Chapter Summaries

After the war, Skye negotiated plans for a Cosmic Population Control Association while Wang Bert exterminated the Arthrosians and restored a devastated planet. As the month-long celebration ended, Wang Bert prepared to enter Mutant Planet with Ancient One, whose help might be needed there.

• Nova Prime announced a month-long celebration on Xandar, where Duke Brie and Grand Duchess Sarah accepted Hela's punishment and negotiated the new association's regulations with Skye.
• Wang Bert refused to let the Arthrosians retreat, exterminated them in the Main Universe and Negative Space, then used the Rain of Life to revive a destroyed planet.
• During the month after the war, Adam left to explore the universe with the Reality Stone, and Bald Wang Bert departed for the Extraterritorial Void to assist Astros.
• Wang Bert found that Mutant Planet's mysterious barrier would not let him enter without risking its destruction, so he planned to send in a drop of blood after everyone arrived.
• Ancient One arrived after fusing with the Lords of Light and Darkness, explained that he planned to abandon their divine spark, and accepted Wang Bert's offer to enter Mutant Planet with him.

Wang Bert entered Mutant Planet, learned that its timeline had reset to 2000, and began building wealth and influence among mutants. After using his Money Power to amass millions and buy a recycling company, he offered the homeless mutant Zuo Yi an executive position.

• Ancient One left to separate the divine sparks, and Wang Bert sent a drop of his blood through Mutant Planet’s barrier, losing most of his connection to it.
• Wang Bert discovered his new identity and abilities, including Money Power, and learned that mutants faced widespread discrimination as the Mutant Registration Act gained support.
• After learning about Professor X’s influence and the upcoming United Nations summit, Wang Bert decided to become the mutants’ leader and began stealing gang money in Hell’s Kitchen.
• Wang Bert used Money Power to launder the stolen cash, then bought a villa and the Universe Recycling Company within seven days.
• Wang Bert visited the homeless mutant Zuo Yi in a Rolls Royce and offered him the company’s executive president position.

Wang Bert recruited Zuo Yi to lead the Universe Recycling Company and met Professor Charles Xavier at the mutant academy, where they discussed work and safety for mutants. Cyclops confirmed Wang Bert’s money was legal, and the professor asked where it had come from.

• Wang Bert offered Zuo Yi the company presidency and promised to hire homeless mutants, and Zuo Yi accepted.
• Jean Grey and Cyclops met Wang Bert, challenged his wealth, and invited him to Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters to see Professor Charles Xavier.
• Wang Bert explained that his recycling company would give homeless mutants jobs, then debated the professor’s sheltered approach to protecting young mutants.
• Kitty phased through falling glass at the basketball court, and the professor resolved to have the school’s safety hazards inspected.
• Cyclops reported that Wang Bert’s roughly forty million dollars were legal, and the professor asked about his planned recycling company.

Wang Bert rejected Professor Xavier’s peaceful approach and pursued his own plan to improve mutants’ standing by founding a recycling company that used his powers to eliminate garbage. After securing investment and public attention, he faced both anti-mutant hostility and support for his environmental proposal.

• Wang Bert told Professor Xavier that he would follow his own path, rejected both Xavier’s and Magneto’s approaches, and left Xavier’s school.
• Wang Bert demonstrated his Spatial Exile power to investment manager Locke by making a plastic bag disappear, then persuaded him to seek investment and influential environmental allies.
• Wang Bert explained to Zuo Yi that the company would provide jobs for homeless mutants, show their contributions, and encourage mutants to use their powers to help society.
• Three days later, an investment bank invested twenty million dollars in Universe Recycling Company, making it the company’s second-largest shareholder.
• Wang Bert promoted his company and argued on television that mutant powers could solve pollution, while a bar audience split between anti-mutant denunciations and support for his environmental plan.

