Recaps

Peter-A explained why his universe’s Tony Stark had become ruthless, then asked Peter-B and Sentry Robert for help returning home. Wong detected a demonic presence linking the group and revealed that Mephisto had his eye on them.

• Peter-A told Peter-B and Dr. Banner that Tony had slaughtered the villains on a wasteland Earth after repeated threats to his loved ones, while Peter-A and Captain America handled lesser criminals.
• Robert released Jean Grey from her golden bindings after Peter-A approved.
• Peter-A said magic and technology had blocked the route back to his universe, so Peter-B asked Robert to take them to 177A Bleecker Street for help.
• Wong refused to welcome the visitors at first and reminded Peter-B that his previous request for Strange’s help had nearly torn reality apart.
• Wong detected a demonic aura, revealed red threads connecting everyone except Jean Grey, and found ancient books that identified their danger.
• Wong opened a portal to a training ground and told the group that Mephisto, the lord of Hell, had his eye on them.

At Kamar-Taj, Wong warned the group that Mephisto was targeting them, especially Peter-B, and explained how the demon tempted people into soul contracts. Jean Grey learned Mephisto could resurrect her sister but saw the dangers of his bargains, while Peter-A revealed that Thor had captured another Mephisto and sent him to Lady Valeria for research.

• Wong brought the group into a reception room at Kamar-Taj and conjured cups of endlessly refilling tea.
• Wong told Peter-B that Mephisto was chiefly targeting him and explained the demon's soul-contract schemes.
• Jean Grey asked if Mephisto could resurrect her sister, and Wong warned that the demon could exploit the wording of a deal.
• Peter-A said Thor had captured the Mephisto from his universe and sent him to Lady Valeria as research material.
• Wong reacted with shock and urged Peter-A to contact Stark or Thor, but Peter-A said the group could not reach them.
• Wong warned that Mephisto would tempt them through their desires and vulnerabilities rather than fight them directly.

Peter-B revealed that Mephisto had marked him through a dream, allowing Mephisto and his corrupted allies to enter Kamar-Taj while Strange was away. The attackers fought the defenders, and Jean Grey awakened a powerful phoenix-like force as she faced Scarlet Witch Wanda.

• Peter-B told Wong that a dream version of Mr. Stark and Aunt May had asked him to pay a negligible price to see them again, and the others realized Mephisto had marked him as an anchor.
• Mephisto appeared at Kamar-Taj with Void Sentry Robert, Scarlet Witch Wanda, and Ghost Rider, and ordered them to claim the defenders' souls.
• Void Sentry Robert and Sentry Robert fought, and their clash destroyed the reception hall.
• Spider-Man A attacked Ghost Rider, while Jean Grey confronted Wanda and initially had her telekinetic attack countered.
• Jean Grey survived Wanda's Chaos Magic and unleashed golden-red phoenix flames, then prepared to fight back.

Thor learned that Morgan Stark, Peter Parker, and Sentry Robert had gone missing, with all contact and tracking methods cut off. He ordered Valeria to locate them and assigned Dark Strange, Kara, and Loki’s exploration teams to investigate, while reserving the final response for himself.

• Thor watched Bruce Wayne, Deadpool, and Taskmaster compete in Frost City’s virtual combat tournament while Emma Frost complained about her workload.
• Emma Frost and Betsy argued and began fighting in Thor’s office, destroying the dwarven coffee table.
• Valeria reported that the three teams investigating anomalous multiverse points had found nothing, then revealed that Morgan Stark, Peter Parker, and Sentry Robert had disappeared.
• Valeria told Thor that every conventional and unconventional way of contacting the three had been cut off and that Lumina could not trace them.
• Thor ordered Valeria to find their last known location and told her to send Dark Strange, Kara, and Loki’s teams to investigate without acting prematurely.

After Morgan and Peter were kidnapped, Thor suspected the Council of Kangs and decided not to rush into a trap. He waited for Tony to find information, while Dark Strange, Kara, and Loki moved ahead to test the enemy.

