Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
- Captain Marvel (Col. Carol Danvers)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark)
- Spider-Man (Miles Morales) (Main story and flashforward)
- Ulysses
Supporting Characters:
- S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Main story and flashforward)
- Director Maria Hill
- Agent 22 (Mentioned)
- Unnamed agents
- Ultimates
- Alpha Flight
- New Attilan's Inhumans
- Inhuman Royal Family (Main story and flashforward)
- Queen Medusa (Medusalith Amaquelin) (Main story and flashforward)
- Magister Karnak (Main story and flashforward)
- Lockjaw
- Crystal (Crystalia Amaquelin) (Main story and flashforward)
- Gorgon (Gorgon Petragon) (Main story and flashforward)
- Triton (Main story and flashforward)
- Reader
- Unidentified Inhumans
- Inhuman Royal Family (Main story and flashforward)
- Friday (Voice)
- Beast (Dr. Hank McCoy)
- Eternity (Vision)
- Clint Barton
- President Obama (Shadow only)
Other Characters:
- God (Yahweh) (Mentioned)
- X-Men
- Iceman (Bobby Drake)
- Magik (Illyana Rasputina)
- Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) (Past)
- Storm (Ororo Munroe)
- Colossus (Piotr Rasputin) (Vision)
- Cerebra (Vision)
- Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (Vision)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (Only in flashback) (Disbands)
- Drax the Destroyer (Arthur Douglas) (Main story and flashback) (Leaves group)
- Star-Lord (Peter Quill) (Main story and flashback) (Leaves group)
- Flash Thompson (Only in flashback) (Leaves group)
- The Thing (Ben Grimm) (Only in flashback) (Leaves group)
- Rocket Raccoon (Only in flashback) (Leaves group)
- Groot (Only in flashback) (Leaves group)
- Kitty Pryde (Only in flashback) (Leaves group)
- Champions (Only in flashforward)
- Nova (Sam Alexander) (Main story and flashforward)
- Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan) (Main story and flashforward)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (Past) (Only in flashforward)
- Hulk (Amadeus Cho) (Only in flashforward)
- Viv (Only in flashforward)
- Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
- Aegis (First appearance; unnamed) (Vision)
- Mekara (First appearance; unnamed) (Vision)
- Hi-Vo (First appearance; unnamed) (Vision)
- Slizzik (First appearance; unnamed) (Vision)
- Scragg (First appearance; unnamed) (Vision)
- Fireclaw (First appearance; unnamed) (Vision)
- Blip (Shzzzllzzzthzz) (First appearance) (Vision)
- Fin Fang Foom (First appearance) (Vision)
- Mangog (First appearance) (Vision)
- Scarlet Beetle (First appearance) (Vision)
- Devil Dinosaur (First appearance) (Vision)
- Vandoom's Monster (First appearance) (Vision)
- Rommbu (First appearance) (Vision)
- Orrgo (First appearance) (Vision)
- Green Thing (First appearance) (Vision)
- Abominable Snowman (Carl Hanson)
- Young X-Men (Vision)
- Angel (Warren Worthington III) (Past in vision)
- Wolverine (Laura Kinney) (Vision)
- Young Beast (Hank McCoy) (Past in vision)
- Psylocke (Betsy Braddock) (Vision)
- Strong Guy (Guido Carosella) (Vision)
- Magneto's X-Men (Vision)
- Sabretooth (Victor Creed) (Vision)
- Archangel (Warren Worthington III) (Vision)
- Magneto (Max Eisenhardt) (Vision)
- Martian Masters (Vision)
- Killraven's Freemen (Vision)
- Old Skull (Vision)
- M'Shulla (Vision)
- Killraven (Jonathan Raven) (Vision)
- Carmilla Frost (Vision)
- X-Men (Days of Future Past) (Vision)
- Sprite (Kate Pryde) (Vision)
- Wolverine (Logan) (Vision)
- Colossus (Piotr Rasputin) (Vision)
- Other unidentified Mutants (Vision)
- Ultron (Vision)
- Avengers (Age of Ultron) (First appearance) (Vision)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Vision)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Vision)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (First appearance) (Corpse, skeleton or other remains) (Vision)
- Wolverine (Logan) (First appearance) (Corpse, skeleton or other remains) (Vision)
- King Thor (Vision)
- Loki (Vision)
- Unidentified Abstract Entities (Vision) (Shadow only)
- Bruce Banner (Mentioned) (Deceased)
- She-Hulk (Jen Walters) (Only in flashforward) (Cameo)
- Black Panther (T'Challa) (Only in flashforward) (Cameo)
- Riri Williams (Only in flashforward) (Cameo)
- Defenders (First appearance) (Only in flashforward) (Unnamed)
- Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (Only in flashforward)
- Luke Cage (Only in flashforward)
- Iron Fist (Daniel Rand) (Only in flashforward)
- Jessica Jones (Only in flashforward)
- Colonel James Rhodes (Mentioned)
