The Rise of Galactus

**The Rise of Galactus** is a saga of films made up of the next 26 films, and 22 seasons of Disney+, within the Marvel Cinematic Universe following the Infinity Saga. The Saga begins with Alpha: Eternity Warrior and ends with The Last Avengers. The Saga's prominent theme is expanding universes, Dr. Doom's takeover of Earth and the War with Galactus, the World Eater.

It encompasses Phase Four, Five and Six of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with all Marvel Studios movies being included in the continuity apart from Dark Phoenix, The New Mutants, Deadpool 3 and Deadpool 4.

## Overview

The Saga opens following the events of the Infinity Saga, with a Universe very different to what it was before. The year is 2023 and the people are scared, scared of the damage that has been done to them by the Decimation and the Blip.

In 1995, Carol Danvers defeats the Kree in Earth's Orbit and sends them on the run, she follows them determined to end their war on any planet refusing to bow to them.

In 2019, Shang Chi teams up with Carol Danvers to defeat the Ten Rings who steal Shang Chi's daughter in exchange for the Scroll of Imungai, they wish to open the mystic realm since Stephen Strange is not around to protect it, they defeat the mandarin who is consumed by the realm, however, it is at a cost as Shang Chi's best friend, Victor, who came along to help them close the gateway is also consumed.

In 2023, following the battle of Earth, Alpha prevents the death of the Phoenix Force at Zabyk who seek to host the power of Eternity and Infinity, they are led by the child of the gods, Entropy who deceives Alpha and Omega, as well as the friendless, a group made up of the Peacekepper duo and the children of the creation duo. Omega sacrifices her life to allow Alpha to defeat Entropy. After the battle is concluded and the Phoenix Force returns to the possession of Eternity and Infinity, Zabyk recovers the body of Entropy and sacrifices Empathy, of the friendless, to revive him.

Following the Blip, the Eternals are in a power struggle, Thena who took control of the group when Ikaris was a victim of the decimation wants to remain in charge. She is backed by Kingo, Makkari as well as Druig and Sprite. Ikaris is backed by Sprite, Phastos and Sersi. Gilgamesh bounces between both sides manipulating them all. After losing Sprite in a battle with the Deviants due to the power struggle, Ajak strips all of them from their power and they are cast away to Earth to become worthy again. Gilgamesh remains an Eternal and he advises Ajak. After Ikaris and Sersi meet Dane Whitman who is hunting a powerful Deviant who is settled in to society and manipulates it to start conflict between humans. After finding out that the Deviant is called Zabyk they go to hunt her down after assembling the rest of the Eternals. They all become Eternals again when Ajak is convinced by Gilgamesh to join them in battle against Zabyk. After they defeat her, Ajak is stabbed through the heart by Gilgamesh who harnesses her power. The Eternals band together against him and by combining their power they fade away into a pocket dimension. Sersi is the last to fade as she says goodbye to Dane, he promises to see her again one day, she says he may not have to wait long. Dane is sitting in a bar alone when a waitress approaches him to ask him to meet with a man in a private room. As Dane is suspicious he preps his knife to kill the man if he tries anything, he turns the chair to find no one. Nick Fury reveals himself from behind the door asking him to sit because they have a lot to talk about.

Following the explosion of power given off by Wanda Maximoff, who the media is naming Scarlet Witch, in times square when she goes insane due to her fake reality breaking down. Many things begin to change. Across the worlds people with certain Genes are beginning to develop strange abilities, some powerful, some not. Pietro Maximoff is also alive again. Doctor Strange meets with a friend named Charles Xavier, who was studying the mutant gene which he had found in himself but kept quiet for a long time, Charles confirms Wanda's power unlocked the gene for everyone on Earth who had it, potentially further. Stephen determined to find Wanda before she can do something even more powerful seeks out Quicksilver who teams up with him to find her. Once they do, she warns them not to come near her she defeats them both before evaporating into a different Dimension. The portal remains open however, and shadowy figures begin to infiltrate the planet from it. Stephen and Pietro follow her through the portal and they encounter Nightmare who has been terrorizing Stephen for a long time. After briefly stunning Nightmare, the two escape. They find Wanda and help her remember who she is, once she is with them Nightmare reappears, the three battle against him with Wanda and Stephen combining their powers and sending his mind in Madness, as the Dream Dimension begins to collapse on itself, they escape. A few weeks later, Wanda is recovering in the Sanctum when Charles arrives, he asks her to demonstrate her power which she does. He shows her his telepathy, he explains to her that they are mutants and that he wants her to come and work with him and that Pietro is welcome as well. He wants learn more about the gene which gave them all their powers, she agrees and joins him.

