Chapter Summaries

Tony tried to stop the Tesseract with his Mark VII armor, but Solomon explained that the Space Stone’s shield could not be breached by ordinary attacks. The portal opened over New York, the Chitauri invaded, and as Tony charged into battle, Solomon secretly sent Rule Power into the Tesseract.

• Tony revealed his Mark VII armor and blasted Loki’s illusion, learning from Solomon that Loki had already escaped.
• Tony’s attack on the Tesseract’s spatial shield failed, and Solomon told him the Space Stone’s power was fully active.
• Solomon identified Loki’s scepter as having once contained the Mind Stone, and Tony ordered JARVIS to search for Loki and the scepter.
• The Tesseract opened a huge wormhole over New York, through which Chitauri forces poured from a vast alien mothership.
• Tony flew up to fight the invading Chitauri while Solomon secretly directed a wisp of Rule Power into the Tesseract.

Tony fought the Chitauri advance force as the alien army poured through the wormhole, but Solomon’s barrier protected Manhattan’s civilians from their attacks. With the Chitauri massing above the shield and Tony unable to handle them alone, he faced the choice of asking Solomon for help and conceding their bet.

• Tony fired missiles at the Chitauri, but many enemies broke past him and descended toward Manhattan’s streets.
• Solomon raised a transparent golden barrier over Manhattan that blocked the Chitauri’s energy beams and surviving attacks.
• Tony saw Solomon on Stark Tower and realized that he had created the barrier.
• Steve and Natasha arrived in a Quinjet, and Tony explained his bet with Solomon and the cost of asking him for help.
• Steve urged Tony to call on Solomon, but Tony resisted because he would lose Stark Tower and have to work for him.
• Tony watched the Chitauri army and its Leviathans gather above the barrier and realized he was the only Avenger equipped to fight them in the air.

Solomon secretly amplified the Space Stone’s portal, revealing a vast Chitauri fleet that plunged New York and the world into despair. Tony admitted defeat and asked Solomon to save Earth, and Solomon began covering himself with the Nth Metal from his Mind Stone bracelet.

• Solomon touched the Space Stone, causing the portal to expand until the alien fleet was visible across the sky above New York.
• New Yorkers, the Avengers, S.H.I.E.L.D., and people around the world watched in terror as the enormous Mothership and alien army were revealed.
• Tony regretted not admitting defeat to Solomon sooner, believing the invasion had become impossible to stop.
• Solomon appeared beside Tony and asked whether he would admit defeat, then promised it was not too late.
• Tony admitted defeat and begged Solomon to save Earth, and Solomon activated the Nth Metal in his bracelet.

Solomon annihilated the Chitauri forces pouring through the portal, then entered their mothership and faced an envoy of Thanos. The envoy begged him to spare them and promised to withdraw their forces.

• Solomon transformed into a black battle suit and wiped out the Chitauri soldiers and Leviathans over New York in an instant.
• Solomon absorbed the dead Chitauri souls, raising his Mental Attribute by one level-4 unit, then charged through the portal after the remaining forces.
• Solomon destroyed the Chitauri troops and escort fleet in space, leaving only their main mothership intact.
• Solomon appeared inside the mothership's command room, where the envoy bowed and pleaded for mercy on behalf of Lord Thanos.

Solomon destroyed the Chitauri command crew and fleet, then returned to Earth after his mental attribute reached level 8. On Stark Tower, he stopped Hulk with ease and calmed him until he changed back into Dr. Banner.

• Solomon dismissed the Other’s threat, devoured the souls in the command room and more than a million Chitauri soldiers, and gained the Mind Intimidation ability.
• The Chitauri souls raised Solomon’s mental attribute to level 8 and gave him four new strands of rule power.
• Solomon left the Mothership, which exploded behind him as he returned through the spatial passage to Earth.
• Solomon landed on Stark Tower beside Tony and the reunited Avengers, where Hulk charged and Solomon caught his punch with one hand.
• Solomon called Hulk by name, struck the top of his head, and calmed him with mind power until he reverted to Dr. Banner.

Solomon claimed the Tesseract and Space Stone, closing the portal over New York, then transported the Avengers to his penthouse and announced plans for Vought International. He offered Tony, Hawkeye, and Black Widow places in the company and promised to make the two agents Supes, leaving Natasha asking whether he could give ordinary people powers like Captain America.

