Chapter Summaries

Feeney helped Nick Fury retrieve the frozen Captain America from an Arctic base and transport him to a secret facility for treatment. Captain America was expected to survive, while Feeney recognized that his return brought the coming Space Portal crisis closer.

• Feeney agreed to help Nick Fury retrieve Captain America and brought Coulson along through a portal to the Arctic Ocean.
• Feeney, Fury, and Coulson found Steve Rogers frozen in a block of ice at a temporary base.
• Feeney considered how Bucky's history with Tony could cause conflict, then set the issue aside.
• Feeney carried Captain America and the ice through a portal to Nick Fury's Secret Base, where medical staff took over.
• Feeney assured Fury that Captain America would wake and adapt quickly, and noted that Loki's Space Portal was drawing nearer.

Feeney refused to explain how he recognized Captain America and told Nick Fury that he would take responsibility for Hulk while keeping him with Tony Stark. Back home, Feeney told Skye that Captain America had survived and might soon appear on television.

• Feeney rejected Nick Fury's questions about how he knew Captain America and why he had saved Bruce Banner.
• Feeney insisted that his choices were his own and promised Nick Fury he would answer for any trouble Hulk caused.
• Nick Fury considered Captain America essential to bringing the Avengers together, while Feeney returned home unaware of Fury's plans.
• Feeney told Skye that Captain America was alive, and Skye questioned how he had survived being frozen.
• Feeney explained that Captain America had ended up in the ice because he had not learned how to jump from a plane properly.

Feeney kept training with Hulk while helping the Sorcerers at Kamar-Taj stockpile fried chicken rolls. Repeated fights made 'Possessed by Evil Spirit' evolve again, giving Feeney Physical Resistance and hope of eventually beating Hulk head-on.

• After missing three days at Kamar-Taj, Feeney bought freezers and filled them with Sumire's Fried Chicken Rolls for the Sorcerers.
• Banner questioned Feeney about his time with Hulk and wondered whether their plan could work; Feeney urged him to keep trying.
• Feeney fought Hulk, tried to tempt him with food and television, and eventually took him out for a meal after the destructive battle.
• Feeney resumed fighting Hulk every three days, gaining experience as Hulk rapidly improved and began landing punches.
• After taking several of Hulk's powerful blows, Feeney evolved 'Possessed by Evil Spirit' and gained Physical Resistance.

Feeney used Golden Great Deduction Technique to weaken Hulk and enhance himself before their sparring match, hoping to finally defeat him without causing serious harm. He gained the upper hand with a series of strikes, but his boosts were already fading as Hulk began to recover.

• Feeney explained to Banner that he was training to stop Hulk if he ever lost control, and Banner transformed into Hulk for their sparring session.
• Feeney brought Hulk to the snowy site of his old fight with Iron Monger and gave him Sumire's Fried Chicken Rolls to keep him cheerful.
• While Hulk ate, Feeney used Golden Great Deduction Technique to reduce Hulk's strength, speed, defense, and reaction speed while doubling his own attributes.
• Feeney started the fight before Hulk could eat more, and Hulk found himself weak and unable to get angry while Feeney took his attacks head-on.
• Feeney struck Hulk with a punch and a rapid combination, sending him flying as Feeney felt his enhancements begin to fade.

Feeney defeated Hulk by exploiting the Golden Great Deduction Technique and distractions, earning a huge Experience Point reward before refusing Hulk’s rematch. Back at Kamar-Taj, he sparred with Mordo, asked after Kassilius, and sought guidance on dimensional space as he continued studying the Mirror Dimension.

• Feeney used the Golden Great Deduction Technique and Sumire's Fried Chicken Roll to knock Hulk unconscious and claim his first victory over him.
• Hulk admitted Feeney had won, then demanded another fight, but Feeney promised to fight again in three days and placated him with food and toys.
• Feeney realized his victory over Hulk had earned three times his usual Experience Points, equivalent to defeating twenty Mordos.
• At Kamar-Taj, Feeney sparred with Mordo, whose instruction led him to use spells and the Ring of Kaggador instead of relying on brute force.
• Feeney asked Mordo how Kassilius was recovering, then requested help understanding dimensional space and the Mirror Dimension.

