Recaps

Henry and Gilgamesh fought a devastating second round that ended with Henry knocking Gilgamesh across the sea. As the others wondered how long Gilgamesh would take to return, Skye questioned what Henry really was.

• Gilgamesh and Kingo mocked Ikaris after Henry was sent flying, but Thena warned them that Henry was flying back.
• Henry returned to the beach and challenged Gilgamesh to fight again without using flight to gain an advantage.
• Henry and Gilgamesh traded powerful punches until Gilgamesh stopped, sensing that his next attack might kill him.
• Henry struck Gilgamesh and sent him skipping across the sea beyond the horizon, matching Gilgamesh's earlier feat.
• Thena helped Skye up and offered to teach her fighting techniques, while Skye wondered what Henry was.

After a small Aegean earthquake triggered a false nuclear alert, Henry returned to New York and focused on understanding Isu Technology. He restored Cassandra’s Isu Gear and began considering how to redesign it for modern warfare.

• The U.S. National Atomic Energy Detection System investigated the Aegean earthquake and confirmed it was a natural event.
• Skye stopped talking about defeating Henry and arranged for Thena to teach her combat and training techniques.
• After returning to New York, Henry shifted his research from mech upgrades to Isu Technology, with Cassandra helping him test his findings.
• Henry restored Cassandra’s Isu Gear to peak condition and learned its powers had weakened because its energy had dissipated.
• Henry recognized that Cassandra’s gear was poorly suited to modern warfare and faced the challenge of designing a more effective set for her.

Skye insisted she had learned everything Gwen could teach her, but an SAT test revealed how little she had actually mastered. Henry seized the chance to push for more studying, though Katharine Hepburn and Kitty remained wary of his scheming.

• Skye told Henry she was ready to skip a grade or apply to college because she had surpassed Gwen’s ability to tutor her.
• Henry asked Gwen to give Skye an ACT or SAT test to check what she really knew.
• Skye failed the test, including the math and physics sections, and protested that the questions were beyond her eighth-grade curriculum.
• When Henry asked where India was, Skye answered, “Isn’t India in India?” and Gwen dragged her off to review her studies.
• Katharine Hepburn worried that Skye’s poor grades threatened her future, and Henry persuaded her to consider giving Skye workbooks.
• Henry laughed over his successful scheme, but Katharine Hepburn smacked him and Kitty moved away from him.

Gwen invited Henry to accompany her to prom after explaining that nobody had asked her, then tried to persuade him by describing the event and hinting that she wanted to join his Aegean Sea vacation. Henry was left facing Gwen’s relentless teasing and barely veiled request.

• Gwen chewed Skye out over her hidden seventh-grade report card and made her resume studying under intense pressure.
• Henry considered giving Skye a strict, minute-by-minute study schedule now that Gwen no longer objected to his methods.
• Gwen asked Henry to go to prom with her, explaining that George’s protectiveness had made her seem unapproachable to classmates.
• Henry suspected Gwen wanted a date to impress someone, but she denied it and teased him about missing a chance to experience prom.
• Gwen lamented that she might never visit the Aegean Sea or ride Henry’s yacht, and threatened to ask George to prom instead.

Henry agreed to accompany Gwen to her high school prom, and Gwen revealed that she had chosen Empire State University. Katharine Hepburn questioned the choice but accepted Gwen’s plan to study under Professor Curt Connors and pursue a research career at Oscorp.

• Henry gave in to Gwen’s nagging and agreed to attend her prom, while Gwen warned him to clean up his appearance.
• Gwen told Henry she had been accepted to Empire State University.
• Katharine Hepburn urged Gwen to attend Bryn Mawr College instead, offering to use her alumna connections to help her get admitted.
• Gwen explained that she chose Empire State University for its affordability, Manhattan location, and her connection to Professor Curt Connors, who had offered to recommend her for a research position at Oscorp.
• Katharine understood Gwen’s deliberate career plan, while the chapter ended by questioning whether Curt Connors was truly a good choice.

