Chapter Summaries

King T'Chaka sent T'Challa to capture Ulysses Klaw and build the prince's prestige as Wakanda faced pressure over whether to remain isolated. At an auction near the Wakandan border, John and Bobby used Klaw as bait to draw Wakanda into a conflict that could justify outside intervention.

• Okoye reported that Ulysses Klaw had surfaced at a border black-market sale with a stolen Wakandan artifact.
• T'Chaka urged T'Challa to bring Klaw back, intending the mission to strengthen his son's standing before he became king.
• At an auction in the border region, bidders fought over rare vibranium while John and Bobby watched from a private room.
• Bobby reassured Klaw that his group would protect him, though Klaw realized they planned to use him to provoke Wakanda.
• John anticipated that the scheme could throw the African continent into turmoil as outside factions pursued their interests.

T'Challa attacked Ulysses Klaw's convoy to capture him and free the trafficked women, but an unknown white-haired man with magnetic powers overwhelmed him. The chapter ended with T'Challa helplessly grinding against the ground as Nakia watched in shock.

• T'Challa and Okoye discussed the mission to capture Klaw, and T'Challa insisted he wanted to ease his father's burdens and avenge W'Kabi's parents.
• T'Challa leapt from Wakanda's aircraft and used electromagnetic discs to crash the convoy's lead vehicles.
• John dismissed the danger, while Bobby warned that Wakanda might have sent Prince T'Challa; the armed men searched the jungle as they transported trafficked women.
• T'Challa defeated the private armed force in minutes, his Vibranium suit absorbing their gunfire, and found Nakia helping the captives.
• T'Challa confronted Nakia about joining the dangerous operation, but a white-haired old man in purple robes used magnetic force to slam him to the ground and make him thrash against it.

Magneto and the Mutants captured T'Challa, Nakia, and Okoye after overpowering Wakanda’s defenders. With the prince secured as a bargaining chip, the group prepared to tell their young boss to activate the War Machine.

• Magneto pinned T'Challa in his Vibranium suit and captured him, while the Mutant legion subdued Nakia.
• Okoye fired on Magneto from a fighter, but he stopped the bullets and sent them back, setting the aircraft ablaze.
• Okoye leapt from the crashing fighter to attack Magneto with a Vibranium spear, but Bobby blocked her with ice and Magneto melted the weapon.
• Bobby had Colossus Peter haul T'Challa up and ordered Nakia and Okoye guarded in the truck.
• Bobby prepared to inform their young boss that the War Machine should be activated.

Sean spent the morning with Gwen as the United States used an alleged assassination attempt by T'Challa to justify a military operation against Wakanda. King T'Chaka recalled his role in the death of his brother N'Jobu, then chose to resist America rather than let Wakanda or his son bear the blame.

• Sean and Gwen woke together after her birthday and shared a late breakfast while watching President Underwood announce plans to deploy American troops near Wakanda.
• Underwood accused T'Challa of killing six people and injuring more than twenty, and the United States quickly approved a military operation against Wakanda.
• General Ross stayed silent as General Mattis took command of the planned strike, while American public opinion turned fervently in favor of war.
• T'Chaka met with tribal elders, whose disagreement over whether to retaliate or wait left him uncertain about how to respond to the crisis.
• T'Chaka remembered how he had killed his brother N'Jobu after discovering N'Jobu's alliance with Ulysses Klaw and left N'Jobu's son behind in America.
• Seeing T'Challa in Kenyan custody, T'Chaka resolved that Wakanda would fight back.

General Mattis established the American campaign base on Kenya’s border and prepared to lead an international assault on Wakanda, confident its military would be overwhelmed. T’Chaka gathered Wakanda’s tribal elders to face the coming war as the old king sensed the threat closing in.

• American advance forces arrived in Kenya, where Ulysses Klaw and members of the Mutant Legion and Brotherhood were waiting to guide them.
• John introduced Ulysses Klaw and Killmonger to General Mattis, explaining Killmonger's royal claim and right to challenge Wakanda's king.
• General Mattis dismissed Wakanda as technologically primitive and planned to use American forces and an incoming NATO rapid reaction force to force the country to accept a garrison or surrender its king.
• Mattis anticipated that victory would advance his political career and help him secure the position of Secretary of Defense.
• T'Chaka stood before the throne in his Vibranium suit as the elders of Wakanda's tribes prepared for war, and he sensed the approaching threat.

