Chapter Summaries

Feeney helped Skye test her growing seismic powers, then learned Hulk had appeared at a nearby university and went to investigate. When General Ross ordered soldiers to capture Feeney, Feeney decided to retaliate against him.

• Feeney took Skye to the Himalayas, where she used Tony's Silver Steel Bracers to shake apart a mountain and exhausted herself.
• Skye trained more diligently while attention surrounding Feeney gradually faded.
• Billy showed Feeney videos of Hulk rampaging at a university, and Feeney decided to go there.
• Feeney used a portal to arrive beside Hulk and was caught in the soldiers' gunfire.
• General Ross ordered his soldiers to capture Feeney, so Feeney rose into the air and decided to teach Ross a lesson.

Feeney tried to restrain Ross while avoiding Hulk, but Betty’s attempts to stop the fight made Hulk mistake Feeney for an enemy. After Betty intervened and Hulk struck Ross, Feeney realized the situation had become troublesome.

• Feeney flew toward Ross, tripped him with the Golden Great Deduction Technique, and drove away the soldiers with Explosion Magic.
• Betty clung to Feeney as he grabbed Ross, but Feeney lifted them both into the air when Hulk charged at them.
• Feeney set Betty down and dodged Hulk’s attacks while carrying Ross, frightening Ross and keeping the soldiers from intervening.
• Betty rushed onto the battlefield and shouted for Hulk and Feeney to stop fighting, while Feeney searched for Abomination and learned nothing of his fate.
• Ross cut himself free and dropped from the air, but Hulk mistook his fall for Feeney attacking Betty, shielded her, and slapped Ross away.

Feeney pursued Hulk into the woods and calmed him by offering Jinji Fried Chicken Rolls, making his first friend. After the two bonded, Hulk changed back into Bruce Banner.

• Betty ran to her wounded father, Ross, while Hulk and Feeney broke away from the soldiers.
• Hulk fled into the woods, and Feeney followed rather than stay behind with Ross.
• Feeney summoned Jinji Fried Chicken Rolls, and Hulk ate them until his anger faded.
• Feeney introduced himself as Sorcerer and taught Hulk to call them friends.
• Hulk celebrated having a friend before collapsing and changing back into a middle-aged man.

Feeney met Bruce Banner after Hulk changed back and tried to persuade him that he could help both Banner and Hulk. Unsure how to keep Banner safe or where to take him, Feeney ended by asking whether he knew Tony Stark.

• Feeney asked Banner whether he remembered what Hulk had done, but Banner could recall nothing and called Hulk a monster.
• Banner tried to leave, but Feeney followed and guessed that Banner had come to New York to meet Mr. Blue as Mr. Green.
• Feeney told Banner he wanted to save both him and Hulk, and suggested they might eventually merge or be separated.
• Banner asked what Feeney wanted him to do, but Feeney could not find a safe place for him and asked whether he knew Tony Stark.

Feeney brought Bruce Banner to New York and tried to persuade him not to seek a cure from Mr. Blue, warning that the scientist could use Banner’s blood to create more monsters. Banner agreed to stay with Feeney for now, but after learning Hulk may have killed General Ross, he struggled to contain his anger.

• Feeney warned Banner that Mr. Blue had copied his blood and might use it to create more dangerous creatures, then offered to take Banner to see him.
• Feeney revealed his identity as Finney Hailsaiz, and Banner introduced himself as Bruce Banner.
• Feeney opened a portal to New York, gave Banner money to buy clothes, and waited for him outside a clothing store.
• Feeney and Banner went to a restaurant, where Feeney told Banner that Hulk might have slapped General Ross to death.
• Banner sprang up in shock but took deep breaths and calmed himself before Hulk could emerge.

Feeney and Banner found Samuel Stern at Grayben Academy and discovered he had stored large quantities of Banner’s blood, which they set out to destroy. Meanwhile, Blonsky completed a second injection and began interrogating a woman about Banner, claiming he could avenge her father.

