Recaps

Black Super found Abigail Whistler at her team’s San Francisco hideout and connected her with her father, Abraham Whistler. After Abraham explained that Blade had been captured by the FBI and was in danger from a vampire conspiracy, Abigail agreed that he had to be rescued.

• Black Super searched the locations Abraham Whistler had given him and found the vampire-hunting team at an abandoned slaughterhouse.
• Abigail Whistler emerged from hiding and questioned Black Super’s claim that her father had sent him.
• Black Super called Abraham, who confirmed his identity and explained that Black Super had saved his life and supported Blade.
• Abigail asked why her father wanted her help, and Abraham told her that Blade had been captured by the FBI.
• Abraham warned Abigail that vampires might exploit Blade’s Daywalker nature and that a vampire cabal could be behind his arrest.
• Abigail accepted that Blade had to be rescued, though she cursed at the prospect.

Black Super delivered Whistler’s warning to Abigail Whistler’s Vampire-hunting team and explained why Blade’s capture threatened humanity. After a tense exchange with Hannibal King, he left abruptly, realizing he had been careless about earning the team’s trust.

• Abigail Whistler accepted her father’s warning that Vampires could use Blade’s genes to create daywalking Vampires and put away her weapon.
• Black Super gave the team a prepaid phone, introduced himself by his alias, and explained that he was only delivering a message and monitoring East Coast Vampires.
• Hannibal King questioned Black Super about his mission and identity, while Black Super refused to share more and warned the team to abandon several compromised addresses.
• Black Super admitted he trusted no one, explained the danger of Vampires hiding among humans, and promised to keep the team’s location secret.
• Black Super vanished before Abigail could ask for Whistler’s number, then regretted leaving a poor impression as he headed back toward New York.

Whistler stayed in a Harlem apartment while recovering and watched the media condemn Blade, who had been arrested by the FBI in Los Angeles. Henry showed Whistler augmented reality glasses that displayed his secret investigation into Vampires in New York City.

• Whistler watched news outlets deny that Vampires existed and portray Blade as a delusional murderer.
• Whistler told Henry that Abraham Lincoln had hunted Vampires and led the purge that destroyed the Sabbat faction in North America.
• Whistler worried that Abigail and the others had not yet rescued Blade, and Henry said they needed time to prepare.
• Whistler examined Henry’s antique-looking computer and discovered that it concealed an advanced equipment terminal.
• Whistler put on biometric AR glasses and saw virtual charts and a New York City map marked with likely Vampire locations.

Henry asked Whistler to find allies for a large-scale effort to identify and kill vampires in New York. Whistler agreed to contact the Mutual Aid Society in Chicago, while Henry kept him back to improve the tracking program and explained that European vampires had crossed his line.

• Henry said the map contained 930,000 suspected vampire targets in New York and asked Whistler how to involve the police or military.
• Whistler said Abigail had joined an assassin organization after learning vampires killed her mother, then suggested contacting the Mutual Aid Society in Chicago.
• Whistler explained that the Society had split from the assassins and followed a Loom of Fate, and he believed its members might help target vampires.
• Whistler offered to leave for Chicago the next day, but Henry insisted he rest and help refine the tracking program first.
• Henry said European vampires had crossed his bottom line and that he intended to treat them all as enemies unless they proved they deserved to live.

After Abraham and Whistler left New York for Chicago, Henry developed the Second-Generation Spider-Mech for Gwen Stacy, using the two Amazon spiders as its biological cores. Gwen loved the small, agile machine and asked Henry to cover it in fabric so it would feel like a plush doll.

• Abraham added new conditions to Henry's tracking program, increasing the number of suspected Vampire targets in New York City from 930,000 to 1.27 million, then traveled to Chicago by train with Whistler.
• Henry studied the two Amazon spiders' unusual intelligence and used them to test biological cores and machinery for Gwen's future Spider-Mech.
• Henry built the First-Generation Spider-Mech to test how the spiders interacted with mechanical bodies, then completed a six-legged Second-Generation model with wall-crawling wheels, mechanical arms, grappling claws, and winches.
• The two spiders quickly mastered the Second-Generation Spider-Mech's movement and developed maneuvers beyond those of the BB series.
• Gwen Stacy thanked Henry and asked him to cover the Spider-Mechs in fabric, and Henry decided the low-heat machine could be modified into a doll.

