Chapter Summaries

Maya Hansen developed a skin test to identify Skrulls, and Fury paid her before recruiting her for another confidential project. He showed her a contained mass of living black matter and asked whether she had heard of Deathstroke.

• Fury paid Maya Hansen for her Skrull-detection method and warned her to keep it secret.
• Maya asked how S.H.I.E.L.D. knew about the Skrulls, and Coulson explained that they had encountered them before.
• Fury offered Maya another high-paying project and had Coulson leave while she signed a classified contract.
• Fury asked Maya whether she was interested in Coulson, then led her to a hidden laboratory beneath the main lab.
• Fury showed Maya a tank containing intelligent black matter that raised its middle finger and asked if she had heard of Deathstroke.

Dr. Maya Hansen learned about the Symbiote called Venom while Fury discussed Deathstroke and the creature’s dangerous nature. Meanwhile, Steve’s team investigated Rising Tide’s online activity and found a newly uploaded video that made them all vomit.

• Fury told Maya that Deathstroke was real and explained that his Symbiote might account for his strength and long life.
• The Symbiote reacted rudely to Maya, and Fury explained that it had devoured its former host and called itself Venom.
• Maya suspected S.H.I.E.L.D. had experimented on the homeless host, but Fury left without answering and offered to provide research test subjects.
• Steve asked Skye to check the Dark Web for information about the video, while Sam urged the team to confront Fury instead.
• Skye found a new trending video, scanned it for malware, and opened it.
• The video showed bizarre images that caused Steve, Natasha, Bucky, Sam, and the others to vomit.

Tony and Peter watched a disturbing video featuring Deadpool, but Peter interpreted it as a funny alien wrestling match while Tony vomited. Tony agreed to take Peter to the moon in a rocket, then remembered he still had no way to bring them back.

• Tony vomited after watching the video while Peter remained unfazed and described Deadpool fighting a three-headed alien sea anemone.
• Tony concluded Deathstroke had sent Deadpool to the moon and warned Peter not to describe the video further.
• Tony invited Peter to go to the moon, and Peter excitedly asked if he could bring friends.
• Peter calculated that Tony's suit would take about thirty-nine hours to fly back from the moon, so Tony told Jarvis to remind him to develop a Jump Drive.
• Tony and Peter left for Stark Tower so Tony could find his staged rockets.

Ord repaired his flying motorcycle in a coastal cave while recalling his mission to destroy Earth to save Broken Land. After his attacks triggered conflict between humans and Mutants, events spiraled out of his control.

• Ord repaired his Single-Person Aircraft and remembered the people of Broken Land who had sent him to destroy Earth.
• Ord and his wife gathered intelligence on Earth and planned to use Dirty Bombs to provoke war between humans and Mutants.
• Ord's wife contracted a fatal disease and died, urging him to save Broken Land and remain a hero.
• Ord attacked Fukushima to provoke Japan into war, but Japan instead submitted to the United States.
• Ord attacked Polar Bear, successfully escalating conflict between humans and Mutants, then attacked China to accelerate the war.

Ord hid in a seaside cave after impostors exposed his appearance and copied his plans, then saw a video of his god being abused by a human on the moon. Overcome with grief and fury, he repaired his Flying Motorcycle so he could go to the moon and demand an explanation.

• Ord stayed hidden in a deserted seaside cave while he waited for answers about the impostors and their fabricated story.
• A flood of online notifications led Ord to a widely shared video showing his god with a human on the moon.
• Ord vomited and fell into delirium as he watched the video, then tried to convince himself it was fake.
• Ord accepted that the video showed his god and wondered whether Earth mattered more to the god than his people.
• Ord closed the laptop and began repairing his Flying Motorcycle so he could confront the god on the moon.

Su Ming and Deadpool waited for Ord to arrive on the moon, but Deadpool feared the Alien was seeking revenge over a supposed affair. Su Ming went to meet Ord himself, finding him approaching Attilan in a seemingly broken state as the Inhumans sealed off his escape.