• Banner asked Feeney about Betty, and Feeney said she had run to check on Ross after Hulk struck him.
• Banner told Feeney that Mr. Blue was Samuel Stern, and they went to Grayben Academy to find him.
• Feeney secretly followed Banner as he confronted Stern, then revealed himself after finding cabinets full of blood samples.
• Banner demanded that Stern destroy the stored blood, and Feeney urged them to get started.
• At a military base, Blonsky finished his second injection and grabbed a woman by the throat, demanding to know where Banner was.

Emil Blonsky tracked Bruce Banner to Grayben Academy, hoping to fight the Hulk, while Feeney and Banner worked to destroy the serum sample. Blonsky confronted Feeney in the lab as Banner escaped, and Feeney prepared to deal with him.

• Blonsky injected himself with more serum, grew stronger, and interrogated Betty for Banner’s location.
• Betty told Blonsky that Banner was headed to Grayben Academy, where he hoped Mr. Blue could cure the Hulk.
• Blonsky assembled soldiers and led them to Grayben Campus to stop Banner from eliminating the Hulk.
• Feeney sensed the soldiers searching the area and warned Banner to escape with Samuel Sterns while he stayed behind.
• Blonsky charged at Feeney, eager to fight him before pursuing the Hulk.

Feeney fought Blonsky, whose strength and healing rapidly increased as he mutated toward Abomination. After Hulk briefly intervened, Feeney defeated Blonsky with an enhanced Explosion Magic spell and proudly declared his strength to Hulk.

• Feeney clashed with Blonsky in the laboratory, then lured him outside and blasted him downstairs with Explosion Magic.
• Blonsky healed from his injuries and grew increasingly monstrous and powerful as his mutation advanced.
• Feeney prepared an enhanced Explosion Magic attack, but Hulk arrived and slammed Blonsky into the ground.
• Blonsky kicked Hulk away and challenged him, but Feeney stopped Hulk from joining the fight.
• Feeney slowed Blonsky with gravity and oxygen spells, then struck him with a powerful Explosion Magic spell.
• Feeney proudly told Hulk that he was strong after the attack nearly exhausted him.

Feeney defeated Blonsky, destroyed the remaining blood and Sterns's laboratory, then left the school with Hulk after failing to find Sterns. S.H.I.E.L.D. found Sterns and began questioning him, while Feeney took the hungry Hulk to the Himalayas and wondered where to keep him.

• Feeney confirmed Blonsky was dead and repeatedly cast Explosion Magic until only black powder remained.
• Feeney thanked Hulk for helping him, destroyed the remaining blood and laboratory, and searched unsuccessfully for Samuel Sterns.
• Feeney left the school with Hulk as S.H.I.E.L.D. and the military arrived; Natasha reported to Nick Fury, who said Feeney distrusted S.H.I.E.L.D.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. found Sterns asleep beneath a classroom desk, and Natasha questioned him after he woke.
• Feeney took Hulk to the Himalayas to avoid frightening Skye, where Hulk said he was hungry.

Feeney spoke with Hulk about his feelings toward Banner, his likes, and his limited time outside, then brought Banner back from the Himalayas. Banner worried about the blood and his future, while Feeney offered to take him to Tony Stark for help.

• Feeney asked Hulk about Banner, and Hulk said they hated each other but that he liked Feeney because Feeney gave him food.
• Hulk told Feeney that Banner's return felt like darkness and that he liked fighting and Jin Ji Fried Chicken Rolls.
• As Hulk began turning back into Banner, Feeney reassured him that he would bring him out again and helped him collapse safely.
• Feeney opened a portal and took the freezing Banner from the Himalayas to his room, where he gave him clothes.
• Banner asked what happened after the campus incident, and Feeney explained that he handled the soldier and took Hulk to eat.
• Feeney offered to take Banner to Tony Stark the next day, while Banner remained troubled and wary of trusting people.

Feeney helped Banner find a safe place to stay with Tony, then returned to school, where Billy refused to believe Feeney was the Divine Punishment Knight. The chapter ended with Billy challenging Feeney to prove his claim.

