Chapter Summaries

Finn strengthened the Shadow-Devouring Soldiers by feeding them shadows at scattered bases, then attacked Thor’s Hydra base with them. Thor and Finn fought after Finn revealed himself, and Thor left Finn pinned beneath Mjolnir.

• Finn abandoned his approach to Thor’s base and strengthened the Shadow-Devouring Soldiers by attacking a base belonging to Alexander Pierce’s Hydra branch.
• Thor assigned Sif and the Warriors Three to patrol the base, while Finn raided other scattered bases to grow his forces without attracting Clark or Robet.
• After attacks on multiple bases became known, Thor warned his subordinates to guard their shadows, but the Shadow-Devouring Soldiers stormed the base and weakened Sif and the Warriors Three.
• The masked Finn revealed himself and struck Thor while the Shadow-Devouring Soldiers attacked, but Thor protected himself with thunder and fought back with Mjolnir.
• Thor hit Finn with Mjolnir and pinned him beneath it, then challenged Finn to try lifting it.

Finn defeated Thor’s forces at the Hydra base, but Thor escaped with the Asgardian Four. Finn planned to strengthen his Shadow-Devouring Soldiers by devouring some Hydra bases and subduing others, while Thor and his companions prepared to build a new Asgard.

• Finn escaped Mjolnir by turning into a formless shadow and counterattacked Thor.
• Finn’s Shadow-Devouring Soldiers overwhelmed the base’s defenders and forced Thor to unleash his thunder.
• Thor grabbed Sif, Fandral, Hogun, and Volstagg and flew away from the base, leaving Finn unable to pursue them.
• Finn decided to devour some Hydra forces and recruit others to help strengthen his Shadow-Devouring Soldiers before confronting Clark and Robet.
• Thor revealed that he had secured the Hydra base’s wealth and arranged public identities for the five of them.
• Thor and the Asgardian Four agreed to start over and build a force they could call Asgard.

Finn’s Shadow-Devouring Soldiers weakened both their enemies and Finn’s own forces, while Thor and the Asgardian Four avoided a rematch and Spider-Man grew popular in New York. As Harry Osborn’s inherited illness worsened, Norman Osborn injected an unstable serum to save his son, lost control, and vanished after killing a scientist.

• Finn slowed his attacks after losing powerful Shadow-Devouring Soldiers, while Thor recovered some strength but stayed wary and hidden.
• Peter Parker’s frequent rescues made Spider-Man a celebrated hero, and parkour enthusiasts began copying his web-swinging style.
• Norman Osborn linked Spider-Man’s abilities to a stolen Mutated Spider research project and ordered his subordinates to investigate him.
• Norman Osborn’s search found no trace of Spider-Man, and he decided that Spider-Man’s blood might cure Harry Osborn.
• Norman Osborn injected an experimental serum, gained immense strength, lost control to amplified malice, killed a scientist, and disappeared.

Norman Osborn became the Green Goblin and attacked Spider-Man, but fled after Peter Parker overwhelmed him. As Harry Osborn searched for his missing father, he heard coughing from inside a bookshelf and suspected Norman was hidden in a secret room.

• Osborn Corporation failed to find Norman Osborn after a scientist was killed, and news of his disappearance sent its stock price plunging.
• Norman Osborn prepared his combat gear, became the Green Goblin, and attacked the city to lure Spider-Man into a fight.
• Peter Parker dodged the Goblin Glider’s gunfire and energy beams, then kicked Norman and the glider away.
• Norman Osborn escaped on the Goblin Glider, while Jarvis lost track of him and Peter Parker returned to waiting for news.
• Harry Osborn heard coughing from behind a bookshelf and began searching for the mechanism to a possible secret room.

Harry Osborn discovered that his father, Norman Osborn, was the Green Goblin and learned that Norman had transformed himself while trying to cure their hereditary illness. Norman refused to let Harry use the Serum and told him to prepare to take over the Osborn Group, while Harry kept his father’s identity secret from Peter Parker.

• Harry Osborn found a hidden passage behind a bookshelf and discovered Norman Osborn examining his injuries beside the Green Goblin armor.
• Norman Osborn explained that the family illness threatened Harry, that his research had been sabotaged, and that he had become the Green Goblin to seek Spider-Man’s blood for a cure.
• Harry Osborn offered to inject the Serum himself, but Norman refused and warned him about its fatal risks and violent side effects.
• Norman Osborn told Harry to learn to manage the Osborn Group while he planned to deal with Spider-Man, and Harry left uncertain about his future.
• Peter Parker noticed Harry Osborn was distracted in the cafeteria and asked whether there was news about Norman, but Harry concealed the truth.

