Recaps

Henry reviewed three months of newspapers to investigate how this world differed from his memories, finding that Sentry did not exist and little news about Charlize Theron. He arranged inquiries about Theron and The Matrix, then considered whether Tony Stark had become a mage before deciding he lacked enough information.

• Henry had Julianne collect three months of newspapers, then used Super Speed to read them and found that Sentry had never existed in this world.
• Henry asked Julianne about Charlize Theron, and she recalled that Theron was filming a movie domestically.
• Henry asked Julianne to investigate Theron's public schedule and The Matrix cast list in Australia.
• Henry checked Stark Studios' projects and server updates, then decided to schedule an eye exam because his eyesight was worsening.
• Henry recalled seeing Tony Stark with magical artifacts and wondered whether Tony had become a mage, but he stopped himself from guessing without more evidence.
• Henry remembered an image of Tony wearing Sorcerer Supreme robes and his own six-stone Infinity Gauntlet before snapping his fingers.

Henry learned that Charlize Theron was filming The Astronaut's Wife and went to the set to see her without interrupting the shoot. He met director Rand Ravich and left after discussing a possible future partnership with Stark Studios.

• Julianne gave Henry the finalized cast list for The Matrix and told him Charlize Theron was filming The Astronaut's Wife at New Line Cinema.
• Henry checked Charlize Theron's film credits, worried that her life had returned to its original path, and arranged an eye examination and glasses.
• After Julianne confirmed the filming location, Henry drove to New Line Cinema's studio lot and watched the crew from outside the shooting area.
• Rand Ravich recognized Henry and greeted him during a break in filming.
• Henry explained that Stark Studios would consider working with Rand after he proved himself at the box office, and Rand said they would have an opportunity.

Henry met Johnny Depp and Charlize Theron on Rand Ravich’s film set and realized that Charlize no longer remembered or loved him. He left without pursuing her, then suspected the Ancient One had arranged the altered fate that separated them.

• Rand Ravich introduced Johnny Depp and Charlize Theron to Henry, who praised their performances and learned that Al Pacino had recommended them for the lead roles.
• Henry noticed Charlize treated him like an ordinary industry acquaintance and accepted that she was no longer the woman he had loved.
• Henry exchanged pleasantries with the cast, gave Rand Ravich his business card, and left after silently bidding Charlize farewell.
• Henry overheard Johnny Depp and Charlize joking together and felt the pain of their easy familiarity.
• Henry concluded that the Ancient One had manipulated events and angrily blamed her for the separation.

Henry continued drifting through his days at home and Stark Studios while coping with his lost girlfriend and failing Heat Vision. Tony Stark called him to attend a midyear meeting in New York, where people from Tony’s aunt’s side wanted to meet him and give him a surprise.

• Kitty woke Henry by bouncing on his bed, and he got up to wash despite being unable to use Heat Vision to manage his hair and beard.
• Henry reflected on how Kitty’s feeding routine and their Tiger Translator had not stopped her from waking him for attention.
• Tony Stark called Henry and urged him to come to the office, but Henry argued that employees did not need to pretend to be busy.
• Tony told Henry to come to New York for a midyear meeting and said people from his aunt’s side wanted to meet him with a surprise.
• Henry wondered whether S.H.I.E.L.D. was involved and warned that he could not take another shock.

Henry attended Stark Industries' semiannual meeting while considering the limits of the Infinity Stones' wish-granting power and avoiding the X-Men. The chapter ended when he met Grant Rogers, a representative of the New York City Veterans Foundation.

• Henry reasoned that the Infinity Stones had limited influence over things from another universe and wondered what had happened to Sentry and Phoenix after his attacks.
• Henry decided not to visit the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning and instead went to Stark Industries' semiannual meeting.
• Henry ate at the meeting and spoke with people who approached him about celebrity gossip.
• Grant Rogers introduced himself to Henry as a representative of the New York City Veterans Foundation.

Henry met Grant Rogers, a veterans foundation representative and Stark Industries board member, who said Henry’s actions had changed things and hoped the change would continue. Their conversation ended with Henry arguing that goodwill was worthless if it ignored the needs of those who paid its price.

• Henry recognized Grant Rogers from Howard Stark’s funeral and connected him to the New York City Veterans Foundation, a Stark Industries shareholder with a board seat.
• Henry greeted Grant Rogers and mentioned that Timothy Dugan had helped him after the Skrull incident; Grant said he and Dugan were old comrades but that he had left the fighting behind.
• Grant said he had sought Henry out because Henry was special and had caused things to become different, while Henry challenged whether those changes could truly be called good if others lost out.
• Grant asked whether Henry believed in pure goodwill, and Henry told the Buddhist story of the Buddha feeding an eagle with his own flesh to save a rabbit.
• Henry argued that people who urged the eagle to spare the rabbit without accepting any sacrifice themselves showed self-righteous, harmful goodwill.

