Chapter Summaries

Wang Bert rebuked Tony Stark for his arrogance and arranged an internship for Peter Parker, while Kingpin began funding the sale and testing of Human Enhancement Potions. By September, Spider-Man and Electro were fighting a group of enhanced bank robbers as the Hell Sisters arrived.

• Wang Bert refused Little Pepper's offer to buy Osborn Corporation's Energy Department and argued with Tony about his recklessness, palladium poisoning, and Hydra before leaving after knocking him down.
• Wang Bert asked Mercury to invite Peter Parker to intern at Cross-Species Engineering and chose Lilith as his new assistant.
• The Bald Doctor told Kingpin that the Human Enhancement Potion formula had dangerous side effects, so Kingpin ordered him to sell it on the black market to raise funds and obtain test subjects.
• In September, Spider-Man confronted five enhanced bank robbers in Queens, but their strength overwhelmed him and they threw a car toward nearby pedestrians.
• Electro arrived and attacked the robbers, then Hellcat and another Glider-riding hero appeared as the robbers tried to flee.

Jewel, Hellcat, and Electro fought Enhanced Humans while Spider-Man escaped the police, and Wang Bert refused Betty Ross’s request to bring Bruce Banner into Watchmen Company. General Ross then learned Banner’s location, while Wang Bert secretly entered Dr. Sterns’s laboratory and tested Hulk’s blood against his own.

• Jewel, Hellcat, and Electro defeated the Enhanced Humans, while Spider-Man fled from police who wanted to arrest him for property damage and interfering with an investigation.
• Wang Bert told Betty Ross that Bruce Banner could not join Watchmen Company because Hulk was too dangerous to control.
• General Ross confronted Wang Bert at the teahouse, warned Betty to stay away from him, and left after Betty departed.
• A soldier told General Ross that a drink in Brazil had caused gamma poisoning, and Ross ordered troops to search for Bruce Banner.
• Wang Bert infiltrated Dr. Sterns’s laboratory, took a drop of Hulk’s blood, and made it battle a drop of his own blood.

Wang Bert secretly infused Banner with his blood while Banner's Hulk transformation was suppressed, then watched Emil become Abomination after taking Hulk's blood. Abomination rampaged through Grayburn College and into an evacuated New York street as Electro and the Hell Sisters rushed to respond.

• Wang Bert studied the Hulk's blood and warned Frank, Ivan, Mercury, and Electro that the Hulk might threaten New York, prompting Ivan to prepare his armor and the group to plan a response.
• Banner met Dr. Sterns at Grayburn College and used Sterns's cure to suppress the Hulk, allowing Wang Bert's hidden blood to enter Banner and fuse with his heart.
• Emil captured Banner, forced Dr. Sterns to inject him with Hulk's blood, and transformed into Abomination; Wang Bert secretly removed Sterns before another drop of blood could mutate him.
• Abomination killed the soldiers at Grayburn College, while Wang Bert collected the laboratory's remaining blood and George Stacy's officers evacuated the surrounding area.
• Abomination charged after fleeing police and destroyed much of a street, prompting George Stacy to order a retreat and ask Electro and the Hell Sisters whether they had arrived.

Abomination overwhelmed the soldiers and defeated Iron Man, while Banner transformed into Hulk to fight him. As Hulk began to lose, three armored figures arrived, revealing that Wang Bert had prepared a new force to face Abomination.

• Abomination shrugged off gunfire and rockets, while Electro distracted him and Trish and Jessica rescued survivors.
• Iron Man arrived and attacked Abomination, but Abomination battered him into rubble before Banner leaped down and transformed into Hulk.
• Trish and Jessica pulled Tony from the wreckage and brought him to Wang Bert, where Natasha checked his injuries and Tony learned Wang Bert's spear contained Vibranium.
• Wang Bert said he had prepared for the battle, as Hulk struggled against Abomination and Electro tried to help him.
• Three Iron Man-style suits arrived piloted by Ivan Vanko, Frank Castle, and Mercury, shocking Tony.

Wang Bert’s team defeated Abomination, and Wang Bert seemingly killed him before secretly turning him into a Vampire. Wang Bert then subdued Hulk and brought Banner back, while Tony and Ivan began arguing over their armor and the Arc Reactor.