Henry learned that Gwen had joined Professor Curt Connors’s cross-species gene therapy team, but chose not to discourage her and instead discussed the research with her. At dinner, Katharine Hepburn urged Skye to think about her future and teased Henry for pretending to be lazy despite his abilities.

• Henry recalled Curt Connors’s amputation, research into reptilian regeneration, and Oscorp’s support for his project.
• Henry praised Connors’s published research, and Gwen excitedly explained why she had joined his team and believed it could win Connors a Nobel Prize.
• Henry avoided warning Gwen that Connors’s research might fail because she had already chosen her path and Henry could offer no alternative.
• Henry and Gwen discussed research articles while Skye crawled over to Kitty and cuddled the tabby cat.
• Katharine Hepburn asked Skye about her future and shared how she had discovered her love of acting as a girl.
• Skye asked Henry about his ambitions, and Katharine mocked his claim that he wanted to live idly as everyone laughed.

Henry carefully prepared for Gwen Stacy’s prom and arrived at her Queens apartment in a tailored suit, surprising Gwen and her father, George Stacy, with his transformed appearance. The chapter ended with George and Gwen stunned by the customized vintage Mercedes-Benz waiting outside.

• Henry left home to pick Gwen up for prom, leaving dinner for Katharine Hepburn and Skye.
• Katharine Hepburn reflected on Henry and Skye’s unusual relationship and hoped to live long enough to see how it developed.
• Henry arrived at the Stacy apartment, where George initially failed to recognize him.
• Henry gave Gwen a handmade metal rose, and she recognized him after staring at his changed appearance.
• Gwen asked what car Henry had driven, and she and George followed him downstairs to see his customized vintage Mercedes-Benz.

Henry took Gwen to her high school prom in Red Skull’s antique Mercedes-Benz, drawing attention and angering her father, George. After leaving George behind, they headed to a restaurant they had booked before the prom.

• Henry brought Red Skull’s wartime car to take Gwen to prom and explained how he had obtained it from Tony Stark.
• Henry styled Gwen’s hair with an iron rose, and she admired the result before getting into the car.
• George warned Henry that he would kill him if he did anything foolish, and Henry hurriedly drove off with Gwen.
• Gwen teased George from the car and joked with Henry about his excessive preparations and forbidden Marilyn Manson look.
• Henry ignored drivers provoking him to race as he drove Gwen to their booked restaurant before the prom.

Henry took Gwen to an upscale French restaurant for dinner before accompanying her to the Standard High School prom. At the dance, Gwen’s classmates admired her date and his car, while other guests watched Henry as a potential rival.

• Henry chose a moderately priced French restaurant because Gwen’s mother was absent, George could not host dinner, and Henry’s home was unfinished.
• Henry ordered in French and helped Gwen choose escargot, rabbit, and dessert, and they enjoyed dinner with sparkling water.
• Henry and Gwen arrived at the prom in Red Skull’s ride, drawing attention from students at the school gymnasium.
• Gwen’s classmates surrounded her with questions about Henry and the antique car, while other students eyed him warily as an outsider and possible rival.

Henry accompanied Gwen to Standard High School's prom, where he kept her away from a suspicious drink and joked with her classmates. The evening continued with Gwen chatting with her friends while Henry entertained them with a tall tale about growing up in Siberia.

• Henry entered the prom with Gwen and surveyed its photo booths, games, portrait area, and band setup.
• Gwen's classmates offered her a specially mixed drink, but Henry stopped her and guided her to the juice instead.
• Henry teased Gwen about drinking orange juice and narrowly escaped her anger before she turned to greet her friends.
• Gwen introduced Henry to her friends as George's friend, and the girls joked that he might be a European noble's son.
• Henry claimed he had grown up in Siberia with thousands of people serving him, then said he had never seen a prom.

Henry endured classmates’ attempts to sabotage him while accompanying Gwen at a school dance, then joined Maroon 5 onstage for a rousing performance of Metallica’s “Master of Puppets.” The chapter left the dance crowd swept up in the performance as Henry and the band played together.