Henry provided Whistler with access to Chicago data identifying suspected Vampire targets while expanding C-Sis’s practical abilities and training. The chapter left C-Sis operating as an inexperienced hacker and Henry focused on improving the AI’s reliability.

• Henry received Whistler’s call and arranged to send the Mutual Aid Society a temporary link to Chicago’s suspected Vampire target list.
• Henry used his secret base’s computer to screen Chicago behavioral data and instructed C-Sis to send the link.
• Henry reflected that Miss A and Tony Stark’s A.L.B.B.Y. had reached a plateau in their chess-based AI competition.
• Henry gave C-Sis more permissions while restricting its access to his own computers and sent it out to practice hacking.
• Henry focused on reducing C-Sis’s tendency to hallucinate and used Amazon Spiders rather than AI to control Gwen’s Spider-Mech.

Black Super met Cross and Fox, the Mutual Aid Society assassins sent to help hunt vampires, and explained that his surveillance had identified few real targets. He left the group facing the problem of finding a reliable way to distinguish vampires from ordinary people.

• Whistler brought Cross and Fox back from Chicago, and the pair settled in Hell's Kitchen while using Whistler's rented place as their base.
• Fox tried to pull off Black Super's hood, but he struck her with a controlled blow that knocked her unconscious.
• Cross checked Fox and then discussed the vampire operation with Black Super, who asked whether he had any ideas for handling more than a million possible targets.
• Black Super explained that Little Duck II Support Mechs used thermal imaging to check suspected vampires, but most flagged people were merely poor, unhealthy, or socially isolated.
• Black Super considered monitoring online communications and the dark web, but realized those sources were likely to expose ordinary people and criminals rather than help identify vampires.
• Black Super was relieved he had not given his inaccurate suspect list to Police Commissioner George Stacy, since it would have wasted the police's time and damaged his credibility.

Cross and Fox used Black Super’s rifles to search for vampires, but their reconnaissance made little progress. The European Union then publicly revealed vampires and werewolves, classified them as pests, and launched a widespread campaign to identify and kill them, leaving the United States’ denials exposed.

• Black Super equipped Cross and Fox with M40A3 rifles whose scopes linked to his vampire monitoring system, and the assassins began scouting for vampires.
• After several days of reconnaissance, Cross and Fox and Little Duck II had identified fewer than a thousand people.
• The European Union presented Antigen’s research, living specimens, and evidence of cures, then classified vampires and werewolves as pests rather than humans.
• European Union forces and police used sunlight, garlic, silver, and specialized weapons to identify and kill tens of thousands of vampires and werewolves in one month.
• European governments urged the public to leave the extermination campaigns to official forces, while American news outlets fell silent after their claims that vampires and werewolves were fictional were disproved.

The chapter explained why the U.S. government was trapped between purging Vampires and Werewolves, submitting to them, or waiting for them to act. Henry expected the Americans to eventually turn against the Vampires, but focused on protecting himself and those around him from a desperate attack.

• The chapter described how Jewish families and conglomerates had gained influence over the U.S. government and expanded their power during the world wars.
• The Vampires and Werewolves’ flight from Europe made taking control of the United States seem necessary, while the European Union’s purge showed how vulnerable supernatural clans were to a national war machine.
• The U.S. inner circle debated whether to purge the Vampires and Werewolves, submit to them, or wait, with the Arden Family’s destruction undermining the case for surrender.
• Henry concluded that the U.S. would eventually raise its hand against the Vampires, but he concentrated on protecting himself and those close to him from their desperate retaliation.

Henry and Quicksilver dealt with Skye and Lorna’s arrest after they attacked a man who had groped them. As the police station incident ended, Henry’s watch alerted him that the Sparrow Drone was online nearby.

