Chapter Summaries

Hawk traveled from New York to New Mexico to destroy the Ross family cemetery, then attacked Quantico Military Base to kill Thaddeus Ross and deal with Abomination. He left the base devastated, demonstrating that its weapons could not stop him.

• Hawk razed the Ross family cemetery in New Mexico and raced back toward Quantico Military Base.
• Hawk smashed a five-story building at Quantico with a powerful punch and demanded that Thaddeus Ross come out and die.
• Hawk caught an incoming missile, destroyed a fighter jet and its pilot, and caused an explosion at the base's fuel depot.
• Hawk crushed a tank's cannon, punched through its hull, and dragged its driver out before another missile destroyed the tank.
• Hawk evaded the attacks of more fighter jets and tanks, then battered the base's forces and buildings to display his overwhelming strength.

Hawk destroyed Quantico Military Base while sparing soldiers who surrendered, then demanded that the command center hand over Thaddeus Ross. The officials forced Ross out, and Hawk pinned him beneath his foot.

• Hawk fought through Quantico Military Base, destroying its vehicles and buildings and killing soldiers who attacked him while allowing the others to flee.
• Hawk reached the command center, where its guards dropped their weapons and ran rather than confront him.
• Hawk gave the officials inside one minute to surrender Thaddeus Ross or face death.
• The officials shoved Ross out of the command center before Hawk finished his countdown.
• Hawk pressed Ross to the ground beneath his foot and called him by name.

Hawk killed General Ross and demanded that S.H.I.E.L.D. hand Abomination over to him. After Abomination escaped and attacked, Hawk killed him with one punch, then mocked Maria Hill’s suggestion that he go home.

• Hawk blamed General Ross for his sister’s death and crushed his head beneath his foot.
• Maria Hill arrived and asked Hawk what he planned to do next, but Hawk demanded that S.H.I.E.L.D. release Abomination.
• Abomination broke out of his underground cage and leaped at Hawk, who turned and killed him with one punch.
• Maria Hill noted that Hulk, Abomination, and Ross were all dead and told Hawk to go back, prompting him to laugh mockingly.

Hawk forced the Federation’s leaders to pay for the attack at Quantico and challenged them to strike back within an hour. When no one moved against him, Gwen called and reminded him to return to New York for their driving practice.

• Hawk told Maria Hill he could either kill the officials responsible for the war or demand reparations, then threatened to destroy the Pentagon and White House if he chose to continue fighting.
• Maria Hill persuaded Hawk to accept reparations, and he made the thirty-three officials each transfer him one million dollars before sending them away.
• Hawk told Maria Hill he would remain at Quantico for an hour and warned the Federation and S.H.I.E.L.D. to attack him during that time or stay away from him afterward.
• Maria Hill left Quantico and contacted the Pentagon while Hawk waited alone among the ruins; no one attacked him before the hour passed.
• Gwen called Hawk and asked him to come back to New York for their planned driving practice, and Hawk agreed.

After destroying Quantico Military Base, Hawk returned to New York with S.H.I.E.L.D. and resolved to seek Vibranium and the Reality Stone so he could forge the Phoenix Cloth and rescue his sister from Hell. He reunited with Gwen and headed home, with learning to drive among his plans.

• Maria Hill explained that Natasha Romanoff had gone to New York to return Gwen's repaired car and warned Hawk that the military might have used Gwen to threaten him, so Hawk accepted a plane ride back to New York.
• Hawk destroyed the last intact building at Quantico, leaving the base in ruins, then discarded Abomination's burned head because he feared it would frighten his sister.
• Hawk decided he needed Vibranium to forge the Phoenix Cloth and the Reality Stone to make his Cosmo real in the Marvel Universe, which would help him challenge Mephisto and rescue his sister.
• On the S.H.I.E.L.D. jet, Sharon Carter told Hawk she understood his desire for revenge, and Hawk said he planned to learn to drive.
• Hawk arrived at an airport outside New York, reunited with Gwen beside her restored yellow Carola, and rode home with her.

Hawk passed his driving test and took Gwen to St. Mark's Church to arrange a new resting place for his sister Anna. He then bought a Manhattan house for himself and Gwen, leaving them with a new home of their own.

