Chapter Summaries

Dilos learned that the Lizard Monster had captured his teacher, Dr. Curtis Connors, and rushed to rescue him. Ororo agreed to fly Dilos toward North New York, leaving the Xavier Institute under Jean Grey’s watch.

• Dilos prepared for his interaction session until a news alert reported that Dr. Curtis Connors had been captured by the Lizard Monster.
• Dilos retrieved his combat suit and gear, then asked Ororo to fly him to North New York so he could save his teacher.
• Ororo agreed and took Dilos to a hidden hangar beneath the Institute’s courtyard, where a black plane rose from underground.
• Jean Grey contacted Ororo, expressed concern about leaving the students, and watched as Ororo and Dilos departed.
• Ororo piloted the plane toward North New York while Dilos prepared for the rescue.

Kingpin abducted Dr. Connors after transforming himself into a Lizard Monster, and overwhelmed the soldiers who tried to stop him. At S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, Nick Fury learned how Kingpin escaped and ordered Maria Hill to connect him to Tony Stark.

• Kingpin broke into Dr. Connors's home, revealed his transformation, and credited Connors's serum for keeping him alive.
• More than twenty soldiers surrounded Kingpin and opened fire, but their weapons failed to stop him.
• Kingpin's roar stunned the soldiers, and he killed them while escaping with Dr. Connors.
• Nick Fury berated S.H.I.E.L.D. staff after learning Kingpin had abducted Connors in New York.
• Maria Hill reported that Kingpin had injected two serums after Black Widow and Hawkeye nearly captured him, and Fury asked her to put him through to Tony Stark.

Kingpin rampaged through the streets as a monstrous Lizard, killing civilians and police until Dilos arrived and rescued Dr. Connors. At S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, Nick Fury prepared a new weapon and ordered a search for whatever else Kingpin might be relying on.

• Kingpin carried Dr. Connors into the streets and began slaughtering fleeing civilians and responding police.
• Dr. Connors blamed himself for the deaths, but Dilos webbed Kingpin's head, rescued Connors, and told him to escape.
• Dilos confronted Kingpin and said he would deal with him.
• Nick Fury learned that Tony Stark had agreed to provide a new weapon, which Coulson was bringing to the scene.
• Fury told Hill that Kingpin's psychological issues had turned the serum into a key that unleashed his inner monster.
• Fury ordered a search of North New York's air and sea for suspicious people or objects, suspecting Kingpin had another advantage.

Dilos tracked the Lizard Monster holding Dr. Connors, used telepathy to discover that the monster was Kingpin, and rescued Connors before confronting him. The chapter ended with Kingpin threatening Dilos as Dilos taunted him.

• Dilos swung toward the Lizard Monster and used telepathy to probe the monster and Dr. Connors.
• Dilos discovered that the Lizard Monster was Kingpin and sensed that Dr. Connors had fallen into despair.
• Dilos threw a web grenade that covered Kingpin's head and gave Dr. Connors a chance to get away.
• After Dr. Connors reached safety, Kingpin broke free and threatened Dilos.
• Dilos mocked Kingpin and said he would decide what happened to him, as he had with Kingpin's underling.

Dilos taunted Kingpin and nearly incapacitated him by throwing a chili-laced Web Grenade into his mouth. Kingpin survived by tearing open his own windpipe and healing, leaving Dilos to consider his next move.

• Dilos insulted Kingpin until Kingpin erupted in fury and charged at him.
• Kingpin swung his tail at Dilos, but Dilos used his ki to leap over the attack.
• Dilos tossed a chili-laced Web Grenade into Kingpin's mouth, causing him to choke and suffer severe pain.
• Kingpin clawed inside his mouth and tore open his windpipe, coughing up Webbing and blood.
• Kingpin's healing ability restored him, and he realized the Webbing and chili powder had blocked his airway.
• Dilos watched Kingpin hesitate to attack and began planning another trick.

Dilos taunted Kingpin and used tricks to try to provoke him into losing control during their fight. Kingpin resisted charging blindly, but Dilos webbed his eye, driving him into a furious rage.

• Dilos reminded Kingpin of their repeated encounters and joked that their connection was fate.
• Dilos tricked Kingpin into thinking a clump of spider silk was a grenade, then detonated a grenade that blasted him with webbing and chili powder.
• Kingpin pulled away the silk and restrained himself from charging at Dilos despite his pain and anger.
• Dilos fired webbing into Kingpin’s bloodshot eye, and Kingpin screamed that he would kill him.

Dilos lured the enraged Kingpin into a prolonged pursuit, using taunts, webs, and mental influence to keep him attacking. He led Kingpin to the roof of a skyscraper and dodged his final charge, sending him falling to his death.

• Kingpin snapped and pursued Dilos, who escaped his attacks by swinging between buildings on webs.
• Kingpin began throwing rubble at Dilos, forcing him to dodge, until Dilos entered the Spirit Snake Wild Dance state and slashed Kingpin's wrists.
• Dilos tossed a Web Grenade at Kingpin, reigniting his rage and drawing him into a chase toward a skyscraper.
• Dilos ran up the skyscraper's wall, and Kingpin followed him to the roof by tearing through the building.
• Dilos dodged Kingpin's charge at the roof's edge, and Kingpin fell more than two hundred meters to the ground and died.

