Recaps

Zha Hamiao brought an ancient Flame Crown to Loki, unaware that it held the Eternal Flame, while Thanos negotiated passage through Jotunheim to reach Earth. Flame Demons attacked the Trading Station and invaded Asgard, where Surtur emerged from the treasury and struck the palace's defense barrier.

• Zha Hamiao discovered a crown radiating fire energy and brought it to Loki, who rejected it and ordered it stored in the new treasury.
• The crown began glowing, and Surtur's shadow emerged as he whispered that he was coming for his flame.
• Thanos offered the Frost Giant King an enormous fleet and promised to avoid drawing the Sorcerer Supreme's attention in exchange for passage to Earth.
• Flame Demons attacked the Trading Station, and its factions fought back before the monsters breached the defenses and poured through the portals toward Asgard.
• Loki and Thor prepared for the invasion as Asgard's army defended its portal, but Surtur emerged from the treasury with the Eternal Flame restored.
• Surtur attacked the palace with his flaming sword, and Loki's defense barrier held against the first strike as Surtur raised his sword to strike again.

Surtur attacked Asgard, and although Thor and Loki’s Defense System brought him down, he recovered and surrounded the palace with a deadly firestorm. Loki used the Casket of Ancient Winters and revealed his Frost Giant form to save the Asgardians, then collapsed as his people accepted him as their king.

• Surtur battered Asgard’s barrier while Flame Giants overwhelmed the defenders at the teleportation hall, and Heimdall fought to hold them back.
• Thor attacked Surtur, while Loki activated Tony’s Defense System; its concentrated beam blasted through Surtur’s head and toppled him.
• The Flame Giants blew themselves up in the teleportation hall, and Surtur revived as their fiery fragments gathered into a firestorm around the palace.
• Loki and Thor found Asgardian civilians collapsing from the heat, so Loki used the Casket of Ancient Winters to cool the council hall and revive them.
• Loki revealed his Frost Giant form and unleashed the Casket’s full power, spreading ice through the palace and saving the civilians.
• Loki collapsed from exhausting his bloodline’s power, and the Asgardians bowed to him as their king.

Surtur attacked Asgard, and the Ancient One intervened before Hela joined the fight. The Ancient One and Hela prepared to face Surtur together as Sylvie watched.

• Thor tried to take Loki through the Bifrost to seek help, but Surtur severed it; Heimdall escaped to Earth and warned the sorcerers that Asgard was in danger.
• The Ancient One brought Sylvie to Asgard and trapped Surtur in the Mirror Dimension, but he broke out and returned to the main world.
• Sylvie summoned Hela, who refused Surtur's attempt to turn her against Asgard and fought him.
• The Ancient One rescued Hela and Sylvie from Surtur's attack, and she and Hela agreed to face him together.

Hela used death force to fight Surtur and his Flame Demons while the Ancient One restrained him and Fenris led the Undead Legion to her aid. After Surtur triggered a catastrophic self-destruction, Hela’s Death Storm contained the blast until Luke erased it, and she then spotted Odin behind him.

• Hela drew on death force to extinguish Surtur’s flames, while the Ancient One trapped him with a magic circle and dark chains.
• Surtur broke free by igniting Asgard’s ground, then summoned Flame Demons as Hela called up fallen Asgardian warriors and the Undead Legion.
• Fenris returned to Hela, helped her fight the Flame Demons, and carried her clear of Surtur’s thrown Twilight Sword.
• Surtur began gathering energy for self-destruction, so Hela unleashed a Death Storm that contained the resulting firestorm.
• Luke arrived with Odin and obliterated the firestorm with dark power; Hela withdrew her Death Storm and noticed Odin behind Luke.

Hela reunited with Odin, Frigga, and her siblings after Asgard’s battle, while Luke recovered Surtur’s Flame Crown and arranged for Hela to destroy his soul. Back at the Trading Station, Luke proposed hidden guards for security and kept the United States envoy behind after the meeting.