• Emma asked Thor whether Jaspers had taken Morgan and Peter, but Thor ruled him out.
• Betsy suggested the Council of Kangs had struck first because Thor was coming after them, and Thor agreed it was likely.
• Betsy asked to join Thor, and Emma showed concern about the attack on her people.
• Thor said they would wait for Tony to gather information rather than rush into a possible trap.
• Thor told Emma to charge the office repairs to his account and revealed that Dark Strange, Kara, and Loki had already been sent out as an advance force.

Tony Stark searched the multiverse after Morgan Stark and Peter Parker vanished, and JARVIS detected their magical and technological signature in a branch universe of Universe 199999. Tony prepared to bring them back and asked the assembled heroes who would join him.

• Vision reported that Morgan Stark, Peter Parker, and a man in a hoodie had vanished without leaving signs of spatial transfer or residual energy.
• Wanda Maximoff said Valeria could not track them, but Thor was returning.
• Tony Stark ordered JARVIS to activate the Multiverse Resonator and search for Morgan and Peter using the markers in their suits.
• JARVIS detected a similar aura in a branch universe of Universe 199999 but said it needed more time to pinpoint the location.
• Tony Stark declared the rescue personal and invited the other heroes to join him.

Tony assembled a team to enter parallel universe 199999-B and rescue Morgan, while Steve stayed behind to protect their families and New York. Tony and the others entered the stable portal, leaving Steve to guard the city.

• Steve assigned Natasha, Clinton, Pietro, Scott, Vision, and himself to stay behind and protect Pepper and the others, while T'Challa traveled to New York to provide Wakandan support.
• Pietro objected to staying behind, but Steve persuaded him that his speed was needed to protect the city and their families.
• Tony entered his laboratory and returned with two enormous suitcases, then stored them in a spatial bracelet.
• JARVIS identified the target as parallel universe 199999-B, and Tony ordered the Multiverse Resonator to open a portal.
• Tony, Banner, Wanda, Jane, Fat Thor, and Strange prepared to cross the portal, and Tony entered after Steve solemnly nodded.

Jean, Spider-Man A, Hulk, and Morgan were defeated by the villains, while Mephisto offered Peter-B a bargain. Peter-B realized Mephisto had likely orchestrated the events that led him to lose Aunt May, MJ, and Ned, and Mephisto confirmed his suspicion.

• Jean summoned the Phoenix Force against the Scarlet Witch, but Wanda drowned its flames in Chaos Magic and bound Jean with scarlet chains.
• Ghost Rider trapped Spider-Man A in Hellfire chains after forcing him to relive his regrets, and Void Sentry defeated Hulk with one punch.
• Morgan Stark attacked Mephisto with her armor, but he disabled it and put her to sleep, where Wong caught her.
• Peter-B tried to pull Mephisto with his webs, but Mephisto dragged him close, choked him, and offered him a chance to change everything in exchange for his soul.
• Peter-B connected Mephisto to the spell that erased the world's memories of him, and Mephisto confirmed that he had guessed correctly.

Tony Stark and the arriving Avengers rescued Peter-A, Peter-B, Jean, and Morgan, then fought Mephisto and his allies. The battle paused when Apocalypse appeared with two monstrous reinforcements and declared himself their doom.

• Tony Stark blasted Mephisto while Sorcerer Supreme Wanda freed Jean and Fat Thor rescued Peter-A from Ghost Rider.
• Tony checked that Morgan was safe, donned the Mark 157 Armor, and attacked Mephisto as the Avengers divided to face their enemies and protect the unconscious Banner and Morgan.
• Blood-Red Hulk and a young man wearing Magneto's helmet emerged from the darkness, and the latter's presence caused Jean pain.
• A blue-skinned man arrived, stopped the fighting with his overwhelming presence, and identified himself as Apocalypse.

Tony Stark, Strange, Banner, Jane Foster, and Jean faced Apocalypse, a blood-red Hulk, and Onslaught, dividing the opponents among themselves. Banner struck the blood-red Hulk, Strange drew Apocalypse into the Mirror Dimension, and Jean unleashed a Phoenix-like power at Onslaught while Jane’s Mjolnir was held in the air.