After killing Kingpin, Dilos confronted the S.H.I.E.L.D. team watching from an invisible Quinjet. Phil Coulson approached to speak with him and offered him a place in S.H.I.E.L.D., but Dilos refused.

• Dilos sensed Coulson and his team aboard a concealed Quinjet and made it clear he could track them as the jet moved.
• Coulson ordered the team to lower the Quinjet and talk to Dilos rather than use a weapon against him.
• Coulson followed Nick Fury's order to approach Dilos, while telling the team to retreat and report if Dilos turned hostile.
• The Quinjet landed, and Coulson introduced himself to Dilos and thanked him for stopping Kingpin.
• Dilos asked about the warhead-shaped device, and Coulson said it was classified unless Dilos joined S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Dilos refused Coulson's offer to join S.H.I.E.L.D.

Dilos refused Coulson’s offer to join S.H.I.E.L.D. and teased him by demanding that Kingpin’s body be destroyed completely. When a concealed Quinjet appeared beside Coulson’s aircraft, the S.H.I.E.L.D. team raised their weapons, and a smug man with a goatee stepped out.

• Dilos rejected S.H.I.E.L.D. because he wanted to avoid its restrictions and surveillance, then mocked Coulson over the lack of recruiting benefits.
• Dilos said he might consider joining if S.H.I.E.L.D. completely destroyed Kingpin’s body, but Coulson admitted he could not promise that.
• Coulson tried to learn Dilos’s identity and asked whether he was a Mutant, but Dilos pointed out that a hidden aircraft was approaching.
• Dilos struck the concealed Quinjet, revealing its position and prompting Coulson and his team to aim their weapons at it.
• The Quinjet appeared, opened its hatch, and a goateed man stepped out asking, “Why so serious?”

Tony Stark arrived at the disaster scene and destroyed Kingpin’s body before S.H.I.E.L.D. could take it. Dilos refused Tony’s offer to work for him, then swung away to meet Dr. Connors.

• Tony Stark arrived in his Quinjet, and Dilos recognized the eccentric billionaire as Happy hurried to protect him.
• Tony turned his Quinjet invisible and challenged Coulson over S.H.I.E.L.D.’s role in handling Kingpin’s body.
• Tony used his Quinjet to burn Kingpin’s body, and Coulson left with a squad after exchanging pleasantries with Dilos.
• Dilos told Tony he could call him Necro, rejected his offer of work, and swung away to speak with Dr. Connors.
• Tony complained to Happy that Dilos had rejected him.

Natasha and Clint watched Dilos leave after the battle, while Dilos found Dr. Connors among the ruins and tried to pull him out of despair. After revealing his identity, Dilos told Connors he needed to alter some of his memories.

• Natasha and Clint discussed Dilos and Kingpin before heading back to headquarters.
• Dilos searched for Dr. Connors and found him grieving among the rubble.
• Dilos confronted Connors, arguing that Kingpin and corrupt leaders—not Connors alone—were responsible for the deaths and warning that officials might exploit his research.
• When Connors begged Dilos to kill him, Dilos struck him and demanded that he recognize his voice.
• Dilos led Connors away from surveillance cameras, removed his mask, and revealed that he needed to alter some of Connors's memories.

S.H.I.E.L.D. reviewed the masked fighter Dilos and investigated the destroyed serum, while Nick Fury ordered surveillance of Dilos Sullivan without realizing the two were the same person. After protecting Dr. Connors and visiting the Mutant school, Dilos returned to Smallville.

• Maria Hill reported that the masked man had extraordinary strength and speed, unusual senses, wall-crawling abilities, and silk weapons, and she suspected he was a Mutant connected to the X-Men.
• Nick Fury learned that Dr. Connors's serum depended on an extraterrestrial substance that Kingpin had destroyed, and that intern Derek White had leaked the serum's existence to Kingpin.
• Coulson described Dilos Sullivan as a reclusive author and former intern, and Nick Fury ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to watch him briefly before withdrawing if nothing seemed suspicious.
• Dilos modified Dr. Connors's memories, removed evidence that could endanger him, and spent time with the students at the Mutant school.
• Dilos flew back to Smallville and felt happy to be home.

Dilos returned home and reunited with Gabe, Chloe, and Clark, then caught up on his studies. With his schoolwork mastered, he decided he needed to build his own powerful organization and called Lex.

• Dilos arrived home and joked with Gabe about Chloe dating Clark, then watched the couple kiss outside.
• Gabe called Chloe over, and she and Clark greeted Dilos warmly after his return.
• Gabe prepared a celebratory dinner, and the family spent the evening catching up while Clark returned to the farm.
• Dilos worked hard for several days to catch up on schoolwork and quickly mastered the material.
• Dilos decided that training alone was not enough and called Lex to pursue building a force of his own.

At a Metropolis Museum reception, Dilos practiced networking while considering whether to tell Lex about his powers. Clark then asked Dilos about his abilities, and Dilos chose not to reveal the secret behind Chloe’s apparent familiarity with them.

