Chapter Summaries

Luca defeated Madame Gao and Black Sky, drained the Dragon Bone, and claimed Hell’s Kitchen’s underworld for Stark Industries. Meanwhile, Pietro took Thor to a New York bar, where Loki secretly watched and plotted against his brother.

• Luca drained Madame Gao’s Dragon Bone energy, causing her to shrivel into ash, then pinned Black Sky to a wall with his Bio-Force Field.
• Luca absorbed the Dragon Bone’s energy and drained Black Sky, then told Matt and Frank that Stark Industries would take over Hell’s Kitchen’s underworld.
• Luca ordered JARVIS to turn the underground tunnels into a Stark Industries research base and left the remaining followers to Happy.
• Pietro took Thor to a New York bar, where Thor enthusiastically drank dozens of beers and celebrated with the patrons.
• Loki watched Thor through the bar window and gathered green magic, intending to leave his brother a surprise.

Pietro caught Loki preparing to deceive and attack Thor, defeated him, and exposed his scheme, but Loki convinced Thor that Odin was dead and Asgard was in danger. Thor sided with Loki, so Pietro called Luca and invited him to deal with the brothers.

• Thor drank and celebrated at a bar while Pietro watched over him and detected a faint magical energy outside.
• Pietro followed the energy into an alley, where he caught Loki preparing an illusion spell against Thor and took his wand.
• Loki created illusionary duplicates and attacked Pietro, but Pietro used his super speed to dispel them and punched Loki into a dumpster.
• Thor found the injured Loki, and Loki lied that Odin had fallen into an endless Odinsleep and ordered Thor never to return to Asgard.
• Pietro called Loki’s story a lie and accused him of plotting to take the throne, but Thor defended Loki and threatened Pietro.
• Pietro called Luca and told him about Loki, Thor’s gullibility, and the chance to come see the situation for himself.

Luca arrived in the alley and exposed Loki's fake injuries, then overwhelmed him in a fight and let him escape. He comforted Thor afterward and offered him work on Earth through the Justice League.

• Thor cradled Loki and threatened Pietro, who insisted Loki was only pretending to be badly hurt.
• Luca arrived and detected Loki's steady heartbeat, controlled breathing, and concealed tension, exposing his act to Thor.
• Loki dropped the pretense, attacked Luca with daggers, and was beaten and slammed into the pavement more than a dozen times.
• Loki escaped using magic, and Luca stopped Pietro from pursuing him.
• Luca comforted Thor, offered him wine and a job on Earth, and Thor agreed to do anything if Luca could restore his powers.

After Luca defeated him, Loki found the Tesseract at S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Project Pegasus base and used it to escape, destroying the facility. With Hydra controlling S.H.I.E.L.D.’s headquarters and the Tesseract gone, Fury took the surviving agents to seek Luca Stark’s help.

• After his defeat by Luca, Loki sensed the Tesseract’s energy and traveled to the Project Pegasus base to seize it.
• Fury learned that Pierce and Hydra had taken control of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s headquarters and ordered the base to weaponize the Tesseract.
• Loki broke into the base, killed agents who tried to stop him, and took the Tesseract despite Hawkeye’s attack.
• Loki opened a portal and escaped with the Tesseract, triggering an energy storm that destroyed the base.
• Fury, Coulson, and Hawkeye escaped, and Fury ordered their helicopter to take them to Stark Tower to find Luca Stark.

Odin, Frigga, and the Ancient One discussed Luca Stark’s immense power and Tony Stark’s attempt to turn magic into technology. Odin agreed to provide Tony with Uru ore in exchange for future armor upgrades for Asgard, while asking Luca to look after Thor.

• Odin and Frigga watched Luca overpower Loki, and Odin recognized that Luca had deliberately earned Thor’s gratitude while letting Loki go.
• Frigga argued that Thor should remain in Midgard to learn from Luca, and Odin agreed that his son needed the experience.
• The Ancient One told Odin and Frigga that Luca could absorb energy, including Chaos Magic, and was a vital candidate to defend Earth and the Nine Realms.
• The Ancient One explained that Tony had learned portal magic immediately and was trying to build magic-powered armor, but needed a material capable of containing magical energy.
• Odin agreed to provide Stark Industries with raw Uru ore in exchange for free technological upgrades to Asgard’s army, and asked Luca to take care of Thor.

Luca examined how the Dragon Bone and Chaos Magic had enhanced his strength and transformed his living, loyal suit, then planned to expand Stark Industries into space. Nick Fury interrupted Luca and Wanda to warn that the Tesseract had been stolen and Earth was in danger.