• The Ancient One calmed Hela so she could reunite with Odin, and Luke and the Ancient One recovered Surtur’s Flame Crown after a Flame Demon tried to escape with it.
• Odin introduced Hela to Thor and Loki, and Frigga arrived with Sylvie to embrace her daughter.
• Luke showed Odin’s family the crown, and Hela asked to use Surtur’s death to replenish her Death Force; Luke handed her the crown and offered to help if she needed more.
• Luke returned to the Trading Station, summoned Shadow Ninjas to clean up, and called envoys to a meeting about the monster attack.
• Luke proposed stationing hidden guards in public areas of the Trading Station, and the envoys agreed.
• Luke adjourned the meeting and asked the United States envoy to stay behind.

Luke questioned the American envoy and confronted the former secretary of defense, who gave him a list as Luke began tracking those involved. Meanwhile, Thanos abducted a Skrull posing as Nick Fury, and the real Fury prepared to use himself as bait while S.H.I.E.L.D. investigated.

• Luke questioned the American envoy about the suspicious items, learned that the secretary of defense had supplied them, and let him leave.
• Luke found the former secretary of defense, who handed him a list of names.
• Thanos attacked a Nick Fury double on the outskirts of New York, recognized him as a Skrull, and carried him away.
• The real Fury returned to S.H.I.E.L.D. and ordered Captain America, Natasha, Barton, and Bucky back to investigate the attacker.
• Fury proposed acting as bait, then went to the police station and reported the attack, where the chief and deputy chief laughed at his description.

Natasha and Fury used Fury’s public humiliation as bait to draw out an attacker, while Thanos tortured a Skrull double for information and followed a lead toward a nearby safe house. Fury’s trap was complicated when an armed squad attacked the villa, prompting him to call on an unidentified ally.

• Natasha, Captain America, Bucky, and Barton watched Fury leave the police station, while Natasha explained that the FIB would publicize his visit and help lure the attacker out.
• Thanos questioned a Skrull who had served as Fury’s double, learned that Fury had returned to Earth weeks earlier, and tortured him until he revealed a lead.
• The FIB spread news mocking Fury online, and Fury used the growing publicity to draw the unknown attacker toward a safe house near New York.
• Thanos read a report about a mysterious meeting, noticed that its location was near the address the Skrull had given him, and decided to investigate cautiously.
• Fury’s agents spotted an armed squad approaching the villa and exchanged gunfire with them, so Fury contacted an unidentified ally to take action.

S.H.I.E.L.D. used a villa as bait to draw out the mysterious attacker, but Blade and his fighters instead wiped out several groups of assailants while Thanos watched from afar. Fury abandoned the plan and evacuated with the others, only for their Quinjet to crash after its wings were cleanly severed, suggesting the attacker had finally struck.

• S.H.I.E.L.D. agents fought off numerous attackers near Fury's safe house until Blade and his people arrived and slaughtered the enemy forces.
• Thanos watched the battle, recognized Fury's trap, and followed the trail of the strange inhuman fighters instead of approaching the villa.
• Fury called off the operation when the mysterious attacker failed to appear and ordered Hawkeye and Black Widow moved to another safe house.
• Fury, Captain America, and the others boarded a Quinjet, which suddenly plunged to the ground after its wings were severed.
• Fury inspected the smooth cuts on the missing wings and suspected that the mysterious attacker had caused the crash.

Steve and his team discovered that Thanos had captured Fury and was attacking them, but Steve’s medal summoned reinforcements. Thanos broke free of Barton’s restraint and charged at him while Hawkeye froze after hearing something.

• A cloaked attacker knocked Fury unconscious, ambushed Steve, and left a deep slash on his shield.
• The attacker struck the cabin with a flying wing, injuring Natasha and destroying the team’s communications equipment.
• Steve’s medal contacted JARVIS, who sent the Ultron Legion and alerted Scarlet Witch while Thanos prepared to steal the team’s wristbands.
• Thanos hurled a tree at the team and charged Steve, whose shield caught Thanos’s blade before the archers attacked.
• Hawkeye and Barton blinded Thanos and encased part of his body in a hardened substance, but Thanos shattered it and charged Barton as Hawkeye froze.

