Chapter Summaries

Su Ming captured Magneto with Anya’s poisoned dart and offered him a deal: help fight Hydra’s controlled troops in exchange for information about his mother’s killer. Magneto accepted and prepared to join Su Ming’s campaign across the United States.

• Su Ming used Anya’s Wakandan blow-dart syringe to poison Magneto and knock him unconscious.
• Su Ming explained that the poison had come from Japan and suspected Romulus was behind the attack on Logan.
• Su Ming brought Magneto to the burning ruins of Washington, D.C., and asked him to fight Hydra’s troops.
• Su Ming told Magneto he alone knew the identity of the person who had killed Magneto’s mother.
• Magneto accepted Su Ming’s terms, and Su Ming arranged for him to sign a Magic Contract.

Su Ming sent Magneto to eliminate Hydra troops in Washington while he searched for the enemy commander, then encountered Nick Fury’s beleaguered SSR forces on a battlefield. Magneto annihilated the mind-controlled attackers and left Fury considering the idea of forming an Avengers team of his own.

• Su Ming persuaded Magneto to kill the Hydra troops in the city and used Heimdall to search for the Super Axis commander.
• Heimdall sent Su Ming to a battlefield where Nick Fury’s SSR unit fought National Guard troops controlled by hallucinogenic mushrooms, while Captain America had ordered the SSR to hold back and gone north to find the enemy leader.
• Fury tried to persuade Su Ming to kill the attackers, but Su Ming declined and told Fury to prepare Doctor Zola’s computer prototype as payment.
• Magneto arrived on a flying manhole cover, stopped the incoming bullets and shells, and killed more than a thousand attackers by hurling their weapons back at them.
• Magneto called himself an Avenger and flew off to find more Hydra troops, prompting Fury to consider creating an Avengers team of his own.

Su Ming found Peggy watching two identical Captain Americas fight and used a flashbang and frying pan to interrupt them. He began a Captain America quiz to identify the impostor, opening with an absurd question about when Fury would die, leaving the contestants stunned.

• Su Ming joined Peggy as she watched two Captain Americas fight and learned she could not tell which one was real.
• Su Ming used a flashbang to blind both fighters, then knocked them down with Godslayer transformed into a frying pan.
• The two Captain Americas each claimed to be the real one, so Su Ming threatened to kill whichever failed to prove his identity.
• Su Ming made Peggy the judge and announced a quiz, then asked when Fury would die while facing a charging Tiger Tank with a roasted chicken drumstick.
• Peggy and both Captain Americas were stunned by Su Ming's first question.

Su Ming used a bizarre quiz to distract two Captain Americas while Magneto fought the invading army, then exposed and killed the fake Peggy, an Axis Agent. He explained that one Captain America was William Burnside, while Steve learned the real Peggy was still somewhere in the city and rode off to find her.

• The two Captain Americas both answered that Nick Fury would survive Deathstroke’s absurd questions, while Peggy questioned the purpose of the quiz.
• Magneto returned after killing the invaders in the city and demanded the intelligence Su Ming had promised him.
• Su Ming exposed fake Peggy as an Axis Agent and cut her down; she shouted “Hail Hydra” before detonating a grenade that Magneto stopped from harming them.
• Su Ming revealed that one Captain America was William Burnside, a military-made successor, and explained that Hydra had arranged events to make the two men fight.
• Steve learned that the real Peggy was still in the city with Old Al, then rode off to warn her while Su Ming and Magneto departed.

Su Ming and Magneto reached war-torn San Francisco to confront the enemy, while Su Ming spoke with Odin through a raven about Ragnarök and their secret plans. Odin recounted Thor and Loki’s latest trouble with the Frost Giants, and the chapter left the battle still underway.

• Su Ming explained that he had exposed the fake Agent Carter by noticing sand in her hair and a foot forced into the wrong-sized boot.
• Magneto resolved to form a group of Mutants who could support one another, then charged into the battle while Su Ming searched for the enemy leader.
• Su Ming called for Heimdall, but Odin answered through a raven and challenged his motives for using the Bifrost.
• Su Ming claimed the approaching cycle had implications for Asgard and said his negotiations with the People in the Shadows had bought it time.
• Odin recalled how Thor and Loki provoked a Frost Giant, stole his treasured sword, and nearly reignited a conflict before Odin rescued them.
• Odin described the later deaths of two All-Mothers and his retreat into sleep before Su Ming’s latest troublemaking interrupted his rest.

Su Ming and Odin hunted Hydra’s leaders, and Odin killed Count Blood with Gungnir. Odin sought Su Ming’s help finding The Serpent, and Su Ming agreed to work with him before setting out to locate Magneto.

