Chapter Summaries

Andrew stayed with Gwen as Magneto threatened the civilians and tried to take Rogue, then attacked him after Magneto pointed a gun at Andrew. Andrew overwhelmed Magneto with his umbrella, leaving the crowd stunned as the beating continued.

• Gwen asked Andrew whether staying would be dangerous, and Andrew dismissed Magneto as weak.
• Magneto lifted cars, controlled Logan's Adamantium claws, disarmed the police and soldiers, and threatened the civilians unless Professor Charles let him leave with Rogue.
• Magneto aimed a gun at Andrew, so Andrew demanded an apology and warned him that Brother Wong was angry.
• Magneto fired at Andrew, but Andrew dodged the bullets, rushed him, and struck him through his metal-resistant cape.
• Andrew repeatedly beat Magneto with his umbrella while the onlookers watched, and Gwen proudly praised her boyfriend as a Kung Fu Master.

Andrew drove Magneto’s group from Times Square, while Red Devil rescued Magneto and killed Toad and Sabretooth. Magneto then planned a new attack on Manhattan in seven days, as Andrew’s business gained momentum from Mutants gathering in New York.

• Andrew dodged Magneto’s attacks and defeated Sabretooth before Red Devil whisked Magneto away and killed Toad and Sabretooth.
• Andrew asked Coulson to handle the aftermath, and Professor Charles agreed to discuss cooperation with S.H.I.E.L.D. through Jean.
• Rogue returned to Mutant Academy with Professor Charles, while Hell Messenger offered the remaining Mutants in Times Square a chance to become ordinary people.
• Magneto ordered his allies to prepare the Radiation Instrument for an attack on Times Square in seven days, planning to use a Life Link Mutant and the lives of people he considered Traitors.
• Andrew sensed new Soul Pacts being signed at Rebirth Tower and welcomed the arrival of more Mutants in New York.

Andrew rejected Dr. Reed’s Cosmic Storm Project and told him to seek investment from Tony Stark, while Susan dismissed Reed’s attempt to win her back. After hearing Reed’s claim about a future son, Andrew wondered whether the boy he had dreamed about was Reed and Susan’s child, then drew the Mutants in Times Square into the Illusion Realm, where Professor Charles followed.

• Andrew realized he could develop products addressing conditions beyond youth to obtain souls, then told Susan to reject Dr. Reed’s Cosmic Storm Project and warned Reed away from Rebirth Group.
• Andrew offered to sell Stark Industries a space station, suggesting he could also profit by shorting its inflated stock.
• Dr. Reed told Susan that he had dreamed of their future son urging him to win her back, but Susan angrily rejected his claim and ordered him to leave.
• Andrew wondered whether the boy in his own dream was Susan and Reed’s son.
• Andrew pulled the Mutants in Times Square into the Illusion Realm, and Professor Charles sensed the psychic disturbance and followed them in.

Andrew revealed to Professor Charles that he had restored Mutants to ordinary people in exchange for their souls, then fought Dark Phoenix in the Illusion Realm to ease her hostility. After six hours there, Jean Grey felt lighter and happier, while Andrew planned to meet Dark Phoenix again.

• Andrew made Professor Charles sign a contract before revealing that he was the Demon King and had traded with Mutants to restore them in exchange for their souls.
• Andrew admitted that humans were involved but sent Professor Charles out of the Illusion Realm before explaining further, leaving him with the symbol of Rebirth Hell.
• Andrew drew Dark Phoenix into the Illusion Realm, rejected her demand to destroy the world, and fought her while trying to ease her anger.
• After six hours in the Illusion Realm, Andrew expelled an exhausted Dark Phoenix, while only six seconds had passed in reality and the restored Mutants celebrated.
• Professor Charles told Storm he had been kicked offline before learning the truth, and Jean Grey said she felt lighter and a little happy.

Magneto lured Tony Stark to the Statue of Liberty, dismantled his Iron Suit, and captured him for a public display. Tony ended the chapter bound and hanging from the statue’s crown while Magneto prepared to use the suit.

• Jean agreed with Professor Charles that Scott should guard the place, and she decided to come along.
• In Times Square, Scott and Logan argued over Jean while Coulson’s agents prepared for Magneto’s possible attack.
• Magneto and Mystique gathered the Brotherhood beneath the Statue of Liberty and lured Tony there by impersonating Pepper.
• Magneto used his powers to dismantle Tony’s Iron Suit, remove the Arc Reactor, and force Tony to surrender control of the suit.
• After Mystique modified the suit’s software, Magneto removed the shrapnel from Tony’s blood and hung him from the Statue of Liberty’s crown.

