Chapter Summaries

Heisenberg, an ancient Kryptonian criminal reborn on Earth, awakened as Luthor created Doomsday and found himself trapped beside the monster. As Doomsday crushed his prison, a system transported Heisenberg to Earth-19999 in the Marvel Universe for work.

• Two years earlier, General Zod discovered Heisenberg’s imprisonment and history as the creator of Doomsday, but ordered the ship to keep him locked away.
• Alexander Luthor used Zod’s remains and his own blood to create Doomsday, while the spaceship’s energy surge revived Heisenberg.
• Heisenberg awakened, learned he was a Kryptonian Elder imprisoned for eighteen thousand years, and realized Doomsday was about to attack him.
• Superman sensed Heisenberg’s heartbeat beneath Doomsday, while Doomsday grabbed Heisenberg’s still-melting prison and began crushing it.
• The system detected Heisenberg’s imminent fatal injury and transported him to Earth-19999 in the Marvel Universe.

Nick Fury ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to respond to a mysterious meteor approaching Manhattan, while Heisenberg learned the terms of his assignment in Marvel Universe designation 19999. He landed near the New York Stock Exchange, where S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and Natasha saw him appear naked.

• Nick Fury decided to study the Cosmic Cube as Earth's defense against threats from space and Asgard.
• Professor Selvig told Nick Fury that a strange, human-shaped meteor was heading for the New York Stock Exchange.
• Nick Fury sent Coulson and Natasha with S.H.I.E.L.D. teams to secure the impact site, and Iron Man joined them.
• Tony Stark told Coulson that the meteor was slowing down, suggesting it was intelligent.
• Heisenberg read the system's assignment to ensure Earth-19999's normal operation and earn rewards for his time and influence.
• Heisenberg landed gently beside the New York Stock Exchange, and the melted spacetime matter left him naked before the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and Natasha.

Heisenberg, a Kryptonian sealed for over eighteen thousand years, arrived on Earth and struggled with the effects of its yellow sun before S.H.I.E.L.D. took him into custody. After escaping their restraints and demonstrating his power, he met Nick Fury and described himself as an ordinary Kryptonian.

• Heisenberg introduced himself to the armed agents near the Manhattan Stock Exchange, but the sun’s radiation and unfamiliar sounds overwhelmed him and he collapsed.
• Coulson ordered the agents to evacuate the area and carried Heisenberg to S.H.I.E.L.D.’s New York Branch, while Tony Stark prepared virus-testing equipment and protective supplies.
• Heisenberg woke in the lab, broke his restraints, damaged equipment, and confronted Nick Fury through the isolation-room glass.
• Heisenberg demanded clothes, followed Nick Fury to his office, and sat down as Hill left to contact Coulson and Black Widow about recruiting the Hulk.
• Heisenberg told Nick Fury he was the 64th Chief Elder of Krypton, a traitor and a criminal sealed for more than eighteen thousand years, but now considered himself an ordinary Kryptonian.

Heisenberg left S.H.I.E.L.D. and experimented with his Kryptonian strength and flight, while Tony Stark and Nick Fury considered how Earth could respond to him. Fury ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to monitor and contact Heisenberg, but the chapter ended with him questioning whether the organization was truly under his control.

• Heisenberg told Nick Fury about his past as a Kryptonian prisoner, warned him not to provoke him, and leaped out of the office.
• Heisenberg tested his powers around New York, repeatedly leaping and crashing before managing to fly at supersonic speed.
• Tony Stark watched Heisenberg's flight, worried that his armor was outmatched, and decided to upgrade it.
• Nick Fury and Agent Hill discussed the danger Heisenberg posed, the Hulk operation, the Cosmic Cube, and the Avengers Initiative.
• Fury ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to track Heisenberg, send agents to contact him, learn about Krypton, and keep other organizations away from him.

After spending the night flying and absorbing sunlight, Heisenberg returned to S.H.I.E.L.D. and violently punished agents who attacked him. He left Hill intimidated and waited for Nick Fury, determined to make the world fear provoking him.

• Heisenberg flew through the night, absorbed sunlight above New York, and decided against settling into a quiet life.
• Heisenberg smashed through the windows of Nick Fury's office and warned the renovation crew that he was looking for Nick Fury.
• When S.H.I.E.L.D. agents opened fire, Heisenberg remained unharmed, then shattered the office floor and injured the agents after they stopped shooting.
• Heisenberg told the agents their attack had consequences, left the laboratory, and waited in a break room for Nick Fury.
• Hill confronted Heisenberg, who defended his violent response, threatened to kill the agents, and ordered her to bring him a drink.

