she might develop abilities in the future, leaving the others wondering about her significance.
• Apocalypse formally invited Peter to join S.H.I.E.L.D., and May agreed, citing Uncle Ben’s words about responsibility.
• Peter celebrated May’s decision, and Apocalypse said he would teach Peter cultivation techniques and give Ned sorcerer spells suited to his physique.

Apocalypse offered Ned and Peter another chance to learn techniques and invited Antonia and MJ to study magic. He then arranged for Wakanda to integrate with the world through S.H.I.E.L.D., and after Wakanda invited him to visit, he chose companions for the trip.

• Apocalypse offered Ned and Peter another transmission of techniques, then invited Antonia and MJ to learn magic as well.
• Ned drew a golden circle for MJ, while Antonia felt conflicted seeing MJ with Peter.
• Apocalypse asked Nick Fury to coordinate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and offer to mediate Wakanda’s peaceful integration into the world.
• Nick Fury conveyed Apocalypse’s offer, and Wakanda’s king sent a letter inviting Apocalypse to visit and advise the country.
• Apocalypse told Nick Fury to bring Tony, Rocket Raccoon, Vision, and Wanda.

Apocalypse and the visiting delegation arrived in Wakanda, where advanced technology and a grand welcome revealed the hidden nation's strength. T'Challa greeted Apocalypse King, while Rocket Raccoon's antics threatened to disrupt the reception.

• Apocalypse, Nick Fury, Iron Man, Rocket Raccoon, Vision, Wanda, and the others traveled to Wakanda aboard a Helicarrier.
• Apocalypse explained Wakanda's isolation and promised to protect its Vibranium from anyone who tried to seize it by force.
• Rocket Raccoon detected Wakanda's concealed city and was warned by Apocalypse not to steal anything.
• Wakanda's energy shield opened to reveal a futuristic city, and thousands of residents welcomed Apocalypse King.
• T'Challa greeted Apocalypse at the Helicarrier, while Rocket Raccoon complained about the loud welcome and Apocalypse threatened to summon Nebula.

Apocalypse visited Wakanda and secured an agreement in principle to have its people and technology help S.H.I.E.L.D. oversee the believers. While the leaders discussed the details, Rocket annoyed Okoye with questions and ended by asking her to be his woman.

• Apocalypse introduced Rocket to Black Panther and apologized for Rocket's unfamiliarity with Earth's etiquette.
• Black Panther introduced Apocalypse and his companions to T'Chaka, Ramonda, Shuri, and Okoye.
• Apocalypse asked Wakanda to help strengthen oversight of the believers, offering to protect the nation from other countries' ambitions in return.
• T'Chaka and Apocalypse agreed in principle, leaving Fury to negotiate the details with Wakanda's leaders.
• Rocket asked Okoye whether she washed her head with shampoo or facial cleanser, then asked Shuri if Okoye was single.
• Rocket told Okoye she was the most beautiful Earth woman he had seen and asked her to be his woman.

Rocket Raccoon interrupted the Wakanda negotiations by declaring his love for Okoye, then fought her outside after she rejected his advances. With the main terms settled, King T'Chaka invited Apocalypse to witness T'Challa’s coronation the next day, and Black Panther led the S.H.I.E.L.D. group on a tour of Wakanda.

• Rocket Raccoon confessed his admiration for Okoye and insisted Apocalypse was preventing him from pursuing her.
• Apocalypse sent Rocket Raccoon, Okoye, Shuri, and Vision out of the meeting hall, where Okoye rejected Rocket Raccoon’s advances and challenged him with her Vibranium spear.
• Rocket Raccoon and Okoye fought on even terms as Shuri cheered them on, disrupting the negotiations inside.
• King T'Chaka asked Apocalypse to stay and witness T'Challa’s coronation the next day, and Apocalypse agreed.
• Black Panther led the S.H.I.E.L.D. visitors on a tour of Wakanda, with the Vibranium Meteorite Crater as their main destination.

After touring Wakanda’s Vibranium facilities, Apocalypse and the others attended Black Panther’s coronation ceremony, where Killmonger suddenly challenged him for the throne. The crowd awaited the old king’s response as he looked toward Apocalypse.

• The group visited Wakanda’s underground Vibranium laboratory, where Shuri explained its technology and Rocket Raccoon criticized it.
• Rocket Raccoon claimed he was older than Shuri thought and teased Okoye about courting her in ten years.
• Wakanda held Black Panther’s coronation ceremony, where the old king invited challengers to contest the throne.
• Killmonger identified himself as N’Jobu’s son and claimed his birthright to challenge Black Panther.
• The Council of Elders and Zuri reacted with alarm, and the old king looked toward Apocalypse.

After Killmonger's royal lineage was confirmed, Apocalypse proposed abolishing Wakanda's tradition of choosing its king through trial by combat. Nick Fury exposed Killmonger's criminal career and his father N'Jobu's betrayal, turning the crowd against him and leaving his claim to the throne in doubt.

• A technician confirmed that Killmonger was descended from Wakanda's royal family.
• Apocalypse said Wakanda should abolish trial by combat as it joined the international community, prompting an uproar.
• Killmonger argued that Apocalypse should not interfere in Wakanda's ancient traditions, winning support from many citizens.
• Nick Fury challenged Wakanda's elders and revealed that Killmonger was a notorious artifact thief and N'Jobu's son.
• Nick Fury explained that N'Jobu had conspired to steal vibranium and died after taking Zuri hostage, causing the crowd to denounce Killmonger as ineligible.