Henry spoke with Grant Rogers at the Stark Industries meeting before John Garrett brought him to a conference room to confront people from his past. There, Henry recognized twenty-three survivors from the Siberian underground research facility.

• Henry and Grant Rogers discussed fighting fascism and the dangers of goodwill without understanding or resolve.
• Grant told Henry to pretend he had never seen him, then blended into the gathering as John Garrett and his men approached.
• John Garrett said the meeting concerned Henry’s past and asked him to come meet people arranged through Peggy Carter.
• Henry followed Garrett to a small conference room, where he recognized twenty-three people from the former Red Empire’s Siberian research facility.

Henry Brown met the Russian scientists who had abused him at the institute, and John Garrett’s attempt to use their shared past to influence them failed. Henry left after warning Garrett against forcing him to socialize with his former captors.

• John Garrett revealed to the Russians that Henry was the subject they had cared for, and they recoiled in fear and disgust.
• Henry confronted the group, and one Russian blamed Dr. Peter Roslov and claimed the staff had suffered alongside Henry.
• Henry approached the bald Russian, detected his excuses as lies, and secretly threatened him while appearing to say, "I forgive you."
• Garrett’s subordinates tried to stop Henry from leaving, but Henry pointed out the trouble a scene could cause near Stark Industries’ meeting.
• Garrett let Henry go, accepting that his plan to use the Russians to control him had failed.

Henry learned that Snake S.H.I.E.L.D. had brought people from the Siberian Research Institute back into his life, and he decided to investigate what the organization knew about the others. He returned to New York as Black Super to infiltrate Snake Shield’s base, relying on hearing rather than his temporarily unusable vision powers.

• Henry spoke with Tony Stark about his reunion with his childhood nanny but avoided explaining their troubled past.
• Henry used the hidden listening device on John Garrett to monitor Snake S.H.I.E.L.D., then left the equipment recording after Garrett revealed little useful information.
• Henry realized the twenty-three people from the Siberian Research Institute had all held positions that gave them direct contact with him, and that the organization might know where the others were.
• Henry flew to his West Coast laboratory, changed into a black Kevlar stealth suit, and returned to New York as Black Super.
• Black Super followed Snake S.H.I.E.L.D.’s convoy to its base and prepared to search for intelligence without relying on his eye-based powers.

Black Super watched John Garrett’s agents debate the fate of the Russians they had brought to New York and learned that Garrett’s faction was profiting from weapons deals and running private research projects. He held back from intervening, determined to plan carefully so Garrett could not use the Russians as leverage against Henry Brown.

• Black Super followed the convoy to an upscale hotel where John Garrett’s agents housed the Russians and used a briefcase to store their documents.
• Garrett’s agents discussed the Russians’ fate, then decided to keep the twenty-three researchers and distribute them among separate projects under regional supervision.
• The agents agreed to stop contacting former researchers who had no value beyond their connection to Henry Brown, revealing to Black Super that some had escaped their search and were doing well.
• Garrett’s agents disputed whether Henry Brown had whispered a threat or the word “forgive” to one Russian, while the Russians insisted it had been a threat.
• Black Super restrained himself from attacking the Russians and considered how Garrett might turn their deaths into a favor or leverage with Henry Brown.

Black Super stole and read S.H.I.E.L.D.'s investigation files, learning what the agency knew about him and the fate of the Siberian Research Institute. The report helped him piece together the missing years of his life, though much of the timeline remained unclear.

• Black Super phased into the building, removed the briefcase, and opened it on a nearby rooftop.
• Black Super read S.H.I.E.L.D.'s findings on Henry Brown, which connected him to Clown-Sup but lacked enough evidence to confirm his identity.
• Black Super learned that S.H.I.E.L.D. had recorded his links to Kitty and the Continental Hotel, while several secret bases and activities remained undiscovered.
• Black Super read that Director Peter Roslov had been marked deceased and that the institute's personnel and assets had scattered during the Red Empire's collapse.
• Black Super learned that Ennu No Odin, Alien One, had been left sealed inside the abandoned underground facility after the evacuation fell apart.
• Black Super used the report's sparse clues about Alaska and the institute to piece together the blank portion of his memories.

After reviewing files on the Alien Research Institute, Henry made a list of twenty-eight people connected to his past and decided to act against them. He was summoned by Tony Stark and traveled with Virginia Potts to Stark’s manor in the Hamptons.

• Black Super returned the briefcase and recovered the listening device he had planted on John Garrett.
• Henry reviewed the institute records and identified twenty-eight people connected to his research, including former colleagues and surviving core personnel.
• Henry, troubled by his breakup and the loss of his eye powers, resolved to confront the people on his list and slept deeply.
• Tony Stark called Henry and ordered him to come over, then Virginia Potts arrived to take him to Stark’s private residence.
• Henry traveled with Potts and the Stark Family driver to Tony Stark’s manor in the Hamptons.

