Appearing in "Behold the Watcher"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- The Unseen (Nick Fury) (First appearance as Unseen)
- Andrew (First appearance)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Watchers
- Life-Model Decoy
- Ants (Mentioned)
Locations:
Synopsis for "Behold the Watcher"
The omniscient Uatu the Watcher, is in a state of fugue, that happens every 3 years for 42 minutes when he shares his memories with the collective, giving 42 completely unobserved minutes.
A couple of entities enter while Uatu is on fugue mode, and start watching the recorded archives of the Watcher's memory.
The Unseen, the entities that enter the Watcher's Citadel are confused about his memories. They don't know, of if they're past recordings, things that are happening at that moment, or alternative futures.
Before Uatu wakes up, the Unseen escape the Citadel, claiming to have the tools to kill the Watcher.
Appearing in "Harbinger"
Featured Characters:
- Nova (Sam Alexander) (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Terrax (Tyros) (Death)
- Phoenix
Other Characters:
- Landlaks
- Nova Corps (Mentioned)
- Galactus (Mentioned)
- Heralds of Galactus (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
- Terrax's Axe
- Nova Helmet (First appearance)
Synopsis for "Harbinger"
In one of Utau's memories, Nova, rushes to the planet Birj, the throne room in the capital city to warn Terrax about a danger coming to destroy the planet. Terrax, a former herald of Galactus rejects Alexander's help and stays in his planet with his people to fight the menace.
Being too late for evacuation Nova flees Birj before the Phoenix Force destroys it completely leaving nobody alive.
Sam looks the destroyed planet full of guilt for not being able to save an entire civilization form the Phoenix, and using his full speed flies thru space trying to warn other planets that the Phoenix Force is coming.
As he leaves, the only thing left in the planet is Terrax's Axe and below it, plants start growing.
Phoenix's story continues in Avengers vs. X-Men #0!
Appearing in "The Myth of Man"
Featured Characters:
- X-Terminated (First appearance)
- Goodnight (Donald Pierce) (First appearance as Goodnight)
- Prophet (William Stryker) (First appearance)
- Fiend (Francesca Trask) (First appearance)
- Horror Show (Graydon Creed) (First appearance)
- Deadeye (Zora Risman) (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Krakken (First appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)
Races and Species:
Other Characters:
- Isaac (First appearance)
- Holocaust (Only in flashback)
- Weapon X (Logan) (Mentioned)
- Sasha (First appearance)
- Pashla (Mentioned)
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Myth of Man"
Krakken is tucking his son in bed, telling him about the little pleasures before the war between Homo sapiens and Homo superior almost destroyed the world. He is the mutant in charge of the reconstruction of earth and promises his son to recreate hot dogs for him.
The kid is still having nightmares about a Red Prophet, the humans last hope to kill all the mutants. Krakken assures to him that he killed the Prophet with his own hands using his mutant seismic powers. He tells his son that there's nothing to worry about and brings him a puppy as a gift.
When Krakken goes to his living room to talk with his wife, he founds that she's been murdered, and an X painted with blood in his window. Out of nowhere, the Red Prophet appears, subdues Krakken and decapitates him.
Then, the Prophet gathers with the rest of the X-Terminated, consisting of Goodnight (Donald Pierce), Fiend (Francesca Trask), Horror Show (Graydon Creed) and Deadeye (Zora Risman), a human resistance group, whose objective is killing Weapon Omega, and his mutant minions.
Appearing in "The Scarlet Thread"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Glen (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Avengers (Referenced)
- F.B.I. (Referenced)
- Miles Warren (Referenced)
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Referenced)
- The Queen (Adriana Soria) (Referenced)
- Jessica (First appearance)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- United States of America
- North Carolina
- New York City, New York (Referenced)
- Mexico (Referenced)
- United States of America
Items:
Synopsis for "The Scarlet Thread"
Kaine, Peter Parker's clone, has run from New York after some "events" that transpired there. His plan is to take a bus from North Carolina to Texas and cross the border of Mexico and disappear forever. While he thinks about that, people start screaming and he starts to hear gunfire from a bank nearby.
He ignores it, and enters the bus. But something inside of him tells him this is his opportunity for a new beginning where he would not have to keep thinking about his imminent death, and could be the hero instead of the monster he has been.
He jumps out of the bus, and swings to the bank defeating the thieves and starting a new life, not as the monster that was Peter Parker's clone, but as the Scarlet Spider.
Kaine's story continues in Scarlet Spider (Vol. 2) #1!
