Chapter Summaries

Thor made Stephen Strange agree to pay a hundred million dollars and offer his soul in exchange for healing his hands, then revealed he was Thor and shocked Strange unconscious. After healing Wanda’s injuries from the Ancient One’s training, Thor was dropped through a portal before he could finish speaking.

• Strange agreed to pay Thor a hundred million dollars and offer his soul to have his hands healed.
• Thor forced Strange’s soul out of his body, examined it, and returned it, confirming that souls existed.
• Strange asked Thor to teach him magic, but Thor said he was only a guest and identified himself as the God of Thunder.
• Thor healed Strange’s hands, then shocked him unconscious when he accused Thor of lying.
• Thor returned to find Wanda badly bruised after training with the Ancient One and healed her injuries.
• As Thor urged Wanda to get stronger and challenge the Ancient One, the ground vanished and a portal carried him away.

Tony Stark learned to cast the Rings of Raggadorr in half an hour and flaunted his new magic to the other Avengers. Meanwhile, Thor returned from the Mirror Dimension after confronting the Ancient One and secured Strange’s agreement to work for him while Strange slept.

• Master Hamir taught the gathered apprentices how to cast the Rings of Raggadorr, while Iron Fist Danny chose to meditate instead of practicing magic.
• Tony challenged the others to a contest, then successfully conjured two golden shields and bragged that he would be Sorcerer Supreme.
• Tony taunted Steve and Banner with his shields, prompting the other trainees to practice harder.
• Thor emerged from the Mirror Dimension, angrily thinking that the Ancient One had cheated by summoning a god during their fight.
• Thor pressed Strange’s finger onto an ancient scroll and declared that he would make Strange work for him once he woke.

Thor brought the Prime Universe Avengers to Knowhere to help them establish ties and find a potential backup base, where they discovered Valeria had introduced dinosaurs and other new attractions. Emma Frost discussed supplying Knowhere with Tony Stark and asked Thor to find her a secretary, leaving him proposing Maria Hill for the role.

• Thor warned the Prime Universe Avengers that he would be busy dealing with a bald woman, then opened a portal to Knowhere and accidentally reached Valeria, who charged toward him with a giant syringe.
• Thor took the Avengers to Knowhere, where Pietro spotted flying pterosaurs and tame compsognathuses, and Banner recognized Valeria's dinosaur cloning and domestication work.
• The group saw Knowhere's fighting tournament and advanced attractions before Thor led them to the White House to meet Emma Frost and Betsy.
• Emma Frost heard Tony Stark offer rare materials in exchange for using Frost City as a backup base for Earth's people and asked whether the Avengers would prioritize their own friends and family.
• Emma Frost complained that Betsy could not manage her workload and asked Thor for a capable secretary, so Thor suggested Maria Hill.

Thor and Tony showed Maria Hill footage of a future Skrull invasion to persuade her to leave Nick Fury and become Emma Frost’s secretary-general. After seeing evidence of Skrulls across Earth, Hill asked Thor what he needed her to do.

• Emma Frost asked Thor for a capable secretary, and Thor proposed poaching Maria Hill from the Avengers.
• Tony agreed to fire Hill after Thor promised to help bring Tony’s parents back to life.
• Thor and Tony showed Hill footage of a future Skrull invasion, which JARVIS played at her request.
• Tony showed Hill a global map covered with Skrulls, including at least a million red dots.
• Hill asked Thor what he needed, and he said he wanted her to help someone manage a city.

Thor brought Maria Hill to Frost City, where Emma Frost hired her, while Betsy asked Thor to enhance her so she could get revenge on Emma. The Avengers explored the city, and Wanda became curious about how Emma had made its residents so happy.

• Thor told Hill she would work outside Earth and offered her benefits, then led her through a portal to Frost City.
• Emma Frost hired Hill as her secretary, and Thor sent the Avengers to explore with Captain Carter.
• Betsy complained that Emma had been bullying her and asked Thor to enhance her so she could take revenge herself.
• Thor accepted Betsy's offer of a deposit and vanished with her to begin the enhancement plan.
• The Avengers toured Frost City, and Wanda noticed its residents seemed happier than people in her universe.
• Pietro offered Wanda a Spider-Man hot dog and explained that it had cost four Frost from their allowance.

