Chapter Summaries

Storm and the professor sent Storm and Jean to find Wolverine after he left the academy, but Azazel ambushed him and teleported him high into the sky. Wang Bert rescued Wolverine, defeated Azazel, and sealed his teleportation ability, leaving Wolverine ready to interrogate him as Storm and Jean arrived.

• The professor asked Storm to secretly protect Psylocke and sent her with Jean to find Wolverine after he left the academy.
• Azazel teleported Wolverine ten thousand meters into the air, but Wang Bert appeared and brought him safely back to the gas station.
• Wang Bert repeatedly outmaneuvered Azazel, sealed his teleportation ability, and told Wolverine to question him.
• Storm and Jean arrived, learned that Wang Bert had captured Azazel, and Jean urged Wolverine not to torture him.

Wang Bert left Azazel in the Mutant Academy’s custody, where the Professor learned Azazel was Nightcrawler’s father but could not uncover his memories. Magneto sent Mystique to retrieve Azazel and Rogue, while a robber calling himself Road Bully began a bank robbery and prepared to face the police.

• Wang Bert handed Azazel over to Storm and Jean, then left with Wolverine declining a ride back to New York.
• The Professor discovered he could not read Azazel’s memories, and Azazel revealed he was Nightcrawler’s father before Jean took him to the laboratory.
• Magneto told Mystique to investigate Azazel’s capture and bring him and Rogue back, while planning to frame Psylocke for a killing.
• Road Bully’s gang robbed a Manhattan bank, and Road Bully killed an employee who had triggered the alarm.
• After police surrounded the bank, Road Bully declared himself a human supervillain and took two hostages outside.

Psylocke defeated Road Bully after he used a mysterious black mist to transform into a giant with immense strength and regenerative powers. The shadowy figure who empowered him remained unidentified, while Psylocke stood over Road Bully’s severed body.

• Road Bully used his enhanced strength to overwhelm the police until Psylocke arrived and subdued him, then she helped arrest the other bank robbers.
• A gloomy figure sent invisible black mist into Road Bully while he was being transported, and the mist transformed him into a giant with rapid healing.
• Road Bully killed the officers guarding him, escaped, and began attacking cars and buildings while demanding that Psylocke face him.
• Psylocke returned to fight Road Bully, who injured her and regenerated after she severed his arm.
• Psylocke cut off Road Bully’s feet and hands, then beheaded him as the fight ended.

Psylocke killed Road Bully, whose body released a threatening Black Qi face that Wang Bert traced to missing Senator Cabo. As officials and criminals sought the source of the Human Enhancement Potion, Kingpin gained strength from it but was punished by his Soul Magic Array for plotting against Wang Bert; Wang then prepared a mutant rescue operation while Psylocke’s fame grew.

• Psylocke killed Road Bully after his regeneration failed, and a Black Qi face warned her that it would destroy the world before vanishing.
• Wang Bert learned the face belonged to Senator Cabo, discovered Cabo and his servant had disappeared amid bloodshed, and asked Kingpin to investigate.
• Wang Bert told the media to emphasize Road Bully’s potion-enhanced strength and the Black Qi, then ordered Kingpin to pause potion sales and called Wade and Wolverine to prepare for an operation to rescue imprisoned mutants.
• Kingpin injected a Human Enhancement Potion, gained immense strength, and suffered severe pain when his Soul Magic Array punished him for thoughts of harming Wang Bert.
• Wang Bert cast a Luck Spell on Psylocke, while news of Enhanced Humans and the Black Qi alarmed authorities and increased Psylocke’s popularity.

Wang Bert led a raid on the Wild Wolf Gang’s mutant fighting arena, freed its enslaved fighters, and forced Juggernaut to work for him. The gang leader threatened to detonate the slaves’ bomb collars, leaving Wang Bert to face him with money in hand.