Appearing in "Yin & Yang"
Featured Characters:
- Coldmoon (Wanxia) (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Dragonfire (Zaoxing) (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield
- Bleeding Edge Armor
- Hawkeye's Suit and Bow
- Spider-Man's Suit and Web-Shooters
- Wolverine's Suit
Synopsis for "Yin & Yang"
The twins Zaoxing and Wanxia were born on the same second of the same minute of the same hour of the same day, as similar as the right hand is to the left, but Zaoxin was born with strong but erratic molecular manipulation, a warm personality, and the codename Dragonfire, while Wanxia was cold, her molecular manipulation was weak but precise and had the codename Coldmoon. They both were separated and don't know about the other existence, being held in containment by Taiji Corp.
When they grew up, the feeling that there was something missing inside of them made them destroy the facility they were and found each other and realized that they were unstoppable together.
Then, they tracked Taiji to New York, and warn the Avengers about the plan that Taiji have, to enslave humanity using alien technology.
The Avengers look at them trying to see if they're friend, foe, or something in between.
Appearing in "The Shaman of Greenwich Village"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Notebooks Joe (Joseph Mitchell) (First appearance; dies)
- Abby (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Marcel Duchamp (Mentioned)
- Diana Oughton (Mentioned)
- John Reed (Mentioned)
- Defenders (First appearance; vision)
- Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) (First appearance; vision)
- Red She-Hulk (Betty Ross) (First appearance; vision)
- King Namor (First appearance; vision)
- Ant-Man (Scott Lang) (First appearance; vision)
- Iron Fist (Danny Rand) (First appearance; vision)
- Nick Fury (First appearance; vision)
- Wong
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Mutant Atlantean-Human Hybrids (First appearance; vision)
- Zenn-Lavians (First appearance; vision)
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- New York
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Greenwich Village
- Bleecker Street
- East 4th Street and Jones Street
- Christopher Street (Mentioned)
- Christopher Street Station (First appearance)
- Waverly Place
- Greenwich Village
- Manhattan
- New York City
- Des Moines, Iowa (Referenced)
- Nantucket, Massachussetts (Referenced)
- New York
- United States of America
- Africa (Mentioned)
- North America
- Astral Plane
- Earth
- Earth-11127 (1st appearance chronologically; vision)
- Earth (Vision or hallucination)
- North America (Vision or hallucination)
- United States of America (Vision or hallucination)
- New York (Vision or hallucination)
- New York City (Vision or hallucination)
- Manhattan (Vision or hallucination)
- Greenwich Village (Vision or hallucination)
- Bleecker Street (Vision or hallucination)
- Sanctum Sanctorum (Vision or hallucination)
- Bleecker Street (Vision or hallucination)
- Greenwich Village (Vision or hallucination)
- Manhattan (Vision or hallucination)
- New York City (Vision or hallucination)
- New York (Vision or hallucination)
- United States of America (Vision or hallucination)
- North America (Vision or hallucination)
- Earth (Vision or hallucination)
Items:
- Concordance Engine (First appearance; vision) (Unnamed)
- Ant-Man's Helmet and Suit (First appearance; vision)
Vehicles:
- 1 train
- Silver Surfer's Surfboard (First appearance; vision)
Synopsis for "The Shaman of Greenwich Village"
Dr. Strange (Stephen Strange) walks through Greenwich Village, thinking about the magic that it holds, when he sees "Notebooks" Joe, a man who has been documenting the history of the place. Joe has never shown a page of his work to anybody, and is always finding somebody who would let him spend the night while he completes his research.
Recently, he's been staying with Abby, an artist, who hired a detective to find about Joe's past. She tells him that Joe used to be an archeologist that worked in Africa before having a mental breakdown.
Doctor Strange takes a look on Joe's work and sees that is all gibberish. He believes that Joe has been asleep since his breakdown, and enters his dream. Inside his head, he sees a door guarded by Joe. Strange opens it and sees his future, a reunion with the Defenders.
Joe wakes up, snaps out of his dream, goes to the train station, and jumps in front of a train.
Stephen's story continues in Defenders (Vol. 4) #1!
Appearing in "Age of Ultron"
Featured Characters:
- Hawkeye (Clint Barton)
- Spider-Man (Otto Octavius/"Peter Parker") (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Ultron Drones (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Owl (Leland Owlsley) (First appearance) (Apparent death)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
Synopsis for "Age of Ultron"
Very injured, Spider-Man and Hawkeye run trying to escape an invasion of Ultrons that are destroying the city, while a man yells at the robots that he had a deal with them, before they destroyed the building were the man was.
Solicit Synopsis
Notes
- Harbinger is a prologue to Avengers vs. X-Men.
- The Scarlet Thread is a prologue to Scarlet Spider (Vol. 2) #1.
- The Shaman of Greenwich Village is a prologue to Defenders (Vol. 4) #1. Strange has a vision of a scene from Defenders (Vol. 4) #11.
Trivia
- A man that resembles a lot to Stan Lee, appears in "The Scarlet Thread" as a bus driver.