Recaps

Su Ming exploited the aftermath of the battle in Gamila to exchange Stark weapons for a huge fortune, while Nick Fury learned of his actions and decided to seek him out. The chapter left Su Ming scavenging weapons in Afghanistan as Fury prepared to approach him.

• Su Ming exchanged a Jericho missile truck for $120 million, bringing his account balance to $124,485,000.
• Tony discovered the Jericho truck had disappeared, and Su Ming convinced him he had destroyed it to prevent the weapons from harming people.
• Tony left Su Ming to handle the remaining weapons and invited him to meet in Las Vegas.
• Su Ming rapidly exchanged piles of Stark Industries weapons for money.
• Agent Hill reported Su Ming's victory in Gamila to Nick Fury, who ordered continued surveillance and set out to find him.

After making a fortune scavenging weapons in Afghanistan, Su Ming returned to New York, where Nick Fury approached him about the Avengers Initiative. Su Ming refused to join but offered his services if S.H.I.E.L.D. placed an order, quoting $100 million.

• Su Ming recalled how he had sold weapons and equipment from rebel strongholds in Afghanistan, raising his account balance to over $213 million.
• Nick Fury found Su Ming at the Manhattan Hotel and addressed him as the Crimson Silver Baron.
• Fury began explaining the Avengers Initiative, but Su Ming insisted he was only a bounty hunter interested in money.
• Su Ming offered to help S.H.I.E.L.D. if Fury placed an order, then quoted a price of $100 million.

Su Ming flew to Tony Stark’s Bay Villa, hoping to try on his armor, while Obadiah stole Tony’s Arc Reactor and left him near death. Tony struggled toward his spare reactor as Su Ming appeared and offered to help.

• Su Ming treated Alisha to an expensive dinner, then walked through New York and decided to visit Tony Stark.
• Tony asked Pepper Potts to retrieve shipping manifests that could expose Obadiah, and she later obtained the evidence.
• Obadiah discovered Pepper’s copied manifests and, after failing to make an Arc Reactor, decided to steal Tony’s.
• Su Ming reached the foot of Tony’s mountain home and hesitated over how to get inside.
• Obadiah paralyzed Tony, ripped out his Arc Reactor, and left him in agonizing danger from the shrapnel in his chest.
• Tony crawled toward his spare reactor, but could not reach it until Su Ming offered him help.

Su Ming arrived in time to give Tony Stark the Mark I Reactor after Obadiah stole it, then offered Tony his services when he learned Pepper and S.H.I.E.L.D. were moving to arrest Obadiah. Tony refused help, built his armor, and flew off, with Su Ming following him while Rhodes stayed behind and eyed the spare silver armor.

• Su Ming crushed the glass container and handed Tony the Mark I Reactor, which Tony installed in his chest.
• Rhodes arrived with a gun drawn, but Tony explained that Su Ming was not an enemy and confirmed Pepper was safe with S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.
• Tony realized Obadiah had built armor and warned that five agents would not be enough; Su Ming offered to help, but Tony insisted on handling it himself.
• Tony put on his armor, blasted a car aside, and flew through the ceiling, while Su Ming followed through the hole using a throwing knife.
• Rhodes watched them go, then noticed the unpainted silver armor and resolved to wear it next time.

Pepper Potts and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents discovered Obadiah's Iron Monger armor, and Tony Stark arrived to save Pepper and civilians from Obadiah's attack. Tony was run over by the rescued driver's car while Su Ming watched from nearby.

• Pepper Potts, Phil Coulson, and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents found Tony's old armor and encountered Obadiah piloting the Iron Monger, which killed several agents as Pepper escaped.
• Tony Stark flew to Pepper, learned that Obadiah had built armor, and arrived just as Iron Monger threatened her.
• Tony charged Iron Monger through gunfire, and their collision caused a traffic accident before Obadiah lifted a car full of children and a woman.
• Tony blasted Iron Monger away and caught the falling car, but the frightened driver accelerated and ran him over.
• Su Ming watched the fight from a streetlamp as Tony rolled across the road after the car struck him.