While travelling with the guardians of the galaxy, Thor is at odds with Peter Quill, they continually clash. The Benitar comes under attack by Gorr the God Butcher who enters through a hole he makes in the roof. He Slashes the ship in half with the guardians in one side while Thor and Peter are on the other. It crashes onto the moon and a battle ensues. Meanwhile the other guardians hurdle away into a jump point. They fight it out and Thor is knocked unconscious. After awakening in new Asgard in front of all his people and Queen Valkryie who are all immobilized, Gorr holds Thor down while a witch appears. She introduces herself as Enchantress before she executes Valkyrie. Thor cries out and attacks her, she easily overpowers him but his rage summons such power from the clouds that it fully restores him to his former strength from the infinity war, Stormbreaker enters the earths atmosphere and flies to his hand, as does the pieces of Mjlnior, they begin to fuse together and while they do Thor fights both Gorr and Enchantress, he overpowers Gorr imobilising him while Lady Siff steps forward and helps Thor using Valkries sword. As Thor begins to overpower Amora, Gorr awakens and slashes Siff's arm, Thor is distracted enough and Amora sends him flying through a portal along with Mjlnior and Siff. Thor now unconcious has a vision of Loki, Hela and Valkrie standing in front of him calling him weak for allowing his emotions to save Enchantress. Valkyrie and Loki blame him for their deaths. Hela steps forward and taunts him, he stares her down but she tells him to come to her and really face her. Thor unsure of what she means charges at her she knocks him back and he wakes up. Siff is beside him with her arm bandaged. She tells him she's sorry she put him in this position, he asks where they are and it turns out stormbreaker brought them to Jane Fosters house. Jane enters and assists Thor up. In NA, Amora sends Gorr after Thor while she executes any who oppose her. It is revealed Thor has a tracker on him which he will use to find him. Thor tells Jane and Siff to look out for each other before trying to leave, he says he had a vision of Loki, Valkryie and Hela. He tells Siff that they are in Valhalla and that it is real. She tells him he can't get to Valhalla without death, "no but the goddess of death might be able to take me". He looks at Jane and thanks her, she smiles before telling him that Mjlnior is in the garden and that they couldn't move it. He smiles and goes to retrieve it but he cannot lift it. He realises by allowing his rage to consume him as well as him abandoning his people he is no longer worthy. He promises he will be back for it. Siff asks to come with him but he says only he can do this. He leaves for the part of space which Asgard was formerly situated. When arriving he begins searching for something, he eventually finds Hela's Helmet which has been decaying for years. He prepares to leave when suddenly he hears a voice, "what are you doing here?" he turns around to see Loki staring at him, Thor drops Stormbreaker and the Helm, and runs to Loki hugging him, Loki hugs him but suddenly Thor stumbles back with a knife in his heart, he yanks it out before Stormbreaker swings down into his chest. Gorr, who is wielding it, shakes hands with Loki as Thor dies. He awakens in Valhalla to a vision of his fathers voice, he guides him down a path of taunting, he scolds Thor for his his emotions controlling him for all this time, Thor breaks free using his power but he collapses, a woman walks up in front of him. "Are you really going to let that old man beat you down", she offers her hand and Thor steps up, Hela stares at him. "Follow me" she says. She leads Thor to an alter where he finds Loki, Thor runs to Loki but this time with rage Loki dives out of the way and makes a remark about how he thought they were friends now. Thor realises that the other Loki was a vision by Gorr and apoligises. Hela explains they can return to the mortal realm if they combine their powers, from then on they can defeat Enchantress and Gorr and retake Asgard. Thor objects saying she is evil. She agrees but also says he has no other choice. Thor tells her he wants Valkyrie back as well, Hela disgustedly agrees. She explains that once they are back in the mortal realm they need to reclaim their lives. Hers is located in her Helm, his within Stormbreaker and she doesn't know where Loki's is. She explains that Valkryie's is located within Mjlnior because she sits on the throne of Asgard. After completing the ritual, they return to the mortal realm and she explains they must claim their lives immediately then they will meet on Earth near NA, to make their attack. They each go to claim theirs. They all find them apart from Loki. Thor and Valkyrie arrive together and Thor tells her that she's the perfect queen and she tells him she doesn't want to rule without him because they are stronger together, he agrees and declares her his best friend. He leads her to Mjlnior and she lifts it, Siff and Foster both smile in wonder. And they thank Jane before leaving to meet with Hela and Loki. The Loki from 2012 looks through real Loki's mind and plots to infiltrate the team. Upon meeting with Hela, Thor, Valkryie and Siff. They begin their march towards NA. As they approach, Gorr reveals hims and a battle ensues. He easily knocks Siff down and Loki stands to the side watching as Hela, Valkyrie and Thor battle him. Hela tells Thor and Valkryie to find Enchantress while she deals with him. Upon entering the Mead Hall where the Throne is located, Enchantress steps forward. She laughs saying that it's really hard to kill them both. She then reveals that what she's doing is for good and that she just wants the people of Asgard to understand they should be ruling the Nine Realms, Thor notices this sounds similar to someone else but then declares her rule is over. She laughs saying it's really not, she thanks Thor for bringing all living Odinskin to her as well as the current Queen of Asgard as she begins to cast a spell which will enthrall all Asgardians living or dead, which will serve as her army. She then asks for Thor's surrender so that this is quick. He charges for her but is stopped meanwhile, Valkryie charges at her but is thrown back, Mjlnior, which knows that if Enchantress wields it she will be unstoppable, is determined not to near her. Loki and Thor battle her but Thor is stopped by Loki who reveals he is actually 2012 Loki who wants to rule alongside Enchantress. Thor feeling betrayed cries out. Meanwhile, Valkryie lands beside Hela and Gorr who are still fighting, Gorr prepares to kill Hela but Valkryie saves her, she helps her and they share a nod. As they enter, they find Enchantress preparing to enter the sacrificial stage of the ritual planning to use Thor, Loki holds him down and the other two have no choice but to stop in order to save Thor. Hela says she can use her blood if Thor is saved while Valkryie prepares to hand over Mjlnior. Suddenly, 2012 Loki falls to the ground as a knife has pierced his heart, real Loki climbs to his feat at full power taking back his Helm and hugging his brother, they all battle out against Enchantress and eventually Thor fully overpowers her killing her. However, she reincarnates immediately taunting him. They all attack her but are overpowered, Thor and Hela remain standing but cannot defeat her, Hela tells Thor he is strong and his love makes him more powerful, and that he should aim for the head, she winks at him before she charges at Amora and grabs her she unleashes all her power and life force onto determined to take her to Valhalla, as she drains Amora. Thor throws Stormbreaking at her but misses, she laughs but suddenly Mjlnior flies to his hand and he charges up unleashing his power as he strikes her. She evaporates. Hela smiles at him before fading also. As the others get to their feet, Thor looks at Hela's Helm shedding a tear. He looks to Loki before stating, "Anyone can change" Loki nods as he realises that he and Hela both changed and when they united with Thor, that is when they truly were at their peak. A Funeral is held for Hela as her Helm is hung over the Throne where Thor and Valkyrie sit. United as they look at their people, Asgard, finally at peace.

