Chapter Summaries

Thor and Tony briefed the assembled Avengers on Thanos’s enhanced power and the unexplained quiet surrounding Earth. After Wanda warned that dimensional forces might have allied with Thanos, Thor assigned the battle roles and promised to summon reinforcements from Knowhere.

• Thor and Tony arrived at Avengers Tower and summoned the Avengers to a highest-level combat readiness meeting.
• Tony showed the team Thanos, the Black Order, and the Black Vortex, explaining that Thanos had the Power Stone and Soul Stone and had unlocked their full cosmic potential.
• Thor said Thanos could not defeat him directly but could overpower every other Avenger except Wanda one-on-one.
• Tony found no signs of an imminent attack in the monitoring data, while Wanda reported that dimensional invasions and probing had increased and suspected the dimension lords had allied with Thanos.
• Thor planned to summon reliable fighters from Knowhere and assigned himself and Wanda to face Thanos and the dimensional demon gods, leaving the Black Order and other forces to the remaining Avengers.

Thor returned to Frost City to recruit fighters for Earth's defense against Thanos and the dimensional demon gods. Emma assembled a team and prepared to teleport them to Earth, while Thor remained puzzled by Logan's extraordinary strength.

• Thor returned to Frost City and found Emma Frost and Betsy fighting in the palace courtyard before he told Emma about Thanos's alliance and Infinity Stones.
• Emma agreed to recruit fighters and join the mission, explaining that Erik and Hill could manage Frost City in her absence.
• Emma showed Thor the combat ranking, and Thor learned that Sylvie had trained intensely and won the city's public fighting arena championship.
• Emma summoned Storm, Iceman, Chibi Hulk, and Logan to the central space hub, where Logan agreed to go after Thor offered doubled pay and powerful opponents.
• Thor prepared to take the assembled fighters to Earth and wondered how Logan had become so exceptionally strong.

Thor brought powerful allies from another universe to Avengers Tower, where the Avengers assessed their abilities and prepared for the coming battle against Thanos and dimensional demon gods. The forces were divided into two combat echelons, with Thor and Wanda assigned to hold off the demon gods.

• Thor transported Female Thor, Sylvie, Logan, Ororo, Bobby, Chibi Hulk, Emma Frost, and Betsy into the Avengers Tower war room.
• Tony asked JARVIS to scan Chibi Hulk, and the readings revealed strength ranging from a hundred million tons at base to a theoretical ten billion tons at full rage.
• Thor introduced his allies, and Jane Foster asked Female Thor if she was another version of her before Female Thor declared, “No, I'm Thor.”
• Thor warned Tony that Peter would be outmatched in the coming battle, but Tony said he would keep Peter in protected armor and away from the front line.
• Thor said he and Wanda would hold off the dimensional demon gods while the Avengers planned the rest of their deployment.
• Tony divided the forces into two echelons: the first would face Thanos, the Black Order, and the demon gods, while the second would clear the Outriders and protect the flanks.

Thor and the others finalized their defense against Thanos, choosing Wakanda’s border as the battlefield. As the Avengers went to prepare, Emma Frost, Betsy, and Madelyne each committed to going with Thor into the fight.

• Betsy teased Thor about Madelyne and made him promise to spend a few days with her after the battle.
• Tony Stark urged the group to attack first, while Steve Rogers argued that protecting Earth and civilians mattered more than taking risks.
• Emma Frost approached Madelyne, hinted that Thor had other women, and then went to join him.
• Tony and Steve agreed to make the plains on Wakanda’s border the main battlefield, and T’Challa pledged Wakanda’s defenses and resources.
• Tony assigned the Avengers their preparations, and most of the group left through portals to Wakanda.
• Emma Frost and Betsy said they would fight the dimensional demon gods, while Madelyne told Thor she would go wherever he went.

Thor, Wanda, Betsy, Emma Frost, and Madelyne prepared to defend Kamar-Taj’s dimensional barrier while Thanos allied with five dimensional demon gods and accepted their powers. Thanos then led his fleet into Earth’s orbit and ordered the destruction of all life on the planet.

• Wanda warned Thor that Chthon was eroding reality’s boundary, and the group traveled to Kamar-Taj to defend it.
• Thanos asked Dormammu, Mephisto, the Eye Demon, Chthon, and Set to hold off Earth’s defenders while he attacked Earth for the remaining Infinity Stones.
• The five demon gods agreed to ally with Thanos and offered him their powers in exchange for soul contracts, which he accepted.
• Thanos departed for Earth after the contracts empowered him, while Mephisto privately planned to claim Thanos’s soul and the universe.
• Thanos’s fleet arrived in low Earth orbit, and he ordered the Black Order and his forces to attack and leave no life on Earth alive.