• Lex brought Dilos to a formal reception to practice talking with business executives, explaining that Dilos was too young to direct a company.
• Dilos considered telling Lex about his powers but decided to wait, then ran into Clark at the reception.
• Dilos teased Clark about getting together with Chloe, but Clark said the story was a long one.
• Clark thanked Dilos for saving the Kents and asked about Dilos’s superpowers after hearing about them from his parents.
• Dilos realized Clark wanted reassurance that they shared a connection, but kept quiet about secretly filming Chloe using her powers.

Dilos admitted some of his superpowers to Clark and grew closer to him, then resumed networking at Lex’s request. When a crash sounded at the museum entrance, Dilos rushed outside to investigate.

• Dilos told Clark that he had superpowers, describing his strength, reflexes, memory, and ability to sense emotions while claiming his X-ray glasses were a gadget.
• Dilos realized Clark avoided telling people he was an alien, but chose not to reveal that he knew the truth.
• Lex returned and prompted Dilos to speak with a senior executive, and Dilos completed the conversation successfully.
• Lex teased Dilos about his conversational skills before Victoria arrived and drew Lex’s attention.
• Dilos heard vehicles collide and glass break at the museum entrance, then rushed outside.

Clark stopped an out-of-control bus from hitting a sleeping homeless man, but a crooked police officer named Frank witnessed the rescue and Clark’s interaction with Dilos. Dilos recognized Frank as a threat and used his psychic power to invade his mind.

• Clark stopped the runaway bus and checked that the passengers and the sleeping homeless man were unharmed.
• Dilos warned Clark to leave before anyone arrived, and Clark sped away as museum guests rushed to the scene.
• Lex called for help handling the accident, while Chloe quietly asked Dilos whether Clark had caused it.
• Dilos assessed the damage and concluded that Clark had grown stronger, then noticed a middle-aged man watching him.
• Lex identified the watcher as Frank, a corrupt Metropolis police officer, and Dilos forced his way into Frank’s mind with psychic power.

Dilos immobilized Frank and tampered with his memories rather than killing him, then reassured Chloe after Clark stopped a car and took her back to Smallville. Frank left dazed, while Clark had already texted that he was going home.

• Dilos decided that killing Frank risked attracting attention, so he erased and altered Frank's memories while Frank was immobilized.
• Lex asked Dilos if he was okay, and Dilos convinced him that Frank had merely been looking at him.
• Dilos told Chloe that Clark had gone home and that the intersection cameras were being replaced, easing her concerns about Clark's actions.
• Dilos said goodbye to Lex and drove Chloe back to Smallville.

Dilos developed technological versions of X-Ray Vision and Heat Vision for his glasses, but struggled to combine them and decided to pursue better equipment by taking over John Hammond’s company and dinosaurs. He revealed to Lex that he could change his face, beginning to share the secrets he had promised to tell.

• Dilos built a technological pair of X-ray glasses and noted adjustments needed to improve their clarity, power, and design.
• Dilos recreated Heat Vision with a microwave generator but found the glasses weak, power-hungry, and impossible to combine with the X-ray function.
• After reading that John Hammond had died and International Genetic Technologies was bankrupt, Dilos decided to take over the company and its dinosaurs.
• Dilos invited Lex to his home and explained that he wanted to compete for Hammond’s company despite the powerful buyers involved.
• Dilos changed his face in front of Lex and told him that he was revealing one of his secrets.

Lex reflected on his longing for genuine friendship and how Dilos had renewed his hope for changing the world. After Dilos revealed his ability to alter memories, the two discussed trust and agreed to work together to take control of John Hammond’s enterprise.

• Lex recalled how Lionel’s cruelty had left him yearning for family affection and real friendship, while Dilos’s words rekindled his dreams.
• Lex explained that he had helped Dilos because he wanted his friendship and had been impressed by Dilos’s vision for changing the world.
• Dilos told Lex he could alter other people’s memories, and Lex reacted with fascination rather than fear.
• Lex showed Dilos the mental-protection device he wore and explained that he was sharing his secrets because he trusted him.
• Dilos said they needed to act together and declared that taking control of everything John Hammond had worked for was their first step toward becoming players.

Dilos and Lex went to International Genetic Technologies to carry out their takeover plan, despite John Hammond’s will making Simon Masaroni the company’s controlling shareholder. After learning the company’s ownership details by secretly probing people in a board meeting, Dilos began using mental control to make a board member his first pawn.

• Dilos and Lex learned that John Hammond had left his fifty percent stake in International Genetic Technologies to Simon Masaroni, who had already secured another seven percent.
• Lex worried that his father might eventually target Masaroni, but Dilos said they would take control of the company before that became a problem.
• Dilos and Lex passed the company’s strict security checks and waited outside a board meeting attended by directors and prospective buyers.
• Dilos used his X-ray glasses to identify which people inside had devices that blocked mental control.
• Dilos immobilized a man, searched and altered his memories, and learned the company’s shareholdings and board membership.
• Dilos shifted his control to an unprotected board member and called him his first pawn.