• Wang Bert revealed Osborn Corporation’s Iron Man Armor, mocked Tony, and explained that Howard Stark and Anton Vanko had jointly designed the Arc Reactor.
• Ivan, Frank, and Mercury wounded Abomination with Vibranium weapons, while Hulk and Electro joined the fight and helped bring him close to defeat.
• Wang Bert killed the exhausted Abomination with a Vibranium Spear, then secretly transformed him into a Vampire with a drop of blood.
• Wang Bert persuaded Hulk to transform back into Banner, who collapsed unconscious, and Ivan flew up to confront Tony.
• Tony criticized Ivan’s armor and doubted his claim that he could solve Palladium Poisoning, provoking Ivan to threaten him.

Wang Bert dealt with the aftermath of the Abomination battle, leveraged his connections to secure interest in Osborn Corporation’s armor, and arranged for the survivors and evidence to be taken into custody. The chapter ended with him planning for an upcoming alien invasion while Carter prepared to search for Steve in the Arctic.

• Ivan confronted Tony, then left after Tony mocked the Vanko Family; Natasha, Trish, and Jessica humiliated Tony by taking pictures of him.
• Wang Bert defied General Ross and answered calls from powerful officials eager to buy Osborn Corporation’s armor, forcing Ross to leave without Abomination.
• Frank and Ivan took the unconscious Abomination to Osborn Corporation, while Wang Bert arranged for Betty and Banner to go with Hellcat and Jessica and sent Mercury to retrieve Dr. Sterns.
• Natasha identified herself to Tony as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and warned him not to hack S.H.I.E.L.D.’s computers again; Wang Bert then had Electro blame the military for the destruction in a public statement.
• Wang Bert asked Carter to take Anton Vanko and Ivan Vanko to Stark Industries to negotiate with Tony, and Carter told him that the search for Steve in the Arctic had progressed.
• Wang Bert reflected that aliens would invade New York in a few months and resolved to prepare for the coming battle.

Wang Bert profited from unveiling Hero Armor and negotiated with the military over a proposed War Abomination, while secretly planning to retain control of Abomination. When Director Fury challenged his actions, Wang Bert revealed that Odin had protected Earth from alien invasions because Earth was once an Asgardian vassal.

• News coverage of the Harlem destruction and Hero Armor drove public anger at General Ross, sparked protests, and sent Osborn Corporation's stock soaring.
• Wang Bert showed Senator Stern and General Slocum the armor facility, secured the military's interest in buying customized Hero Armor, and said S.H.I.E.L.D. could not buy it without congressional approval.
• Wang Bert revealed to Senator Stern that Abomination had become a Vampire and proposed combining him with a Bio-Electronic Brain and armor to create War Abomination.
• Senator Stern agreed to take the proposal and Abomination's information to Congress, while Wang Bert privately planned to keep War Abomination under his control and acquire more Abominations.
• Director Fury warned Wang Bert that his armor could provoke a conflict with human authorities, and Wang Bert explained that Odin had protected Earth as its former ruler before the Ancient One reclaimed Earth's self-governance.

Wang Bert negotiated an armor deal with Director Fury, sensed Danny Rand’s return to New York, and awakened Dragon Fire after Danny’s Dragon Soul challenged him. As the Blood Clan continued reorganizing and Carter prepared to search for Steve, Tony handed Stark Industries to Pepper and Wang Bert introduced himself to Banner as the Blood Clan Chief.

• Wang Bert warned Director Fury about future alien invasions and sold S.H.I.E.L.D. two suits of armor at a ten-percent discount in exchange for legal identities for Anton Vanko and Ivan Vanko.
• Danny Rand returned to New York, but his Dragon Soul reacted to Wang Bert’s power, and Danny could barely contain it before Wang Bert’s crimson dragon dispersed.
• Wang Bert discovered that the encounter had awakened Dragon Fire within him, then arranged for Ivan Vanko to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and discussed Stark Industries’ Arc Reactors with Carter.
• Carter planned to search for Steve and discussed Blood Clan registration with Wang Bert, who called for referrals, encrypted records, and subsidies through their own bank.
• Tony made Pepper president of Stark Industries so he could focus on research, while Wang Bert visited the awakened Banner and introduced himself as Bert Wang, Blood Clan Chief.