Wang Bert recruited Wolverine, Psylocke, and Wade for a dangerous mission, then revealed Wolverine’s past and connected it to William Stryker. The chapter ended with Wolverine asking how Wang Bert’s plan to target Stryker related to his recycling company.

• A detective brought Wolverine to Wang Bert’s company after telling him that Wang Bert could reveal his past.
• Wolverine met Wade and Psylocke, and Wang Bert offered Psylocke five million dollars and Wade five hundred thousand to help with a dangerous job.
• Wang Bert challenged Wade and Psylocke to fight for the five-million-dollar fee, and they went downstairs to the gym.
• Wang Bert showed Wolverine a photograph of William Stryker and explained that Stryker had injected Adamantium into his body.
• Wang Bert recounted Wolverine’s history, including his father’s death, his half-brother Sabretooth, and the events that caused him to lose his memories.
• Wolverine vowed to kill Stryker, and Wang Bert said he wanted to stop him and obtain evidence that he had harmed mutants.

Wang Bert, Wolverine, Psylocke, and Wade attacked Colonel Stryker’s underground base beneath Akali Lake Dam to kill everyone inside and take revenge on Stryker. As Wolverine and Psylocke fought their way through the base, Wade ambushed a squad with bombs, while Stryker prepared to confront Wolverine.

• Wang Bert promised Wolverine they would find and kill Stryker in three days, and Wolverine learned that his past included killing his own father, the Gardener.
• Wang Bert accepted Senator Kelly’s invitation to debate the Mutant Registration Act and vowed to make the president meet with him.
• Wang Bert teleported Wolverine, Psylocke, and Wade into Stryker’s underground base and ordered them to kill everyone.
• Wolverine killed several guards and learned that Stryker was in the laboratory, while Psylocke cut down another group of soldiers.
• Stryker recognized Wolverine on the surveillance monitors and ordered him lured to the abandoned laboratory while guards pursued Psylocke.
• Wade ambushed the pursuing guards with timed bombs, then escaped through camera blind spots as the lieutenant tried to trap him.

Wang Bert freed Yuriko from Stryker’s control, but her hatred for both Stryker and Wolverine reignited their fight. Stryker unleashed Modified Deadpool against Wolverine while Wang Bert kept Yuriko from reaching him, leaving the battle in the Old Laboratory unresolved.

• Psylocke fought through the guards while Wade shot the lieutenant, and Wolverine confronted Stryker and Yuriko in the Old Laboratory.
• Wang Bert stopped Stryker’s bullets from harming him and used Money Power to break Yuriko’s drug-induced control.
• Yuriko remembered that Wolverine had killed her father and attacked Stryker, but Wolverine intervened, restarting their fight.
• Stryker tried to use Mastermind Jason against Wang Bert, but Wang Bert knocked Jason unconscious and teleported two soldiers into the battle.
• Stryker summoned Modified Deadpool, who attacked Wolverine with laser beams, while Wang Bert teleported Yuriko away and sent her toward the research rooms.

Wang Bert subdued Modified Deadpool, captured Stryker’s testimony about his crimes and the source of Wade’s powers, and recruited Wolverine by promising to revive Silver Fox. As Psylocke and Wade rescued Nightcrawler and Deathstrike joined them, Wang Bert prepared to let Wolverine and Yuriko take revenge on Stryker.

• Wang Bert helped Wolverine defeat Modified Deadpool by using Banknotes to make Wade collapse, then took special drugs from Stryker and restrained him.
• Wang Bert promised to revive Silver Fox within ten years if Wolverine worked as his private mercenary, and Wolverine accepted.
• Psylocke and Wade found Nightcrawler imprisoned in the base and brought him along as they cleared the facility.
• Wang Bert compelled Stryker to confess that he had killed hundreds of mutants and learned that Trask Industries supplied the metal and Mystique’s blood used to create Modified Deadpool.
• Psylocke and Deathstrike fought their way into the Old Laboratory, where Wang Bert restored Stryker’s awareness and told Wolverine and Yuriko to torture and kill him.