Thanos and his army attacked Wakanda, where the Avengers split up to fight him, the Black Order, and the Outriders. As the battle raged, five dimensional demon gods began forcing their way into reality at Kamar-Taj, leaving Thor and Wanda to defend the barrier.

• JARVIS warned Tony that Thanos's fleet had encircled Wakanda and was targeting the region with its cannons.
• Thanos's Power Stone shattered Wakanda's Vibranium shield, and Tony and Strange combined their powers to protect the Avengers from the impact.
• Jane, Female Thor, Logan, Chibi Hulk, and Vision attacked Thanos while Tony, Strange, Banner, and the other heroes engaged the Black Order and Outriders.
• At Kamar-Taj, Thor sensed five dimensional demon gods battering the barrier and opened a portal to send Emma Frost, Betsy, and Madelyne to support Wakanda.
• The barrier at Kamar-Taj cracked as darkness began pouring into reality, while Thor and Wanda stayed behind to hold the line.

Thor confronted five dimension demon gods in the dimensional gap while Wanda maintained Kamar-Taj's barrier, and his opening attack injured all five despite their combined defense. In Wakanda, Thanos kept the heroes at bay, while Strange and Supergiant crashed into the Mirror Dimension and joined Tony's fight against Ebony Maw.

• Thor left Wanda to guard the barrier and entered the dimensional gap alone to face Dormammu, Mephisto, Shuma-Gorath, Chthon, and Set.
• Thor unleashed a seven-colored lightning strike that the five demon gods barely blocked together, leaving each of them injured.
• Thanos overwhelmed the heroes attacking him in Wakanda, knocking away Mighty Thor Jane, Female Thor, Chibi Hulk, and Superman Wolverine Logan while blocking Vision's beam.
• Tony fought Ebony Maw in the Mirror Dimension, where his attacks struggled against Maw's strengthened telekinetic barrier.
• Supergiant tore open the Mirror Dimension and dragged Strange through the breach; Strange recovered and faced her beside Tony as both sides prepared to attack.

The Avengers and their allies gained ground against Cull Obsidian, Corvus Glaive, and Proxima Midnight, but Thanos continued to dominate the battle. As six fighters surrounded him, he unleashed the Power Stone at full strength.

• Banner battered Cull Obsidian with targeted strikes but could not break through his defenses.
• Pietro rescued Sylvie from Corvus Glaive, then tried and failed to pierce Thanos’s energy shield before Thanos immobilized him with dark magic; Vision freed him.
• Pietro rejoined the fight against Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight, while Storm and Iceman cleared the remaining troops and joined the assault on Thanos.
• Emma Frost, Betsy, and Madelyne arrived; Betsy and Madelyne helped Captain America, T'Challa, and Pietro overpower Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight, while Emma Frost helped Banner pin Cull Obsidian.
• Storm, Iceman, Mighty Thor Jane, Female Thor, Chibi Hulk, and Superman Wolverine Logan surrounded Thanos, who raised the Power Stone to unleash a continuous full-power burst.

Thanos used the Power Stone, Soul Stone, and black magic to overwhelm the heroes and target Storm and Iceman. Logan sacrificed his life to shield them from Thanos’s blast, leaving Storm and Iceman to prepare a blizzard against him.

• Thanos combined the Soul Stone, Power Stone, and black magic to assault the heroes, while Vision used the Mind Stone to shield them from the soul attack.
• Thanos knocked Mighty Thor Jane, Female Thor, Chibi Hulk, and Superman Wolverine Logan out of the fight, then fired a Power Stone beam at Storm and Iceman.
• Iceman raised an ice wall, but Thanos’s beam rapidly destroyed it.
• Superman Wolverine Logan recovered and used his body to block the beam, sacrificing himself to save Storm and Iceman.
• Storm and Iceman joined forces and prepared to unleash a blizzard.

Chibi Hulk wounded Thanos while the others killed Corvus Glaive, Proxima Midnight, and Cull Obsidian, and Tony Stark and Doctor Strange emerged from the shattered Mirror Dimension. With his forces defeated and the Avengers closing in, Thanos prepared to retreat, but Thor arrived and challenged him.

