Chapter Summaries

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.

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.