Arc 6The Zombie Dream War

Miles entered Wanda’s dream to confront the Zombie Universe and pursued a way to stop its virus, joining forces with survivors and the Eternals. After helping complete Dawnlight and confronting the Scarlet Witch, he returned to the Dream World, where the Zombie Eternals attacked the shelter and Doctor Strange succumbed to a curse.

  • Miles entered Wanda’s dream through Pietro and was cast into David Haller’s mental world, where he defeated the Shadow King and learned that David’s body was dead.
  • Miles woke in the Zombie Universe, met Lily Williams, Kate Bishop, Kamala Khan, and Zombie Hawkeye, and learned how the outbreak had begun and that Phastos’s Dawnlight project might stop it.
  • Miles worked with Ikaris and Phastos’s research to investigate the virus, then discovered that Wanda had helped mutate it and began seeking Tony Stark and Hank Pym’s help with Dawnlight.
  • Miles and the survivors confronted Wanda at New Asgard, where she infected the feast’s Asgardians and fought Miles, Thor, and Hawkeye before they escaped by ship.
  • Miles helped the group evade the Nova Corps, learned from Lintra about the shattered Infinity Stones and Hulk, and crossed into the Dream World to aid Tony’s Dawnlight research.
  • Miles and Quicksilver fought Zombie Ikaris, and Miles killed him with an empowered spear before returning to Kamar-Taj and reporting that Dawnlight was complete.
  • Miles secretly uploaded Ultron into the Nova Corps network, organized a plan against the Corps and Wanda, and went to find Hulk and force Hank Pym to help with Dawnlight.
  • The Zombie Eternals attacked the S.H.I.E.L.D. shelter, and Miles fought to protect Madeleine and the refugees until Doctor Strange and Bruce Banner arrived, and Hulk emerged to battle Gilgamesh, while Strange transformed under a curse.
Chapters 126–150 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 126Beyond the Dream

Miles uncovered Alexander Pierce's Hydra ties, learned Shadow King had sought Scott's body and possibly the Phoenix Force, and tried to reach Wanda through her dream. Quicksilver entered Wanda's dream but encountered a terrifying Zombie Wanda and was killed, leaving Miles to ask what had happened.

  • Miles exposed Alexander Pierce as Hydra and left Fury to handle him while he pursued his own matters.
  • Miles learned from Scott that Shadow King had sought to use Scott's body and promised to revive Jean Grey in the White Hot Room.
  • Miles failed to enter Wanda's mind directly and sent Quicksilver into her dream to find Wanda's core consciousness.
  • Quicksilver found Wanda in a peaceful Sokovian town and tried to convince her that the world was a dream.
  • Wanda's dream turned into a ruined landscape filled with zombies, and Zombie Wanda killed Quicksilver before Miles could rescue him.

Ch. 127Zombie Universe

Miles learned that Wanda’s uncontrolled Chaos Magic had created a dream connected to a parallel Zombie Universe, where another Scarlet Witch was trying to merge with Wanda’s consciousness. With Wanda’s condition worsening, Miles and Pietro prepared to enter the danger together, while Miles entrusted his Psionic Magic manuscript to the Ancient One.

  • Pietro told Miles that Wanda’s dream had become a zombie apocalypse, and Miles suspected her uncontrolled Chaos Magic had turned it into a real Dream World.
  • Miles brought the unconscious Wanda to the New York Sanctum, where the Ancient One explained that a parallel Zombie Universe was seeping into Wanda’s dream and that another Scarlet Witch was trying to merge with her consciousness.
  • The Ancient One warned that Wanda’s consciousness was rejecting everyone except Pietro, so Pietro agreed to enter the dream while Miles planned to follow him through the Dream Kingdom.
  • Miles placed a strand of his mental consciousness in Pietro’s mind so he could track him and project himself into the Zombie Universe.
  • Miles gave the Ancient One his Psionic Magic manuscript to preserve at Kamar-Taj, then began arranging their plan to rescue Wanda.

