Recaps

Su Ming used his new fortune to upgrade Steel Body and acquire powerful Magnetic Control, then accidentally collapsed a military building while testing it. General Ross mistook the destruction for faulty construction, leaving Su Ming to adjust to his new ability.

• Su Ming received Tony's billion-dollar transfer while the military traced Banner's contact with Mr. Blue and prepared a trap.
• Su Ming spent $500 million upgrading Steel Body and considered ways to improve his flight.
• Su Ming bought Magnetic Control and upgraded it to Lv4, leaving $3.12 million in his account.
• Su Ming tested Magnetic Control, ripping rebar from the military lounge walls and causing the building to collapse.
• General Ross ordered his adjutant to find the building's architects, then saw Su Ming unharmed and returned to the command center.
• Su Ming chose not to correct Ross's misunderstanding and reflected that he needed time to master Magnetic Control.

Banner and Mr. Blue suppressed Hulk with an antidote, but Blonsky used Banner’s blood and gamma radiation to become Abomination, who rampaged through Harlem. Hulk returned to fight him but was weakened by the antidote, and General Ross called on Su Ming to intervene.

• Mr. Blue injected Banner with an antidote that suppressed Hulk, then secretly kept Banner’s blood samples for further research.
• The military captured Banner, while Blonsky forced Mr. Blue to use Banner’s blood and gamma radiation to transform him into Abomination.
• Abomination attacked Harlem, and a drop of Banner’s blood on Mr. Blue’s wound caused him to begin mutating.
• Banner leaped from General Ross’s aircraft to confront Abomination, and the near-fatal fall awakened Hulk, who emerged from the ground.
• Abomination overpowered the weakened Hulk, prompting General Ross to call on Su Ming to take action.

Su Ming offered to stop the Abomination for a higher fee, but General Ross rejected the deal and ordered an attack. When the Abomination grabbed the helicopter, Su Ming used Magnetic Control to hurl both the Abomination and Hulk away, leaving Ross to regret underestimating him.

• Su Ming told General Ross he could take down either the Abomination or both, then quoted a total price of five hundred million dollars.
• Ross rejected Su Ming's offer and ordered the helicopter's Gatling gun to fire at the Abomination.
• The Abomination grabbed the helicopter, shaking it violently and forcing the pilot to prepare for an emergency landing.
• Su Ming froze the helicopter, its bullets, and nearby metal with Magnetic Control, then formed a giant iron slab.
• Su Ming struck the Abomination and Hulk with the slab, sending them crashing into separate pits far away.
• Ross realized Su Ming was extraordinarily powerful and regretted rejecting his proposal.

Su Ming accepted General Ross’s offer to fight Abomination, then tested his strength and durability against the monster. The chapter left Abomination stunned after Su Ming endured his punch, while Abomination’s hand bones were pulverized.

• General Ross offered Su Ming five hundred million dollars and a special consultant position in exchange for defeating Abomination, then asked him to capture Banner as well, but Su Ming said that would cost extra.
• Su Ming leaped from the aircraft to confront Abomination, then used Magnetic Control to slow the powerless aircraft and crash-land it on a rooftop without injuring anyone.
• Su Ming struck Abomination with a punch and a throwing knife, observing how quickly Abomination healed from both injuries.
• Su Ming stood still to test his Steel Body, and Abomination charged him and punched him hard enough to pulverize his own hand bones.
• Abomination recognized Su Ming as the mysterious fighter who had attacked him.

Su Ming fought Abomination while testing his Magnetic Control, and Hulk fled after deciding he could no longer protect Betty by staying. The chapter ended with Su Ming shaping a huge club from cars and bringing it down on Abomination.

• Su Ming put on his mask and launched Abomination through a building with an uppercut, while General Ross recognized him as the Silver Duke.
• Abomination realized Su Ming's strength was less impressive than his durability, while Hulk turned and ran from the battle.
• Su Ming used Magnetic Control and the Word of Stasis to stop Abomination's armor plates and the cars he hurled.
• After garbage from a frozen truck splashed onto him, Su Ming gathered the cars into a massive club and swung it at Abomination.

Su Ming defeated Abomination with a massive metal club, then used the aftermath to charge General Ross for the military’s publicity and cleanup work. He flew away using metal and began practicing, while Tony Stark placed a mysterious star-marked disk beneath his particle accelerator coil.

