Chapter Summaries

Thor woke aboard the Avengers' warship with a bump on his head and learned Loki, Sif, and Frigga had already left Earth. Coulson secured S.H.I.E.L.D.'s place on the journey by offering Tony a deal, while Peter prepared to return to work in New York.

• Thor woke in the infirmary with a lump on his head and claimed Loki had taken his spaceship redemption code as a joke.
• Coulson told Thor that Loki, Sif, and Frigga had already left Earth, then explained he had come aboard under Director Fury's orders.
• Quake revealed she had hacked the ship's security and opened its hatch for Coulson and the S.H.I.E.L.D. team.
• Coulson whispered Fury's offer to Tony, who agreed to set aside his objections and toured the engine room with Fitz and the other S.H.I.E.L.D. scientists.
• Peter told Captain America he needed to return to his job, and the Captain arranged for him to get back to New York on time.

Su Ming, Hela, and Carol traveled through the Lawless Zone to seek the Collector and his Treasure Map, while discussing the Death Seed and the Elders Of The Universe Council. Before they reached Tivan’s store, they ran into Thanos, and Su Ming questioned him about Magus Adam after Earth was attacked.

• Su Ming explained that the Death Seed was created by the Original Celestials and could control living beings and manipulate aspects of death.
• Su Ming, Hela, and Carol headed through the Lawless Zone to find the Collector and his Treasure Map, which could locate Cosmic Oddities.
• Carol wondered whether the Death Seed had played a role in killing the First Firmament, while Su Ming cautioned against drawing conclusions about the past.
• Su Ming began explaining the Elders Of The Universe Council to Carol, then stopped when he noticed Thanos approaching.
• Thanos told Su Ming that he had attended Deadpool’s wedding and was now retired from pursuing Death.
• Su Ming doubted Thanos’s explanation and asked where Magus Adam was, citing the recent attack on Earth and a Mage among the suspects.

Deathstroke learned that Thanos knew nothing about the attack on the S.W.O.R.D. space station, then accompanied him, Carol, and Hela to the Collector’s shop. Thanos forced Taneleer Tivan to buy his sack of ordinary produce, and Deathstroke asked him about a Death Seed while Tivan searched for rare seeds.

• Deathstroke concluded that Thanos had no knowledge of the attack on the S.W.O.R.D. space station and suggested that Death had stopped paying attention to him.
• Thanos carried a sack into Taneleer Tivan’s shop, where Tivan greeted him alongside Deathstroke, Carol, and Hela.
• Thanos asked Tivan to buy the sack’s common edible fruits and provide rare seeds, flowers, plants, fruit, or grain.
• Tivan nervously praised the produce and went to search the shop’s underground vault for rare seeds.
• Deathstroke invited Thanos to talk and asked whether he had heard of a Death Seed.

Deathstroke questioned Thanos about the Death Seed and learned it could control minds, create Super Soldiers, and revive corpses. Thanos revealed that Death had rejected him, and Deathstroke paused the discussion when the Collector returned with the seeds.

• Thanos told Deathstroke that the Death Seed had appeared on Earth in the possession of a Pharaoh long ago.
• Deathstroke guessed the Pharaoh had been Rama-Tut, and explained that Thanos's Titans descended from the Eternals of Earth.
• Thanos described the Death Seed's reported powers: controlling minds, creating Super Soldiers, and reviving corpses.
• Deathstroke asked why Thanos was heartbroken now that Deadpool was married and no longer seeing Death.
• Thanos said Death was avoiding him and had told him in a dream not to look for her again.
• The Collector returned with a small bag of seeds, and Deathstroke said they would discuss Thanos's dream later.

Su Ming traded the Collector a rare fish for help locating the Death Seed, but the Cosmic Map failed to reveal its location. He left with Thanos and Carol, while the Collector kept the fish and eyed the Flerken.

• The Collector gave Thanos the seeds he had found, and Thanos pocketed them without checking what they were.
• Su Ming asked the Collector to locate the Death Seed with his Cosmic Map and offered him a rare glowing fish in exchange.
• The Collector eagerly accepted the deal and used the Cosmic Map, but it failed and released a cloud of black smoke.
• The Collector explained that the Death Seed was alive and could strike back across space, and Su Ming concluded that the failed search had still revealed useful information.
• Su Ming gave the fish to the Collector and left with Thanos, while the Collector asked to buy the Flerken and Carol warned him off.