Ch. 128Morpheus

Nick Fury began organizing a covert operation after S.H.I.E.L.D. disbanded, while Miles and the Ancient One confronted the Shadow King inside Morpheus. Miles was thrown out of the Dream Kingdom and woke in an unfamiliar psychiatric hospital.

  • Fury announced S.H.I.E.L.D.'s disbandment, then told Steve Rogers, Natasha, and Clint that he would hunt the Shadow King and Hank Pym from the shadows.
  • Fury learned from Aurora that Miles was preparing a special operation and that she planned to establish Essex Biotech Group.
  • Quicksilver explored Wanda's dream and discovered that their dead parents appeared to be alive there.
  • Miles entered Morpheus, where the Ancient One attacked the Shadow King and purified the part of him residing in the Dream Kingdom.
  • The Shadow King hurled Miles through a wall into an unknown void, and Miles later woke in Moira MacTaggert Psychiatric Hospital beside a corpse.

Ch. 129David Haller

Miles searched the Moira MacTaggert Psychiatric Hospital, where every corpse wore a wristband identifying them as David Haller, while Shadow King pursued and attacked him. After discovering that the asylum was David’s mental world and that they were brothers, Miles took on David’s identity as Legion and confronted Shadow King.

  • Miles found several corpses with wristbands bearing the name David Haller and suspected the hospital was a dangerous dream or cosmic dimension.
  • Shadow King transformed Miles’s Phoenix Energy into insects and began corrupting his body, but a sudden hole in the floor dropped Miles into a basement.
  • Miles collected David Haller wristbands, heard voices identifying him as David, and learned from one voice that they were brothers.
  • Miles returned to the ward and realized Shadow King had invaded David’s mental world and killed the many versions of David represented by the corpses.
  • Miles’s wristband changed to read David Charles Haller, and he transformed before declaring, "I am... Legion."

Ch. 130Legion

Miles defeated the Shadow King inside David Haller’s mental world by using David’s identity and personality-division ability to overwrite him, creating a new David Haller. David explained how his former primary personality destroyed his world and revealed that his real-world body was dead, then sent Miles back to the Astral Plane before disappearing.

  • Miles and the Shadow King fought by repeatedly warping each other and the mental world, while the Shadow King proposed that they share David’s power.
  • Miles refused the offer and summoned countless versions of David Haller, using their identity markers to overwhelm and rewrite the Shadow King into a new David.
  • The newly restored David and Miles relaxed in a lounge, where David explained that his former primary personality had tried to remake the universe, destroyed it, and died by suicide.
  • David told Miles that his real-world body was dead and that he did not know where the Shadow King had hidden it.
  • David opened a doorway for Miles to return to the Astral Plane, then faded away as Miles said goodbye.

Ch. 131Zombie World

Miles entered the Zombie Universe in the body of a zombie and struggled to keep his sanity while investigating the world and encountering Lily Williams, Kate Bishop, and Kamala Khan. As a zombie Hawkeye attacked him with an explosive arrow, the Shadow King’s experiment also created Proteus from David Haller’s remains.

  • Miles told The Ancient One that he had met his dead brother, David Haller, then entered the darkness where Pietro’s mental presence was hiding.
  • The Shadow King revealed that Miles had helped free David’s consciousness and used David’s remains and the Mind Scepter to create Proteus, a reality-distorting energy life-form.
  • Miles awoke in the Zombie Universe in the body of Miles Zero, used his power to charge a phone, and learned that the Avengers had been infected during the outbreak five years earlier.
  • After a Quinjet crashed in New York, Miles invaded Friday’s systems and protected himself from Lily Williams, Kate Bishop, and Kamala Khan, then overwhelmed the three girls with his psychic power.
  • Zombie Hawkeye, Clint Barton, attacked Miles from a nearby building with an explosive arrow, causing a blast.

Ch. 132Virus Origins

Miles struggled against his hunger, used Lily Williams’s experimental cure to suppress it, and uncovered the Zombie Virus’s origins through Hawkeye’s memories. After Miles and the others left to seek a better treatment, Zombie Okoye led a silent army in pursuit of the Avengers.