• Feeney told Tony about Banner, then took Banner to Tony's empty New York villa.
• Tony greeted Banner and provoked him by jabbing his side, but Banner did not transform.
• Tony offered Banner a place to stay, and Banner agreed to help with his scientific expertise.
• Feeney left Banner with Tony after warning Tony not to provoke him into bringing out Hulk.
• Billy asked Feeney whether he knew the Divine Punishment Knight, and Feeney claimed he was the knight.
• Billy scoffed at Feeney's claim and vowed to eat the desk if Feeney really was the Divine Punishment Knight.

Feeney denied knowing the Divine Punishment Knight while Billy relentlessly pressed him for information. After practicing his skills at home, Feeney visited Banner at his new villa.

• Billy questioned Feeney about the Divine Punishment Knight and showed him a notebook full of questions, but Feeney denied knowing the knight.
• Billy continued pestering Feeney throughout the afternoon, and Feeney was relieved when the school day ended.
• At home, Feeney let Skye practice her Quake powers and trained through a portal, hoping to grow strong enough to face future threats.
• The next day, Feeney visited Banner and asked how he was adjusting to life in the villa.

Feeney practiced Explosion and asked the Ancient One for help understanding the Mirror Dimension. While studying the portal spell, he accidentally opened one without choosing a destination, but it destabilized and vanished before he could identify where it led.

• Feeney practiced Explosion on Snow Mountain and found that casting it without an incantation reduced its power, while chanting consumed too much time and energy.
• Feeney gave Wong and the Ancient One Jin Ji Fried Chicken Rolls, then asked the Ancient One for guidance on the Mirror Dimension spell.
• The Ancient One created a Mirror Dimension for Feeney to examine and told him that studying portals could help him learn to control it.
• Feeney used the Eye of Agamotto to study the portal spell and accidentally opened a portal without setting a destination.
• Feeney saw a dark, unfamiliar place beyond the portal, but it destabilized and disappeared before he could work out where it led.

Feeney failed to reopen a mysterious, dangerous portal and learned that Ancient One could not identify the place, then focused on persuading Banner to cooperate in separating him from Hulk. The chapter ended with Banner hopeful about Feeney’s supposed plan, while Feeney privately believed Banner might be the one separated from his Gamma-mutated body.

• Feeney tried to reopen the portal in front of Ancient One, but an unknown force blocked him; Ancient One warned that the place was dangerous and declined to explain further.
• Billy continued pestering Feeney to introduce him to Divine Punishment Knight, but Feeney refused, and Billy eventually gave up.
• During summer vacation, Feeney visited Banner and found him discussing Stark Tower’s repairs and a new energy system with Tony.
• Feeney told Banner that Hulk could not simply be eliminated and described fusion or separation as the likely outcomes.
• Banner asked whether Feeney had found a way to separate them, and Feeney claimed that he needed Banner’s cooperation while privately considering separating Banner from his body.

Feeney took Banner and Tony to the Himalayas so Banner could transform into Hulk, then arranged for Tony to test Hulk's strength. Hulk knocked Tony away with one punch, leaving Tony's armor damaged and Hulk dismissing Iron Man as weak.

• Feeney asked Banner to let Hulk emerge more often so Feeney could understand him, and Banner agreed to transform later in the Himalayas.
• Feeney brought Banner and Tony to the Himalayas, where he provoked Banner into transforming into Hulk.
• Hulk greeted Feeney warmly but called Tony an enemy and grew eager when Feeney proposed a fight.
• Tony charged at Hulk to test his strength, and Hulk sent him flying with one punch.
• Jarvis reported that Tony's armor had sustained 38% damage and that its laser and palm ejection systems were damaged, while Hulk called Iron Man weak.

After Hulk easily overpowered Tony, Feeney showed Hulk his unarmored appearance and helped him summon Possessed by Evil Spirit. Hulk gained a dark green-accented armored form and immediately learned to turn invisible, leaving Feeney surprised by how easily he mastered the ability.

