Recaps

Hawking tracked down Peter Parker after learning that Peter had recently been bitten by a mutated spider and discovered his new powers. After Peter tested his web-slinging, Hawking introduced himself and invited him to talk over a meal.

• Hawking met Lily and Jessica at Peter’s school, where Jessica told him Peter had fought Thompson and run away.
• Hawking recognized that Peter’s story resembled Maguire’s Spider-Man and rode off to search for him.
• Peter tested his enhanced abilities and web-shooting by leaping across rooftops and swinging to another building.
• Hawking found Peter after he crashed into an advertising banner and used magic to repair Peter’s torn uniform.
• Hawking told Peter he knew about the spider bite, and Peter accepted his invitation to talk at a Burger Joint.

Hawking offered Peter Parker a paid role finding crimes with his abilities, and Peter began considering the offer. Later, Wanda helped Hawking train with Chaos Magic, and he gave her a cosmetics set as thanks.

• Hawking offered Peter one hundred US dollars per hour to locate crimes, and Peter hesitated because he worried Uncle Ben and Aunt May would disapprove.
• Peter said Mutants should not be targeted, and Hawking explained that he wanted to change people's views of Mutants by fighting criminals.
• Hawking returned home and trained with Wanda, who used Chaos Magic to apply pressure during his handstand push-ups for an hour.
• Wanda collapsed from exhaustion, and Hawking carried her to her room and told her she had been a great help.
• Hawking gave Wanda a full Estée Lauder cosmetics set, and she quickly claimed that her strength had returned.

Peter Parker decided to accept Hawking’s offer after seeing Mary Jane leave with Thompson, while Hawking continued his nighttime crime-fighting and began targeting criminal bosses for money. Hawking left to fight crime in his Golden Armor before planning to rob organized crime groups after they went to sleep.

• Peter saw Mary Jane changing clothes, then heard her parents arguing and went outside to greet her as she left home.
• Peter and Mary Jane talked comfortably until Thompson arrived in a sports car and took her to his birthday party.
• Peter checked car prices in a newspaper, decided he wanted to earn money for a sports car, and called Hawking.
• Hawking returned to the park, defeated the Black Brothers and their gang, and used the Imperius Curse on their bald boss to learn about local criminal factions.
• Hawking decided to fight crime early in the night and quietly take money from criminal organizations later, then transformed his coat into Golden Armor and set out.

Hawking rescued Eddie Brock from a gang in the South Bronx and gave him a story about why he fought crime. After continuing his patrol, Hawking broke into a crime boss’s villa and opened the boss’s safe with magic.

• Hawking rescued Eddie Brock from thugs who were robbing and assaulting him, then restored Eddie’s clothes.
• Eddie interviewed Hawking, who said he had been born on Earth with his abilities and could not coexist with evil.
• Eddie imagined a tragic backstory for Hawking and hurried back to Manhattan to write a front-page article.
• Hawking continued fighting crime until three in the morning, earning Justice Points and building his reputation.
• Hawking changed into black nightwear, entered a crime boss’s villa, stunned the sleeping boss, and opened his safe with Alohomora.

Hawking took a vault full of valuables from a Bronx boss and planned to build Hero Alliance International Company, then recruited Peter Parker as his temporary employee. After Peter asked for a salary advance to buy a car, Hawking offered him a hundred thousand dollars.

• Hawking shrank a wealthy boss's vault and spared the unconscious man, deciding that killing crime bosses would not change the Bronx.
• Hawking returned with the valuables and considered launching Hero Alliance International Company to earn money through heroes' merchandise and endorsements.
• Peter Parker texted Hawking to accept a temporary job, and Hawking arranged to meet him.
• Hawking saw that people online were calling him Armor Man or Armor Hero instead of the God of War.
• Peter met Hawking at a Queens burger joint and asked for a five-thousand-dollar advance to buy a used car.
• Hawking offered Peter a hundred thousand dollars to buy a new car, leaving Peter astonished by his generosity.