Wang Bert protected Banner while navigating the military’s interest in him and Hydra leader Gideon Malik’s plans to bring back Hive. Several days later, Spider-Man encountered a purple-clad girl who had already beaten a group of thugs and was checking their pockets.

• Wang Bert offered Banner protection and access to Osborn Corporation’s research resources, but Banner insisted Hulk had to be eliminated.
• Senator Stern told Wang Bert that the military had agreed to buy War Abomination and asked about acquiring Banner; Wang Bert said Banner could leave only if he chose to.
• At Gideon Malik’s banquet, Wang Bert discussed Osborn Corporation’s planned spaceship with Gideon, who hoped to use it to bring Hive back from another planet.
• Wang Bert refused to help the military pay for damages caused by its Hulk-related disaster as protests continued against the military.
• Spider-Man followed the sound of a disturbance and found a purple-clad girl who had defeated several thugs and called the money she sought from them her spoils.

Spider-Man was lured into a warehouse trap by Bullseye and Kingpin’s Enhanced Humans, but escaped with the wounded Mindy to Madame Gao’s teahouse. Madame Gao treated Mindy and offered to train her, while Spider-Man left to arrange medical care and merchandise income through the Watchmen Company.

• Spider-Man confronted Mindy after she robbed two men, then left her behind to answer a woman’s cry for help.
• The woman attacked Spider-Man with an electric ring, and Bullseye led Enhanced Humans into the warehouse to capture him alive.
• Mindy threw smoke grenades to help Spider-Man escape, but Bullseye’s playing card struck her abdomen; her father sensed her injury from Texas and rushed toward New York as a flaming skeleton.
• Spider-Man carried Mindy to Madame Gao’s teahouse, where Madame Gao removed the card, stopped the bleeding, and drove Bullseye away with the arrival of Vampires.
• Madame Gao suggested that Spider-Man authorize the Watchmen Company to sell merchandise to cover his expenses, then agreed to treat Mindy at his expense.
• Mindy told Madame Gao that her name was Mindy Macready and that she was Hit-Girl, and Madame Gao offered to teach her martial arts.

Wang Bert took Mindy as his disciple, promised to help find her father, and sent heroes after Kingpin’s operation. Colleen Wing sought his help to rescue the students she had unknowingly trained for The Hand, while Danny Rand and Daredevil continued investigating Kingpin.

• Madame Gao introduced Mindy to Wang Bert, who accepted her as a disciple on the condition that she attend school and gave her Vibranium while arranging a search for her father.
• Wang Bert learned that Kingpin was selling Human Enhancement Potions and ordered Lilith to pass the information to Electro and Spider-Man, who joined Chief George and the Hell Sisters to gather evidence against Kingpin.
• Wang Bert recognized Colleen Wing as she asked whether he had captured her master, Bojutsu, and sent her to face Madame Gao at the teahouse.
• Kingpin learned that Spider-Man’s blood could help complete the Lizard Serum, while his enemies struggled to find usable evidence and began disrupting his illegal businesses.
• Colleen returned to Wang Bert and asked him to save the students she had trained for The Hand; he agreed to help if she became his maid, and she accepted.
• Danny Rand and Daredevil continued investigating Kingpin, with Danny sensing that something precious had been taken from him.

Ghost Rider attacked Kingpin’s drug factory and pursued him to Fisk Tower, but found that Kingpin had escaped. Electro then directed Ghost Rider to Wang Bert, who wanted to discuss Ghost Rider’s daughter and his abandonment of her.

• Danny Rand and Daredevil spotted Ghost Rider storming Kingpin’s factory, where he killed Bullseye with the Penance Stare after learning Bullseye had hurt his daughter.
• Daredevil alerted Electro, and Chief George sent police, Iron Man, and Electro to intercept Ghost Rider as he raced toward Fisk Tower.
• Ghost Rider fought off Iron Man and Electro, then drove his flaming Harley War Chariot up the tower and crashed a helicopter that had been used as a decoy for Kingpin.
• Wang Bert identified Ghost Rider as Damon McReady and told Electro to let him pass, while Ivan challenged Iron Man to keep him occupied.
• Electro told Ghost Rider that Wang Bert wanted to discuss his daughter, who had become Wang Bert’s student, and Ghost Rider headed for the docks south of Hell’s Kitchen.
• Electro encouraged Chief George to search Kingpin’s stronghold, and the police began the search as Electro followed Ghost Rider.

