Chapter Summaries

Andrew subdued General Ross and the soldiers, then offered Doctor Banner a deal to separate him from Hulk in exchange for his soul after death. Banner accepted a contract that barred Andrew from using Hulk to commit evil on a large scale.

• Andrew cursed General Ross, causing him to cough blood and collapse, then frightened the soldiers into lowering their guns.
• Natasha declined to ask Professor Charles to alter memories and left the fallout with the military to Director Fury.
• Andrew turned down Norman Osborn's offer to sell him an unarmed Aircraft, and Norman discovered that his camera footage had vanished.
• Andrew and Gwen went to find Doctor Otto while Natasha helped the military handle the aftermath.
• In a cave, Hulk changed back into Doctor Banner, and Andrew summoned both of them to a floating platform to offer a separation deal.
• Banner signed Andrew's contract after securing a clause against using Hulk to commit evil on a large scale.

Andrew separated Hulk and Doctor Banner, creating a new body for Banner and sending Hulk to Rebirth Hell to work for him. Meanwhile, General Ross confronted Norman about the failed Human Enhancement Potion and began vomiting blood again despite the doctors finding nothing wrong.

• Andrew drew Hulk's blood, purified it, and used it to create a younger body for Doctor Banner before splitting their souls and restoring both with Soul Origin.
• Andrew sent Hulk to Rebirth Hell after Hulk agreed to follow him, and left Doctor Banner a tube of Hulk's blood at The Ancient One's request.
• Doctor Banner woke beside the unconscious Betty, overwhelmed with joy at being free of Hulk, while Betty wondered how he had become younger and paler.
• General Ross blamed Norman Osborn for the failed Human Enhancement Potion after five Enhanced Soldiers remained unconscious and one died.
• General Ross vomited blood again, and the doctor insisted that his body was healthy as Ross angrily demanded an explanation.

Norman promised General Ross he could capture Banner with a second-stage serum, while Tony prepared for the Stark Industrial Expo and learned the Military was working with Hammer Industries. At the expo, Tony was attacked by a Gray Battle Suit wielding Electric Whips.

• Norman told General Ross his serum had a second stage, and Ross ordered the Military to have S.H.I.E.L.D. search for Banner through the names Mr. Lan and Mr. Green.
• Tony invited Andrew Wang to the Stark Industrial Expo and discussed the Military’s contacts with Hammer Industries with Pepper.
• Nick Fury warned Tony that Hulk could threaten Manhattan, and Tony insisted he would defend New York and prove himself better than Ghost Rider.
• Andrew and Howard attended the Stark Industrial Expo, where they joked about Tony and Howard’s failed hovercar prototype.
• As Tony flew toward the stage, an Electric Whip caught his ankle and slammed him into the platform before a Gray Battle Suit emerged from behind the curtain.

Ivan Vanko attacked Tony Stark at the expo, but Howard intervened and Ivan fled after throwing a bomb, which Tony destroyed. Andrew agreed to sell Tony the Rebirth Group’s small Space Station, while Tony later learned Rhodes was at Hammer Industries to test a Military Battle Suit and asked him to investigate Ivan and Hammer.

• Ivan Vanko fought Tony at the expo, using electric whips to damage his suit and bind him as Tony struggled to avoid harming the crowd with his powerful Laser.
• Howard arrived in a Black Battle Suit and told Ivan that Anton Vanko had been sent away to protect him, but Ivan rejected his explanation and blamed the Stark family for his father’s death.
• Obadiah ordered Ivan to leave, and Ivan threw a bomb into the crowd before fleeing; Tony hurled the bomb into the sky and destroyed it.
• Tony asked Andrew to sell him the Rebirth Group’s small Space Station, and Andrew agreed on the condition that two Rebirth Group members accompany Dr. Reed for an experiment.
• Tony investigated the Vanko family and learned from Rhodes that the Military had chosen him to pilot a Battle Suit made by Hammer Industries, where Ivan was preparing to display a suit.
• Tony asked Rhodes to investigate Ivan and Hammer Industries, then returned to repairing his own Battle Suit.