• Wang Bert, Wolverine, and Wade entered the Queens fighting arena, where Thing defeated a speed mutant and was set to challenge champion Juggernaut.
• Wang Bert ordered the attack, and Wolverine, Wade, and the Security Team fought the Wild Wolf Gang while the audience fled.
• Wang Bert recruited Thing and teleported Juggernaut high into the sky, making him agree to work for him before ordering him to attack the gang leader.
• Wade freed eight mutant slaves from the dungeon, but the Wild Wolf Gang leader threatened to detonate their bomb collars unless Wang Bert paid him fifty million dollars.

Wang Bert dismantled three mutant fighting arenas, recruited freed mutants into his Security Team, and confronted Officer George over mutant persecution. Meanwhile, Senator Cabo corrupted the Rat Clan ahead of the High Summit, and Mystique discovered Nightcrawler at Xavier’s school before coordinating with Magneto on plans for the summit and the Mutant Academy.

• Wang Bert freed mutant slaves by disabling their collar bombs, defeated the Wild Wolf Gang, and recruited most of the mutants into his Security Team while allowing one wary mutant to leave.
• Wang Bert led raids on three underground fighting arenas, warned the underworld against enslaving mutants, and argued with Officer George about whether mutants needed law enforcement or equal treatment.
• Senator Cabo infused the Rat Clan with Black Qi and rallied them to destroy the world seven days later.
• Mystique visited Xavier’s school disguised as a gardener, discovered that Nightcrawler was her abandoned son, and resolved to protect him from Azazel.
• Mystique told Magneto that the United Nations Summit offered a chance to rescue Azazel, and Magneto planned to visit the Mutant Academy to recruit willing mutants.

At the High Summit, Wang Bert prepared to push for policies benefiting mutants while Senator Cabo plotted an attack on the Statue of Liberty. At Mutant Academy, Mystique secretly drugged and hid Nightcrawler before Magneto’s forces attacked, leaving the X-Men fighting an outnumbered battle.

• Wang Bert mingled with world representatives, discussed the Mutant Affairs Management Department with the Professor, and heard that Jean felt an inexplicable urge to stay away from him.
• Senator Cabo killed the security guards atop the Statue of Liberty and poured black energy into the statue while the Rat Clan hid inside.
• Mystique drugged Nightcrawler, concealed him in a hidden cellar, and transformed into Shadowcat Kitty to seek out Rogue.
• Hank’s alarm revealed Magneto’s approaching forces, and Storm led the X-Men to defend the academy after their communications were cut off.
• Magneto pinned Wolverine to a tree and bound him with iron bars, while Toad hurled Storm away and Astra knocked Cyclops down.
• Banshee attacked Astra with sound waves, but a sudden pain dropped him from the sky; Cyclops recovered and blasted Astra away with a laser.

The X-Men and the Mutant Brotherhood fought at the academy as Mystique freed Azazel and escaped with Rogue. At the High Summit, Senator Cabo animated the Statue of Liberty, trapped the guests, and threatened to control the American and Russian presidents to launch nuclear missiles; Wang Bert and the X-Men stood in his way.

• Cyclops and the other X-Men battled the Mutant Brotherhood while Hank waited for Magneto to act.
• Mystique tricked Shockwave into leaving, stunned Hank, freed Azazel from the Electric Prison, and escaped with Rogue.
• Wang Bert sensed something was wrong with the Statue of Liberty, which came alive and attacked the High Summit.
• Senator Cabo revealed himself, summoned Black Qi monsters, and announced his plan to control the presidents and trigger a nuclear war.
• Wang Bert stepped forward to confront Senator Cabo, and Psylocke, Jean, and the professor joined him.

Bert Wang gathered the X-Men, Magneto’s group, and the Universe Recycling Company Security Team at Ellis Island to face Senator Cabo and his Black Qi monsters. The battle began with the monsters proving difficult to kill, and Senator Cabo’s Statue of Liberty attack left Wolverine and Juggernaut trapped beneath its raised foot.

