Chapter Summaries

Tony Stark woke up in a cave after being kidnapped and forced to build a nuclear weapon for his captors. Desperate for help, he prayed to Jino Luthor, who appeared before him in a burst of light.

• Tony relived memories of his father and his parents’ deaths before waking in a cave beside Dr. Ethan.
• Tony learned that his kidnappers wanted him to build a nuclear weapon within three weeks and would kill him if he refused.
• Tony agreed to cooperate after the kidnappers nearly drowned him, then realized he had no way to call for help.
• Tony took out the Golden Card and prayed to Jino Luthor for help.
• A sudden silence filled the cave, and Jino Luthor appeared before Tony as Ethan watched in shock.

Jino Luthor answered Tony Stark’s prayer and rescued him from the terrorists holding him in a cave, demanding a favor in return. Jino brought Tony and Dr. Ethan to his brother’s underground laboratory, where they stopped outside the Bio-Enhancement Laboratory.

• Jino appeared in the cave after Tony called his name, and Tony begged him to save him.
• Jino learned that Tony had been kidnapped and forced to build a weapon, then agreed to help in exchange for a favor owed.
• Jino opened a portal, and Tony followed him through; Dr. Ethan hurried after them.
• Jino brought Tony and Ethan to his brother’s underground laboratory, where they saw advanced research equipment, unusual artifacts, and strange specimens.
• Jino led Tony and Ethan to the Bio-Enhancement Laboratory and said the person they were looking for was not in the first lab.

Jino visited Lex Luthor and Dr. Erskine's laboratory, where Lex planned to sell Super Soldier Serum to the military despite the doctor's concerns about its mental effects. Jino obtained an improved serum, apparently intending for Tony Stark to use it and become a stronger fighter.

• Jino brought Tony Stark and Ethan into the laboratory, where Lex and Dr. Erskine argued about whether to weaken the Super Soldier Serum dosage.
• Lex said he planned to mass-produce the serum and sell it to the military, while Dr. Erskine warned that the full dosage could make people insane and antisocial.
• Jino urged Lex to give Dr. Erskine time, and Lex agreed to wait two weeks before proceeding.
• Tony praised the miniature nuclear reactor in Lex's armor, and the two geniuses exchanged ideas about its design.
• Jino asked Dr. Erskine for a vial of serum and received the improved Version VI, which the doctor described as more stable, convenient, powerful, and safe.

Jino gave Tony Stark the Super Soldier Serum and a kinetic-energy shield, then sent him back to the cave where he and Dr. Ethan were being held. Tony killed both kidnappers while testing the shield, then retched at the sight of what he had done as Ethan urged him to escape.

• Jino injected Tony with the Super Soldier Serum, which increased Tony’s height, strength, and reaction speed.
• Jino gave Tony a shield made from mysterious metal and explained how it could absorb and release kinetic energy.
• Two kidnappers entered the cave to investigate the silence, and Tony struck one in the face with the returning shield.
• The surviving kidnapper fired at Tony, but Tony dodged the bullets and threw the shield, killing him.
• Tony caught the shield, saw the bloodied bodies, and retched; Dr. Ethan emerged and told him they needed to escape.

Tony Stark returned to New York with a transformed body and told reporters that a god had helped him escape his kidnappers. He then suspected someone close to him at Stark Tower had leaked his whereabouts, leaving Pepper to realize that only one person remained under suspicion.

• Pepper Potts introduced Tony Stark at a press conference, and reporters were astonished by his changed appearance.
• Tony told the reporters that a god had granted him the power to escape his kidnappers.
• After the conference, Tony showed Pepper a suit of armor and said someone close to him had leaked his whereabouts.
• Tony ruled out the military and said the traitor had to be inside Stark Tower.
• Tony assured Pepper that he trusted her, then said the only person left to suspect was someone close to him.

Obadiah plotted to capture someone after Tony escaped, while Nick Fury visited Jino to ask about Tony's transformation and the Super Soldier Serum. Jino admitted he had given Tony an injection but refused to share the serum formula, leaving Fury without a deal.

• Obadiah blamed the kidnapper leader for Tony's escape, then ordered him to go to New York and help capture someone.
• Jino welcomed Nick Fury into his church in Hell's Kitchen and discussed his preference for an ordinary life.
• Fury asked whether Tony had used the Super Soldier Serum, and Jino admitted that he had injected him.
• Fury offered to make a deal for the serum formula, but Jino refused and said it was impossible.

Tony learned that Pepper Potts had been kidnapped by the same group that had abducted him, and he went to the docks to rescue her while confronting Obadiah’s betrayal. He left Pepper facing an armed crowd with him as Obadiah was caught by a person hiding inside the armor Tony had sent him.