Ivan and Obadiah planned to kill Tony Stark after Ivan’s attack exposed their scheme, while Doctor Banner’s message to Mr. Lan led General Ross and S.H.I.E.L.D. to Grayburn Academy. Andrew watched the impending conflicts from Rebirth Tower and told Frank to prepare for a trip to the Space Station with Susan.

• Justin Hammer confronted Ivan for attacking Tony Stark, then ordered the Battle Suit passwords changed and forbade anyone from leaving Hammer Industries before the expo.
• Obadiah and Ivan agreed to act ahead of schedule, using War Machine and thirty Unmanned Armors to kill Tony, while Obadiah secretly planned to capture Ivan afterward.
• Doctor Banner arranged a meeting with Mr. Lan and promised Betty they would leave the country and marry once he dealt with the Hulk.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. detected Banner’s email, allowing General Ross to identify Dr. Samuel Sterns at Grayburn Academy and send Blonsky, Norman, and five Enhanced Humans there.
• Natasha, Logan, Barton, and a S.H.I.E.L.D. unit prepared to move on Grayburn Academy as Andrew watched the academy and Hammer Industries warehouse through Light Screens.
• Andrew told Frank to take astronaut training so he and Susan could go to the Space Station in a month.

Andrew arranged for Frank to go to the Space Station, while the Hulk crisis at Grayburn Academy ended with Bruce Banner captured after his Hulk cells were gone. Tony Stark rushed to rescue Rhodes and found himself surrounded by Obadiah, Ivan Vanko, and Hammer’s forces.

• Andrew told Frank he would go to the Space Station, where he might gain superpowers during the Cosmic Storm.
• Doctor Banner learned Dr. Sterns had replicated his blood sample in large quantities and demanded that the dangerous samples be destroyed.
• Blonsky attacked Doctor Banner after he was tranquilized, but Dr. Sterns confirmed that Banner no longer had Hulk cells, and General Ross ordered Banner carried away.
• Natasha agreed to send Mutant Academy support after Tony called for help, while Logan worried that the troubles were not over.
• Rhodes called Tony during his investigation, screamed, and lost contact, so Tony put on the Mark Six Battle Suit and rushed to a Hammer Industries warehouse.
• Tony found Rhodes and was surrounded by two Iron Suits and thirty Unmanned Armors as Obadiah revealed himself alongside Ivan Vanko and Hammer.

Tony fought Ivan and Obadiah’s Iron Suits until Psylocke, the X-Men, and Spider-Man arrived to help, while Wade’s entrance bewildered the battle. At Grayburn Academy, Blonsky and the Enhanced Soldiers killed the remaining ordinary soldiers as Dr. Sterns feared he would not escape.

• Tony cut down more than half of Ivan’s Unmanned Armors with his hand lasers, then Ivan used his control over Rhodes’s Battle Suit to trap Tony and attack him with the Electric Whip.
• Obadiah and the remaining Unmanned Armors fired on Tony, blasting him to the ground before Ivan could strike again.
• Psylocke arrived and cut Ivan’s Electric Whip, then the X-Men and Spider-Man joined the fight against Ivan and Obadiah’s forces.
• Psylocke revealed that Pepper had hired her, and Wade rushed into the warehouse asking Tony to seduce him so he could earn extra pay.
• At Grayburn Academy, Blonsky killed an ordinary soldier, and the Enhanced Soldiers followed by killing the other ordinary soldiers while Dr. Sterns watched anxiously.

Blonsky and four Enhanced Soldiers became Abominations after Dr. Sterns injected them with Hulk's Blood and exposed them to gamma rays, and the five monsters began slaughtering their way through New York. Andrew saved Dr. Sterns and recruited him, while General Ross and Natasha sent their forces to confront the Abominations as the disaster spread.