  • Miles nearly attacked Kate Bishop and the others under the Zombie Virus’s influence, but Lily Williams stopped him by revealing her experimental cure.
  • The cure temporarily suppressed Miles’s hunger, and he agreed to ensure the group’s safety while they helped him improve it.
  • Miles recovered a S.H.I.E.L.D. signal transmitter from the Quinjet pilot and discovered that he could control Friday and summon Zombie Hawkeye.
  • Miles read Hawkeye’s memories and learned that Hank Pym had spread the Zombie Virus after becoming infected and attacking the Avengers.
  • Miles briefly restored Hawkeye’s awareness and then followed Kate, Lily, and Kamala toward their home and laboratory to seek a way to suppress the virus.
  • Zombie Okoye gathered a silent zombie army around the Quinjet wreckage and ordered them to pursue the Avengers.

Ch. 133Departure

Miles and the others left Lily Williams’s base to investigate a S.H.I.E.L.D. communicator and find a way to stop the Zombie Virus. Their journey led them into a battle between Zombie Captain Marvel and an Eternal named Ikaris, who urged Miles to find Phastos in Chicago before charging Captain Marvel.

  • Miles identified the Zombie Virus as Quantum Contamination and injected Clint Barton with Lily Williams’s antidote.
  • Kate Bishop convinced the group to take the communicator to a S.H.I.E.L.D. base in Ohio, and Miles agreed to go with them.
  • Miles warned Kate that the communicator might not help and said a terrifying person could be hiding in the world, but he withheld further details.
  • While traveling in Lily’s vehicle, Uhura, the group found a vast gouge through the mountains and drove toward it.
  • Miles sensed a battle in the storm clouds and recognized one combatant as Zombie Captain Marvel; the other introduced himself as Ikaris and told Miles to find Phastos in Chicago.
  • Ikaris warned Miles to flee, then transformed into a golden light and charged Zombie Captain Marvel.

Ch. 134A Warrior's Final Resting Place

Miles and Zombie Hawkeye helped Ikaris battle Zombie Captain Marvel, using psychic attacks and an antidote arrow to briefly restore her awareness. Realizing the cure could not save her, Captain Marvel asked Ikaris to kill her, and Miles collapsed from exhaustion after she died.

  • Miles controlled the zombies to open a path for the Uhura, then used Phoenix Telekinesis to protect it from Captain Marvel's attack.
  • Miles left the vehicle to face Captain Marvel while Zombie Hawkeye stayed behind, and the two joined Ikaris in fighting her.
  • Miles repeatedly disrupted Captain Marvel with Psychic Blasts, allowing Ikaris to gain the advantage in battle.
  • Zombie Hawkeye shot Captain Marvel with an antidote arrow, briefly restoring her awareness, but she told Miles the virus could not be cured.
  • Captain Marvel asked Ikaris to kill her, and he destroyed her head with his eye beams.
  • Miles collapsed after Captain Marvel died, telling Ikaris that he had overdrawn his mental strength.

Ch. 135Avengers: Crisis of Two Earths

Miles Zero took control of the original Miles’s body in Wanda’s Dream World and joined Quicksilver to stop the Zombie Virus from spreading at the Golden Gate Bridge. After they captured Zombie Ant-Man, Zombie Wasp infected Miles Zero, who transmitted research data to Tony Stark and sealed his consciousness as the Avengers realized the danger.

  • Miles Zero appeared in the original Miles’s mind during algebra class, then took control of his body and had Quicksilver bring him to San Francisco as the Zombie Virus spread toward the Golden Gate Bridge.
  • Miles Zero warned Quicksilver that Zombie Ant-Man could infect the Avengers and explained that events from the Zombie World were replaying in Wanda’s Dream World.
  • Quicksilver captured the tiny Zombie Ant-Man as the Avengers arrived, and Miles Zero used his psychic power to immobilize him.
  • Zombie Wasp bit Miles Zero, and Quicksilver and the Avengers subdued her after she reverted to normal size.
  • Miles Zero sent Tony Stark the Zombie Virus research data, sealed his consciousness, and collapsed as Iron Man warned the others not to touch him.

