Chapter Summaries

Sean consolidated Earth’s control of Knowhere and assigned Nebula to find Gamora, who knew the location of the final Stone. As tensions between the Kree Empire and Xandar grew, he planned Knowhere’s expansion and mapped Earth’s route into the greater universe.

• Sean used Nebula to draw out the Space Pirates, allowing the Earth Alliance Army to defeat them and bring Earth to the attention of civilizations across the universe.
• Nebula visited Sean at the Umbrella Building after his forces took over Knowhere’s development, showing off her new vibranium-infused mechanical body.
• Sean described Knowhere’s recovery and its division into a spaceport, a slave market, and a trade center governed by his rules.
• Sean assigned Nebula to find Gamora, who was with Peter Quill, and told her she could work with Yondu Udonta.
• Sean reviewed plans to expand Knowhere and traced a route from Earth through the Nine Realms to Knowhere.

Nova Prime ordered Xandar to prepare for war as the Kree Empire’s conflict with Ronan threatened to reignite hostilities. Roman then reported a major battle on Knowhere and revealed that its new owner was a man from Earth, whom the Nova Corps knew nothing about.

• Nova Prime and Ponk discussed Ronan’s growing power and the danger of war between the Kree Empire and Xandar.
• Ponk said he could not stop Ronan, then ended the call with Nova Prime.
• Nova Prime ordered Xandar’s council to prepare first-level war readiness.
• Roman showed Nova Prime a report about more than six thousand pirates and mercenaries fighting on Knowhere.
• Roman told Nova Prime that Knowhere belonged to a new owner, a man from Earth.

Nova Prime learned that Earth owned Knowhere and asked the Nova Corps to seek friendly relations with its new owner, Sean Sipes, the Sentry. Meanwhile, Taneleer Tivan visited his brother, the Grandmaster, on Sakaar and said that only the Infinity Stones still interested him.

• Centurion Roman reported that Ronan's forces had withdrawn from Knowhere and that Earth now owned the trade center.
• Nova Prime ordered the Nova Corps to monitor Knowhere and try to establish friendly relations with its new owner.
• Roman identified the Earthling as Sean Sipes, the Sentry from Earth, and Nova Prime repeated his name.
• Taneleer Tivan complained about the Grandmaster's music and dancing on Sakaar, while the Grandmaster offered to arrange a battle of champions.
• Taneleer Tivan said that nothing interested him anymore except the Infinity Stones.

The Collector considered pursuing Sean’s five Infinity Stones, but Grandmaster warned him against it and demonstrated the strength of his new champion, Beta Ray Bill. After Bill defeated a team of Korg warriors, Grandmaster revealed that Thanos had won Bill in a wager and questioned him about the slaughter of the Celestials, a forbidden subject that left the Collector fearing Thanos would cause more trouble.

• Grandmaster advised the Collector to abandon his interest in Sean’s Infinity Stones because Sean was too powerful and Thanos was also pursuing them.
• Grandmaster introduced Beta Ray Bill, a Korbinite champion, and sent him to fight a team of twelve Korg warriors in the arena.
• Beta Ray Bill quickly killed all twelve Korg warriors, impressing the Collector with his strength.
• Grandmaster explained that Thanos had won Beta Ray Bill in a wager and had tricked him into revealing what he knew about the Celestials.
• The Collector warned that the Celestials’ slaughter was a forbidden secret and hoped Thanos would not cause greater trouble.

Knowhere prospered into a heavily regulated refuge and emerging power amid the war between Xandar and the Kree Empire. After Tony Stark visited through the still-unreliable Stargate, Sean prepared to return to Earth while Tony chose to remain on Knowhere.

• Knowhere’s population surged as refugees, merchants, and others flocked there, while Umbrella and S.H.I.E.L.D. imposed requirements for long-term residency.
• Sean told Tony that the Stargate, built with the Space Stone, had begun operating but was not yet suitable for mass transportation.
• Tony recovered from the dizzying journey and marveled at the extraterrestrial life and technology on Knowhere.
• Sean explained that Earth had remained stable under S.H.I.E.L.D., formed an alliance with Asgard, and eliminated Hydra.
• Sean planned to return to Earth, while Tony decided to stay on Knowhere and dreamed of exploring space.