• Strange and Dr. Banner arrived after evacuating the sorcerers of Kamar-Taj, and Tony assigned them opponents alongside Jane Foster and Jean.
• Banner slipped past the blood-red Hulk’s attack and sent him crashing into a building with a body check and elbow strike.
• Strange opened the Mirror Dimension and lured Apocalypse inside, then followed him as the portal closed.
• Jane hurled Mjolnir at Onslaught, but he stopped it in midair and interfered with her control of the hammer.
• Jean unleashed a vast crimson Phoenix-like force at Onslaught, surprising him.

Onslaught overwhelmed Jean Grey and Jane Foster while Tony Stark struggled against Mephisto, until Wanda Maximoff arrived and freed them. After Apocalypse defeated Strange, he and Onslaught joined forces to confront Wanda.

• Onslaught absorbed Jean's power and consciousness, transformed Jane's lightning into leaves, and seized both women with invisible hands.
• Tony learned that Onslaught's power came from Franklin Richards, then called for Wanda as Jean and Jane neared defeat.
• Wanda blasted Mephisto away, bound the controlled Scarlet Witch, freed Jean and Jane, and resisted Onslaught's attempt to absorb her Chaos Magic.
• Apocalypse broke out of Strange's Mirror Dimension and left Strange wounded on the ground.
• Onslaught and Apocalypse recognized Wanda as a threat and teamed up to attack her.

Wanda fought Onslaught and Apocalypse, first resisting their combined assault and then overwhelming them with a Chaos Magic domain. As Tony, Banner, Thor, and Jane gained the upper hand elsewhere, the Void-controlled Robert joined the battle, and Wanda secretly activated a seal before confronting him.

• Onslaught and Apocalypse attacked Wanda together, but her Chaos Magic shield stopped their mental and matter-destroying assaults.
• Wanda tried to alter the battlefield’s rules with runes, but Onslaught and Apocalypse shattered the array with a combined attack.
• Wanda unleashed a Chaos Magic domain that battered Onslaught and Apocalypse while Tony wounded Mephisto, Banner defeated the red giant, and Thor and Jane pummeled Ghost Rider.
• A Void-controlled Sentry from another universe and the escaped Void-controlled Robert appeared beside Onslaught and Apocalypse.
• Wanda crushed an ancient seal bearing the World Tree’s emblem and asked Robert whether he would join forces with the others; he said he wanted revenge on her instead.

Tony Stark and the others split the battlefield, trapping Ghost Rider and engaging Apocalypse and Onslaught while Wanda faced two Void Sentries. Wanda held the darkness at bay and fought to buy time for Thor to arrive.

• Tony Stark beheaded Mephisto but remained wary that the demon would survive, then ordered his allies to contain the other enemies.
• Dr. Banner threw Ghost Rider through a portal Strange opened into the Mirror Dimension, and Strange sealed it.
• Fat Thor, Jane Foster, and Dr. Banner attacked Apocalypse together while Tony Stark used the Godkiller armor to block Onslaught’s powers and punch him into distant ruins.
• Wanda faced two Void Sentries, including Robert controlled by the Void, as their darkness consumed her scarlet magic.
• Wanda and the Void Sentries clashed in a standoff, and Wanda fought with everything she had while waiting for Thor to arrive.

Kara, Strange, and Classic Loki met Galacta, who was chasing an energy being claiming to be Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers. As they dealt with the strange encounter, Classic Loki learned that Thor had sent them to rescue Wanda.

• Kara, Strange, and Classic Loki finished investigating the ritual sites and found no new bases belonging to the Council of Kangs.
• Classic Loki and Strange pointed out that Kara had made Thor Tuotuo to resemble Thor, and urged her to speak plainly to Thor about her feelings.
• Galacta chased a golden-red energy being through the dimensional rift, swallowed its energy beam, and asked Kara to let her eat it.
• The energy being introduced herself as Carol Danvers, Captain Marvel of Earth, while Strange and Classic Loki said they barely knew her.
• Classic Loki announced that Thor had assigned them to save Scarlet Witch Wanda.

Kara brought Galacta to the battlefield, where she and Dark Strange helped turn the fight against Apocalypse, Onslaught, and the Void Sentries. Mephisto revealed that Kang’s forces were erasing Universe 199999b, trapping the heroes inside as reality collapsed.