• Deadpool fretted about his rising fame and worried that fighting Ord would make rumors about him seem true.
• Su Ming learned that an Inhuman had detected Ord’s arrival and decided to confront him while Deadpool stayed behind.
• Su Ming flew through Attilan, where the royal family had evacuated civilians and the Inhumans had prepared to defend the city.
• Su Ming saw Ord trudging toward Attilan’s gates and dismissed the idea that he had come with a larger plot.
• Su Ming drew Godslayer in twin-blade form as Black Bolt’s group and Wanda’s magical barrier blocked Ord’s escape.

Deathstroke confronted Ord on the Moon and exposed his belief in a nonexistent god. To prove the truth, Deathstroke summoned the Vishanti, who immobilized Ord, and Oshtur asked what he wanted from them.

• Deathstroke confronted the injured Ord and admitted that he had sabotaged Ord's plans and spread the videos.
• Ord demanded to know whether his god would defend him, while Deathstroke explained that Ord's god did not exist.
• Deathstroke asked Wanda for magical energy and summoned the Vishanti with an improvised offering.
• Hoggoth, Oshtur, and Agamotto appeared, and their power pinned Ord to the ground.
• Agamotto questioned Deathstroke's worthiness as Sorcerer Supreme, but Oshtur stopped the argument and asked Deathstroke to state his request.

Su Ming confirmed with the Vishanti that Ord's supposed god was unknown, then killed Ord in a duel after learning he had been deceived by his planet's rulers. The immediate threat to Earth ended, but Su Ming realized someone must have given the High Priest Earth's coordinates and prepared to investigate further.

• Su Ming asked the Vishanti to identify Ord's god, and Hoggoth said the name belonged to no god they knew.
• Hoggoth warned Su Ming to be careful about the future, then departed with the other members of the Vishanti.
• Su Ming offered Ord a chance to prove his swordsmanship, but killed him with a single strike and had Strangle consume his head.
• Su Ming reunited with Daisy, Wanda, and Wade, who celebrated Ord's defeat and asked for his payment.
• Su Ming pointed out that someone must have revealed Earth's location to the High Priest, and Wade recognized that a more powerful conspirator remained.

Su Ming and his companions arrived at Broken Land, a barren planet split into floating fragments, to capture its High Priest and search for treasures before destroying the world. After descending invisibly into the capital, they reached the crowded temple and headed inside.

• Su Ming told Gin he had found Broken Land and described its unusual floating fragments to Daisy, Wanda, and Deadpool.
• Su Ming explained that the planet’s magnetic fields likely kept its broken pieces suspended as Wanda surveyed its impoverished surface.
• Su Ming ordered Wanda to conceal the group and contain Deadpool’s odor, bribing him to cooperate.
• Using Ord’s memories, Su Ming led Wanda and Daisy through the capital toward the temple while carrying Deadpool in a coffin.
• Su Ming and the others passed the temple’s immense god statue and entered the temple, leaving the pilgrims outside.

Su Ming infiltrated the temple and discovered that its priests secretly ate people while plotting to reclaim the people's faith. He attacked the High Priest, learned the man was a Skrull, and prepared to interrogate him about Ord's mission to attack Earth.

• Su Ming followed two priests through the temple and overheard them celebrating Ord's presumed death and discussing their plan to eat people for immortality.
• The priests led Su Ming to the High Priest's chambers, where he found a room full of mirrors instead of valuable treasures.
• Su Ming ordered Strangle to attack, killing most of the guards and priests, but the supposedly frail High Priest dodged the strike.
• The High Priest revealed that he knew Ord had failed and complained that the guards had let Earthlings reach him.
• Strangle's stolen memories revealed that the High Priest was a Skrull, and Su Ming demanded to know why he had sent Ord to attack Earth.

Su Ming uncovered a Skrull infiltration scheme and learned that the Skrulls had targeted Earth to draw out Yin Tama. He returned to Earth with Wanda and Daisy and ordered Efferal to launch an Exterminatus strike.

