Recaps

Hawking discovered he could retain his reason as a Great Ape and used that advantage while Professor X and Nick Fury negotiated. While the others faced off, Hawking secretly freed Magneto and Mystique, and Magneto thanked him for the rescue.

• Hawking transformed into a clear-eyed Great Ape and told Professor X he could control the form.
• Hawking and Professor X agreed to keep the initiative during negotiations with Nick Fury, and Hawking changed back into a child.
• Captain Marvel and the X-Men met with Nick Fury and the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents while Hawking pretended to go aboard the X-Jet for clothes.
• Hawking repaired his robe, used the Invisibility Cloak to sneak into the Quinjet, and freed Magneto and Mystique from their guards.
• Magneto awoke and told Hawking he owed him one.

Professor X rejected Nick Fury’s demand to register all mutants, and Hawking helped Magneto and Mystique escape so Magneto could destroy the Brainwave Disruptors and let Professor X subdue S.H.I.E.L.D. After the X-Men left, Fury resolved to assemble the Avengers, while Captain Carter questioned S.H.I.E.L.D.’s treatment of mutants.

• Nick Fury demanded that all mutants be entered into S.H.I.E.L.D.’s database, but Professor X refused and offered to handle mutant-related crises himself.
• Magneto, Mystique, and Hawking arrived, and Magneto shattered the Brainwave Disruptors around Fury, Captain Marvel, Captain Carter, and the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.
• Professor X controlled the agents, while Captain Marvel broke free; Hawking warned her not to act or the others could die.
• Professor X told Captain Marvel he would bring Colonel Stryker and evidence of his crimes to S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters in two days, then led the mutants away.
• After regaining control, Fury said the Avengers needed to be assembled, and Captain Carter said she sympathized with the mutants.

Professor X and Magneto agreed to work together for the sake of mutants after learning about the Skrulls and Kree, while Wolverine chose to join X-Academy and invited Deathstrike to come with him. As Hawking fell unconscious after his Harry Potter Template finished loading, Professor X accepted him as family despite being unsure whether he was a mutant.

• Professor X told Magneto about the Skrulls and Kree and proposed that they set aside their differences, and Magneto agreed to cooperate while maintaining his goal of eliminating humanity.
• Hawking approved of Professor X and Magneto joining forces, while Wolverine decided to make X-Academy his home and joked with Hawking about nicknames.
• Wolverine invited Deathstrike to join X-Academy, and Hawking supported the idea of her becoming a teacher.
• Hawking’s Harry Potter Template finished loading, and the Firebolt and Invisibility Cloak vanished before he fell unconscious from the side effects.
• Professor X questioned whether Hawking was a mutant but decided he belonged at the school, while Magneto criticized Charles for not training more students to fight.
• Professor X and Magneto began a chess game aboard the X-Jet as they flew toward the school.

After waking aboard the plane, Hawking decided Colonel Stryker should be killed rather than handed over to Nick Fury. He reviewed the Harry Potter memories and Wizard Bloodline he had gained, then began planning how to create a wand using Marvel technology.

• Hawking woke after an hour and found Professor X, Magneto, and the others aboard the plane, while Colonel Stryker lay unconscious at the back.
• Hawking resolved to kill Stryker, fearing he would evade punishment and that S.H.I.E.L.D. might pass his mutant research to Hydra.
• Hawking examined Harry's memories and discovered he had retained the Wizard Bloodline and spells but not Harry's lightning-shaped scar or Voldemort's remnant soul.
• Hawking realized he lacked a wand and that his inexperience made reliable wandless spellcasting impractical.
• Hawking planned to ask Professor X for a scientist who could study wand magic and possibly turn his Adamantium Alloy Long Staff into a wand.

After returning to the Mutant School, Hawking discussed killing Colonel Stryker with Magneto and secured his help in carrying out the plan despite Charles’s objections. Two days later, Hawking joined Charles, Magneto, and Mystique in taking Stryker to S.H.I.E.L.D.’s headquarters, while reflecting on Charles’s power to alter memories.