Sean and Wanda arrived in Australia’s Federal New City as world leaders gathered for a summit on interstellar colonization and a United Government. With Mystique installed as S.H.I.E.L.D.’s director, Sean headed into the council chamber, anticipating that the summit would change the world.

• Sean and Wanda discussed Federal New City, the Land Creation Project, and the worldwide push toward space migration.
• Sean reassured Wanda that Pietro had become an Assault Landing Ship deputy commander and was known throughout Knowhere.
• World leaders and media gathered in Federal New City for a three-day Global Summit on interstellar colonization and forming a United Government.
• Mystique, using the alias Jennifer Lawrence, arrived as S.H.I.E.L.D.’s new director and told reporters the agency would help humanity enter the new era smoothly.
• Sean smiled at Wanda and walked toward the council chamber, saying the world would be different in three hours.

Sean watched from behind the scenes as world leaders negotiated the formation of a United Government, which would unite Earth into five major civilization unions. After the agreement was reached, he left the summit to focus on building cities and Stargate beacons for the First Fleet.

• Sean explained to Wanda that the summit was a staged negotiation whose decisive outcomes had already been determined by the powerful factions.
• Wanda and Sean discussed the challenges of distributing benefits as the United Government took shape, then shared an intimate moment while the summit continued.
• After three hours of bargaining, the leaders established five regional unions: Western, Eurasian, Islamic, Chinese, and Latin American.
• The unions agreed to form Earth's sole government, with nations gradually becoming autonomous federal regions and S.H.I.E.L.D. taking on greater authority.
• Sean attended the Western Civilization Union's celebratory banquet, then departed to oversee the cities and Stargates planned for Antarctica and Africa.

Sean hosted Reed Richards and Susan Storm’s engagement banquet aboard an Umbrella luxury cruise ship, as the couple prepared to marry the following week. Reed admitted he felt uneasy about returning to Earth and about understanding what Susan wanted, while Sean reassured him and teased him about the wedding.

• Sean raised a toast to Reed Richards and Susan Storm at their engagement banquet aboard the cruise ship.
• Reed and Susan greeted the guests’ congratulations, while Susan was later pulled away by her girlfriends and Reed was left alone.
• Sean joined Reed at the railing and asked about his and Susan’s nerves as they looked toward New York.
• Reed said Earth felt unfamiliar after his long absence and admitted that he could not understand what Susan wanted.
• Sean encouraged Reed not to overthink the wedding and joked that Susan might become a runaway bride.

Knowhere prospered as Umbrella developed it into a base for Earth’s expansion, while Pietro and Bobby discussed the fleet, Wanda, and the galactic war. Their conversation was interrupted when a light-speed lifeform crossed Knowhere, and Skynet identified a mysterious silver figure riding a board.

• Knowhere expanded with orbital habitats, satellites, and the Earth First Fleet as Umbrella developed the Celestial head and surrounding starfields.
• Aboard the Eclipse, Pietro told Bobby he missed Wanda and hoped to return to Earth for her wedding.
• Pietro and Bobby discussed the war between Xandar and the Kree Empire and the threat of Thanos’s Black Order.
• An alarm alerted Pietro and Bobby to a lifeform that breached the fleet’s defenses and passed Knowhere without communicating.
• Skynet identified the visitor as a figure traveling at light speed and displayed a blurry image of a silver surfer riding a board.

Nova Prime and the Nova Corps learned that Galactus had awakened and that his Silver Surfer herald was heading toward the Nine Realms. Nova Prime rejected using the cosmic disaster against Earth and sent a warning to Knowhere, hoping Sentry would survive.

• Silver Surfer crossed Knowhere's fleet blockade, and the Nova Corps mobilized under its highest alert.
• Nova Prime showed the Centurions footage of Galactus devouring a planet and confirmed that the ancient being had awakened.
• Centurion Richard suggested tracking Galactus's herald to divert him toward an uninhabited planetary belt.
• Roman Daye identified the Silver Surfer's route as leading toward the Nine Realms.
• Nova Prime refused to exploit Galactus to destroy Earth and ordered the Nova Corps to warn Knowhere.