Henry visited Tony Stark at his estate, where Tony offered him a car as a reward for Titanic. Henry dismissed Tony’s hopes of easy Hollywood profits and found a huge Mercedes marked with Hydra’s symbol in the Stark car collection.

• Henry arrived at Tony Stark’s sheet-metal factory and watched Tony and Happy Hogan finish boxing.
• Tony led Henry to the garage and offered him any car from his late father’s collection as a reward for Titanic.
• Henry warned Tony that Hollywood films usually lost money and that Titanic’s success was an exception.
• Henry criticized the impracticality of the expensive cars and stopped in shock when he saw a modified Mercedes-Benz W31 Type G4 bearing Hydra’s symbol.
• Tony offered Henry the Hydra-marked car if he wanted it.

Henry learned the history of the antique car Tony Stark gave him, including its ties to Red Skull, Captain America, and Peggy Carter, while Tony introduced his new assistant, Virginia Potts. Henry chose to leave the car at Stark’s garage and agreed to stay for lunch before returning to Los Angeles.

• Edwin Jarvis explained that the car had belonged to Hydra leader John Schmidt, had been captured by Colonel Phillips, and was preserved by Howard Stark because Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter had once ridden in it.
• Jarvis criticized Tony Stark for giving the car away without understanding its history, and Tony accepted the rebuke before asking Eric about his new job at Stark Industries.
• Tony offered to have Pepper Potts arrange delivery of the car, and Henry learned that her real name was Virginia and how she had become Tony’s assistant.
• Virginia asked whether the car should be delivered to Stark Studios in Los Angeles, but Henry decided to leave it at the garage because the underground lot was not secure.
• Tony questioned Henry about renting a small apartment and saving his money, and Henry defended keeping his earnings for emergencies.
• Jarvis invited Henry to lunch, and Henry accepted.

Henry disguised himself as a destitute local and visited the Moscow Continental Hotel to buy information and weapons. The concierge accepted his Gold Coin and American cash, then began arranging the hotel’s services.

• Henry altered his appearance to pass as an unemployed young man from the countryside.
• Henry entered the Moscow Continental Hotel and offered a Gold Coin to its concierge for information and weapons.
• The concierge led Henry to a salon and explained that additional services for new guests would cost extra.
• Henry paid with a stack of American bills, and the concierge remarked that dollars were much stronger than rubles.

Henry paid the Continental Hotel for intelligence on four Russian targets and bought a concealed pistol with ammunition. He ended the night at the hotel with the concierge who had arranged the services.

• Henry gave the female concierge four names and paid extra for intelligence on two BSF personnel, two prisoners, and a tycoon's wife.
• The female concierge returned with files containing the targets' residences, aliases, and photographs, which Henry read and packed away.
• Henry asked for a concealed, reliable pistol, and the female concierge supplied a PSM Pocket Pistol with spare magazines and ammunition.
• Henry paid for firearm maintenance and spent the night at the Continental Hotel with the female concierge.

Henry began his first reconnaissance operation in Moscow by tracking Andrei Popov, the former Mikhail Kuzmin who had joined 6CΦ. After hours listening to conversations near the agency’s headquarters, he finally identified Andrei as someone leaving work early.

• Henry left the Moscow Continental Hotel and shook off the people tailing him with Super Speed.
• He went to the All-Russian Insurance Building, where 6CΦ was based, and chose a concealed rooftop vantage point.
• Henry listened for mentions of Andrei Popov and Mikhail Kuzmin while using voices and echoes to map the building.
• After several false leads, Henry heard a man named Andrei complain about his dull work and the three years he had spent at the Alien Research Institute.
• Henry recognized the speaker as his target and focused his attention on him.

Henry tracked down Andrei Popov, who had tortured him in the past, and killed him in his apartment. He left the scene disguised as a burglary and flew away before the Russian police arrived.

• Henry watched the man leave work and followed him to his apartment.
• Henry entered the apartment and confronted the man, identifying him as Andrei Popov, also known as Mikhail Kuzmin.
• Andrei Popov claimed he had only been doing his job and tried to shoot Henry.
• Henry dodged the bullets, drew his pistol, and killed Andrei Popov.
• Henry looted the apartment to make the killing look like a robbery, then phased out and flew away as police approached.

Henry infiltrated Alexandra Fadeeva’s guarded mansion to confront her about her role in his childhood examinations and treatment. After she called him a disgusting alien, he killed her and left as the mansion’s security personnel responded to the gunshots.