Harry Osborn learned that Norman Osborn planned to retire and pass Osborn Group to him, while Norman used his inhuman strength to silence executives who challenged his leadership. As Peter Parker patrolled New York, he discovered a man who had mysteriously fallen asleep, unaware that Finn had sent Shadow-Devouring Soldiers to drain ordinary people’s shadows.

• Harry Osborn told Mary Jane and Peter Parker that Norman Osborn planned to return to the company and prepare him to take over, while concealing his worsening health.
• Norman Osborn returned to Osborn Group, rejected executives’ accusations about Scott, and declared that Harry would gradually inherit management of the company.
• Norman Osborn smashed the conference table with one blow, frightening the executives into accepting his decision and allowing Harry to begin learning the business.
• Norman Osborn focused on gathering information about Spider-Man and developing powerful energy weapons, while Peter Parker stopped searching for Norman’s whereabouts.
• Peter Parker found an unconscious man on the street, noticed he was breathing steadily, and carried him toward a hospital; another person collapsed after Peter left.
• Finn sent Shadow-Devouring Soldiers to drain ordinary people’s shadows in scattered locations, and one of them was noticed by Peter Parker.

Peter Parker and Tony Stark discovered that unexplained sleepers were appearing across many cities, while Batman confronted a Shadow-Devouring Soldier in Gotham and learned how it grew stronger. Finn escaped Batman’s attempt to trace him and crossed Gotham and nearby cities off his targets.

• Peter Parker found that a second person had arrived at the hospital unconscious, and he alerted Jarvis to the growing number of sleepers.
• Tony Stark ordered Jarvis to investigate sleeper cases worldwide and bring nearby victims to his private hospital for study.
• Batman’s Shadow Warriors surrounded a Shadow-Devouring Soldier in Gotham, but it grew stronger and tore through them after devouring shadows.
• General Ika explained the Shadow-Devouring Soldiers’ ability to Batman, who restrained one and tried to trace Finn through it.
• Finn severed Batman’s connection to the Shadow-Devouring Soldier, escaped discovery, and avoided Gotham and nearby cities.

Robet traced the shadow-devouring victims’ Dark Power to Finn, who escaped into the Dark Space before Robet could find him. As Robet searched for Finn, he kept waking victims while Finn continued strengthening a Shadow-Devouring Soldier to challenge Robet and Clark.

• Robet examined Tony Stark’s sleeping victims, identified the Dark Power covering their souls, and forced it away, waking them but leaving them weak and without shadows.
• Finn severed his connection to the Dark Power when Robet tried to trace it, then hid inside the Dark Space.
• Robet asked Clark to search for Finn, and Clark found more sleeping victims for Robet to wake, but Finn cut off the connection again before Robet could locate him.
• Robet deduced that Finn had survived and gained the Mask’s power, then followed traces of Finn’s ki to the mountain where he had disappeared.
• Robet searched the mountain for Finn’s Dark Space while Finn sent out Shadow-Devouring Soldiers and strengthened his fastest-growing soldier by feeding it more shadows.

Norman Osborn used injured civilians to lure Peter Parker into an ambush, then blasted him with a new Pumpkin Energy Bomb. As Peter lay helpless, a powerful Shadow-Devouring Soldier attacked Norman, leaving both men in danger.

• Tony Stark and other heroes fought the Shadow-Devouring Soldiers, while Kingpin and his Monk Gang protected people in the streets.
• Norman Osborn watched Kingpin leave and decided to use injured civilians as bait to draw Peter Parker into a trap.
• Peter Parker followed a distress call to an alley, where he found dozens of injured people surrounded by Shadow-Devouring Soldiers.
• Norman Osborn detonated a Pumpkin Energy Bomb, killing the wounded and badly injuring Peter Parker.
• A large Shadow-Devouring Soldier devoured Norman Osborn's shadow and put him to sleep despite Peter Parker's warning.
• The Shadow-Devouring Soldier began devouring Norman Osborn, eating half his body as Peter Parker watched helplessly.

Peter Parker was badly injured after Norman Osborn ambushed him, and Kara arrived in time to destroy the Shadow-Devouring Soldier. Norman died before Peter could save him, leaving Peter to decide how to tell Harry Osborn; Peter chose to recover first and then explain everything in person.

