Chapter Summaries

Ben Urich discovered that Matt Murdock was Daredevil but chose to delete his exposé and keep Matt’s identity secret. Meanwhile, Foggy and Karen were stunned to find Miaomiao sitting with Bruce Wayne, who looked almost exactly like Matt.

• Foggy and Karen decoded Lisa Tazio’s note as “8-9 WOW,” connecting her murder to Wilson Fisk’s assistant Wesley Owen Welch.
• Urich combined the clues and persuaded Chief Nick to get Wesley to testify against Fisk, leading to Fisk’s arrest.
• Urich wrote an article identifying Matt as Daredevil, then deleted it to protect Matt and Hell’s Kitchen.
• Urich quietly urged Daredevil onward, and Matt nodded before leaping back into the night.
• Foggy and Karen reacted in disbelief when they saw Miaomiao with Bruce Wayne, whose features closely resembled Matt’s.

Bruce Wayne visited Nelson & Murdock Law Firm to thank the staff for caring for Miaomiao and offered to fund the firm. The chapter left Matt and Foggy considering Bruce’s no-strings investment to support their legal aid work.

• Foggy and Karen were shocked by Bruce Wayne’s arrival and how much he resembled Matt.
• Bruce introduced Miaomiao as his daughter, clearing up Foggy and Karen’s assumption that she was Matt’s child.
• Matt reminded Foggy that he had always said Miaomiao was not his daughter, while Foggy regretted missing a chance to work with Wayne Enterprises.
• Bruce offered to fund Nelson & Murdock Law Firm quarterly without interfering in its cases or principles.
• Foggy urged Matt to accept Bruce’s investment.

Matt accepted Bruce Wayne’s funding for his law firm, trusting Batman’s commitment to justice. When Miaomiao offered to restore Matt’s sight, he learned that seeing again might cost him the enhanced senses he relied on as Daredevil, and he chose to remain blind.

• Matt agreed to Bruce Wayne’s investment after deciding Bruce would not use the funding to influence the firm’s work.
• Miaomiao privately told Matt she could restore his sight, and he struggled to believe it was possible after years of blindness.
• Bruce, Matt, and Miaomiao returned to Tony’s house, where Elektra learned that Wayne Enterprises might be able to restore Matt’s vision.
• Bruce warned Matt that regaining his sight could erase his enhanced hearing and perception.
• Matt refused Miaomiao’s offer, telling Elektra that protecting Hell’s Kitchen mattered more to him than seeing again.

Miaomiao comforted Matt and helped him accept medical support, then returned to Avengers Tower with Bruce, where Tony welcomed her and argued with Bruce over their public reputations. The chapter ended with Tony losing their popularity debate and demanding to know whose side the others were on.

• Matt refused Miaomiao's offer to restore his sight, but accepted her pearl powder and Bruce's offer of confidential medical care.
• Miaomiao and Bruce returned to Avengers Tower after the Avengers destroyed a Hydra base, and Tony eagerly welcomed Miaomiao and ordered food.
• Miaomiao stopped Bruce from making coffee, and Doctor Banner and Natasha went to prepare it instead.
• Clint teased Miaomiao about Bruce's reputation, prompting Tony and Bruce to bicker over their wealth, looks, and popularity.
• Bruce revealed that his approval rating at a charity gala had exceeded Tony's by twelve percent, and Tony asked whose side the others were on.

Tony and Bruce teased Miaomiao into comparing their looks, but she praised each for different qualities and declared them evenly matched. Their banter stopped when a nervous young delivery boy arrived with Tony’s takeout, revealing his admiration for Tony.

• Tony asked Miaomiao to choose whether he or Bruce was more handsome, and she said Tony was dazzling while Bruce made her feel safe, making them evenly matched.
• Bruce teased Tony over Miaomiao’s answer, and Tony challenged him to compare their popularity at his upcoming tech launch and their charity fundraising.
• A nervous boy arrived at the doorway carrying Tony’s takeout, and Tony told him to bring it in and set it on the table.
• The boy arranged the food while repeatedly glancing at Tony with unmistakable admiration.

Tony Stark offered Peter Parker an autograph and revealed that he had been keeping an eye on him. He showed the Avengers footage of Peter acting as a masked hero, identifying him as Spider-Man.

• Tony offered Peter an autograph, and Peter excitedly asked him to sign his shirt.
• Tony signed Peter's shirt with Peter's name, surprising him because he had not introduced himself.
• Tony told Peter he had been keeping an eye on him, leaving Peter and the Avengers bewildered.
• Tony summoned J.A.R.V.I.S., who projected footage of a red-and-blue hero stopping a thief.
• Clint recognized the figure as a local hero, and Tony called him Spider-Kid before Clint corrected him: Spider-Man.

Tony confronted Peter with footage of him acting as Spider-Man, and Peter admitted his secret identity to the Avengers. As Peter explained that the heroes inspired him to help people, he noticed Bruce Wayne and Miaomiao among them.