## Films

### Alpha: Eternity Warrior

In 2023, following the battle of Earth, Alpha prevents the death of the Phoenix Force at Zabyk who seek to host the power of Eternity and Infinity, they are led by the child of the gods, Entropy who deceives Alpha and Omega, as well as the friendless, a group made up of the Peacekepper duo and the children of the creation duo. Omega sacrifices her life to allow Alpha to defeat Entropy. After the battle is concluded and the Phoenix Force returns to the possession of Eternity and Infinity, Zabyk recovers the body of Entropy and sacrifices Empathy, of the friendless, to revive him.

### The Eternals

Following the Blip, the Eternals are in a power struggle, Thena who took control of the group when Ikaris was a victim of the decimation wants to remain in charge. She is backed by Kingo, Makkari as well as Druig and Sprite. Ikaris is backed by Sprite, Phastos and Sersi. Gilgamesh bounces between both sides manipulating them all. After losing Sprite in a battle with the Deviants due to the power struggle, Ajak strips all of them from their power and they are cast away to Earth to become worthy again. Gilgamesh remains an Eternal and he advises Ajak. After Ikaris and Sersi meet Dane Whitman who is hunting a powerful Deviant who is settled in to society and manipulates it to start conflict between humans. After finding out that the Deviant is called Zabyk they go to hunt her down after assembling the rest of the Eternals. They all become Eternals again when Ajak is convinced by Gilgamesh to join them in battle against Zabyk. After they defeat her, Ajak is stabbed through the heart by Gilgamesh who harnesses her power. The Eternals band together against him and by combining their power they fade away into a pocket dimension. Sersi is the last to fade as she says goodbye to Dane, he promises to see her again one day, she says he may not have to wait long. Dane is sitting in a bar alone when a waitress approaches him to ask him to meet with a man in a private room. As Dane is suspicious he preps his knife to kill the man if he tries anything, he turns the chair to find no one. Nick Fury reveals himself from behind the door asking him to sit because they have a lot to talk about.

### Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

In 2019 Shang Chi, who lost his family, apart from his daughter, during the decimation finds himself fighting for her life as she is taken by the ten rings as a bargaining chip to use against him. Unless he gave up the Scroll of Imungai which he swore to protect due to it's importance to the masters of the mystic arts and the balance of the mortal realm. He teams up with Captain Marvel to secure the scroll and his daughter after they refuse to give her back once he has met their demands, as the ten rings attempt to use the power of the scroll to take over the planet Carol is immobilized by the Mandarin who is determined the finish the ritual, Shang Chi defeats him by letting him conclude the ritual which kills him due to its power.

### Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Following the explosion of power given off by Wanda Maximoff, who the media is naming Scarlet Witch, in times square when she goes insane due to her fake reality breaking down. Many things begin to change. Across the worlds people with certain Genes are beginning to develop strange abilities, some powerful, some not. Pietro Maximoff is also alive again. Doctor Strange meets with a friend named Charles Xavier, who was studying the mutant gene which he had found in himself but kept quiet for a long time, Charles confirms Wanda's power unlocked the gene for everyone on Earth who had it, potentially further. Stephen determined to find Wanda before she can do something even more powerful seeks out Quicksilver who teams up with him to find her. Once they do, she warns them not to come near her she defeats them both before evaporating into a different Dimension. The portal remains open however, and shadowy figures begin to infiltrate the planet from it. Stephen and Pietro follow her through the portal and they encounter Nightmare who has been terrorizing Stephen for a long time. After briefly stunning Nightmare, the two escape. They find Wanda and help her remember who she is, once she is with them Nightmare reappears, the three battle against him with Wanda and Stephen combining their powers and sending his mind in Madness, as the Dream Dimension begins to collapse on itself, they escape. A few weeks later, Wanda is recovering in the Sanctum when Charles arrives, he asks her to demonstrate her power which she does. He shows her his telepathy, he explains to her that they are mutants and that he wants her to come and work with him and that Pietro is welcome as well. He wants learn more about the gene which gave them all their powers, she agrees and joins him.