Feeney continued trying to master dimensional magic and, after weeks of practice, opened a portal into an unfamiliar dimension. As he tried to escape, a mysterious black panther closed the portal and trapped him.

• Feeney told Billy he had spent the summer studying, while Billy pressed him for news about the Divine Punishment Knight.
• Feeney failed to recreate the portal at Kamar-Taj and continued training with Hulk and practicing magic.
• Feeney kept exploring dimensions and, on October 7, opened a portal into a strange grassland beneath a purple sky.
• A woman's voice asked who Feeney was, and a huge black panther swatted him away from the portal, which then disappeared.

Feeney accidentally entered Bastet’s dimension, learned that she wanted him to warn the Sorcerer Supreme about a broken agreement, and was ordered by The Ancient One to handle the consequences if Bastet came to Earth. He also discovered that faith sustained Bastet’s dimension and that his visit had advanced his understanding of dimensional spaces.

• Feeney met Bastet in her dimension, apologized for arriving by accident, and opened a portal to leave.
• Bastet told Feeney to inform the Sorcerer Supreme that Kamar-Taj’s mages had broken their agreement first, giving her a chance to return.
• Feeney reported the encounter to The Ancient One, who ordered him to keep Bastet from endangering Earth and drive her out if she descended.
• The Ancient One explained that Bastet would lose much of her power outside her dimension, while Feeney worried she might refuse to leave.
• Feeney realized that Wakandan faith and the royal family’s followers sustained Bastet’s dimension, and that exploring it had advanced his understanding of dimensional spaces.

After The Ancient One decided that Feeney was ready to face a dimensional invasion, he grew anxious to gain his sixth skill and prepared for trouble from Bastet. Banner joined Tony's company, while Feeney considered how to deal with the goddess and ended the chapter baffled by Tony and Banner's questions about her.

• The Ancient One closed her eyes and decided Bastet was a suitable opponent for Feeney to face as a test.
• Feeney grew eager to draw his sixth skill and worried that Bastet might cause trouble.
• Tony invited Banner to work at Stark Tower, and Banner accepted after Feeney reassured him that Hulk would try not to emerge.
• Tony invited Feeney and Banner to a celebration, but both declined.
• Feeney told Tony and Banner that he had provoked an unknown goddess and was trying to get stronger.
• Feeney considered recruiting Hulk, Iron Man, S.H.I.E.L.D., or Hydra against Bastet, and was stunned when Tony and Banner asked whether he had done something to her.

Feeney struggled to keep up with his packed schedule while studying magic and fighting Hulk, and Skye began questioning how she should use her powers after witnessing a robbery. After Skye stopped the robber herself, she asked Feeney what it was like to be a superhero.

• Feeney and Hulk fought to a draw, and Feeney hurried back to his demanding routine of school, magic training, and combat.
• Skye went to a supermarket for snacks, watched a masked robber steal money, and chose not to intervene because she feared causing trouble for Feeney.
• The same robber tried to rob Skye on her way home, so she used her power to send him flying and called Feeney for help.
• Feeney reassured Skye that the robber was not badly hurt, and Skye asked him to make the man forget the incident and return the stolen money.
• Skye asked Feeney what it was like to be a superhero.

Feeney advised Skye not to make becoming a hero her goal after she felt troubled about failing to stop a supermarket robbery. As Feeney neared his Sixth Draw, Banner and Tony were unavailable to help him gain experience, so he went to Kamar-Taj to find Mordo.

• Feeney hypnotized the robber at Skye's request and took her home, where she asked whether Feeney had ever felt lost about how to use his powers.
• Feeney told Skye he was willing to help people but warned her that heroes often had to sacrifice themselves, and she said she had never intended to become a Superhero.
• By October 20, Feeney was only a sliver of experience away from his Sixth Draw, and Billy noticed that he seemed distracted at school.
• Feeney asked Banner to bring out Hulk for a fight, but Banner refused because he had an important project and could not summon Hulk for several days.
• Feeney learned that Tony was abroad at a company party, so he opened a portal to Kamar-Taj and went to Mordo's room to gain experience.

