Chapter Summaries

A Skrull commander sacrificed most of his fleet and crew to crash-land the mothership and escape the approaching Zerg swarm. Su Ming summoned Umar, who began using the wreck and its occupants to bring the Dark Dimension into the system and seal the routes to the Milky Way.

• The Skrull commander ordered cruisers to ram the powerless mothership, then directed the patched-together fleet to crash-land on a nearby planet as the swarm pursued.
• Twenty cruisers restored the mothership’s propulsion at the cost of compartments and personnel, and the fleet plunged toward the planet while Su Ming watched with Carol and Cloak.
• Su Ming sent Cloak to deliver his coordinates to Umar, who arrived and restrained Carol before asking whether it was time to fulfill their agreement.
• Su Ming asked Umar to seal every route from the system into the Milky Way, and she agreed to use the crashing mothership’s flesh, blood, and souls as energy.
• Umar froze the mothership in mid-fall and covered it with a black curtain as she began opening a passage for the Dark Dimension, while Su Ming warned Carol that Umar was truly dark.

Su Ming and Umar trapped the Zerg fleet in a magical spatial loop and used Black Bolt to destroy much of it, making the scene resemble a battlefield for Galactus’s arrival. The chapter ended with Umar taking an interest in Lockjaw and asking to reserve one of his puppies, while Su Ming considered dealing with Dormammu over the Crown of Dominion.

• Umar expanded the Dark Dimension over the planetary system and trapped the Zerg fleet in a spatial maze.
• Su Ming reassured Carol about her potential future power and told Black Bolt to destroy as many Zerg as possible.
• Lockjaw teleported Black Bolt onto a Zerg vessel, where Black Bolt’s roar shattered a million Zerg.
• Su Ming criticized Black Bolt’s singing, and Carol questioned his plan to teach him an opera song.
• Umar reached across space to pat Lockjaw and asked to reserve one of his puppies.
• Su Ming told Umar to make a deal with Lockjaw’s owner and considered negotiating with Dormammu for the Crown of Dominion.

Su Ming waited for Galactus while Umar asked about his origins and whether the Dark Dimension was at risk. Su Ming explained that Galactus was the survivor of the Sixth Firmament and warned that his arrival would be obvious because his flagship was larger than the Solar System.

• Su Ming invited Umar to sit and drink while Carol and an Inhuman continued fighting the bugs outside.
• Su Ming told Umar he was waiting for Galactus and promised to make him stop so she could withdraw the Dark Dimension.
• Su Ming explained that Galactus had once been Galan, a survivor absorbed into the Cosmic Egg as the Sixth Firmament ended.
• Su Ming described how Galan became Galactus in the Seventh Firmament and how The Glyph, a remnant of the previous universe, drove his hunger to consume energy.
• Umar asked when Galactus would arrive, and Su Ming said his enormous flagship, Taa II, would be visible well before it reached them.

Su Ming prepared to destroy the pink star in the M31 Planetary System to wipe out the gathering Brood swarm, while Carol and Black Bolt held the bugs back. Carol committed to the plan and went to rescue Black Bolt as Su Ming headed for the star.

• Su Ming learned from Odin that Galactus's Herald was approaching the M31 Planetary System, and Umar withdrew the Dark Dimension after asking about her daughter Clea.
• Su Ming and Carol flew to help Black Bolt, who was fleeing the Brood fleet with Lockjaw while the swarm still numbered in the trillions.
• Su Ming signaled Carol to delay the Brood while he used the Planet Bomb to trigger the star's explosion and destroy the swarm.
• Carol agreed to the plan, hugged Su Ming, and flew toward Black Bolt as Su Ming changed course for the star.

Su Ming detonated the Gods' Bomb near the star, triggering its explosion and wiping out everything in the planetary system. He and Carol, Black Bolt, and Lockjaw watched from a distant asteroid as the shockwave spread.

• Su Ming expanded the Pym-shrunk Gods' Bomb beside the star and retreated to Carol, Black Bolt, and Lockjaw.
• Su Ming used Strangle to communicate with Lockjaw and ordered him to teleport them out of the planetary system.
• The Zerg ships tried to flee but could not escape quickly enough, while Su Ming and the others watched from a distant asteroid.
• Carol pointed out the star as it dimmed, flared, and exploded, sending heat and radiation across the planetary system.

After a star’s destruction, Su Ming and his allies intercepted the approaching Herald of Galactus, the Fallen One. The Fallen One attacked them, while his thoughts revealed that Galactus was again headed for Earth with Red Skull as his inside man.

