Recaps

Hermione taught S.H.I.E.L.D. agents basic magical knowledge and explained the differences between kinds of magic users. The lesson ended when she recognized Fury’s cat Goose as a dangerous Flerken and warned the agents about its ability to swallow people.

• Hermione handed the agents copied books on magical history and basic knowledge, then answered Sitwell’s questions about wizards, Mystic Sorcerers, and Dimensional Sorcerers.
• Hermione said she was one of the world’s best wizard fighters, while Fury suspected she might be telling the truth.
• Goose wandered into the training room, and Hermione used a wall of fire to separate the agents from the cat.
• Hermione identified Goose as a Flerken, then dismissed her flames after Fury assured her the cat meant no harm.
• Hermione warned that Goose might swallow someone by instinct and said she would not rescue anyone who ended up inside it.

Hermione identified Goose as a Flerken, collected a blood sample, and persuaded Fury to let her take the cat. At Fury's office, she recognized an artifact as the Inhumans' Obelisk and explained its Terrigen Crystal and danger to ordinary humans, leaving Fury asking how she knew about the Kree.

• Hermione explained that Goose was a dangerous Flerken, then took a blood sample while soothing the cat.
• Hermione coaxed Goose into swallowing a television, frightening the assembled S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.
• Hermione asked Fury to let her keep Goose, and he agreed to let the cat go with her and visit often.
• Fury showed Hermione photographs of an unidentified object, and she recognized it as the Inhumans' Obelisk.
• Hermione explained that the Obelisk contained a Terrigen Crystal and could turn people without Inhuman genes to stone.
• Fury asked Hermione how she knew about the Kree.

After leaving S.H.I.E.L.D., Hermione was ambushed by armed men disguised as the Ten Rings and defeated them with magic. She discovered that the attackers were Hydra operatives before an unseen assailant struck at her with a syringe.

• Hermione left S.H.I.E.L.D. at dusk and found herself surrounded by mercenaries, drones, and gunfire.
• Hermione's Shield Charm blocked the bullets and RPGs, and she unleashed lethal spells that killed the attackers except for one survivor.
• Hermione used Legilimency on the survivor and learned that the attackers were Hydra agents posing as the Ten Rings.
• Hermione killed the final Hydra agent, but a syringe suddenly appeared and lunged toward her neck.

Hermione defeated Ava’s ambush and discovered that S.H.I.E.L.D. had sent her to capture her. Ava defected after learning Hermione could stabilize her painful quantum condition, and Hermione agreed to help her periodically.

• Hermione used Apparition to evade Ava’s syringe attack, then made Ava solid and immobilized her with spells.
• Hermione removed Ava’s mask and released her after warning her not to attack again.
• Ava confessed that S.H.I.E.L.D. had used an assault team as bait while she waited to abduct Hermione.
• Ava explained that she had joined S.H.I.E.L.D. in hope of being cured, but Hermione’s magic was the first thing to stabilize her condition.
• Ava offered to serve Hermione in exchange for help, and Hermione agreed to recast the stabilizing spell when needed.

Hermione stabilized Ava’s condition, sent her back to S.H.I.E.L.D. as a mole with an Invisibility Cloak, and then met the Ancient One, who brought her to Kamar-Taj. The Ancient One asked Hermione where she came from.

• Hermione used a Revealing Charm to keep Ava’s condition stable for seven days and told her to return to S.H.I.E.L.D. as a mole.
• Hermione gave Ava an Invisibility Cloak so she could conceal that she had lost her quantum powers.
• The Ancient One trapped Hermione inside a Mirror Dimension, and Hermione’s attempt to Apparate out failed.
• The Ancient One said she meant Hermione no harm and invited her to visit Kamar-Taj; Hermione accepted.
• At Kamar-Taj, Hermione drank tea that improved her mental magic proficiency and magical control.
• The Ancient One asked Hermione where she came from.

Hermione told the Ancient One she came from another world, gained access to Kamar-Taj’s library and training, and acquired several spells from the Spellbook. She set out to confront the people who had attacked her, while Alexander Pierce realized she had appeared in his home.