• Strangle identified the High Priest as a Skrull, and Su Ming exposed him as an infiltrator.
• Wanda trapped the Skrull with Chaos Magic, and after he died, Strangle read his memories.
• Su Ming learned that the Skrulls had replaced Broken Land's High Priest and sent Ord to Earth to test its defenses and lure Yin Tama out.
• Su Ming had Wanda open a portal to Earth and asked Daisy to remove the doors so he could make a call.
• Su Ming ordered Efferal to launch Exterminatus with Cyclone Torpedoes.

Su Ming returned to Kamar-Taj with Wanda and Daisy and had Mordo install a massive stone door on the bathroom. While Deadpool suffered after eating poisonous ornamental fruit, Su Ming took the women to the reception room for breakfast.

• Su Ming returned to Kamar-Taj and ordered Mordo to install the stone door on the bathroom with an anti-magic barrier and Antarctic Vibranium fittings.
• Su Ming watched the apprentices train and noticed Strange's skill with a greatsword.
• Deadpool ate Coral Cherry fruits and rushed off to find a bathroom when they upset his stomach.
• Mordo reported that the heavy door had been installed, and Su Ming went to the reception room with Wanda and Daisy.
• Su Ming arranged soup dumplings for Wanda and Daisy while Hamir asked about Deadpool.

After returning from the alien planet, Su Ming discussed the Skrull threat and Mutant nation-building plans with Daisy and Wanda. The women left to handle their respective tasks, while Su Ming chose a Magical Girl to accompany him against the Skrulls.

• Su Ming explained how the Skrulls, Shi'ar, and Kree differed, and said Cosmo could detect Skrulls by reading their thoughts.
• Su Ming said Professor X could identify Skrulls but would not read minds without permission, and urged Wanda to help Erik and the others establish a Mutant nation.
• Su Ming planned to ask Carol to help with the Skrulls, while Daisy requested permission to return to New York and check on her friends.
• Wanda and Daisy left through a Teleportation Portal, and Hamill sent the laxative-stricken Deadpool to the Ganges River to clean him up.
• Su Ming told Hamill to have Wong inspect Loyalty Academy for Skrulls, then decided to take the Magical Girl who appeared at the door with him.

Elsa Bloodstone joined Deathstroke for a paid mission in the United States while Tony Stark investigated the impossible disappearance of an Alien corpse. Nick Fury then summoned Tony, Vision, and Spider-Man to examine the murder of a mutual friend.

• Elsa Bloodstone met Deathstroke at Kamar-Taj, and he told her he would hire her for a mission in the United States after Carol arrived.
• Tony Stark, Vision, Spider-Man, and Jarvis reviewed security footage and found that the dissected Alien corpse had vanished from the cold storage without anyone entering.
• Tony refused Nick Fury's first call, but Fury then told him that a mutual friend had been murdered and gave him coordinates.
• Tony suited up in the MK27 armor and set out with Spider-Man to investigate, insisting they were not going to help Fury.

Tony and Peter found the murdered S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Gonzalez Flamingo, whose wound pointed to Captain America’s shield, but Fury revealed that the killer was an Alien. Tony reluctantly stayed to hear Fury’s intelligence about the shapeshifting Skrulls, leaving both him and Peter unsettled by what they learned.

• Tony arrived at Fury’s coordinates with Peter and discovered the badly mangled body of Agent Gonzalez Flamingo, a parking attendant he barely remembered.
• Fury showed Tony the deep, curved wound, and Tony identified it as damage from Captain America’s Vibranium shield.
• Tony suspected a fake Captain America and refused to get involved in a dispute between Fury and General Ross, then tried to leave with Peter.
• Fury revealed that the killer was an Alien like the one Peter had caught, prompting Tony to stay and listen.
• Fury explained that Skrulls could shapeshift and copy their victims’ superpowers, leaving Tony and Peter doubting what they knew.

Su Ming, Carol, and Elsa went to New York Charity General Hospital to question Star-Lord about how Skrulls might have been smuggled onto Earth. The chapter ended with Star-Lord jokingly offering Rocket to Carol, prompting Rocket to attack him.