• Henry danced with Gwen and quietly defused the malicious collisions and other tricks aimed at him.
• Henry recognized the band as the future breakout group Maroon 5, then asked Adam Levine to play a song and borrowed his guitar.
• Henry told the graduating students the song was for a girl and launched into the opening solo of Metallica’s “Master of Puppets.”
• Adam Levine, James Valentine, and Maroon 5 joined Henry, and they performed the song as the crowd danced wildly.

After the prom, Henry drove Gwen home and she asked him to attend her graduation ceremony, leaving his answer uncertain. Alone afterward, Henry remembered a woman from his past and wondered whether he had let her go because he loved her or no longer did.

• Henry exchanged business cards with Maroon 5 and left Adam Levine to handle possible legal issues over the performance.
• Henry used Gwen to fend off the girls pursuing him after he left the stage, while the graduating students were named prom king and queen.
• Henry drove Gwen home, and she asked him to come to her graduation ceremony; he joked about checking his schedule without agreeing or refusing.
• After Gwen went inside, Henry smoked and reflected on a woman from his past and the reasons he had let her go.

Henry managed the renovation and leasing of his Tribeca building as New York recovered from the previous year’s disaster. The building’s apartments filled with tenants, including Cassandra, while Henry kept the eleventh floor secure as a secret base.

• Henry observed New York’s recovery and learned how the LMDC and local residents were supporting Lower Manhattan’s reconstruction and Tribeca’s commercial revival.
• Henry equipped the building’s elevator with keycard access and floor restrictions to protect his secret base on the eleventh floor.
• Henry established a property management company on the first floor and hired staff to handle leasing, security, and building maintenance.
• Henry reviewed the company’s lease authority and contracts carefully to protect his property from misuse.
• The management company rented the vacant apartments at short-term market rates, while Cassandra kept her existing ten-year lease on the eighth floor.

Gwen graduated from Standard High School with her family and friends in attendance, while Henry arrived in disguise and had no graduation gift for her. George’s conflicting feelings about Henry and Gwen left him increasingly furious as the ceremony ended.

• Henry, Katharine Hepburn, Skye, and George Stacy attended Gwen’s crowded graduation ceremony and watched her receive her diploma.
• Gwen noticed Skye growing insecure beside her and brought her close, easing her unease as the two girls joked together.
• Gwen grabbed Henry’s fake beard, and he explained that he wore it because he could not shave or get a haircut.
• George, Skye, and Katharine Hepburn gave Gwen a bouquet, a handmade silver bracelet, and a custom fountain pen, while Henry had no gift for her.
• Gwen joked that she hoped Henry had brought her a car, but he refused and offered only his hand shaped like a dog’s paw.
• George grew more frustrated as he worried both about Henry giving Gwen an expensive gift and about Henry giving her nothing.

Norman Osborn learned that Oscorp’s dementia drug would take years to earn U.S. approval while Stark Industries and Hammer Industries surged ahead in military contracts. At Oscorp, General Sockham confronted him over the decade-long Physical Enhancement Program and revealed that General Ross planned to restart the Super-Soldier Program, threatening Oscorp’s funding.

• Oscorp faced years of U.S. trials before it could sell its dementia drug, while Stark Industries and Hammer Industries gained ground in the military sector.
• Norman Osborn hurried to Oscorp after hearing that General Sockham had arrived with board directors Baken and Fergus.
• Dr. Storm demonstrated the Goblin Glider, but General Sockham dismissed it and demanded answers about the Physical Enhancement Program.
• Norman Osborn defended Oscorp’s work and offered the Goblin Glider for the military’s next procurement project.
• General Sockham said General Ross planned to restart the Super-Soldier Program at Quantico and sought to redirect funding away from research programs that had produced no results.

Norman Osborn tried to persuade General Sockham that Oscorp’s Physical Enhancement Program was ready for human trials, despite animal tests revealing severe aggression and mental instability. Sockham gave Oscorp two weeks to prove the project’s value or face termination, and Norman began considering a radical way to save it.