### The Mighty Thor

While travelling with the guardians of the galaxy, Thor is at odds with Peter Quill, they continually clash. The Benitar comes under attack by Gorr the God Butcher who enters through a hole he makes in the roof. He Slashes the ship in half with the guardians in one side while Thor and Peter are on the other. It crashes onto the moon and a battle ensues. Meanwhile the other guardians hurdle away into a jump point. They fight it out and Thor is knocked unconscious. After awakening in new Asgard in front of all his people and Queen Valkryie who are all immobilized, Gorr holds Thor down while a witch appears. She introduces herself as Enchantress before she executes Valkyrie. Thor cries out and attacks her, she easily overpowers him but his rage summons such power from the clouds that it fully restores him to his former strength from the infinity war, Stormbreaker enters the earths atmosphere and flies to his hand, as does the pieces of Mjlnior, they begin to fuse together and while they do Thor fights both Gorr and Enchantress, he overpowers Gorr imobilising him while Lady Siff steps forward and helps Thor using Valkries sword. As Thor begins to overpower Amora, Gorr awakens and slashes Siff's arm, Thor is distracted enough and Amora sends him flying through a portal along with Mjlnior and Siff. Thor now unconcious has a vision of Loki, Hela and Valkrie standing in front of him calling him weak for allowing his emotions to save Enchantress. Valkyrie and Loki blame him for their deaths. Hela steps forward and taunts him, he stares her down but she tells him to come to her and really face her. Thor unsure of what she means charges at her she knocks him back and he wakes up. Siff is beside him with her arm bandaged. She tells him she's sorry she put him in this position, he asks where they are and it turns out stormbreaker brought them to Jane Fosters house. Jane enters and assists Thor up. In NA, Amora sends Gorr after Thor while she executes any who oppose her. It is revealed Thor has a tracker on him which he will use to find him. Thor tells Jane and Siff to look out for each other before trying to leave, he says he had a vision of Loki, Valkryie and Hela. He tells Siff that they are in Valhalla and that it is real. She tells him he can't get to Valhalla without death, "no but the goddess of death might be able to take me". He looks at Jane and thanks her, she smiles before telling him that Mjlnior is in the garden and that they couldn't move it. He smiles and goes to retrieve it but he cannot lift it. He realises by allowing his rage to consume him as well as him abandoning his people he is no longer worthy. He promises he will be back for it. Siff asks to come with him but he says only he can do this. He leaves for the part of space which Asgard was formerly situated. When arriving he begins searching for something, he eventually finds Hela's Helmet which has been decaying for years. He prepares to leave when suddenly he hears a voice, "what are you doing here?" he turns around to see Loki staring at him, Thor drops Stormbreaker and the Helm, and runs to Loki hugging him, Loki hugs him but suddenly Thor stumbles back with a knife in his heart, he yanks it out before Stormbreaker swings down into his chest. Gorr, who is wielding it, shakes hands with Loki as Thor dies. He awakens in Valhalla to a vision of his fathers voice, he guides him down a path of taunting, he scolds Thor for his his emotions controlling him for all this time, Thor breaks free using his power but he collapses, a woman walks up in front of him. "Are you really going to let that old man beat you down", she offers her hand and Thor steps up, Hela stares at him. "Follow me" she says. She leads Thor to an alter where he finds Loki, Thor runs to Loki but this time with rage Loki dives out of the way and makes a remark about how he thought they were friends now. Thor realises that the other Loki was a vision by Gorr and apoligises. Hela explains they can return to the mortal realm if they combine their powers, from then on they can defeat Enchantress and Gorr and retake Asgard. Thor objects saying she is evil. She agrees but also says he has no other choice. Thor tells her he wants Valkyrie back as well, Hela disgustedly agrees. She explains that once they are back in the mortal realm they need to reclaim their lives. Hers is located in her Helm, his within Stormbreaker and she doesn't know where Loki's is. She explains that Valkryie's is located within Mjlnior because she sits on the throne of Asgard. After completing the ritual, they return to the mortal realm and she explains they must claim their lives immediately then they will meet on Earth near NA, to make their attack. They each go to claim theirs. They all find them apart from Loki. Thor and Valkyrie arrive together and Thor tells her that she's the perfect queen and she tells him she doesn't want to rule without him because they are stronger together, he agrees and declares her his best friend. He leads her to Mjlnior and she lifts it, Siff and Foster both smile in wonder. And they thank Jane before leaving to meet with Hela and Loki. The Loki from 2012 looks through real Loki's mind and plots to infiltrate the team. Upon meeting with Hela, Thor, Valkryie and Siff. They begin their march towards NA. As they approach, Gorr reveals hims and a battle ensues. He easily knocks Siff down and Loki stands to the side watching as Hela, Valkyrie and Thor battle him. Hela tells Thor and Valkryie to find Enchantress while she deals with him. Upon entering the Mead Hall where the Throne is located, Enchantress steps forward. She laughs saying that it's really hard to kill them both. She then reveals that what she's doing is for good and that she just wants the people of Asgard to understand they should be ruling the Nine Realms, Thor notices this sounds similar to someone else but then declares her rule is over. She laughs saying it's really not, she thanks Thor for bringing all living Odinskin to her as well as the current Queen of Asgard as she begins to cast a spell which will enthrall all Asgardians living or dead, which will serve as her army. She then asks for Thor's surrender so that this is quick. He charges for her but is stopped meanwhile, Valkryie charges at her but is thrown back, Mjlnior, which knows that if Enchantress wields it she will be unstoppable, is determined not to near her. Loki and Thor battle her but Thor is stopped by Loki who reveals he is actually 2012 Loki who wants to rule alongside Enchantress. Thor feeling betrayed cries out. Meanwhile, Valkryie lands beside Hela and Gorr who are still fighting, Gorr prepares to kill Hela but Valkryie saves her, she helps her and they share a nod. As they enter, they find Enchantress preparing to enter the sacrificial stage of the ritual planning to use Thor, Loki holds him down and the other two have no choice but to stop in order to save Thor. Hela says she can use her blood if Thor is saved while Valkryie prepares to hand over Mjlnior. Suddenly, 2012 Loki falls to the ground as a knife has pierced his heart, real Loki climbs to his feat at full power taking back his Helm and hugging his brother, they all battle out against Enchantress and eventually Thor fully overpowers her killing her. However, she reincarnates immediately taunting him. They all attack her but are overpowered, Thor and Hela remain standing but cannot defeat her, Hela tells Thor he is strong and his love makes him more powerful, and that he should aim for the head, she winks at him before she charges at Amora and grabs her she unleashes all her power and life force onto determined to take her to Valhalla, as she drains Amora. Thor throws Stormbreaking at her but misses, she laughs but suddenly Mjlnior flies to his hand and he charges up unleashing his power as he strikes her. She evaporates. Hela smiles at him before fading also. As the others get to their feet, Thor looks at Hela's Helm shedding a tear. He looks to Loki before stating, "Anyone can change" Loki nods as he realises that he and Hela both changed and when they united with Thor, that is when they truly were at their peak. A Funeral is held for Hela as her Helm is hung over the Throne where Thor and Valkyrie sit. United as they look at their people, Asgard, finally at peace.