Emma Frost asked Thor to find a successor for her city lord duties, while the two reaffirmed their relationship before Thor left to meet Maria Hill. Betsy joined Thor’s mission to kill Cassandra, then pranked Emma Frost and escaped with Thor through a portal.

• Emma Frost asked Thor to find someone suitable to succeed her as city lord, and Thor suggested Valeria build an AI assistant to handle routine work.
• Thor and Emma Frost discussed his plans to gain power and his interest in another woman before kissing and spending the morning together.
• Thor greeted Maria Hill at the White House, where she had begun work, and saw her assign Groot to trim the lawns and tend the flowers.
• Thor returned to his cabin, where Betsy insisted on joining him to travel to Cassandra’s universe and test her enhanced abilities.
• Betsy used a psionic hammer to prank Emma Frost, then rushed Thor into opening a portal so they could escape.
• Emma Frost arrived at the empty cabin, saw Betsy’s psionic image mocking her on the television, and destroyed it while shouting Betsy’s full name.

Thor and Betsy arrived in a universe where Nimrod Sentinels were hunting Mutants, and Thor rescued the badly injured Madelyne Pryor. Betsy fought the Sentinels while Thor healed Madelyne and disguised himself as Professor X, leaving Madelyne waking in his arms.

• Madelyne Pryor fled ten Nimrod Sentinels, declared that she was not Jean Grey’s shadow, and was blasted through the jungle by their copied telekinetic attack.
• Thor and Betsy arrived as Madelyne crashed into Thor’s arms, and Thor used his psychic power to learn that Betsy had been killed, Professor X was missing, and Magneto was struggling to protect the Mutants.
• Thor proposed that he pose as Professor X while Betsy played Psylocke, and Betsy armed herself with psionic blades when the Nimrod Sentinels teleported in.
• Betsy destroyed three Sentinels with her new abilities as the remaining robots activated a hidden backup power source.
• Thor healed Madelyne’s injuries and transformed himself into Professor X, and Madelyne woke and recognized him.

Thor, posing as Professor X, comforted Madelyne and invited her to join him and Betsy in seeking out the X-Men. Madelyne accepted, and she led them toward his children through the jungle.

• Madelyne accused Professor X of abandoning her and asked what she was beyond being Jean Grey’s clone.
• Thor reassured Madelyne that she was his child and her own person, while jokingly calling Scott an idiot.
• Betsy destroyed the remaining Nimrod Sentinels, and Thor explained that he had saved and strengthened her using Nathaniel’s technology.
• Madelyne grew furious at Nathaniel, but Thor calmed her and agreed to help settle their scores with him.
• Madelyne accepted Thor’s invitation, and Betsy took hold of his wheelchair as Madelyne led them toward the X-Men.

The X-Men prepared to face the Nimrod Sentries after Bishop and Cable warned that the machines would soon attack Utopia and Genosha. Cable began outlining their only chance of victory, leaving the plan unfinished.

• Logan cursed Charles Xavier for abandoning the Mutants, while Ororo insisted the X-Men had to take responsibility for their lives.
• Scott gathered the X-Men to discuss their next battle, and Bishop warned that Nimrod Sentries had nearly wiped out Mutants in his future.
• A mechanical warrior named Cable arrived and said the Sentinels would attack Utopia and Genosha within half a day.
• Cable warned that Magneto would be captured and said they had to destroy Nimrod's source unit and origin core.
• Cable began explaining their chance to win the coming night attack, then paused while looking at the red-haired woman beside Scott.

Scott and the X-Men prepared to make a last stand against the Nimrod Sentinels, despite Logan’s objections and the danger of relying on Jean’s unstable Phoenix Force. Cable revealed the coming attack’s strength and direction, then began preparing a possible escape plan with a spacesuit.

• Jean offered to stop the robots with the Phoenix Force, but Scott rejected the idea because her power was unstable.
• Cable explained that the Nimrods would keep coming until the mother unit’s origin core was destroyed, and Bishop warned that their combined mutant abilities made them too dangerous to fight in large numbers.
• Rogue proposed concentrating their firepower against the first wave and escaping with Blink, and Scott accepted the plan despite Logan’s protest.
• Illyana, Bobby, Li Qianhuan, and Laura joined the others in choosing to fight, and Logan reluctantly agreed after Li pleaded with him.
• Cable said about ten Nimrods would attack from the southwest before dozens more surrounded the island, and he warned that they could copy Blink’s ability.
• Cable asked Scott for metal and said he would build spacesuits as a backup plan, claiming he needed only two hours.

