Chapter Summaries

Hawk forced Mephisto to release Anya’s soul and claimed that souls connected to him could enter his Underworld. He brought Anya to a peaceful Pure Land, where he explained that he could not resurrect her yet, then told her he had found her a sister-in-law.

• Hawk offered Mephisto a final deal: release Anya and surrender authority over souls connected to him, or fight until one of them died.
• Mephisto accepted the terms and let Hawk leave Hell with Anya and the Sancrist Contract.
• Hawk returned to his Underworld with Anya and realized Mephisto had lied about souls being impossible to resurrect without bodies.
• Hawk explained that he needed to find Anya a body to resurrect her, while Anya marveled at the Pure Land he had created for her.
• Anya thanked Hawk for saving her, and Hawk told her he had found her a sister-in-law.

Hawk returned to New York City and told Gwen he had reached his sister Anya in the Underworld, then began seeking cloning technology to truly revive her. After Hawk and Gwen changed his surname to Phoenix, Mary called to report that Peter had disappeared.

• Hawk told Gwen he had reunited with Anya in the Pure Land but still needed to clone a body to revive her fully.
• Hawk called Anna about cloning technology, but she did not answer, so he asked Sharon to check whether S.H.I.E.L.D. had researched it.
• Hawk began searching online for cloning scientists and struggled with the Seventh Sense before deciding he could use the Mind Stone to help comprehend it.
• Gwen drove Hawk to City Hall, where he officially changed his surname to Phoenix.
• Mary called Gwen and said Peter had disappeared.

Hawk, Gwen, and Mary investigated Peter's disappearance and learned he had vanished during a pizza delivery a week earlier. At Osborn Manor, the butler revealed that Peter and Felicia had flown out of New York City together on the day he disappeared.

• Mary told Gwen that Peter was missing, and Hawk questioned Aunt May and Mary about when they had last seen or heard from him.
• Mary said Peter had stopped delivering a second pizza on December 26, and Hawk found no trace of him anywhere in New York City.
• Aunt May recalled that Felicia had called Peter often before he disappeared, so Mary, Gwen, and Hawk went to Osborn Manor to find her.
• Gwen remembered that Felicia had missed a police charity gala, and she suspected Peter and Felicia might have left together.
• The old butler told Mary that Peter and Felicia had flown out of New York City at noon on December 26.

Gwen, Hawk, and Mary learned that Peter had rushed to Osborn Manor after Felicia found tapes about his parents and a possible lead on their disappearance. Mary returned home calm but seemed ready to end her relationship with Peter, while Gwen wondered why Aunt May had kept the news secret.

• Gwen and Hawk went with Mary to Osborn Manor, where the butler said Peter and Felicia had left in a hurry.
• Mary called Felicia on the satellite phone, spoke with Peter, and learned he had not disappeared but had gone to investigate a lead about his parents.
• Mary explained that Felicia had found videotapes containing coordinates linked to the spider that gave Peter his powers, and that Richard Parker and Mary Parker had vanished after a plane crash.
• Mary said Peter had not told her where the coordinates led because the location was an Osborn trade secret, then returned home with a calm smile.
• Gwen told Hawk she thought Mary would break up with Peter and questioned why Aunt May had concealed Peter's call; Hawk suggested Aunt May might disapprove of their relationship.

Hawk and Gwen discussed Peter and Mary Jane’s breakup, while Hawk nearly rushed Gwen to Las Vegas to marry him. Two months later, they were stunned to learn that Mary Jane had begun dating Flash Thompson.

• Hawk argued that Peter’s and Mary’s relationship was their private matter, then suggested taking Gwen to Las Vegas to get married; Gwen declined because of the consequences and their studies.
• Gwen told Hawk that Peter had taken a semester off to help with Felicia’s research project and that Mary had broken up with him over the phone.
• Gwen explained that Mary ended the relationship because Aunt May had not treated her as family, and Mary chose to part with Peter on good terms.
• Hawk and Gwen wondered when Mary would start dating again, then were shocked two months later to learn her new boyfriend was Flash Thompson.

Hawk learned that T'Challa had led Wakanda in a rebellion against the joint forces, then asked Sharon for help finding human-cloning research to revive his sister. Sharon offered to arrange a meeting with Merrick in The Raft, but Hawk suddenly vanished from the tea shop.