• JARVIS reported that the Dragon Bone had raised Luca's strength above twelve thousand tons and given him extreme regenerative abilities.
• Luca discovered that his suit had become a living symbiote, tested its dragon-headed tentacles and energy-absorbing defenses, and hid it beneath his skin.
• Luca ordered JARVIS to have Pepper draft plans for orbital defense and space resource development.
• Luca returned to Wanda, but an alarm interrupted them when an unidentified helicopter entered the base's air defense zone.
• Nick Fury arrived at the helipad and told Luca that the Tesseract had been taken and Earth was about to be finished.

Fury asked Luca to help recover the Tesseract, and Luca extorted access to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s secrets in exchange. Thor revealed that the Tesseract was the Space Stone, an Infinity Stone Loki planned to use to summon an invading army, but Luca welcomed the chance to seize it.

• Fury told Luca that Loki had raided a S.H.I.E.L.D. base, killed agents, and stolen the Tesseract, so Luca demanded S.H.I.E.L.D. base maps, research rights, and intelligence access before agreeing to help.
• Fury agreed and explained that Red Skull had found the Tesseract in Norway, Howard Stark had recovered it from the sea, and S.H.I.E.L.D. had been studying it before Loki stole it.
• Luca summoned Pietro and Thor back to the base, and Thor arrived drunk from a strip club with Pietro.
• Thor recognized the blue cube as the Space Stone, one of the Six Infinity Stones, and warned that Loki intended to open a wormhole and bring an army to conquer Earth.
• While Fury, Wanda, and Pietro feared an invasion, Luca welcomed the chance to take the Space Stone and declared that no invasion on Earth could succeed.

Luca treated Loki’s threat as an opportunity and mobilized the Justice League to prepare for an alien invasion. Meanwhile, Loki reached Knowhere, learned about Thanos and the Chitauri, and decided to offer the Space Stone in exchange for an army to attack Midgard and Asgard.

• Luca told the Justice League that Loki’s alien army could provide valuable technology and resources, then summoned Peter, Dr. Banner, and Gwen Stacy to a mobilization meeting.
• Loki arrived injured on Knowhere after an uncontrolled jump through space, disguised himself, and panicked when a mercenary reminded him of Luca.
• Loki went to the Edge of the Black Hole tavern and paid Four Eyes for information about an army capable of destroying a planet.
• Four Eyes told Loki that the Chitauri served Thanos, who was searching for the Infinity Stones.
• Loki decided to offer Thanos the Space Stone in exchange for the Chitauri Army and left to seek him out.

Luca and the Justice League searched London for Loki, but instead encountered Sersi, a woman who could transform matter. After Luca’s team rescued her from armed attackers, he insisted she come with them to discuss her powers.

• Luca gathered reports from Pietro, Frank, and Peter as the Justice League searched worldwide for Loki, and Thor suggested Loki might be in London.
• Luca, Wanda, and Gwen Stacy walked through central London, hoping to encounter Loki or signs of trouble.
• An explosion led them to a street where Sersi used her power to turn asphalt into stone and metal to shield civilians from terrorists.
• Gwen Stacy disarmed the attackers, and Wanda knocked them unconscious with Chaos Magic.
• Luca introduced himself to Sersi and offered to discuss her material-transformation ability at Stark Industries, but she declined.
• Luca declared that the Justice League would protect Sersi and urged her to go with them for a private conversation.

Luca questioned Sersi after she used her powers to save civilians, suspected she was hiding a larger secret, and gave her his private number. After Sersi resolved to warn Ajak about Luca, he left with Gwen Stacy and Wanda to look for Loki.

• Luca questioned Sersi about her powers, but she claimed she was an ordinary historical researcher and concealed that she was an Eternal.
• Luca told Sersi that Thor had arrived on Earth and Loki had stolen the Tesseract to summon an alien fleet, and he noticed her reaction betrayed knowledge of the matter.
• Luca gave Sersi his business card, and Dane Whitman arrived at the café worried about her; Luca hid the truth about her actions from him.
• After Luca left, Sersi worried that he had seen through her disguise and decided to contact Ajak about the threat he posed to the Emergence plan.
• Gwen Stacy and Wanda asked Luca about Sersi, and he explained that he had given her a way to seek his help before setting out to find Loki.

Luca and Wanda secretly overheard Sersi report to Ajak and Ikaris that Luca had discovered her identity and warned her of an alien invasion. After learning the Eternals planned to let humanity feed Tiamut’s Emergence, Luca decided to confront them after dealing with Loki, while Sersi feared he could defeat Ikaris.