• Henry used his speed and surveillance skills to infiltrate the mansion and identify Alexandra Fadeeva.
• He waited until night and entered Alexandra’s bedroom, where he knocked her husband unconscious and aimed his gun at her.
• Henry asked Alexandra whether she remembered Ennu No Odin, and she called the alien creature disgusting before realizing who he might be.
• Henry shot Alexandra in the forehead and heart as security personnel rushed toward the bedroom.
• Henry mocked himself for expecting a different answer, then left while acknowledging that he might also have found an alien disgusting without knowing the truth.

Henry infiltrated a Siberian prison to find Ivan Kochetov and Yuri Kuznetsov, but his lack of tattoos made him conspicuous among the inmates. After a bear-like prisoner questioned his intentions, other inmates pointed Henry toward his targets, who were surrounded by a gang.

• Henry searched the prison yard for Ivan Kochetov and Yuri Kuznetsov, former assistants to Peter Roslov who had remained imprisoned after their corruption was exposed.
• Henry realized his clean appearance and lack of tattoos made him stand out among the prisoners and attract unwanted attention.
• A bear-like man put Henry in a headlock and mocked him, but Henry asked where Ivan and Yuri were.
• The bear-like man warned Henry not to cause trouble and asked who he was and what he wanted with the two men.
• A prisoner pointed out Ivan and Yuri and called to them, while Henry saw that they were surrounded by fierce-looking gang members.

Henry provoked a prison brawl and used the chaos to kill Ivan Kochetov and take Yuri Kuznetsov off his list. As guards prepared to intervene, Henry stayed curled on the ground, apparently beaten and exhausted.

• Henry struck Ivan Kochetov and then rammed him into his gang, prompting Ivan, Yuri Kuznetsov, and their men to attack him.
• Henry shoved attackers into nearby prisoners, triggering fights across the recreation area while the guards delayed intervening.
• A bear-like prisoner became the focus of the brawl, sending anyone who approached him flying.
• Henry tackled Ivan and secretly destroyed his heart with the Molecular-Penetrating Hand Blade, then climbed away and continued to take blows.
• As Russian guards prepared to act, Henry used the chaos to kill Yuri Kuznetsov and then curled up under the continued beating.

After the prison brawl, Henry was placed in solitary confinement and prepared to escape, but a conversation with Alexei Shostakov, the Red Guardian, made him stop and enter the neighboring cell. Alexei revealed his despair over the fallen Soviet Union and his longing to see his former wife, Melina, and daughters, Natasha and Yelena.

• The guards beat down the inmates, and Henry was sent to solitary confinement, where he planned to pass through the wall and escape.
• Alexei Shostakov spoke to Henry through the wall, identified him as an American, and guessed that he was a mutant.
• Henry recognized Alexei as the Red Guardian and questioned why he had approached him.
• Alexei lamented the collapse of the country he had served and said he wanted to escape prison and see Melina, Natasha, and Yelena again.
• Henry passed through the wall into Alexei's cell and found him crying, though Alexei denied it.

Henry agreed to help Alexei Shostakov escape the Siberian prison in exchange for a favor and his silence. Henry teleported Alexei outside the confinement ward, then told him to run as they began their escape.

• Henry asked Alexei what he would do after escaping and what Henry would gain by helping him.
• Henry offered to help Alexei leave in exchange for a favor, provided Alexei kept Henry and his information secret.
• Alexei questioned Henry's motives, then agreed to the terms and asked about the escape plan.
• Henry grew impatient with Alexei's questions, grabbed him, and teleported him outside the confinement ward.
• Henry started running, and Alexei ran after him.

Henry led Alexei out of the prison by using his ability to pass through walls and exploiting the guards’ distractions. They escaped into the Siberian wilderness, where Alexei and Henry ran and shouted together, though they had not yet reached safety or left Russia.

• Henry guided Alexei through the prison, choosing routes that avoided guards and surveillance.
• Henry carried Alexei through the thick outer wall, and Alexei’s nausea drew a guard’s attention.
• Henry hid with Alexei in the watchtower’s blind spot until the guard returned inside.
• Henry and Alexei slipped out of the prison and ran into the Siberian wilderness.
• Alexei roared as they ran, and Henry joined him in shouting and racing toward the setting sun.

Henry escaped with Alexei and waited in the Siberian wilderness for support, then gave him money to pursue his daughters and settle a score with General Dreykov. The Duck Leopard armor arrived to take them onward, with Alexei choosing Sokovia as his first destination.

• Henry changed clothes with Alexei and explained that he had called for support, while Alexei described his plan to find his daughters and confront General Dreykov.
• Alexei admitted he did not know the Red Room's location and would need money to activate his personal connections.
• Henry gave Alexei the cash in his backpack and told him to treat it as funding for his search.
• Alexei asked Henry to take him to Sokovia, where he planned to use the chaos and available channels to make progress.
• The Duck Leopard armor arrived, and Kitty asked Henry whether it was time for dinner before complaining about his diet-meal threats.