• Blonsky and four Enhanced Soldiers forced Dr. Sterns to transform them, and all five became Abominations.
• Andrew rescued Dr. Sterns from Blonsky, secured his Contract, and later took him to Rebirth Hell after Hulk's Blood began turning him into The Leader.
• The five Abominations attacked soldiers and police on Broadway Avenue, killing them and sending civilians fleeing.
• General Ross ordered his forces to return, called for S.H.I.E.L.D.'s help, and sent Norman to hold off one Abomination.
• Natasha assigned Logan to fight an Abomination and Barton to coordinate as she led the remaining agents into battle.

Nick Fury coordinated the response to the Abominations as Andrew Wang exploited the chaos to make Soul Pacts with frightened civilians. Wolverine and Hawkeye Barton fought Abomination Two until Blonsky intervened, sending the battle into nearby streets.

• Nick Fury watched Roxanne’s livestream expose the Abominations as the result of Military experiments, prompting Manhattan residents to flee.
• Andrew Wang and Yelena drew frightened citizens into the Illusion Realm, where they signed Soul Pacts, while Robots evacuated contractors from the battlefield.
• Nick Fury warned Natasha that the Abominations had Healing Ability and ordered her to secure Hulk’s blood at Grayburn Academy.
• Wolverine attacked Abomination Two, but the Abomination’s strength and rapid healing overwhelmed him until Hawkeye Barton’s electric arrow briefly immobilized it.
• Blonsky knocked Wolverine away with a motorcycle, then climbed a building as Hawkeye escaped to a neighboring rooftop and the Abomination pursued him.

The Abominations battled the heroes and soldiers while Banner injected his blood and transformed into a Hulk who retained his mind. The chapter ended as Abomination Captain Blonsky charged at Hulk, claiming him as his own opponent.

• Barton fled Blonsky, Wolverine fought Abomination Two, and Norman attacked Abomination Three with missiles, an energy gun, and Pumpkin Bombs, killing civilians in the process.
• Frank and Howard descended in their Iron Suits to hold back Abominations Four and Five while soldiers and agents supported them.
• Nick Fury and Maria Hill discussed the Peace Knights as General Ross called for fighter jets and Betty tried to protect the people below.
• Banner injected his blood, transformed into a green giant, and discovered that he had kept his mind.
• Abomination Four charged at Hulk, but Blonsky knocked him aside and rushed at Hulk, declaring that Hulk was his.

Doctor Banner struggled against Blonsky while Natasha's team fought Bucky and an armored man over Hulk's Blood. Across the city, the battles continued until a massive explosion shook Queens and Manhattan, leaving its cause unknown.

• Doctor Banner charged Blonsky but was badly beaten, and Blonsky pressed him to keep fighting.
• Natasha's team confronted Winter Soldier Bucky and a man wearing Exoskeleton Armor powered by an Arc Reactor as they tried to take Hulk's Blood.
• Natasha threw vials of Hulk's Blood at the armored man while Bucky killed the agents holding him back.
• Andrew sent Howard to the laboratory, where Howard joined the fight against Bucky and the armored man as Natasha recovered nearby.
• At the Hammer Industries warehouse, the X-Men fought Unmanned Armor units while Psylocke and Wade battled Iron Monger, Spider-Man fought War Machine, and Iron Man faced Whiplash Ivan.
• A massive explosion erupted in Queens, shaking Manhattan and stunning both sides of the laboratory fight.

Iron Man and the X-Men fought Ivan and Obadiah while Ivan rigged the Arc Reactors to explode. The blast destroyed Hammer Industries' warehouse, but the heroes survived, and Tony pursued the villains toward Manhattan with Psylocke.

