Recaps

Henry accidentally unleashed uncontrollable Heat Vision in the hospital bathroom, destroying it and burning off all his hair. John Wick visited him, offered his help, and learned that Henry had been injured in Oscorp’s Artificial Sun accident.

• Henry tested his Heat Vision in the bathroom, but the beam ran wild and wrecked the room.
• Henry emerged with his hair, beard, eyebrows, and eyelashes burned away, making Skye and the other girls laugh.
• John Wick arrived with a lily and was startled by Henry’s bald appearance.
• Henry told John Wick that an experimental accident involving Oscorp’s Artificial Sun had injured him.
• John Wick offered to help Henry if he ever faced trouble he could not handle.

After damaging a hospital restroom with his newly enhanced strength, Henry paid for the repairs and returned home to Catherine Hepburn. He learned that Rose Octavius was in critical condition after Dr. Octavius’s experiment failed, leaving her fate uncertain.

• Henry told Claire Temple he had damaged the restroom, then paid the hospital compensation and received its forgiveness.
• The Spider-Woman trio went to Cathy Weber’s home to train, where Cathy explained the practical challenges of helping people as vigilantes.
• Skye and Lorna Dane spent the summer together, while Catherine Hepburn allowed them some freedom as long as they followed the household rules.
• Henry returned home bald, and Catherine’s stern reception dissolved into laughter before she asked what had happened.
• Henry explained that Dr. Octavius’s experiment had failed, and Catherine told him Rose Octavius was in the ICU with a poor prognosis.

Henry returned to his secret base after the Artificial Sun accident, struggling to control the strange powers affecting his left eye. He made a lead eyepatch to block them, then learned how Alexei had used the base’s surveillance systems to monitor the incident.

• Henry showed the others that his left eye emitted a dangerous red beam and explained that his recovered powers were switching on unpredictably.
• Henry fashioned a lead eyepatch that blocked the strange visual effects and asked how the group had detected the blast.
• Alexei explained that C-Sis had alerted them to abnormal radiation readings, and Henry recounted how the Pumpkin Bomb’s new Tritium reignited the Artificial Sun before his eye absorbed it.
• Henry questioned how Alexei had accessed advanced monitoring functions, and Alexei said he had asked C-Sis to carry out tasks requiring authorization.
• Alexei reported that he had deployed Sparrow Drones to monitor the incident, and Henry noted the suggestion to make their deployment automatic during future alerts.

Red Guardian explained the casualties and damage from the Artificial Sun disaster, while Henry considered why Old Osborn had sabotaged the experiment and what he might have learned in another universe. Alexei helped Henry focus on his own choices, and Henry suspected Doctor Octopus might target Old Osborn for revenge or Tritium.

• Red Guardian told Henry that the Artificial Sun reaction devastated the lab, left Mrs. Octavius critically burned, and ended with Doctor Octopus killing the operating-room staff and disappearing.
• Henry considered Old Osborn's possible motives and how his knowledge of future events might shape his plans.
• Henry showed Alexei and the others footage of Norman Osborn describing his disappearance and revealing Spider-Man's identity.
• Alexei argued that Old Osborn's foreknowledge did not let him control the future and urged Henry to focus on what he intended to do.
• Henry said Doctor Octopus might seek revenge on Old Osborn or steal Tritium to repeat the failed experiment.

Henry concluded that Doctor Octopus might ignite another Artificial Sun, which he hoped to use to address his unstable left eye, and decided to wait while investigating the problem. He also put off confronting Norman Osborn, while Alexei revealed that he had stolen S.H.I.E.L.D. technology for controlling bodily functions.

• Henry theorized that Doctor Octopus's tentacles amplified his obsessions and that he would likely attempt another Artificial Sun experiment, so Henry planned to wait and see if he could absorb its energy.
• Henry acknowledged the risks of absorbing a second Artificial Sun and decided to study his unstable left eye before taking further action.
• Henry decided it was too dangerous to kill Norman Osborn while S.H.I.E.L.D. could connect him to the crime.
• Alexei explained that he wanted to repay Henry for his help, but was wary of contacting S.H.I.E.L.D. because he had stolen a neural-chip technology project from them.
• Alexei told Cassandra and Henry that the stolen technology could control vertebrates' autonomic functions and make them lose control of their bodily functions.