Magneto transformed the Statue of Liberty into an Iron Fortress and launched an assault on Manhattan, intent on converting Mutants and claiming the world for them. As the Brotherhood attacked Times Square and captured Mutants, Roxanne and Peter spotted Tony Stark hanging from the fortress's tower.

• Magneto equipped Mystique with Tony's Battle Suit, then dismantled the Statue of Liberty and rebuilt it into an Iron Fortress containing the Mutant Conversion Instrument.
• Magneto ordered the Brotherhood to prepare defenses and flew the fortress toward Manhattan, prompting S.H.I.E.L.D., the police, and the X-Men to respond.
• The Brotherhood caused explosions to disrupt the civilian evacuation, while Roxanne and Peter filmed the approaching fortress near Times Square.
• Magneto brought the fortress down in Times Square, where Toad and Sabretooth attacked the Epsilon-class Mutants as Wolverine, Jean, and Cyclops tried to stop them.
• The Brotherhood captured many Mutants, and Peter zoomed in on Tony Stark hanging from the Circular Tower.

Magneto displayed Iron Man at the Circular Tower while his incomplete machine threatened to kill anyone it transformed into a Mutant. As the X-Men and agents fought his forces, Magneto used Mystique to warn Professor Charles away and prepared for Andrew, while Mystique attacked Storm.

• Roxanne reported Iron Man’s capture as Andrew explained to Howard that Magneto planned to transform Tony with an incomplete machine that would cause Gene Collapse.
• Andrew sent Howard back to Hell, then gave Roxanne an anonymous message; Peter Parker transformed into Spider-Man and joined the fight against the Mutants.
• Coulson and his agents attacked with Freeze Guns, but Magneto captured Wolverine and the Mutants fell back into their fortress.
• Magneto spoke through Mystique to Professor Charles, revealed that he had taken Charles’s students, and ordered him to stay out of the Brotherhood’s minds.
• Storm, Beast Hank, Colossus, and the other X-Men arrived, and Mystique used the Mark Suit to knock Storm out of the sky with a Pulse Cannon.

The X-Men and Brotherhood fought as Magneto prepared to activate a device that could turn Manhattan residents into Mutants. As fear spread and S.H.I.E.L.D. scrambled to stop him, Psylocke accepted Pepper Potts’s offer to rescue Tony Stark, while Magneto ordered the device’s activation.

• Mystique dodged Cyclops’s laser beams as Jean moved stones away from him, and the Brotherhood maintained its advantage against the X-Men at the Iron Fortress.
• Nick Fury learned from Roxanne’s TikTok report that Magneto’s device might transform ordinary people into Mutants, then ordered Barton and the others to hurry and the military to prepare missiles.
• Manhattan residents panicked and found their escape routes blocked, while Andrew watched Gwen rescue a trapped driver as Spider-Woman.
• Psylocke accepted Pepper Potts’s offer of ten million dollars, with double the reward for returning Tony Stark unharmed, and prepared to strike near Times Square.
• Magneto noticed Andrew had not appeared and ordered his followers to begin.

Magneto activated the Radiation Energy Wave device while the X-Men and their allies failed to stop him, and Psylocke was captured on the Tower. Andrew’s Hell agents offered Manhattan’s citizens rescue in exchange for contracts, with Ghost Rider’s intervention hinging on how many people signed.

• A Mutant drained captured Epsilon-class Mutants to empower Magneto, who activated the device and sent six missiles back to destroy the fighter jets.
• Roxanne fled toward an underground parking garage as the X-Men, Coulson, Barton, Spider-Man, and others fought to break through the Iron Fortress.
• Psylocke climbed the Tower to cut the device’s wires, but Red Devil distracted her and Magneto bound her with iron bars.
• Magneto unleashed the Radiation Energy Wave, and an Inverted Cross spaceship pulled frightened citizens into an Illusion Realm.
• Yelena and the blonde Black Widow offered citizens rescue through Hell contracts, explaining that Ghost Rider would act if more than five thousand people signed.
• A man in a suit and a female white-collar worker with her child agreed to sign contracts, while Andrew watched the number of signers rise.

Andrew joined the battle at Magneto’s Tower, captured Red Devil for Rebirth Hell, and cut the Tower in half to avoid walking into Magneto’s trap. As the Tower’s upper section collapsed, Andrew prepared to confront Magneto on his own terms.

• Andrew ordered Frank to fight Mystique and went to Times Square, where Magneto gathered a Radiation Energy Wave above the Tower.
• Barton stopped Toad from intercepting Andrew while the X-Men and agents kept the Brotherhood’s Mutants occupied, and Frank’s Punisher Suit overwhelmed Tony’s Mark Suit.
• Andrew climbed the Tower, caught Red Devil when he attacked, and sent him to Rebirth Hell, where the Demon King ordered him to kneel.
• Andrew freed Tony, Wolverine Logan, and Psylocke from their steel bindings, and Storm slowed their fall.
• Andrew cut the Tower in half with Black Flame, causing its upper section to tilt and collapse to the right.