The X-Men prepared to defend Utopia from a Nimrod Sentry attack, but the assault overwhelmed their forces and Rogue Anna was killed. As the Sentinels closed in to exterminate the Mutants, a familiar voice spoke into everyone’s minds.

• Scott assigned the X-Men their battle roles and told Jean he would unleash his power despite the cost to his body.
• Scott’s beam destroyed the first ten Nimrod Sentries, and Ororo, Anna, Bobby, and Jean combined their powers to annihilate dozens more in a blizzard.
• A Nimrod Sentry ambushed and fatally stabbed Anna, driving Bobby into a furious outburst that froze and shattered the attacker.
• Two hundred and fifty Nimrod Sentries overwhelmed the defenders across Utopia, while Clarice was gravely wounded trying to evacuate Scott and the children.
• As the remaining Sentinels announced that Mutant extermination was complete, a familiar voice spoke into everyone’s minds: “Children, I'm late.”

Thor arrived with Madelyne and Betsy to rescue Scott and the surviving X-Men, using his newly strengthened powers to control and erase the Nimrod Sentries. He reunited with the team and confirmed that Anna and Clarice were alive, then left Scott and Jean stunned by his abilities and stirred up trouble by telling Madelyne that Cable was her son with Scott.

• Scott warned Thor and the others about the Nimrod Sentries, but Thor froze them in place and claimed he could control robots.
• Thor said his mind control and telepathy had evolved, then erased the Sentries as Jean reported that Nimrod had disappeared.
• Thor hit Scott with a stick to fulfill his promise to Madelyne, silenced Logan, and comforted the grieving Li Qianhuan.
• Thor told Li Qianhuan that Anna and Clarice were alive, and Cable confirmed their vital signs were stable.
• Jean secretly checked Thor’s identity with her psychic power, and Thor then told Madelyne that Cable was her son with Scott.

Thor protected the resting X-Men while reflecting on the powers and laws he had comprehended from the battle. Madelyne questioned his identity before a mysterious young man appeared and asked Thor where Valeria was.

• Madelyne rejected Scott's attempt to speak, while Cable said their relationship could wait until they were safe.
• Betsy reunited with Li Qianhuan and Magik Illyana, and Bobby thanked Thor for saving Anna.
• Thor told Scott that Magneto's group was safe, then encouraged everyone to rest while he kept watch.
• Thor reflected on the laws he had mastered and unfroze the sea after discovering Bobby had frozen it.
• Madelyne asked whether Thor was really the professor, and Thor teased her about the professor becoming a live-in son-in-law on another planet.
• A young man wearing a shirt marked with the number 4 appeared and asked Thor if he knew where Valeria was.

Thor met Franklin Richards, who explained his family situation and described three paths to multiversal power. After Franklin sensed Magneto losing a battle, Thor looked toward the fight and saw a woman wielding an ancient hammer.

• Thor confronted Franklin, who said he meant no harm and had come because Thor carried Valeria's aura.
• Franklin told Thor that Valeria was on Knowhere and chose not to bring her back, since she had left home to have fun.
• Franklin described his universe's major crises and explained that multiversal power could come from Cosmic Energy, mastering many laws, or specializing in a law.
• Franklin said Loki's strongest ability was the Law of Time across the multiverse, which would prevent Thor and Franklin from using their own time laws against him.
• Franklin told Thor that Magneto was losing a fight, and Thor saw a woman in blue-and-gold armor holding an ancient metal hammer.

Magneto, Erik, destroyed over a thousand Nimrod Sentinels attacking Genosha, but specialized anti-magnetic machines weakened him and fused into a hundred-meter giant that overwhelmed him. Thor Odinsdottir arrived in time to save Lorna from a rebounding adamantium saber.

• Magneto, Erik, used his electromagnetic power to dismantle more than a thousand Nimrod Sentinels attacking Genosha.
• A dozen specialized hunting Sentinels arrived with anti-magnetic fields, and Magneto, Erik, destroyed two of them with adamantium balls.
• The remaining ten Sentinels fused into a hundred-meter Anti-Magnetic Supreme Sentry that battered Magneto, Erik, through his magnetic shield.
• Polaris, Lorna, attacked the giant Sentry with an adamantium saber, but it flung the weapon back at her while Pietro was pinned in place.
• Thor Odinsdottir struck the saber away with her hammer and introduced herself as she arrived amid thunder and lightning.