• Kara learned Galacta could consume energy and promised to take her to someone powerful enough to feed her.
• Kara, Dark Strange, Classic Loki, and Galacta arrived at the battlefield, where Kara repeatedly shattered Apocalypse and Dark Strange restrained Onslaught.
• Classic Loki trapped a Void Sentry in a World Tree energy barrier, easing the pressure on Wanda.
• Mephisto reappeared and announced that Kang’s forces had sent a gift before the universe began collapsing around the heroes.
• Apocalypse, Onslaught, Mephisto, and one Void Sentry vanished, while Dark Strange, Classic Loki, and Wanda restrained the remaining Void Sentry.
• Dark Strange explained that the universe was being erased and that they were sealed inside it, leaving Peter B horrified at the coming end.

Thor encountered Cancerverse Strange and his grotesque allies while rushing to answer Wanda’s distress signal. He erased Cancerverse Thor with one swing of his axe, leaving Strange shaken as the four-armed Hulk remained at his side.

• Thor stopped outside Universe 199999b when Cancerverse Strange and a group of corrupted heroes blocked his way.
• Cancerverse Strange revealed a four-armed Hulk whose body held many negative laws, and Thor wondered whether Mephisto or Kang was involved.
• Cancerverse Strange said his group’s god was cooperating with them and became enraged when Thor mentioned the Many-Angled Ones.
• Thor casually swung his axe and erased Cancerverse Thor, including his war hammer, without leaving a trace.
• Cancerverse Strange lost his confidence in their plan while the four-armed Hulk remained expressionless.

Thor stayed behind to fight the Cancerverse forces, using Four-Armed Hulk to study its negative laws before erasing him. He tracked a watcher to a Kang variant, who surrendered and blamed Immortus.

• Thor sensed a force targeting the universe and decided to delay rescuing Wanda and the others while he dealt with the Cancerverse heroes.
• Four-Armed Hulk charged Thor, who fought back and analyzed the negative laws wrapped around Hulk's attacks.
• Cancerverse Strange ordered the other heroes to retreat after realizing Thor was using Hulk as research material.
• Thor erased Four-Armed Hulk with a speck of golden lightning after absorbing and mastering most of its negative laws.
• Thor sensed someone watching from several universes away, appeared in a room full of instruments, and confronted a Kang variant.
• The Kang variant dropped to his knees and pleaded for his life, claiming Immortus had made him do it.

Thor identified Immortus as the likely mastermind behind the threatened destruction of Universe 199999b and decided to secure the Eternity Crystal before confronting him. He traveled to Frost City and asked Jean Grey for help.

• Thor recognized the kneeling Kang variant’s device as a sneak attack and erased him with a clap.
• Thor concluded that Immortus planned to use the Eternity Crystal to erase Universe 199999b and eliminate Loki’s claim to the throne of time.
• Thor decided to gather reinforcements and opened a portal to Frost City.
• Thor found Rachel Summers playing with a small phoenix beside Jean Grey and Red Label Phoenix.
• Thor told Jean Grey that he needed her help.

Jean Grey agreed to accompany Thor and help protect Frost City as he pursued the Eternity Crystal in Limbo. Thor broke through Limbo’s attempt to seal the portal, and he and Jean arrived before Immortus and his army, where Immortus taunted Thor with the crystal.

• Jean Grey agreed to help Thor keep others safe while he dealt with a dangerous enemy.
• Thor traced the erased Kang variant’s timeline echo to Limbo and sensed the Eternity Crystal there.
• Thor forced open a portal despite Limbo’s attempt to seal it, and Jean Grey followed him through.
• Thor and Jean Grey arrived before Kang’s Damocles Base and its Time Legion.
• Immortus revealed the Eternity Crystal and challenged Thor to take it if he could survive.

Thor defeated Immortus after resisting the Eternity Crystal’s attempt to erase his existence and native universe. He seized Immortus’s time artifacts and learned that Loki had fallen under the attention of an unknown group, leaving Immortus to call out to them for help.