• Su Ming and Carol discussed ways to identify Skrull spies as they walked through New York with Elsa.
• Su Ming said they would visit Star-Lord, suspecting space mercenaries might have helped Skrulls enter Earth.
• Carol threatened to punish Star-Lord if he had knowingly helped the Skrulls, while Su Ming argued he might have been unaware.
• Su Ming, Carol, and Elsa found Star-Lord in the hospital watching a movie with Rocket.
• Su Ming teased Star-Lord that Carol had come to take his dog's life, and Star-Lord offered Rocket instead.
• Rocket stopped pretending to be a toy and wrestled with Star-Lord.

Su Ming questioned Star-Lord about Skrulls infiltrating Earth, ruled out his involvement, and recruited him to help find the human traffickers. Star-Lord’s broken leg healed, and Su Ming left him to prove his worth through singing and dancing.

• Rocket scratched Star-Lord to make him look pitiful, but Su Ming trapped Rocket with Strangle’s tentacles and had Elsa bind him with the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak.
• Su Ming explained that he had tested Star-Lord’s blood to confirm he was not a disguised Skrull, then asked whether Star-Lord had brought Skrulls to Earth.
• Star-Lord denied smuggling aliens to Earth, but admitted he knew little about Rocket’s past, since they had met in a Xandarian prison.
• Su Ming gave Star-Lord a Hogwarts Restoration Potion that healed his broken leg and asked him to help identify the Skrulls’ human-trafficking operation.
• Star-Lord agreed to sing and dance for Su Ming in exchange for a chance at more Restoration Potion.

Su Ming accompanied Star-Lord through his hospital discharge and learned that Peter's mother had died despite Su Ming's efforts to protect her. They returned to the invisible ship, where the Guardians were playing mahjong, and Star-Lord introduced his old captain, Deathstroke, to the team.

• Su Ming apologized for missing Peter's mother's funeral, and Peter explained that she had died of cancer after returning to Earth for burial.
• Su Ming wondered why he had failed to change Peter's mother's fate, then asked Peter about his plans; Peter said he would keep working as a Marauder.
• Su Ming helped Peter finish the discharge paperwork and accompanied him and the others to the invisible ship on the rooftop.
• The Guardians played mahjong in the ship's dining area, where Gamora won a round and collected payment from Mantis, Drax, and Groot.
• Star-Lord stopped himself from joining the next game and introduced Deathstroke to the Guardians as his old captain.

Deathstroke hired the Galaxy Dance Troupe to investigate Skrull smuggling routes in exchange for Restoration Potion, and Peter took the team to seek Yondu’s help. Meanwhile, Daisy and Cosmo captured a Skrull alive, but Deathstroke could not be reached, and someone began pounding on Daisy’s door.

• Deathstroke offered ten bottles of Restoration Potion to hire the Galaxy Dance Troupe, and Gamora, Mantis, Rocket, and Drax agreed to the mission.
• Peter said Yondu could help them find smuggling routes and piloted the cloaked ship into orbit, guessing Yondu was on Xandar.
• Cosmo detected a Skrull in New York and used his powers to control it, allowing Daisy to bring the captive back to her apartment.
• Daisy tried to call Deathstroke to report the capture, but his phone was out of service range.
• Someone pounded violently on Daisy’s apartment door.

Thor and Loki asked Daisy to bring Mjolnir to Scandinavia so Odin could see it before he died, but she refused to leave New York while Skrulls were infiltrating the city. Thor offered the brothers’ help against the Skrulls in exchange for her coming, and Daisy agreed after Thor threatened to kill himself when Loki objected.

• Daisy opened the door expecting Skrulls and instead found Thor and Loki, who asked her to take Mjolnir to see Odin.
• Thor explained that Odin was dying, but Thor could not lift Mjolnir, and Daisy refused to travel because she needed to deal with the Skrull infiltration.
• Loki noticed the motionless Skrull in Daisy’s home and examined him, realizing that his five senses had been sealed.
• Thor proposed that Daisy accompany him and Loki to Scandinavia while they helped her solve the Skrull problem.
• Loki objected to helping, so Thor held his axe to his neck and threatened to die, prompting Loki to agree to the deal.