Apocalypse exposed Killmonger's ambition to seize Wakanda's throne and wage war, then used the heart-shaped herb to contact Bast, the Black Panther God. Bast appeared before Wakanda and addressed Apocalypse, who asked why she knew him.

• Apocalypse revealed that Killmonger planned to wage war after taking the throne, and Killmonger’s startled reaction led the Wakandans to recognize his guilt.
• The Dora Milaje arrested Killmonger as the Wakandans rejected his claim to the throne.
• Apocalypse offered to contact Bast after an elder defended Wakanda’s throne ritual as the Black Panther God’s will.
• Black Panther brought heart-shaped herb liquid, which Apocalypse drank to reach the Ancestral Plane.
• A Void Gate opened above the waterfall platform, and Bast appeared as a panther before shrinking to human height.
• Bast greeted Apocalypse as Mr. Tang and asked why he had contacted her.

Apocalypse asked Bast to abolish Wakanda's royal succession rule and learn about the Soul World. After his attempt to enter the Ancestral Plane damaged it, he offered to see if he could restore it.

• Bast declared Apocalypse's will superior to the gods' and threatened to expel any Wakandans who resented it, but Apocalypse persuaded her to spare them.
• Bast placed Apocalypse above Wakanda's gods, and the Wakandans accepted the abolition of the succession rule.
• Apocalypse asked Bast about the Soul World, and she explained that gods developed their own soul realms there but did not create the world itself.
• Apocalypse reached through the Void Gate into the Ancestral Plane, but his hand annihilated parts of its landscape and threatened to collapse the realm.
• Bast said she could slowly condense the damaged realm again, and Apocalypse offered to try restoring it himself.

Apocalypse transformed Bast’s Soul Realm into a vast, illuminated microcosm, and Bast rewarded T’Challa with greater Black Panther power and pledged Wakanda’s service to Apocalypse. As T’Challa took the throne, Apocalypse realized that a future force tied to the Creator Dimension would kill Black Panthers across parallel worlds, including T’Challa.

• Apocalypse expanded Bast’s Soul Realm into a continent-sized world with a sun, moon, stars, and day-night cycles.
• Bast thanked Apocalypse and granted T’Challa greater Black Panther power, ordering him to follow and serve Apocalypse.
• Bast returned to explore her transformed realm, while Wakanda pledged to help safeguard Earth.
• Wakandans acclaimed T’Challa as king, and the old king welcomed his accession.
• Apocalypse recalled T’Challa’s future death and concluded it would result from Chadwick Boseman’s death in the Creator Dimension, affecting Black Panthers throughout the multiverse.

Apocalypse warned Black Panther that he would die of an incurable disease tied to the Creator Dimension, then brought Namor to Wakanda to prevent a future war. Namor arrived furious but became deferential when he recognized Apocalypse, who had yet to explain why he had summoned him.

• Apocalypse gave Black Panther a Purple Potion and explained that Black Panthers across parallel universes would die when their real-world counterpart died in the Creator Dimension.
• Black Panther accepted the potion and comforted Shuri and his family, while Shuri asked to study his DNA for preventive measures.
• Apocalypse revealed that Namor would later wage war on Wakanda, abduct Shuri, and kill Queen Ramonda, so he planned to avert the conflict and change their fates.
• Apocalypse reached across the Atlantic and dragged Namor from the sea to Wakanda, overpowering his attempts to resist.
• Namor crashed through the palace window, demanded to know who had summoned him, then recognized Apocalypse and asked whether his people had offended him.

Apocalypse brought Namor into a plan to protect Earth, revealing the Underwater Clan’s plan to attack the surface and securing Namor’s agreement to cooperate. The chapter ended with the Underwater Clan, Wakanda, and S.H.I.E.L.D. formally allied under Apocalypse’s oversight.

• Namor feared Apocalypse had come to punish the Underwater Clan, but Apocalypse said he wanted them included in Earth’s protection plan.
• Apocalypse revealed that he knew Namor was preparing to counterattack the surface, leaving Namor stunned.
• Namor accepted that he could not resist Apocalypse and knelt, agreeing to follow his arrangements for the Underwater Clan.
• Apocalypse ordered the Underwater Clan to share technology with Wakanda, establish travel channels with S.H.I.E.L.D., and allow S.H.I.E.L.D. elites to investigate corruption in the Underwater City.
• Namor admitted that some Atlanteans had gained strange powers they called gifts from the Feathered Serpent, and he promised to act if needed.
• Apocalypse united the Underwater Clan, Wakanda, and S.H.I.E.L.D. in a formal alliance led by Namor, Black Panther, and Nick Fury, with Apocalypse above them.

After Wakandan and Atlantean forces joined S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Fury asked Apocalypse how to handle peaceful sects worshipping beings from Parallel Universes. Apocalypse chose to use their goodwill to build alliances and established S.W.O.R.D. to negotiate with powerful beings from the myriad realms.

• Wakanda sent a team led by Black Panther, while Atlanteans began patrolling oceans and rescuing people, bolstering S.H.I.E.L.D.'s global forces.
• Nick Fury brought Apocalypse reports of new sects that worshipped beings from Parallel Universes but had committed no crimes and encouraged good deeds.
• Apocalypse explained that some beings sought contact rather than followers, and said Earth should unite benevolent powers from the myriad realms against hostile ones.
• Apocalypse proposed a new S.H.I.E.L.D. department led by Vision, Wanda, Ava, Natasha, Stephen, and Hill, with Nick Fury retaining command.
• Nick Fury asked for the department's name, and Apocalypse named it S.W.O.R.D.