• Hawk passed his driving test after the examiner praised his driving, and Gwen insisted he take the wheel once he received his license.
• Hawk and Gwen visited St. Mark's Church, where Hawk paid for a cemetery plot for Anna and arranged to move her from Calvin Cemetery the next day.
• Gwen recalled that their winter break was ending and that she and Hawk had turned eighteen a week earlier, though Hawk had avoided marrying her because he feared George Stacy's reaction.
• Hawk drove Gwen to a nearby house for sale and showed her the spacious three-story home he planned to buy.
• Hawk agreed to pay twelve million dollars for the house and handed the agent his Stark Bank card.

Hawk bought a Manhattan villa with part of the war reparations he had received, and Gwen questioned him about what happened at Quantico. In Washington, Betty Ross pressed Nick Fury to reveal who had killed her father, and he finally began to give in.

• Hawk paid twelve million dollars for a villa in Palm Community, and the realtor promised to complete the ownership transfer within three hours.
• Gwen confronted Hawk about his money, and Hawk told her the Federal Military had paid him thirty-three million dollars in war reparations.
• Hawk changed the subject by taking Gwen to look around their new house, while Gwen decided she only needed to know that he was safe.
• Betty Ross continued investigating her father's murder and insisted to Nick Fury that she deserved to know the killer's identity.
• Betty knelt before Nick Fury and begged him to tell her who had killed Thaddeus Ross, and Nick Fury sighed as he prepared to answer.

Betty tried to persuade Bruce to become the Hulk again so he could help avenge her father, but Bruce refused to risk losing the normal life he had regained. After Bruce revealed that Hawk had killed General Ross, Betty pretended to accept his refusal while secretly vowing revenge.

• Betty asked Bruce to become the Hulk again and help avenge General Ross, but Bruce refused.
• Bruce admitted he could potentially become the Hulk again but explained that the process might kill him and that he wanted to live normally.
• Betty asked how her father had died, and Bruce told her that Hawk killed Ross after Ross tried to attack him.
• Betty asked for Hawk's name and learned that he had killed the Hulk because his sister Anya died in the battle between the Hulk and Abomination.
• Betty told Bruce she wanted to sleep alone, then secretly vowed to avenge Anya and her father.

Hawk’s Draco constellation lit up, strengthening his Cosmo and revealing the path toward the Sixth Sense. After spending a quiet morning with Gwen, he sensed the Sixth Sense door violently tremble as she drove away.

• Hawk discovered that Draco had joined Phoenix in his Cosmo five days earlier, expanding his Cosmo and giving him a glimpse of the Sixth Sense.
• Hawk and Gwen shared breakfast, and they confirmed that Gwen would visit Berkeley next week while Hawk planned to go to Wakanda.
• Hawk and Gwen mowed the lawn together, then Gwen left to go shopping with Mary.
• As Gwen drove away, the door to Hawk’s Sixth Sense trembled, and a fierce aura erupted from him as he turned toward her direction.

Gwen drove toward Queens to meet Mary for hot cocoa, but kidnappers ambushed her on the way. Hawk rescued her and promised the fleeing attackers would not escape.

• Gwen told Mary she was leaving Hawk's house and hurried toward Queens for hot cocoa at Mrs. Noir's dessert shop.
• Three Toyotas followed Gwen across the Manhattan Bridge and trapped her car after one deliberately crashed into it.
• Hawk rammed a Toyota, stepped out, and killed four masked gunmen after their bullets bounced off him.
• Hawk held back another Toyota, then released it into a wall, knocking out the middle-aged woman driving it.
• Gwen told Hawk there had been a third Toyota, and he said its occupants had run but could not get away.
• Police sirens approached as officers ordered the attackers to raise their hands.

Hawk protected Gwen during a kidnapping attempt, and George and Allen investigated the four dead gang members and the woman taken to the hospital. The woman died, the investigation remained ongoing, and police protection was assigned to George’s family as Hawk headed for the subway.