• Hawk and Gwen were shocked to learn that Mary was dating Flash, Peter's former bully.
• Sharon told Hawk that T'Challa had torn up Wakanda's agreement, driven the joint forces from the capital, and attacked their forces after T'Chaka died.
• Sharon showed Hawk footage of soldiers jumping from a warship during the rebellion and said the cause was still under investigation while negotiations continued.
• Hawk asked Sharon about human-cloning research so he could revive his sister, and she offered to help him meet Merrick in The Raft.
• Hawk suddenly disappeared from his seat in front of Sharon.

Three Wakandan Dora Milaje tried to kidnap Gwen to force Hawk’s death, but Hawk killed them after rescuing her. He ordered Sharon to warn Maria Hill to evacuate people before he flew toward Wakanda, determined to destroy it.

• Sharon tracked Hawk to Imperial University after he vanished from their coffee shop, where the Dora Milaje were attacking Gwen and Mary.
• Flash Thompson charged the three Wakandan women to protect Gwen and Mary, but their leader struck him into a wall.
• The Dora Milaje blocked the women’s exit, and Hawk teleported to their aid before using telekinesis to stop the attackers.
• Hawk killed the three Dora Milaje after Gwen told him they no longer deserved mercy.
• Hawk told Sharon to have Maria Hill evacuate people ahead of his arrival, then flew toward Wakanda and declared it would cease to exist.

After Wakandans tried to assassinate Gwen, Hawk flew toward Wakanda and warned that the country would cease to exist. S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Security Council began evacuating as he closed in.

• Sharon told Commander Victoria Hand that three Wakandans had tried to assassinate Gwen, and Victoria ordered an investigation into how they reached New York.
• Sharon reported that Hawk had already left for Wakanda and had given a warning to evacuate; Victoria learned he would arrive in thirty minutes.
• Victoria contacted Maria Hill, who ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel in Wakanda to evacuate to Hell's Pass.
• Hill informed Alexander Pierce that Hawk was approaching, and Pierce ended the negotiations with T'Challa and led the Security Council members out.
• The Security Council began evacuating its personnel from Wakanda.

The United Forces and S.H.I.E.L.D. withdrew from Wakanda, leading its people to celebrate what they believed was a victory. T'Challa learned the New York operation had failed and saw Hawk approaching, then ordered Wakanda's defenses activated as Hawk prepared to attack.

• Alexander Pierce ordered an emergency withdrawal, and the United Forces and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents retreated from Wakanda.
• Wakandans across the capital celebrated, believing the retreat meant the negotiations had succeeded and Hawk would be handed over.
• T'Challa learned that the New York operation had failed and went to the combat command center.
• Wakanda's systems detected Hawk approaching, and T'Challa spotted him floating above the palace.
• Hawk summoned the Phoenix Cloth, while T'Challa ordered the Vibranium Defense Shield activated and every tribesman back into the city.

Hawk transformed with the Phoenix Cloth and destroyed Wakanda’s capital with a devastating Phoenix attack, then confronted T’Challa after breaking through the palace shield. He left T’Challa helpless and explained that he had targeted Wakanda because T’Challa sent people to New York City.

• T’Challa’s reaction triggered Wakanda’s alarm, and the Vibranium Energy Shield began descending over the capital as Hawk was revealed in the sky.
• The Phoenix Cloth possessed Hawk, and he unleashed Phoenix Wing Heaven Soar, obliterating Wakanda’s capital and nearly everyone beneath the shield.
• Hawk shattered the damaged shield around the surviving royal palace, and T’Challa rushed out to attack him.
• Hawk repelled T’Challa, then used telekinesis and Eye Impact to break his arm and restrain him.
• T’Challa accused Hawk of killing his family and people, and Hawk said he had done it because T’Challa sent people to New York City.

Hawk destroyed Wakanda, killed T'Challa, and discovered water bombs among the palace ruins. After arranging a supervised meeting with Dr. Merrick to pursue cloning his sister a new body, Hawk appeared at the joint forces' camp as Alexander Pierce briefed the other councilors on Wakanda's destruction.