Ch. 136Celestial's Decree

Miles learned that Celestial Arishem had ordered Ikaris to abandon Earth, but persuaded him to help the survivors before leaving. They traveled to find Phastos, whose emergency recording revealed that the Zombie Virus was a Quantum Realm contamination and that he had been infected while studying it.

  • Miles and Zombie Hawkeye found Ikaris burying Ajak, the slain Prime of the Eternals.
  • Ajak’s golden sphere entered Ikaris, and Arishem ordered him to gather the surviving Eternals and leave Earth because the planet was destined for destruction.
  • Miles asked Ikaris to help humanity, and Ikaris agreed to one task before departing; he refused to fight the Scarlet Witch but agreed to take Miles and Hawkeye to Phastos.
  • In Chicago, Miles, Hawkeye, and Ikaris triggered Phastos’s emergency holographic message at his abandoned home.
  • Phastos revealed that the virus was a Quantum Realm conceptual contamination, that his experiment had caused it to mutate and infect him, and that reactivating the Domo could save the world.

Ch. 137Domo

Miles investigated Phastos’s laboratory aboard the Domo and used his mind as a supercomputer to begin decoding Eternal technology. Meanwhile, the Avengers prepared to fight the zombie virus, but the Domo headed toward New York.

  • Ikaris entered the Domo with Miles and Zombie Hawkeye, captured zombie Makkari, and took them to the laboratory to find Phastos.
  • Miles discovered Phastos’s severed head in a jar and his dismantled body on an experimental table, while Ikaris left to search for the other Eternals.
  • After Ikaris departed, Miles began analyzing Phastos’s body and used the Spark of the Heart to turn his brain into a supercomputer.
  • In Wanda’s Dream World, Tony Stark briefed the Avengers on the zombie virus and arranged suppressants and protective suits before they planned an operation.
  • Friday showed the Avengers that the Domo was traveling across the ocean toward New York, and Tony wondered what it was.

Ch. 138Scarlet

Ikaris discovered that Thena and Gilgamesh had become zombies and was ambushed by Wanda, who revealed that she had manipulated Phastos’s virus research. In the Tomo, Miles used Phastos’s Energy Core to strengthen his abilities and learned the virus may have been deliberately made to evolve, leaving him to seek help from another world to complete Dawnlight.

  • Ikaris found Zombie Thena and Zombie Gilgamesh in Australia and realized Phastos’s account of the virus did not add up.
  • Druid lured Ikaris to a canyon, where Sprite’s illusion concealed Zombie Druid and Wanda held Sersi captive; Wanda infected Ikaris and admitted she had helped mutate the virus.
  • Miles fashioned Energy Rings and armor from Phastos’s technology, using the Energy Core to greatly enhance his Psychic Arts and physical abilities.
  • Miles found Phastos’s research stored in the Energy Core and concluded that Dawnlight had been designed to catalyze the virus and that an outside force may have altered Phastos’s perception.
  • Miles decided to restart Dawnlight research and proposed seeking help from Tony Stark and Hank Pym in another world.

Ch. 139An Ominous Sign

Miles awakened as a zombie with mind-control powers, resisted his hunger, and sent Tony Stark the Dawnlight cure data before the Eternals zombies attacked Delta. In the Zombie World, Miles concluded that an unknown force—possibly Zombie Wanda—was disrupting his connection to the other world, so he prepared to gather allies and travel to New Asgard.

  • Miles woke restrained in a laboratory, used mind control to free himself, and fought his hunger after realizing he had become a zombie.
  • Tony Stark found Miles at Xavier High School, where Miles used his powers to disable Tony's armor when Tony threatened Madeleine; Miles later sent him the Dawnlight project and Zombie Virus data.
  • The Navy attacked Delta, prompting the spacecraft to open and release zombie Eternals who began destroying the human defenses.
  • In the Zombie World, Miles told Zombie Hawkeye that an unknown force had blocked his consciousness from reaching the other world, and he suspected Zombie Wanda was acting.
  • Miles chose to seek Thor in New Asgard, gave Zombie Hawkeye replica Eternals armor and secret arrows, and created the Staff of Phastos to assist with Dawnlight calculations.