Hawking arranged a part-time reporter job and bought Peter Parker a sports car, then met him in Queens Park to begin their search for someone. Peter arrived in his school uniform, realizing too late that he had forgotten to prepare a disguise.

• Hawking suggested Peter explain the sports car by claiming the Daily Bugle hired him part-time, and Peter showed that he had a driver's license.
• Hawking took Peter to meet Jonah Jameson, arranged his reporter's ID, and bought him a sports car.
• Hawking worried that fate might still cause Uncle Ben's death and reflected that he needed to grow stronger.
• Peter arrived early at Queens Park, where Hawking landed on a flying tree trunk and offered to teach him the technique.
• Hawking noticed Peter was still wearing his school uniform, and Peter admitted he had forgotten to bring a disguise.

Hawking teamed up with Peter in Queens Park, using Peter’s Spider-Sense to find people in immediate danger and earn Justice Points. After explaining why they could not respond to every minor incident, Hawking and Peter agreed on how to work together, and Hawking left to continue patrolling.

• Hawking transformed Peter’s clothes into a Spider-Man suit and revealed that he was Armor Hero.
• Peter used his Spider-Sense to locate emergencies while Hawking rescued people and gained Justice Points.
• Peter questioned why Hawking did not intervene in every incident, and Hawking explained that they had to prioritize lives in danger.
• Hawking proposed that Peter handle less dangerous situations and contact him about life-threatening ones; Peter agreed to help during vacation for his usual pay.
• Hawking returned to the Bronx to continue his work after telling Peter they would patrol Queens Park again tomorrow.

After Mary Jane was killed by robbers on Peter Parker’s graduation day, Peter vowed to use his powers to help people rather than for pay. Hawking proposed forming a team and company for heroes, and Peter agreed to join.

• Hawking practiced qi until he could briefly hover, then met Peter Parker in Queens to congratulate him on graduating.
• Peter told Hawking that Mary Jane had been shot and killed during a robbery, and that he had caught the robbers and handed them to the police.
• Peter refused to rest, gave Hawking money from selling his sports car, and vowed to fight criminals without taking payment.
• Hawking proposed forming a team of people with special abilities and starting a company to support their work.
• Peter agreed to join the team, trusting Hawking and hoping to help others while earning money to support his household.

Hawking comforted Peter over Mary Jane, then led him to Hell's Kitchen for a patrol where they rescued captives and fought armed criminals. After learning that the Green Goblin had destroyed a rival aerospace company's test site, Hawking decided to seek a partnership with him.

• Hawking reminded Peter that Jessica Campbell might have feelings for him, and Peter said she had been hospitalized after a car accident.
• Hawking and Peter practiced their different Pillar Flight techniques on the way to Manhattan.
• Hawking and Peter swept through Hell's Kitchen, stopping a street shootout and freeing girls held for overseas smuggling.
• Hawking read that an explosion at Exploration Aerospace Industry's test site had killed company executives and General SOCOM, and suspected the Green Goblin was responsible.
• Hawking decided to approach the Green Goblin about working together to develop technology and support his future company.

Hawking found Jessica Campbell at Queens Hospital just as she tried to jump from the rooftop, then saved her when her newly awakened ability to float failed. He recognized her as likely Jessica Jones and took her for food, while Jessica discovered she had superhuman strength and demanded to know what was happening to her.

• Hawking went to Queens Hospital to confirm Jessica Campbell's identity and learned that her family had died in a car accident.
• Hawking found Jessica on the rooftop as she stepped off the edge, and her fear caused her floating ability to fail.
• Hawking caught Jessica and persuaded her to leave the rooftop with him for food.
• Hawking used magic to change Jessica's hospital gown into street clothes, and Jessica accidentally hurled the rooftop door with her newfound strength.
• Jessica asked Hawking who he was and what was happening to her, then said she wanted burgers.

Jessica told Hawking how her family died in a car accident, and he persuaded her to join his planned Hero Alliance and train to master her new abilities. Hawking then lured Norman Osborn away from Osborn Industries with a false story about Harry, bringing him to a mansion where Norman realized the story was a lie.