Susan grew nervous about her wedding to Reed as Pepper, Mindy, and Kari visited her, while Sean, Reed, and Tony discussed a bachelor party. Their conversation ended when Skynet detected a lifeform arriving on Earth at the speed of light.

• Susan worried about her upcoming wedding to Reed, and Pepper reassured her while helping with the guest list.
• Mindy and Kari bickered over snacks and Mindy's weight-loss training as they visited Susan and Pepper.
• Mindy joked that Sean was making her lose weight because he had romantic designs on her, but Kari dismissed the idea.
• Reed asked Sean and Tony what they should do while Susan and Pepper handled the wedding preparations, and Tony suggested a bachelor party with strippers.
• Sean teased Tony about avoiding Pepper and urged him to consider how long she had waited for him, leaving Tony silent.
• Skynet interrupted the men's discussion to report that a lifeform had broken through Earth's lunar monitoring network and descended upon Earth.

Sean and Tony brought Reed to a New York nightclub for his bachelor party while Tony finished building a detector to track the mysterious invader. As Reed awkwardly entertained the women around him, Tony’s detector began buzzing.

• Sean showed Reed and Tony footage of the fast-moving silver object and described the unexplained anomalies occurring around the world.
• Tony proposed building a radiation detector to locate the invader, and Sean persuaded Reed to leave the work to him and focus on his upcoming marriage.
• Tony built the detector, installed it on the Baxter Building’s roof, and linked it to the satellite network and Skynet.
• Sean and Tony took Reed to a nightclub for his bachelor party, where Johnny had arranged the venue and invited guests.
• Reed nervously tried to impress the women surrounding him by talking about physics while Sean and Tony bet on how long he would last.
• Tony’s detector began buzzing in his pocket, and his playful expression froze.

The Silver Surfer arrived at the Baxter Building, disabled Tony Stark’s sensors, and escaped as Johnny Storm pursued him. The Surfer carried Johnny into space, left him suffocating, and released him to fall toward Earth.

• Tony detected the Silver Surfer approaching the Baxter Building and flew there in his Nano-suit.
• The Silver Surfer passed through the reinforced glass, knocked Tony aside, and destroyed the sensor equipment before vanishing.
• Johnny pursued the Silver Surfer through New York and Washington D.C., but his fire attacks failed to stop him.
• The Silver Surfer seized Johnny by the throat and carried him beyond Earth’s atmosphere.
• The Silver Surfer released the suffocating Johnny, who began falling toward Earth.

After Silver Surfer’s encounter with the Fantastic Four left Johnny and Ben’s powers exchanged, Sean tracked the herald to Greenland and confronted him. Sean seized Silver Surfer and demanded a conversation about Planet Eater’s plans for Earth.

• Johnny returned to the Baxter Building exhausted, and Reed, Tony, Susan, and Ben discussed Silver Surfer’s powers and the danger he posed.
• When Ben touched Johnny, their abilities switched: Ben reverted to human form while Johnny gained Ben’s rocky body and fiery powers.
• Susan noticed Sean was missing as Sean followed Silver Surfer’s cosmic radiation to a crater in Greenland.
• Sean asked to speak with Silver Surfer’s master, but Silver Surfer dismissed him and prepared to leave.
• After Skynet reported that planets visited by Silver Surfer had fallen apart, Sean demanded he stop and then grabbed him by the throat after removing him from his surfboard.

Sean restored Silver Surfer’s memories as Norrin Radd and learned that Planet Eater was coming to consume Earth. He used the Mind Stone and the silver surfboard to reach across an unknown space and see Planet Eater.

• Sean used the Mind Stone to restore Silver Surfer’s memories, revealing that he was Norrin Radd of Zenn-La.
• Norrin Radd recalled becoming Planet Eater’s herald to save his homeworld, then losing his memories and helping find planets to consume.
• Silver Surfer warned Sean that Planet Eater was hungry, angry, and approaching Earth.
• Sean infused the silver surfboard with immense energy, transforming its surface and using it as a medium to reach Planet Eater.
• Sean’s mind entered an unknown space and perceived Planet Eater’s enormous armored form.

S.H.I.E.L.D. learned that the Silver Surfer was the herald of the planet-devouring Cosmic God, whose approach plunged Earth into chaos. As the Planet Eater arrived, Sean tried to stop it by claiming its daughter was carrying his child, provoking a furious response.