- Wiccan (Billy Kaplan) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Avengers (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Thor (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Hyperion (Marcus Milton) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Redwing (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Captain America (Sam Wilson) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Thor (Jane Foster) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Vision (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- New Avengers (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Bobbi Morse (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Wolverine (Logan) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- 50-State Initiative (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Wonder Man (Simon Williams) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Songbird (Melissa Gold) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Stingray (Walter Newell) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Black Widow (Natalia Romanova) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story, flashback and flashforward)
- Human-Kree Hybrids
- Fuertonas
- Mutants (Main story, flashback and flashforward)
- Inhumans (Main story and flashforward)
- Human-Inhuman Hybrids (Main story and flashforward)
- Human-Spartax Hybrids (Main story and flashback)
- Blips (Vision)
- Makluans (Vision)
- Mutant Devil-Beasts (Vision)
- Mentelleronites (Vision)
- Martians (Vision)
- Sentinels (Vision)
- Asgardians (Vision)
- Frost Giants (Vision)
- Abstract Entities (Vision)
- Symbiotes (Only in flashback)
- Halfworlders (Only in flashback)
- Flora colossi (Only in flashback)
- Synthezoids (Main story and flashforward)
- Alien Eternals (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
Locations:
- Prime Marvel Universe (Main story, flashback and flashforward)
- Earth (Main story, flashback and flashforward)
- United States of America (Main story, flashback and flashforward)
- Washington, D.C.
- Dupont Circle (First appearance)
- National Mall
- White House
- Situation Room
- New York (Main story, flashback and flashforward)
- New York City (Main story, flashback and flashforward)
- Upper New York Bay (Main story, flashback and flashforward)
- New Attilan (Main story and flashforward)
- Governors Island (Main story and flashback)
- Triskelion (Main story and flashback)
- Brooklyn (Main story and flashforward)
- Miles' parents' apartment
- Jen Walters' condo (Only in flashforward)
- Manhattan (Main story and flashforward)
- Chrysler Building (Cameo)
- Empire State Building (Cameo)
- Upper New York Bay (Main story, flashback and flashforward)
- New York City (Main story, flashback and flashforward)
- Illinois (Only in flashforward)
- Chicago (Only in flashforward)
- Washington, D.C.
- Wakanda (Only in flashforward)
- Birnin Zana (Only in flashforward)
- United States of America (Main story, flashback and flashforward)
- Earth (Main story, flashback and flashforward)
- War of the Worlds (Vision)
- Earth (Vision)
- Days of Future Past (Vision)
- Earth (Vision)
- United States of America (Vision)
- Earth (Vision)
- Age of Ultron (Vision)
- Earth (Vision)
- United States of America (Vision)
- New York (Vision)
- New York City (Vision)
- Manhattan (Vision)
- Avengers Tower (Vision) (Destroyed)
- Manhattan (Vision)
- New York City (Vision)
- New York (Vision)
- United States of America (Vision)
- Earth (Vision)
- Home to King Thor (Vision)
Items:
- Iron Man Armor
- Iron Man Armor Model 54 (Destruction)
- Iron Man Armor Model 37 (Bleeding Edge Armor) (Vision)
- Iron Man Armor Model 51 (Model-Prime Armor) (Only in flashforward)
- Iron Man Armor Model 29 (Extremis Armor) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Spider-Man's Suit (Main story and flashforward)
- Web-Shooters
- Captain America's Shield (Main story and flashforward)
- Soulsword
- Drax's Knives (Main story and flashback)
- X-Uniforms
- Star-Lord Armor
- Element Guns (Main story and flashback)
- Nova Helmet (Main story and flashforward)
- Kamala Khan's Suit (Main story and flashforward)
- Water-Circulation Apparatus (Main story and flashforward)
- Wolverine's Suit (Vision)
- Shurayuki (Vision)
- Magneto's Helmet (Vision)
- Cyclops' Visor (Only in flashforward)
- Mjolnir (Vision)
- All-Black the Necrosword (Vision)
- Venom Symbiote (Only in flashback)
- Panther Habit (Only in flashforward)
- Ironheart Armor Model 2 (First appearance chronologically) (Only in flashforward)
- Sternbots (Behind the scenes only in flashforward) (Unnamed)
- Daredevil's Billy Club (Only in flashforward)
- Captain America's Wings (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Stingray's Suit (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
Vehicles:
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier
- Quinjet (Appears on screen)
Events:
- Monsters Unleashed (Vision)
- Inhumans vs. X-Men (Vision)
Synopsis for 1st story
In the streets of Washington, D.C., a man finds himself in a traffic jam. Debris from Iron Man's armor falls in his car's hood, prompting him to leave the vehicle and join other onlookers as they observe how the battle between Iron Man and Captain Marvel unfolds.