Henry upgraded the base’s surveillance system and gave Lorna Dane a magnetic-field bracelet to train her control by lighting its beads in precise patterns. The chapter left Lorna determined to master the bracelet’s musical challenges while Katharine Hepburn watched Henry and Lorna together with amused curiosity.

• Henry gave Alexei Shostakov greater authority over the spy drones, Support Mechs, and C-Sis, then upgraded the surveillance system to monitor Norman Osborn and Otto Octavius.
• Henry explained that Lorna Dane could train her magnetic control by lighting individual bracelet beads, rows, and color groups in precise sequences.
• Henry activated the bracelet’s musical function, revealing that its bead patterns could play four hidden songs.
• Henry showed Lorna that the bracelet still responded to her weak magnetic field while her abilities were suppressed, allowing her to train at any time.
• Lorna vowed to master the bracelet, while Katharine Hepburn watched her and Henry together and imagined a romantic rivalry.

Mattie Franklin became furious after the Daily Bugle published an unflattering photo of her and named her “Spider Freak Girl.” Henry Brown stopped her from retaliating and revealed that the newspaper shared the Flatiron Building with the powerful Continental Hotel, leaving Anya Corazon alarmed.

• Henry Brown showed Mattie Franklin the Daily Bugle photo, and she threatened to kill the photographer who took it.
• Mattie learned that the paper had called her “Spider Freak Girl” because its uncensored photo showed her strawberry-patterned panties as she rescued an elderly woman.
• Julia Carpenter criticized Mattie for wearing a skirt into danger, while Henry warned that the media could choose any angle to criticize someone.
• Mattie asked Henry to help her tear down the Daily Bugle, but he refused and explained that its offices occupied the Flatiron Building.
• Henry revealed that the Continental Hotel was the building’s main business and that John Wick had told him about its connection to the Daily Bugle.
• Anya Corazon recognized the Continental Hotel’s significance, and Henry warned the girls not to challenge established forces with their new abilities.

Nick Fury and Barbara Morse coordinated S.H.I.E.L.D.'s search for Doctor Octavius and assessed his likely plan to restart the Artificial Sun experiment. They prepared agents to monitor the black market and the Osborns as the search continued.

• Nick Fury asked Barbara Morse about Doctor Octavius, and she reported that S.H.I.E.L.D. had lost him after the bank robbery and was being denied access to federal surveillance systems.
• Barbara Morse said she believed Doctor Octavius had stolen Gold Coins to buy equipment and materials for restarting the experiment, so she sent agents to monitor the black market and Hawkeye to Hell's Kitchen.
• Nick Fury and Barbara Morse discussed Black Widow Romanoff's work in New York and Barbara's guarded view of her.
• Barbara Morse explained that Doctor Octavius would need Tritium and was likely to target the Osborns, so she had Maria Hill watch them.
• Barbara Morse reported that the investigation of Doctor Octavius's lab had recovered little and that Brock Rumlow's action team was on standby with Melinda May's team in reserve; Nick Fury decided those forces were enough.

Doctor Octopus recruited Adrian Toomes to source components for an artificial Sun generator, offering him stolen Gold Coins in exchange. Adrian agreed to obtain everything except tritium, while Doctor Octopus left confident that his experiment would let him restore his reputation and pay for Rose’s care.

• Doctor Octopus arrived at Adrian Toomes’s home and met him in the garage after Adrian checked that nobody had followed him.
• Doctor Octopus offered Adrian two bags of Gold Coins and asked him to acquire the components on a list for an artificial Sun generator.
• Adrian objected that the list included tritium, which was too dangerous for him to obtain, and Doctor Octopus agreed to find it himself.
• Adrian agreed to source the other components through separate channels and store them in several warehouses within two or three days.
• Adrian asked whether Doctor Octopus was saving money for Rose, and Doctor Octopus insisted his successful experiment would bring him wealth and clear his name.

Doctor Octopus ambushed Norman Osborn’s motorcade and kidnapped him despite the guards’ gunfire and Maria Hill’s intervention. Hill lost the fleeing Doctor Octopus and reported the abduction to S.H.I.E.L.D.

• Norman Osborn kept his usual commute, confident that he could buy back Oscorp shares and handle threats through his security detail.
• Doctor Octopus used his mechanical tentacles to block Norman’s motorcade with two cars and evaded the guards’ gunfire.
• Norman stayed inside his bulletproof car and tried to assess Doctor Octopus’s intentions, but the tentacles tore through the vehicle and seized him.
• Maria Hill attacked Doctor Octopus with an EMP bomb and a handgun, but his tentacles resisted both weapons and carried Norman away.
• Maria Hill pursued Doctor Octopus through the streets, lost his trail, and reported the kidnapping to S.H.I.E.L.D.