• Norman Osborn reported that the serum had greatly enhanced the white mice, while Dr. Storm disclosed that some had become mentally unstable and extremely aggressive.
• Dr. Storm recommended returning the Physical Enhancement Program to the formula stage, but Norman argued that adjusting the dosage would solve the problem.
• General Sockham said the military would favor Exploration Aerospace Company’s humanoid flight armor unless Oscorp produced a breakthrough within two weeks.
• General Sockham warned that if Oscorp failed, the military would terminate the program and seal its files, products, and related work.
• After the military delegation left, Norman Osborn recognized that the board members were poised to exploit his predicament and began considering a radical plan to save the program.

Henry watched Spider-Man begin patrolling New York and used mascot-disguised mechs to observe him, while Gilgamesh, Thena, and Cassandra discussed why they avoided interfering in human affairs. Thena suggested Henry acted out of insecurity and loneliness, leaving the group mindful of how isolated he was on Earth.

• Henry noticed Peter Parker, Harry Osborn, and Jonathan Stone among the students at Empire State University and worried that he had bought a house too close to the coming trouble.
• Spider-Man spotted a Minotaur, a female Bugs Bunny, and Donald Duck on rooftops, then returned to investigate the last figure and found it gone.
• Gilgamesh, Thena, and Cassandra watched Spider-Man through their mascot mechs and agreed that their equipment was not suited to handling ordinary street crime.
• Spider-Man feared his enhanced body was causing hallucinations and ended his patrol early to check himself.
• Cassandra asked who Henry's hypothetical enemy was, and Thena said Henry was probably insecure because he was alone on Earth.

Skye secretly investigated suspicious online figures and hackers while Katharine Hepburn worried about her isolation and late nights. Hepburn took Skye and the household to Oscorp’s World Carnival, where Henry caught Skye enjoying treats despite her complaints.

• Gwen Stacy spent the summer working as Professor Curt Connors’s intern assistant and tutoring Skye three nights a week.
• Katharine Hepburn worried that Skye stayed up late, focused on her computer, and seemed to have no friends at school.
• Skye traced hackers connected to Rising Tide and investigated CK, TS, and Miss_C without revealing her own identity.
• Skye rejected a Russian hacker’s invitations to meet in person, though she learned Russian swear words from him.
• Katharine Hepburn brought the household to Oscorp’s World Carnival to draw Skye back into the real world.
• Skye complained about the heat and sore feet while holding cotton candy and ice cream, and Henry teased her about it.

Henry attended the OsWorld Fair with Skye and Katharine Hepburn, then recognized the signs of the Green Goblin’s attack from Spider-Man. He moved the others away from danger and considered whether to intervene as the attack approached.

• Henry and Skye finished their cotton candy, threw their skewers, and were scolded by Katharine Hepburn for littering.
• Henry bought draft beer and watched Macy Gray perform at the fair, where the crowd cheered her song.
• Henry recognized the scene as the Green Goblin’s public attack at the OsWorld Fair and heard an approaching turbine whine.
• Henry led Katharine Hepburn and Skye toward a juice stand, using returning the empty cups as an excuse to separate from them.
• Henry returned the cups and weighed whether to intervene to limit casualties as the Green Goblin approached.

The Green Goblin attacked the carnival with powerful Pumpkin Bombs, and Henry evacuated Kate and Skye as the fight spread. When the Goblin Glider opened fire on police, Henry stepped in to shield two injured officers from the bullets.

• The Green Goblin blasted an Oscorp balcony with enhanced Pumpkin Bombs, killing several directors and sending rubble raining onto the crowd.
• Henry helped people escape the falling debris while Skye led Kate away from the explosion.
• Henry carried Kate and Skye away from the carnival plaza and watched the Green Goblin battle Spider-Man from behind a building.
• Police surrounded Spider-Man and the Green Goblin and ordered them to surrender, but the Goblin Glider's machine guns opened fire on the officers.
• Henry ran out and used his body to block the machine-gun rounds from reaching an injured male officer and a female officer trying to help him.