Above the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, Maria Hill is ordering both the Ultimates and Alpha Flight to stand down to prevent the battle from escalating when she receives a videocall from Medusa, ordering her to stop the fight. Hill questions the situation, but Ulysses remains in a trance. Meanwhile at the Capitol Building, Captain America attempts to stop the conflict, but he's caught in the middle of crossfire and knocked out. The Inhumans decide to go personally to stop the fight, but Ulysses remains unresponsive.
The fight between Tony and Carol reaches new levels of violence, prompting Maria Hill to send the heroes aboard the Helicarrier to stop the conflict. In Brooklyn, Nova and Ms. Marvel catch notice of the fight, with the former being ordered to go.
The Inhumans teleport to the scene of the battle as Carol gets the upper hand, and Karnak starts trying to free Spider-Man from the force field where he's being contained. Both the Inhumans and the heroes sent by S.H.I.E.L.D. rush towards the two combating friends as Carol begins to mercilessly plummet Iron Man, ultimately breaking off his armor with one final blast of energy, causing him to fall unconscious from the sky. While Carol is being held back by Blue Marvel and Spider-Man catches the unconscious Tony, Ulysses beings to wrap reality around him. Ulysses and some of the heroes at the scene find themselves standing in a black void full of nebulae of color. When Carol asks him what is he showing them, Ulysses replies "the futures."
Each of the people enthralled by Ulysses are shown a different scenario. Ulysses witnesses a fight between two groups of giant monsters. Nova finds himself among X-Men who are assaulting New Attilan. Captain America witnesses once again his death at the hands of Spider-Man. Medusa observes Killraven's Freemen fending off the Martian Masters. Spider-Man watches in horror as a mutant fights a Sentinel above a pile of mutant corpses. Captain Marvel looks at Ultron standing triumphant on top of the fallen Avengers. Finally, Ulysses wonders what is happening to him while King Thor battles Loki in the distance.
A voice replies telling him he's one of them now. The heroes and Ulysses find themselves floating in a blank void, confronted by Eternity, who states Ulysses has reached a scale beyond Earth and invites him to join him and the other Abstract Entities. Tearing up in happiness, Ulysses accepts, much to Carol's dismay. Reality is warped back to normal, and Spider-Man appears cradling Tony Stark's body.
Some time later, Beast and Carol discuss the new development regarding Ulysses when they turn their attention to Tony Stark, who's lying unconscious inside some kind of iron lung. Beast reveals that secret modifications within his body are the only thing keeping Stark alive. He will remain at the Triskelion, where Beast will conduct further investigations. Carol defends the outcome of the conflict, claiming she didn't start it. Beast agrees, but clarifies that Tony wasn't fighting Carol herself. He instead had feared that Carol had opened a dangerous door by accepting profiling, and that the normalization of this procedure would entail dire consequences by the hands of anybody less noble who came after Carol. Beast leaves the room after the pod containing Tony is closed, and Carol begins to brood. She's interrupted by Hawkeye, who claims he's going to do what she can't. Carol questions the ambiguousness of his message, and he replies that no matter what happens next, she needs to trust him.
At the White House, Danvers is welcomed by the President, who laments the disappearance of Ulysses when he's informed of it. He asks for Carol's comment on the fallout in the superhero community, and she comments that there have been mostly negative developments with a few positive aspects. The President then allows Carol to asks for any favors, thinking that she's potentially the future of the country, and she replies that she has some ideas.
Solicit Synopsis
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Trivia
- Tony Stark and Spider-Man's pose in page 33, where Miles is cradling his body, is a homage to Michelangelo sculpture Pietà.