• Tony answered the kidnappers’ call and learned they wanted his new armor in exchange for Pepper Potts.
• Tony tracked the call, suspected Obadiah had betrayed him, and arranged to meet the kidnappers at the southern docks.
• Tony brought an Iron Armor to the docks, and the kidnappers released Pepper Potts.
• Tony warned Pepper that the kidnappers would not let them leave, then took up a shield as armed men surrounded them.
• Obadiah opened a truck containing the armor, but a person inside seized his arm and revealed that Tony had sent it to catch him.
• The person inside the armor told Tony that Obadiah had been caught, and Tony said he was on his way.

After Tony learned that Obadiah had betrayed him, Jino arrived with Vibranium taken from Wakanda and asked Tony to build him a suit of armor. Tony agreed and brought Peter in to help.

• Tony listened as Obadiah explained his betrayal, then watched the special police take him away.
• Jino crashed through the villa roof carrying a massive piece of Vibranium and greeted Tony and Peter.
• Jino explained that Wakanda had refused to trade Vibranium, so he fought the Wakandans until their king agreed to supply him under an oppressive mutual assistance agreement.
• Jino asked Tony to make him a suit of Vibranium armor, and Tony promised to finish it in one day.
• Tony recruited Peter to help build Jino's armor.

Jesse, a disillusioned priest, encountered a transparent supernatural figure that knocked him unconscious. The next morning, his advice to a man who had argued with his mother led the man to stab himself and tear out his heart in front of her.

• Jesse left a holding cell and returned to the church where he lived, smoking beneath the cross.
• A transparent, humanoid figure rushed at Jesse; his bullets passed through it, and it struck him unconscious.
• The next morning, Jesse told Paul to open his heart and tell his mother he was sorry.
• Paul returned home, stabbed himself, and pulled out his heart while telling his horrified mother that he had followed the priest's advice.

Jesse met a mysterious young man named Peter, who revealed that a power inside her could compel people to obey her advice. After Peter identified himself as Lucifer, Jesse tested the power and saw a bartender obey her command.

• Jesse met Peter at the bar and felt an inexplicable fear of him.
• Jesse fought off four thugs who mocked Peter for ordering milk.
• Peter told Jesse that Ron had taken her advice to open his heart literally and torn out his own heart.
• Jesse tried to make Peter dance, but he resisted and claimed he was stronger than the power inside her.
• Peter called himself Lucifer, and Jesse tested the power by ordering the bartender to bring her three whiskeys; he obeyed.

Jesse learned that Genesis gave her the power to make her words come true, while Jino explained that Heaven wanted it back. After Jesse discovered she might have sent Eugene to Hell by telling him to go there, the sheriff came looking for him.

• Jino told Jesse that Genesis was a creature born from an angel and a demon and was the source of her power.
• Two low-ranking angels demanded that Jesse hand over Genesis, but she froze them with a command.
• Jesse ordered the angels to dance for a week and returned to the church with Jino.
• The sheriff asked Jesse whether she knew where Eugene was, and she remembered telling him to go to Hell.

Jesse struggled with guilt and fear after discovering that Genesis let her influence people’s wills, but Jino told her God had left Heaven and planned to destroy humanity. Jesse joined Jino to find the Son of God, while two angels decided to seek Saint Killer’s help in taking Genesis from her.

• Jesse panicked over having caused two deaths and asked Jino what to do with Genesis.
• Jino told Jesse that God was no longer in Heaven and intended to destroy humanity to create a species that would worship him.
• Jesse resolved to find God and stop him, then agreed to follow Jino to find the Son of God, Messiah.
• Jino opened a golden portal, and Jesse followed him out of town.
• The two angels regained their freedom and decided to go to Hell to ask Saint Killer to kill Jesse and take Genesis.

Jino and Jesse found Messiah at the Holy Grail Organization’s base and used his blood to reveal that God was in San Antonio. They confronted God at his villa, where Jino gained the upper hand before God unleashed a world-destroying wave of light.

• Jino led Jesse through the canyon, deflected the guards’ bullets, and killed them with a gesture.
• Jino found Messiah in a heavily secured room, cut his cheek, and ordered Jesse to draw a cross with his blood.
• Jino used Heavenly Magic to reveal San Antonio as God’s location, then took Jesse there.
• Jino found God in a villa and attacked him while God was dressed in a Dalmatian costume.
• Jino caught God’s lightning and taunted him, but God rose into the air and fired a massive wave of light at him.

Jino defeated God and left Jesse behind before returning to Earth, where Nick Fury struggled with his failed recruitment efforts and the threat posed by Jino. Fury then learned that two giant beings were fighting in a city, causing widespread destruction.