• Spider-Man helped Rhodes fend off War Machine's missiles and machine guns while Tony and Ivan traded insults and fought.
• Ivan used the Unmanned Armor suits' chained fists to capture several X-Men and triggered the Arc Reactors to explode; Tony freed Rhodes by cracking War Machine's system.
• Storm, Psylocke, Spider-Man, and the X-Men tried to evacuate the captured heroes, while Wade refused Spider-Man's help and stayed behind.
• Andrew moved warehouse workers and nearby civilians into the Illusion Realm and arranged for robots to lead the contractors away.
• Thirty Unmanned Armor suits and War Machine exploded, flattening the warehouse and blasting the heroes away, though none of them died.
• Ivan and Obadiah fled toward Manhattan, and Tony pursued them as Psylocke wrapped an energy rope around his foot and demanded to come along.

The battle across Queens and Manhattan left the city in ruins as Iron Man pursued Ivan and Obadiah, while Andrew profited from frightened citizens seeking safety. The Military prepared to bomb Broadway Avenue, and Andrew learned that its Aircraft was also a target.

• Spider-Man and the X-Men stayed behind to help people affected by the Explosion, while Colossus collected Wade's pieces and waited for him to revive.
• Andrew drew terrified citizens into the Illusion Realm, where the Black Widows sold Demon King safety insurance, as rumors blamed the Explosion on a Military missile.
• Obadiah shot down Old Green Goblin, whom Iron Man rescued, before Abomination Three chased Norman across a rooftop.
• At Grayburn Academy, Obadiah helped the Man in Black escape with Hulk's Blood, while Iron Man fought Ivan, Howard fought Obadiah, and Psylocke fought Bucky.
• A Black Widow told Andrew that the Military planned to bomb Broadway Avenue and target the Aircraft.

Andrew prepared to punish the Military for threatening his ship while Hulk arrived and battled Blonsky. Andrew then appeared beside Doctor Banner as the Abominations surrounded him, and discovered Banner no longer knew how to return to his original form.

• Andrew sent an anonymous warning about the Military's planned bombing to J. Jonah Jameson and ordered Trask to prepare his trump card.
• Hulk arrived on Broadway Avenue and fought Blonsky, overpowering him in a destructive street battle.
• Andrew decided he had harvested enough souls and prepared to end the disaster.
• The four Abominations stopped fighting and surrounded Andrew when he appeared beside Doctor Banner.
• Andrew learned that Doctor Banner could no longer turn back into his original form because he did not know how.

Andrew Wang effortlessly killed the four Abominations with a Hellfire Bullet while the other battles continued. Obadiah and Ivan escaped, and Howard stunned Tony by revealing that Tony’s father had been murdered.

• Andrew Wang summoned a rifle, fired a curving Hellfire Bullet through Abomination Two, Abomination Three, Abomination Four, and Abomination Five, then caught it as the four Abominations fell dead.
• Nick Fury secured the area and ordered Hill to investigate the assassin organization associated with Bullet Bending.
• Obadiah and Ivan fled under cover of smoke, while Winter Soldier escaped through the sewers.
• Howard stopped Tony and revealed that Tony’s father had been grabbed and beaten to death, prompting Tony to demand the killer’s identity.

Howard berated Tony before leaving aboard the Peace Knights’ spaceship, while the last Abomination, Blonsky, was captured after the fight in New York. The rampage ended amid destruction, and General Ross faced reporters demanding answers about the Military’s role.

• Howard kicked Tony down, scolded him for risking his life without heirs, and left with Frank aboard the spaceship.
• Hulk battered Blonsky as Wolverine, Doctor Banner, Barton, and others prepared to capture him; Nick Fury ordered them not to kill him.
• The Military fired six missiles at Trask’s spaceship, but Trask used a Magneto Device to send them back and destroy the Raptor fighter jets.
• The Peace Knights’ spaceship escaped, while Hulk left the fight and Doctor Banner failed to prove himself against Blonsky.
• Tony, the Quinjet crew, and the others defeated Blonsky, who collapsed unconscious as the rampage ended.
• General Ross claimed Blonsky belonged to the Military, but reporters surrounded him with questions about the destruction and the Military’s responsibility.