• Henry reflected on the growing tension between humans, Vampires, and Werewolves as public events continued under the curfew.
• At One Police Plaza, Henry found Skye, Lorna, and Dane in custody after Skye and Lorna hit a man who had groped them.
• Quicksilver asked the officers if he could beat the man, but Henry warned him about the station’s cameras.
• Quicksilver secretly struck the man twice, while he and Henry denied doing anything and a senior officer warned them to stop.
• Henry’s watch alerted him that the Sparrow Drone was online nearby.

Henry monitored a Vampire who had been arrested after Spider-Man reported him, while police at New York City Police Headquarters struggled to contain the attacker. The Vampire bit several officers, including Commissioner George Stacy, then escaped through a window, leaving Henry and the others to hear that many officers were down.

• Henry's Sparrow Spy Drone followed the arrested Vampire into New York City Police Headquarters while Henry kept an eye on Skye and Lorna's situation.
• The Vampire broke free in an interrogation room, bit a guard, and began biting officers as he moved through the building.
• Henry used Super Hearing to track the Vampire and realized he was biting officers without draining them dry.
• George Stacy led officers to intercept the Vampire, who charged through their gunfire and bit the commissioner in the neck.
• After taking enough blood to heal, the Vampire left George Stacy alive, fled through a window, and escaped as officers stopped pursuing him.
• Someone rushed into Henry's office and called for help because many officers upstairs were down.

After Vampires attacked the NYPD, George Stacy and other officers were taken to the hospital, while Henry recognized that the attack could help him intervene in the growing conflict. He took blood from the scene back to his secret base to develop a new First Embrace Serum.

• Henry considered whether old Vampire treatments could save the bitten officers and realized the attackers might be seeking information from George Stacy’s memories.
• George Stacy was carried out on a stretcher and pleaded with Henry to take care of Gwen, while Henry tried to reassure him.
• Quicksilver brought Skye and the other girl to Henry, then took them home after Henry asked him to keep them away from the station.
• Henry used Super Speed to return to his secret base with blood from his hand so he could create a new First Embrace Serum.
• Henry decided the Vampires’ attack had given him an opportunity to intervene after breaking the peace between the United States authorities and the Vampires.

Black Super visited George Stacy in the hospital and gave him materials for fighting Vampires and Werewolves. He urged Stacy to present the supplies as equipment for confronting vicious criminals, giving the NYPD a public pretext to act against Vampires.

• Black Super secretly injected George Stacy with serum for Vampire bites while Stacy's daughter slept beside him.
• Black Super gave Stacy a disc containing serum formulas, specialized ammunition designs, and combat methods for fighting Vampires and Werewolves.
• Stacy challenged Black Super for withholding the information from the police, and Black Super pointed out that authorities had blocked action against Vampires before.
• Black Super suggested that Stacy describe Vampires as vicious criminals with special abilities and publicly procure the equipment.
• Stacy realized the NYPD could use its recent attack as justification to obtain supplies and expose companies that might support Vampires.

Black Super advised George Stacy to ally with Mayor Mike Bloomberg and publicly procure weapons and medicine to fight the vampires. Three days after the attack, Bloomberg announced the procurement as George and the other bitten officers stood in sunlight, proving they had recovered and were not harmed by it.

• Black Super told George Stacy that Mike Bloomberg should announce the procurement and that political allies could help George advance.
• Gwen Stacy woke and George reassured her that a serum could protect him and the other officers from vampire bites.
• George decided to take the lead against the policy of appeasing the attackers so he could protect Gwen and New York City's police officers.
• Three days after the attack, Mayor Mike Bloomberg held an outdoor press conference with George Stacy and other officers, announcing public tenders for specialized ammunition and therapeutic drugs.
• The officers revealed their fang marks while standing safely in the sun, publicly demonstrating that they had recovered from their vampire bites.

Mayor Mike Bloomberg and Police Commissioner George Stacy brought New York City’s public procurement push against Vampires into the political spotlight, forcing corporations and officials to reveal their positions. The controversy spread through the media and markets, and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issued a similar procurement declaration.