• Hawking returned to the villa at dawn, ate in the basement, and reunited with Wanda, who had stayed up worrying about him.
• Hawking spoke with Magneto about Colonel Stryker and said Stryker had to die because he knew too many mutant secrets.
• Hawking told Magneto he planned to act against Stryker and asked him to help keep Charles from interfering, and Magneto agreed.
• Two days later, Hawking said goodbye to Wanda and Pietro and accompanied Charles, Magneto, and Mystique as they took Stryker to the Triskelion.
• Hawking learned that Charles had reclaimed the school and erased evidence of the recent events, prompting him to consider the Memory Charm and False Memory Charm in his memories.

Hawking traveled with Professor X and Magneto to S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters as a deterrent while they sought friendly talks. On the flight, he learned that Beast Hank was in Washington helping establish a Mutant Affairs Department and hoped to meet the scientist.

• Hawking reasoned that failed spells could sometimes be powerful but dangerous, recalling that Baruffio had died beneath a summoned buffalo.
• Magneto argued that Hawking should accompany Professor X to deter S.H.I.E.L.D. if its countermeasure disabled mutant powers, and Hawking agreed to help the school.
• Mystique piloted the X-Jet toward Washington while Cyclops, Storm, and the others stayed behind to protect the school.
• Hawking asked Professor X about brilliant scientists because he wanted help making an Adamantium Alloy Wand.
• Professor X explained that Beast Hank was in Washington working on the Mutant Affairs Department, while Magneto dismissed the plan as a danger to mutants.
• Hawking remembered Beast's scientific achievements and realized he might soon meet him.

Hawking asked Beast to study his magical weapon and help adapt its properties to other weapons, while Beast and Mystique confronted the painful history between them. As Professor X’s group headed to S.H.I.E.L.D. with Stryker, Nick Fury prepared the headquarters for their arrival and agreed to hand Stryker over to the Defense Minister unharmed in two weeks.

• Hawking asked Beast to examine his weapon, and Beast agreed to test it after returning to the school.
• Beast warned Magneto against causing trouble and reacted uneasily to Mystique, who said Hank did not understand her pain.
• Hawking recalled that Trask had experimented on Mystique and created Sentinel Robots, and considered destroying the research before it could threaten mutants.
• Beast led Professor X, Hawking, Magneto, and Stryker toward S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, while Hill reported their approach to Nick Fury.
• Nick Fury ordered the headquarters placed on alert and told Hill he would give Stryker to the Defense Minister unharmed in two weeks.

Hawking secretly poisoned Stryker by transfiguring venom into water, ensuring it would turn back into venom hours later. The group handed Stryker over to S.H.I.E.L.D. and went to meet Nick Fury, unaware that Stryker still appeared unharmed.

• Hawking loaded the Harry Potter template and prepared to fight if S.H.I.E.L.D. acted against them.
• Hawking added venom to Stryker’s water, transfigured it into pure water, and let Stryker drink it while Professor X watched.
• Hawking explained that the transfiguration would wear off in three or four hours, turning the water in Stryker’s stomach back into venom.
• Agent Hill met the group at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters and took custody of Stryker.
• Magneto warned Professor X that handing Stryker over was a mistake, then saw Hawking wink at him.

Little Hawking and his companions entered S.H.I.E.L.D. for talks with Nick Fury, while S.H.I.E.L.D. restricted their powers and separated the group. Waiting outside the Director's Office, Little Hawking befriended Hawkeye and Black Widow while keeping his own information secret.

• Agent Hill led Little Hawking, Professor X, Magneto, and Mystique into S.H.I.E.L.D., where a device interfered with Professor X's abilities.
• Hill told Little Hawking and Mystique to wait in a lounge while Nick Fury spoke privately with Professor X and Magneto.
• Mystique asked whether Little Hawking had dealt with Stryker, and he confirmed that Stryker would not live until the next day.
• Little Hawking invited Hawkeye and Black Widow into the lounge to make friends, and they introduced themselves as Clinton or Barton and Natasha.
• Black Widow chatted with Little Hawking to gather intelligence, but he kept his own information to himself.

Hawking tricked Black Widow and Hawkeye with fake fortune-telling, making them believe their pasts and futures matched his predictions. After returning to Nick Fury and the others, Hawking arranged to join them for lunch, positioning himself away from suspicion when Stryker’s purified water was due to become poison.