Thanos killed Hawkeye, took his and Black Widow’s wristbands, and survived the Ultron Mechanical Legion’s assault. Luke’s allies arrived and engaged Thanos, but the fight remained unresolved.

• Thanos killed Hawkeye and took both wristbands after Black Widow failed to stop him.
• The Ultron Mechanical Legion bombarded Thanos, but he survived and deflected its laser attacks.
• Ultron’s robots froze Hawkeye’s wounds and sent him through a portal to the Defenders’ dedicated hospital.
• Tony, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Ghost Rider, Death Knight (Carter), and other superheroes arrived to confront Thanos.
• Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch failed to injure Thanos, while Johnny and Carter attacked him with a chain and scythe.

Thanos escaped the battle by using the World-Crossing Bracelet to flee to Black Widow’s timeline, while Hawkeye was left critically injured. Luke and Tony planned to pursue Thanos, and Tony proposed improving the Extremis Virus to heal Hawkeye and help injured heroes in the future.

• Johnny, Tony, Carter, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, and the others attacked Thanos, but he activated the World-Crossing Bracelet and vanished before Johnny could use his Judgment Stare.
• Black Widow told Luke and Tony that Thanos had escaped to her timeline, and Luke recognized from the recording that Thanos had used Pym Particles to travel between timelines.
• The group went to the hospital and learned from Stephen and Christine that Hawkeye was gravely wounded and unlikely to recover; Shuri also said Wakanda could not yet treat his injuries.
• Luke offered to make Hawkeye Dark Life, but Tony suggested using the Extremis Virus to heal him and said he would work with Shuri, Galacta, Banner, and others to remove its instability.
• Luke agreed to pursue Thanos with Black Widow while Tony began contacting the researchers to develop a safer Extremis Virus.

Luke and Black Widow searched parallel timelines for hers, encountering several Sorcerer Supremes before opening a gate to a hostile dimension. Luke fought a tentacle-born army and discovered it was imitating his Shadow Ninjas, leaving him determined to end the battle quickly.

• Luke used data from Old Captain America's wristband to estimate Black Widow's timeline and brought her through the Shadow World to search for it.
• Luke opened a gate to a timeline where the Ancient One's counterpart attacked him, then learned it was not Black Widow's timeline and moved on.
• Luke visited several more timelines, learned Wong had become Sorcerer Supreme in Black Widow's timeline, and avoided strange worlds that recognized him.
• Luke opened another gate and severed tentacles that tried to pull him through, but the creature regenerated them and produced monsters from lumps of flesh.
• Luke sent Shadow Ninjas to destroy the creature's fleshy barracks while shielding Black Widow from the fight.
• Luke saw the monsters begin imitating the Shadow Ninjas' fighting techniques and decided to finish the battle quickly.

Luke discovered that Earth in a strange timeline had been consumed by slime after a Dimensional Demon God invaded, leaving only a few superheroes alive. He brought the survivors to Attilan on the moon, then prepared to leave before Stephen asked him to help restore Earth.

• Megatron and over a hundred Transformers destroyed the masses of flesh, while Luke cleared the tentacles blocking the gate to the strange timeline.
• Luke found Earth covered in slime and tentacles, then discovered Stephen, Tony, Wanda, Vision, and Captain America had survived on the moon.
• Stephen explained that another Dimensional Demon God had invaded while he was negotiating with Dormammu, and Tony blamed him for the destruction and the deaths of Pepper, Happy, and Little Spider.
• Luke found Attilan and brought the survivors there, where Black Bolt and Medusa offered them shelter and food.
• Stephen asked Luke to help restore Earth, but Luke questioned why he should help.