• Su Ming smashed Abomination into the ground with a fused-metal club, and soldiers confirmed that Abomination was alive but unconscious.
• General Ross presented Su Ming as a specially appointed military consultant, and Su Ming demanded payment for the interview and cleanup work.
• Su Ming broke the metal mass into iron blocks, charged Ross three hundred million dollars for defeating Abomination and two hundred million for the extra work, then flew away using a piece of metal.
• Su Ming began practicing metal control at home while Tony Stark completed the particle accelerator.
• Agent Phil recognized a metal disk marked with half a white star, and Tony said it was what he needed before placing it beneath the accelerator coil.

Tony created a New Element and installed it in his reactor after Ivan Vanko threatened him and prepared to attack at Justin Hammer’s weapons launch. Su Ming learned where the launch was and headed there, hoping to profit from the coming chaos.

• Coulson said goodbye to Tony and left after Tony brushed off his attempt to recruit him.
• Tony activated the particle accelerator, created a New Element, and placed it in his reactor despite JARVIS’s warning.
• Justin Hammer freed Ivan Vanko and supplied him with resources, while Ivan secretly prepared Electric Whips and backdoors to control Hammer’s combat robots and Rhodey’s Mark 2 Armor.
• Ivan called Tony and threatened revenge within forty minutes, prompting Tony to install the untested New Element in his chest reactor.
• Su Ming watched Hammer’s weapons launch announcement, asked Alisha to find its location, and left in his Crimson coat to seize an opportunity amid the expected chaos.

At Justin Hammer’s expo, Ivan Vanko hacked the Iron Army and War Machine, sending them on a rampage while Tony and Su Ming fought to protect civilians. Black Widow freed Rhodes from the hack, but more armor units converged on Tony as the chapter ended.

• Justin Hammer unveiled his Iron Army and War Machine at the expo, then Tony warned Rhodes that Hammer was conspiring with Ivan.
• Ivan Vanko seized control of War Machine and the Iron Armor units, which attacked Tony and opened fire on civilians.
• Tony drew the armor units away and saved a child, while Black Widow forced Hammer to reveal Ivan’s location and went with Happy to the factory.
• Su Ming deflected a rocket, then destroyed armor units and converted them into money as he fought through the venue.
• Black Widow and Happy found Ivan’s control room empty, but Black Widow remotely released Rhodes from the hack as Tony and War Machine crashed into a stream.
• Tony thanked Black Widow after she rebooted War Machine, then Black Widow saw more armor units flying toward him.

Su Ming froze Tony, Rhodey, and the Hammer Mechs, then reclaimed the robots while Tony and Rhodey remained helpless. After he released them, Ivan Vanko arrived in a powerful new suit, and Rhodey prepared to use a special weapon against him.

• Tony and Rhodey reconciled, then fought side by side when upgraded Hammer Mechs surrounded them.
• Su Ming used Magnetic Control to freeze the mechs and the two armored men, then redeemed the robots for a large sum.
• Su Ming released Tony and Rhodey, and Tony's charged laser attack missed as the pair searched for their vanished enemies.
• Tony and Rhodey found Su Ming washing his hands by the river and questioned him, but he brushed off their suspicions.
• Natasha warned them that another drone was approaching, and Ivan Vanko descended in a powerful suit and attacked with electrified whips.
• Rhodey said he had a special weapon and would handle Ivan.

Tony and Rhodey fought Ivan Vanko in the ecological park, where their combined energy blasts defeated him and Su Ming thwarted his plan to detonate the other drones. After Natasha's assessment led S.H.I.E.L.D. to reject Tony for the Avengers Initiative, Nick Fury told him he could serve only as a consultant.

• Rhodey's Ex-Wife missile failed against Ivan, whose whips and armor overwhelmed both Rhodey and Tony.
• Tony and Rhodey fired their palm energy blasts together, crippling Ivan and his armor.
• Ivan activated the drones' self-destruct sequences, but Su Ming had already recovered the drones; Ivan's reactor exploded as Su Ming fled.
• Tony rescued Pepper, and after she asked to resign, they kissed and confirmed their feelings.
• Natasha's report led S.H.I.E.L.D. to deny Tony a recommendation for the Avengers Initiative.
• Nick Fury told Tony that S.H.I.E.L.D. would consider him only as a consultant.