Heisenberg negotiated with Nick Fury for a luxurious life on Earth in exchange for allowing S.H.I.E.L.D. to test his abilities. He followed Fury to an underground training ground, where he met Steve Rogers.

• Heisenberg pressured Hill to bring drinks, and Nick Fury arrived to calm the confrontation.
• Heisenberg asked Fury to arrange a comfortable life for him, and Fury promised to provide him with a bar in New York.
• Heisenberg agreed to let S.H.I.E.L.D. test some of his abilities in return for the bar.
• Hill brought bourbon, and Heisenberg and Fury drank before Fury led Heisenberg to the S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy training ground.
• Heisenberg met the muscular man training there, who introduced himself as Steve Rogers.

Heisenberg demonstrated his overwhelming strength to Nick Fury, Captain America, and Hill by destroying the underground training ground and blasting a passage to the surface. Later, he relaxed on the S.H.I.E.L.D. rooftop with a young blonde agent, who showed him a Superman comic and revealed that she knew he was Kryptonian.

• Captain America introduced himself to Heisenberg, and Nick Fury brought Heisenberg to the underground training ground to demonstrate his abilities.
• Heisenberg’s punch pulverized the training equipment and carved a devastating canyon through the underground facility, leaving Fury, Hill, and Captain America stunned.
• Heisenberg used Heat Vision to melt a passage to the surface, then cooled himself with Freeze Breath and borrowed Nick Fury’s pants after Captain America’s jeans caught fire.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. rescuers found Fury, Hill, and Captain America in their briefs, and Fury worried that the rescue team had ruined his reputation among his trusted agents.
• Heisenberg sunbathed on the S.H.I.E.L.D. New York Branch rooftop with a young blonde girl, who showed him a Superman comic and asked about his Kryptonian powers.

Heisenberg agreed to use S.H.I.E.L.D. to gain access, information, and influence while keeping his own secrets protected. Nick Fury briefed senior agents on Heisenberg’s powers and ordered them not to provoke him.

• Barbara Morse admitted that S.H.I.E.L.D. had sent her to gather information about Heisenberg, flirted with him, and left to find him a rooftop bar where he could bask in the sun.
• Heisenberg decided to cooperate with S.H.I.E.L.D. for now, using the organization to access major events, protect his information, and build his public image.
• Nick Fury gathered S.H.I.E.L.D. agents of Level Seven and above, including John Garrett and Hill, and showed them footage of Heisenberg’s abilities.
• Nick Fury warned the agents that Heisenberg was an extraterrestrial Kryptonian capable of overwhelming Earth’s defenses and ordered them not to attack or provoke him.

After checking his Origin Matter, Heisenberg spent some to retrieve his old watch and learned how much more he needed to change his Kryptonian weaknesses. He then intervened in Barbara’s deal with Kingpin, took Bullseye as his underling, and killed Kingpin with a single slap.

• Heisenberg learned he had gathered 7.626 cubic units of Origin Matter and used 3.626 to retrieve the watch he had worn in his previous life.
• Heisenberg asked the system about changing his vulnerabilities and discovered that transforming into a Primal Vampire would earn him a large Origin Matter refund.
• Heisenberg heard Barbara negotiating with Kingpin to take over the Second Basha Nightclub and arrived by smashing through the building’s window.
• Bullseye attacked Heisenberg with knives, but Heisenberg subdued him and offered him a place as his underling.
• Bullseye nodded at Heisenberg’s offer, then secretly tried to stab him and broke his dagger against Heisenberg’s body.
• Heisenberg decided Bullseye’s loyalty justified killing Kingpin and slapped Kingpin’s head off, destroying the wall behind him.

Heisenberg killed Kingpin and decided to use Kingpin’s former organization as the foundation for his own enterprise. After Bullseye admitted he could not immediately take over Kingpin’s entire underworld network, he proposed leading his former enforcers to claim territory and serve Heisenberg.

• Heisenberg killed Kingpin, froze his body into an ice sculpture, and had Bullseye explain to Barbara that Kingpin had tried to kill him.
• Heisenberg decided to recruit Bullseye and build an organization, viewing Kingpin’s trained subordinates and criminal network as a valuable foundation.
• Bullseye told Heisenberg he could not make Kingpin’s former underworld subordinates submit to him immediately and would need at least a year to take over.
• Heisenberg told Bullseye to leave Kingpin’s operation alone for now and offered him a job managing the Second Basha Nightclub.
• Bullseye asked to lead Kingpin’s former enforcers and claim benefits from the former territory, promising to support whoever ultimately took Kingpin’s place.
• Heisenberg approved Bullseye’s plan and told him to act without fear because Heisenberg was his boss.

