Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
- Avenging Host
- Steve Rogers / Captain America (Main story and flashback)
- Victor von Doom
- Jean Grey (Phoenix Force)
- Hank Pym /Giant-Man / Yellowjacket (Main story and flashback)
- Tony Stark
- Black Bolt
- Matt Murdock
- Heralds
- Venom (May Parker)
- Officer Peter Parker
- Reed Richards
- Queen Medusa (Medusalith Amaquelin)
Supporting Characters:
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Vance Astro (Main story and flashback)
- Martinex
- Charlie-27 (Main story and flashback)
- Yondu (Main story and flashback)
- Starhawk (Stakar Ogord)
- 4-D Man / Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond) (Main story and flashback)
- Karnak
- Mr. S (Scott Summers)
- Mar-Vell
- Luna
- King Britain (Brian Braddock)
- J. Jonah Jameson
- Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange) (Main story and flashback)
- Thor
- Loki
- Adam (Adam Warlock)
- Eve (Ayesha)
- Realm of the Dead
- Frank Castle
- Maria Castle (First appearance)
- Lisa Castle (First appearance)
- Frank Castle Jr. (First appearance)
- Vanessa Fisk (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Badoon (Only in flashback)
- Realm of the Dead
- The Skull (Benny Beckley) (Only in flashback)
Other Characters:
- Paradise
- Sue Richards
- Thing (Ben Grimm) (Main story and flashback)
- Brothers Grimm
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Main story and flashback)
- Monster Generation
- Iron Avengers
- Black Widow (Natasha)
- Jack of Hearts (Jonathan Hart)
- Meggan
- Black Knight (Dane Whitman)
- Spitfire (Jackie Falsworth)
- Defenders (Only in flashback)
- Valkyrie (Brunnhilde) (Only in flashback)
- Avengers (Only in flashback)
- Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (Only in flashback)
- Beast (Hank McCoy) (Only in flashback)
- Vision (Only in flashback)
- Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (Only in flashback)
- Korvac (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- New Warriors (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Justice (Vance Astro) (Death)
- Firestar (Angelica Jones) (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Namorita (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Speedball (Robbie Baldwin) (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Night Thrasher (Dwayne Taylor) (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Nova (Richard Rider) (Only in flashback)
- Fantastic Four (Mentioned)
- Mole Man (Harvey Elder) (Mentioned)
- Skrulls (Mentioned)
- Immortus (Nathaniel Richards)
- Rick Jones (Only in flashback)
- Supreme Intelligence (Only in flashback)
- The Fin (Peter Noble) (Only in flashback)
- Patriot (Jeffrey Mace) (Only in flashback)
- Vision (Aarkus) (Only in flashback)
- Blazing Skull (Mark Todd) (Only in flashback)
- Captain Marvel (Genis-Vell) (Only in flashback)
- Songbird (Melissa Gold) (Only in flashback)
- Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) (Only in flashback)
- Dr. Octopus (Otto Octavius) (Mentioned)
- Lizard (Curt Connors) (Mentioned)
- Hypno-Hustler (Antoine Delsoin) (Mentioned)
- Union Jacks
Locations:
- Earth-9997 (Reality)
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for 1st story
- Synopsis not yet written