• Tony recovered from Hulk's punch, asked Feeney if he could control Hulk, and returned to his villa through a portal to repair his armor and plan a Hulkbuster.
• Feeney deactivated Possessed by Evil Spirit and introduced himself to Hulk as Feeney, but Hulk continued calling him Sorcerer.
• Feeney gave Hulk the armor's longsword and taught him to say the activation phrase, but Hulk stumbled over the words and said he was hungry instead.
• Feeney fed Hulk Fried Chicken Rolls, then helped him successfully equip Possessed by Evil Spirit.
• Hulk appeared in dark silver armor with dark green streaks and quickly learned to turn invisible, then played with the ability while Feeney watched.

Feeney tested Hulk’s strength with and without Possessed by Evil Spirit, then fought him to gain experience. After ending the increasingly dangerous fight, Feeney took Hulk to Banner’s villa and introduced him to a variety of food.

• Feeney had Hulk lift a boulder with Possessed by Evil Spirit, then found Hulk struggled much more after Feeney dismissed it.
• Feeney challenged Hulk to a fight, and Hulk hesitated because he considered Feeney a friend.
• Feeney fought Hulk on the ground to gain experience, dodging his attacks as Hulk grew angrier and adapted to Feeney’s style.
• Feeney ended the fight by flying into the sky and called it a draw, earning experience but no victory bonus.
• Feeney offered to treat the sulking Hulk to food, took him through a portal to Banner’s villa, and stopped him from touching the wine cabinet.
• Feeney brought back snacks and meals from supermarkets and restaurants, letting Hulk discover the variety of Earth’s food.

Feeney stayed with Hulk overnight and struggled to decide how Banner and Hulk could safely share the world. After three days, Hulk finally let Banner return, leaving Feeney relieved.

• Feeney stayed at Banner’s home while Hulk ate, watched cartoons, and slept without changing back.
• Feeney called Skye, who mistakenly thought he was spending the night with a woman, and he clarified that his friend was a man with health problems.
• Feeney considered whether to help people accept Hulk or arrange for Hulk and Banner to take turns appearing.
• Feeney spent three days accompanying Hulk, taking him to remote places to fight and watching television with him at night.
• On the evening of the third day, Hulk said Banner wanted out and shrank back into Banner, whom Feeney greeted with relief.

Banner woke after Hulk had remained in control for three days, far longer than usual. Feeney persuaded Banner to keep letting Hulk emerge by claiming that Hulk had always existed inside him and needed to return to his original place.

• Banner told Feeney that Hulk usually appeared for only a few minutes or up to six hours, and said he had tried to keep Hulk out longer to help Feeney.
• Feeney considered how to introduce Hulk to the public and protect him from groups like Hydra, while noting that his time with Hulk had earned him considerable experience.
• Feeney told Banner that Hulk might have existed inside him all along, using a cup filled with water gathered from the air to illustrate his theory.
• Banner questioned Feeney's theory and asked whether it would affect their ability to separate.
• Feeney urged Banner to keep letting Hulk emerge, arguing that it could help Banner control Hulk or make separation easier.
• Banner, reassured by Feeney's presence, asked what he should do.

After helping Banner recover from Hulk’s three-day outing, Feeney warned Skye not to sacrifice her life for strength. A news report about Wakanda caught his attention, and Nick Fury later called asking him to rescue a frozen man in the Arctic, whom Feeney immediately identified as Captain America.

• Banner recalled Hulk’s strongest memories as snacks and cartoons, leaving him suspicious about what had happened during the three days.
• Feeney told Skye that Hulk was unmatched in strength and urged her to pursue power without neglecting the people and happiness she already had.
• Skye realized she had been neglecting her parents and Feeney, apologized, and promised not to overtrain.
• Feeney heard that Wakanda had refused United Nations aid and considered seeking out Black Panther and the Heart-Shaped Herb.
• Nick Fury asked Feeney to retrieve a living staff member frozen in the Arctic, and Feeney guessed that the man was Captain America.