Chapter Summaries

Su Ming helped Spider-Man defeat the Lizard Man and stop the genetic toxin from spreading across New York. After the city saw them save the day, Su Ming left with a new friendship with Peter Parker, who revealed his identity to him.

• Su Ming killed the Lizard Man with a barrage of throwing knives as Peter arrived at the launcher containing the genetic toxin.
• Peter's web-shooter malfunctioned, so Su Ming used a playing card to speed the antidote to him before the countdown ended.
• Peter replaced the toxin with the antidote, releasing blue snow that cured infected agents and brought calm to New York.
• Norman Osborn raised Su Ming's bounty commission to one million dollars, while a voice in his mind urged him to begin a plan.
• Detective George thanked Su Ming for helping Spider-Man, and Peter asked to exchange contact information.
• Su Ming accidentally called Peter by name, so Peter removed his mask and introduced himself; Su Ming gave Peter his number and shared his code name, Destiny.

After the Lizard Man incident, Peter admired Su Ming and resolved to seek his guidance. Su Ming returned to the Manhattan Hotel, where Alisha told him he had become a media sensation, earned a million-dollar payment from Oscorp, and attracted so many business calls that her phone overheated.

• Su Ming gave Peter his name and the Manhattan Hotel's location, and Peter decided to visit him the next day to learn from him.
• Su Ming received an urgent call from Alisha, who complained that her phone had been ringing nonstop.
• A news report credited the New York Police Department with stopping Dr. Curtis Connors and introduced Su Ming to the public as the Crimson Silver Baron.
• Alisha welcomed Su Ming back and told him Oscorp had increased its commission to one million dollars.
• Alisha explained that Su Ming's appearance on television had attracted callers seeking business, keeping her awake all night and overheating her phone.

Su Ming decided to hunt terrorists in Afghanistan for their bounties, upgraded his physique, and tested his new strength before leaving for the country. Peter Parker arrived at the hotel too late to join him and regretted missing the chance.

• Alisha told Su Ming about the many requests and dinner invitations he had received, and Su Ming decided that bounty work paid too little.
• Su Ming chose to hunt terrorists in Afghanistan and Somalia, then spent $2,000,000 to upgrade his Physique Enhancement to Lv2.
• Su Ming tested his enhanced strength at an abandoned factory, jumping more than ten meters and lifting a steel coil weighing roughly fifteen to thirty tons.
• Su Ming had Alisha find terrorist hideouts online, promised her a $200,000 bonus, and left for the airport with his Crimson Suit and throwing knives.
• Peter Parker arrived at the Manhattan Hotel after Su Ming had boarded his plane and lamented that he had missed the chance to go with him.

Su Ming reached a terrorist stronghold in Gamila only to find Iron Man already attacking the Freedom Fighters, so he joined the battle and proposed a contest to Tony Stark. The chapter ended with Tony accepting the challenge and racing toward the warlords.

• Su Ming arrived at a cleared stronghold, spotted Iron Man attacking another one, and flew over to join him.
• The chapter recounted how Christine Elliott showed Tony Stark evidence that Stark weapons were being used in Gamila, prompting Tony to fly there in his armor.
• Su Ming attacked the Freedom Fighters with throwing knives and playing cards, earning bounty money for his kills.
• Tony recognized Su Ming through JARVIS and was startled when Su Ming destroyed a tank shell and pierced the tank with a single knife.
• Su Ming told Tony he had come to fight the warlords, not kill him, and offered to take them all out himself.
• Tony rejected the offer and charged toward the stronghold to see who could move faster.

Nick Fury learned that the New York branch had failed to reach Destiny, while Su Ming and Tony Stark competed to kill bandits in Afghanistan. Su Ming rescued hostages and collected several valuable bounties, leaving Tony impressed but frustrated by his kill count.

• Nick Fury questioned Agent Hill about Destiny and angrily learned that New York had tried to recruit him by inviting him to dinner and offering him his price.
• Su Ming and Tony Stark raced toward a nearby town after hearing women and children crying, and JARVIS reported that Tony had 54 kills while Su Ming had 136.
• Tony accelerated ahead, but Su Ming accidentally flew past him and crashed through a row of houses.
• Tony rescued civilians as bandits held hostages, and Su Ming killed the hostage-takers with flying knives.
• Su Ming received bounty notifications for killing several Freedom Fighters leaders, and Tony gave him a reluctant thumbs-up.

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.