• Hawking pretended to read Black Widow’s palm and told her she was fated to live alone, upsetting her by echoing parts of her troubled past.
• Hawkeye asked Hawking to read his palm, and Hawking predicted he would marry a colleague and have at least three children, leaving Hawkeye unsure whether to believe him.
• Hill arrived and escorted Hawking, Mystique, and Hill toward the Director’s Office; Mystique asked Hawking if he could truly see the future, and he called himself Mister Destiny.
• Hawking, Mystique, and Hill returned to Nick Fury, Professor X, and Magneto after their negotiations had gone well.
• Hawking asked Professor X about lunch, prompting Nick Fury to invite everyone to a French restaurant, where Hawking could avoid suspicion when Stryker’s water turned poisonous.

Nick Fury, Professor X, and Magneto reached an uneasy agreement that balanced S.H.I.E.L.D., the Mutants, and the Brotherhood of Mutants. Hawking hoped the arrangement would last long enough for him to grow stronger, then celebrated by ordering a huge meal at a French restaurant.

• Nick Fury concluded that Hawking had used information Professor X obtained from their minds to fool Black Widow and Hawkeye.
• Hawkeye and Black Widow accepted Fury's explanation, and Hawkeye regretted what Hawking had said about his three children.
• Hawking learned that S.H.I.E.L.D. would stop monitoring Mutants and support a Mutant Affairs Department, while Professor X would offer the X-Men's help when possible.
• Magneto agreed to stop terrorist attacks in exchange for the Brotherhood of Mutants no longer being wanted, with S.H.I.E.L.D. and Professor X set to oppose him if he broke the agreement.
• Hawking considered the resulting three-way balance a chance to gain strength, despite usually being weak without a full moon or the Protagonist Template.
• At a French restaurant, Hawking ordered twenty servings of apple black sausage and pan-fried sole fish for himself.

Hawking continued feasting with Nick Fury and the others when Fury learned that Colonel Stryker had been poisoned to death in custody. The death exposed a Hydra spy inside S.H.I.E.L.D., prompting Alexander Pierce to order a cover-up while Hawking remained unaware of the danger his poisoning had stirred up.

• Hawking ordered and ate enormous quantities of food while Nick Fury paid for the meal.
• Nick Fury received Agent Hill's report that Colonel Stryker had died from poison during interrogation.
• Hill arrested and questioned S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, uncovering a newly recruited spy planted by Hydra.
• Nick Fury left the restaurant with Captain Marvel and the others to deal with the suspected infiltration.
• Sitwell told Alexander Pierce that Hill had caught one of Hydra's new agents.
• Pierce ordered Sitwell to eliminate his subordinate, frame fabricated terrorist groups, and suspend Hydra operations, including those targeting Mutants.

Hawking convinced Professor X and Storm that he had already mastered middle and high school coursework, so he could focus on controlling his abilities. He then trained in the Combat Simulation Room, pushing himself through a brutal fight before recovering in the medical room and deciding to take on ten opponents next time.

• Storm and Professor X questioned Hawking about skipping classes, and he explained that he had already learned the material and wanted more time to train his abilities.
• Storm tested Hawking with increasingly difficult math problems, and he solved them with ease.
• Hawking persuaded Professor X to let him skip most classes and hurried to the underground Combat Simulation Room.
• Hawking fought five simulated thugs with his Adamantium Alloy Long Staff, then collapsed from his injuries and was treated by Phoenix.
• After recovering, Hawking left the medical room and declared that he wanted to fight ten opponents next time.

Three years later, Hawking had grown far stronger and outgrown the Combat Simulation Room’s toughest challenges, so he considered seeking Justice Points, money, and a way to obtain a Gravity Training Room. As he left the room, Storm brought several students nearing graduation for combat training, and Iceman learned that defeating the simulation’s highest difficulty would take several X-Men working together.

• Hawking destroyed the Combat Simulation Room’s three Giant Robots and concluded that its highest difficulty no longer challenged him.
• Hawking reflected on his progress, his mastery of Harry’s spells, and his plans to earn Justice Points and money to advance his training.
• Storm arrived with Deathstrike, Colossus, Iceman, Shadowcat, and Rogue, explaining that she had brought Iceman, Shadowcat, and Rogue for preliminary combat training before graduation.
• Hawking left the room, and Storm’s group admired his physique and discussed his reputation at the school.
• Iceman asked Storm whether the simulation’s highest difficulty was truly hard, and she said that even several X-Men might only have a chance of winning.