Ch. 140New Asgard

Quicksilver left Sokovia for New York after learning the Avengers were under attack, while Wanda rejected the other Wanda’s plan to merge the worlds and tore apart the frozen moment. In Zombie World, Miles and his companions reached New Asgard seeking Thor and a way to contact the Nova Corps, and Valkyrie allowed them inside after Khonshu intervened.

  • Quicksilver heard the Avengers’ distress call and headed for New York, leaving his family and luggage behind.
  • Wanda refused to sacrifice her family for the worlds’ fusion and ripped apart the stopped world, restoring time.
  • Miles and Zombie Hawkeye arrived outside New Asgard, where they met Kamala, Lily, Shang-Chi, Blade Knight, Zemo, and Red Guardian.
  • Lily explained that the group needed a spacecraft to send a message to the Nova Corps because radioactive fallout had blocked communications.
  • Valkyrie initially rejected Zombie Hawkeye and the others, but she recognized Khonshu and let the group enter New Asgard.
  • Miles used his staff to disguise himself and Hawkeye, then told Valkyrie that he had come to find Thor and ask about Phastos’s divine artifact.

Ch. 141Queen of Sokovia

Kamala and the others reached Asgard, where Valkyrie showed them a feast and a despairing Thor. Wanda Maximoff revealed she had turned the Asgardians into zombies as part of her plan to obtain enough power to restore the world, then exposed her real target: Miles.

  • Valkyrie led the group into an Asgardian hall where warriors feasted, and Hawkeye warned Red Guardian Alexei not to eat or drink.
  • Kamala asked Thor for help with S.H.I.E.L.D.'s device, but Valkyrie said he was broken and did not want to be disturbed.
  • Valkyrie identified Wanda Maximoff as the Queen of Sokovia, and Kamala and Lily accused her of being the Queen of the Dead.
  • Wanda said she had cured herself of infection and needed an army of divine soldiers to reclaim the Infinity Stone energy, then used Chaos Magic to reveal that the feast was zombie flesh.
  • Wanda turned the Asgardians who had eaten into zombies and asked Kamala and Miles to join her, saying she wanted Miles.
  • Miles and Wanda revealed their zombie forms and prepared to face each other.

Ch. 142Personality Simulation

Miles and the others fought the Chaos-controlled Asgardian zombies while Miles battled Zombie Wanda, who overpowered his initial attacks. He used Personality Simulation to fight as Hawkeye and wounded Wanda, then aimed a powerful Eternals Secret Arrow at her.

  • Zombie Wanda seized control of the transformed Asgardians, and Miles revealed he had planted explosives in the banquet hall to blast the zombies away.
  • Miles and the others fought through the hall as Valkyrie tried to reach Thor, Hawkeye saved Shang-Chi, and Kamala’s crystal weapon shattered against Wanda’s magic.
  • Miles’s cannon blast failed against Wanda’s Chaos Magic, so he donned the Phastos Armor, reinforced his body, and attacked with a psionic spear.
  • Miles activated Personality Simulation based on Zombie Hawkeye, adopted Clint Barton’s combat skills, and injured Wanda with psionic claws.
  • Wanda unleashed a destructive magical burst, and Miles retreated before transforming the Phastos Armor into a longbow and firing an Eternals Secret Arrow at her.

Ch. 143Thor and Hawkeye

Miles, Thor, Hawkeye, and the others fought Zombie Wanda as they tried to escape the ruined New Asgard. Thor and Hawkeye helped Miles flee, but Wanda survived and pursued them as a spacecraft also lifted from the valley.

  • Miles wounded Zombie Wanda with the Staff of Phastos, but his damaged body began to fail, and Thor stayed behind to face her while Valkyrie charged into the horde.
  • Miles and Hawkeye joined Thor’s battle as the others followed Valkyrie’s directions toward the ship; Miles used telekinesis to force Valkyrie away from the fight and save her.
  • Wanda overpowered Thor and bound him, but Miles shielded him with the Staff of Phastos and urged him to escape rather than let Wanda turn him into a monster.
  • Hawkeye interrupted Thor’s attempt to kill himself, then used a series of Eternals Secret Arrows to blast apart Wanda’s body and create an opening for their escape.
  • Wanda regenerated, but Thor accepted Miles’s help and carried Miles and Hawkeye away in a lightning bolt while Hawkeye’s final arrow delayed Wanda’s pursuit.
  • A red spacecraft rose from the valley as Wanda watched the fleeing Thor, Miles, and Hawkeye and prepared to chase them.