Wang Bert finished settling matters at Stryker’s base, recruited Yuriko, and took Nightcrawler and Mastermind with him before preparing for the Mutant Registration Act debate. Four days later, he arrived at the New York venue and challenged Senator Kelly’s claim that the act would protect mutants.

• Wolverine and Yuriko tortured Stryker, while Wang Bert offered Nightcrawler a place with him and paid Psylocke and Wade for the mission.
• Psylocke paid Wang Bert a deposit for an Adamantium blade, and Wang Bert offered her a lucrative business deal and Wade a security job.
• After Stryker died, Yuriko agreed to work as Wang Bert’s secretary but vowed to seek revenge on Wolverine, and Wang Bert erased the bodies and evidence.
• Wang Bert gathered the hard drives, brought Modified Deadpool and Mastermind out of the base, and promised to send Mastermind to the professor for treatment.
• Four days later, Wang Bert attended the Mutant Registration Act debate with Yuriko and challenged Senator Kelly’s claim that the act would protect mutants.

At a televised debate over the Mutant Registration Act, Wang Bert exposed William Stryker’s crimes and revealed that Senator Cabo’s missing son had been killed in Stryker’s experiments. The crowd turned against Senator Kelly, while Senator Cabo collapsed in grief after learning the truth.

• Senator Cabo confronted Wang Bert at the debate venue, and Magneto watched from the shadows while Professor X and Jean Grey prepared for the event.
• Jean Grey argued against mutant registration, but Senator Kelly presented a list of mutants and won the audience’s applause by portraying them as a threat.
• Wang Bert displayed a recording of Stryker admitting that he had killed and experimented on hundreds of mutants, including children, and had stirred up public hatred.
• The recording revealed that Senator Kelly’s claims about protecting the public were tied to Stryker’s abuses, and the audience erupted in anger.
• Wang Bert told Senator Cabo that Stryker had taken his son after Cabo reported a mutant child to the police, and that his son had died in an experiment.
• Senator Cabo saw the evidence of his son’s death, fell to his knees, and wept as the audience fell silent.

Wang Bert exposed Stryker’s experiments on mutants and ordinary people, unleashing nationwide outrage and protests that pressured the government to respond. As the public showed support for mutants, Wang Bert began planning a company to shelter them, while recognizing that the struggle for lasting change had only begun.

• Wang Bert released evidence of Stryker’s experiments, identified Experiment Island’s location, and declared that mutants were not demons.
• Magneto invited Wang Bert to join the Mutant Brotherhood, but Wang Bert declined and told the Professor he would send Jason to the Mutant Academy.
• Protests spread across America, and the president tried to contain the scandal by blaming Stryker and ordering investigations into Wang Bert and the military.
• Epsilon Mutant homeless people joined the White House protest, prompting demonstrators to apologize and support their demands for dignity and truth.
• Wang Bert gave Zuo Yi five million dollars to supply protesters and seek professional help, then told Yuriko he planned to establish a Recycling Company to shelter mutants.

Wang Bert courted presidential candidate Acton while condemning Magneto’s violence, and the Professor prepared the X-Men to stop the Mutant Brotherhood. After Logan met Rogue, Wang Bert went to the White House, where he clashed with the president and Director Goring before hinting that more damaging intelligence would soon become public.

• Yuriko arranged a dinner between Wang Bert and Acton, who promised to create a Mutant Affairs Department while concealing his anti-mutant plans.
• Magneto broadcast a call for mutants to retaliate after the Brotherhood attacked a laboratory, and Wang Bert told Acton that mutants should pursue justice through the law.
• Jean reported Jason’s severe injuries at Xavier’s School, Nightcrawler agreed to stay and considered becoming a priest, and the Professor sent Cyclops and Storm to investigate the Brotherhood’s plans in Lofen City.
• Logan met Rogue at a bar near Lofen City and soon took her on the road, while Wang Bert realized they had crossed paths and planned to destroy Magneto’s machine.
• Wang Bert met the president at the White House, denied knowing what happened to Stryker, and teleported two bodyguards outside when they blocked his exit.