• Solomon took the Tesseract from its device, collapsing the portal above New York, then shattered the cube and secured the Space Stone beside the Mind Stone.
• Solomon used the Space Stone to bring the Avengers to his penthouse and declared the building Vought Tower, ordering Tony to arrange its new name and logo.
• Tony accepted defeat and agreed to hold a global press conference announcing Vought International and inviting Supes to join, with Iron Man as its first superhero.
• Solomon offered the others a chance to join Vought and warned Hawkeye and Black Widow Natasha that they would have to sever their ties with S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Solomon said he could make Natasha and Hawkeye into Supes, and Natasha asked whether he could grant ordinary people powers like Captain America.

Solomon invited several people, including Loki, to join Vought International after the battle, and told Loki that he would one day save countless lives. Thor objected, insisting that Loki must stand trial in Asgard and that he would take the Tesseract with him.

• Solomon told Solomon and Steve that his Compound V could turn ordinary humans into true Supes and invited them to consider joining Vought International.
• Solomon invited Thor and Dr. Banner to join the company, but Thor refused because he wanted to find Loki and take him to Asgard for trial.
• Solomon used the Mind Stone to locate Loki and opened a portal that brought him into the living room, where Loki immediately surrendered.
• Solomon invited Loki to become a superhero and predicted that Loki would eventually save more lives than everyone else present combined.
• Thor insisted that Loki must return to Asgard to face trial and demanded that Solomon hand over the Tesseract so it could be sealed away.

Solomon stopped Thor from taking Loki and the Space Stone, then used the Mind Stone to immobilize him and caught Mjolnir with his bare hand. After suppressing Odin’s Rule Power inside the hammer, Solomon defeated Thor and gained his Asgardian physiology and Power of Thor.

• Solomon told Thor that Loki and the Space Stone were his spoils, and Thor insisted on taking them by force.
• Thor prepared to attack Solomon, but Solomon used the Mind Stone to freeze him in place.
• Mjolnir broke free from Thor and flew at Solomon, who caught it with his bare hand.
• Solomon used his Rule Power to suppress the power inside Mjolnir and tossed the hammer aside.
• Solomon defeated Thor and gained Asgard Physiology and the Power of Thor.

Solomon copied Thor’s and Hulk’s abilities, then gave Loki the choice to join Vought International or return to Asgard as a prisoner. Loki chose to stay, but Captain America and Tony challenged Solomon over Loki’s crimes and the deaths he had caused.

• Solomon released Thor from mind control, and Thor retrieved Mjolnir but stayed quiet after seeing Solomon’s power.
• Solomon probed Bruce Banner’s consciousness, suppressed Banner and Hulk, and acquired gamma physiology.
• Solomon’s rule power rose to 173 strands after copying Thor and gaining power from the Chitauri and other abilities.
• Solomon offered Loki a place at Vought International or a return to Asgard, and Loki chose to stay.
• Solomon warned Loki not to betray him and ordered him to remain in the building awaiting orders.
• Captain America objected to Loki escaping punishment, and Tony reminded Solomon that Loki had killed Agent Coulson.

Solomon left the Avengers to meet the Ancient One in the Mirror Dimension, where she confronted him about disrupting the future. After learning that his changes had prevented the universe’s coming catastrophe in most timelines, the Ancient One could not deny that the future was safer.

• Solomon told the Avengers that Nick Fury was trying to resurrect Coulson and that Loki’s delivery of the Mind Stone offset his crimes.
• Solomon departed the Avengers’ gathering by folding space and entering the Mirror Dimension outside Stark Tower.
• Solomon met the Ancient One, whose physical attributes were ordinary despite her extraordinary mental and energy power.
• The Ancient One told Solomon that he was absent from the futures she had seen and that his arrival had changed the universe’s course.
• The Ancient One admitted that Solomon’s changes had prevented the coming universal catastrophe in most futures she could observe.

Solomon agreed to wait before claiming the Eye of Agamotto and arranged to visit Kamar-Taj to study its magic. Back at Stark Tower, Banner offered to join Vought International and asked Solomon to erase the Hulk, but Solomon warned that doing so might also destroy Banner’s ability to transform.

• The Ancient One refused to give Solomon the Eye of Agamotto yet, promising to pass it to him when he was ready.
• Solomon asked to study Kamar-Taj’s books and spells, and the Ancient One welcomed him.
• The Ancient One dismissed the Mirror Dimension, returning Solomon to Stark Tower, where Natasha, Hawkeye, and Steve had already left.
• Thor continued trying to persuade Loki to return to Asgard, while Banner stayed at the tower in hopes Solomon could help him.
• Banner agreed to join Vought International and asked Solomon whether he could cure his condition.
• Solomon said he could erase Hulk’s consciousness but warned Banner that it might also remove his ability to transform.