• Police officers arrived after Hawk and Gwen killed four kidnappers, and George rushed to the scene to check on Gwen.
• Allen told George that the dead men belonged to the Demon Gang and had their necks broken with bare hands; detectives identified Abu Rembel as one of them.
• George and Allen learned that the woman taken to the hospital was Abu Rembel’s wife, then went to investigate while Hawk drove Gwen home in George’s police car.
• Allen questioned Hawk’s wealth and background, and George said Hawk was an orphan whose money had not attracted the IRS.
• George told Helen and Gwen that the woman had died and arranged police protection for them; Hawk said goodbye to Gwen and activated all five senses after turning a corner.

Hawk tracked down and killed the men responsible for Gwen’s attempted kidnapping, then asked Anna to trace a payment to their employer. After Anna identified the sender, Hawk received her message at school and prepared to pursue the threat further.

• Hawk found three kidnappers in an apartment and killed them after hearing they planned to kill Gwen and had received operational money.
• Hawk killed the surviving man, Daven Simmons, and used his driver’s license to ask Anna to trace a $100,000 transfer.
• Anna agreed to investigate Daven’s bank accounts and contacted someone to begin the search.
• Hawk returned to school, where Mary Jane asked about Gwen’s attempted kidnapping; he confirmed that Gwen was staying home while the culprit remained unidentified.
• Hawk got leave approved, received a message from Anna naming the sender, and considered eliminating the threat at its source.

After Anna confirmed that Betty Ross had paid to arrange Gwen's kidnapping, Hawk went to Betty's apartment in Jersey City, determined to confront her. S.H.I.E.L.D. chose not to intervene, and the chapter ended as Betty opened her door to Hawk.

• Anna told Hawk that Betty Ross had hired an intelligence broker to contact Daven Simmons and sent him Betty's address.
• Hawk decided that protecting his family meant keeping them together and whole, then left for Jersey City.
• Peter told Hawk that Mary had gone to find Gwen and left to check on Harry Osborn.
• Hawk traveled to Lincoln Park Apartments, where Betty lived, and rejected Victoria Hand's attempt to contact him.
• Maria Hill ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. not to intervene because Betty had made the first move.
• Hawk reached Betty's apartment on the tenth floor, and Betty opened the door from inside.

Hawk killed Betty Ross after she admitted she had arranged to have Gwen murdered, then realized Betty may have planned her death to provoke Bruce Banner into seeking revenge. Bruce returned to find Betty dead, learned why Hawk had killed her, and was left staring blankly at their wedding photograph.

• Betty told Hawk she had planned to kill Gwen and send him a video, but Hawk seized her and killed her when she refused to answer his final question.
• Hawk recognized the wedding photograph and guessed Betty had entered the game herself, hoping Bruce would avenge her, so he chose to give Bruce that opportunity.
• Bruce returned with Victoria Hand and found Betty's cold body; he held her and mourned until Victoria pulled him away.
• Bruce demanded to know who had killed Betty, and Victoria named Hawk and explained that Betty had arranged the attempt on Gwen first.
• Bruce's anger faded after hearing the explanation, and he sat silently staring at the wedding photograph.

Hawk saw Gwen off to California and agreed to wait before intervening in Bruce Banner’s life, while arranging protection for her. At Betty Ross’s funeral, Nick Fury revealed to Bruce that Betty had been pregnant, leaving Bruce stunned.

• Hawk gave Gwen a phone number for her protection in California, and Gwen promised to call it after landing.
• Gwen persuaded Hawk not to act against Bruce Banner yet because Bruce was another victim of Betty Ross’s manipulation.
• Hawk watched Gwen’s plane depart, then bought a ticket to Paris so he could continue toward Wakanda.
• Pepper Potts, Sharon Carter, Natasha, and Barton offered Bruce condolences at Betty’s funeral before leaving.
• Nick Fury told Bruce that Betty had been one month pregnant, and Bruce reacted with shock.

Bruce Banner uncovered Nick Fury’s attempt to manipulate him into reviving Hulk and watched Betty’s final message explaining her plan and her love for Bruce. He chose to trade his life to bring Hulk back, intending to join Betty in death.