Stephen and Tony sought Luke’s help against the Dimensional Demon God and to restore Earth, while Luke negotiated for Tony’s armor suits. Luke explained that they first had to destroy the demon and recover the souls it controlled, then use the Time Stone to reverse the damage.

• Stephen offered Luke copies of Kamar-Taj’s spells and forbidden books, but Luke said he had already read them and asked Tony for one of every armor suit he had built.
• Tony agreed to make Luke the armor suits, and Scarlet Witch and Vision suggested using the Time Stone to rewind Earth.
• Luke said he might be able to use the Shadow World’s time rule with the Time Stone, but warned that they had to defeat the Dimensional Demon God before reversing time.
• Luke explained that the demon might control the souls of the dead and proposed destroying its Earth-bound form to reclaim them.
• Luke offered to destroy Earth—or even the Solar System—but Stephen and Tony clarified that they only needed Earth destroyed, while Tony wondered whether his counterpart was close friends with Luke.

Luke fought the Eye Demon’s clone on Earth, but the demon trapped his mind in a Mental Space and left his body vulnerable. Tony, Stephen, Vision, and Scarlet Witch intervened, buying time as Luke contacted Megatron and faced the Eye Demon within the mental realm.

• Luke arrived on Earth, grew larger than the slime-covered Eye Demon’s clone, and cut off its tentacles with his Dark Giant Scythe.
• Luke split the clone in two, but its restored eyes struck him with green beams that trapped his mind in a Mental Space.
• Stephen identified the monster as Eye Demon, and Tony decided to help Luke despite the danger; Stephen opened a portal for Tony, Stephen, Vision, and Scarlet Witch.
• In the Mental Space, Luke mocked Eye Demon as Patrick Star, fought back with his Dark Scythe, and realized the demon was targeting his body in the Material World.
• Tony and the others attacked the clone, while Stephen used the Time Stone to replay Luke’s earlier spells and wound it.
• Vision and Scarlet Witch joined the assault, but the clone charged Luke’s motionless body after Eye Demon ordered it to attack.

Tony, Stephen, Vision, and the Scarlet Witch faced the Eye Demon Clone until Megatron arrived with fleets that overwhelmed it. Inside the mental space, Luke realized the Eye Demon had split into puppets to distract him while remotely controlling the clone, and he began searching for the hidden true body or a way out.

• Stephen weakened after overusing the Time Stone and handed it to Vision, but Vision and the Scarlet Witch both twitched and went still when they tried to use it.
• Tony drained his armor’s remaining energy to blast the Eye Demon Clone, but it regenerated until Megatron arrived through a huge portal with a fleet that drove it back.
• Megatron recharged Tony’s armor, brought the drifting Stephen back, and tied Vision and the Scarlet Witch together before joining the battle.
• Megatron summoned a second fleet to destroy the Eye Demon Clone’s scattered fragments while Luke fought the Eye Demon’s true body in the mental space.
• The Eye Demon split into dozens of copies to distract Luke, who realized they were puppets and suspected the true body was remotely controlling the clone in the material world.

Luke fought the Eye Demon’s clones in the mental space and used techniques from the forbidden book to find a connection to the Eye Demon. Meanwhile, the Eye Demon turned Megatron’s fleet against itself, and his attack left Megatron powerless before a controlled Star Rock; the chapter ended as an unseen assailant seized the Eye Demon and stabbed his eye.

• Luke overwhelmed the Eye Demon Clones, sheltered himself inside his wings, and used the forbidden book’s techniques to examine one clone and locate its mental connection hub.
• The Eye Demon controlled Starship Giants with his special energy, turning them against one another and forcing Megatron to direct the remaining fleet into the Shadow World.
• Megatron evaded the Eye Demon’s control rays, but Star Rock blocked a later ray and became controlled; Megatron restrained Star Rock and hid behind him.
• The Eye Demon used a disruption spell that freed Star Rock and disabled Megatron’s dark energy, leaving Megatron vulnerable to Star Rock’s raised fist.
• An unseen attacker grabbed the Eye Demon, cut off several tentacles, and plunged a sharp weapon into his eye.