Andrew defeated Magneto by exposing his crimes with the Eye of Judgment and forcing him to sign a Contract that spared his life for five years. He handed the weakened Magneto to S.H.I.E.L.D. and left with Psylocke.

• Magneto trapped an afterimage of Andrew with steel spears, but Andrew appeared beside him and revealed his speed had outmatched Magneto's attack.
• Andrew used the Eye of Judgment to make Magneto confront his crimes against Mutants, igniting Magneto's soul when he could no longer deny his guilt.
• Andrew offered Magneto a Contract to save his life, and Magneto agreed to give Andrew his soul in five years.
• Andrew returned Magneto to his body and knocked him unconscious, stopping the machine as the damaged Tower began to collapse.
• Andrew gave Magneto to Coulson as payment for past help, then left with Psylocke.

After the battle ended, Andrew rewarded Yelena and recruited Red Devil into Rebirth Hell, where he learned about the Hellfire Club. Andrew then assigned Yinsen to develop human-body machinery for disabled people on Earth.

• Tony Stark hacked Mystique’s Iron Suit, forcing her to flee, while Toad and the others retreated and Coulson sent Barton after her.
• Nick Fury ordered Maria Hill to convene the World Security Council and called for increased research, weapons development, and recruitment.
• Andrew rewarded Yelena for signing the most contracts by promising to restore her body, then kicked Psylocke away and gave her a $100,000 check.
• Red Devil offered his soul to Andrew, received a Phoenix Brand, and revealed that the Hellfire Club was led by the Black King and White Queen.
• Andrew sent Red Devil to collect souls and instructed Yinsen to research mechanical prosthetics, organs, and skeletons for people on Earth.

The Ancient One returned to Kamar-Taj and told Kaecilius that adapting to changing circumstances was necessary, while he considered whether to deal with the Demon King and rejected Dormammu’s attempt to tempt him. In New York, anti-Mutant sentiment rose after Magneto’s rampage as Nick Fury pursued cooperation with Professor Charles, and Andrew trained Gwen to fight.

• The Ancient One told Kaecilius that the Demon King was not pretending to keep his principles, but that circumstances required adapting for the greater good.
• Dormammu tried to tempt Kaecilius with the secret of The Ancient One’s immortality, but Kaecilius sealed the book and decided to keep observing the Demon King.
• News coverage of Magneto’s Manhattan rampage fueled hostility toward Mutants, and Senator Kelly gained support for the Mutant Registration Act.
• Professor Charles agreed to preliminary cooperation with S.H.I.E.L.D., while Nick Fury promised to stop the Mutant Registration Act and planned to recruit Logan into the Avengers Team.
• Andrew trained Gwen in combat until she learned to stay calm and use her Spider-Sense to evade his staff.

Andrew trained Gwen to use weapons and tools, and she put her new skills to work in Hell's Kitchen before Purple Man took control of her. Gwen called Andrew for help, and after he killed Purple Man, Skye helped Gwen and Jessica escape the police.

• Andrew urged Gwen to improve her combat skills by learning to use tools and weapons, then trained her with ranged weapons.
• Gwen went to Hell's Kitchen in her handmade Spider Suit and used an electrified baton to stop an armed robber.
• Purple Man controlled Gwen and Jessica, but Gwen called Andrew in her heart, and he killed Purple Man by destroying his soul.
• Jessica checked Purple Man and found him dead, then led Gwen away after learning the police were coming.
• Skye picked up Gwen and Jessica in her van, saying she had watched them through cameras and deleted the footage.

Andrew spent New Year's Eve with Gwen and Susan while fighting Dark Phoenix in the Illusion Realm, and 2009 began with ominous plans taking shape. Norman Osborn sought a military partnership to develop enhancement formulas, while Ivan Vanko prepared to settle his grudge against Tony Stark with Obadiah's help.

• Gwen and Andrew attended the Times Square celebration together, while another Andrew took Susan shopping and an Andrew clone fought Dark Phoenix in the Illusion Realm.
• Andrew invited Dark Phoenix to join the celebration, but she attacked him, and he remained convinced she could be saved.
• Norman Osborn offered General Ross a partnership to develop the Human Enhancement Potion in exchange for military research data.
• General Ross requested the Lizard Potion formula so the Army could turn death row inmates into Lizardmen, and Norman agreed while insisting the deal remain secret.
• In Siberia, Ivan Vanko completed a miniaturized Arc Reactor and vowed to settle the Vanko family's debt with Tony Stark, while Obadiah warned him to handle it carefully.