### Captain Marvel

In 1995, Carol Danvers defeats the Kree in Earth's Orbit and sends them on the run, she follows them determined to end their war on any planet refusing to bow to them.

### Fantastic Four

Intro of fantastic four, which contains Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch and Molecule Man. The Thing and Puppet Master are the Main Villans although, Molecule Man turns evil while the Thing reforms and joins the FF while MM leaves. Puppet Master is killed while Molecule Man is detained.

### Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Quill finds out Gamora is alive and tracks her down while the rest of the guardians deal with Adam Warlock who is determined to kill them all after he is finally born despite Aiesha's change of heart about the Guardians.

### Black Panther II

Black Panther warn on Atlantis. Also contains Storm. Introduction of Namor.

### Spider-Man: Homerun

Spider-Man teams up with Deadpool as he goes on the run from the government after being framed for terror attacks across the world cause by the Sinister Syndicate lead by Mysterio, also containing Vulture, Venom and Scorpion. Meanwhile, the Eternity Warrior along with Falcon and Winter Solider meanwhile desperately try to prove Parker's innocence begin to reassemble the Avengers.

### Blade

Blade and Black Knight team up to defeat Dracula. Black Knight tries to convince Blade to join the Avenger, although initially against the idea Blade learns he prefers team work and agrees.

### Avengers: Defenders of Earth

The Mandarin returns fueled by the power of the ritual, the New Avengers and Fantastic Four defeat him while he goes on a quest to collect the Ten Rings which his old organisation was named after. After his defeat several multiverse portals are left opened. Alpha declares he will deal with them which leads into his next big conflict.

### X1: A New Order

When Charles Xavier founds his new school with Wanda Maximoff and Pietro Maximoff, all is well until great protests begin with many non-mutants rejecting them saying he's trying to create an army to rise up and take over. A scientist named Bolivar Trask develops robots named sentinels which can locate mutant genes and target them. He suggests it to the President but is shut down. After a large accident occurs involving Sophie Summers which kills the presidents daughter, who is sophie's best friend, however, he commissions it and when the Sentinels begin to malfunction Charles assembles a team named the X-Men containing; Wanda Maximoff, Scarlet Witch; Pietro Maximoff, Quicksilver; Logan, the Wolverine; Erik Lenhsherr, Magneto; Alex Summers, Havok who is also the father of Sophie; Ororo Monroe, Storm and Betsy Braddock, Pyslocke. A young group containing; Sophie, now nicknamed Cyclops; Kurt Wagner, Nightcrawler and John Grey also tags along unnoticed. While the X-Men fight the sentinels they are slowly picked off one by one but eventually Sophie Steps in to blast a whole inside a sentinel which allows Kurt to slip inside using his teleportation before it seals up. He takes John inside who turns the energy inside out on the Sentinel which causes it to explode, Scarlet Witch and Professor X hold the energy in place but John absorbs it and falls to the ground being caught by Wanda. Trask emerges and shoots at John but in retaliation John sends the bullet flying into Charles which paralyses him. Erik angered uses metal from the Sentinel to kill Trask in front of the world. Charles cries out in anger at Erik who backs away to leave followed by Betsy and Alex. Alex urges John and Sophie to follow but John is too scared of everything and flies off. Sophie, disgusted by her fathers betrayal tells him to leave. As she walks away she asks Kurt to come but he too follows Magneto and teleports them away out of fear for his life after what went down. As the X-Men arrive back at the X-Mansion, Logan and Ororo offer a message to the world saying they are people and are not like Erik, they apologize before asking to leave. In the hospital, Charles awakens and speaks to the X-Men, after they leave John appears and cries out of sorrow, Charles tells him its ok before hugging him.