Doctor Octopus confronted Norman Osborn over the sabotage of his nuclear fusion experiment, but Norman argued that powerful interests were suppressing technological change and offered him a place at Oscorp. Doctor Octopus rejected the offer, abducted Norman to demand tritium, and escaped before the police arrived.

• Doctor Octopus hurled Norman Osborn against a factory wall and demanded to know why Norman had ruined his experiment.
• Norman blamed the Illuminati and energy conglomerates for suppressing fusion research, then offered Doctor Octopus Oscorp support if he changed fields.
• Doctor Octopus refused to compromise, and Norman described how advanced technology could be used to control health, society, and the emergence of mutants.
• Doctor Octopus accused Norman of endorsing a system that sacrificed others to preserve those in power, but kept him alive because he needed tritium.
• Doctor Octopus used Norman's phone to demand one pound of tritium from Harry Osborn and threatened to return Norman in pieces if they refused.
• Doctor Octopus carried Norman through the factory roof and escaped as police sirens approached.

Harry Osborn and Peter Parker waited at Osborn Mansion for news after Norman Osborn was kidnapped by Doctor Octopus. S.H.I.E.L.D. relayed Doctor Octopus’s demand for Tritium, and the chapter ended with Mary Jane comforting Harry while Peter watched.

• Harry returned to Osborn Mansion with Peter after learning that Doctor Octopus had abducted Norman.
• Phil Coulson reassured Harry that Norman was likely alive and explained that S.H.I.E.L.D. was tracking the kidnappers.
• Coulson reported that Doctor Octopus had destroyed Norman’s phone and left a message demanding one pound of Tritium.
• Harry asked whether Norman was alive and what he should do, and Coulson said the agents had found no evidence of blood or a body.
• Mary Jane arrived at the mansion, and Harry embraced her as Peter watched unhappily.

Spider-Man tracked Doctor Octopus’s mechanical-tentacle marks to the East River but found no further leads, while Doctor Octopus secretly gathered equipment and built a larger Artificial Sun generator. The chapter left Norman Osborn bound in an abandoned factory as Doctor Octopus mocked him.

• Spider-Man found claw marks on an abandoned factory roof and followed Doctor Octopus’s trail to the East River, where it disappeared.
• Spider-Man and S.H.I.E.L.D. failed to locate Doctor Octopus, while Harry Osborn stayed home and waited for contact.
• Doctor Octopus used parts Adrian Toomes had arranged to build a larger Artificial Sun generator and kept Norman Osborn imprisoned elsewhere.
• Doctor Octopus visited Norman Osborn at an abandoned riverside factory and taunted him as he sat bound to a steel support column.

Doctor Octopus held Norman Osborn hostage and demanded Tritium from Harry Osborn in exchange for his father. He left Norman tied to a skyscraper and arranged a ransom drop near the Continental Hotel, leaving the authorities concerned about the location and its dangers.

• Doctor Octopus tied Norman Osborn beneath a gargoyle on a skyscraper and challenged him to escape while threatening Harry if Norman died.
• Norman Osborn tried to reason with Doctor Octopus, then revealed a cold, calculating demeanor after Doctor Octopus left him hanging.
• Doctor Octopus called Harry Osborn and demanded that he leave the Tritium in a black backpack at a specified trash can before eight the next morning.
• Harry Osborn and Phil Coulson listened to the recording with the kidnapping task force, and Harry pressed them about the ransom location.
• Phil Coulson assured Harry that surveillance would cover the morning drop, while the task force recognized that the site was near the Continental Hotel and could provoke trouble.

S.H.I.E.L.D. and the FBI prepared to deliver the Tritium ransom and catch Norman Osborn’s kidnappers. Harry Osborn handed the FBI the valuable container, while Brock Rumlow learned how much it was worth.

• Phil Coulson reassured Harry Osborn that S.H.I.E.L.D. had planned for the ransom exchange and advised him to stay at Osborn Mansion.
• Barbara Morse arrived with an FBI operations team and explained that they would monitor the exchange and attach trackers to the Tritium and backpack.
• Harry Osborn retrieved the Tritium from his father’s safe and brought it to the operations team.
• Phil Coulson told Brock Rumlow that the pound of Tritium was worth 13.6 million Dao, leaving Brock speechless and thinking about ways to earn extra money.