Agent Phil Coulson investigated an immovable hammer in New Mexico and considered asking Su Ming to test it. Meanwhile, Su Ming explored what the system would let him exchange, learned that buildings could not be traded, and decided to look for valuable weapons instead.

• Agent Phil Coulson found an ancient hammer at the center of a crater and watched a truck's cargo bed tear away without moving it.
• Agent Coulson sealed off the area and thought Su Ming might be able to lift or recognize the hammer.
• Su Ming discussed printing or digitally transferring money with Alisha, but she explained the practical obstacles and risks.
• Su Ming appraised his hotel and learned that the building could not be exchanged because its disappearance would disrupt the world's order.
• Su Ming appraised an unfinished building and One Times Square, but the system also marked both as unavailable for exchange.
• Su Ming decided to seek valuable weapons to exchange, then encountered a sudden change.

Max Dillon, transformed into Electro, attacked Times Square before Spider-Man arrived and tried to calm him. After a sniper shot at Max and Spider-Man intervened, Max believed Spider-Man had deceived him and flew into a rage.

• Max absorbed power from Times Square’s electrical grid, lifted a truck, and blasted police officers and vehicles as they surrounded him.
• Su Ming watched from the roadside as Spider-Man arrived and saved an officer from a falling police car.
• Max recognized Spider-Man as the person who had once saved him, and Peter eventually remembered Max and tried to reassure him.
• After a sniper fired and Spider-Man pulled Max’s hand back with a web, electricity surged through the web and knocked Peter away, destroying his web-shooter.
• Seeing the billboards focus on Spider-Man and hearing the crowd praise him, Max decided Spider-Man had used him and lost control of his rage.

Su Ming helped Spider-Man during Electro’s rampage in Times Square, while Peter eventually short-circuited Electro with a fire hose. After the fight, Nick Fury called Su Ming with an invitation to New Mexico.

• Electro attacked Spider-Man and the nearby crowd, and Su Ming caught Peter after their clash sent him flying.
• Peter began telling Su Ming about investigating his parents and planning to confess to Gwen, but Electro absorbed power from cables and plunged Times Square into darkness.
• Electro unleashed lightning on the bystanders, while Su Ming used Magnetic Control to crush a falling advertising frame into an umbrella and shield himself and Peter.
• Peter grabbed a fire truck’s hose and sprayed Electro, short-circuiting him; officers restrained Max as the crowd cheered Spider-Man.
• Su Ming prepared to leave, but Nick Fury called and asked whether he wanted to take a trip to New Mexico.

Coulson hired Tony Stark to make General Ross withdraw his proposal to add Abomination to the Avengers, then asked Su Ming to investigate the hammer in New Mexico. Su Ming accepted, recognizing it as Mjolnir, while Thor was exiled to Earth and Odin sent the enchanted hammer after him.

• Coulson sent Tony Stark to confront General Ross, who withdrew his proposal after Tony enraged him, excluding Abomination from the Avengers.
• Coulson received Nick Fury's approval to hire Su Ming to investigate the hammer, and Fury offered him one hundred million dollars.
• Su Ming accepted the commission without haggling after realizing the hammer was Mjolnir and imagining the riches he might gain through Thor and Asgard.
• Peter Parker searched Times Square for Su Ming to thank him for helping with Electro but left without finding him.
• Thor argued with Odin over the Frost Giants, and Odin stripped him of his powers and exiled him to Earth.
• Odin enchanted Mjolnir so that whoever could lift it would possess the hammer's power, then sent it through the Rainbow Bridge's portal.

After Thor’s reckless attack on Jotunheim, Odin stripped him of his power and banished him to Earth, while Loki’s role in provoking the crisis was revealed. In New Mexico, Su Ming arrived at S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Mjolnir site and tried to lift the hammer.

• Loki manipulated Thor into leading an attack on Jotunheim, where Thor and his companions were ambushed by the Frost Giants.
• Odin arrived, ended the confrontation, and returned Thor’s group to Asgard, where he condemned Thor’s judgment and banished him to Earth without his divine power.
• The chapter revealed that Loki had arranged the events to sabotage Thor’s coronation because he resented being passed over for the throne.
• Su Ming arrived at S.H.I.E.L.D.’s New Mexico base, appraised Mjolnir at five trillion dollars, and accepted Agent Coulson’s invitation to test whether he could lift it.
• Su Ming grasped Mjolnir’s handle and began to pull.