### Alpha: Into the Negative Zone

Alpha travels to the end of the Universe with Thor and Captain Marvel where they encounter the final portal opened by the Mandarin. However, they are unable to close it. After entering it they find themselves in a dimension named the Negative Zone. They travel to the heart of it to find out how to close it instead they encounter a being called Annihilus who tries to the kill them, he ends up stripping them of their powers using the strange energy which flows through the Negative Zone. They must all put their differences aside including Alpha's dislike of Carol and Carol's arrogance. They end up overpowering Annihilus and freeing the Negative Zone from his cruel ruler ship, they take him back to their dimension to fight him on their own ground. After arriving they begin to gain their power back, working together they defeat him by overloading his power suit. They close the portal using the built up energy and a shock wave erupts over the whole Universe. The three return to Earth. Unknown to them, they've awoken a far great threat.

### Black Knight

Black Knight teams up with Doctor Strange to help restore the Eternals as the Deviants seek to revive Thanos in order to bend the will of the Universe. They enter the Quantum Realm to recover the souls of the Eternals. Thanos defeats the new team of Eternals before seeking out to gain back his power in the Universe.

### Return of the Eternals

The Eternals unite, revived by Doctor Strange and Black Knight, they take to opposing Thanos who has turned Psychotic. Thanos appears as a physically weak character however, he know has Telepathic powers and rules the Deviants. Thena perishes at the end. At his death of the hands of Black Knight, Thanos predicts the coming of Galactus before perishing for the last time.

### Fantastic Four: Subterranean Warfare

Fantastic Four fight Mole Man after discovering the entrance to Subterrenea which indirectly declares war on the underground Kingdom. Spider-Man, Hulk and SheHulk are also featured, this is the beginning of the World War Hulk Storyline. SheHulk dies sacrificing herself.

### Doctor Strange and the Illuminati

Doctor Strange forms the Illuminati containing; himself, the Sorcerer Supreme; Thor and Valkyrie, King and Queen of Asgard; Charles Xavier, the head of the mutant community; Namor, King of Atlantis; T'Challa and Shuri, Rulers of Wakanda; Reeds Richards, head of the Fantastic Four and Medusa, Queen of the Inhumans. They decide what to do with Hulk who is going insane. Thor sadly, suggests sending him to Sakaar, this angers Valkyrie who leaves the group, the rest agree. After sending him to Sakaar, Banner finds out that the Grandmaster has rebuilt his empire. Banner keeps his intelligence while also using Hulk's anger to work his way to the top. In the end, he kills the Grandmaster before fighting through all champions. He allows the strongest five to stay alive as his "guards" he declares himself King of the Planet. Meanwhile, the superhero community is the verge of civil war again, with everyone aware of the plan to send Hulk away, with Alpha, Captain Marvel and Thor away no one is around to guide the Avengers. They suit up against the Illuminati. The Fantastic Four, Inhumans and Masters of the Mystic Arts prepare to fight back led by Strange. However, Alpha arrives in time to stop the conflict. Loki reveals they have sent Valkyrie to check on Banner to see if he can be brought home. This settles them for now, however, many bonds are broken. Valkyrie arrives on Sakarr and apologizes for them sending him away, she tells him how much he means to her, they hug. He sends her away but she boards his ship by accident activating it, this kills her and thousands of Sakarrians. Consumed by Anger, Hulk declares War on Earth alongside his Warmongers.