• Hermione told the Ancient One about her world and how she had traveled to the Marvel Universe, and the Ancient One welcomed her to Kamar-Taj.
• The Ancient One said Hermione’s arrival would cause many deaths but ultimately benefit Earth, then agreed to let Hermione read Kamar-Taj’s books and learn Mystic Sorcerer magic.
• Hermione asked to take home some tea and Agamotto, but the Ancient One closed the Portal before she could finish.
• Hermione discovered that she had gained Magic Shaping, Portal, and Mirror Dimension in her Spellbook, and decided to confront those who had attacked her.
• Alexander Pierce returned home worrying that sending Ghost after Hermione had been a mistake, and Hermione confronted him from behind.

Hermione confronted Alexander Pierce over Hydra’s attempt to capture her, disarmed him, and used the Imperius Curse to demonstrate how she learned about the plot. She left Pierce injured and warned him not to target her again, while he secretly began considering how Hydra could exploit her magic.

• Alexander Pierce drew his pistol when Hermione appeared, but Hermione disarmed him with Expelliarmus.
• Pierce admitted sending agents after Hermione and claimed he wanted to prevent conflict between wizards and ordinary people.
• Hermione pretended to accept Pierce’s explanation and promised not to share information, then asked how he knew she was involved.
• Hermione used the Imperius Curse on Pierce and explained that she had learned about the operation from a controlled agent.
• Pierce concealed Hydra’s true nature and thought about exploiting Hermione’s mind-control magic.
• Hermione cut off Pierce’s ear with Sectumsempra and vanished.

Hermione deterred Hydra after surviving its attack, while Fury confronted Pierce over the failed operation and Pierce began planning to eliminate Fury. Back in the Harry Potter world, Hermione spent time with her parents and endured the holiday restriction on using magic.

• Hermione watched Pierce retrieve his severed ear and considered how her retaliation would keep Hydra at bay.
• Fury confronted Pierce about the assault on Hermione, and Pierce claimed that Hermione could control minds and said he would leave wizard-related matters to Fury.
• Fury suspected that Pierce had learned about Hermione through familiar faces, while Pierce resolved to accelerate Project Insight and prepare to eliminate Fury.
• Hermione spent several days with her parents, then grew bored at home because the Trace prevented her from using magic.

Hermione joined Ron and the Weasley twins in the Flying Ford Anglia and went to the Burrow, where she reunited with Harry and met Molly Weasley. The chapter ended when a pajama-clad girl saw the visitors and hurried back upstairs.

• Ron and the Weasley twins arrived at Hermione’s villa in the Flying Ford Anglia, and Ron explained that they had come to check on her after the Ministry warned Harry for using magic.
• Hermione discovered that Ron had sent her unopened letters, then accepted the invitation to visit the Burrow.
• Harry greeted Hermione at the Burrow and explained that Dobby had intercepted his letters; Hermione admitted she had not written to him.
• Hermione praised the Burrow, easing Ron’s worries about his family’s home.
• Molly hugged Hermione, thanked her for protecting Harry and Ron, and scolded Ron for acting recklessly.
• A little girl in pajamas came downstairs, saw everyone, and ran back upstairs.

Hermione visited the Weasley family, where Molly praised her achievements and Arthur gave her confiscated alchemy materials. Hermione gifted Arthur a pistol, then used spells outside the Burrow to train without triggering the Trace’s rules.

• Molly praised Hermione’s accomplishments and scolded Ron for his exam results during dinner.
• Arthur gave Hermione a box of confiscated alchemy materials, and Hermione gave him a pistol in return.
• Hermione explained that the pistol was a dangerous Muggle weapon, unloaded it, and left the Weasleys wary of her practiced handling.
• Hermione shared a room with Ginny and, early the next morning, practiced spells outside the Burrow.
• Hermione reflected that the Trace detected magic near an underage wizard rather than identifying who cast it.

Hermione stayed with the Weasleys, watched Goose frighten Scabbers, and traveled to Diagon Alley by Floo Powder. After Harry mispronounced the destination and landed in Knockturn Alley, Hermione went to find him but instead confronted the shopkeeper of Borgin and Burkes about Lucius Malfoy’s sale of dark magic items.