• Bert Wang used money-powered spatial teleportation to summon the Security Team, then brought Magneto and the captured X-Men from Mutant Academy to Ellis Island.
• Bert Wang freed the X-Men and told Magneto that Senator Cabo planned to destroy the world, while national representatives began negotiating with Magneto for his help.
• The Security Team, X-Men, FBI agents, and Secret Service personnel agreed to fight Senator Cabo’s forces as the monsters charged.
• Cyclops and Psylocke discovered that the monsters rapidly regenerated while Black Qi remained, but Bert Wang swallowed one with a black hole.
• Senator Cabo attacked Bert Wang with Black Qi and ordered the Statue of Liberty to stomp indiscriminately, trapping Wolverine and Juggernaut beneath its raised foot.

Magneto, Wang Bert, Wade, and their allies fought Senator Cabo and the animated Statue of Liberty during the attack. Wang Bert placed Wade’s soul in Modified Deadpool’s body, and the chapter ended with the heroes damaging the statue while Wade and Wang Bert battled Cabo.

• Magneto lifted the Statue of Liberty, but Senator Cabo attacked him with Black Qi tentacles, and Azazel teleported him away before the statue crashed to the ground.
• Senator Cabo’s tentacles injured Magneto and knocked Psylocke and Wolverine aside as they tried to attack the statue.
• Wang Bert transferred Wade’s soul into Modified Deadpool’s body, and Wade used its powers to attack Senator Cabo.
• Senator Cabo transformed into a gigantic tentacled monster and impaled Wade, but Wade’s healing factor revived him.
• Wang Bert blessed Wade so he could teleport through Cabo’s spatial seal, and the two attacked Cabo together.
• Psylocke, Wolverine, and Yuriko tore apart the Statue of Liberty while Magneto sent its severed torch-bearing arm flying toward the sea.

Wang Bert completed his Adamantium Nanotech Armor and used it to defeat Senator Cabo and his monsters. After Senator Cabo died, the survivors celebrated their victory, Magneto left with the Brotherhood, and Wang Bert told reporters, "I am Iron Man."

• Senator Cabo summoned hundreds of monsters from Statue of Liberty, leaving the mutants and officials facing defeat.
• Wang Bert spent one hundred million dollars to complete his Adamantium Nanotech Armor and used its weapons to destroy Senator Cabo's tentacled monster.
• Senator Cabo spread Black Qi toward the president and others, but Wang Bert and Storm trapped it in a lightning net while Wang Bert searched Senator Cabo's memories and glimpsed a resentful being in Hell who claimed to be God.
• Wang Bert swallowed Senator Cabo's remaining Black Qi with a black hole, killing him and stopping Statue of Liberty.
• Wang Bert announced the victory, Magneto left with the Brotherhood, and Wang Bert told reporters that he was Iron Man.

After the battle on Ellis Island, Wang Bert negotiated the fate of mutant prisoners, helped establish the Mutant Affairs Management Department, and arranged for his Security Team to protect the president. The next day, the public celebrated the mutants who had saved the world, and Wang Bert considered officially becoming a Super Hero.

• Wang Bert returned Wade to his body, warned him to guard the Security Team against CIA spies, and promised to make a device that let him transform into Deadpool.
• Professor X told Wang Bert that Magneto had demanded money, the release of imprisoned mutants, and laws against experimenting on mutants; Wang Bert objected to releasing the criminals.
• Wang Bert persuaded the president to transfer mutant prisoners to Universe Recycling Company for reform through labor and appointed Hank minister of the Mutant Affairs Management Department.
• Wang Bert explained the billion-dollar treasury withdrawal as the cost of his mysterious wish-granting connection, then offered the president mutant bodyguards from his Security Team.
• The next day, newspapers reported on the battle and praised the mutants, while Psylocke told Wang Bert he had become more famous than she was and Wang Bert considered debuting as a Super Hero.

Wang Bert became a part-time Super Hero and built Rebirth Group through lucrative healing deals and business acquisitions, aiming to help mutants find work. More than half a month later, Thing and Colossus arrived to begin protecting the president as mutant Secret Service agents.