• Thor realized Immortus was using the Eternity Crystal to erase Thor’s native universe and thereby erase him.
• Thor anchored his existence and universe with his laws, overpowering the Eternity Crystal’s erasure.
• Thor erased Immortus’s mechanical legions and Damocles fortress with the Law of Oblivion, then struck Immortus down with chaos lightning.
• Thor seized Immortus and took the Eternity Crystal, a silver time sphere, and several time-based devices.
• Immortus told Thor that Loki had sat on the throne as the god of time and had fallen into “their” sight, then shouted into the void for help.

The Time-Keepers arrived in Limbo, abandoned Immortus, and watched as Thor erased him and claimed the Eternity Crystal. As Thor and Jean Grey prepared to leave, a strange wave swept through Limbo and shook the foundation of the multiverse.

• Ast, Zanth, and Vorth entered Limbo and declared that Immortus had violated his contract and deserved death.
• Thor mocked Immortus and erased him with the Law of Destruction, while Immortus warned that “they” were almost there.
• Thor took the Eternity Crystal and considered using it with Valeria’s help to free Loki from his burden at the end of time.
• Thor turned to leave with Jean Grey, but a fundamental crack and strange wave swept through Limbo, shaking Thor, Jean, and the Time-Keepers.

As the multiverse’s timelines began collapsing, Thor realized Loki at the end of time was in danger and tried to go help him. The three Time-Keepers blocked his way, intending to seize Loki’s authority over time, and attacked Thor as he prepared to fight them.

• Thor saw the multiverse’s timelines collapsing and realized Loki was the target of a threat connected to Immortus’s final words.
• Thor tried to open a portal to the end of time so he could aid Loki, but Ast, Zath, and Vorth appeared and stopped him.
• Ast declared that the Time-Keepers would take time’s authority from Loki and refused to let Thor pass.
• Thor grew furious at the guardians’ attempt to exploit Loki’s danger, while Jean sensed his killing intent and readied the Phoenix Force.
• Ast, Zath, and Vorth joined their powers and launched a gray-white torrent of time at Thor.

Thor confronted the three Keepers and exposed their secret attempt to erase the Scarlet Witch and her children, then held them off so Jean Grey could escape to the end of time and help Loki. The chapter ended with Thor wielding the Golden Battle Axe and challenging the Keepers to fight.

• Thor laughed at the Keepers’ attack and accused them of hiding behind timelines to secretly target the Scarlet Witch and her children.
• The Keepers flew into a rage, and Ast intensified their assault with three torrents of time.
• Thor summoned the Golden Battle Axe and told Jean Grey to go to the end of time and help Loki.
• Jean Grey broke through the Keepers’ time blockade and escaped through a rift.
• Thor blocked the Keepers’ attack with his axe and challenged them to battle.

Thor defeated the three Time-Keepers and rushed toward the end of time after sensing a disturbance at Loki’s golden throne. Meanwhile, Valeria arrived in Frost City and warned Emma that the multiverse was finished.

• Thor used the golden battle-axe to hold back the Time-Keepers’ torrent of time and sensed a tremor coming from the golden throne at the end of time.
• Thor tricked Ast into attacking, froze him with “Space freeze,” and erased him with the axe.
• Zath and Vorth fled, but Thor killed Zath with “Annihilation” and swallowed Vorth with “Devour.”
• Thor tore open a rift to the end of time and plunged through it with his battle-axe.
• Valeria crashed into Emma Frost’s garden in Frost City, grabbed Emma, and warned her that the multiverse was finished.

Emma and the assembled heroes discovered that a force of ghastly whiteness was erasing universes, leaving them only seventy-two hours before everything was destroyed. Franklin revealed that someone had gone to confront it, and the group could only wait for the result.

• Emma brought Valeria to the core laboratory and ordered the city placed on full combat alert.
• Valeria, Reed, and Doom found that the expanding white force was erasing universes and that neither science, magic, nor the Infinity Stones could stop it.
• The holographic display showed the multiverse rapidly turning black and gave a survival countdown of seventy-two hours.
• Doom urged Valeria to retreat with him to Latveria, but she refused to leave the city she had built.
• Franklin arrived and told everyone that someone had gone to fight the force, so they could only wait to see what happened.