• Bruce Banner found Betty Ross’s belongings and called Nick Fury after receiving S.H.I.E.L.D.’s examination report.
• Bruce accused Nick Fury of fabricating Betty’s pregnancy report to make him avenge General Ross and revive Hulk.
• Bruce played Betty’s final video, in which she confessed that she had refused Nick Fury’s plan and explained why she had acted against Hawk.
• Nick Fury said he wanted Bruce to revive Hulk because he believed Hulk was the only one capable of stopping Hawk.
• Bruce exposed Nick Fury’s fear and motive, then let him hang up without telling Maria Hill or anyone else.
• Bruce watched Betty’s message again and decided to exchange his life for Hulk’s, saying he would soon join Betty.

Hawk reached Wakanda and demanded one ton of Vibranium, giving its disguised merchant tribe until seven the next morning to hand it over. As he prepared for a fight, Bruce Banner arrived at the settlement.

• Hawk finally arrived in Africa after rebel takeovers repeatedly disrupted his flights, then drove toward Wakanda.
• Hawk saw Wakanda’s hidden golden dome and confronted the merchant tribe disguised as impoverished outsiders.
• Hawk demanded one ton of Vibranium and gave the Wakandans until seven the next morning before he would take it himself.
• Lunn and the Wakandans watched Hawk overnight while he rested in his jeep and trained his Cosmo consciousness.
• The next morning, Hawk began his daily punching routine as Lunn prepared to drive him away, but Bruce Banner arrived in a jeep.

Hawk killed Bruce Banner, then attacked Wakanda after its people refused to hand over Vibranium. He slaughtered the defenders at the tribe and arrived at the border, where Oyo and the Border Tribe prepared to charge him.

• Bruce Banner told Hawk that Betty had left him a message, then asked Hawk to kill him in Wakanda.
• Hawk struck Bruce with a single blow and watched him die without Hulk returning to life.
• Hawk demanded Vibranium from the Wakandans, but Elder Wakandan Lunn and the warriors refused and attacked.
• Hawk killed Lunn and the charging warriors with his speed and Lightning Sonic Fist, then took a Vibranium spear and found it unbendable.
• Hawk reached Wakanda’s border and faced Oyo, the Border Tribe, and their rhinoceros-like mounts as they prepared to charge.

Hawk massacred Wakanda’s defending warriors and tested the Vibranium-powered shield, while Bruce Banner’s blood-darkened body brought Demon Hulk back from Hell. Demon Hulk attacked Hawk, who faced the charge without retreating.

• Oyo led the Wakandan Border Tribe and rhino riders in a charge, but Hawk killed them with his Lightning Sonic Fist.
• Hawk reached Wakanda’s golden Energy Shield and struck it repeatedly, but the Vibranium-powered barrier absorbed his attacks.
• Princess Shuri identified Hawk through classified S.H.I.E.L.D. files and concluded that he could not break the shield with his current attacks.
• Shuri detected a powerful new energy signature at the Merchant Tribe and identified it as similar to Hulk’s.
• Demon Hulk emerged from Bruce Banner’s blackened blood and narrowly missed Hawk with a crushing landing.
• Demon Hulk charged Hawk in a rage, and Hawk stood his ground.

Hawk battled the regenerating, ever-stronger Demon Hulk and used Wakanda’s shield to lure him inside the hidden city. The chapter ended with Hawk breaking away a cliff beneath Hulk, sending him plunging toward the river below.

• Hawk traded rapid Cosmo-powered Sonic Fists with Demon Hulk, while Hulk’s growing strength sent Hawk crashing into Wakanda’s Vibranium Energy Shield.
• Hawk reached the threshold of the Sixth Sense and learned to hover, but Demon Hulk healed and grew larger as his anger increased.
• Hawk lured Demon Hulk into striking the shield, and King T’Chaka ordered Princess Shuri to open a gap so the fight would move inside Wakanda.
• Hawk and Demon Hulk entered the hidden Wakandan city, and the shield closed behind them.
• Hawk dodged Demon Hulk near a cliff and smashed the ground beneath him, breaking off the cliff and sending Hulk falling toward the river.