Hawking followed the news for signs of useful opportunities and considered contacting Tony Stark, Norman, and Reed Richards. He also used his newly enchanted Ebony Ring to cast magic and headed to dinner, remaining elusive to the students at X-Academy.

• Hawking read reports about Stark Industries, Oscorp, and Reed Richards, identifying Tony Stark, Norman, and Reed as people he might contact.
• Hawking put on the Ebony Ring, which Beast had helped enchant to function like a wand, and used it to cast Wind Whirlwind and dry his hair.
• Hawking reflected that the Ebony Ring and Adamantium Alloy Long Staff would let him cast magic without his wand, including if Magneto became an enemy.
• Hawking went to the cafeteria before the students arrived, continuing the routine that had earned him the nickname “Mysterious Hawking.”

Hawking reflected on developing his magic before Wanda invited him to the school’s bonfire party and asked him to be her dance partner. He agreed, while suspecting that Wanda was pretending no one had asked her.

• Hawking practiced Transfiguration and considered how deeper study could strengthen his magic and broaden his defenses against powerful opponents.
• Wanda told Hawking that Professor Jean had invited him to the bonfire party for graduating students, and he agreed to attend.
• Wanda asked Hawking whether he had chosen a dance partner, and he said he was not interested in dancing.
• Wanda claimed she had no partner and asked Hawking to help her avoid embarrassment, while Hawking suspected her popularity made her excuse unlikely.
• Hawking recalled teaching Wanda wizarding magic and explained that her still-weak Chaos Magic could grow stronger as her mind was stimulated.

Wanda agreed to be Hawking’s dance partner and helped him test how her Chaos Magic could provide gravity-like resistance for training. The chapter ended with Hawking heading to the Bonfire Party while Wanda turned away other potential partners for him.

• Wanda revealed that Pietro had confessed to Kitty and begged Hawking to be her dance partner, and he agreed.
• Hawking had Wanda press her Chaos Magic evenly against him, discovered its training potential, and asked her to assist his nightly workouts.
• Wanda told girls asking about Hawking that he would not take another dance partner, collecting their promised rewards, then scared off a boy who invited her to dance.
• At ten that night, Hawking stopped practicing, dressed for the Bonfire Party, and left his room in high spirits.

After the Bonfire Party, Hawking visited Professor X to discuss his plan to earn Justice Points in New York and improve public opinion of Mutants by having them act as Super Heroes. Professor X listened as Hawking proposed the idea, leaving their conversation and the plan’s fate unresolved.

• Hawking returned to his room after enjoying the Bonfire Party and decided to seek Professor X’s support for going to New York.
• Hawking told Professor X that he had mastered his abilities, and Professor X congratulated him.
• Hawking asked why humans still feared Mutants despite the school’s cooperation with S.H.I.E.L.D., and Professor X explained that fear of the unknown was natural.
• Hawking suggested that Mutants could use their powers to help people and gain public understanding, then proposed becoming Super Heroes and using the media to improve their reputation.

Hawking persuaded Professor X to let him begin helping people in New York as a trial run for improving human attitudes toward Mutants. That night, Hawking set out on a tree trunk to do good deeds, and Professor X told Cyclops he already knew about it.

• Hawking explained his plan and addressed Professor X's concerns about choosing a suitable Mutant to become a public hero.
• Hawking persuaded Professor X to approve the trial and suggested acquiring a media outlet such as the Daily Bugle.
• Hawking went into the woods at night, launched a tree trunk, and rode it toward New York using Pillar Flight.
• Cyclops saw Hawking's unusual departure on the surveillance screen and reported it to Professor X.
• Professor X told Cyclops not to worry because he already knew about Hawking's plan.

Nick Fury reviewed S.W.O.R.D.'s progress with Carol Danvers, then learned Hawking had flown toward New York and received reassurance from Professor X that he was only playing superhero. Fury also learned Magneto was recruiting powerful Mutants and that S.H.I.E.L.D. was making progress on a weapon based on Jimmy's ability to suppress Mutant powers.