• Su Ming used Godslayer to shield the group from the stellar explosion, which wiped out the insectoid fleet and the planets in the system.
• Su Ming sent the group to intercept the approaching visitor and recognized him as the Fallen One, Galactus’s cruel first Herald.
• Carol resolved to kill the Fallen One after learning that he tortured living beings for pleasure, and Su Ming arranged for her, Black Bolt, and Lockjaw to keep him occupied.
• The Fallen One charged at Su Ming and the others, but Carol’s energy beam forced him to stop and recognize them as humans.
• The Fallen One thought about how Red Skull had recruited Galactus as an inside man and complained that the humans had delayed his journey to Earth.

Su Ming left Carol and Black Bolt to fight The Fallen One while he went to bargain with Galactus for the power to use Cosmic Energy. He reached Taa II disguised as a food delivery worker and found Galactus starving and desperate for food.

• Carol charged The Fallen One while Black Bolt attacked from a distance with Lockjaw's help, and the two overwhelmed him with their Cosmic Energy and speed.
• Su Ming decided The Fallen One's defeat was only a matter of time and followed his route toward Galactus's ship, Taa II.
• Su Ming planned to trick Galactus into making him a Herald so he could gain the ability to use Cosmic Energy.
• Galactus curled up on his throne, struggling with hunger and the strain of keeping The Glyph sealed.
• Su Ming knocked on Taa II's bridge hatch and announced a food delivery, prompting Galactus to open the door and welcome the small, harmless-looking visitor.

Su Ming, disguised as a Meitu Delivery worker, approached Galactus and persuaded the starving planet-eater to consider a different meal instead of Earth. The chapter ended with Su Ming describing a nearby, densely populated metal planet as a more appetizing target.

• A human in a Meitu Delivery jacket greeted Galactus and claimed he had come to deliver food.
• Galactus told the human that he planned to eat Earth and explained how his Planet Extractor consumed planets.
• Su Ming called himself Yin Tama and asked Galactus about his methods of eating planets.
• Su Ming offered Galactus a closer planet with more energy than Earth, and Galactus showed interest in changing targets.
• Su Ming described the planet as a highly industrialized metal world with thirty billion people and abundant Cosmic Energy.

Su Ming redirected Galactus from Earth to the Skrull homeworld by describing it as a rich source of food and distracting him with a recipe and a joke. Galactus set course for Skrullos, temporarily easing Earth’s crisis.

• Galactus questioned Su Ming about his knowledge, and Su Ming claimed he understood Galactus because he was Yin Tama.
• Su Ming pointed Galactus toward Skrullos, and Galactus scanned the transformed Skrull homeworld and hesitated over its thriving civilization.
• Su Ming read Galactus a planetary recipe, prompting Galactus to choose Skrullos as his next meal and change the warship’s course.
• Su Ming put away Strangle after deciding his backup plan was unnecessary and said Earth’s crisis would soon be temporarily resolved.
• Su Ming told Galactus a joke about a venomous snake and a boa constrictor, ending with the punchline that the boa constrictor was cheap.

Su Ming gained Cosmic Energy from Galactus and set out to clear the Skrull fleet while helping Galactus prepare to devour the Skrull homeworld. Meanwhile, The Fallen One waited for Galactus to arrive, only to discover that his master was nowhere in sight as Carol and Black Bolt closed in.

• Su Ming persuaded Galactus to make him Yin Tama, his assistant, and promised to help him find food.
• As Galactus approached the Skrull homeworld, Su Ming asked for power and received Cosmic Energy, which he shared with Strangle and Cloak.
• Su Ming prepared to face the Skrull fleet while Galactus asked him to make planetary lion's head meatballs.
• Carol endured The Fallen One's cosmic rays and grew stronger as she fought him, while Black Bolt warned her that Galactus was coming.
• The Fallen One repeatedly announced Galactus's arrival, but the path remained empty, and Carol and Black Bolt advanced on him.

Su Ming destroyed the Skrull fleet and prepared the Skrull Homeworld as Four Happiness Meatballs for Galactus. After Galactus ate the glowing planetary dish, his power surged and he froze in place, leaving Su Ming to wonder what would happen next.