• Luca asked Wanda to conceal their bodies and energy with Chaos Magic, and the three followed Sersi and Dane from the café.
• Sersi sent Dane home, entered a secluded alley, and contacted Ajak and Ikaris with an unusual communicator.
• Sersi told Ajak and Ikaris that Luca knew she was hiding her identity and had warned her about an approaching alien fleet; Ikaris dismissed humanity’s fate and threatened to kill Luca if he interfered.
• Ajak ordered Sersi to keep a low profile and avoid Luca while she investigated the invasion, and Ikaris said he was close to finishing the Deviant cleanup.
• After Sersi left, Luca concluded that humanity was being raised to nourish Tiamut and vowed to settle matters with the Eternals after dealing with Loki.
• At home, Sersi studied Luca’s business card and feared that he could defeat Ikaris and stop the Emergence.

Luca conducted a late-night attendance check with the Justice League teams searching for Loki and the Tesseract, but their reports from around the world turned up no clues. After Thor suggested Loki was hiding in a filthy place, Luca suspected Loki had left Earth and began checking orbital telescope data and records from the S.H.I.E.L.D. base.

• Luca opened the public channel and asked the overseas teams to report their search progress.
• Frank reported destroying a Hydra outpost in Siberia, while Peter, Matt, Bruce, Jessica, and Natasha each reported finding no signs of Loki or spatial anomalies in their assigned locations.
• Thor claimed Loki would hide in a pig farm or landfill, prompting Luca to cut off Thor’s permission to speak.
• Luca noticed that every search had come up empty and asked JARVIS to retrieve low-Earth-orbit radio telescope data and records from the S.H.I.E.L.D. base.
• Luca wondered whether Loki had used the Space Stone to leave Earth and looked toward the stars.

Luca and Thor discovered that Loki had used the Space Stone to leave Earth and seek an army, so Luca recalled his team and approached Sersi in London to recruit the Eternals as allies. Sersi agreed to visit Stark Industries in New York, while Luca prepared to return home with Gwen and Wanda.

• Luca showed Thor evidence of a spatial warp, and Thor concluded that Loki had left Earth to recruit an army with the Space Stone.
• Luca told his scattered team that Loki was off-world, reimbursed their travel expenses, and ordered them to return to the New York base.
• Luca explained to Gwen and Wanda that the Eternals would have reason to defend Earth, then went with them to visit Sersi in London.
• Luca persuaded Sersi that an alien invasion threatened both humanity and Earth, and invited her to visit Stark Industries in New York.
• Sersi agreed to visit after handing over her work, and Luca left with Gwen and Wanda, calling for the aircraft to take them home.

Nick Fury accepted Luca Stark’s help to search for the stolen Tesseract and ordered S.H.I.E.L.D.’s remaining agents to support Stark Industries. Meanwhile, Alexander Pierce mistook the real search for a plot against Hydra and ordered his forces to hide while Jessica cut off contact with headquarters.

• Nick Fury watched the Justice League conduct a rapid worldwide search and learned from Luca and Thor that Loki had taken the Tesseract into space to seek an alien fleet.
• Fury agreed to give Luca S.H.I.E.L.D.’s intelligence and secret-base information, then ordered loyal agents to go underground and support Stark Industries’ satellite warning network.
• Sitwell told Alexander Pierce that Fury had allied with Luca, the Tesseract was missing, and the Justice League had searched worldwide and struck Hydra arsenals.
• Pierce dismissed the intelligence as a staged deception and concluded that Luca and Fury were preparing an attack on Hydra.
• Pierce ordered Hydra branches to go dormant, accelerated the Helicarriers’ preparations, and told Jessica to cut off all contact with headquarters and follow Luca’s orders.

Luca gathered the heroes and explained that Loki would likely target Stark Tower to open a wormhole using its Arc Reactor. He ordered the team to lure Loki into bringing his entire army through before sealing the portal and fighting them in New York.

• The heroes returned to the Justice League base, where Luca arrived with Gwen Stacy and Wanda and received attentive service from Natasha and Jessica.
• Nick Fury told Luca that S.H.I.E.L.D. had connected its remaining surveillance, safe-house, and Project Pegasus data to JARVIS.
• Luca said Loki had left Earth to find an army and would likely attack New York, using Stark Tower's height and Arc Reactor to open a stable wormhole.
• Luca rejected Fury's suggestion to intercept Loki and ordered the team to remove visible guards, maximize the reactor's output, and disable its electromagnetic shielding to attract him.
• Luca told the heroes to let Loki bring his fleet through the wormhole before closing it, then ordered everyone to remain on standby and learn their new equipment.