Su Ming convinced Thanos that Death’s dream message might not have been real and persuaded him to seek her out. Thanos agreed to take Su Ming, Hela, and Carol to Death’s garden, while Su Ming objected to the manure in the ship’s cargo hold.

• Su Ming told Thanos that Death might have had a reason for leaving and urged him to speak with her in person.
• Su Ming asked Carol, Hela, and several frightened passersby whether they would take a dream seriously, and they all said no.
• Thanos accepted that the dream might have been a hallucination and resolved to find Death.
• Su Ming said he also needed to ask Death about the Death Seed and asked Thanos for a ride.
• Thanos invited them aboard his ship, and Su Ming told him to remove a bucket of manure from the cargo hold.

Thanos, Hela, and Su Ming left the Celestial head in a small spacecraft while discussing their possible meeting with Death. In New York, Jessica Jones recruited Peter Parker to join the ship she and Squirrel Girl had bought, hoping he would help crew it.

• Thanos kicked a bucket of excrement out of the spacecraft, then piloted Su Ming, Hela, and the cat away from the Celestial head to begin a jump.
• Hela asked Su Ming to cover for her if they encountered Death, and Su Ming suggested blaming Yggdrasil for keeping souls from Death’s cycle.
• Peter returned to the Hell’s Kitchen Safehouse and ran into Jessica Jones outside the disguised street shop.
• Jessica explained that she and Squirrel Girl had sold supplies and bought a discounted spacecraft, but needed another crew member.
• Jessica invited Peter to come aboard, deciding he was a better choice than the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents she had planned to abduct.

Jessica recruited Peter to join her and Squirrel Girl on a space voyage, but Peter said he needed to ask Aunt May first. Elsewhere, Sif spotted a suspiciously evasive Space Marauders ship, and Loki recognized it as the Guardians of the Galaxy's vessel and urged Sif to follow it.

• Jessica grabbed Peter and invited him to join her space detective agency with Squirrel Girl.
• Peter said he needed to discuss the trip with Aunt May and suggested bringing her along as their cook.
• Jessica and Peter reached the rooftop spaceship, where Squirrel Girl welcomed Peter aboard and showed her excitement about their adventure.
• Sif discovered a Space Marauders ship hiding along their route and worried that a battle could damage their vessel.
• Loki recognized the ship as the Guardians of the Galaxy's and told Sif to follow it without being noticed.

Deathstroke, Thanos, and Hela found Mephisto waiting outside Death’s garden and questioned him about Death’s whereabouts and his dealings with N'astirh. Mephisto denied plotting against Magik and offered to bring N'astirh’s head, then led the group toward the garden maze to search for Death.

• Deathstroke arrived at the garden gates, where Mephisto asked whether he knew where Death had gone.
• Thanos confronted Mephisto after learning that Death was not home, and Mephisto taunted him about his lack of closeness to her.
• Hela told Mephisto she had missed the Hell Lord meeting and accused him of helping N'astirh seize Limbo from Magik.
• Deathstroke caught Mephisto off guard, threatened to unleash the God Eater, and demanded to know what he planned for Magik.
• Mephisto claimed his meeting with N'astirh was meant to gather information for Magik and promised to deliver N'astirh’s head.
• Deathstroke accepted Mephisto’s explanation, and Mephisto offered to lead them through the hedge maze to find Death.

Su Ming accompanied Thanos through Death’s Garden as Thanos searched desperately for Death, while Su Ming suspected she was absent. Thanos found evidence of recent lovers by Death’s bathing pool, leaving him shocked and embarrassed.

• Su Ming reasoned that Mephisto would probably keep N'astirh in check and that Hell would remain stable while the God Eater was available.
• Su Ming and Hela compared Death’s withered roses to Hela’s dangerous Death Spore Flowers as they followed Mephisto and Thanos through the garden.
• Thanos called for Death throughout the hedge maze while Su Ming, Hela, and Carol followed and watched.
• Su Ming told Carol and Hela that Death might have left after the previous shift change, and they discussed her work and the universe’s routine laws.
• Thanos reached Death’s swimming pool and discovered traces of recent sexual activity scattered around it, turning his face through several colors.