After the Broadway battle, Andrew gained souls and recruited The Leader to research cures, while the fallout reshaped the lives and fortunes of Banner, Ross, Hammer, and Osborn. The chapter ended with Tony explaining to Pepper why he had bought a space station for Dr. Reed's experiment.

• General Ross collapsed after reporters questioned him, while Betty asked Bruce Banner how he felt and learned he might never change back.
• Andrew welcomed Dr. Sterns, also known as The Leader, and assigned him to research cures for illnesses in Hell.
• The public condemned the Military over Abomination, Blonsky went to S.H.I.E.L.D., Banner joined the Avengers Team, and Betty postponed their wedding.
• Norman Osborn faced public backlash and a falling stock price, while Justin Hammer was arrested and Andrew acquired Hammer Industries for its production lines.
• Pepper returned to the Malibu Villa with Tony's space station purchase, and Tony explained it would support Dr. Reed's experiment to cure diseases.

Tony investigated the suspicious circumstances surrounding Howard's death while Dr. Reed prepared for the Cosmic Storm Project, hoping it would help him win Susan back. Meanwhile, Andrew and Gwen encountered gunfire and a vehicle collision in Manhattan.

• Pepper urged Tony to stop risking his life as a superhero, but Tony insisted that Earth still needed him and returned to investigating Howard's death.
• Tony suspected someone inside S.H.I.E.L.D. had helped Howard's killer and ordered Jarvis to hack into its internal files.
• Dr. Reed told Ben that his future son had warned him to use the Cosmic Storm Project to reconcile with Susan, and Reed resolved to win her back through his talent.
• Andrew and Gwen went shopping in Manhattan and discussed Andrew's reputation as the Gun God before gunfire and a crash interrupted them.
• Andrew pulled Gwen onto the sidewalk and urged her to stay safe.

Andrew recognized the fleeing drivers as members of the Assassin Brotherhood and sent Yelena and the Black Widows to seize their Loom of Fate and recovery serum. The Brotherhood escaped S.H.I.E.L.D.’s assault, and Sloan and Fire Fox brought down a pursuing Quinjet with curved bullets.

• Andrew saw Fire Fox kill a pursuing agent with a curved bullet and explained the Assassin Brotherhood’s mission to Gwen.
• Andrew ordered Yelena to lead the Black Widows in taking the Loom of Fate without killing anyone and to obtain the Brotherhood’s recovery serum if possible.
• Police Commissioner George Stacy watched the chase and decided New York’s police needed their own superhuman force.
• Sloan fled after S.H.I.E.L.D. raided the textile factory, leaving the Loom of Fate lost and most Brotherhood members killed or captured.
• Sloan and Fire Fox used Bullet Time and curved bullets to destroy both engines of a pursuing Quinjet, allowing the survivors to keep fleeing.

The Brotherhood of Mutants rescued Sloan and his companions from S.H.I.E.L.D., then captured them and revealed their plans to recruit the assassins. Andrew obtained the Loom of Fate and other intelligence from the textile factory raid, while Sloan and Fire Fox agreed to reclaim the Loom and continue their mission.

• Mutant Mist used her fog to help Sloan and the escaped assassins evade Garrett's forces, disguising them as supporters of the Mutant Registration Act at Senator Kelly's rally.
• Mist incapacitated Sloan and the others as they tried to leave, while Garrett learned that the textile factory had been breached and the Loom and prisoners were missing.
• Andrew examined the genuine Loom of Fate and instructed Yelena to share the prisoners' training methods with the Black Widows and give the recovery-potion formula to The Leader.
• At Senator Kelly's manor, Mystique revealed that she had killed and impersonated Senator Kelly, and explained that the Brotherhood of Mutants wanted to work with Sloan's group.
• Sloan questioned how Mystique knew about the Loom, and Fire Fox declared that they needed to reclaim it and continue their mission.