Recaps

Luke rescued Howard from Mephisto’s Hell Hotel, forced Mephisto to turn his operation into a regulated business, and secured limited oversight from Kamar-Taj. As Steve prepared to marry Margie, the Phoenix appeared over Las Vegas, where Apocalypse attacked it and Luke confronted him.

• Rogers attacked the Hydra compound to rescue Bucky, and Luke helped him restore Bucky’s memories as James Buchanan Barnes.
• Luke negotiated Hydra’s merger into S.H.I.E.L.D. and suggested that Steve marry Margie to help Bucky reconnect with his past.
• Luke found Howard trapped in Mephisto’s Hell Hotel, defeated Mephisto at gambling, and recovered Howard’s soul.
• Luke forced Mephisto to suspend the hotel’s illegal operations and proposed a joint Hell Group, then won Ancient One’s agreement for the Three Sanctuaries to monitor Mephisto.
• Luke made Howard the Hell Group’s spokesperson, and Steve traveled with Luke, Howard, and Bucky to Las Vegas for his bachelor party.
• Apocalypse pursued the Phoenix Force, but it escaped after burning through his defenses and alarming the Mutants.
• A fire phoenix appeared over Las Vegas, and Luke sent Steve and Howard to arrange an evacuation before flying toward it.
• Apocalypse attacked the Phoenix over Las Vegas, and Luke confronted him while fire fell across the city.

After defeating Apocalypse, Luke dealt with the Phoenix fragments and their new hosts while Strange uncovered Serpent Kur’s threat and the divine hammers began corrupting people around the world. Luke crossed into another universe, joined its response to the Hammer Worthy, and set out for Asgard to confront Odin.

• Luke defeated Apocalypse, absorbed a Phoenix fragment, and left Captain America to oversee Las Vegas’s recovery as Phoenix fragments chose new hosts.
• Erik and Selene accepted Phoenix fragments, while Luke contained the crises they caused and brought Charles and Emma under control.
• Strange traced the coming catastrophe to Odin’s older brother, Kur, as Sin-Cynthia claimed the Hammer of Skadi and became one of its hosts.
• The Ancient One sent Luke to another universe, where he arrived amid a battlefield and faced Krus, the Crusher.
• Red Tank and Bruce Banner were corrupted by divine hammers, becoming Hammer Worthy as attacks spread across the world.
• Luke explained Kur’s threat to the Avengers, while Sin-Cynthia called for Kur’s return beneath the sea.
• Luke found Thor at Kamar-Taj and announced that he would go to Asgard to confront Odin before facing Kur’s followers.

Luke stopped Odin from destroying Earth and rallied the Nine Realms against Serpent Kur. After Kur fell to the Sentry, Luke fought the increasingly powerful Robert Reynolds in space, where the Sentry transformed into the Void.

• Odin revealed his plan to destroy Earth, and Luke fought him, smashed the Bifrost, and eventually defeated him before sending him toward Serpent Kur.
• Kur captured Odin and began conquering the realms, so Luke organized an alliance while Loki, Thor, and Thor Plus took on recruiting and preparation missions.
• Sin-Cynthia, Hulk, and Absorbing Man attacked Manhattan, where Luke arrived with the allied forces and destroyed Absorbing Man with a single punch.
• Luke armed the Avengers and Asgard’s legions with enchanted weapons, then led the allied armies into battle against Kur’s undead forces and Hammer Worthy.
• Robert Reynolds emerged as the Sentry, overpowered Kur, and was swallowed by the World Serpent before his Void personality tore its way out and killed Kur.
• The Void Sentry turned toward destroying Earth, and Luke fought him from Antarctica to space while the other heroes watched helplessly.
• Luke crushed the Sentry’s head and blasted his body, but the Sentry absorbed Luke’s energy and transformed into the Void.

Luke joined the Cosmic Entities’ mission and arrived in a Flashpoint universe, where he helped Barry Allen restore his connection to the Speed Force and rescued Carl-El. The arc left Luke chosen by Abin Sur’s ring as Sinestro targeted Barry and planned to rewrite time.

• Luke accepted the Cosmic Entities’ invitation, gained the H'el template, and traveled beyond the multiverse to Themyscira, where Diana became the Amazonians’ envoy.
• After Luke and Diana encountered Arthur Curry and Kroll, Luke recognized the world as Flashpoint, while Barry discovered that history had changed and sought help from Thomas Wayne.
• Luke joined Barry and Thomas, restored Barry’s Speed Force with lightning, and helped organize a team with Cyborg to build a Cosmic Treadmill.
• Luke and his allies broke into a military base and rescued the imprisoned Carl-El, whom Luke identified as his long-lost younger cousin.
• Luke led the group out of the base and brought Carl-El to Barry’s apartment, while General Lane revealed that the military had encountered Abin Sur.
• Sinestro defeated Abin Sur, who sent his ring to find a successor, and the ring chose Luke.
• Luke powered Abin Sur’s ring with a Power Battery and heard its warning that Sinestro planned to take Barry’s power and rewrite time.