• Tony showed Peter footage of him stopping a car and rejected Peter’s claim that it was fake.
• Peter admitted that he was Spider-Man but insisted on keeping his chosen name and said his aunt did not know.
• Tony questioned Peter about his webbing and wall-climbing, then examined his suit after Dum-E brought it to him.
• Steve reassured Peter that the Avengers were not his enemies, and Peter recognized the heroes around him, including Bruce Wayne and Miaomiao.
• Peter told the Avengers that their heroic deeds had inspired him to help people as Spider-Man.

Peter explained that his heightened senses overwhelmed him, and Miaomiao suggested finding him a teacher. Tony offered to help Peter control his abilities by upgrading his gear, then recognized that Peter already had the sense of responsibility at the heart of a hero.

• Peter explained that his senses had become hypersensitive, and Miaomiao suggested Superman or Daredevil could teach him to manage them.
• Bruce explained that Superman’s and Daredevil’s experiences would not fully suit Peter, while Tony insisted he was best qualified to help.
• Tony offered to overhaul Peter’s gear after learning Peter could not afford better materials.
• Tony asked what motivated Peter, and Peter said he believed failing to use his powers to stop harm would make him responsible for what happened.
• Steve praised Peter for already having the heart of a hero.

Peter explained that he wanted to use his powers to help ordinary people as New York’s friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. Tony revealed that he had secretly monitored Peter and protected his identity, and he had come to respect the boy’s kindness and resolve.

• Peter told Tony that he wanted to help ordinary people with the small problems within his reach.
• Tony sat beside Peter and comforted him with a pat on the shoulder.
• Tony recalled that he and J.A.R.V.I.S. had tracked Spider-Man and quietly kept the government and dangerous groups from discovering Peter’s identity.
• Tony watched Peter risk his safety to help people and refuse to use his powers for personal gain despite hardship and public criticism.
• New Yorkers greeted and praised Spider-Man, while others insulted him, and Peter returned to the streets the next day to cheerfully greet them again.

Tony offered Peter a well-paid internship at Stark Industries so he could focus on learning and building instead of delivering food, but Peter hesitated because he wanted to support himself. Tony explained why he had chosen Peter personally and reassured him that he had the talent to succeed, leaving Peter to consider the offer.

• Tony offered Peter a Stark Industries internship paying three thousand dollars a month and told him to quit delivering food.
• Peter refused at first because he wanted to earn his own money and believed others might need the opportunity more.
• Tony explained that the internship was not charity and that he had personally chosen Peter for his abilities.
• Tony urged Peter to spend his time learning about technology rather than exhausting himself in a dead-end job.
• Peter asked whether he could really succeed, and Tony reassured him that he trusted his talent.

Tony told Peter that he was developing custom battle armor for him, then promised to make Miaomiao her own suit after she complained that Peter was getting one. Miaomiao asked for armor that could fly, revealing that flight was what she wanted most.

• Peter tearfully thanked Tony for believing in him, and Tony warned that Peter's armor was still in development and depended on his performance.
• Tony explained that Peter would help with the armor's development and undergo a physical assessment, while promising he could take the armor back if Peter became reckless.
• Miaomiao complained that Peter was getting custom armor while she had none, leaving Tony unable to answer without revealing Bruce's secret identity.
• Tony promised to make Miaomiao a custom suit, and she asked for one that could fly.

Tony promised Miaomiao a flying suit of Battle Armor, then proposed taking everyone to an amusement park so the children could enjoy a real day off. Bruce hesitated, and Tony challenged him over how little time he made for his children before recalling his own distant father.

• Tony agreed to make Miaomiao a flying suit of Battle Armor, and she thanked him.
• Tony suggested that the group visit an amusement park, and Clint and Doctor Banner said they had been before.
• Tony urged Bruce to take Miaomiao to the amusement park, pointing out that he had never taken her there.
• Miaomiao said she would do whatever Bruce wanted, prompting Tony to criticize Bruce's parenting.
• Tony recalled how Howard Stark had been absent and emotionally distant throughout his childhood.

Tony persuaded Bruce to take Miaomiao and the others to an amusement park, reminding him not to let work consume the children’s childhoods. The group prepared to leave, and Tony included Peter in the outing as a new Stark Industries intern while arranging to contact Peter’s former employer.

• Tony recalled how loneliness at an amusement park had shaped his childhood and urged Bruce to make time for the children.
• Bruce reconsidered his priorities after remembering the painful conflicts and losses involving Dick, Jason, Tim, and Damian, then agreed to go with Miaomiao and the others.
• Miaomiao excitedly praised Bruce, and Tony told everyone to get ready for the outing.
• Tony told Peter that he was now a Stark Industries intern and invited him on the company team-building trip.
• Peter worried about leaving his delivery job, so Tony asked J.A.R.V.I.S. to email Peter’s boss and ask whether Tony could invest in the restaurant.
• Peter and the others changed into casual clothes and prepared to leave for the amusement park.

Bruce and the others took Miaomiao to an amusement park, where Tony arranged VIP entry to bypass the crowds. Miaomiao delighted in her first cotton candy and Natasha dressed her in cat ears, while Bruce began considering how to connect with her more.