Luke defeated the Eye Demon’s spiritual form, freed the Starship Giants from mind control, and recovered the sealed souls of Earth’s inhabitants. Vision and Scarlet Witch used the Time Stone to restore Earth, while a mysterious figure began planning a reward for Luke as his Shadow World departed for another universe.

• Luke attacked the Eye Demon in the Mental Space, forcing him to flee after his spiritual form was badly damaged.
• Luke cleansed the Starship Giants of the Eye Demon’s control, recovered the sphere containing Earth’s souls, and burned the Eye Demon Clone’s corpse.
• Luke pulled Vision and Scarlet Witch’s consciousnesses back from other timelines after the Time Stone carried them away.
• Vision used the Time Stone with the Mind Stone’s help to reverse time and restore Earth to just before the invasion.
• Luke returned to the Shadow World with Megatron, and his Shadow World began leaving the parallel universe.
• A mysterious figure watched the aftermath and decided to give Luke something in return, bringing Death along.

Luke found the parallel universe where Wong was Sorcerer Supreme and offered to help restore everyone lost in Thanos’s Snap. As Luke and Wong went to reunite the Avengers, Tony’s team returned from their mission with backup Infinity Stones and discovered Nebula badly damaged.

• Luke met Wong, confirmed that his universe was the one whose people had sought Infinity Stones, and offered to help bring back those lost in the Snap.
• Wong thanked Luke and described how he had struggled to protect Earth and keep Kamar-Taj running without Stephen or the Time Stone.
• Luke brought Wong and Black Widow to Earth, where Wong prepared to recover the missing people and confront Stephen.
• Tony returned with the others, found Nebula badly damaged, and learned that Rhodey’s team had provoked Luke while trying to take his Infinity Stones.
• Captain America revealed that he and Tony had secured Pym Particles and the Tesseract as backups, while the Avengers realized that two people were missing.

After Black Widow returned from Luke’s world, the Avengers learned that Hawkeye had been gravely injured by Thanos and was staying with Luke for treatment. Tony also learned that Killian’s serum might heal Rhodey’s spine, and Luke directed him to discuss getting a dose with his counterpart.

• Ant-Man noticed that Black Widow and Hawkeye had not returned, and Tony admitted he could not guarantee the time-travel device was safe.
• Nebula and Rhodey suspected Thanos had learned about the Avengers through Nebula’s cloud server, while Tony and the others resolved to continue gathering the Infinity Stones.
• Black Widow arrived, and Luke followed to explain that Hawkeye was severely injured and would remain in his world for treatment.
• Black Widow said Thanos had taken the travel devices and escaped after Tony’s team fought him, and Luke explained that timeline travel carried dangers even when the device worked properly.
• Tony told Rhodey that another world’s Avengers were studying Killian’s serum and might be able to heal his spine.
• Tony asked Luke for a dose of the serum, and Luke told him to speak with his counterpart.

Banner snapped his fingers with the Infinity Gauntlet and brought back everyone who had disappeared five years earlier. As the Avengers celebrated, Stephen gathered forces in Wakanda and Asgard to face Thanos, while Falcon approached him with a request.

• Luke fetched Odin's Infinity Gauntlet, fitted it with the six Infinity Stones, and chose Banner to wield it instead of Fat Thor.
• Banner snapped his fingers to restore Thanos's victims, and Tony treated Banner's injured hand afterward.
• The Avengers realized the snap had worked when birds returned and Hawkeye's wife called, while the revived heroes also reappeared across the universe.
• Stephen hurried to Kamar-Taj, recruited Wong, and gathered Wakanda's forces and Asgardian warriors to fight Thanos.
• Stephen's group prepared to travel through portals, but Falcon approached him and began asking for something.