Mighty Thor joined Magneto Erik against the Nimrod Sentinels, while Thor gathered Franklin and the X-Men to go help. The X-Men arrived in Genosha as Erik prepared to face ten giant Sentinels alone.

• Mighty Thor hurled Mjolnir at a giant Nimrod, knocked it into the sea, and helped Magneto Erik to his feet.
• Thor told Franklin that more Sentinels had arrived, and they agreed to go help Magneto.
• Franklin gave Li Qianhuan white wings, and Wolverine Logan scolded her after she flew around and woke the others.
• Cyclops Scott and the X-Men entered Clarice's portal to Genosha, leaving Colossus Peter and Wolverine Logan to watch the Mutant children.
• Mighty Thor was overwhelmed by ten giant Nimrods, and Magneto Erik pushed through the anti-magnetic field to fight them alone.
• Cyclops Scott emerged from a portal behind Erik, pushing Thor in his wheelchair, and greeted him.

Thor joined the X-Men and Magneto against the giant Nimrod Sentinels, revealing overwhelming powers that erased their largest Sentinel. After Magneto rebuilt his country, Female Thor told Thor her missing younger sister was named Sylvie Laufeydottir.

• Magneto and the X-Men fought the giant Nimrods while Thor taunted Erik and prepared to join the battle.
• Female Thor broke through the Sentinels' psychic shield but was struck by a giant Nimrod and thrown into the sea.
• Thor used a powerful red energy beam to destroy the kilometer-tall Nimrod, stunning the X-Men and Magneto.
• Thor told Scott that he could copy mutant abilities, while Erik questioned him and then used his powers to rebuild the ruins.
• Female Thor asked Thor for help finding her missing sister, and Thor learned her name was Sylvie Laufeydottir.

Thor revealed that Cassandra and Farouk had sent the Sentinels to attack the X-Men, then captured them and ordered Ororo and Female Thor to electrocute them. Madelyne challenged Scott for objecting to their treatment, leaving the X-Men divided over his compassion.

• Thor told Female Thor that Sylvie had destroyed the organization responsible for erasing her universe, though he admitted he had made up the details.
• Thor revealed that Cassandra and Farouk had sent the Sentinels and said he would force Cassandra back into the womb.
• Thor opened a portal and pulled Cassandra and Farouk, disguised in military uniforms, before the X-Men.
• Thor ordered Ororo and Female Thor to shock the captured pair, and they struck them with lightning.
• Scott objected to torturing the captives, and Madelyne condemned him for showing them mercy after they had killed Mutants.

Thor watched Madelyne berate Scott, then revealed to Erik that Charles had left Earth to become the prince consort of Princess Lilandra of the Shi'ar Empire. Just as Erik demanded proof, Thor sensed a spaceship arriving with Charles and his wife aboard.

• Thor and Franklin watched Madelyne insult Scott, while Thor magically sealed Madelyne's voice after she threatened to expose him.
• Erik arranged for Cable to build an electrified cage for Cassandra and her companion, then sent Pietro and Lorna to help.
• Erik challenged Thor to a chess game and realized that the person wearing Charles's appearance was not the real Charles.
• Thor told Erik that Charles had gone to the Shi'ar Empire to marry Princess Lilandra, leaving Erik stunned and demanding proof.
• Thor sensed a spaceship arriving and told Erik that Charles and his wife had come.

Charles Xavier returned to Genosha with Lilandra and learned that an impostor had stayed behind to protect the mutants while he fled the fighting. As Charles faced the shame of abandoning them, Magneto Erik confronted him and asked whether he had left only to escape.

• A Shi'ar spaceship arrived above Genosha, and Cable admitted he did not recognize it from his future.
• Cyclops Scott put the X-Men on alert as Charles Xavier and Lilandra teleported onto the lawn.
• Rogue Anna revealed that another professor was already with Magneto Erik and Thor.
• Madelyne accused Charles of abandoning mutantkind to live comfortably in the Shi'ar Empire, and Charles admitted he had grown tired of the fighting.
• Magneto Erik descended and asked Charles whether he had abandoned the mutants to escape.