• Nick Fury told Carol Danvers that alien civilizations were a greater concern than Mutants, and Carol offered Goose and Talos's help if he needed it.
• Hill showed Fury satellite images of Hawking flying toward New York, prompting Fury to call Professor X, who said Hawking was only helping people for fun.
• Hill reported that Magneto had recruited a Mutant who could sense others' power levels and was using him to recruit powerful Mutants.
• Hill told Fury that researchers had found the gene behind Jimmy's ability to nullify Mutant powers and might use it to create a weapon against Mutants.
• Fury welcomed the research progress, believing the weapon could let S.H.I.E.L.D. overcome Professor X, Magneto, and Hawking.

Hawking began earning Justice Points in the Bronx by stopping two men from robbing and beating a woman. After defeating them, he transformed his clothes into a golden superhero costume and prepared to build a public image that would support his future Super Hero International Company.

• Hawking arrived in an abandoned Bronx park on a flying tree trunk and found two men beating a woman and stealing her handbag.
• Hawking told the men to return the handbag, but they attacked him with knives.
• Hawking broke both men's wrists, kicked them down, and returned the handbag to the woman.
• Hawking took less than twenty dollars from the unconscious men and moved to a nearby rooftop.
• Hawking used the Transfiguration Charm to turn his tracksuit into golden armor and a fallen leaf into a helmet, intending to establish his superhero image.

Hawking searched the Bronx for a crime suited to his superhero debut and stopped an armed bank-robbery getaway. After identifying himself as the God of War, he escaped on the Flying Nimbus, leaving the police and onlookers stunned.

• Hawking passed several crimes without intervening until he found robbers fleeing in a van with stolen bank money and firing on the police.
• The robbers destroyed a pursuing police car with an RPG, but Hawking landed in front of their van and stopped it with one hand.
• Hawking flipped the van into the air, caught the robbers’ bullets, and knocked out two men who attacked him.
• The police aimed their handguns at Hawking, who introduced himself as the God of War and flew away on the Flying Nimbus.

After using the Goku Template to make a dramatic entrance, Hawking spent the night stopping crimes across the South Bronx and studied how the Justice Points system judged his actions. He ended the night planning to improve his search methods and possibly enlist Spider-Man’s help.

• Hawking waited in a park for the Goku Template to finish loading, then resumed his patrol after its duration ended.
• Hawking responded to nearly twenty incidents before five in the morning, leaving without waiting for thanks or repeating his slogan.
• Hawking discovered that saving people from imminent death earned far more Justice Points than stopping theft, and that deliberately creating danger to farm points earned nothing.
• Hawking decided to search indoors, prioritize incidents with greater rewards, and consider visiting Peter Parker to discuss working with Spider-Man.
• Hawking returned to the abandoned park in the North Bronx to eat breakfast and sleep.

After Hawking’s first night acting as the God of War, Professor X praised his efforts and gave him control over the newly acquired Daily Bugle. Hawking went to meet J. Jonah Jameson and ordered him to put the God of War on the front page, but Jameson resisted.

• Hawking returned to the Mutant School, where Professor X welcomed him with food and heard his account of the night’s rescues.
• Professor X told Hawking that he had bought the Daily Bugle from J. Jonah Jameson and put Jameson in charge under Hawking.
• Hawking checked the online reaction to his appearance, staged photographs, borrowed Cyclops’s modified Harley, and rode to the Daily Bugle’s Manhattan office.
• Hawking ordered Jonah Jameson to feature the God of War on the next day’s front page, but Jameson objected and preferred a story about Tony Stark.

Hawking persuaded Jonah Jameson to make the Daily Bugle’s coverage of God of War positive, then went to Midtown High School to look for Peter Parker. He left with only a possible lead: a blonde student said the school had a nerd named Peter Parker.

• Hawking explained that the Daily Bugle could gain an edge by covering the previous night’s incident, and Jonah learned the fifth edition had sold out.
• Jonah ordered Eddie to find photos of Armor Man and write a negative report, but Hawking overruled him and demanded positive coverage of God of War.
• Hawking gave Eddie staged photographs and suggested sensational headlines presenting God of War as a trustworthy Super Hero.
• Hawking rode to Queens and found Midtown High School while wondering whether Eddie might be Venom’s host.
• A blonde student named Lily approached Hawking, and he asked her whether she knew Peter Parker.
• Lily said Midtown High School had a nerd named Peter Parker, though she was unsure whether he was the person Hawking sought.