• Wang Bert told Psylocke he would become a Super Hero, arranged a signing ceremony with the Police Chief, and warned her that Magneto might target her.
• Wang Bert recalled the remaining Human Enhancement Potions from Kingpin and met the president to propose referrals to wealthy clients seeking miraculous cures.
• Wang Bert established Rebirth Group, placed Universe Recycling Company under it, and pursued an office tower and labor-intensive businesses to create jobs for mutants.
• Wang Bert officially became a New York Super Hero and cured a tycoon's daughter for five hundred million dollars, helping his account balance pass one billion.
• Wang Bert received Thing and Colossus in his office and instructed them to protect the president and come to him if they faced unfair treatment.

Wang Bert confronted the military’s attempt to dump all mutant prisoners at his Recycling Plant, exposing its plan to frame him and choosing to take responsibility for the prisoners. The transfer began under tight security, but the chapter ended with the lieutenant telling a newly arrived prisoner that he was not free yet.

• Wang Bert told Thing and Colossus that he had invented the rumor that mutants were reincarnated Angels, hoping it would boost mutants’ confidence and counter anti-mutant slander.
• The president warned Wang Bert that the military was transferring all mutant prisoners to his Recycling Plant, so Wang Bert hurried there and assembled Wade, Wolverine, and Juggernaut.
• A major told reporters that Wang Bert had requested the prisoners and implied they had been freed, but Wang Bert used his power to make the major reveal the military’s plan to frame him.
• Wang Bert clarified that he had agreed to take the prisoners because Magneto had negotiated their release and he feared they would endanger the public if released directly.
• Wang Bert ordered Wade’s Security Team to maintain order while Wolverine and Juggernaut guarded the area, and the transfer of New York State’s 230 mutant prisoners began.
• Boon, a prisoner with the Hair Growth Technique, jumped from a prison van celebrating his freedom, but the lieutenant told him he was not free yet.

Wang Bert took control of the pardoned mutant prisoners and forced them to fight him rather than return to society. After subduing the escape attempts and arranging for the prisoners to be taken to the Recycling Plant’s Dormitory Area, he left the conflict temporarily settled.

• Wang Bert showed the prisoners a presidential order granting him temporary control and said they would work at the Recycling Plant for a year.
• Wang Bert teleported the prisoners high into the sky and returned those who surrendered, then ordered his allies to stop the prisoners who attacked or tried to flee.
• Wolverine and Juggernaut fought the serious offenders while Wade and the others captured fleeing prisoners; Wang Bert teleported escapees back.
• Knife Demon took the lieutenant hostage, but Wade’s shots killed Knife Demon without injuring the lieutenant.
• Wang Bert ordered Wade to escort the remaining prisoners to the Dormitory Area on Back Mountain, where he said escape would be impossible.

Wang Bert contained the mutant prisoners, thwarted an escape attempt, and weathered public backlash against the military. Magneto confronted him over the Brotherhood prisoners, but Wang Bert ended their negotiation by revealing that his Money Power could trade his lifespan for Magneto’s.

• Wang Bert told the prisoners he would supervise them for a year and let them earn wages, while Wade, Wolverine, and Juggernaut stayed to manage security.
• Fire Fist and Doppelganger tried to escape, but Wang Bert’s spatial abilities teleported them back; Wade had them punished, and Juggernaut stopped Fire Fist’s attack.
• A mysterious observer watched the failed escape and wondered why history had changed and where Bert Wang had come from.
• The public condemned the military’s treatment of the mutants, and the military made a major a scapegoat while refusing demands to hand over General Cassol.
• Magneto confronted Wang Bert, who offered to return twenty well-behaved Brotherhood mutants but refused to release twelve violent ones.
• Wang Bert warned Magneto that he could use Money Power to trade his own lifespan for Magneto’s, leaving Magneto stunned.