Su Ming watched Iron Monger overpower Tony Stark and offered to help, but demanded a higher fee than Tony’s fifty-million-dollar offer. Tony tried to defeat Obadiah himself by luring Iron Monger to high altitude, where ice disabled the armor and sent Obadiah falling.

• Iron Monger battered Tony and hurled him through a bus before Su Ming offered to intervene for a fee.
• Tony accepted Su Ming’s offer of fifty million dollars, but Su Ming insisted that Tony pay more.
• Obadiah recognized Su Ming as the bounty hunter Destiny and vowed to kill him after dealing with Tony.
• Tony flew upward with Iron Monger in pursuit while James Rhodes stopped the Air Force from intercepting them.
• Iron Monger’s armor froze and shut down at high altitude, and Tony struck its helmet as Obadiah fell from the sky.

Tony Stark’s failing armor left him cornered by Obadiah, forcing him to abandon his pride and hire Su Ming to intervene. Su Ming accepted Tony’s offer of two hundred million and blasted Iron Monger into the sky.

• Tony’s armor ran out of power, but he escaped Iron Monger’s crushing grip with tracer rounds and hid while considering a plan that would kill them both.
• Su Ming watched Tony prepare for a final confrontation, then answered a call from him during the battle.
• Tony offered Su Ming one hundred million to defeat Iron Monger, then raised the price to two hundred million when Obadiah closed in.
• Su Ming accepted the job and blasted Iron Monger skyward before Obadiah could react.

Su Ming tested his regenerative abilities against Iron Monger’s Gatling fire, then used throwing knives to accelerate himself through the air and pummel Obadiah’s armor. He continued battering Iron Monger at high speed, leaving it cracked and dented.

• Tony watched Su Ming fight Iron Monger and settled in to enjoy the spectacle after paying him two hundred million.
• Su Ming decided to broaden his fighting style and let Obadiah’s Gatling Gun shoot him, discovering that his wounds healed almost instantly.
• Su Ming’s arm was blown off by a bullet, but he reattached it and put on Tony’s discarded armor glove.
• Obadiah kept firing from the air, but Su Ming rushed at Iron Monger and punched its arms aside and its chest into a deep dent.
• Su Ming used throwing knives to accelerate through the sky and repeatedly struck Iron Monger, leaving Obadiah’s armor battered with cracks and dents.

Su Ming beat Obadiah’s Iron Monger armor while using the fight to hone his skills, then listened as Obadiah tried to buy his way out. After Obadiah canceled the bounty on Destiny, Su Ming still refused to take his side of the deal.

• Tony assured Pepper that he was safe and asked her to prepare money, while Obadiah struggled to defend himself against Su Ming’s attacks.
• Su Ming deliberately held back and used the durable Iron Monger as a sparring partner, while Obadiah tried to steady the armor and find a way out.
• Obadiah offered Su Ming ten million dollars and then thirty million to let him go, but Su Ming dismissed the offers.
• Su Ming reminded Obadiah about the bounty on Destiny, so Obadiah contacted the Underground Exchange and canceled the mission.
• Tony braced for another bidding contest, but Su Ming recalled Obadiah’s betrayal and said he did not take every job.

Obadiah Stane attacked Su Ming with Iron Monger after their deal fell apart, but Su Ming exchanged the missiles for money. Obadiah activated the reactor’s self-destruct and charged at him, and Su Ming turned to meet the threat with a high-speed kick.

• Obadiah Stane fired a swarm of missiles at Su Ming after Su Ming rejected his offer.
• Su Ming dodged the missiles and exchanged them one by one for cash.
• Obadiah activated Iron Monger’s self-destruct sequence and flew at Su Ming.
• Su Ming realized the reactor was about to explode, then accelerated into a dive toward Iron Monger.
• Su Ming kicked Iron Monger with both feet and shouted, “Ah da~~~!”

Su Ming defeated Obadiah, but the fight ended in a reactor explosion that destroyed the Stark workshop and badly injured Tony. A week later, Tony rejected S.H.I.E.L.D.’s cover story and publicly revealed that he was Iron Man.