Feeney tried to draw experience from Mordo, then filled his Experience Bar by fighting him and returned home to attempt his Sixth Draw. The chapter ended as Feeney began the draw, with the result still unrevealed.

• Feeney startled Mordo by sneaking into his room at night, then escaped and practiced his abilities in the Himalayas until sunrise.
• Feeney apologized to Mordo with a Jin Ji Fried Chicken Nuggets wrap and challenged him to a fight after breakfast.
• Mordo fought Feeney at full strength but could not break through the defenses of Possessed by Evil Spirit.
• Feeney filled his Experience Bar, left Kamar-Taj, and began the Sixth Draw after recovering and calming his mind.

Feeney summoned a Blue-Eyes White Dragon and discovered that it obeyed commands and could evolve by eating energy-rich food. He decided to seek out the Tesseract so the dragon could absorb some of its energy.

• Feeney used his new card skill in the Snow Mountain and summoned a car-sized Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
• Feeney tested the dragon and found that it followed commands but had no independent thoughts.
• Feeney discovered that the dragon could evolve by consuming anything with energy or calories, and fed it Jin Ji Fried Chicken Nuggets.
• Feeney considered taking the Tesseract from Nick Fury so the dragon could absorb its energy before Asgard reclaimed it.

Feeney tested his newly summoned Blue-Eyes White Dragon and began feeding it Jin Ji Fried Chicken Nuggets to help it evolve, while considering how to get access to the Tesseract. By early November, he decided to warn Nick Fury about the Space Stone’s dangers and contacted him for the first time.

• Feeney tested Blue-Eyes White Dragon’s abilities, then dismissed it and watched it return to a card.
• Feeney discovered that Blue-Eyes White Dragon could eat enormous quantities of Jin Ji Fried Chicken Nuggets, but its evolution progressed slowly despite a week of feeding.
• Feeney weighed ways to convince Nick Fury to let Blue-Eyes White Dragon try the Tesseract without provoking S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Skye told Feeney their fridge was nearly empty, and he agreed to take her shopping despite her guilty admission that she had been eating more.
• By early November, Feeney decided to warn Nick Fury about the Space Stone and contacted him.

Finney told Nick Fury that Earth faced trouble involving Asgard and the Tesseract, using Fury’s fears to gain leverage. Fury took Finney seriously but left uncertain what Asgard might demand.

• Finney warned Nick Fury that he was in big trouble, then waited until Fury came to meet him in person.
• Finney revealed that he knew about Fury’s dealings with the Kree and Skrulls, and Fury demanded that Finney keep the information secret.
• Finney reminded Fury of the Asgard Incident and said the Tesseract had originally been left on Earth by the Asgardians.
• Fury asked what would happen if he refused to return the Tesseract, and Finney said he would first need to establish that he had the right to refuse.

Feeney warned Nick Fury that Asgard might come for the Tesseract, while concealing his real concern about S.H.I.E.L.D. continuing its research. He then visited Tony Stark to ask about an Arc Reactor as a possible way to help Blue-Eyes White Dragon evolve.

• Feeney warned Nick Fury about possible trouble involving the Tesseract and advised him to give it up, but Fury insisted it belonged to S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Nick Fury visited the joint NASA and S.H.I.E.L.D. base, learned from Erik Selvig that Tesseract research had made little progress, and told Hawkeye Barton to watch for anything unusual.
• Feeney considered Tony Stark's New Element Arc Reactor as another possible aid to Blue-Eyes White Dragon's evolution.
• Feeney visited Tony Stark's villa, where Pepper told him Tony was in the workshop.
• Feeney found Tony working on the Mark VII and suggested combining an anti-tank missile with a heavy missile before Tony asked why he had come.

Feeney tried to feed Tony’s Miniature Arc Reactor to Blue-Eyes White Dragon, but the dragon could not digest it. He then agreed to protect the Tesseract for Nick Fury at S.H.I.E.L.D.’s base for one million a day and prepared to take a week off school.

