Recaps

Yang Ming rescued Tony Stark, then challenged Bruce Wayne to experience life in Gotham’s slums. Bruce’s week among the homeless changed his view of Falcone’s hold on the city, while Gordon and Harvey moved against corruption and Batman and Clark Kent converged on a human-trafficking shipment.

• Yang Ming rescued Tony Stark and Yinsen from the Ten Rings base, warned Tony about Obadiah Stane and his palladium poisoning, then returned to Gotham after testing the Gate of Opening.
• Yang Ming faced Bruce Wayne’s questions about Falcone’s stolen medical supplies and argued that removing Falcone without addressing poverty could unleash worse violence.
• Yang Ming bet that Bruce should spend a week in the slums without money or privileges, then had Selene secretly watch him while he searched for the homeless.
• Bruce, calling himself John Smith, endured hunger and violence in the East End, helped children at a relief station, and was rescued by Jack Napier after thugs attacked him.
• Jack and Janet sheltered Bruce, whose experience and their kindness led him to reconsider how Falcone’s removal might endanger ordinary families.
• Gordon and Harvey Dent joined forces against Falcone’s corruption, with Gordon agreeing to find evidence against Arnold Flass while Harvey revealed Commissioner Loeb’s ties to the Falcone Family.
• Yang Ming agreed to help Jack find work, and Clark Kent met Jack at Ace Chemicals, discovered trafficked people aboard a freighter, and prepared to stop it.
• Bruce abandoned his bet and headed to the docks as Batman, where he confronted Clark, who crushed the container’s padlock to reach the suffocating children.

Yang Ming helped expose Falcone’s trafficking operation, eliminated Obadiah Stane’s mercenaries, and saved Tony Stark before Tony revealed his identity as Iron Man. Back in Hell’s Kitchen, Yang Ming awakened observation Haki as Peter Parker was bitten by a spider and began developing extraordinary abilities.

• Clark rescued Jack and dozens of trafficked children from Falcone’s shipment, while Gordon and Harvey recovered evidence linking Koslov to Falcone.
• Yang Ming went to Los Angeles with Jessica and Trish, then killed the mercenaries Obadiah Stane had sent after Tony Stark.
• Yang Ming replaced Tony’s stolen reactor and helped defeat Obadiah in the Iron Monger suit, while Tony announced that he was Iron Man.
• Batman persuaded Gordon and Harvey to pursue Falcone’s network through legal means rather than trigger a violent power vacuum.
• Natasha Romanoff failed to manipulate Yang Ming and reported to S.H.I.E.L.D. that he was capable, unpredictable, and best approached through cooperation.
• Yang Ming directed Jessica through a gunshot surgery, completing the Healer’s Legacy quest and awakening observation Haki.
• Peter Parker was bitten by a genetically modified spider at Columbia University and developed heightened senses, strength, and sticky barbs.
• Peter endured a violent transformation overnight, discovered his extraordinary strength and vision, and sprinted through Queens.