After taking over Kingpin’s organization, Heisenberg asked Barbara to help him manage his nightclub and tried to fly her through the sky. His first attempt injured her, but he realized he needed a Biological Field, learned to control it, and successfully flew with her at extreme speed.

• Bullseye accepted Heisenberg’s order to gather his former subordinates, after agreeing to clean up Kingpin’s corpse.
• Heisenberg invited Barbara to his nightclub and offered to fly her there; she eagerly agreed.
• Heisenberg flew too fast without a Biological Field, leaving Barbara dizzy and bleeding, then carried her back to Kingpin’s reception room.
• Heisenberg recalled how Kryptonians used the Biological Field to protect people and objects, and experimented with releasing his energy.
• Heisenberg tested his adjusted field by flying Barbara at fifty times the speed of sound, then stopped high above the ground and confirmed he had established his own Biological Field.

Heisenberg brought Barbara to the Second Basha Nightclub and took over the venue, where he announced new rules for its staff. Tony Stark returned to his lab and began planning portable armor after failing to catch Heisenberg.

• Heisenberg flew Barbara over New York, learned the Nightclub’s location, and took her to the rooftop of Tony Stark’s building before Tony arrived too late to confront him.
• Tony decided to modify the Mark IV and develop a portable Mark V, then calculated that he could make armor small enough to fit in a suitcase.
• Heisenberg reached the Second Basha Nightclub near Hell’s Kitchen and inspected its rooftop and penthouse with Barbara.
• Heisenberg ordered George Alchott and Billy Khan to rename the Nightclub the Academy of Sciences and plan a Mars-themed event.
• Heisenberg introduced himself to the Nightclub’s staff, banned drug sales while allowing them freedom to socialize with customers, and then settled into a booth.

Natasha found Bruce Banner in Brazil and tried to recruit him to help stop Heisenberg, while Coulson struggled to reach Tony Stark. The chapter left Tony preparing to investigate a mysterious Academy of Sciences invitation at a Brooklyn nightclub.

• Natasha bought a slum girl’s freedom and made her a S.H.I.E.L.D. reserve agent.
• Natasha lured Bruce Banner to a meeting and showed him footage of Heisenberg, asking for his help.
• Banner objected to being recruited for the Hulk’s strength, but Natasha urged him to use his own scientific mind.
• Coulson was turned away from Stark Industries again while trying to offer Tony Stark help with his palladium poisoning.
• Pepper Potts told Tony about an Academy of Sciences invitation delivered by the New York Mayor, and Tony decided to visit its nightclub address.

Heisenberg struggled with homesickness and loneliness while Bullseye expanded his influence in New York's underworld. After Agent Hill failed to recruit him for S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Fury concluded that Heisenberg's human emotions might still leave him with a weakness.

• Bullseye reported that gangs were fighting over New York's drug trade and received Heisenberg's approval to build their own criminal enterprises.
• Heisenberg agreed to invite Tony Stark to the nightclub's Mars Exploration Theme Party and sent him an invitation.
• Agent Hill visited Heisenberg in disguise, proposed cooperation on space exploration, and shared her memories of home.
• Heisenberg allowed S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to observe his nightclub as long as they caused no trouble, then went to the rooftop to reflect on his loneliness.
• Hill reported Heisenberg's emotional turmoil to Nick Fury, who suggested that his feelings might leave a narrow opening despite his immense power.

Tony Stark met Heisenberg at the Heisenberg Mansion nightclub, where Whiplash attacked him over his father’s stolen work. As Whiplash cornered Tony, Captain America intervened and kicked him away.

• Tony arrived at Heisenberg’s nightclub with Happy and asked to meet its owner.
• Steve Rogers and Coulson watched Tony, expecting an attack they planned to use to draw him into the Avengers while keeping him safe.
• Heisenberg learned he needed 282 units of Origin Matter to return to the DC Universe and went to meet Tony.
• Heisenberg and Tony traded insults before Whiplash burst into the nightclub and accused Tony’s father of stealing his father’s work.
• Whiplash attacked Tony with electric whips, blocking his way to the suitcase containing his armor while the crowd fled.
• Heisenberg took a picture of Tony as Whiplash prepared a killing blow, and Captain America kicked Whiplash away.

Heisenberg defeated Whiplash at his nightclub, then joined Tony, Captain America, Coulson, and Happy for a barbecue while S.H.I.E.L.D. contained the fallout. Meanwhile, Bruce Banner arrived at S.H.I.E.L.D. and learned that its plan involved bringing Heisenberg into its orbit as well as recruiting Banner.