• Mike Bloomberg praised George Stacy for speaking out and offered him the city’s support, while Stacy arranged special ammunition for the mayor’s security detail.
• New York City’s joint procurement announcement sparked a national political and business conflict over whether to stand with humanity or Vampires.
• The Daily Bugle publicized the issue and named companies and groups it claimed supported either side, while Eddie Brock’s reporting intensified pressure on corporations.
• Tony Stark dismissed the ammunition designs as easy to produce, prompting Stark Industries’ marketing department, led by Obadiah Stane, to prepare a bid and manage the fallout.
• Arnold Schwarzenegger issued a similar public procurement declaration as California governor, making it harder for President George W. Bush’s administration to conceal its stance.

Fox killed two vampires and four werewolves during a gang gathering, then headed to meet Cross as the monsters’ counterattack spread across New York. Spider-Man called Nick Fury for help containing a vampire-like creature, but Fury complained about the frequent calls.

• Fox followed Whistler’s order and shot two vampires at a gathering, then killed four werewolves who ambushed her on the rooftop.
• Whistler ordered Fox to meet Cross at point C, and she rode off after spotting Spider-Man swinging through the area.
• The narration revealed that the vampires had been terrorizing gangs and draining people, turning some victims into mindless bloodthirsty monsters.
• Spider-Man webbed up one of the creatures and called Nick Fury because his webbing would eventually weaken and his attempts to inject a cure made vampires explode.
• Nick Fury acknowledged Spider-Man’s problem but complained that he was receiving five or six calls a night.

Henry organized a broader response to the vampires by recruiting Spider-Man and the X-Men, using C-Sis and the Looking-Glass System to coordinate and track threats, and helping ordinary people adopt vampire-detection tools. With public confidence rising but too few fighters on the front lines, he turned his attention to the Continental Hotel and its assassins.

• Henry gave Spider-Man and the X-Men communications headsets, delivered by Cathy Weber and Quicksilver, so C-Sis could coordinate their efforts against vampires.
• Henry expanded the Looking-Glass System to analyze calls, messages, and emails, greatly improving its ability to track vampires and their human allies.
• Quick-thinking humans began using ultraviolet lamps and infrared thermal cameras to expose vampires, and these devices became standard screening equipment at public venues and important institutions.
• After the new detection methods helped neutralize vampire infiltration and raised public confidence, Henry set his sights on the Continental Hotel and its assassins as potential allies.

Henry sought the Continental Hotel and the assassins as allies in his fight against Vampires, then met John Wick to speak with Winston Scott. A red alert interrupted their meeting, and Henry joined John in rushing to rescue Winston from the Vampire attack.

• Henry asked Cassandra to explore whether he could influence the assassins and considered recruiting the Continental Hotel to help fight Vampires.
• Henry and John Wick met at the New York Continental Hotel, where Henry asked after Norma Moynihan and heard that his medicine had greatly improved her condition.
• The hotel sounded a red alert announcing that enemies had entered and the safe-zone rules were suspended.
• John Wick learned that Vampires were the targets and prepared Silver Nitrate Bullets to save Winston Scott.
• Henry armed himself with UV Bullets, and he and John headed for Winston's office.

Henry followed John Wick through the Continental Hotel as they fought their way to manager Winston Scott’s office. They killed the monsters inside, and Henry began treating the badly wounded Winston.

• Henry followed John Wick through the hotel while Wick shot down attacking Vampires and Werewolves with remarkable accuracy.
• John Wick learned that five enemies were inside the manager’s office and assigned the targets among himself, Henry, and the two surviving hotel gunmen.
• Henry kicked open the reinforced door, and the three men shot the two Vampires and two Werewolves guarding the office.
• The group found Winston Scott bleeding from several bite wounds, and Henry laid him down to treat him.
• Henry poured hydrogen peroxide over Winston’s wounds while holding him still through the pain.

Henry treated Winston Scott after the New York Continental Hotel repelled a Vampire and Werewolf invasion. Winston agreed to market Henry’s hemostatic gel and made clear the hotel would drive the invaders out.

• Henry treated Winston’s wounds and injected him with Vampire and Werewolf serums, while Winston glared at him after noticing the morphine syringe in the first-aid kit.
• Charon reported that the hotel’s staff had cleared out the Vampires and Werewolves, and Winston ordered the captured Werewolves killed and the red alert lifted.
• Winston explained that the invaders had tried to seize the hotel, while John Wick asked how the conflict began.
• Henry gave Winston a tube of hemostatic gel and a USB drive, and Winston offered him three percent of sales after tax for the gel.
• Winston told Henry that the hotel would not welcome the Vampires, and Henry agreed.

