Chapter Summaries

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.

Henry finished building the covert Boar Mech while his spy drones searched Norman Osborn’s mansion and Oscorp headquarters without finding him. He planned to use the prototype to kill Osborn as the Green Goblin and leave the mech behind, while the search for Osborn’s whereabouts continued.

• Henry monitored spy drones scanning the Osborn mansion and Oscorp headquarters, but neither location revealed Norman Osborn or a clear way inside.
• Henry completed components for the compact Boar Mech, designed for stealth and close-range attacks rather than flight.
• Henry considered how Isu technology stored and replenished energy, and speculated about its links to Mutants, Celestials, and Sentinel Robots.
• Henry decided the Boar Mech could help him kill Norman Osborn as the Green Goblin and then be hidden or destroyed to conceal his identity.

Henry discussed the Green Goblin’s threat against Skye and Katharine Hepburn with Cassandra and prepared to handle the private grudge himself. Surveillance then revealed that the Green Goblin was Norman Osborn, leaving Henry determined to act without involving his allies.

• Cassandra found Henry working on a boar Mecha and asked about the Green Goblin attack, and Henry explained that the Goblin had threatened Skye and Katharine Hepburn.
• Cassandra offered to introduce Henry to Assassin Master William Miles, but Henry declined and said he intended to deal with the enemy himself.
• Henry and Cassandra reviewed footage of the Green Goblin fighting Spider-Man, and Cassandra compared their abilities to people enhanced by the Super-Soldier Serum.
• Henry refused Cassandra’s offer to help, saying the boar Mecha might need to be destroyed afterward to avoid being traced.
• A surveillance alarm revealed Norman Osborn as the Green Goblin, and Henry told Cassandra, Gilgamesh, and Thena that the matter was a private grudge.

Henry tracked Norman Osborn and expanded his surveillance, determined to stop him if he became the Green Goblin. After following Norman to a guarded Oscorp warehouse near the wastewater treatment plant, Henry suspected he had found the Green Goblin’s secret base and moved a drone closer to investigate.

• Henry watched Norman Osborn with spy drones and a satellite while preparing to intercept him if he became the Green Goblin.
• Henry used a Trojan hidden in the Alzheimer's drug data disc to probe Oscorp's systems, but found that important research appeared to be kept on an isolated internal network.
• Henry followed Norman to Harry Osborn and Peter Parker's apartment, where Norman offered Peter a chance to lead an Oscorp project after graduation.
• Henry tracked Norman from the apartment to an unmarked, heavily guarded warehouse near the Bowery Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant.
• Henry checked city records and the warehouse's electricity usage, suspected it was the Green Goblin's base, and sent a Sparrow Spy Drone closer.

Henry’s Sparrow Spy Drones uncovered an Oscorp tritium factory and found the hidden Green Goblin armory inside Norman Osborn’s mansion. Norman secretly suited up and departed on his Goblin Glider, leaving Henry with proof that the Green Goblin operated from the estate.

• Henry guided a Sparrow Spy Drone into a heavily guarded Oscorp facility and identified it as a likely tritium production plant.
• A drone searching Norman Osborn’s mansion found a concealed room that Henry could not inspect, so he positioned drones near its possible entrances.
• Henry failed to find a way into Oscorp’s corporate intranet because the mansion lacked accessible ports.
• Norman returned to his mansion and entered the secret room, revealing Green Goblin equipment, weapons, a glider charging station, and supplies for making ammunition and Green Goblin Formula.
• Norman changed into the Green Goblin Armor and secretly left on his Goblin Glider to cause trouble.

Henry put on the Boar Mech and launched himself from his base to pursue Norman Osborn as Green Goblin. When Green Goblin set fire to an apartment building in Queens, firefighters rescued a woman, who then revealed that her infant was still inside.

• Henry equipped the Boar Mech, added an electromagnetic pulse grenade, and launched from the secret base using its electromagnetic catapult.
• A Sparrow Spy Drone and satellite helped Henry locate Green Goblin, who was heading toward Queens rather than East 49th Street.
• Green Goblin broke into an old apartment building and set the top floor on fire, while a woman and her infant were trapped below.
• Henry watched from a nearby rooftop as police and firefighters arrived and began evacuating residents and fighting the fire.
• Firefighters carried the smoke-injured woman outside, and she told them that her child was still inside.