• Feeney asked Tony for a Miniature Arc Reactor to feed his pet, and Tony trusted him enough to hand one over.
• Feeney summoned Blue-Eyes White Dragon on Snow Mountain and watched it spit out the reactor after trying to swallow it.
• Nick Fury asked Feeney how to stop Asgard from taking the Tesseract, then asked for his help protecting it.
• Feeney agreed to guard the Tesseract at S.H.I.E.L.D.’s base for one million a day, and Nick Fury accepted immediately.
• Feeney arranged to take a week off school, told Skye he would be away, and warned Mordo that he might not visit Kamar-Taj for a while.

Feeney visited S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Tesseract facility, met Maria Hill, Dr. Erik Selvig, and Clint Barton, and insisted they call him a Sorcerer. As he examined the Tesseract, it activated and transported him away.

• Feeney arrived at the base with Nick Fury, met Hill, and introduced himself as the Silver Mage and a Sorcerer.
• Nick Fury showed Feeney his prepared room and introduced him to Dr. Erik Selvig and Clint Barton.
• Feeney followed Nick Fury into the experimental area and approached the Tesseract despite Fury's warning to protect it.
• The Tesseract began glowing brighter as Feeney examined it, and the staff rushed to investigate.
• Feeney felt restrained as a childlike voice sounded in his mind, then blue light engulfed him and he lost contact with Nick Fury and the others.

Feeney was transported to Vormir by the Space Stone and met Red Skull, who expected him to take over as the Soul Stone’s guardian. After failing to open a portal home, Feeney reached the Soul Stone’s altar and began considering how to confront the Stones, leaving his reason for being sent there unresolved.

• Feeney arrived on Vormir, where Red Skull eagerly asked if he had come to replace him.
• Feeney tried and failed to open a portal home, then reasoned that The Ancient One might be able to find him.
• Feeney asked Red Skull to take him to the Soul Stone and explained his identity and that the Tesseract had transported him.
• Red Skull told Feeney that obtaining the Soul Stone required sacrificing someone he loved, but Feeney scorned the condition.
• Feeney suspected the Soul Stone might have a will of its own and considered demanding an explanation and compensation from it.

Nick Fury investigated the Tesseract’s sudden activation and Finney’s disappearance, while Finney spoke with Red Skull on Vormir. Red Skull named Finney the new leader of Hydra, leaving Finney stunned by his unexpected appointment.

• Nick Fury questioned Erik Selvig about the Tesseract’s activation, and Selvig said the data suggested it had activated on its own.
• Hill told Nick Fury that no one who had recently contacted the Tesseract seemed suspicious, and Selvig said Finney might no longer be on Earth.
• Nick Fury ordered Selvig to find a way to bring Finney back and told Hill and Barton to investigate the base and prevent further incidents.
• On Vormir, Finney told Red Skull that Captain America had been found after seventy years and that Hydra had grown into a major intelligence organization.
• Red Skull became angry at the thought of Captain America defeating Hydra again and asked Finney to save the organization.
• Red Skull declared Finney Hydra’s new leader, and Finney protested that he was an enemy of Hydra.

Feeney refused Red Skull’s offer to lead Hydra and tried to force the Soul Stone to appear by threatening Vormir with Explosion Magic. The Soul Stone revealed that Space had sent him there out of curiosity, and Feeney left the encounter expecting Space to send him back when it next activated.

• Feeney declined to become Hydra’s Supreme Leader, suspecting Earth’s Hydra factions would unite against him.
• Feeney called for the Soul Stone and threatened to destroy its altar and planet if it did not appear.
• Feeney began an unusually powerful Explosion Magic chant, but the Soul Stone interrupted him and explained that Space had teleported him to Vormir to observe his unusual soul.
• Feeney demanded to be sent back, and the Soul Stone promised to have Space do so the next time it activated.
• Feeney redirected his weakened Explosion Magic toward a distant mountain, then told Red Skull that Earth had changed considerably.