• Peter Parker's electrical attack briefly staggered the Shadow-Devouring Soldier but could not stop it from devouring Norman Osborn.
• Kara arrived, blasted the Shadow-Devouring Soldier into black mist, and prepared to take Peter Parker away for treatment.
• Norman Osborn regained consciousness long enough for Peter Parker to recognize him as Harry Osborn's father, then died after speaking his final words.
• Peter Parker asked to bring Norman's body back to Harry, but Kara urged him to consider how he would explain the death.
• Tony Stark offered to return Norman's body with a cover story, but Peter Parker refused and decided to tell Harry the truth after recovering.

Peter Parker brought Norman Osborn’s remains to Harry Osborn and revealed that he was Spider-Man, explaining how Norman died. Harry learned that Norman had wanted Spider-Man’s blood to cure his hereditary illness, then discovered that the spider that gave Peter his powers had come from a package Harry mailed him.

• Peter Parker waited at Harry Osborn’s home with Norman Osborn’s remains and showed Harry the coffin when he returned.
• Harry accused Peter of killing Norman, but Peter revealed his identity and explained that Norman had died fighting the Shadow-Devouring Soldiers after Peter tried to save him.
• After viewing Peter’s recording, Harry admitted that he still resented Peter for being Spider-Man but recognized that Peter had not acted maliciously.
• Harry explained that Norman had sought Spider-Man’s blood to treat their hereditary illness and had used a dangerous serum on himself instead.
• Peter revealed that a spider Harry had mailed him in high school had given him his Spider-Man abilities, then offered to help Harry explore treatment with Tony Stark’s assistance.

Peter Parker found Richard Parker, his long-lost father, living in an abandoned subway station beneath New York. After recognizing that his Spider-Man powers may have come from Richard's Osborn Group research, Peter demanded to know what had happened.

• Harry Osborn thanked Peter Parker and asked for time alone to process Peter's offer to help him.
• Peter Parker resumed patrolling near the Osborn Group while recovering and fought a Shadow-Devouring Soldier that escaped into the darkness.
• Peter Parker heard a strange sound in an abandoned subway station and entered its blocked-off depths, with Jarvis alerting Tony Stark and the others to his location.
• Peter Parker destroyed two laser-firing robots and encountered a middle-aged man who identified himself as Richard Parker.
• Richard Parker confirmed Peter Parker's identity, and Peter removed his mask and asked his father to explain what had happened.

Peter Parker confronted Richard Parker about the spider experiments that gave him his powers and learned that Mary died in one of them. Richard revealed his plan to make humanity evolve, then set a giant spider on Peter, who was injured and warned by Jarvis to retreat.

• Richard Parker told Peter Parker that he and Mary had faked their deaths to escape Norman Osborn and continue their research, and that Mary had since died.
• Peter Parker deduced that Richard had used their genes in spider experiments and learned that Mary died after volunteering for one.
• Richard Parker admitted he had experimented on vagrants and wanted to use Peter for further research, then revealed his goal of evolving all humanity.
• The giant spider attacked Peter Parker, withstanding his electrical strikes and firing corrosive webbing at him.
• The spider knocked Peter Parker to the ground, and Jarvis advised him to retreat because no Avengers were available to help.

Peter Parker escaped Richard Parker’s giant spider and planned to confront his father after recovering, while Robet joined Jackie Chan, Jade, and Uncle in searching for Finn. Robet located Finn hiding in the Dark Space of an abandoned house and began forcing him out with Clark and Kara standing by.

• Peter Parker trapped Richard Parker’s giant spider behind a powerful thunder Spider Web, escaped, and told Jarvis he would return after his injuries healed.
• Richard Parker ordered the giant spider to stop chasing Peter and examined the thunder Spider Web while controlling the creature with his gaze.
• Robet sensed Jackie Chan, Jade, and Uncle searching the abandoned district for Finn and joined them, explaining that Finn was hiding in the Dark Space.
• Uncle’s Dried Gecko pointed toward an abandoned house, and Robet detected a trace of darkness behind the bathroom toilet.
• Robet called Clark and Kara to help contain Finn, then blasted the toilet and broke open the Dark Space.

Robet cornered Finn after breaking his Dark Space and stopped his repeated attempts to escape. Finn finally unleashed his full power and nearly cracked Robet’s barrier, but Robet restored it and knocked him away, leaving Finn trapped.

• Finn tried to conceal himself in Dark Space, but Robet cut through it with a Ki Blast and revealed him.
• Robet sealed the area with a Telekinetic Barrier, preventing Finn from escaping into the shadows, and stopped Clark from joining the fight.
• After Robet criticized Finn for fleeing, Finn claimed he wanted to reclaim his pride, then launched a sneak attack that Robet saw through.
• Robet repeatedly struck Finn while Finn concealed his true strength, and Uncle retreated from the dangerous battle.
• Finn unleashed his full Dark Power and bored through the ground, cracking Robet’s barrier, but Robet kicked him away and restored it.