Su Ming failed to lift Mjolnir but discovered that a casual slap rotated its handle, while Thor arrived on Earth and was repeatedly struck unconscious. In Asgard, Loki confronted Odin after discovering he was a Frost Giant, and Odin revealed that Loki was Laufey's abandoned son.

• Su Ming repeatedly tried and failed to lift Mjolnir, but a casual slap turned its handle 38.6 degrees, a result Coulson's team confirmed.
• Thor arrived on Earth, was hit by Jane Foster's pickup truck, and was knocked unconscious by a stun gun after trying to summon the Rainbow Bridge.
• Jane Foster, Daisy Lewis, and Erik Selvig found evidence in their photographs that Thor had come from outer space, but Thor escaped the hospital and Jane accidentally ran him over again.
• Loki touched the Casket of Ancient Winters and saw his skin turn blue, confirming his suspicion that he was a Frost Giant.
• Odin told Loki that he had found him as an abandoned baby in a temple on Jotunheim and that he was Laufey's son.

Thor learned that a mysterious object had fallen in the desert and set out to reclaim Mjolnir, while S.H.I.E.L.D. seized Jane Foster and her colleagues’ research. On Asgard, Loki confronted Odin after discovering he was a Frost Giant, then panicked when Odin collapsed.

• Thor heard a diner describe a heavy object that had fallen from the sky and learned it was eighty kilometers west, so he left to search for Mjolnir.
• Thor asked Jane Foster, Erik Selvig, and Daisy Lewis to help him find his hammer, but Erik persuaded Jane not to take him; Thor bid them farewell with a kiss to Jane’s hand.
• Agent Coulson and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents confiscated the scientists’ research, equipment, and personal devices, leaving Jane, Erik, and Daisy helpless.
• Thor went into a pet store seeking a horse, but Jane found him and offered him a ride in another car.
• Loki accused Odin of favoring Thor because Loki was a Frost Giant, then called the guards when he saw Odin collapse.

Loki took control of the Rainbow Bridge and sent the Destroyer Armor to hunt Thor, while Thor infiltrated the S.H.I.E.L.D. base near Mjolnir. Thor fought his way through the guards, and Hawkeye prepared to stop him as the alarms sounded.

• Loki refused to end Thor's exile, froze Heimdall with the Casket of Ancient Winters, and gained control of the Rainbow Bridge.
• Loki ordered the Destroyer Armor to hunt Thor after the Warriors Three and their companions left to find him.
• Jane brought Thor to the S.H.I.E.L.D. base near Mjolnir, where he sneaked inside and began fighting the guards.
• Su Ming told Coulson not to panic, while Jane called Eric and asked him to come if she did not check in within an hour.
• Thor fought his way toward Mjolnir, and Hawkeye—Clint Barton—took aim from a crane basket.

Thor reached Mjolnir but failed to lift it, losing a wager with Su Ming and falling into despair. S.H.I.E.L.D. took Thor into custody as Heimdall watched from across the stars.

• Thor tore away the tarp and approached Mjolnir while Hawkeye and Coulson watched from hiding.
• Su Ming challenged Thor to a wager, and Thor offered a treasured artifact if he won while asking Su Ming to return Jane and her companions’ belongings.
• Thor tried repeatedly to lift Mjolnir but could not move it, realizing the hammer no longer recognized him.
• Coulson ordered the ground team to arrest Thor, and S.H.I.E.L.D. guards cuffed him as a rune briefly flashed on Mjolnir.
• Heimdall witnessed Thor’s failure and sighed across the stars.

Thor learned from the Warriors Three that Loki had lied about Odin’s death, just as the Destroyer arrived in Puente Antiguo and attacked the town. Thor organized an evacuation while the Warriors Three moved to confront the Asgardian weapon.

• Loki visited Thor in S.H.I.E.L.D. custody and falsely told him that Odin had died and that his family would not let him return to Asgard.
• Loki tried and failed to lift Mjolnir before vanishing, while Coulson dismissed Su Ming’s claim that the hammer belonged to Thor.
• The Warriors Three found Thor at the restaurant and revealed that Odin was still alive, exposing Loki’s lie.
• A storm gathered over Puente Antiguo, and the Destroyer arrived as Su Ming watched from nearby.
• The Destroyer ignored Coulson’s warning and blasted a vehicle and storefronts, prompting Thor to organize an evacuation and the Warriors Three to advance toward it.