• Obadiah tried to seize Su Ming, but Su Ming smashed Iron Monger and sent Obadiah into the reactor, triggering a devastating explosion that killed him.
• Su Ming found Tony amid the ruins, rescued him, and demanded the promised $198 million while Tony recovered from his injuries.
• News coverage turned Tony into a popular new superhero, while Su Ming remained first in the superhero rankings.
• At Stark Industries’ press conference, Tony ignored S.H.I.E.L.D.’s prepared alibi and announced that he was Iron Man.

After Tony Stark’s Iron Man reveal boosted Stark Industries’ stock, Su Ming used the money Tony transferred to upgrade Steel Body and Physique Enhancement. He tested his new durability but could not fly, then discovered his increased strength was damaging everything around him.

• Tony Stark revealed that he was Iron Man, and Stark Industries’ stock surged as a result.
• Su Ming received Tony’s 200 million dollar transfer and exchanged money for Steel Body, then upgraded it to resist large-caliber weapons.
• Su Ming tested Steel Body by breaking a knife on his palm, jumping from a building, and firing a handgun at his chest without injury.
• Su Ming tried to fly but only managed a high jump, then saw that stronger Superman talents such as Biological Force Field were beyond his budget.
• Su Ming spent nearly all his remaining money upgrading Physique Enhancement to Lv4 and found that ordinary movements now crushed cups, door handles, and furniture.

Su Ming adapted to his enhanced body and accepted Tony Stark’s invitation to Las Vegas, where his reckless gambling cost Tony hundreds of millions of dollars. On the flight back, Tony brushed off the loss and suggested they visit a racetrack in Morocco.

• Su Ming tested his strength by lifting tanks and moving cargo ships, while Peter Parker continued fighting crime and worried about a dangerous man in green armor.
• Tony Stark called Su Ming to remind him of their Las Vegas trip, and they flew there together on Tony’s private jet.
• Tony promised to split any winnings with Su Ming while covering all losses, and Su Ming’s uninformed, reckless bets helped him lose five hundred million dollars in three days.
• Tony dragged the still-eager Su Ming out of the casino and confronted him on the private jet, where Su Ming explained that he had never claimed to know how to gamble.
• Tony put the loss behind him and invited Su Ming to have fun at a racetrack in Morocco.

Su Ming noticed Tony Stark’s palladium poisoning and offered to cure him for $500 million, but Tony refused to believe him and raced at Monte Carlo. The chapter ended when a mysterious attacker with an arc reactor and electrified whips appeared on the track.

• Su Ming appraised Tony Stark’s private jet at $400 million and considered ways to make money while Tony worried about his worsening palladium poisoning.
• At the Monte Carlo Circuit, Tony invited Su Ming to race, and Su Ming spotted bluish-black signs of poisoning on Tony’s skin.
• Su Ming offered to solve Tony’s poisoning for $500 million, but Tony dismissed the offer and went to race.
• As Su Ming watched the race begin, a staff member revealed an arc reactor and attacked the track with electrified whips.
• Su Ming recognized the attacker but could not immediately recall his name.

Ivan Vanko attacked Tony Stark at the racetrack, where Tony fought back in his new armor and defeated him. Su Ming profited from exchanging the wrecked race cars, then left for Washington with a plan to use his next acquisition to negotiate with Tony.

• Ivan Vanko stormed the racetrack and used his electric whips to destroy race cars, including Tony's, while Su Ming rescued Tony from the wreckage.
• Su Ming exchanged two damaged race cars for millions of dollars as Tony struggled against Ivan and pleaded for help.
• Happy rammed Ivan with Tony's Rolls-Royce, but Ivan wrecked the car before Pepper could pass Tony the armor case.
• Tony donned his new Iron Man suit, endured Ivan's attacks, then wrapped up Ivan's whips and tore the Arc Reactor from his chest.
• Police arrested Ivan, and Su Ming flew to Washington, hoping to visit the Triskelion and obtain something he could use to negotiate with Tony.

Su Ming arrived at S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Triskelion to find Howard Stark’s box, but Hawkeye tried to stop him before Nick Fury recognized him as a guest. The chapter left Clint stunned as Fury called him to escort Su Ming inside.