Wang Bert negotiated with the president for mutant protections and approval of his companies, while Wolverine drove Rogue toward New York. The chapter ended with Sabretooth and other members of the Mutant Brotherhood attacking them in the snow, and Fire Palm opening the truck door to seize Rogue.

• Wang Bert showed the president evidence of Stryker’s assassination plot and secured support for his Recycling Company, mutant protections, and a New York trial for Watchmen Company.
• Wang Bert gave the president the original document, left through the back entrance, and reassured Yuriko that he would find more funding for the company.
• Wolverine drove Rogue toward New York, where she hoped to find a way to reverse her newly awakened power.
• A fallen tree stopped their truck, and Wolverine recognized Sabretooth and five other attackers emerging from the woods.
• Wolverine fought Sabretooth while another mutant burned the truck door, pulled it open, and approached Rogue.

The Brotherhood failed to keep Rogue after the X-Men intervened, and Rogue chose to travel with Wolverine and the X-Men to Mutant Academy. Meanwhile, Wang Bert tracked Senator Kelly’s abduction by Mystique, hoping to locate Magneto’s hideout and stop his plan.

• Fire Palm’s group fled with Rogue, but Storm and Cyclops intervened, and Speedster carried Rogue into the woods before her powers nearly killed him.
• Storm rescued Rogue and Speedster, while Cyclops drove Fire Palm and the others into retreat; Wolverine and Rogue agreed to fly with the X-Men to Mutant Academy.
• Wang Bert told Cyclops to decide whether Rogue would go to Mutant Academy, then warned Rogue that Wolverine killed people in his sleep.
• At Mutant Academy, Wolverine became infatuated with Jean, prompting Cyclops to warn him to stay away from his girlfriend.
• Psylocke confirmed she had planted an item on Senator Kelly, and Mystique abducted him for Magneto while Wang Bert tracked his location to find Magneto’s hideout.

Wang Bert recruited Psylocke to become the first mutant celebrity and learned that Kingpin planned to target him over missing gang money. Meanwhile, the Mutant Brotherhood discussed its failed operation and suspected that someone had informed the X-Men.

• Wang Bert ordered troublemaking mutants removed from the construction site and proposed building a welfare home for mutants who could not work.
• Wang Bert gave Psylocke an Adamantium sword and invited her to join his new Super Hero company, promising to promote her as a celebrity; Psylocke accepted and agreed to leave mercenary work.
• Psylocke warned Wang Bert that Kingpin suspected him of stealing more than fifty million dollars and was investigating his movements, but Wang Bert decided to deal with Kingpin himself.
• Magneto confronted Sabretooth over the Brotherhood's failed operation, and Fire Palm explained that the X-Men had intervened and Quicksilver had been lost.
• Azazel suggested that an informant might have alerted the X-Men.

Magneto’s machine failed during its first test on Senator Kelly, leaving Magneto badly injured and forcing him to delay his plan. Wang Bert then confronted Kingpin, spared him after defeating him, and demanded a $50 million donation to the mutant cause.

• Azazel volunteered to infiltrate the Mutant Academy, but Magneto ordered him to stay away from the operation and prepared to use Senator Kelly as the machine’s first test subject.
• Magneto’s machine malfunctioned, injured him, and left Senator Kelly alive; Magneto canceled the plan for a month, put Astra in charge, and sent Mystique to Wang Bert.
• Wang Bert confirmed that Magneto’s experiment had failed, then went to Kingpin’s home and confronted him about the missing gang money.
• Kingpin checked that Vanessa and his son were safe before Wang Bert teleported them to an abandoned rooftop and threw Kingpin from it, rescuing him over the ocean.
• Kingpin submitted to Wang Bert, who demanded a $50 million donation; Kingpin agreed but explained that gangs faced heavy expenses and that powerful enemies prevented him from going legitimate.