• Molly praised Hermione’s nonverbal spellcasting, while Hermione kept her wandless magic secret.
• Ron complained that Goose was frightening Scabbers, and Hermione called Goose away from the rat.
• Ron reached Diagon Alley using Floo Powder, but Harry mistakenly said “Diagonally” and vanished to an unknown destination.
• Hermione arrived in Diagon Alley and headed for Knockturn Alley to find Harry.
• Hermione frightened the suspicious wizards in Knockturn Alley with conjured flames and saw Lucius Malfoy leave Borgin and Burkes with Draco.
• Hermione entered Borgin and Burkes and challenged the shopkeeper about Lucius Malfoy selling dark magic items.

Hermione pressured Borgin into handing over a crate of illicit goods by threatening to expose his dealings to Arthur Weasley. Borgin recognized her as the witch who defeated Voldemort and gave her the goods willingly, while Harry watched her stash them away.

• Hermione told Borgin that Arthur Weasley was about to search his shop and demanded the goods from Borgin’s last transaction.
• Borgin considered attacking Hermione, but she warned him that her disappearance would bring the Ministry and Dumbledore after him.
• Borgin recognized Hermione Granger and offered her the crate as a gift, hoping to gain her favor.
• Harry waited outside and watched Hermione store the crate in her backpack instead of handing it over to Arthur.
• Hermione left with the alchemy materials and thought of Lucius Malfoy as she planned to bother him later.

Hermione and Harry reunited with the Weasleys before the family went to Flourish and Blotts for Gilderoy Lockhart's crowded book signing, where Lockhart announced he would teach Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts. After Draco Malfoy mocked Harry and Ginny defended him, Hermione tried to coax the frightened Malfoy into posing for a photograph with Lockhart.

• Hermione found the Weasleys with Harry in Diagon Alley, and Molly hugged Hermione after hearing she had gone into Knockturn Alley to find him.
• Hermione cleaned soot from Ginny's face with Aguamenti as the Weasleys headed to Flourish and Blotts.
• At Lockhart's book signing, Lockhart pulled Harry into a photograph and announced he would be Hogwarts' new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.
• Lockhart spotted Hermione and invited her into a photograph, but she claimed camera flashes made her lose control and fire spells.
• Draco Malfoy mocked Harry, Ginny confronted him, and Hermione offered to arrange a photograph of Malfoy with Lockhart.
• Hermione told Malfoy that Lockhart had agreed to pose with him because he was heir to the Malfoy family, but Malfoy still did not move.

Draco Malfoy joined Harry and Lockhart for photographs, but Lucius Malfoy soon provoked Hermione by praising the wizard who gave Harry his scar. Hermione turned Lucius’s words into grounds for a renewed Ministry investigation, and after the Malfoys left, she noticed Voldemort’s diary in Ginny’s book bucket.

• Draco thanked Harry and the others, but Lucius stopped him and introduced himself to Harry.
• Lucius called Harry’s scar and the wizard who gave it to him legends, then made a pointed remark about Hermione’s Muggle parents.
• Hermione recorded Lucius’s words, accused him of willingly serving Voldemort, and urged the Ministry to reopen its investigation; Arthur agreed to file an application.
• Lockhart declared Lucius a Death Eater and promised to bring him to justice, while Lucius left with Draco.
• Hermione noticed Voldemort’s diary in Ginny’s book bucket and realized Lucius had planted it at Hogwarts to open the Chamber of Secrets and target Muggle-born students.

Hermione rescued Harry and Ron after their Flying Car chased the Hogwarts Express, then attended the Sorting Ceremony and was summoned to Dumbledore’s office. Harry and Ron were sent to Snape’s office, while Hermione headed to the Headmaster’s Office to explain her unauthorized Apparition.

• Hermione and Ginny boarded the train, while Harry and Ron were turned away from the platform and pursued it in Ron’s Flying Car.
• Hermione Apparated into the air and saved Harry and Ron as they fell, but Ron’s car crashed into the woods and Scabbers was lost.
• At Hogwarts, Luna Lovegood was sorted into Ravenclaw and Ginny Weasley was sorted into Gryffindor.
• Dumbledore summoned Harry and Ron to Snape’s office and Hermione to the Headmaster’s Office.
• Hermione left Harry and Ron in the corridor and climbed the spiral staircase to Dumbledore’s office.