• Su Ming reached the Triskelion in his Crimson Suit and leaped toward the director’s office to search for Howard Stark’s box.
• Hawkeye Clint Barton spotted Su Ming and shot an arrow at him, but Su Ming caught it without injury.
• Clint fired smoke and explosive arrows, and Su Ming cleared the smoke with a gust before jumping down beside him.
• Su Ming greeted Clint and asked him not to interfere with his urgent business inside S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters.
• Nick Fury called Clint and identified Su Ming as his guest, leaving Clint bewildered.

Su Ming negotiated with Nick Fury for Howard Stark’s relic and accepted a paid mission to recover a serum sample for the military. After returning to his hotel, Su Ming found a badly injured Peter Parker, who confessed that he had killed his best friend’s father.

• Su Ming asked Nick Fury for Howard Stark’s box, and Fury offered to give it to him in exchange for help with a mission.
• Su Ming agreed to recover a missing researcher’s serum sample for a fee of one hundred million and the Stark relic.
• Su Ming left S.H.I.E.L.D. after finalizing the mission details and exchanging contact information with Agent Hill.
• Peter Parker climbed through Su Ming’s hotel window, badly wounded and with his mask damaged.
• Peter told Su Ming that he had killed his best friend’s father.

Norman Osborn attacked Oscorp’s annual celebration as the Green Goblin, and Peter Parker killed him while saving the guests, leaving Peter grieving and unsure how to face Harry. Su Ming comforted Peter and helped him accept what happened, though he privately had no intention of becoming a superhero.

• Norman Osborn used his enhanced strength and weapons to slaughter Oscorp executives at the company’s celebration, and Peter changed into his Spider Suit to fight him.
• Norman gained the upper hand and threatened Aunt May and Gwen, but Peter defeated him; Norman revealed his identity before a glider blade meant for Peter struck Norman instead.
• Norman asked Peter not to tell Harry, but Harry saw his father’s body and blamed Spider-Man for his death.
• Grief-stricken, Peter went to Su Ming, who reassured him that Norman’s death was not his fault and that he had saved others from further harm.
• Peter admired Su Ming’s wisdom and became excited when Su Ming promised to become a superhero after making enough money, while Su Ming privately rejected the idea.

Su Ming and Alisha traveled to Brazil to help S.H.I.E.L.D. capture Bruce Banner, whose Hulk transformation had drawn the military’s attention. At the wrecked factory, Su Ming held back from joining the fight until he could negotiate directly with General Ross.

• Harry Osborn blamed Spider-Man for his father’s death and vowed to confront him.
• Bruce Banner lived in hiding in Brazil, mailed his blood to Mr. Blue, and was exposed after a drop contaminated a soda bottle shipped to the United States.
• General Ross tracked Banner to Brazil, assembled a capture squad led by Colonel Emil Blonsky, and notified S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Agent Hill summoned Su Ming to Brazil, and Alisha insisted on accompanying him.
• Su Ming and Alisha arrived as the Hulk battled the military squad, and Su Ming refused to join the fight before meeting General Ross.
• Su Ming pushed aside several tons of steel blocking an aide’s path and demanded that the aide take him to the general.

After Emil Blonsky’s hunt for Banner ended in disaster, Su Ming met General Ross and negotiated over the bounty job. Blonsky confronted Ross about the monster, then watched Su Ming crush a rifle with ease.

• Emil Blonsky’s team failed to injure Hulk, who crushed two soldiers, threw a forklift at Blonsky, and escaped through a wall.
• Blonsky blamed Ross for withholding information and went to demand an explanation.
• Su Ming arrived at Ross’s command post with Alisha and insisted they discuss the price before he proved his abilities.
• Ross demanded that Su Ming prove his worth, but Blonsky interrupted to complain about the mission and learn that Banner himself was the monster.
• Blonsky tried to throw his rifle in anger, but Su Ming caught it, crushed it into a small ball, and tossed it into a trash can.

Su Ming impressed General Ross by crushing a rifle with his bare hands, then negotiated a $200 million deal to provide a blood sample for Ross’s Super-Soldier Serum research. The staff could not pierce Su Ming’s skin, while Bruce Banner woke in Guatemala and struggled to reach the files that might cure him.