Ch. 144Beyond the Firmament

The survivors escaped a Nova Corps blockade after Miles used a psychic seed to make a Centurion stand down, and Miles planned to turn the Xandarians against Scarlet Witch's forces. As they returned toward Earth, Lintra, the Sorcerer Supreme of Kamar-Taj, arrived with news about the world's condition.

  • Valkyrie flew the ship beyond the colorful Wakanda Fallout, where the group contacted the Nova Corps and discovered its fighters had already blockaded Earth.
  • The Nova Corps declared Earth quarantined and attacked the ship, but Miles protected it with the Staff of Phastos: Bulwark while Thor destroyed several fighters.
  • Miles entered a Centurion's mind, planted a Psychic Seed, and altered his orders so the Nova Corps stopped pursuing the ship.
  • Miles explained that he intended to use the Nova Corps against Scarlet Witch after gathering more survivors, while Thor and the others returned toward Earth.
  • Lintra and several sorcerers emerged through golden portals, and Lintra introduced himself as Kamar-Taj's Sorcerer Supreme before offering to explain the state of the world.

Ch. 145The Battle of Wakanda

Miles learned how Thanos and T’Challa died in Wakanda and how Hulk became the vessel for the shattered Infinity Stones. With Kamar-Taj’s help, Miles reconnected to the Dream World, where he found Zombie Tony and faced a zombified Ikaris attacking their laboratory.

  • Lintra told Miles that T’Challa sacrificed himself to stop Thanos, and Hulk absorbed the energy released when all six Infinity Stones shattered.
  • Miles explained the connection between the two worlds, and Lintra agreed to help him reach his other self while warning that Scarlet Witch planned to claim Hulk’s power.
  • Miles warned Thor that the Zombie Virus could infect Eternals and asked him to protect the others while he contacted Tony Stark in the Dream World.
  • Lintra and Drumm used spells to guide Miles through the barrier into the Dream World, where he found Zombie Tony working on Dawnlight calculations.
  • Zombie Tony began explaining the danger, but a zombified Ikaris broke through the laboratory ceiling and confronted Miles.

Ch. 146In an Instant

Miles and Quicksilver fought Zombie Makkari after Zombie Tony was killed, and Tony entrusted Miles with his memories and the Dawnlight plan. Miles salvaged Makkari’s Energy Core and fashioned the Blade of Makkari just as Zombie Ikaris approached.

  • Iron Man shielded Miles from Zombie Ikaris and flew him to an abandoned stadium, where he described the outbreak and Tony’s Dawnlight plan.
  • Zombie Makkari ambushed the pair and fatally pierced Tony with a Vibranium Spear, but Quicksilver intervened and fought her.
  • Miles disrupted Makkari with a Psychic Blast, allowing Quicksilver to restrain her while Miles drove the spear into her Energy Core.
  • Tony revealed he had infected himself to stay alive and continue his research, then sent Miles his memories before dying.
  • Miles sent Tony’s armor away with Friday, extracted Makkari’s Energy Core, and fashioned the Blade of Makkari from her body.
  • Zombie Ikaris appeared on the horizon as Miles and Quicksilver prepared for the approaching threat.

Ch. 147Ikaris

Miles defeated Zombie Ikaris in the Dream World after the Phoenix Force awakened through Madeleine’s call, then returned to Zombie World with knowledge of how to complete Dawnlight. He left the other-world Miles instructions to find Madeleine and Hank Pym while preparing to race to Iraq before the Scarlet Witch acted.