Henry helped injured civilians and officers after Spider-Man drove off the Green Goblin, then met paramedic Cathy Weber, who praised his rescue efforts. As emergency crews arrived, Katharine Hepburn asked Henry about what he had done during 9/11.

• Henry dragged an injured officer to safety, splinted his broken foot, and gave first aid to other people at the carnival.
• Henry decided not to rescue the woman clinging to the collapsing balcony because he did not want to expose his abilities.
• Spider-Man damaged the Goblin Glider, forcing the Green Goblin to flee, then saved the falling woman.
• Cathy Weber treated an injured man and praised Henry for helping people at the scene.
• Katharine Hepburn asked Henry about his actions during 9/11, and Henry said he had helped as a volunteer.

Henry avoided being questioned about the Oscorp Carnival and enjoyed peaceful days with Skye, Katharine Hepburn, and Kitty. The Green Goblin attacked him in Central Park, revealed himself as Norman Osborn, and blamed Henry for refusing to help Oscorp further.

• George Stacy decided not to call Henry in for questioning about the Oscorp Carnival.
• Skye and Katharine Hepburn competed to walk Kitty, while Henry considered getting a second tiger and then dropped the idea after they rejected it.
• Henry set up Katharine Hepburn to paint in Central Park while Skye played Frisbee with Kitty.
• Henry heard the Green Goblin's Goblin Glider approaching and shoved Katharine Hepburn onto the grass before batting away a Pumpkin Bomb.
• The Green Goblin's glider pierced Henry and carried him into the air as Norman Osborn accused him of abandoning Oscorp and causing his predicament.

Henry and Kitty fought Green Goblin in public after he attacked Henry from the air, and Henry used his tiger to overpower the Goblin and knock him off his glider. Spider-Man webbed Green Goblin, then checked whether Henry and Kitty were all right.

• Green Goblin dropped Henry from the Goblin Glider and fired missiles at him after he survived the fall.
• Henry hid in the flames and stopped Green Goblin's next charge, giving Kitty an opening to bite his arm and send the glider spinning.
• Henry shielded Kitty from Green Goblin's gunfire and missiles, then used his back as a springboard for her attack.
• Kitty dodged the Goblin Glider's pointed nose and struck Green Goblin off the vehicle.
• Spider-Man caught Green Goblin in his webs and asked Henry and Kitty if they were all right.

Spider-Man arrived to help Henry and Kitty fight the Green Goblin, but the Goblin incapacitated him with gas and escaped with him. Left behind with the police and his allies, Henry considered how to deal with Norman Osborn without drawing the attention of powerful interests.

• Spider-Man checked on Henry and Kitty, then warned them by joining the fight against the Green Goblin.
• Spider-Man kicked the Goblin’s Pumpkin Bombs away and attacked him, while Henry held back to avoid being stopped by Spider-Man.
• The Green Goblin knocked Spider-Man out with gas, carried him off on the Goblin Glider, and escaped before police could surround him.
• Katharine Hepburn approached Henry with Skye’s help, and Henry waved to show he was still alive.
• Henry weighed the risks of killing Norman Osborn, knowing that Norman’s disappearance would trigger intense scrutiny from Oscorp’s powerful stakeholders.

Henry gave George Stacy his account of fighting the Green Goblin and explained why he suspected Norman Osborn, though he had no evidence. The chapter left Henry and George considering whether the Green Goblin would attack again, as Henry worried that people around him could be targeted.

• Cassie Webb examined Henry and dismissed his request to bandage Kitty, then went to help another injured civilian.
• George Stacy questioned Henry about the fight, and Henry said he and Kitty had resisted the Green Goblin before Spider-Man arrived.
• Henry told George he suspected Norman Osborn because of Oscorp's dealings and the precise killings of its directors, but admitted he had no proof.
• George asked whether the Green Goblin might target Henry again, and Henry said the villain could threaten people around him.
• Cathy Webb joked about Henry's tattered clothes, and George, Katharine Hepburn, and Skye reacted to his appearance.