Tony Stark forged the Mark VII Magic Armor, which he called the Godslayer Armor, from Uru and Vibranium using Kamar-Taj magic. After the Ancient One effortlessly destroyed it in a test, Tony accepted her instruction and committed to further study before leaving the mountain.

• Tony combined Uru, Vibranium, and magic to forge the Godslayer Armor.
• Tony demonstrated the armor's abilities and challenged the Ancient One to test it.
• Tony attacked the Ancient One with eight energy cannons and a lightning greatsword, but she dispersed the beams and shattered his armor with one palm strike.
• Tony recovered the armor's fragments and recognized that his magical understanding was still incomplete.
• The Ancient One explained that Tony needed to deepen his grasp of magic, and Tony vowed to keep studying until he became the Sorcerer Supreme.

Luca Stark turned a congressional hearing meant to curb the Justice League into a public exposé of General Ross and Senator Stern’s corruption, then pushed Congress and the White House to accept his proposed law enforcement act. The White House agreed to the act, leaving the Justice League poised to operate with far less government restraint.

• Luca arrived at the Capitol with Pepper Potts, Natasha, and Jessica for the live congressional hearing, where Senator Stern and General Ross accused Stark Industries of building an illegal superpowered force and demanded control of the Justice League, vibranium, and Iron Man technology.
• Luca defended the Justice League as a legal security company, then used JARVIS to display evidence that Ross had funded illegal experiments and caused the Harlem disaster by creating Abomination.
• Luca revealed financial and personal scandals implicating Stern and other members of Congress, prompting chaos in the hearing room and public outrage across the country.
• Luca presented promotional footage of the Justice League’s rescues and crime-fighting, then proposed an act granting the League independent law enforcement authority and immunity for lethal force under a charter.
• President Ellis ordered Congress to adjourn and Stern and Ross arrested, while the White House agreed to sign Luca’s proposed act in full.
• Luca left the Capitol with Pepper, Natasha, and Jessica, telling Pepper that his victory was only the beginning.

After Luca Stark’s hearing victory made Stark Industries the government’s authorized superhuman force, he showed Sersi the company’s advances and strengthened her doubts about the Emergence Project. Ikaris attacked Luca at the base, but Luca absorbed his Cosmic Rays and challenged him to fire again.

• General Ross was imprisoned, Senator Stern was arrested, and cities rushed to buy Stark Industries’ newly authorized security services.
• Pierce ordered Hydra to cut off its government contacts and accelerate the mothership, while Nick Fury realized S.H.I.E.L.D. had lost its official purpose and influence.
• Luca distributed law-enforcement credentials to his team and took Sersi on a tour of Stark Industries’ research facilities.
• Sersi was impressed by humanity’s progress and grew more determined to resist the Emergence Project.
• Ikaris flew to Luca’s base and fired Cosmic Rays at him, but Luca absorbed them with a dragon-shaped maw on his arm and taunted Ikaris for more.

Ikaris attacked Luca at the offshore base, but Luca’s suit absorbed his Cosmic Rays and withstood his physical blows. Their fight moved over Manhattan, where Luca eventually battered Ikaris into a skyscraper and left him injured in the wreckage.

• Ikaris concluded Luca’s suit could absorb energy and charged at him with enhanced strength and speed, despite Sersi’s warning.
• Luca met Ikaris’s punch with his own, and their collision destroyed the observation deck and sent Ikaris flying toward New York.
• Luca pursued Ikaris into Manhattan as they exchanged blows above the city, while onlookers watched and the Justice League base monitored the fight.
• Luca’s suit absorbed most of Ikaris’s attacks, and Luca struck Ikaris with a hook that sent him crashing into a skyscraper.
• Ikaris crawled from the wreckage, badly injured, and wondered how Luca and his suit could overpower him.

Luca defeated Ikaris and discovered that the Eternals were robots powered by Cosmic Energy. He captured Ikaris and pressured Sersi to reveal the Eternals’ secrets, including how many remained on Earth and what Tiamut was.

• Ikaris unleashed his strongest Cosmic Rays at Luca’s unprotected face, but Luca absorbed them and countered with four-colored beams.
• Luca’s attack destroyed much of Ikaris’s armor and left him badly wounded in a crater at the Justice League base.
• Luca ordered Frank and Happy to chain Ikaris, install an energy extractor, and imprison him as the base’s second humanoid battery.
• Luca identified the Eternals as robots with Cosmic Energy reactors and asked Sersi to reveal how many were on Earth and what Tiamut was.
• Sersi agreed to tell Luca everything if he spared the other Eternals, and Luca led her back to the conference room.