The U.S. military failed to break Wakanda’s defenses, and General Mattis transferred command after a month of losses. General Ross and Sean then discussed using the failure to strengthen their political position, while Ross celebrated the power and vitality he gained from Umbrella’s Fountain of Youth.

• General Mattis’s missile and ground assaults failed against Wakanda’s defenses, vibranium weapons, Border Tribe warriors, and War Rhinos.
• King T’Chaka and the Dora Milaje raided the U.S. command center, nearly capturing General Mattis before the Mutant corps drove them back.
• The Brotherhood, John, and the others secretly held back during the fighting, while the U.S. forces made no progress over the following month.
• General Mattis signed the power transfer report and prepared to hand the campaign over to S.H.I.E.L.D.
• General Ross and Sean discussed using Wakanda’s crisis to share benefits, settle the World Security Council, and gain power.
• Sean revealed that Umbrella’s Fountain of Youth had strengthened General Ross, who toasted the nation’s future with him.

General Ross led Umbrella’s Mutants and Super Soldiers in a renewed assault on Wakanda after taking command from Mattis. With Skynet disabling Wakanda’s energy shield, Ross’s forces surged into the capital, leaving the city’s defenses breached.

• General Ross took command from General Mattis, who warned him that Wakanda’s defenses would be difficult to overcome.
• Ross deployed three hundred Mutants and seventeen hundred Super Soldiers, supported by Umbrella’s new steel armor, to advance on Wakanda’s capital.
• King T’Chaka appealed to Ross for peace, but Ross rejected his plea and ordered the attack.
• As the troops approached the capital, Skynet infiltrated Wakanda’s security system and disabled the energy shield.
• Ross declared the war over ahead of schedule as his army surged through the breached shield.

Sean arrived in Wakanda after General Ross’s forces had seized the capital, and opposed the harsh treaty that would exile the Royal Family and dissolve Wakanda’s government. He demanded NATO withdraw and T’Challa be released, leaving the fate of the occupation in dispute.

• General Ross described the resistance in Wakanda and explained how Umbrella’s modifications had transformed him into a powerful red giant.
• Sean entered the Council Hall and sat on the throne as General Ross presented the proposed treaty requiring the Royal Family to relinquish power and leave Wakanda.
• Sean condemned the treaty as S.H.I.E.L.D.’s chief consultant and vetoed every provision.
• Sean demanded that NATO forces leave Wakanda within a week and that T’Challa be released as the new king.
• Sean said President Underwood would take responsibility and publicly apologize for the invasion.

Sean attended a Wakandan council meeting after T'Challa inherited the throne and rejected the Queen's offer of vibranium, then raised the injustice of N'Jobu's death. Killmonger revealed his royal lineage and challenged T'Challa for the throne.

• T'Challa inherited Wakanda's throne, and Sean sat in the Council Hall with the royal family and tribal leaders, including M'Baku.
• The Wakanda Queen offered Sean a thousand tons of vibranium, but he refused and said justice and fairness mattered more.
• Sean condemned General Ross's invasion and announced that he would bring an old injustice before the council.
• Mutants escorted Killmonger into the hall, where he identified himself as N'Jadaka, son of Prince N'Jobu, and presented a royal ring.
• Killmonger recounted his parents' deaths and his difficult life before invoking his royal right to challenge T'Challa for the throne.

Sean reconstructed the events surrounding prince N'Jobu’s death and challenged High Priest Zuri to explain the royal family’s actions. T'Challa remained caught between Killmonger's challenge and the revelations, while Zuri faced mounting suspicion.