Dumbledore offered Hermione the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts teaching assistant so she could cover for the unqualified Gilderoy Lockhart. Hermione accepted after learning that Voldemort’s curse on the post affected professors, not assistants.

• Dumbledore showed Hermione Fawkes and explained that the phoenix was nearing rebirth.
• Dumbledore revealed that Lockhart had been hired despite stealing other people’s experiences and lacking teaching ability.
• Hermione found her appointment letter and recoiled, suspecting that the Defense Against the Dark Arts position was cursed.
• Dumbledore confirmed that Voldemort had cursed the position but said teaching assistants were exempt.
• Dumbledore cited Hermione’s recent Apparition feats and her agreement to fulfill one condition, and Hermione accepted the appointment.

Hermione brewed potions in Tony Stark’s lab, accidentally ruining a batch when Tony and Pepper barged in. Tony questioned whether her potions worked, then revealed he planned to make Pepper CEO of Stark Industries, and Hermione gave Pepper a necklace for her birthday.

• Hermione’s potion brewing went wrong when Tony and Pepper entered without knocking, and she scolded Tony for ruining her batch.
• Tony found his lab transformed by Hermione’s potion-making and protested after she poured corrosive potion onto the floor.
• Hermione showed Tony several potions and explained their effects, but he doubted they could work.
• Tony privately asked Hermione for a health-enhancing potion, and she embarrassed him by asking if he had impotence.
• Tony told Pepper he had a birthday surprise for her, and Hermione revealed that he planned to make her CEO of Stark Industries.
• Hermione gave Pepper a necklace, which Pepper immediately put on despite Tony calling it ugly.

Hermione agreed to find Bruce Banner after Fury told her General Ross had captured him, while Ross’s helicopter carried Banner away from Grayburn College. The escape was interrupted by a yellow, bone-spiked monster revealed to be Emil Blonsky, who demanded that the Hulk fight him.

• Hermione finished brewing her potions, then answered Fury’s call and agreed to find Banner at Grayburn College.
• General Ross’s forces captured an unconscious Banner after he visited Dr. Samuel Sterns, known as Mr. Blue.
• Banner woke aboard Ross’s helicopter with Betty Ross beside him and learned that the Hulk was supposedly gone for good.
• A yellow giant attacked the streets, and Banner realized someone had used blood collected from the Hulk.
• The monster called himself Emil Blonsky and roared for the Hulk to come out and fight.

Hermione helped trigger Hulk’s return during Abomination’s rampage, then stripped off Hulk’s underpants with a spell, sending him into a rage that turned the fight in his favor. As Hulk and Abomination resumed their destructive battle, Fury called Hermione and asked if she could subdue them.

• Ross ordered the army to stop Abomination, but Abomination slaughtered the soldiers and threatened the remaining helicopter.
• Banner agreed to face Abomination as Hulk, and Hermione kicked him out of the helicopter before jumping after him on her Broomstick.
• Hulk emerged from the rubble and fought Abomination, who eventually pinned him down and stabbed him with a bone spike.
• Hermione cast Expelliarmus at Hulk, causing his underpants to burst apart and provoking a furious surge of strength.
• Hulk overpowered Abomination, but Abomination kicked him away and the two resumed fighting as Hermione watched.
• Fury called Hermione and asked whether she could subdue Hulk and Abomination before they destroyed more of New York.

Hermione negotiated with Fury for access to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s rare magical materials in exchange for intervening in the Hulk and Abomination fight. She descended into the battle, but the two monsters ignored her and resumed fighting as Fury warned Ross not to interfere.

• Hermione told Fury she would not intervene unless S.H.I.E.L.D. addressed her interest in its rare plants and materials.
• Fury offered Hermione a chance to identify S.H.I.E.L.D.'s suspected magical materials, and she agreed.
• Hermione asked whether Fury wanted Hulk and Abomination captured alive or dead, then flew toward them on her broomstick.
• Hermione blasted Hulk and Abomination apart with three fireballs, but they quickly ignored her and resumed their brawl.
• Fury warned Thaddeus Ross not to interfere, and Ross questioned whether Hermione could do anything against the two monsters.