• Alisha secretly held Su Ming’s hand as soldiers, Emil Blonsky, and General Ross reacted to Su Ming crushing and tossing an FN-SCAR rifle.
• Blonsky resolved to ask General Ross for a way to gain similar strength, and Ross decided Su Ming’s blood could help his serum research.
• Su Ming and General Ross bargained over a blood sample before settling on $200 million, with Su Ming demanding payment first.
• The staff assigned to draw Su Ming’s blood failed to pierce his skin and ran around in frustration.
• Bruce Banner awoke in Guatemala, learned he had traveled fifteen thousand miles, and set out to find files that might break his curse.
• Penniless and barefoot, Banner used coins given to him by a child to buy a large pair of pants.

Banner reunited with Betty, recovered the backup of his experimental data, and decided to seek help from Mr. Blue rather than General Ross. Meanwhile, Blonsky received a blue serum injection, and Su Ming negotiated new terms with Ross after the military failed to draw his blood.

• Banner found Betty with a new partner, then later reunited with her in the rain and accepted the USB drive containing his experimental data.
• Banner rejected Betty's suggestion to seek help from General Ross and said he would turn to Mr. Blue.
• General Ross told Blonsky about Banner's experiment and gave him a blue serum based on the Captain America serum; Blonsky chose to be injected despite the risks.
• The military failed to draw blood from Su Ming despite using more than a hundred needles, leaving General Ross unable to replicate his power.
• Su Ming refused to return the two hundred million and agreed to count it as a deposit for a future commission, on the conditions that Ross contact Nick Fury and set the final price according to the mission.

Su Ming collected Howard Stark's relics from Nick Fury and secured Fury's promise to pay him, then contacted Tony Stark with an offer that might help cure his poisoning. Tony, who had been preparing to enjoy what he believed were his last days, seized on the possibility of survival.

• Su Ming left the military base with Alisha and later met Nick Fury at the Triskelion to collect Howard Stark's relics and remind him of the promised payment.
• Nick Fury agreed to arrange the money despite General Ross cutting S.H.I.E.L.D. out of the deal.
• Tony Stark refused the military's demand for his Iron Armor technology, learned about Ivan Vanko's family feud with the Starks, and gave Ivan advice about his reactor.
• With the toxin in his blood at eighty-nine percent, Tony threw a reckless party, fought Rhodey in their armor, and watched Rhodey leave with the Mark II.
• Tony planned to enjoy himself while he still could, but Su Ming called and offered Howard Stark's relics in exchange for a negotiable price, reviving Tony's hope of surviving.

Su Ming delivered Howard Stark’s belongings to Tony, who discovered a New Element that could cure his palladium poisoning. After Su Ming injected medicine from S.H.I.E.L.D. to temporarily ease Tony’s symptoms, Tony paid him one billion, while Su Ming left to take a military commission.

• Howard Stark’s message led Tony to study the map model Su Ming had brought, and JARVIS helped him discover a New Element hidden in a sphere.
• Tony realized the New Element could replace palladium in his reactor and restore his hope of overcoming the poisoning.
• When Tony’s poisoning symptoms worsened, Su Ming injected him with S.H.I.E.L.D.’s medicine, which temporarily eased the symptoms.
• Tony offered Su Ming one billion for the medicine, and Su Ming accepted.
• Alisha called to report a military commission, so Su Ming left Tony’s home as Tony arranged to buy equipment and renovate his mansion to develop the New Element.

Su Ming received a new mission after Hulk escaped the military, and General Ross hired him to capture Banner. The chapter ended with Su Ming considering the danger of Emil Blonsky’s growing obsession with power.

• Alisha sent Su Ming the location of his meeting with General Ross after he left her to handle the mission details.
• General Ross’s soldiers cornered Banner on a campus skybridge, where tear gas triggered his transformation into Hulk.
• Hulk smashed through the military forces and defeated Emil Blonsky, who had been enhanced with serum, before escaping with Betty.
• General Ross called Destiny for help after Hulk escaped, and Su Ming met with him three days later.
• Su Ming learned that Emil Blonsky had recovered and reflected that Blonsky would likely become more dangerous as he pursued greater power.