• The Queen Mother rejected Killmonger's accusations, but Sean cited a Royal Ring and Zuri's history as a royal spy to support them.
• Killmonger accused T'Chaka of murdering his brother and challenged T'Challa to a fight for the throne.
• The Queen Mother stopped T'Challa from accepting the challenge, fearing the scandal would further weaken the royal family's authority.
• Sean proposed using Wakanda's truth-testing methods and retrospective reasoning to establish what had happened to N'Jobu.
• Sean recounted N'Jobu's relationship with an Oakland woman, his alliance with Ulysses Klaw, the failed vibranium theft, and T'Chaka's killing of his brother.
• Sean questioned why T'Chaka had appointed Zuri High Priest and demanded that he answer for the suspicious details; Zuri turned ashen and broke into a cold sweat.

T'Challa forced Zuri to reveal that T'Chaka had killed N'Jobu, casting doubt on the royal family's legitimacy. Sean arranged for Killmonger and T'Challa to settle the dispute through a traditional challenge for the throne, and T'Challa accepted.

• T'Challa demanded the truth from Zuri, who revealed that T'Chaka had killed N'Jobu.
• The tribal elders questioned the royal family's authority, and Sean argued that Killmonger had the right to challenge T'Challa for the throne.
• Sean proposed that T'Challa and Killmonger settle the previous generation's feud in combat, with the winner becoming king.
• Killmonger threatened to kill T'Challa, while the royal family sought to delay the challenge ceremony.
• T'Challa accepted Killmonger's challenge and vowed to restore his father's name and the royal family's dignity.

After Killmonger became Wakanda’s king and consumed the Heart-Shaped Herb, Sean reminded him that he ruled only as Umbrella’s puppet. Killmonger accepted Sean’s control as Wakanda’s resources and institutions remained in outside hands.

• Killmonger described the power he gained from the Heart-Shaped Herb after defeating T'Challa and taking Wakanda’s throne.
• Sean’s forces moved into Wakanda, while the former Royal Family went into exile and the country began exporting vibranium under Sean’s terms.
• Sean confronted Killmonger over killing Zuri and struck him into a cavern wall when he had acted without permission.
• Sean told Killmonger he was a replaceable puppet and pointed to M'Baku and T'Challa as possible alternatives.
• Killmonger rose from the herb garden and addressed Sean as the Regent.

Stephen Strange, a wealthy and celebrated neurosurgeon, drove through a storm after reflecting on his career, family, and former girlfriend Christine. A strange voice called his name before he crashed, leaving him gravely injured and unconscious.

• Strange reflected on his difficult surgeries, his ambition, and the death of his sister Donna as he prepared for the day.
• Strange put on the watch Christine had given him and headed to a Neurological Association gathering she had declined to attend.
• Strange listened to news about Wakanda while driving his Lamborghini through heavy rain.
• Strange heard an indistinct voice calling his name, lost focus, and crashed at high speed.
• Strange suffered severe injuries in the collision and lost consciousness as the voice continued to call him.

Sean oversaw the Mutants’ takeover of Wakanda’s data center and mining operations, then assigned John and Bobby new duties. After learning about a rising group of young Mutants called The Gifted and the powerful David Charles Haller, Sean was visited by a bald mage in white robes.

• John reported that Skynet had infiltrated Wakanda’s data center and brought the system under their control.
• Sean praised John and Bobby’s work and asked about Magneto and the Brotherhood; John said Magneto wanted to meet Sean, possibly to challenge him.
• Sean ordered John to protect the Mutants’ control of Wakanda’s mining and technology, while Bobby returned to North America to unite Mutants.
• Sean learned about The Gifted, including Blink, Eclipse, and Lorna Dane, and heard that David Charles Haller might be the son of the world’s most powerful telepath.
• A bald mage in white robes emerged from a magical portal before Sean.

The Ancient One confronted Sean Sipes over his risky actions and explained that Kaecilius and Dormammu were preparing a new crisis. She revealed that Stephen Strange was destined to become Sorcerer Supreme, then asked Sean to discuss another partnership.

• The Ancient One visited Sean and questioned whether allowing him to build a new world order had been the right choice.
• Sean defended his actions and challenged the Ancient One about her absence when Thanos attacked.
• The Ancient One explained that she had been occupied with Kaecilius, who had turned to Dormammu and was gathering dark servants.
• Sean recognized that the Ancient One had nudged Doctor Stephen Strange toward Kamar-Taj, and she confirmed his destined path to become Sorcerer Supreme.
• The Ancient One proposed another partnership with Sean.