• Bruce, Tony, Natasha, and the others changed into casual clothes before taking Miaomiao to the amusement park.
• Tony bought the group exclusive VIP access so they could enter without waiting in the long line.
• Miaomiao compared the bright, lively park with the gloomy abandoned amusement park in Gotham and grew excited by her surroundings.
• Bruce bought Miaomiao cotton candy, and she tried it for the first time, delighting in its sweetness.
• Natasha put a black cat-ear headband on Miaomiao, and Tony admired how adorable she looked.

Tony Stark bought Miaomiao, Peter, and Clint’s family treats and souvenirs at the amusement park, while Natasha dressed Miaomiao in accessories that drew attention from the crowds. The group left the shops to choose a ride, but their different preferences—and Clint’s absence—left the next stop undecided.

• Tony bought Miaomiao and Peter food and toys, then told the group he would pay for everyone’s purchases.
• Clint used Tony’s offer to buy his children expensive plush toys, while Natasha dressed Miaomiao in coordinated accessories.
• Miaomiao’s appearance attracted attention from children and adults, and Bruce warned that the growing crowd could disrupt their outing.
• Tony suggested they leave the shops and use his map to pick an attraction; Peter chose the roller coaster, while Banner cautioned them not to provoke Hulk.
• Steve and Bucky favored nostalgic rides and newer sightseeing attractions, and Tony noticed Clint was missing.

Bucky was separated from Steve in a crowded amusement park and, while searching for him, met a lost little boy who mistook him for his father. The boy asked Bucky to win him a Howling Commandos doll, leaving Bucky unsure how to respond.

• Tony suggested that everyone split into smaller groups and meet at the amusement park's central restaurant in four hours.
• Bucky and Steve were swept apart by a crowd watching a float parade, and Bucky was left feeling lonely as he searched for Steve.
• Bucky found a crying little boy, who mistook him for his father and took his hand while Bucky offered to find a staff member.
• The boy stopped at a shooting-game booth featuring Howling Commandos dolls and pleaded with Bucky to win him one.
• Bucky hesitated when the boy said his father could not hit anything and asked for the doll.

Bucky played a Captain America game scenario based on the rescue of the 107th Infantry Regiment and discovered that its mission was to save him. He excelled at fighting through the fortress, then learned that James Barnes had been taken to an isolation ward in the factory.

• Bucky agreed to play the shooting game after a child cried, and the attendant introduced a scenario based on Captain America's battles.
• The game began with Steve Rogers jumping from a plane into enemy territory to rescue captured Allied soldiers, including Bucky Barnes.
• Bucky recognized the mission as the historical rescue of his own regiment and took control of Captain America in the game.
• Bucky rapidly defeated enemy forces, breached the fortress, and freed the prisoners in the dungeon.
• A freed soldier told Steve that James Barnes had been sent to an isolation ward in the factory, and Steve went to find him.

Bucky completed a game that reenacted Steve Rogers rescuing him and more than four hundred Allied soldiers, forcing him to relive the past he had forgotten. After giving the perfect-clear prize to a lost boy, Bucky tried to leave, but other children crowded around him.

• Bucky relived Hydra's experiments and Steve's rescue through the game, remembering that he had survived by holding on to the hope of seeing Steve again.
• The game showed Steve rescuing Bucky and the other prisoners, then celebrating the victory that made Captain America famous.
• Bucky earned a perfect clear and accepted a Captain America plush as his prize.
• Bucky gave the plush to the boy he had been looking after, and the boy's father returned and thanked him.
• Bucky refused the father's offer to pay and tried to leave the arcade, but nearby children swarmed around him.

At the amusement park, Bucky repeatedly cleared game levels to win plush toys for the children, finding unexpected peace in their happiness. When the next level required two players and no adult volunteered, someone announced they would join him.

• Bucky agreed to win plush toys for the children and had them line up one at a time.
• Bucky cleared the game repeatedly, giving the children plush toys and growing more comfortable with the shield.
• More children joined the line after seeing Bucky's skill and the Howling Commandos toys.
• Bucky reached a level that required two players and realized he could not start it alone.
• The girl at the front of the line nearly cried when she thought she would miss her turn, while the adults hesitated to join Bucky.
• An unseen person offered to step in as Bucky's second player.

Steve found Bucky at an amusement-park game recreating a Howling Commandos battle and saw him instinctively fight as Captain America despite having lost his memories. Bucky continued winning rounds and giving the prizes to children while Steve watched silently, unable to approach him.

• Steve panicked when Bucky disappeared in the amusement-park crowd and searched for him.
• Steve overheard a boy describe a man with a metal arm who had won him a toy, and realized the man might be Bucky.
• Steve pushed through a crowd and found Bucky playing a Howling Commandos battle game as Captain America.
• Steve watched Bucky use combat moves that mirrored his own, despite Bucky having lost his memories.
• Bucky earned a Perfect Clear, gave a Howling Commandos plush toy to a child, and started another round while Steve held back his words.