Wang Bert subdued the immortal Ghost Rider with Dragon Fire and arranged for Hulk to fight him until dawn. As Wang Bert and Betty left the pier, Ghost Rider revived and rebuilt his Harley War Chariot, leaving Banner and Hulk to face him.

• Wang Bert used his speed, Vibranium Spear, and Dragon Fire to defeat Ghost Rider, suppress his Hellfire, and pin his skull into the ground.
• Wang Bert told Ghost Rider he knew his identity as Damon Macready and urged him to explain his curse to Mindy, but Ghost Rider feared he would hurt her.
• Tony and Ivan fought to a draw, traded insults, and each vowed to develop stronger technology.
• Wang Bert summoned Banner and Betty to the pier and insisted Hulk fight Ghost Rider until dawn, while Lilith kept others away.
• Wang Bert withdrew his Dragon Fire and left with Betty, allowing Ghost Rider to revive and use Hellfire to rebuild his Harley War Chariot.

Wang Bert let Hulk and Ghost Rider fight through the night until dawn broke the curse, then reunited Damon Macready with Mindy. Damon explained that Mephisto had made him Ghost Rider, and that he had fled after nearly burning Mindy.

• Hulk and Ghost Rider battled at the dock while Wang Bert coached Hulk and told Betty that Hulk could be guided rather than eliminated.
• Electro reported that Chief George had found evidence against Kingpin, and Wang Bert warned that New York would grow more chaotic as gangs fought over the power vacuum.
• At dawn, Ghost Rider turned back into Damon Macready, and Hulk returned to Banner after Betty promised he could come out again.
• Wang Bert brought Damon to Mindy, who forgave her father and asked him to stay with Wang Bert for protection.
• Damon revealed that Mephisto had granted him Ghost Rider's power in exchange for his soul, and that he had fled after nearly burning Mindy during one of his transformations.

Wang Bert helped Damon plan a search for the former Ghost Rider while keeping Mindy in New York, then met with Banner, who asked him to use his blood to control Hulk. Wang Bert agreed to consider the procedure only if Banner accepted a condition.

• Wang Bert told Damon to seek help from the Ancient One or search Texas for the Ghost Rider Cop, and Damon agreed to travel with Wang Bert to look for him.
• Wang Bert gave Damon a secure phone, arranged for Mindy to stay in New York, and reported Ghost Rider's return to Texas to Chief George and Director Fury.
• Director Fury chose Coulson to investigate Ghost Rider, while the government and S.H.I.E.L.D. suppressed public reports about the supernatural threat.
• After Damon left, Wang Bert sent Mindy back to the Dragon Subduing Teahouse and met Banner, who accused him of wanting Hulk and questioned his plans for Abomination.
• Wang Bert offered to control Banner's heartbeat with his blood to prevent Hulk's transformations, and Banner agreed to the procedure.
• Wang Bert said Banner first had to accept a condition because his blood was very expensive.

Wang Bert arranged for Banner’s Hulk transformation to be controlled and recruited Banner and Betty into Osborn Corporation, while preparing his companies and superhero projects for his upcoming trip. He took delivery of a flying sports-car suit from Ivan, whose capabilities impressed Frank.

• Banner agreed to an expert assessment of whether Hulk could be reformed, and Wang Bert assured Betty that her father would remain safe despite the court-martial.
• Wang Bert recruited Luke Cage and Chen Haoran for Watchmen Company, arranged Spider-Man merchandise and promotional projects, and told Ivan to repair the damaged Hero armor while completing his own suit.
• Wang Bert demonstrated that his blood and the Controllers could suppress Banner’s transformation, and Banner and Betty agreed to join Osborn Corporation.
• Wang Bert assigned Banner to research himself and help Ivan improve armor, and assigned Betty to research Banner and Hulk’s reform.
• Ivan revealed Wang Bert’s new suit as a silver-white sports car that could transform and fly, and Frank cheered as it rose into the air.