Barbara Morse and Nick Fury set a tritium-tracking trap for Doctor Octopus, but their surveillance failed to explain how he could take the item undetected. The chapter ended when an operative searching the trash can found an empty hole in the sidewalk.

• Barbara Morse placed the backpack containing the tracked tritium in the designated trash can after Nick Fury ordered the operation to begin.
• Barbara Morse showed Nick Fury the surveillance setup, and he warned that Doctor Octopus could retrieve the item without exposing himself.
• Nick Fury explained that the street operation was designed for ordinary suspects and that the tactical team could not safely fire among civilians.
• Nick Fury noticed that the trash can seemed to move and ordered an undercover S.H.I.E.L.D. operative to inspect it.
• The operative kicked over the trash can and revealed an empty hole in the sidewalk.

After Doctor Octopus escaped with the Tritium, Nick Fury explained that Norman Osborn had already been rescued and that S.H.I.E.L.D. was keeping the ransom plan active to catch Doctor Octopus. He arranged for Spider-Man to track him and rejected a Skrull plan to replace Norman and take control of Oscorp.

• Barbara Morse realized Doctor Octopus had escaped through the sewers and sent Brock Rumlow's team to search while agents watched the exits.
• Nick Fury told Barbara that Norman Osborn had been rescued and that he had kept the ransom plan in place to capture Doctor Octopus.
• Nick Fury explained that Spider-Man had found him through Phil and agreed to help track Doctor Octopus, so he ordered the tactical team to stand by.
• Nick Fury said S.H.I.E.L.D. could locate Doctor Octopus through atmospheric radiation if he restarted the Artificial Sun experiment.
• Nick Fury revealed that the Skrulls had proposed replacing Norman Osborn to gain control of Oscorp, but he had rejected the idea.

Spider-Man tracked Doctor Octopus from Norman Osborn’s former hiding place and confronted him as he emerged from a sewer carrying Tritium. Their fight swept across rooftops and onto an elevated subway train, where three high school girls watched the battle unfold.

• Spider-Man followed two trails from the place where Norman Osborn had been found, discovering an abandoned factory and a sewer outlet.
• Doctor Octopus emerged from the sewer, and Spider-Man confronted him and demanded that he surrender to the police.
• Doctor Octopus hurled rubble at Spider-Man, and the two fought across skyscrapers to a clock tower rooftop.
• Spider-Man used the tower’s broken clock hand and webbing to knock Doctor Octopus off balance and send him falling between buildings.
• Doctor Octopus evaded Spider-Man’s webbing by swinging his mechanical tentacles, and they crashed onto an elevated subway train.
• Spider-Man and Doctor Octopus continued fighting along the train as passengers, including three high school girls, watched.

Marty Franklin, Julia Carpenter, and Anya Corazon discussed using their spider powers to help people and making costumes, but the runaway train carried them past their stop. When Spider-Man failed to slow the train from the front, Anya led the girls toward the rear to look for another way to help.

• Marty Franklin wanted to join Spider-Man's fight, but Anya Corazon warned her about being photographed and mocked as Spider Freak Girl.
• Anya suggested making web-shooters from biomimetic silk, and the girls discussed creating suits from spandex with Julia Carpenter sewing them.
• The train passed the girls' stop after Doctor Octopus destroyed the driver's cabin and left the train speeding without brakes.
• Spider-Man tried to stop the train with webs attached to nearby buildings, but the webs snapped or tore chunks from the walls.
• Anya led Marty and Julia toward the rear of the train, where she thought they might be able to help.

Anya Corazon took control of the tram from its rear driver's cabin and helped stop it just before it plunged off the track. After passengers applauded her, she left without giving her name to avoid scrutiny of her identity.

• Spider-Man fired webs at the buildings to slow the tram, while Julia Carpenter and Marty Franklin were dragged outside after trying to help stop it.
• Anya Corazon broke into the locked rear driver's cabin and overrode its controls by tampering with the wiring.
• Anya Corazon switched control to the rear cabin and applied the brakes, stopping the tram after it broke through the buffer stop and nearly tipped over the edge.
• Passengers applauded Anya Corazon and thanked her, but she refused to give her name and hurried away.