• Su Ming used Cosmic Energy to destroy the Skrull fleet, then cut off the Skrull Homeworld’s escape routes and gave its remaining inhabitants one minute to say goodbye.
• Su Ming returned to Taa II and had Galactus use the Planet Extractor to mince the Skrull Homeworld, add seasonings and a glacial planet, and form four giant meatballs.
• Su Ming and Galactus cooked the meatballs in the Binary System’s stars until the dish was ready.
• Galactus transformed into a Cosmic Giant and swallowed the four glowing meatballs.
• Galactus’s presence surged and his armor strained as a brilliant light filled Andromeda, while Su Ming wondered whether the meal had made him too powerful.

Su Ming interrupted Galactus’s growing transformation into Golden Galactus by distracting him with the horse-riding dance, and Galactus abandoned any thought of eating Earth. The Skrull Queen investigated the empire’s defeat and decided to ally with the Shi’ar, recall General Kalrute, and take revenge on Su Ming by invading Earth.

• Su Ming realized Galactus was absorbing extra energy from the Skrulls’ tormented souls and danced to interrupt his recovery.
• Galactus stopped redistributing the energy, recovered more of his memories, and learned the horse-riding dance from Su Ming.
• The Skrull Queen watched footage of the fleet’s destruction and learned that the homeworld’s Super Skrulls had been unprepared, corrupt, and exhausted by prohibited drugs.
• The Queen ordered General Kalrute recalled and planned to negotiate a temporary alliance with the Shi’ar against the Kree.
• The Queen declared that the Skrulls would seize Earth and rebuild their imperial capital there.

After studying battle footage, the Skrull Queen accepted Kalrute’s advice to withdraw and seek a safe base rather than immediately pursue revenge. Meanwhile, the Supreme Intelligence interpreted Deathstroke’s gifts as an offer to restart the Eradicators project and secretly escalated the war against the Skrulls while sending Ronan’s fleet away on patrol.

• Kalrute analyzed footage of Deathstroke’s attack and explained that the warrior wielded Cosmic Energy, used powerful Symbiotes, and absorbed thousands of weapon strikes with his uniform.
• The Skrull Queen ordered the surviving fleet to withdraw and find a safe star system while postponing plans for revenge.
• A robot carrying a brain returned to Hala and delivered its observations of Galactus and the powerful human to the Supreme Intelligence.
• The Supreme Intelligence concluded Deathstroke was proposing a trade involving Kree genetic evolution and Mary and Carol’s freedom, then ordered the Eradicators project restarted on a small scale.
• Kree fleets launched a fierce assault on Skrull defensive regions while Ronan’s Dark Aster Fleet was assigned a lengthy patrol in the Milky Way Galaxy.

Ronan sent the Dark Aster Fleet toward the Moon to claim the Inhumans, while Ayesha faced a political crisis after Sovereign’s nursery was robbed. On Earth, Steve struggled against Red Skull until Hulk arrived and was struck by a Cosmic Energy beam.

• Ronan concluded that the Supreme Intelligence had sidelined him and set the Dark Aster Fleet on course for the Moon, intending to persuade the Inhumans to join him.
• Ayesha faced accusations and council pressure after thieves invaded Sovereign’s nursery and stole a cocoon and stored fertilized eggs.
• Steve, Bucky, Ant-Man, and Wasp fought Red Skull and his Winter Soldiers at the museum, while the Pym couple fell unconscious and Bucky was sent flying.
• Steve endured Red Skull’s attacks, discovered how to evade his beams, and carried Bucky away when Hulk appeared.
• Red Skull fired a Cosmic Energy beam at Hulk, who continued falling into the ruins and roared.

Steve rescued the wounded from the battle between Hulk and Red Skull, then reunited with Peggy, who explained her return and the agents’ deception. As Peggy and Natasha drove the survivors away, Hulk slammed Red Skull into the ground, and a collapsing fissure chased the truck.

• Steve placed Bucky in an inflatable spaceship, then carried the injured Hank and Bucky toward safety while Hulk and Red Skull fought.
• Peggy arrived with Natasha, and Steve loaded the wounded into their pickup truck before they fled the battlefield.
• Peggy told Steve she had returned after Howard’s death, explained the stolen Athena system, and revealed how she had tracked him and misled Fury.
• Steve found Fury’s transmitter in his uniform, and Peggy explained that her sister had impersonated her while Natasha remained loyal to S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Janet applauded Steve and Peggy’s reunion, while Hulk grabbed Red Skull high above the ground and hurled him down, destroying Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
• Steve warned Natasha to speed up as a massive fissure pursued the truck, while Natasha’s account revealed that she had met Peggy and led her back to Steve.