• Chibi Hulk struck Thanos with the Vibranium war hammer, interrupting his attack and drawing blood, while Superman Wolverine Logan regenerated and rejoined Storm and Iceman.
• Betsy, Madelyne, Captain America, and Pietro brought down Corvus Glaive, and Sylvie defeated Proxima Midnight.
• Emma Frost killed Cull Obsidian, while Betsy destroyed Corvus Glaive's enchanted weapon.
• Tony Stark and Doctor Strange fell out of the shattered Mirror Dimension and argued over their failed fight against Squidward and Avatar.
• Thanos saw his generals and soldiers defeated as the Avengers and their allies closed in, so he began to teleport away with Ebony Maw and Supergiant.
• Thor arrived in a pillar of light, raised Stormbreaker, and told Thanos the fight had only just begun.

Thor defeated Thanos, took the Power Stone and Soul Stone, and discovered that Death had guided Thanos toward the Black Vortex. After Thor learned that Chthon had abducted Wanda, he left to rescue her, while the others examined the pocket dimension containing Mephisto.

• Thor trapped Thanos, Ebony Maw, and Supergiant in a spatial prism, removed the Infinity Gauntlet, and gave its Power and Soul Stones to Tony.
• Thor read Thanos's memories and learned that Death had secretly guided him toward the Black Vortex; Thor then killed Thanos, Ebony Maw, and Supergiant with lightning.
• Master Wong told Thor that Chthon had abducted Wanda from the Sanctum, and Thor left Wakanda to bring her back.
• Thor gave Emma Frost a pocket dimension containing Mephisto, prompting Tony, Strange, and Master Wong to marvel that he had captured the demon for Valeria.
• Betsy walked away upset that Thor had left after promising to stay, while Pietro asked why Thor had not taken him along to rescue Wanda.

Wanda landed in a deserted, zombie-infested Manhattan in another universe and fought off the undead, including a zombified Spider-Man. After taking refuge on a rooftop, she discovered a living silver-haired woman who warned her that her magic was visible from three streets away.

• Wanda assessed the ruined, silent streets of Manhattan and found no signs of living people.
• Wanda blasted a crowd of zombies after they ignored her warning, then repelled Zombie Spider-Man when he attacked her with webbing.
• More zombies converged on Wanda, so she flew to a skyscraper roof and concluded that a virus had reanimated the dead.
• A silver-haired woman emerged from the rooftop shadows and asked Wanda to turn off her conspicuous magic.

Wanda met Felicia Hardy, learned that a zombie outbreak had consumed this universe, and found that she could not return to her own. After Wanda easily killed zombie Ant-Man and Wasp, Felicia accepted her as the Sorcerer Supreme and prepared to take them to a S.H.I.E.L.D. safe house.

• Wanda identified the silver-haired survivor as Felicia Hardy, who recognized Wanda and asked about her condition after Pietro infected her in this universe.
• Wanda explained that she was the Sorcerer Supreme from Universe 199999, and Felicia said zombie heroes had devoured most of humanity before gaining Cosmic Energy and leaving Earth.
• Wanda considered how the reinforced dimensional barrier prevented her from opening a portal home and realized she needed to work with Felicia.
• Felicia detected zombie Ant-Man and Wasp approaching on flying ants and urged Wanda to run, but Wanda crushed them with Scarlet energy.
• Felicia accepted Wanda's claim and gathered supplies, then told Wanda they were going to a S.H.I.E.L.D. safe house.

Wanda and Felicia escaped zombie pursuers and reached a hidden S.H.I.E.L.D. safe house, where they found its supplies and systems intact. Wanda discovered the Infinity Stones could not get her home, and Felicia found a repeating encrypted signal pointing to Latveria.

• Natasha, Clint, and Falcon searched for Wanda and Felicia, but Wanda's Chaos Magic barrier hid them from detection.
• Felicia brought Wanda to Peter Parker's safe house but could not open it because she lacked Peter's biometric access.
• Wanda used Chaos Magic to carry herself and Felicia through the ground and into the fifty-meter-deep base.
• Wanda and Felicia organized the supplies, and Felicia went to sleep in a rest pod.
• Wanda tested the Time Stone and Reality Stone and found their power diminished, leaving her unable to open a way home.
• Felicia found a communicator broadcasting an encrypted signal on a loop, with coordinates pointing to Latveria.

Wanda and Felicia discussed Latveria, Doctor Doom, and the zombie outbreak after receiving a broadcast inviting survivors to seek refuge there. When the message became a live transmission from Doom himself, Wanda reconsidered whether Latveria had truly fallen.

• Felicia explained that Latveria was Doctor Doom’s country and described the Fantastic Four, whom Wanda had never heard of.
• Wanda learned that Reed Richards had joined the zombie horde after She-Hulk ate his children, Franklin and Valeria.
• Felicia said Latveria had fallen on the second day of the outbreak and believed its refuge broadcast was a trap.
• The looping message cut off, and a live broadcast began with a masked-sounding man declaring that only Doom could save humanity.
• Wanda realized someone in Latveria was still alive and reached for the Eye of Agamotto as she weighed whether to go.