Henry met William Miles in Rapid City, where the Assassin leader asked him to find his missing son, Desmond Miles. Henry considered the request in exchange for Assassin support against the Vampires, and William revealed that he was the Assassins’ Mentor.

• Henry flew to Rapid City to meet William Miles after Cassandra arranged the meeting.
• Cassandra introduced William as the Assassin in charge of the central United States region.
• William asked Henry to find his son, Desmond Miles, who had escaped the place where he grew up the previous year.
• Henry asked what Assassin forces William would commit to the fight against Vampires if he helped find Desmond.
• William revealed that he was the Assassins’ new Mentor, surprising both Henry and Cassandra.

Henry left the bar to respond to Spider-Mech’s distress signal while Gwen Stacy, Professor Curt Connors, and Betty Ross toured Empire State University. The tour ended in panic when werewolves attacked students on campus, leaving Gwen and the others facing danger.

• William Miles asked Henry to notify him when Henry found his runaway son, and Henry agreed.
• Spider-Mech sent a distress signal, so Henry flew toward New York to help.
• At Empire State University, Gwen Stacy guided visiting Professor Betty Ross around campus with Professor Curt Connors.
• Students fled across the university lawn, and Harry Osborn warned Gwen and the professors that werewolves were attacking people.
• Gwen asked whether anyone had been hurt and suggested they should help.

Gwen, Harry Osborn, Betty Ross, and Curt Connors were cornered by Werewolves until Spider-Man arrived, but a powerful figure suddenly dropped into the fight and crushed one of the creatures. The chapter ended with the remaining Werewolves and the rescued group reeling from the newcomer’s arrival.

• Harry Osborn realized Peter Parker had run off, while Curt Connors led Gwen and the others toward safety.
• Gwen’s Spider-Mech tripped and burned the pursuing Werewolves, then destroyed itself to blow one Werewolf’s head off.
• A Werewolf wounded Harry Osborn, and Betty Ross fired silver bullets at their attackers before the Werewolves surrounded the group.
• Spider-Man ran toward the group and shouted for the Werewolves to stop, but they prepared to attack anyway.
• An unknown figure crashed down like a cannonball, crushing one Werewolf and knocking everyone nearby off balance.

Green Arrow Duck slaughtered the Werewolves who had attacked the campus, then escaped Spider-Man by spinning into the air and hurling him away. As police arrived, Gwen discovered that Little Red had survived its self-destruction, while Betty Ross began suspecting that Henry Brown was connected to Gwen’s unusual companions.

• Green Arrow Duck used four Vulcan cannons to kill the Werewolves, and Spider-Man webbed him up for using excessive force.
• Green Arrow Duck rose into the air and spun free of Spider-Man’s webbing, flinging Spider-Man toward the horizon.
• Betty Ross and Harry Osborn questioned the others about the duck and Spider-Man as police sirens approached.
• Little Blue ran to Gwen, who learned that Little Red and its spider had survived the Spider-Mech’s self-destruction.
• Betty Ross noticed the links between Gwen, her unusual companions, and Henry Brown, and considered returning to Virginia.

Henry set out in Dragon to evacuate Alexei and three others from Budapest, while Gilgamesh and Thena prepared to cover their escape. After a yacht owner tried to capsize Dragon, Henry reached the Danube rendezvous point beneath the river, leaving the rescue about to begin.

• Henry learned that Alexei and three others needed evacuation and arranged for them to reach the Danube while Gilgamesh and Thena prepared to hold off pursuers.
• Henry departed Manhattan in Dragon, and a yacht owner ordered his companions to follow and overturn the shabby boat.
• The yacht's wake capsized Dragon, but Dragon Tail cut off the yacht's propellers, leaving it damaged and sinking as Henry escaped underwater.
• Henry piloted Dragon beneath the sea through the Mediterranean and Black Sea, then traveled upstream along the Danube toward Alexei's rendezvous point.
• Dragon surfaced silently on the Danube near Budapest before dawn.