Recaps

Wang Bert defeated the Ancient Gods’ invasion, negotiated with Death, and arranged a new life for Galactus and Lina. He then entered Mutant Planet, built a company to help homeless mutants, and recruited Wolverine, Wade, and Psylocke for a mission against William Stryker.

• Little Hela and the heroes broke free of Hela’s prison, but Hela opened the Soul Altar and let Chthon, Shuma-Gorath, Seth, Astros, and the Demon Gods enter the Main Universe.
• Adam defeated the Great Serpent and fought Shuma-Gorath, while Wang Bert battled Chthon, destroyed his avatar, and joined with Galactus as Death intervened.
• Wang Bert and Death simulated the consequences of Hela’s offensive, then agreed to restore Universe Balance within five hundred years instead of allowing mass slaughter.
• Wang Bert extracted Galactus’s resentment and rejected his plan to sacrifice Earth’s people, then transferred Galactus into a human clone and introduced him to Lina.
• Wang Bert defeated the remaining threats, the heroes celebrated the end of the invasion, and he later entered Mutant Planet through a drop of his blood.
• Wang Bert used Money Power to build Universe Recycling Company, hired homeless mutant Zuo Yi, and argued with Professor Xavier about how mutants should help society.
• Wang Bert promoted his recycling plan and gained a major investment, then told Wolverine that William Stryker had implanted Adamantium in him and offered to help stop Stryker and obtain evidence of his crimes.

Wang Bert exposed Stryker’s crimes, built support for mutants, and promoted Psylocke as a public hero while Magneto and Senator Cabo pursued their plans. The arc ended with Wang Bert and Wade fighting Cabo’s monstrous form as the Statue of Liberty was torn apart.

• Wang Bert and his team destroyed Stryker’s operation, rescued Nightcrawler, and forced Stryker to confess before Wolverine and Yuriko killed him.
• Wang Bert exposed Stryker’s experiments at the registration debate, sparking protests and winning support for mutant protections and his Recycling Company.
• Wang Bert tracked Magneto’s plans while Wolverine brought Rogue to the X-Men, and Psylocke became a celebrated public hero after stopping a meteor and fighting crime.
• Senator Cabo transformed under Black Qi, while Wang Bert recruited Juggernaut and freed mutant slaves from underground fighting arenas.
• Magneto attacked the Mutant Academy as Mystique freed Azazel and escaped with Rogue, and Cabo animated the Statue of Liberty to assault the United Nations Summit.
• Wang Bert brought the Security Team and Magneto’s forces to Ellis Island, where they joined the X-Men and authorities against Cabo’s monsters.
• Cabo injured Magneto and attacked the heroes, but Wang Bert empowered Wade to fight him as Psylocke, Wolverine, and Yuriko tore apart the Statue of Liberty.

Wang Bert built his mutant workforce and superhero organization while battling the Doomsday Church’s attack on his Recycling Plant. He saved Silver Fox from the past, but Cable could not reach the future, and Wang Bert began using Human Torch John’s bar fight for his own plans.

• Wang Bert defeated Senator Cabo, announced that he was Iron Man, and arranged for mutant prisoners to serve a year at his Recycling Plant under his supervision.
• Wang Bert fought Major Geli’s firebird with the X-Men, rescued Nightcrawler from Azazel, and recruited Warren Worthington as Angel while Human Torch John joined William’s firefighter program.
• Greed and Wrath plotted to free the prisoners and destroy New York, while Wade and Wang Bert’s allies defended the Recycling Plant against their attack and Cable’s attempt to kill Fire Fist.
• Wang Bert defeated Greed, restored the controlled defenders, and dealt with the hostage crisis at the Hilton Hotel without harming the guests.
• Wang Bert sent rebellious prisoners to his manor laboratory for mutant-gene research, while Greed escaped to Boston and broadcast the Doomsday Church’s threat against New York.
• Wang Bert refused the White Queen’s offer to join the Hellfire Club and recruited her to Rebirth Group, then traveled with her, Wolverine, and Cable to the past and brought Silver Fox back alive.
• Wanda blocked Cable from returning to the future, and Wang Bert offered Cable another hundred years of life so he could remain in the present.
• After the president rejected Wang Bert’s Mutant Guardians proposal, Wang Bert stopped Human Torch John from burning former firefighters and ordered Translucent to follow the person who had recorded the confrontation.

Wang Bert fought the Evil Believers’ nationwide attacks while building the Mutant Guardians and backing President Richard’s reelection. After defeating Azazel’s ritual and killing the traitorous Human Torch, he learned that Acton was planning to turn public opinion against Richard as Original Sin prepared to destroy God’s City.

• Wang Bert directed the response to the Evil Believers’ massacres, sent the Mutant Guardians and military to protect civilians, and secured government support for expanding the Guardians and his Security Company.
• Wang Bert helped President Richard enter the reelection race, while John joined Original Sin as Jealousy and secretly planned to seize control of the Mutant Brotherhood.
• Wang Bert supported Richard publicly and revealed that he could grant Mutant Genes, as John and Azazel rebelled against Magneto and escaped with Quicksilver and other Brotherhood mutants.
• Wang Bert tracked Azazel to his base and led Magneto, Quicksilver, Psylocke, and others in an assault that stopped the sacrifice of Nightcrawler and Azazel’s descendants.
• Wang Bert broke free of Original Sin’s illusion, disrupted the Space Vortex, and defeated the enemy forces, while Iceman tried to bring John back to the academy.
• Wang Bert exposed John’s plan to infiltrate the Brotherhood and killed him despite Iceman and Professor X pleading for mercy, then reported the Evil Believers’ defeat to Richard.
• Acton and the Old General planned a staged clash to damage Richard’s campaign while advancing the Sentinel Robots and mutant cure, as Greed and Wrath returned to God’s City under orders to destroy it.