• Jessica broke down while telling Hawking about her family's deaths, and Hawking reassured her that her new abilities might have come from exposure to military chemicals.
• Hawking urged Jessica to use her powers to help others, revealed himself as Armor Hero, and invited her to join the Hero Alliance; Jessica accepted.
• Hawking tested Jessica's abilities and promised to train her daily until she could control them.
• Hawking went to Osborn Industries and told Norman Osborn that Harry had broken his leg, then persuaded Norman to drive with him.
• Hawking directed Norman to a luxurious mansion, where Norman concluded that Harry's injury was a fabrication and that Hawking had another motive.

Hawking confronted Norman and let him fight with his Green Goblin suit and weapons, then overwhelmed him and chased him out to sea. After demonstrating his power, Hawking left Norman alive, and Norman asked whether he would be sent to prison.

• Hawking told Norman he knew about the previous day's attack and gave him time to get his suit and glider.
• Norman grabbed Hawking by the throat, but Hawking kicked him into the villa's iron gate and waited for him to return in his Green Goblin armor.
• The Green Goblin fired machine guns, Pumpkin Bombs, and spinning blades at Hawking, but Hawking caught the bullets and emerged unharmed from the explosions.
• The Green Goblin fled on his glider, and Hawking pursued him on Flying Nimbus, forcing him out over the ocean.
• Hawking shrank the glider, rescued the Green Goblin from the sea, and demonstrated his power with a Super Large Energy Ball.
• The Green Goblin removed his mask and asked Hawking what he wanted and whether he planned to send him to prison.

Hawking brought the Green Goblin back to his villa and proposed a business partnership: Norman would help establish Hawking’s company, which would develop products with Oscorp. Meanwhile, Nick Fury reviewed a mutant-suppressing cure and continued investigating S.H.I.E.L.D.’s compromised agents.

• Nick Fury watched footage of Hawking flying away with the Green Goblin and decided to prioritize the Brotherhood of Mutants and his internal investigation.
• Agent Hill reported that S.H.I.E.L.D.’s mutant cure only suppressed powers temporarily and became ineffective after repeated doses, so Fury ordered research into longer-lasting suppressors.
• Hawking restored the damage to Norman’s villa and reassured him that he would not force him into a deal.
• Hawking asked Norman to handle the procedures for starting a company that would cooperate with Oscorp to develop products.
• Norman agreed to manage the setup but said Oscorp’s board of directors would have to approve the partnership.

Hawking secured the Green Goblin’s cooperation by warning Norman that Oscorp’s directors planned to oust him and sell the company. Back at the school, Hawking overheard Wanda call Armor Hero and Spider-Man tacky, but she praised Hawking and joined him for cultivation.

• Hawking told Norman that Oscorp’s directors planned to remove him and sell the company to Exploration Aerospace Industries.
• Norman agreed to investigate the directors and cooperate with Hawking, who revealed himself as Armor Hero before leaving.
• Norman recognized Hawking’s identity and believed they could work together, while Hawking considered Oscorp’s future as a potential Hero Alliance partner.
• Hawking returned to the school after the Goku Template expired and heard Pietro and the other students discuss Armor Hero and Spider-Man.
• Wanda called both heroes tacky and threatened the students with Chaos Magic, then praised Hawking as handsome.
• Hawking invited Wanda to cultivate with him, and she immediately became sweet and obedient.

Hawking persuaded Professor X to keep the Heroes Alliance Company independent of mutant leadership in its early stages, then left to meet Peter. Meanwhile, the Life Foundation spacecraft lost contact during atmospheric reentry after its crew encountered something unknown.

• Hawking told Professor X that he was not a mutant and argued that the company should initially be established without mutant involvement.
• Hawking said a contact connected to Osborn Corporation would support the company's early development, and Professor X agreed to let him proceed independently.
• Hawking left the headmaster's office, returned to his room, and headed to Queens to meet Peter.
• Aboard the Life Foundation spacecraft, the crew reported completing sample collection and began reentry.
• The Life One crew spotted something during reentry, called for the hatch to be closed, and then stopped responding to the control center.

