1969-1972
Diana returns from Paradise Island to accomplish several missions, such as facing Doctor Doom and Doctor Psycho teaming up, a new Silver Swan, and a frustratingly annoying Angle Man. On the plus side, Hank Pym's recovered - sort of. As he attacked Ultron, his gadget, cannibalized from various Ant-Man helmets, saved his brainwaves into the deactivated Ultron, eventually allowing his personality to take over the density altering robot body. However, he's stuck, as there isn't a safe way to send his mind back to his comatose body. Also, his personality is much colder and logical than before, deeply concerning his teammates, especially Jan, who gives him the name Vision.
On the more personal level for Diana, Steve Trevor has gotten tired of the constant "will we or won't we" that their relationship has become and finally pops the question to Diana. After taking some time to think about it, which Steve gives her all the time she needs, Diana gives him her answer: no. Their jobs are taking up too much of their time right now, and its not a good idea while the superhero/spy life is so hectic. Steve accepts this, though he does become more distant afterwards, focusing on the job and not so much the breaks in between.
This focus is arguably a good thing when the Red Skull returns after decades, killing his soviet doppelganger and taking control of Hydra from Baron Strucker. He starts his leadership by attacking the SHIELD Helicarrier, kidnapping Nick Fury in the process. He's quickly rescued, though, by a mysterious cloaked figure Fury calls Nomad...
There's little time to worry about this, as Colonel Mar-Vell, worried at what he's seen humans do during his time, calls up the Supreme Intelligence for advice when the moon landing happens, as it's proof that humanity will be able to leave their own planet without alien interference, thereby spreading their problems across the universe. The SI gives him the Nega-Bands as the appropriate weapons to help put him on even terms with the super heroes of Earth.
Mar-Vell attacks the Avengers unexpectedly and leaves abruptly, hoping to scare the populace with a show of force, trying to bluff that all kree have these powers. The heroes catch on, having fought kree before, and manage to locate Mar-Vell's ship. During the battle, Mar-Vell's self doubt about his mission causes the Nega-Bands to malfunction, disappearing into the Negative Zone in a brilliant flash of light; giving Mar-Vell the opportunity to escape. Diana returns to SHIELD only to discover that a kree robot Sentry has kidnapped Steve Trevor.
Diana calls in the rest of the Avengers, using Vision's smarts (if you thought Hank Pym was a genius before, imagine his brain as a literal supercomputer) to detect the Sentry in the arctic, where a mysterious tropical island is. Ronan the Accuser is there, now an outlaw, and is using ancient kree technology in an attempt to de-evolve the Earth to make it easier to conquer. He leaves when contacted and advised of an impending attack by the Skrulls on the Kree homeworld of Hala.
The Avengers return to New York where they discover Mar-Vell's attack has led to the creation of the "Alien Activities Commission" led by Senator H. Warren Craddock. Craddock is accusing the Avengers of not doing enough to prevent Mar-Vell's attack and asks that they attend a hearing. The Avengers start to agree, when Diana remembers Craddock from her ambassador days and realizes he's not acting like he remembers their meeting. She "accidentally" puts her lasso on him, revealing him to be a skrull.
If this wasn't enough, Triton of the Inhumans contacts them, asking their aid to find Black Bolt, needed as his brother Maximus has taken over Attilan with help from the kree. Diana contacts her mother, showing the evidence of alien interference, convincing Hippolyta to renounce the Amazon's neutrality and liberates Attilan. During this chaos, Cheetah escapes. Diana also contacts the X-men, asking Professor X to contact as many heroes as he can to unite in defense of Earth. He does so, and all of the heroes unite, heading into space to save the humans the kree and skrulls kidnapped.
The team that attacks the skrulls start winning, until the emperor unleashed his greatest ray weapon on them. During this, Wasp gets injured. The sight of this causes the emotions of Hank Pym to fully emerge from Vision, furiously firing a beam against the ray. The resulting weapon kills the emperor, leaving his daughter Anelle as the new ruler, who immediately declares a ceasefire and returns the human hostages, one of them being the real Senator Craddock.
Meanwhile, Diana leads a second team to find the humans the kree Sentry have been kidnapping. It turns out that the Supreme Intelligence has been taking the humans for experiments. Ronan has managed to get his own faction of the military to follow him since the SI hasn't been forthcoming with his intentions, and has taken the humans as hostages, threatening to kill them if the SI doesn't let Ronan become new leader of the Empire. Diana's team joins forces with Colonel Mar-Vell to rescue these hostages, which include Steve Trevor. Ronan manages to escape with the hostages, save for one that died when he tried to lead an escape: Steve Trevor.
Diana doesn't take this very well, heading straight out to attack Ronan. A lengthy battle follows, during which Quicksilver uses himself as a shield to save Scarlet Witch, killing himself in the process. Suddenly, the battle is joined by a green glowing form. This is the new Supremor; when the Supreme Intelligence, unable to access the mysterious Destiny Force with a dead Steve Trevor in the way he had hoped, was forced to fused together with him, becoming an entirely new entity, managing to kill Ronan. The Supremor appoints Mar-Vell as the new leader of the kree to make amends with the newly crowned Empress Anelle of the skrulls, before leaving to master his powers, declaring he would master the universe as well.
The heroes return to the universe, their reputations restored and new alliances made that would not be soon forgotten. However, Diana still feels that the job isn't over yet, realizing that the Supremor could become a new threat more powerful than they ever faced before. She takes a leave of absence from SHIELD, and re purposes her invisible plane as an invisible spaceship, so that she can better find the Supremor. The Scarlet Witch and Wonder Man volunteer to go with her; Wanda wants to distract herself from her brothers death, while Simon wants to stay with Wanda. These three companions go forth, attracting the attention of the residents of the moon of Titan...