Thor entered Earth-2149 after Uatu allowed him to cross into its sealed time loop, then located Wanda in an underground S.H.I.E.L.D. base in New York. Wanda sensed his arrival and told Felicia that they might no longer need to hide.

• Uatu confronted Thor at the boundary of Earth-2149 and initially forbade him from entering because the universe was sealed in a closed time loop.
• After reassessing Thor, Uatu allowed him to enter the universe and then disappeared.
• Thor scanned the planet, located Wanda and Felicia in the underground S.H.I.E.L.D. base, and began descending toward New York.
• Wanda sensed Thor's spiritual power sweep across North America and told Felicia that Thor was there.

Thor arrived at Wanda and Felicia’s underground base and explained that the zombie apocalypse was trapped in a repeating cycle, with the Hunger Virus originating from a higher-dimensional force. He brought Valeria Richards to analyze the virus, but she realized it was far beyond her ability to handle.

• Thor appeared at the base, recognized Felicia, and listened as Wanda reported that Sentry had become a zombie.
• Thor explained that the Watcher had locked this universe and another into an endless cycle in which zombie Sentry repeatedly restarted the apocalypse.
• Felicia collapsed after learning that her universe had been sacrificed to contain the Hunger Virus, while Wanda asked Thor if anything could be done.
• Thor opened a portal and pulled Valeria Richards away from her research to examine the virus’s structure.
• Valeria scanned the Hunger Virus and warned Thor that its dimensional level far exceeded the capabilities of her father’s Ultimate Oblivion Device.

Valeria examined the Hunger Virus and discovered that its conceptual anchor lay at the point where two universes’ timelines reset. She told Thor that stopping the virus required breaking the Watcher Uatu’s closed time loop, leaving Thor facing the prospect of openly challenging Uatu.

• Thor taunted Valeria about failing to handle the zombie virus, provoking her into demanding a chance to study a zombie.
• Thor transported Valeria, Wanda, and Felicia to the ruined streets of New York and froze attacking zombies with a wave of his hand.
• Valeria examined a zombie and concluded that the Hunger Virus infected cognition as a material projection of the concept of hunger.
• Valeria asked Thor to let her dissect him if she found a solution, and he agreed; meanwhile, Wanda explained that Thor had made the other Thor wear a pendant that shocked him when he slacked off.
• Valeria determined that the virus’s conceptual anchor lay at the universes’ timeline reset and said they would have to break Uatu’s closed time loop.
• Thor’s smile vanished as Valeria challenged him to admit whether he was scared.

Thor studied the Hunger Virus and began trying to comprehend its higher-dimensional law while Franklin Richards arrived to warn Valeria that breaking the Watcher’s time loop would unleash the virus across the multiverse. Franklin left without helping her, but suggested Thor might be able to understand the virus.

• Thor contacted Franklin for help, then used Heaven-Defying Comprehension to analyze the Hunger Virus and began deconstructing its higher-dimensional nature.
• Wanda explained that Thor was comprehending, while Felicia watched him enter a state of deep concentration.
• Franklin Richards arrived and warned Valeria that the virus was a projection of a concept at least one major level above him.
• Franklin rejected Valeria’s plan to break the loop, explaining that it would free the virus to spread across the multiverse.
• Valeria asked Franklin to help her catch Thor so she could dissect him, but Franklin refused because the Watcher was watching.
• Franklin returned to his own universe, saying Thor might be able to crack the problem, while Thor’s law fluctuations began matching the virus’s conceptual anchor.

Wanda pulled a swarm of super zombies into the Mirror Dimension and defeated them while Thor remained in meditation. Doctor Doom and Morgan le Fay arrived to bring Valeria and her companions to Latveria, but Thor began to emit a powerful, warping energy.

• Zombie Hawkeye led more than a dozen super zombies toward Felicia, Wanda, Valeria, and Thor, and Shadowcat attacked Felicia through a wall.
• Wanda dragged the zombies into the Mirror Dimension and returned alone after killing them, while Valeria protected Felicia and Thor with an energy barrier.
• Doom recognized Valeria as his goddaughter from another universe and concluded that Wanda also came from another universe.
• Doom and Morgan le Fay traveled to Manhattan, where Doom offered the group refuge in Latveria.
• Valeria chose to wait for Thor to awaken, and Doom and Morgan sensed a terrifying fluctuation around him as his index finger twitched.