• Hawk killed T'Challa, demolished the last intact palace, and found blue spheres containing water that burst into high-pressure torrents when detonated.
• Maria Hill sent S.H.I.E.L.D. agents into the ash-covered ruins, ordered T'Challa's body given a proper burial, and spoke with Hawk.
• Hill told Hawk that Dr. Merrick had completed human clones and agreed to let Hawk meet him under S.H.I.E.L.D. supervision, with Sharon accompanying him.
• Hawk thanked Hill and left, then appeared at the joint forces' camp while Alexander Pierce briefed the other four councilors about Wakanda's destruction.

Hawk visited Alexander Pierce to ask why his friend Anna had stopped answering his calls and learned she had been promoted and sent to Island Nation. After speaking with Anna, Hawk arranged to meet her in New York City in fifteen days and left, while Alexander's expression darkened.

• Hawk confronted Alexander Pierce and asked whether Anna's vacation had ended, explaining that she had been unreachable for nearly half a year.
• Alexander told Hawk that Anna had been sent to Island Nation to run a base and called her so Hawk could speak with her.
• Anna told Hawk she had been promoted, had changed her phone number, and had emailed him about the change around Christmas.
• Hawk and Anna agreed to meet in New York City in fifteen days, and Hawk thanked Alexander before leaving for New York City.
• Alexander watched Hawk depart and returned to the tent with his expression darkened.

Alexander learned that Zola and Sutrick had violated Hawk’s prohibitions by creating a powerful baby girl from Hawk’s blood and secretly developing Hawk clones, while Anna lay near death after an accident. Zola refused to delay Hydra’s second uprising, claiming Hawk 3.0 would be ready and Hawk would soon leave New York, as Alexander warned that the plan could provoke disaster.

• Alexander called Zola and learned Anna was being kept alive by machines but was unlikely to last much longer.
• Alexander condemned Zola and Sutrick for using Hawk’s blood to create a baby girl and for secretly making Hawk clones with Dr. Merrick.
• Alexander asked whether Dr. Merrick could finish Anna’s clone within half a month, but Zola said there was not enough time and revealed Hawk already knew about the clones.
• Zola refused to return Dr. Merrick to The Raft, arguing that Hawk 3.0 and the collected Cloth fragments could defeat the original Hawk.
• Zola proposed launching Hydra’s second struggle, citing Project Insight and the absence of several S.H.I.E.L.D. fighters, while Alexander warned that Hawk was still in New York City.

Hawk learned that Peter and Felicia had stopped contacting Osborn Manor’s butler from their offshore Pacific experimental base, so he prepared to go find them. After reassuring Gwen, Hawk vanished before the butler’s eyes, leaving for the mysterious trip without a plane.

• At Imperial University, Mary and Gwen helped Lightning Thomson believe that the women who knocked him out had been escaped psychiatric patients, while Hawk stayed quiet.
• Al, Osborn Manor’s butler, called Hawk and said he could no longer contact Felicia, Peter, or anyone at their offshore experimental base.
• The butler showed Hawk the platform and its coordinates, explaining that Peter had told him to contact Hawk if they ever disappeared.
• Hawk called Gwen to say he was going to find Peter, and she told him to be careful and promised to arrange leave.
• When the butler offered the private jet, Hawk refused and gradually turned transparent before his eyes.

Hawk searched Osborn’s abandoned offshore platform for Peter and Felicia and learned that armed intruders had attacked it five nights earlier. Os told him Peter and Felicia had gone ashore on Skull Island, and Hawk’s Sixth Sense confirmed the island held something for him.

• Hawk flew to Osborn’s offshore platform and found Peter’s faint scent, dried blood, and a deserted, bloodstained corridor.
• Hawk followed the blood trail to a half-corpse hanging beneath the platform, then caught a gunman’s bullet and subdued him.
• Hawk questioned the survivor, who identified himself as Os Grant and described an armed group attacking the platform during a storm five nights earlier.
• Os told Hawk that Peter and Felicia had not returned to the platform and explained that Skull Island was a remote island in the Pacific Ocean.
• Os said Peter and Felicia had gone ashore on Skull Island a month earlier, and Hawk’s Sixth Sense confirmed the island was connected to his expected discovery.