• Jino beat God, crushed his brain, and sent his body through a Spatial Tunnel to use as experimental material.
• Jino opened a passageway and said goodbye to Jesse.
• Fury recalled that Tony Stark and Peter had both rejected his proposed alliance and admitted he lacked Jino's friendship.
• Hill gave Fury an assessment that Jino was more or less omnipotent.
• An agent showed Fury footage of two giant figures battling in a city, one of whom had appeared from nowhere and the other had jumped from a military helicopter.

Jino watched Hulk and Abomination devastate New York, then intervened by striking Abomination with a tiny stone empowered by his Bio-field. Abomination was blasted away, while the battle’s outcome remained uncertain.

• Jino saw Hulk and Abomination fighting in New York and learned from Fury that Abomination had been a super soldier transformed with Hulk’s blood.
• Fury worried that the military’s response would worsen the destruction and considered calling in Spider-Man and Tony.
• After Abomination crushed a military jeep and killed its driver, Jino left Fury and entered the battlefield.
• Jino empowered a small stone with his Bio-field and threw it at Abomination, sending the monster flying.

Jino confronted Abomination in Manhattan after the monster defeated Hulk, then overwhelmed and killed him. The chapter ended with Abomination reduced to a blood-soaked skeleton beneath Jino’s fists.

• Abomination knocked Hulk into the street and celebrated his apparent victory.
• Jino arrived, and Abomination charged him but could not break through his Bio-Force Field.
• Jino pinned Abomination to the road with overwhelming force and stepped on his face.
• Jino said he would return the 18,000 punches Abomination had thrown, then began beating him.
• Abomination tried to apologize, but Jino continued punching until he shattered Abomination’s head and killed him.

Jino killed Abomination with his bare hands, while Nick Fury tried to persuade Jino and Tony to form an alliance. Thor Odinson then fell from the sky into a crater, leaving Tony and Fury wondering who he was.

• Jino stood beside Abomination's headless corpse as Nick Fury and Agent Hill arrived by Harrier Jet.
• Tony arrived in his armor, but Jino told him Abomination was already dead and Hulk was only a victim.
• Fury blamed himself for the destruction and urged Jino and Tony to join forces, but Jino's expression tipped Tony off that Fury was acting.
• Tony mentioned bringing Jino Vibranium Armor, and Jino dismissed it as a keepsake.
• Jino sensed someone falling from the sky and warned Tony and Fury to move away.
• Thor Odinson crashed into the street unconscious beside his hammer, and Tony wondered whether the pair were aliens.

Jino explained that the unconscious man in the crater was Thor Odinson, exiled to Earth by Odin, and that the hammer beside him was Mjolnir. Tony failed to lift it, while Jino began recounting why Thor had been cast down.

• Jino pointed Tony toward Mjolnir and promised him a wish if he could lift it.
• Tony used his armor's full power to try to raise Mjolnir but could not move it.
• Fury asked Jino to explain what had happened, and Jino identified the unconscious man as Thor Odinson and the hammer as Mjolnir.
• Jino explained that Odin had stripped Thor of his divine power and sent him to Earth to teach him humility.
• Jino said Odin had made lifting Mjolnir a test for Thor, and the chapter ended with his explanation that Odin still loved his son.

Thor awakened in the crater after being exiled to Midgard, but he could not lift Mjolnir and lost his powers. Fury tried to win him over, while Jino said several Rune Gods were watching Thor’s trial and Fury’s plan would fail.

• Thor woke, introduced himself as the God of Thunder, and demanded answers from the people around him.
• Thor tried to lift Mjolnir, but the hammer stayed fixed in the ground as a storm broke over New York.
• Fury concluded Thor was now ordinary and decided to win him over by offering him food and help getting home.
• Thor accepted Fury’s invitation and promised to repay him once he reclaimed his position.
• Jino told Tony that several Rune Gods were watching Thor’s trial and Fury would not succeed in his plan.

Thor learned from Loki that Odin had died and blamed him, leaving Thor devastated at S.H.I.E.L.D. Meanwhile, Loki went to the crater to test Mjolnir, but Jino saw through his disguise and easily dispelled his attack.

• Fury encouraged Thor and offered to keep feeding him while he recovered his strength.
• Loki appeared through an illusion and told Thor that Odin was dead and had blamed Thor before dying.
• Thor broke down as Loki claimed Odin never wanted to see him again, while Fury watched in confusion.
• Loki crossed the S.H.I.E.L.D. cordon at Sixth Street and entered the crater to test whether he could lift Mjolnir.
• Loki attacked Jino with magical arrows, but Jino swept them away and criticized Loki's magic.