Thanos found Death with another man, but Deathstroke convinced him that she still loved him and agreed to help track her down. Meanwhile, Tony explained how his new Celestials technology could locate Loki’s group, then demanded that the team applaud him.

• Thanos saw the scene with Death and asked Deathstroke whether killing her would let him be with her.
• Deathstroke calmed Thanos by claiming Death was only playing around, and Thanos accepted the explanation.
• Deathstroke asked Mephisto to arrange a heavenly-looking room and ninety-nine muscular men for Ahmed Jafar if his soul was in Hell.
• Deathstroke said he would use the Symbiotes and the Time Stone to search for traces of Death.
• Tony told the Superheroes that his Celestials technology could scan for Loki’s group and help Thor catch up with them.
• Tony dismissed the team’s questions and demanded applause, and Thor immediately clapped.

Peter tried to convince Aunt May to let him go into space, but Jessica tricked her into thinking he was visiting Deathstroke with Doreen. Aunt May agreed, and Jessica led Peter and Doreen out to begin their trip.

• Aunt May forbade Peter from going into space and grounded him for the night.
• Jessica told Aunt May that Peter only wanted to visit Deathstroke and claimed he liked Doreen.
• Aunt May believed Jessica and allowed Peter to go, asking Deathstroke to call her when they arrived.
• Jessica admitted she had lied and encouraged Peter to earn money in space to help Aunt May.
• Jessica led Peter and Doreen out, saying she would call Aunt May while pretending to be Deathstroke.

Deathstroke discovered that a mysterious black-robed group had concealed the Timeline and taken Death, so he recruited Thanos and planned to seek help from Eternity. Meanwhile, the group tortured Death with a purple octahedral spike as they tried to fulfill their young master's wish, while their leader trusted Firmament's power to keep them hidden.

• Deathstroke told Hela and Thanos that a black-robed figure had taken Death and concealed the Timeline.
• Deathstroke proposed that Thanos join his search, and Thanos agreed to cooperate without formally taking orders.
• Deathstroke planned to find Eternity at the Far Shore, hoping the cosmic being could locate Death.
• Black-robed figures restrained Death and forced a purple octahedral spike into her chest as part of a painful ritual.
• A hesitant young master agreed to continue the ritual, while an older black-robed figure said Firmament's primordial power could hide them from the Vishanti and Deathstroke.

A young man and a Mage conducted a ritual to perfect the Goddess of Death while plotting against Deathstroke. Meanwhile, Jessica, Squirrel Girl, and Peter began their first space voyage and followed a route toward the S.W.O.R.D. station.

• The young man urged Death to endure the ritual, and the Mage continued despite her screams.
• In the corridor, the young man asked whether perfecting Death would preserve his chances of having offspring with her, and the Mage assured him it would.
• The young man ordered the Mage to send resurrected agents to trouble Earth and keep Deathstroke occupied after hearing the Avengers had left.
• Jessica explained that she planned to make their first space voyage cautiously, and Peter shared stories about working with Deathstroke and the Spider-Family.
• Peter accidentally revealed that Miles Morales lived on their Earth, then told Jessica and Squirrel Girl that Supaidaman had the coolest giant robot.

Jessica proposed secretly following the Avengers into space, reasoning that they were probably searching for treasure and might let her group share in the rewards. After Doreen questioned why they did not follow Deathstroke instead, Jessica insisted on the Avengers and asked Peter to contact the S.W.O.R.D. station for their route.

• Jessica proposed that the group follow the Avengers’ ship and take advantage of whatever treasure they found.
• Peter worried that the Avengers might be heading into danger, but Jessica argued that they were likely treasure hunting or mining rare minerals.
• Peter mentioned that Deathstroke had given him a Symbiote, and Jessica said she expected Iron Man to be generous if she brought up Deathstroke.
• Doreen asked why they did not simply find Deathstroke and board his ship, leaving Jessica and Peter briefly speechless.
• Jessica dismissed the idea as too risky and told Peter to claim he was an Avengers member who had been separated from the group, then ask S.W.O.R.D. which way the Avengers had gone.