The Destroyer overwhelmed Thor’s friends and ravaged the town until S.H.I.E.L.D. hired Su Ming to intervene. Su Ming took the Destroyer’s energy blast head-on and challenged it as Thor watched.

• Volstagg and Sif attacked the Destroyer, but it adapted to Sif’s stab and blasted the Asgardians away.
• Thor urged Sif to retreat, and she accepted as the Destroyer continued destroying the town.
• Nick Fury offered Su Ming $200 million to stop the Destroyer, and Su Ming accepted.
• Thor sent his friends toward safety and prepared to face the Destroyer alone, but Su Ming reached it first.
• Su Ming crossed his arms to block the Destroyer’s energy blast and asked whether it could do anything besides repeat the same attack.

Su Ming held off the Destroyer while Thor pleaded with Loki to spare their friends, and Loki relented but struck Thor down. Thor’s sacrifice restored his power, and he returned to battle the Destroyer as he tossed Su Ming the wager.

• Su Ming fought the Uru-metal Destroyer and used Magnetic Control to restrain it, preventing further damage to the town.
• Thor pleaded with Loki through the Destroyer, and Loki stopped its energy attack but let it strike Thor down.
• Thor died in Jane’s arms, while Odin sensed his sacrifice and grieved in his healing chamber.
• Mjolnir flew to Thor, who caught it and regained his power as the God of Thunder.
• Thor used Mjolnir to knock down the Destroyer, then tossed a gleaming object to Su Ming and called it the wager.

Thor regained his divine power, destroyed the Destroyer, and prepared to return to Asgard to confront his brother. Before leaving, he gave Su Ming a medal he had lost in a bet, and Su Ming discovered it was valued at 8 billion dollars.

• Thor rose into the sky and summoned a storm, while Jane, Eric, and Daisy watched in astonishment.
• Thor blocked the Destroyer's energy blast with Mjolnir and smashed it into a crater.
• Thor told the warriors he needed to reach the entrance to the Heavenly Realm and speak with his brother.
• Thor declared himself an ally of Agent Coulson and demanded that Coulson return Jane's equipment.
• Thor recognized Su Ming as a brave warrior, learned his codename was Destiny, and gave him a medal he had lost in their bet.
• Su Ming appraised the medal and found that it was worth 8 billion dollars.

Thor returned to Asgard after Heimdall broke free and reopened the Rainbow Bridge, while Loki defeated Laufey in Odin’s chamber and earned Frigga’s gratitude. Thor rushed to confront Loki, leaving the brothers’ clash ahead.

• Thor flew Jane to the Rainbow Bridge’s landing site, but Heimdall did not answer his calls because the Casket of Ancient Winters had frozen him.
• Heimdall broke free, defeated the Frost Giants guarding him, and activated the Rainbow Bridge so Thor could return to Asgard.
• Thor kissed Jane goodbye, declined Su Ming’s request to accompany him, and departed with the warriors of the realm of the gods; Su Ming exchanged Thor’s medal for money.
• Thor reached Asgard, ordered Heimdall taken for treatment, and rushed toward the royal court to demand an explanation from Loki.
• Laufey entered Odin’s chamber and prepared to kill him, but Loki struck Laufey with Gungnir and destroyed him.
• Frigga embraced Loki and thanked him for saving Odin, just as Thor’s voice sounded nearby.

Su Ming recovered and redeemed the Destroyer’s scattered fragments for billions of dollars, then prepared to upgrade his talent. In Asgard, Thor confronted Loki as Loki used the Bifrost and the Casket of Ancient Winters to destroy Jotunheim, leaving Thor facing his brother’s catastrophic ambition.

• Su Ming found a fragment of the Destroyer in the crater and used Magnetic Control to gather its scattered pieces.
• Su Ming redeemed the Destroyer fragments for 20 billion USD and settled down to upgrade his talent.
• Frigga reunited with Thor, who accused Loki of sending the Destroyer to kill him and his friends.
• Loki activated the Bifrost and the Casket of Ancient Winters to devastate Jotunheim.
• Loki told Thor he wanted to prove himself Odin’s true heir, while Thor realized Loki’s actions threatened peace across the Nine Realms.