Vol. 21The Negative Zone Journey

Su Ming searched for Odin, guided Daisy’s early heroism, and brought Wade Wilson into mercenary work as he became Deadpool. In the Negative Zone, Su Ming’s group uncovered the Tayanans’ fate and learned that their AI had destroyed them to contain madness.

  • Su Ming tracked Odin through the M'Kraan Crystal and helped defeat Mangog, who threatened Asgard.
  • Odin admitted that he feared his time was short, and Su Ming prepared to return home with the group.
  • Su Ming arranged Odin’s retirement and guided Daisy through her first encounters with crime and heroism.
  • Su Ming freed Wade, helped him become Deadpool, and went with him to the damaged Baxter Building, where Iron Man confronted them.
  • Deathstroke and Deadpool entered the Negative Zone and found Susan Storm and Doctor Doom, who had survived there for years.
  • Deathstroke and Doom discovered that an encounter with something terrifying had driven the surviving Eternals mad.
  • Su Ming and Doom uncovered the Destruction Brood’s nanomachine-controlled corpses, and Deathstroke destroyed their planet.
  • Su Ming restored the Tayanan planetary computer with the Time Stone, and Paradise revealed that it had destroyed the Tayanans to contain madness.
Chapters 2005–2104 Read from ch. 2005

Arc 81The Hunt for Odin

Su Ming traced Odin through the M'Kraan Crystal’s worlds and found him fighting Mangog, whose schemes threatened Asgard. After Su Ming and Jean Grey defeated Mangog, Odin admitted that he feared his time was short, and the group prepared to return home.

  • Su Ming traded with Tivan for Cosmo and contacts among the Elders Of The Universe, then learned that Odin was headed toward the M'Kraan Crystal.
  • Su Ming and his companions entered the Crystal and used it to travel through other universes while searching for Odin, eventually reaching a parallel Earth where Su Ming defeated Hyperion and captured the Squadron Supreme.
  • Su Ming recognized Nighthawk beneath his disguise and negotiated for the Watchtower’s records, which showed Odin and the monster fighting near Neptune.
  • Su Ming followed Odin’s trail to Neptune, used a living branch of Yggdrasil to locate Gungnir, and rescued Odin from the creature pursuing him.
  • Su Ming and Odin identified the enemy as Mangog, which transformed into figures from Odin’s past before revealing its true form and attacking Su Ming.
  • Su Ming fought Mangog while Odin spoke with Daisy about friendship, and Su Ming called on Phoenix to consume Mangog in flames.
  • Odin told Su Ming that he feared he had little time left, and Su Ming opened the Safe Exit as the group prepared to return to their world.
Chapters 2005–2029 Summaries Read

Arc 82Wade Wilson Becomes Deadpool

Su Ming arranged Odin’s retirement and guided Daisy through her first lessons in heroism while Wade Wilson’s life unfolded toward his transformation into Deadpool. After freeing and helping Wade, Su Ming brought him into mercenary work, and they ended up at the damaged Baxter Building facing Iron Man.

  • Su Ming convinced Odin to retire and make Hela Asgard’s ruler, then gave Hela an imitation Black Lantern Ring to command the undead.
  • Su Ming took Daisy shopping and showed her the dangers of Hell’s Kitchen, where she watched Punisher attack two gangs and later persuaded Su Ming to spare Daredevil and Elektra.
  • Wade accepted a series of mercenary jobs arranged by Michaud, then fell in love with Vanessa and learned that cancer had spread through his body.
  • Wade joined Department K’s Weapon Program, where Francis and the scientists implanted Wolverine’s Healing Factor, leaving Wade horribly disfigured and unable to die.
  • Su Ming freed Wade from a black-site prison, told him they were cousins, and helped him recover before Wade began pursuing Francis and returning to mercenary work.
  • Wade and Su Ming tested Wade’s abilities, sought information about Francis, and took a job investigating a serial killer, whose surrender Wade helped secure.
  • After an explosion at the Baxter Building coincided with spatial fracturing near Mars, Su Ming and Wade went to investigate the wrecked streets.
  • Wade rescued Jessica Jones and introduced himself to Peter Parker as Deadpool, then Iron Man confronted him before Su Ming addressed Iron Man as Tony.
Chapters 2030–2054 Summaries Read

Arc 83The Negative Zone Rescue

After Reed Richards’s experiment trapped Susan Storm in the Negative Zone, Deathstroke and Deadpool found her with Doctor Doom and brought her into their search for a way home. The group set out toward the Tayanans, then discovered an abandoned Eternal city whose survivors had gone mad after encountering something terrifying.

  • Tony Stark learned Reed’s experiment had opened a rift into the Negative Zone, and Deathstroke agreed to help rescue Susan in exchange for Carbonadium Katanas for Wade.
  • Deathstroke and Deadpool entered the Negative Zone, where they found a ruined True Faerie city and discovered that its pool contained an Old One’s blood.
  • Deathstroke and Deadpool located Doctor Doom and Susan, who had survived there for years after Doom entered the Negative Zone to save her from Reed’s experiment.
  • Deathstroke brought Susan out of isolation and persuaded Doom to help the group travel toward the Tayanans, whose technology might provide a route home.
  • Doom piloted the floating city toward the Tayanans, but the group changed course to investigate a nearby island and found a temple full of dead Eternals.
  • Deathstroke and Doom discovered that the Eternals had died from terror and that several survivors had become mad corpse-eaters in an underground tomb.
  • Deathstroke removed the brains of three living Eternals without killing them, then asked Doom to mark the island before they left the tomb.
Chapters 2055–2079 Summaries Read

Arc 84Through Infinity’s Crossroads

Su Ming led Doom, Susan, and Wade through the Negative Zone, where they uncovered the destruction of the Destruction Brood and crossed a black hole into the Crossroads of Infinity. They reached the empty Tayanan world, revived its AI, and learned the Tayanans had been destroyed to contain an irreversible disease called madness.

  • Su Ming negotiated with Blastaar for a star map, then chose to cross the Destruction Brood’s territory while teaching Doom and Susan about the Negative Zone’s Zerg.
  • Su Ming and Doom discovered the Destruction Brood were corpses controlled by nanomachines, and Deathstroke traced the signal and destroyed their planet with a Planet Bomb.
  • On Earth, Tony and Steve tried to contain Hulk and Abomination, while Daisy joined the Avengers and helped subdue Abomination before Carol Danvers arrived to support the fight.
  • Doom launched the Floating Island through the Great Black Hole, and the group emerged at the Crossroads of Infinity, where they used Doom’s enchanted probes to inspect possible routes.
  • Su Ming identified dead Tayanans and concluded that their memories pointed toward Paradise, so he led the group through the Crossroads to their empty, metal-covered planet.
  • Su Ming recognized the Tayanan planetary computer and used the Time Stone to restore it, and Paradise told the group that it had destroyed the Tayanans to stop an irreversible disease called madness.
Chapters 2080–2104 Summaries Read
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