The Ancient One asked Sean to help stop Kaecilius, explaining that Dormammu’s influence had weakened her and she could no longer act. She offered him knowledge of the multiverse as payment, leaving Sean confronted with the possibility that other worlds existed beyond his own.

• Sean questioned why the Ancient One needed his help against Kaecilius when she was powerful enough to defeat him herself.
• The Ancient One explained that Kaecilius could escape into the Dark Dimension and that Dormammu’s influence had left her near death.
• Sean said he would rather fight Dormammu, while the Ancient One refused to offer the Eye of Agamotto as payment.
• The Ancient One described parallel universes and recounted how using the Eye had revealed beings from higher dimensions and a possible multiverse.
• The Ancient One told Sean she believed he was searching for the end of the universe, perhaps in another world.

Sean and Magneto faced off in a challenge to decide whether the Brotherhood could win equal standing and break free of Umbrella’s control. Magneto’s defenses withstood Sean’s first attack, and the battle escalated into a blazing inferno across the valley.

• Sean and Magneto met at the ruined Border Tribe camp while John’s Mutant legion secured the area.
• Magneto formed a defensive electromagnetic field from the scattered vibranium weapons, and Sean summoned the Sentinel Suit.
• Magneto fired a vibranium projectile from a makeshift railgun, but Sean emerged from the impact and struck Magneto’s barrier without breaking it.
• Magneto heated the metal in the camp until it burned, turning the valley into a spreading sea of fire and leaving John and the distant spectators fearing the attack’s reach.

Magneto unleashed increasingly powerful attacks against the Sentry, from manipulating the Earth’s magnetic field to raining vibranium spears from orbit. The Sentry survived and hurled a spear at Magneto, whose electromagnetic field met it in a blinding explosion.

• The Sentry emerged unharmed from Magneto’s barrage and shattered his electromagnetic field with a gesture.
• Magneto drew on the Earth’s magnetic field, raising enormous slabs of rock and sending them at the Sentry.
• Sean destroyed the incoming rocks with energy beams as Magneto launched hundreds of vibranium spears into the clouds.
• Magneto guided the spears down from above, and their impacts devastated the battlefield while the onlookers retreated.
• The Sentry stood amid the destruction with a vibranium spear and threw it at Magneto’s newly formed electromagnetic field, triggering a blinding explosion.

After defeating Magneto, Sean left the Wakandan conflict behind and returned to North America, where he reunited with Wanda aboard his private jet. Wanda confronted him about leaving Sokovia without saying goodbye, and the chapter ended with Sean asking why she had come to North America.

• Magneto ended his battle with Sean after realizing the gap between their abilities, and Sean left the ruined campsite.
• The Wakandan conflict settled under the watch of the Mutant Legion and Magneto, while Umbrella expanded through major corporate acquisitions.
• Sean boarded his private jet and found Wanda reviewing his packed schedule and social engagements.
• Wanda confronted Sean for leaving Sokovia without saying goodbye and lying about his identity, and Sean apologized while recalling their time together.
• Sean asked Wanda why she had come to North America, but she could not answer.

Sean reviewed S.H.I.E.L.D. affairs, including Bobby’s defeat of the young Mutant group The Gifted and the search for Kaecilius, while considering how to handle David Haller. At Stark Industries, Tony prepared to launch Ultron worldwide, convinced it could use personal data to predict crises and protect humanity.

• Sean learned that Bobby had dismantled The Gifted by recruiting moderates, planting Mutants among them, and fomenting conflicts.
• Sean asked Wanda about the search for Kaecilius, and she said S.H.I.E.L.D. had found no precise location for them in Eastern Europe.
• Sean reviewed David Charles Haller’s file and considered speaking with Professor Charles about the dangerous Omega-level Mutant.
• Pepper urged Tony to inform Sean before Stark Industries announced Ultron, but Tony refused because he feared the World Security Council would block it.
• Tony prepared to unveil Ultron to reporters, believing its global access to personal data would let it predict disasters and create a peaceful world.