Hawk learned that Peter and Felicia Parker had gone to Skull Island to search for Howard and Mary Parker, then crossed the island’s storm barrier and discovered that time seemed to flow differently there. When Skull Island suppressed his energy and its guardian King Kong attacked, Hawk recognized the giant ape and faced its demand to leave.

• One-Ear told Hawk that Peter and Felicia Parker had entered Skull Island with eight soldiers, and that the soldiers and supply crew had been killed in an attack.
• Hawk learned Skull Island lay about fifty kilometers east, then vanished before One-Ear could ask when backup would arrive.
• Hawk flew through the violent storm surrounding Skull Island and emerged beneath a bright daytime sky despite having entered at night.
• Hawk approached the island, felt his energy suppressed near its coast, and suspected Skull Island might be the head of a godlike being.
• King Kong hurled a giant tree at Hawk, who destroyed it with a weakened Super Sonic Fist, and King Kong roared for him to leave its home.

Hawk reached Skull Island, defeated King Kong in a brief fight, then rescued him from a Swamp Giant Squid. He found Felicia in a native village and learned that she and Peter had been stranded on the island for a year, not a month.

• Hawk entered Skull Island despite its divine pressure and knocked King Kong into a lake with one punch.
• A Swamp Giant Squid dragged King Kong underwater, and Hawk pulled it from the lake and cut its tentacles free.
• King Kong crushed the Swamp Giant Squid and carried its body away after warning Hawk with a look.
• Hawk found a native village where the inhabitants mistook him for a god, then recognized Felicia and reunited with her.
• Felicia told Hawk that Peter had gone hunting and revealed that they had been living on Skull Island for a year.

Hawk reunited with Felicia on Skull Island and learned that time passed twelve times faster there than outside. He discovered that the metal shard Peter had received from the Iwi might be Adamantium, a material that could help him forge a complete Phoenix Cloth.

• Hawk and Felicia worked out that one day on Skull Island equaled roughly twelve days outside, explaining why Peter's parents had been missing for over a century by the tribe's reckoning.
• Felicia told Hawk that she and Peter had found Peter's parents, and Hawk reported that the research base had been attacked and nearly everyone there had died.
• Felicia explained that Peter had gone hunting with the Iwi and that the tribe had mistaken Hawk for their legendary ancestor.
• Felicia showed Hawk a metal shard Peter had received from the Iwi, and Hawk found that his flames could not soften it.
• Hawk recognized the shard as likely Adamantium and realized it could substitute for Silver Star Sand in forging a complete Phoenix Cloth with Uru Metal.

Hawk flew into Kong Canyon to find Peter as five Skull Crawlers emerged and attacked King Kong. After Hawk killed the creatures charging at him, two Skull Crawlers turned on him, and he unleashed his Lightning Sonic Fist.

• Five Skull Crawlers emerged from a cave, and King Kong roared as he faced them in battle.
• Hawk flew into Kong Canyon after Felicia reminded him that Peter was still there.
• Peter rescued an Iwi hunter from a Thigh Mother Monster while he and the other hunters took shelter from fleeing creatures.
• King Kong confronted the five Skull Crawlers in a clearing, and Hawk landed beside Peter.
• Hawk killed a charging Blade-Spine Hyena with a punch, drawing two Skull Crawlers away from King Kong.
• Hawk attacked the two Skull Crawlers with his Lightning Sonic Fist, tearing apart their tongues and engulfing them in a storm of punches.

Hawk helped King Kong defeat the Skull Crawlers and returned to the Iwi village, where Peter learned that a year on Skull Island had been only a month outside. Peter discovered his parents had died of old age more than a century earlier, then learned that Felicia was pregnant.

• Hawk destroyed a Skull Crawler that attacked him while King Kong killed the remaining Skull Crawlers.
• Hawk inspected the smoke-filled cave but decided not to enter the possible Hollow Earth after King Kong warned him of the danger.
• Hawk returned with Peter to the Iwi village, where Peter embraced him and learned only a month had passed outside.
• Peter learned that his parents, Howard and Mary Parker, had lived with the Iwi tribe and died naturally more than a hundred years ago.
• Hawk told Peter that Aunt May was worried about Little Spider, and Felicia confirmed that she was pregnant.