• Reed and Tony warned Raven, Zemo, and the others that planets visited by the Silver Surfer had been destroyed and that the Planet Eater was heading for Earth.
• Raven ordered a Level One alert and sent the heroes toward Greenland, where Sean had already gone.
• The Planet Eater's approach triggered a global storm and gravitational disturbances, throwing New York into chaos and alarming Odin in Asgard.
• The Silver Surfer prostrated himself before his master while Sean resisted the Planet Eater's pressure.
• At Skynet's suggestion, Sean told the Planet Eater that its daughter was carrying his child, and the enraged Cosmic God struck him with a surge of energy.

A worldwide catastrophe driven by the Silver Surfer's vortex devastated cities and landmarks as S.H.I.E.L.D. coordinated evacuations and Reed monitored events. The vortex suddenly stopped and vanished, and a voice condemned humanity as the disaster's next turn remained unknown.

• S.H.I.E.L.D. took command in New York and directed police and rescue teams to evacuate civilians while helicopters failed to approach the vortex.
• Reed worried about Tony and Johnny, who had gone to Greenland to confront the Silver Surfer, and analyzed the Surfer's cosmic radiation for S.H.I.E.L.D.
• The vortex snapped the Golden Gate Bridge's cables and dragged the bridge into the sea as people watched in disbelief.
• Disasters struck landmarks around the world while Earth's life energy drained, and S.H.I.E.L.D. began relocating government leaders to a lunar space base.
• The vortex abruptly stopped and contracted, the dark clouds cleared, and a thunderous voice shouted, "Shameless humans!"

Sean blocked Planet Eater’s attack with the Infinity Stones, while Tony and Johnny narrowly escaped the resulting devastation in Greenland. Planet Eater discovered Galacta was carrying Sean’s child, and the chapter ended with him agreeing to discuss their marriage.

• Sean used the Infinity Gauntlet to withstand Planet Eater’s attack, unleashing a blast that destroyed Greenland’s ice cap and erased the Silver Surfer’s board.
• Tony Stark and Human Torch Johnny fled the expanding energy wave and wondered whether Sean had caused the destruction.
• Planet Eater recognized Sean’s five Infinity Stones and offered to spare Earth if Sean became his servant, while forbidding him from approaching Galacta.
• Galacta appeared before Sean and Planet Eater, who sensed that she was carrying his descendant.
• Planet Eater softened his stance and agreed to discuss Sean’s marriage to Galacta.

Sean faced Planet Eater in Greenland, where a discussion about Galacta’s pregnancy turned into an unexpectedly rushed marriage proposal. As Tony and Human Torch watched from above, Tony informed S.H.I.E.L.D. that Sean was negotiating with the ancient being over humanity’s fate.

• Planet Eater proposed that Sean marry Galacta, and Sean hesitated while Galacta showed no objection.
• Planet Eater threatened Sean when he questioned the sudden marriage, but Galacta stepped between them.
• Planet Eater told Sean that Galacta was carrying his child and accepted that he might have other partners, leaving Sean dumbfounded.
• Iron Man and Human Torch watched from the clouds, and Tony said he hoped Sean could persuade Planet Eater.
• Raven asked Tony about the energy reaction in Greenland, and Tony reported that Sean was talking with Planet Eater about humanity’s fate.

Sean spoke with Planet Eater about cosmic life and learned that the universe’s order was overseen by four creator gods and the Living Tribunal. Planet Eater also warned Sean that Thanos remained active, investigating the Celestials’ extinction.

• Sean and Planet Eater discussed Galacta, marriage, and the nature of higher life-forms, while Galacta welcomed the idea of consuming pure energy.
• Planet Eater praised Sean for defeating Thanos and recalled a powerful human woman who had once confronted the Skrulls; Sean recognized her as Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers.
• Planet Eater brought Sean and Galacta aboard his enormous spacecraft and explained the roles of Death, Eternity, Infinity, Oblivion, and the Living Tribunal.
• Planet Eater told Sean that the Living Tribunal would not permit Thanos’s plan to use the Infinity Stones to preserve the universe’s balance.
• Planet Eater revealed that Thanos had not given up and was investigating the Celestials’ extinction, which Sean recognized as a new threat.