Wang Bert sent Frank to Texas to protect Damon, where Earth Demon attacked him and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. Damon used Hellfire to animate Hero Number One, exposed Earth Demon’s true body, and subdued him before Wang Bert captured the demon for research.

• Wang Bert told Ivan to develop Abomination’s armor and arranged for Frank to accompany him to Texas to kill demons.
• Coulson’s agents watched Damon in Houston as Earth Demon attacked him and pinned him in the sunlight, preventing his Ghost Rider transformation.
• Frank arrived in Hero Number Two and fought Earth Demon, whose earthen body repeatedly reformed after being blasted apart.
• Wang Bert brought Hero Number One, and Damon’s Hellfire repaired and transformed it into armor that let him become Ghost Rider despite the sunlight.
• Ghost Rider used his chain to pull Earth Demon’s true body from underground and burned him until Wang Bert ordered Damon to spare him.
• Wang Bert sealed Earth Demon’s power, and the demon surrendered, changed into a human form, and offered to serve the Blood God.

Bert Wang recruited Earth Demon and learned that Blackheart sought the San Venganza Contract to create a new Hell. He then tracked down Carter Slade, the Ghost Rider who had hidden the contract, and began a conversation with him.

• Bert Wang learned that Earth Demon, Water Demon, and Wind Demon had supported Blackheart, who wanted the San Venganza Contract and its resentful spirits.
• Bert Wang hired Earth Demon and promised him an identity and minimum wage; Earth Demon offered to persuade Water Demon and Wind Demon to switch sides.
• Earth Demon explained that Mephisto had sent Carter Slade to collect the San Venganza villagers' souls, but Slade had fled with the contract.
• Bert Wang revealed that he had identified Carter Slade through online tips and historical records, then led the group to a cemetery near Houston.
• Bert Wang confronted the gravekeeper, identified him as Carter Slade, and offered him a cigar; Slade agreed to take the group to his house.

Wang Bert learned from Slade that Damon’s soul remained in his body and that the Spirit of Vengeance could not be separated from him, then stole and sealed the contract in Vibranium. The next day, Wang Bert confronted Blackheart outside a church, where Mephisto appeared and revealed that Blackheart’s subordinates had betrayed him.

• Slade told Damon that Mephisto had not taken his soul and that the Spirit of Vengeance could be controlled through will, while warning that Damon’s spirit could not be separated from him.
• Wang Bert proposed capturing Blackheart to bargain with Mephisto, then secretly took the contract from Slade’s shovel and had Frank seal it inside Vibranium.
• Wang Bert assigned Frank command of the planned battle against Blackheart, and Frank estimated their chance of victory at seventy percent.
• Blackheart went to a church after learning Earth Demon had been captured, while Wind Demon and Water Demon quietly signaled that they would side with whoever had money.
• Wang Bert confronted Blackheart outside the church and provoked him about relying on Mephisto, prompting Blackheart to declare he would kill his father.
• Mephisto appeared and told Blackheart that his own subordinates had betrayed him.

Wang Bert fought Blackheart and negotiated a contract to help him establish a new hell, while secretly absorbing some of Blackheart’s blood of origin. After the black curtain fell and Kamar-Taj had not appeared, Wang Bert turned on Blackheart and began compressing the blood concealing him.

• Mephisto appeared and interrupted Wang Bert’s trap, but Frank and the demons attacked Blackheart while Damon’s armor shielded Frank from Mephisto’s spell.
• Mephisto possessed Blackheart’s mangled body, restored his full demonic strength, and trapped everyone behind a curtain that concealed their auras for three minutes.
• Wang Bert claimed he had the San Venganza Contract and persuaded Blackheart to sign terms promising help with a new hell in exchange for his own safety.
• Blackheart gave Wang Bert his heart, the source of his power, and Wang Bert secretly devoured some of its blood of origin while disguising Blackheart’s aura.
• After the curtain vanished, Wang Bert sent Frank and the others away, then compressed the blood covering Blackheart and revealed that he had betrayed him.