Wang Bert negotiated a year-long stay for the Brotherhood’s unqualified mutants by giving Magneto information about his son, Pietro, and Magneto went to meet him. Their reunion turned into a quarrel, and Magneto prepared to take Pietro and his mother to the Mutant Brotherhood just as a distant explosion shook their home.

• Wang Bert refused Magneto’s demand to take Brotherhood prisoners and offered information about Magneto’s unknown son in exchange for keeping the mutants at his Recycling Plant for a year.
• Magneto accepted Wang Bert’s terms, and Mystique confronted Wang Bert before fleeing after he slapped her away from a sudden kiss.
• Caliban told Wang Bert he had found Polaris Lorna, whose magnetic powers resembled Magneto’s, and Wang Bert decided he would sell Magneto her information.
• Magneto found Pietro Django Maximoff in his basement, revealed that he was Pietro’s father, and tried to recruit him to the mutant cause.
• Magneto restrained Pietro and decided to take him and his mother to the Mutant Brotherhood; Azazel arrived to teleport them away as a huge explosion erupted nearby.

A vengeful major transformed into a firebird and attacked a neighborhood, where Quicksilver rescued residents and Magneto fought to stop him. As Wang Bert and the X-Men prepared to help, the Professor told Nightcrawler that Azazel might be his father.

• General Cassol ordered a lieutenant to kill the major, but a resentful voice offered the major power, and he became a fire-wielding mutant who destroyed the military base.
• The major transformed into a firebird and attacked a nearby neighborhood, while Magneto agreed to help Quicksilver rescue the residents in exchange for Quicksilver joining the Brotherhood.
• Quicksilver carried residents to safety as Magneto fought the firebird, which said it and Senator Cabo served the same master and intended to destroy the world.
• Beast Hank identified the battle and called for the X-Men, Psylocke, and Iron Man to provide support, and Wang Bert teleported to Psylocke and took her to the fight.
• The Professor assembled a team to go to the outskirts of New York and told Nightcrawler that Azazel might be his father, leaving Nightcrawler excited by the news.

Nightcrawler learned that Mystique might be his mother and that Azazel had sinister intentions, then rejected Azazel’s attempt to take him away. Wang Bert intervened to protect Nightcrawler, while the battle against the regenerative Firebird continued.

• Professor told Nightcrawler that Azazel might be plotting against him and that Mystique Raven could be his mother, so Nightcrawler agreed to stay alert.
• Wang Bert and Psylocke fought Firebird, whose wounds healed and whose body split into multiple copies, while Storm, Cyclops, Jean, Human Torch, and Iceman battled another Firebird.
• Azazel returned to Nightcrawler and claimed that Mystique had abandoned him, but Nightcrawler recognized Azazel’s ill intentions and evaded his attempt to seize him.
• Azazel caught Nightcrawler and revealed a plan involving demon-type mutants taking over Earth, but Wang Bert struck him and rescued Nightcrawler.
• Azazel offered Wang Bert money for Nightcrawler and threatened him, but Wang Bert refused to hand Nightcrawler over.

Wang Bert stopped Major Geli’s Firebirds from destroying New York, but the Behind-the-Scenes Manipulator forced the Major to explode before Wang Bert could question him. The X-Men subdued Azazel and helped the survivors as Wang Bert searched the ruined area for anyone still alive.

• Wang Bert sealed Azazel’s teleportation, then left Nightcrawler to capture his father while he went after Firebird.
• Firebird absorbed the surrounding flames, split into five copies, and attacked the X-Men as Psylocke struggled to hold off two more.
• Wang Bert found Major Geli’s true body and subdued him, but the Behind-the-Scenes Manipulator made the Major and all the Firebirds swell and explode.
• Wang Bert teleported Psylocke, Storm, and the helicopter crew to safety before the explosions, then told a reporter that Major Geli had been turned into a demon and that General Cassol was dead.
• Wang Bert flew off with Psylocke to search for survivors, while Storm found that the other mutants had subdued Azazel and were helping people escape the fire.