Synopsis
Most of this issue is accompanied by a voiceover as someone explains to the President what happened.
Last issue the Skrulls were losing the battle of Central Park so dying Skrull-Yellowjacket triggered a doomsday device which made Wasp grow to great height and started emitting a toxin. It was deadly to Skrulls as well as humans, but it would ensure the humans didn't win.
Now Thor saves the day by enveloping Wasp in a vortex to contain the toxin. But it appears to consume the heroine. (No-one appears to get killed by the toxin.)
Veranke/Spider-Woman has survived with a displaced jaw. Everyone turns on her. Wolverine is about to slash her. But Norman Osborn gets the kill shot to her head. He then orders his Thunderbolts to deal with the remaining Skrulls. But of course all the other heroes get in the act too.
Tony Stark returns in an old Iron Man armour which isn't affected by the StarkTech virus. He leads all those that can fly to attack Skrull warships in the air. Those that can survive in space follow him out there too. But in the middle of the destruction he detects something in 1 of the spaceships. He takes control of it and brings it down to Central Park.
When the hatch opens we see the heroes who had been replaced by Skrulls. (Mr Fantastic's device presumably ensures that they really aren't more Skrull imposters.) The Hood picks this moment to lead his supervillain gang away. The President is told that the Skrulls kept their prisoners alive because they needed them to create new doubles (like the multiple Val de Fontaine's).
Ms Marvel embraces Spider-Woman, who wonders why everyone's looking at her funny. Everyone welcomes back Hank Pym, but then they have to tell him what just happened to Jan.Tony Stark greets Jarvis, and Jessica Jones suddenly realises what this means.
She flies off to Avengers Tower and finds it empty. When Ms Marvel carries Luke Cage up here his distraught wife explains that she left their baby Danielle in the care of butler Jarvis. But he must have been a Skrull, and now they've gone.
Various Hydra and SHIELD agents emerge, their hostilities temporarily put aside. Dum Dum Dugan and Val de Fontaine are among them. They look forward to reuniting with Nick Fury, but he turns away and leaves. Mockingbird is also there, and Clint Barton removes his Ronin mask so she can recognise him - and they kiss.
Reed and Sue Richards embrace. But then they notice the force field bubble around the top of the Baxter Building. They rush over there to find what has happened to their children. Reed has recognised the look of the Negative Zone portal, so he heads for a backup control to disable it in a basement. He finds Ben Grimm and Johnny Storm there trying to figure out how to work it. And Franklin and Valeria are safe with them. Reed activates it, the bubble dissipates but their home in the top floors is gone (in the Neg Zone).
Tony Stark thanks Thor for his help. But the Thunder God is still angry about the Thor clone Ragnarok that Stark used during Civil War. He still doesn't want to be part of Stark's Avengers, and he believes that Tony is to blame for everything that has happened. Thor leaves. And Captain America/Bucky walks away too, from the man who caused the death of Steve Rogers.
Marvel Boy helps round up surviving Skrulls. Hawkeye (Kate Bishop) asks half-Skrull Hulkling why the Skrulls wanted Earth so much when they have loads of other planets. 1 of the captives says that they've lost the rest of their empire. (This was to the Annihilation Wave. But the Invasion was planned and begun long before that.)
Sometime later the President meets with Norman Osborn who is to take over from Tony Stark as head of SHIELD, the Initiative and the Mighty Avengers. Stark is out because his technology was instrumental in allowing the Skrull Invasion, and because under his watch superheroes spent too much time fighting each other and not enough watching out for danger. Osborn is in because he made sure he and his Thunderbolts showed well in the media during the Invasion.
StarkTech will no longer be used by the government, and Osborn will lead an investigation into his activities. Tony is listening to the announcement with Maria Hill. But he seems distracted and defeated.
Osborn calls a secret meeting in Avengers Tower with Dr Doom, Emma Frost, Hood, female Loki and Sub-Mariner.