After Red Skull drove the battle toward Cape Canaveral’s missile bases, Steve’s group tried to reach the launch sites while Hank Pym and Janet flew ahead. Red Skull launched a nuclear missile toward Washington D.C., and Hank and Janet climbed aboard to stop it as Hulk continued fighting Red Skull.

• Natasha revived Hank Pym with her Widow’s Sting, and Peggy identified the southeastern missile bases as their likely destination.
• Natasha revealed that nuclear warheads were stored at Cape Canaveral, and Hank and Janet volunteered to cross the flooded channel and reach the launch sites.
• Steve sent Hank and Janet ahead while the others searched for a way around the channel, but they could not immediately find a route across.
• Red Skull launched a nuclear missile at Washington D.C. while Hulk fought him at the missile base.
• Hank and Janet clung to the missile and headed toward its guidance system, but Hank decided they would cut their way inside instead of having Janet throw him forward.

Janet disabled the missile’s navigation system and fuse, sending it into the sea without detonating the warhead, but Pym could not find her afterward. Meanwhile, Steve’s group reached the battle with General Ross, and Nick Fury arrived to claim S.H.I.E.L.D.’s role in handling the fight between Hulk and Red Skull.

• Pym’s suit malfunctioned, so he stayed behind while Janet flew toward the warhead to destroy the missile’s circuitry.
• Janet’s actions sent the missile plunging into the sea without a nuclear explosion, but she did not emerge, leaving Pym to fear she was trapped or unconscious.
• Pym began dismantling the warhead underwater while he searched for Janet.
• Steve, Peggy, Bucky, General Ross, Betty, and Blonsky traveled by boat toward the battlefield, and Steve explained the events to Ross.
• Nick Fury arrived in a concealed spacecraft, took Bucky aboard, and told Ross that S.H.I.E.L.D. should handle the superhuman conflict.

Fury and Rose agreed to cooperate against Red Skull and Hulk, and Fury devised a plan to use Betty to influence Hulk. Meanwhile, Su Ming secured thirty years before Galactus needed another planet to eat, then watched Galactus depart as a concealed figure appeared from behind cosmic debris.

• Rose insisted that Hulk belonged to the military, and Fury agreed to a deal that gave the military Hulk and Fury Red Skull's corpse.
• Fury told the team about his agreement with Rose, and Coulson proposed using Betty to provoke a struggle between Banner and Hulk.
• Fury asked Peggy's opinion, then ordered Steve and Natasha to make a token attack while he spoke with Rose.
• Su Ming practiced using Cosmic Energy while teaching Galactus to dance, then accepted the task of finding Galactus another planet within thirty years.
• Galactus taught Su Ming how to contact him with Cosmic Energy, promised to spare Earth if Su Ming found suitable food, and departed for the edge of the universe.
• A black-and-yellow figure emerged from behind cosmic debris after Galactus's ship vanished.

Deathstroke, Carol, and Black Bolt killed The Fallen One after Galactus abandoned him. As Strangle consumed the corpse, Carol absorbed the released Cosmic Energy and transformed into Binary Form.

• The Fallen One arrived at the empty site of the Skrull Homeworld and failed to reach Galactus for help.
• Deathstroke ambushed The Fallen One, wounded him, and fought him while Carol and Black Bolt surrounded them.
• Deathstroke signaled Carol and Black Bolt to join the attack, and they helped him drive The Fallen One into a hopeless defense.
• Carol's beam stunned The Fallen One, allowing Deathstroke to stab and kill him with the Black Greatsword.
• Strangle devoured The Fallen One's corpse, while Carol absorbed the released Cosmic Energy and transformed into Binary Form.

Carol absorbed The Fallen One’s energy, gained a powerful second form, and learned she could transform back. After the enemies were defeated, Deathstroke, Carol, and Black Bolt traveled to Attilan for Black Bolt’s coronation, where they reunited with the royal family.

• Carol discovered that she could speak in space and learned from Deathstroke that absorbing The Fallen One’s energy had made her much stronger but changed her appearance.
• Carol saw her red-skinned form in a picture, worried about her looks, and then transformed back to her human appearance.
• Deathstroke warned Carol that her powerful form could harm her body and mind, and Carol named it Binary Form.
• Deathstroke suggested attending Black Bolt’s coronation, and Black Bolt agreed while Carol chose to go along.
• Lockjaw teleported Deathstroke, Carol, and Black Bolt to Attilan, where they reunited with Medusa and the royal family and saw that the victims had been buried.