Hela summoned her ship, Naglfar, to carry the group toward the Far Shore by a higher route through the Middle Dimension. As they traveled, the creatures watching from the Winding Path recognized Deathstroke and retreated.

• Hela stopped Thanos from taking his ship and summoned Naglfar, an enormous Asgardian-style longship crewed by chained souls.
• Hela identified the ship as Naglfar and said it could travel through the material universe, Deviant dimensions, and other Hells.
• Carol recoiled after recognizing that Naglfar was built from the fingernails of the dead, while Deathstroke joked with Hela about fungal infections.
• Hela controlled the rowers, and Naglfar set off toward the Far Shore through the Middle Dimension and the Winding Path.
• Dimensional beings watched the ship pass but withdrew after recognizing Deathstroke, Vishanti's new Sorcerer Supreme.

Aboard Hela’s Flying Boat, Su Ming and his companions discussed what the attackers had stolen from the S.W.O.R.D. Space Station and why they had abducted Death. The chapter left them suspecting that the missing item was actually an overlooked human.

• Hela showed Su Ming that she had Gungnir but said she had no use for ruling Asgard.
• Su Ming predicted that First Firmament might interfere and suggested the stolen item was connected to Death and the Death Seed.
• Carol said she could not think of any valuable object missing from S.W.O.R.D., while her Orange Cat ate the group’s snacks.
• Thanos proposed that the attackers had stolen an ordinary, easily overlooked human, and Su Ming agreed.

After Peter vanished with Jessica and Squirrel Girl, the Spider-Girls tracked him to Deathstroke’s house and agreed to work with Shuri, who knew where it was and offered them a ride. The girls prepared to board Shuri’s spaceship and pursue Peter.

• Michelle and Shuri argued over the Spider-Girls’ agreement to wait and see which of them Peter would choose.
• Gwen identified two women’s footprints outside Peter’s home, and Mary Jane called Aunt May to find out where he had gone.
• Aunt May told Mary Jane that Jessica and Squirrel Girl had taken Peter to Deathstroke’s house.
• Gwen questioned whether Jessica and Squirrel Girl could know Deathstroke’s location, so Shuri offered to guide the girls there by spaceship.
• The Spider-Girls agreed to cooperate with Shuri, who revealed her spaceship above them.

Shuri's spacecraft brought its passengers to a mountain villa in Maine, where Barry, Arthur, John, and Cyborg were recovering from a mysterious drinking binge. Gin served them roast boar and offered more mead, but the group was interrupted by masked Spider Web figures appearing outside the window.

• Shuri's spacecraft flew silently to a mountain villa in Maine, where the travelers found Barry, Arthur, John, and Cyborg recovering from a hangover.
• Barry, Cyborg, and Arthur questioned why they had become so drunk despite their abilities and usual resistance to alcohol.
• Gin brought in a roasted wild boar and urged Slade's friends to eat and drink her home-brewed mead.
• Arthur refused more alcohol and said the group should rest before returning to Earth-0, while Gin prepared pieces of the pig for their noodles.
• Barry asked whether anyone had seen Diana, and Arthur sensed a row of masked people in Spider Web uniforms staring through the window.

The Spider-Girls visited Deathstroke’s cabin to look for Peter Parker and joined Gin and the Justice League for a feast. Their meal was interrupted when hundreds of reanimated bear skeletons emerged from the ground and attacked the house.

• The Spider-Girls found John Stewart, Cyborg, Arthur, and Barry dining at Deathstroke’s cabin, and Gwen asked whether they had seen Peter.
• Gin welcomed the girls, set out food and Asgardian mead, and summoned Synthezoids to serve the guests.
• Mary Jane, Gwen, and Arthur sensed a threat underground, and the Justice League prepared to fight.
• Hundreds of skeletons with purple ghostfire in their eye sockets rose from the garden, and Cyborg identified them as North American brown bears.
• John reinforced the cabin’s doors and windows as the bear skeletons charged the house.