Black Super watched Spider-Man stop the runaway tram while explaining to Quicksilver why he avoided taking responsibility for every crisis. Quicksilver revealed he had joined 3F Company, and Black Super warned that the girls’ search-for-parents business could run into serious legal and personal conflicts.

• Black Super told Quicksilver he was ensuring Doctor Octopus could escape Spider-Man and explained that police officers were growing dependent on Spider-Man to handle their work.
• Black Super recalled how Anya Corazon helped stop the tram and considered Spider-Man’s strength and the dangers the passengers had faced.
• Quicksilver told Black Super he had joined 3F Company as an investigator to help Skye and Lorna find the biological parents of people seeking assistance.
• Black Super warned Quicksilver that searches could violate the privacy of protected or anonymous parents and lead to lawsuits.
• Quicksilver said he would work with the girls to watch over them, while Black Super advised him to protect them without preventing them from learning from mistakes.

Henry and Alexei tracked Doctor Octopus’s new Artificial Sun experiment and discovered that S.H.I.E.L.D. was preparing to capture him. To give the experiment time to ignite, Henry asked Alexei to intercept the agents, and Alexei invited the others to join in a nonlethal contest.

• Alexei told Quicksilver that he had spotted S.H.I.E.L.D. agents but had not found the defected Black Widow he was seeking.
• Henry and Alexei reviewed surveillance footage and concluded that S.H.I.E.L.D. had come to capture Doctor Octopus, whose new Artificial Sun generator stood in an abandoned shipyard.
• Henry explained that he had located the shipyard by calculating the generator’s power needs and considering possible experimental sites.
• Henry asked Alexei to delay S.H.I.E.L.D. so Doctor Octopus could ignite the Artificial Sun, and said he had nonlethal weapons ready.
• Alexei invited the others to help intercept the agents for a friendly shooting contest, and Henry’s remark about the elite agents only heightened their interest.

Henry and Alexei discussed how to keep their planned attack on S.H.I.E.L.D. from exposing their group, and Alexei offered to draw attention as Red Guardian. Henry began designing a new Red Guardian suit, leaving Alexei choosing among sketches and discussing whether it should include a shield.

• Alexei argued that the group's superior equipment would make an attack on S.H.I.E.L.D. easy, while Quicksilver asked to join and was challenged to wear a Duck Type suit.
• Gilgamesh provoked Quicksilver into considering a shooting contest, and the group debated rules and point values for taking down S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents.
• Alexei asked Henry to make him a Red Guardian suit so he could draw S.H.I.E.L.D.'s attention and give the group more room to maneuver.
• Alexei explained that he was ready to confront S.H.I.E.L.D. and hoped to meet the defected Black Widow, so Henry agreed to discuss the suit's design.
• Henry sketched several Red Guardian suits, and Alexei admired them before Henry asked whether he was used to carrying a shield.

Henry and his allies prepared to ambush S.H.I.E.L.D. agents approaching Doctor Octopus's Artificial Sun experiment. Alexei assigned the team their positions and weapons, and they settled in to wait for the agents.

• Henry considered why Spider-Man and S.H.I.E.L.D. were pursuing Doctor Octopus, then assessed his team's lineup.
• Alexei outfitted the Ursa Major Mecha with his upgraded Red Guardian suit and a True Adamantium shield while the others donned their mechas or armor.
• Alexei explained that the team would ambush S.H.I.E.L.D.'s agents with tranquilizer darts before intercepting anyone who escaped the initial attack.
• The team spread out to their assigned positions, with the Bonnie Mech taking the highest position to provide sniper support and electronic warfare.
• The team waited for S.H.I.E.L.D.'s agents while chatting over the comms channel.

S.H.I.E.L.D. learned from Spider-Man that Doctor Octopus was hiding at an abandoned Hudson River shipyard and assembled an assault force. As the agents prepared to move in, an unseen attack struck one of them.

• Nick Fury told Barbara Morse that a concerned citizen had located Doctor Octopus at an abandoned shipyard on the Hudson River.
• Barbara Morse ordered the field agents to converge on the shipyard and brought Maria Hill, Jasper Sitwell, and heavy equipment along.
• Jasper Sitwell revealed in his thoughts that he was secretly assessing S.H.I.E.L.D. agents for Hydra recruitment.
• S.H.I.E.L.D.'s convoy reached the shipyard, where agents prepared their weapons and gear while worrying about how to defeat Doctor Octopus.
• A faint whistle sounded, and an agent collapsed stiffly, leaving the assembled agents in eerie silence.