Six months later, Magneto planned to investigate Apocalypse’s disappearance in Cairo while preparing for a future war against humanity. In New York, Hawking, Peter, and Jessica responded to news that terrorists had hijacked a passenger spacecraft with 212 people aboard.

• Magneto told Mystique that he wanted to destroy S.H.I.E.L.D. and humanity, but he was waiting until his preparations were complete.
• Mystique reported that records and Apocalypse’s followers pointed to Cairo as the site of his disappearance, and Magneto decided they would investigate the ruins there.
• Hawking trained Peter and Jessica in close-quarters combat, helping them develop their strength over six months of practice.
• After a broadcast reported that terrorists had hijacked a spacecraft carrying 212 passengers, Hawking told Peter and Jessica to move out with him.
• Hawking flew toward international waters using the Sky Dance Technique, while Jessica flew and Peter attached webs to their feet to travel with them.

Hawking, Peter, and Jessica rescued passengers from a hijacked plane, but the terrorists killed the pilots and damaged the controls. Hawking repaired the console and brought a retired captain aboard, and the plane landed safely as Hawking invited other people with special abilities to join the Hero Alliance.

• Hawking, Peter, and Jessica boarded the hijacked plane and subdued the terrorists in the passenger cabin.
• Hawking found the captain and co-pilot dead and the cockpit controls damaged, then used the Mending Charm to repair them.
• Hawking sent Jessica to calm the passengers and Peter to contact the control tower while he flew to fetch a replacement captain.
• Hawking shrank the volunteer captain and carried him back to the plane, where the captain resumed control and landed it safely.
• Hawking addressed reporters after the rescue, called for closer cooperation with the government, and invited people with special abilities to interview for the Hero Alliance.

Hawking inspected Oscorp’s Gravity Chamber, which Green Goblin had developed to reach 1.5 times normal gravity, and decided to recruit Reed Richards to speed up the research. He visited Reed at the Baxter Building and revealed his identity as the chairman of Hero Alliance International Company.

• Green Goblin told Hawking that Oscorp’s Gravity Chamber could reach 1.5 times normal gravity, though it remained unstable.
• Hawking told Green Goblin to continue the research and decided to seek Reed Richards’s help.
• Hawking went to the Baxter Building, where Reed Richards and Ben discussed Reed’s plans to seek Victor’s cooperation on a space project.
• Hawking introduced himself to Reed as the chairman of Hero Alliance International Company.
• Reed doubted Hawking’s claim, so Hawking summoned his Golden Armor to prove who he was.

Hawking offered to help fund Reed’s space-based evolution research while steering him toward negotiating with Victor, whom Hawking knew would suffer losses when the experiment failed. Reed presented the project to Victor, who became determined to secure the investment rights.

• Reed refused Hawking’s request to help research a gravity device because he was focused on his space-based evolution project.
• Hawking offered to invest in Reed’s project and suggested they first hear Victor’s terms, while planning to prevent the experiment from going into space.
• Ben asked Hawking about his strength as he drove Hawking and Reed to Victor Building.
• Reed, Ben, and Hawking met Victor, and Reed demonstrated his project with a holographic presentation.
• Victor recognized the project’s potential and decided he had to obtain its investment rights.

Hawking joined Reed and Ben in negotiating with Victor over investment in Reed’s project, revealing his power to challenge Victor’s demands. The chapter ended with Victor asking Hawking to negotiate privately after their offers threatened to cost him the patent rights.

• Victor questioned Reed’s project, then introduced Susan Stone as his head of genetic research and former girlfriend of Reed.
• Hawking recognized Susan as Invisible Woman and considered, then rejected, the idea of marrying her to have Franklin as a son.
• Reed offered Victor a share of the project’s profits, but Victor demanded seventy-five percent and all patent rights.
• Hawking introduced himself as chairman of Hero Alliance International Company and challenged Victor’s terms.
• Hawking and Victor bargained over profit shares and patent rights until Victor asked to discuss the deal privately.