After confirming the vanished people had returned, Luke opened a portal to Titan, but Tony found Spider-Man and the others gone. Luke went to check Kamar-Taj and returned to find the arriving heroes and their army had joined the Avengers’ banquet.

• Rocket urged Luke and Tony to go to Titan for Star-Lord, Drax, Groot, and Spider-Man, so Luke opened a portal there.
• Tony and Rocket searched Titan but found no one; Tony told Rocket that Stephen had probably taken the others back to Earth, then confessed his worry to Luke.
• Luke agreed to check Kamar-Taj, while Loki supplied a hundred barrels of Asgardian wine for the banquet and Luke stopped Thor from drinking.
• Falcon arrived at the banquet and warned Captain America, but Black Panther and a vast army soon emerged through enormous portals, confusing both groups.
• Luke returned from Kamar-Taj to find the unexpected crowd, and the banquet began despite the undersized venue and the shortage of wine.
• Luke watched Tony reunite with Little Spider and Little Morgan, then raised a toast as a familiar voice thanked him.

Luke learned from the Old Master that the Demon God Uprising threatened the Multiverse and that he needed to develop his Shadow World and recover his true power to stop it. After resolving matters with Tony and retrieving the Space Stone, Luke left to consider what the Old Master meant by his hidden power.

• Luke shared a drink with the Old Master, who warned him of the Demon God Uprising and told him to develop his world and recover his true power.
• Luke considered the scale of the threat from Dimensional Demon Gods while keeping the warning from Tony.
• Tony thanked Luke for helping their world and apologized for taking the Space Stone from 1945 as a backup; Luke accepted it and sent it to the Shadow World.
• Tony revealed that he and Captain America had also taken Pym Particles, and Luke realized they had caused the old dispute between Doctor Pym and Howard.
• Luke told Tony to make sure Thor lost weight, then left with the Space Stone because it could not remain away from its universe for long.
• In Dimensional Space, Luke pondered the uprising and wondered what hidden power he needed to uncover.

Luke completed the Six Infinity Stones’ rules in the Shadow World, raising it to an Intermediate World and gaining new abilities. As he planned to obtain advanced rules from Galactus, Thanos was captured by the Eye Demon in Dimensional Space, whose memory search uncovered a traversal device and then revealed someone familiar.

• Luke inscribed the Six Infinity Stones’ rules into the Shadow World, stabilizing it and allowing it to develop independently as an Intermediate World.
• Luke tested his new abilities on Cybertron, read Megatron’s thoughts, and told him that the Shadow World could evolve without importing more planets.
• Luke hid the real Infinity Stones in Odin’s gauntlet by suppressing their power, then decided to seek Galactus’s balance rule to help advance the Shadow World.
• Thanos drifted through Dimensional Space with a traversal device, but the Eye Demon seized him and began viewing his memories.
• The Eye Demon discovered that Thanos had another use for the traversal device, then saw a familiar figure appear in Thanos’s memories.

Luke arranged for Silver Surfer to disguise himself and live freely on Earth, then traveled with Tony to 1970 to return the Tesseract and prepare to save Tony’s parents. At the New Jersey base, they watched their counterparts retrieve the Space Stone and Pym Particles, and Old Captain America offered to return the Tesseract while picking up Peggy.

• Luke learned that Silver Surfer had finished destroying Ego’s seeds and arranged a disguise and Defenders identity so he could stay on Earth.
• Luke contacted Tony, and they agreed to travel first to 1970 and later to 1991 to save Tony’s parents.
• Luke and Tony arrived in 1970 New York, evaded the Ancient One’s investigation, and reached the New Jersey base where the super-soldier program began.
• Luke encountered Old Captain America, who explained that he had been waiting since 1945 and was helping his younger self infiltrate the base.
• Luke, Tony, and Old Captain America watched footage of Iron Man and Captain America obtaining the Space Stone and Pym Particles, with Hydra agents secretly assisting them.
• Old Captain America offered to return the Tesseract while picking up Peggy, and Luke agreed to leave the task to him.