Chapter Summaries

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.

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.