• Captain America returned Tony's suitcase, and Tony put on his portable armor before Heisenberg struck Whiplash down with a single slap and destroyed his leaking reactor.
• Heisenberg hosted Tony, Captain America, Coulson, and Happy at his penthouse, where he revealed Captain America’s identity to Tony and teased them about Peggy.
• Barbara and S.H.I.E.L.D. persuaded the NCPD to treat Whiplash’s death as self-defense and took away his body and armor.
• Natasha brought Bruce Banner to the Three-Winged Building, where agents explained that they had gathered because of the incident at Heisenberg’s nightclub.
• Nick Fury told Banner that S.H.I.E.L.D. was using Whiplash to make contact with Tony and intended to invite Heisenberg to work with them; Banner accepted the plan while questioning whether Heisenberg would do the same.

Nick Fury met with Talos and Carol to discuss the mysterious Heisenberg, whom they suspected might be connected to the Shi'ar Empire. They agreed to investigate him while keeping Fury safe, but the chapter ended with Carol warning that Thanos’s forces and the Chitauri were massing near Kree territory.

• Nick Fury secretly met Talos aboard a hidden Skrull spacecraft and showed him footage of Heisenberg’s powers.
• Talos suspected Heisenberg might be part of a Shi'ar scheme and contacted Carol, who joined their discussion.
• Carol and Talos agreed to protect Nick Fury and send Skrull agents disguised as Fury and Hill to investigate Heisenberg.
• Nick Fury refused Talos’s request for Hulk genetic samples, and Carol redirected their argument by sharing news about Thanos’s forces gathering near Kree territory.

Heisenberg humiliated Tony Stark after Tony drunkenly charged at him, then returned home while Tony woke beside Pepper and revealed his fear of Heisenberg’s power and lack of mercy. Tony warned Pepper that Heisenberg could become an enemy, leaving their conflicting views of the powerful newcomer unresolved.

• Pepper drove Tony home, but Tony’s Mark V armor launched him at Heisenberg, who stopped him and sent him back to the car before flying away.
• Heisenberg returned to his mansion, spent the night with two women, and asked the system to dispose of the samples he had left behind.
• Barbara had the women removed from the villa, then accepted Heisenberg’s camera and his plan to use an embarrassing picture of Tony for an “Age of Iron” nightclub poster.
• Tony woke beside Pepper, and she noticed strange black marks around the reactor in his chest, but he dismissed her concerns.
• Tony told Pepper that Heisenberg might become an enemy because he had killed Whiplash without caring about the law, and he described him as a frightening, merciless version of Superman.

Heisenberg silenced the reporters gathered outside his Nightclub by dropping shattered ice on them and ordering Bullseye’s men to beat those who were not seriously injured. He then arranged a publicity campaign to protect his image and resolved not to let public opinion or legal pressure limit him.

• Reporters crowded outside Heisenberg’s Nightclub and shouted questions at him from below the rooftop.
• Heisenberg froze the Swimming Pool, shattered a huge block of ice over the reporters, and called Bullseye to send the injured to the hospital and have the rest beaten.
• Bullseye dispatched more than eighty vehicles and two hundred men to deal with the reporters, leaving Heisenberg’s rooftop quiet.
• Heisenberg instructed Billy to hire two expensive PR teams to present the incident as a consequence of his battle while saving New York.
• Heisenberg reflected on Superman’s public and legal troubles and decided he would use money and influence to prevent anyone from attacking him through public opinion.

Heisenberg captured Daredevil after the vigilante tried to drug him and Bullseye, then had Bullseye take Daredevil to the hospital for treatment. Bullseye learned Daredevil was the blind lawyer Matt Murdock and suffered a painful injury of his own.

• Heisenberg ignored Barbara’s call and spent the afternoon planning ways to send Earth’s people into space and harvest Origin Matter.
• A disguised Daredevil entered Heisenberg’s villa carrying Bullseye, questioned Heisenberg about his support for the Hell’s Kitchen gang war, and fled when his knockout drugs failed.
• Heisenberg caught Daredevil, brought him back to the rooftop, and ordered Bullseye to lock him up rather than kill him.
• Bullseye unmasked Daredevil in the abandoned basement laboratory and recognized him as the blind lawyer after striking him and seeing his injuries.
• Heisenberg called Bullseye and ordered him to take Daredevil to the hospital, adding that Bullseye should get his own injured backside checked.
• At the hospital, nurses whispered about Bullseye’s severe buttock injury and Daredevil’s broken ribs.