  • Miles used the Blade of Makkari and Quicksilver’s help to fight Zombie Ikaris, but Ikaris adapted to his attacks and began pulling the Vibranium Spear from his chest.
  • Madeleine’s call ignited Miles’s Phoenix Brand, empowering the spear so Miles could pierce Ikaris’s chest and kill him.
  • The Scarlet Witch noticed Miles’s cross-dimensional actions, and the world’s rules pulled his consciousness away after he told the other-world Miles to protect Madeleine, create Dawnlight, and find Hank Pym.
  • Miles returned to Kamar-Taj, told Master Lintra that Dawnlight had been completed, and asked Master London to take him to Iraq to search for something at the Eternals’ Tomo.
  • Miles concluded that the Dream World remained in danger from the other Eternals and wondered what the Scarlet Witch had done and whether Madeleine had truly contacted him.

Ch. 148Before the Battle

Miles repaired a Nova Corps Starblaster and secretly uploaded Ultron into the Corps network to seize control of the fleet surrounding Earth. He rallied the others to prepare for war while assigning support roles, then asked Lintra to take him to see Hulk.

  • Miles used his psychic abilities and the Staff of Phastos to repair a Nova Corps fighter and began building a control terminal with Peter and Lily.
  • Miles possessed a Xandarian Centurion and secretly uploaded Ultron into the Nova Corps command network, which was set to infect fighters across the fleet.
  • Miles warned the group that the Nova Corps was weighing attacks capable of destroying Earth and proposed fighting both the Corps and the Scarlet Witch; Thor and the others agreed.
  • Miles assigned Lily and Peter to support Ultron, asked Zemo to command the operation, and told Lintra to keep watch on the witch.
  • Miles said he needed to continue the Dawnlight research to restore his body, offered to build Scott a body, and asked Lintra to take him to see Hulk.

Ch. 149The Reason There Was No Retreat

Miles investigated Infinite Hulk’s containment of the shattered Infinity Stones’ power, then returned to Washington, D.C., where Zombie Eternals attacked the S.H.I.E.L.D. shelter. He saved Madeleine and Stasis from a falling vehicle and went to face the attackers alone, while Madeleine begged for his life.

  • In the Zombie World, Miles learned from Master Lintra that Infinite Hulk had contained the destructive energy released by the shattered Infinity Stones, but Hulk could not be awakened; Miles also spotted Zombie Ikaris before returning to the Dream World.
  • At the S.H.I.E.L.D. shelter, Miles passed Madeleine and her adoptive father, Stasis, without speaking and hurried to meet the zombified Hank Pym.
  • When Pym refused to cooperate, Miles used Mind Control to force his experiences into Pym’s mind and secure his temporary agreement, then the base sounded an enemy-attack alarm.
  • Gilgamesh, Thena, Sprite, Druid, and Sersi broke into the shelter, blocked gunfire, and used Druid’s control to make the defending agents shoot themselves.
  • Gilgamesh hurled an armored vehicle at Madeleine and Stasis, but Miles caught it and urged them to run before putting on his mask and advancing alone toward the Zombie Eternals.
  • Madeleine tried to follow Miles, but Stasis held her back as she cried and pleaded for him to be saved.

Ch. 150Curse

Miles and the heroes fought the Zombie Eternals while S.H.I.E.L.D. evacuated its equipment for Dawnlight. The battle turned when Doctor Strange began transforming into a zombie through a curse that imposed another world's fate on this one.

  • Miles used Makkari's Energy Core to blast Gilgamesh, but Gilgamesh survived and attacked Miles with help from Thena and Druid.
  • Madeleine nearly lent her body to a voice in her mind to save Miles, but Doctor Strange and Bruce Banner arrived through a portal before she acted.
  • Doctor Strange restrained Gilgamesh, and Pym stunned him with a bioelectric shot so Strange could rescue Miles; Miles then invaded Banner's mind and found Hulk withdrawn in a dark prison.
  • Spider-Man evaded Thena's attacks and struck Sprite, but Druid's psychic attack left him vulnerable until Miles blocked it; Hulk emerged and clashed with Gilgamesh.
  • Pym arrived to help the group protect the base's equipment, while Strange fought Sersi and the refugees celebrated the heroes' arrival.
  • Doctor Strange's hand began withering, and he realized a curse was making his zombie fate from another world an established fact before he transformed and attacked.
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