Hawking helped Reed secure a deal with Victor for the Solar Storm project, then returned to his work and training in New York. During a patrol with Peter and Jessica, Peter reported that an armed force was hunting a black humanoid monster that was eating people's heads.

• Victor offered Hawking compensation to withdraw from the project, and Hawking agreed on terms that included business cooperation and Reed later researching a gravity device.
• Victor and Reed signed a deal granting them equal shares and joint ownership of the patent rights, with Victor providing the funding and Space Station.
• Reed thanked Hawking for intervening, and Hawking accepted Reed's promise to help research a gravity device after the Solar Storm project.
• Hawking returned to the Mutant School and continued training with Wanda and Pietro before resuming patrols with Peter and Jessica.
• Peter alerted Hawking that an unidentified armed force was hunting a black humanoid monster that was eating people's heads.

Eddie Brock was bonded to the alien symbiote Venom and fled the Life Foundation, where Venom fought Peter before Hawking drove it back with sound. Hawking took Eddie to his company to investigate the symbiote.

• Eddie infiltrated the Life Foundation with a doctor to expose its experiments, but an alien symbiote bonded with him and the Foundation pursued them.
• Venom transformed Eddie, escaped a rocket attack, and attacked the pursuers, eating two men’s heads.
• Peter arrived and webbed Venom and the Foundation personnel, but Venom tore free and overpowered him.
• Eddie resisted Venom’s attack on Peter, and Venom turned to flee before Hawking’s amplified roar forced it back inside Eddie.
• Hawking instructed Peter to hand the Foundation personnel over to the police with Jessica, then took Eddie to his company, using sound to suppress Venom along the way.

Hawking learned that Eddie had been bonded with Venom and discovered the symbiotes planned to come to Earth for food. Seeing a chance to stop their invasion and earn enough Justice Points to unlock a new Protagonist Template, Hawking tried to persuade Venom to become a hero instead.

• Eddie told Hawking that the Life Foundation had captured him and that Venom had bonded with him.
• Hawking realized the events resembled the Venom movie and questioned Venom about the possibility of other symbiotes coming to Earth.
• Venom revealed that his species lived on a distant planet and that his team had found Earth while searching for food.
• Venom promised to protect Eddie and Hawking when his people arrived, while Eddie feared humanity would be doomed.
• Hawking calmly welcomed the opportunity to stop the invasion and urged Venom to become a beloved Super Hero called the Lethal Guardian.

Venom agreed to keep Earth’s location secret and remained bonded to Eddie, who joined Hawking’s team as Lethal Protector. As the team headed to Life Foundation headquarters to stop the escaped symbiote Riot, Riot took over Dr. Drake and prepared to launch a rocket.

• Venom refused to leave Eddie and agreed not to send information about Earth to his kind.
• Hawking welcomed Eddie and Venom as new members of Heroes Alliance Company, and Peter and Jessica met them.
• Hawking explained that Riot had escaped and planned to use Life Foundation’s rocket to transmit Earth’s coordinates, so the team set out for headquarters.
• Riot killed Dr. Drake’s guards, parasitized Dr. Drake, and ordered Venom to reach the rocket and send Earth’s coordinates.
• Hawking, Jessica, Peter, and Venom arrived, and Venom warned them that Riot was the strongest symbiote and carried dangerous weapons.

Hawking fought Riot to demonstrate his strength and test different attacks against the powerful symbiote. Riot was left badly wounded but alive, while Peter, Venom, and Jessica realized how terrifying Hawking was.

• Venom told Peter that his odds of beating Riot were zero, and Riot attacked him with a massive blade.
• Hawking punched Riot through several walls, then fought him with an Adamantium Alloy Rod while Peter, Jessica, and Venom guarded the area.
• Hawking used Reducto to explode Riot from within, but stopped Venom from removing Dr. Drake because he wanted to keep sparring.
• Hawking cut Riot in half with a Destructo Disc, then blasted him through the building with a Kamehameha and a Qi Bullet Barrage.
• Hawking found Dr. Drake dead and Riot severely wounded but still alive, while Peter, Venom, and Jessica called Hawking terrifying.