Wang Bert made a deal with Kingpin to sell Human Enhancement Potions and enlist his help protecting mutants, while Senator Cabo became a world-destroying threat after an evil presence possessed him. As Wang Bert’s companies expanded, he looked for a dramatic opportunity to launch Psylocke as a public hero.

• Wang Bert made Kingpin agree to sell ten Human Enhancement Potions, sealed his memories with a Magic Array, and accepted his offer to help rescue mutants in exchange for protecting his family if he died.
• An evil voice persuaded Senator Cabo that the world was wrong, and Cabo transformed before devouring the maid and others in his villa.
• Wang Bert sensed the Evil Aura from the Chaotic Void but lost track of it as Mutant Planet’s time began moving faster than Earth’s.
• Yuriko reported that the Universe Recycling Company was operating, had hired mutant workers, and needed further investment to expand its recycling plants.
• Yuriko told Wang Bert that Psylocke was ready to debut as a mutant celebrity, and Wang Bert considered how to provide her with a major rescue opportunity.

Wang Bert discovered that a curse punished women who got close to him, nearly killing Mystique in a chain of disasters. As a meteor suddenly threatened Manhattan, he brought Psylocke to stop it, but she questioned how she could reach it and prevent its fragments from causing more damage.

• Wang Bert learned that Mystique was disguised as Dailin and let her help him choose clothes for a charity dinner.
• A crane hook, an exploding humidifier, a breaking flagpole, and a helicopter nearly killed Mystique, while Wang Bert teleported her and the pilot to safety.
• Wang Bert realized that a curse linked to the Scarlet Witch caused bad luck for women who showed interest in him or whom he desired.
• Wang Bert and Mystique spoke with Officer George Stacy about the disasters, then spotted a meteor falling toward their building.
• Wang Bert summoned Psylocke and asked her to cut apart the meteor, but she said she could not fly and warned that its fragments could still cause destruction.

Wang Bert staged Psylocke’s public debut by having her cut apart a meteorite while he secretly teleported its fragments into the sea. After five days of building her popularity, Psylocke was officially presented as a New York Police Department vigilante, and she explained how her role differed from comic-book heroes.

• Wang Bert gave Psylocke a Green Goblin Glider and had her fly toward the meteorite with her Adamantium Longsword.
• Psylocke extended her blade with purple energy and sliced the meteorite into more than ten pieces as people across America watched.
• Wang Bert teleported the fragments into the sea, and the public celebrated Psylocke as the heroine who had saved Manhattan.
• Wang Bert explained that he was promoting Psylocke toward becoming a Super Hero star, and she agreed to rent the glider for three months.
• After five days of growing publicity, the New York Police Department announced Psylocke as an official vigilante with regulated law enforcement authority.

Psylocke’s press conference launched her career as a tightly regulated Super Hero, and her successful rescues made her a popular celebrity. As Wang Bert warned her of threats ahead, Professor Xavier worried that Magneto would target her.

• Psylocke told reporters she would serve without a salary, rely on merchandise sales, follow police rules, and accept legal judgment if necessary.
• The Police Chief explained that Psylocke would respond to police requests, and news of her public debut won majority support despite anti-mutant opposition.
• Psylocke rescued everyone trapped in a burning skyscraper and completed further rescue and crime-fighting missions, causing her merchandise to sell out.
• Wang Bert warned Psylocke that anti-mutant forces and other mutants would test her, and she promised to follow the rules.
• Rogue asked Wolverine to get Psylocke’s autograph and figurines, while students at Mutant Academy discussed her popularity and the possibility of becoming famous themselves.
• Storm voiced concern about Psylocke becoming a banner for mutants, and Professor Xavier predicted that Erik would move against her.