Obadiah and Ivan plotted to kill Tony Stark with help from Justin Hammer, while Natasha learned Yelena had been restored by the Demon King and began wavering about joining him. Coulson then assigned Natasha to find Bruce Banner, who had arrived in New York and could transform into the destructive Hulk.

• Obadiah persuaded Ivan to work with him and planned to secure Justin Hammer's funding for an attack at the Stark Industrial Expo.
• Yelena told Natasha that the Demon King had restored her body and that she served in his personal guard corps.
• Natasha considered joining the Demon King's side to regain what she had lost and possibly obtain eternal youth or superpowers.
• Coulson briefed Natasha on Bruce Banner's gamma-ray transformation into the Hulk and the destruction he had caused.
• Coulson told Natasha that Banner had entered New York and tasked her with finding him before he went berserk in the city.

S.H.I.E.L.D. prepared to find Doctor Banner while General Ross and Norman arranged human-enhancement experiments for soldiers wounded by the Hulk. At Calvo University, Andrew recognized Banner and Betty before the military arrived, leaving Banner fleeing into the library as General Ross confronted his daughter.

• Coulson told Natasha that Professor Charles might be able to keep Doctor Banner calm once they found him in the Arctic.
• Norman offered General Ross his Human Enhancement Potion for an experiment, and Ross agreed to select six volunteers, including Emil Blonsky.
• Andrew and Gwen watched a professor grieve as Betty walked toward the library with her former boyfriend, Doctor Bruce Banner.
• Natasha approached Andrew at Calvo University, and Andrew told her to leave before she went to meet Banner.
• Military vehicles arrived at the university, and Banner sent Betty away before running into the library as General Ross stepped out to confront her.

General Ross sent soldiers and Human Enhancement Soldiers after Bruce Banner, who transformed into Hulk and fought back. As Hulk battled Blonsky’s team, Old Green Goblin Norman arrived to attack him, while Andrew and Natasha watched.

• General Ross ordered his soldiers to capture Betty and Bruce Banner, and Betty’s mistreatment drove Banner to transform into Hulk.
• Hulk withstood gunfire and overturned armored vehicles, while Gwen returned to the classroom and later appeared as Spider-Gwen to rescue fleeing students.
• General Ross deployed Blonsky and five other Human Enhancement Soldiers, who coordinated their attacks to hold Hulk back.
• Natasha reported the Military’s human enhancement technology to S.H.I.E.L.D., while General Ross sent Blonsky’s team to lure Hulk toward a Stark Industries Soundwave cannon.
• Hulk destroyed the cannon and resumed fighting the Enhanced Soldiers, then Old Green Goblin Norman arrived and fired miniature missiles at him.

Norman Osborn tried to use his new powers and weapons to defeat Hulk and boost his company’s stock, but Hulk overwhelmed the military forces and wrecked Norman’s aircraft. As Hulk stood enraged at the university, Professor Charles told Natasha he had located him but was unsure he could calm him down.

• Andrew and Natasha concluded that Norman was copying Iron Man’s strategy to raise his company’s stock, and Andrew mocked Norman’s age and appearance.
• Norman attacked Hulk with Pumpkin Bombs and the Osborn Group’s Dissolving Ray Gun, injuring him despite Hulk’s rapid healing.
• Norman ordered Blonsky and the Enhanced Soldiers to distract Hulk, but Hulk knocked Blonsky unconscious and left the five soldiers badly mangled.
• Andrew explained that the failed Human Enhancement Potion had amplified the soldiers’ negative emotions, while Ross ordered the remaining soldiers to retreat.
• Hulk damaged Norman’s aircraft with thrown rocks, then struck Norman into a helicopter, which crashed and exploded; Norman escaped before impact.
• Professor Charles called Natasha after locating Hulk, and Natasha urged him to try calming Hulk before anyone at the university was killed.

Professor Charles failed to suppress Hulk after the military and Norman attacked him, and Hulk rampaged through the soldiers and Spider-Gwen. Andrew arrived and brutally overpowered Hulk, who fled with Betty while the soldiers stayed behind.

• Professor Charles entered Bruce Banner’s mind and tried to help him suppress Hulk, but General Ross and Norman shot Hulk while he was distracted.
• Hulk healed, attacked the soldiers, and chased Spider-Gwen through the woods after she tried to rescue them.
• Andrew caught Gwen, then knocked Hulk down and smashed him into the ground repeatedly.
• Betty broke free and ran to Hulk, who grabbed her and fled after seeing Andrew’s strength.
• General Ross ordered the soldiers to pursue Hulk, but they chose to stay where they were.