Hermione captured Abomination and Hulk by using spells to incapacitate them, then made Hulk clearheaded with a potion. The two former enemies ended the fight as miserable captives, vomiting slugs side by side.

• Hermione stripped Abomination’s shorts with a Disarming Charm, then drew his attention and trapped Hulk in the Mirror Dimension.
• Hermione repeatedly knocked Abomination out of the air with Full Body-Bind Curses before wounding him with Sectumsempra.
• Hermione made Abomination vomit slugs until he shrank back into Blonsky, then released Hulk from the Mirror Dimension.
• Hermione cast the Slug-Vomiting Charm on Hulk and gave him Baruffio’s Brain Elixir, leaving him clearheaded and unable to fight.
• Hulk reverted to Banner, and Banner and Blonsky reached toward each other before vomiting slugs together.

Hermione defeated Hulk and Abomination, then stopped General Ross from taking them and claimed them as part of her deal with Nick Fury. She used a portal to reach S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters, where she appraised the magical ingredients Fury had gathered for her.

• Hermione refused to hand Hulk and Abomination over to General Ross, and a call from Nick Fury prompted Ross and his soldiers to leave.
• Nick Fury arrived, thanked Hermione for saving New York, and had agents carry the injured Hulk and Abomination aboard his aircraft.
• Hermione opened a portal directly into Fury's office in Washington, D.C., and Fury followed her through.
• Fury ordered dozens of boxes of collected ingredients brought to his office, and Hermione recognized them as valuable magical materials.

Hermione collected magical materials from S.H.I.E.L.D. and left Nick Fury with Goose before returning to Hogwarts, where she obtained dangerous plant seeds from Professor Sprout. She then read one of Gilderoy Lockhart’s books and reminded him that his first Defense Against the Dark Arts class was about to begin.

• Hermione identified and packed S.H.I.E.L.D.’s magical materials, then let Goose spend time with Nick Fury, who discovered the cat no longer wanted him to pick it up.
• Hermione checked her Spellbook and saw that her Soul Energy had risen to 5768 after the night’s deaths.
• During Herbology, Hermione asked Professor Sprout for Venomous Tentacula and Eastern Biting Cabbage seeds, and Sprout gave her the last packets she had.
• Hermione read Lockhart’s account of banishing a Banshee and was impressed by his writing despite suspecting he had stolen the adventures.
• Hermione reminded Lockhart that his first Defense Against the Dark Arts class would start in ten minutes and asked whether he had prepared a lesson plan.

Lockhart’s Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson descended into chaos when he released Cornish pixies and proved unable to control them. Hermione froze the pixies with a spell, while Lockhart claimed the disaster had been a planned teaching exercise.

• Lockhart gave Hermione a quiz filled with questions about his personal life and announced that she would serve as his teaching assistant.
• Lockhart introduced himself at length to the class and presented a cage of Cornish pixies as the subject of a practical lesson.
• Lockhart released the pixies, which rampaged through the classroom and seized his wand.
• Lockhart called on Hermione to handle the pixies, and she immobilized them all with Full Body-Bind.
• Lockhart claimed he had staged the chaos to teach the students a lesson, but the students clearly did not believe him.

Hermione endured Lockhart’s boastful Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson, then met Luna Lovegood in the library and witnessed her briefly cast a corporeal Patronus. The chapter left Hermione grading upper-year exam papers and despairing at how poorly Hogwarts students had been taught.

• Lockhart praised his teaching and claimed Hermione’s appointment as his assistant proved his ability, while the students dreaded his lessons.
• Hermione went to the library to read about dangerous magical experiments and found Luna Lovegood sitting at her usual table.
• Luna practiced the Patronus Charm, briefly forming a hare, and Hermione explained how concentration and happy memories helped cast it.
• Hermione and Luna introduced themselves and read together while nearby students whispered about Hermione’s reputation.
• Hermione helped Lockhart mark upper-year Defense Against the Dark Arts exam papers and found the students’ answers alarmingly poor.