### Alpha: The Last Stand

The Superhero community is divided. Alpha is recovering from being the centre of the explosion which sealed the Negative Zone so his power has become unstable, thus he has locked himself away. Doctor Strange has also isolated himself, ashamed for allowing the conflict about Hulk to consume everyone. The Inhumans guard the Earth but do not interact with anyone on the planet. The Fantastic Four is completely disassembled with Sue and Johnny having joined the Avengers in order to remove themselves from Reeds. Ben Grimm stays loyal to Reeds due to the pledge he made to him years before. Meanwhile, Wakanda and Atlantis have shut their doors on the world again and Asgard is in a state of bewilderment due to Valkyrie not returning. Professor X offers the world the X-Men's services to places the Avengers refuse to provide, Wanda gets in contact with Alpha asking him to come and see John Grey as John keeps having episodes about shouting about Alpha and a cosmic flame. Alpha understands what John is talking about and suggests altering the worlds knowledge of John and shifting the fame of the Sentinel killer to Sophie Summers while they wipe the world's memories clear of John Grey, Wanda and Charles agree as do the other X-Men. John is wiped from the minds of the world and has his memories altered, he now believes Charles is his father. The X-Men agree to keep it a secret from him. Hank McCoy alters the worlds records of him as well. Alpha leaves being the only non X-Men member to know about John, he feels angry that he changed the memories of someone as it feels inhumane, eventually however, he is occupied with thinking why John kept dreaming of the Phoenix Force. While guarding the planet, Black Bolt and Medusa are attacked by Hulk who breaks Black Bolts back immobilizing him, he severely beats Medusa and takes her away to his ship. He broadcasts a message to the whole world showing them Medusa, he orders that New York be evacuated and that the Illuminati must assemble there to fight him. They eventually agree publicly and a large portion of New York is evacuated. Hulk arrives alone to find Strange sitting waiting for him. Once Hulk is drawn in enough, Strange disappears and Alpha emerges. He asks Bruce to sit, Hulk refuses. Alpha attempts to appeal to his mercy but Hulk charges for him consumed by a burning rage. Alpha attempts to immobilize him but is still weak, he is easily defeated. Hulk heads for the locations of Richards, Professor X and Namor all are defeated easily and taken prisoner. Eventually, Hulk heads for Strange. However, on his way, the Avengers appear and attack him alongside the X-Men who recover from being swept aside earlier. They attempt to fight him but he calls in the warmongers. Strange begins to communicate with Hulk on an astral plane but after being tricked becomes unable to lock onto Hulk anymore. Hulk kills General Ross and moves towards the sanctum where he duels Strange. After breaking his hands, he takes him prisoner. In times square, cameras are set up and the roads are blocked off. A temporary arena has been built. He forces the Illuminati to fight, minus Charles, using Neuro controllers which have been created to control Charles and therefore all of them. Hulk laughs and declares that if any other hero tries to step forward and intervene he will force them to kill themselves. Alpha, watches from the distance and turns to leave not wanting to fail again. He goes to leave before hearing Omega's voice. She reminds him that he never gives up and that he walked away from the Eternity and Infinity to serve the people of the Universe properly. He then hears John Grey call to him. Alpha goes to the X-Mansion and finds John asleep. He awakens him, he tells John his father is in trouble. He takes John to the area where the mind controlled Illuminati have beaten each other to a pulp. T'Challa is about to kill Strange but Alpha orders John to destroy the Neuro controller in order to free Charles which will give him time to rescue him. After they do so, Hulk wonders what happened. Alpha orders John to create a pocket dimension around himself and Hulk. He does so and Alpha pleads with Banner to stop, Hulk refuses to listen and they fight. They find themselves very matched but Alpha begins to lose when John taps into Bruce's mind and shows him his memories of Tony, Steve and Natasha. Alpha breaths the word "please" and then tells him this isn't what they would have wanted. Banner de Hulks and agrees. John drops the pocket dimension and Banner looks at the chaos surrounding him. As everyone begins to recover, Alpha tells them it's all over. They all look at Bruce terrified. Strange steps up and apologizes for everything as does every member of the Illuminati. T'Challa is stabbed through the heart by Alexis, one of the warmongers. She tells him how he's become weak and needed to see death again to wake up, just like he needed to see Valkyrie die. Bruce realises it was her that set off the Jet's explosion and it was never rigged. She laughs but he begins to Hulk out and attacks her, she holds her own for a while but when everyone begins to attack her she loses quickly. The rest of the Warmongers join in and battle ensues. Finally when it is just Alexis left, Alpha pins her down and Hulk delivers the final smash, killing her. The following day, officials arrive to arrest Banner and take him to the raft, however, he has disappeared and Alpha knows where. In New Asgard, Banner stands over the cliff watching over the sea. Alpha arrives and questions him, Banner shows him the wound from Alexis. Which is killing him, he turns to Alpha and asks to see the stars for the last time. Alpha expecting this brings John over, Banner compliments John's intelligence. He thanks him before John and Alpha share some power with Bruce which turns him to stardust which floats away into space. Alpha looks at Banner as he floats away, "The Last of the Avengers" he says as he turns with a troubled look on his face.