Robet fought Finn while Tony Stark discovered that Finn had sent the Shadow-Devouring Soldiers to grow stronger elsewhere in New York. Robet stopped Finn's escape attempt, but a gigantic Shadow-Devouring Soldier arrived and joined him, leaving Robet ready to fight Finn again.

• Robet battled Finn in the Telekinetic Barrier while Tony Stark and the others watched, and the Avengers realized Finn was refusing to summon his Shadow-Devouring Soldiers.
• Jarvis detected a large number of Shadow-Devouring Soldiers appearing in New York, and Tony Stark led the others to help while Kara warned Robet and Clark.
• Robet immobilized Finn with a new version of the Ten Thousand Nations Shocking Palm, then opened the barrier so Clark, Kara, Uncle, Jackie Chan, and Jade could leave.
• A gigantic Shadow-Devouring Soldier struck Robet and joined Finn in trying to break through the barrier, but Robet knocked them both back.
• Robet recognized that the giant Shadow-Devouring Soldier surpassed Finn physically and challenged Finn to continue fighting.

Finn fused Shadow-Devouring Soldiers into a powerful humanoid fighter that forced Robet to transform and fight seriously. As their battle shattered Robet’s Telekinetic Barrier, Finn seized the chance to try to escape.

• Robet battered Finn while the Shadow-Devouring Soldier evolved after swallowing another soldier, leaving Finn unable to fight.
• The newly transformed Shadow-Devouring Soldier attacked Robet, and its strength surpassed Robet’s normal state.
• Robet transformed with Great Ape Power: Rage and fought the Shadow-Devouring Soldier in a battle that devastated the area.
• Their collisions shattered Robet’s Telekinetic Barrier, and Finn tried to escape while Clark and the others turned toward him.

The Ancient One trapped Finn, Robet, and the others in the Mirror Dimension to contain Robet and the Shadow-Devouring Soldier’s destructive battle. Robet killed the Shadow-Devouring Soldier and sensed Finn’s location, leaving Finn to face the approaching Saiyan.

• Finn tried to escape while Robet and the Shadow-Devouring Soldier continued fighting, but the Ancient One arrived and moved the surrounding area into the Mirror Dimension.
• Clark explained to Tony Stark and the others that the Ancient One had created a magical copy of Earth, while Jarvis reported that he could not detect the change.
• Robet and the Shadow-Devouring Soldier fought across the Mirror Dimension as the Ancient One repeatedly restored the ruined landscape.
• Robet grew stronger and struck the Shadow-Devouring Soldier with a blow that wounded it beyond recovery.
• Finn found the cities empty and discovered that his Dark Power could not form a Dark Space, then sensed that the Shadow-Devouring Soldier had been killed.
• Robet nodded to the Ancient One, located Finn, and set off to confront him.

Robet defeated Finn after the Shadow-Devouring Mask shattered, but General Min-Ta survived inside it and surrendered. The Ancient One appeared and explained that the Mirror Dimension still allowed energy to enter from other dimensions.

• Finn abandoned his attempt to deceive Robet and unleashed his life force and the Shadow-Devouring Mask's Dark Power to fight.
• Robet battered Finn with Prince's Combat Method until the mask broke and Finn was killed.
• General Min-Ta awakened inside the surviving mask, endured Robet's continuing attacks, and surrendered.
• Robet stopped attacking and listened as General Min-Ta apologized and offered compensation.
• The Ancient One appeared and told Robet that the Mirror Dimension did not block energy from other dimensions.

Robet sealed General Min-Ta with the Evil Containment Wave and destroyed him, ending the Shadow-Devouring Soldier crisis at the cost of over a million lives. Batman began organizing relief efforts, while Tarak grew more fearful and slowed his plans to bring the Dark Dimension to Earth.

• Ancient One told Robet that over a million people had died after the Shadow-Devouring Soldiers devoured their shadows and left them unconscious.
• Robet sealed General Min-Ta in a bottle with the Evil Containment Wave, then destroyed him with a full-power Kamehameha Wave inside the Mirror Dimension.
• General Ika sensed General Min-Ta's death and told Batman the crisis had been resolved, though Batman could not identify who had stopped it.
• Batman asked Alfred to investigate the casualties, learned that over a million people had died, and ordered Alfred to work with Stark Industries on relief and compensation.
• Tarak sensed another companion's death, feared that a powerful enemy was hunting the Shadowkhan, and hid his aura while slowing his plans.