• Su Ming identified Count Blood as a Hydra commander in San Francisco and discussed his fanaticism with Odin.
• Odin struck Count Blood with Gungnir, destroying the vampire in a burst of rainbow-colored fragments.
• Su Ming inferred that Odin had acted to gain his help against The Serpent, who had vanished from the Nine Realms.
• Su Ming told Odin he would alert Heimdall if he found The Serpent and proposed trying to change the prophecy of Ragnarök.
• Odin agreed to proceed with Su Ming’s plan, then Su Ming pulled him back to help deal with threats in three more cities.
• Su Ming flew off to find Magneto and asked Odin to leave an Asian woman and a purple-hooded person among the enemy forces alive.

Su Ming secured Odin’s help in killing Blindspot but failed to persuade him to attack the controlled army, then traveled to Chicago to confront Madame Lotus. He forced her into a magically binding deal to help Ichiro Yashida rise to power in Japan and leave the United States afterward.

• Odin helped Su Ming kill Blindspot but refused to interfere with the controlled army, honoring his agreement with Ancient One.
• Su Ming had Magneto handle the remaining minions and flew to Chicago to find Madame Lotus.
• Su Ming offered Madame Lotus a way out of Hydra if she went to Japan and helped Ichiro Yashida rise to power.
• Madame Lotus accepted the deal, but Su Ming used a Magic Contract witnessed by the Vishanti to bind her oath.
• Madame Lotus realized Su Ming had seen through her act and understood that breaking the agreement would bring consequences.

Su Ming negotiated with Baron Zemo in Hollywood, learning that Madame Hydra was at Mount Rushmore and that Zemo wanted help against Red Skull. He then rescued Howard from the studio and carried him away, leaving the actress behind.

• Su Ming listened to a damaged radio in the ruined bar, then left Lotus and headed to find Zemo.
• Su Ming found Zemo spying on Howard at a Hollywood studio and learned that the Destiny Stone had been lost in Asgard.
• Zemo told Su Ming that Madame Hydra was at Mount Rushmore, warned that someone might be backing her, and gave him a Luger pistol.
• Su Ming shot Zemo in the arm and shoulder to preserve their cover, then approached Howard and his leading lady.
• Su Ming broke up Howard's make-believe romance with a Concussion Grenade, and Howard paid the actress before Su Ming flew him out of the studio.

Su Ming brought Howard Stark to Mount Rushmore to confront Madame Hydra, who had transformed into a mechanical monster called the Root of Hatred. He expected Howard to help deal with her machinery, leaving Howard to face the danger despite his protests.

• Howard asked Su Ming why he could not find a woman who loved him for himself, and Su Ming offered to introduce him to Harley for counseling.
• Howard revealed that he had recognized Su Ming as Slade, but Su Ming avoided explaining further and led him into the mountains.
• Su Ming brought Howard to Mount Rushmore and told him that Madame Hydra had become the mechanical Root of Hatred and was seeking revenge on the SSR and the United States.
• Su Ming explained that they would need to destroy every backup of Madame Hydra's memories to prevent her return.
• Su Ming flew Howard toward Madame Hydra and dropped him close behind her, expecting him to handle her mechanical form.

Deathstroke confronted Madame Hydra atop Statue Mountain and learned that she had used Faustus to turn America’s heroes against the public, while Deathstroke had used the crisis to advance his own plans for influencing Mutants and Inhumans. Madame Hydra’s apparent death triggered the emergence of a colossal robot displaying her face, turning the confrontation into an unmistakable spectacle as Su Ming moved to protect Howard.

• Madame Hydra admitted that she had used Faustus’s abilities to expose America’s hypocrisy, while Su Ming explained how he had made Magneto a scapegoat to draw Mutants toward his influence.
• Madame Hydra removed her mask to reveal her head preserved in a glass jar, and Su Ming cut her body down after she challenged him over who had lost.
• Su Ming searched for Madame Hydra’s severed head, but it vanished before he found it.
• A gigantic headless robot emerged from the ruins of Statue Mountain with Madame Hydra’s face on its chest screen, making the attack visible to the surrounding public.
• Su Ming caught Howard as he fell, then forced him into a car and sent him away while Howard clutched a piece of the robot for study.

Su Ming fought Madame Hydra’s giant robot as she broadcast false claims about the United States and Captain America, then escaped its energy explosion. He and Howard headed to find Doctor Zola, while Su Ming planned to deal with Faustus.

• Madame Hydra attacked Su Ming with her giant robot and broadcast recordings accusing the United States and Captain America of crimes.
• Su Ming struggled to damage the robot as its loud vibrations weakened Strangle, while Madame Hydra finished spreading her claims.
• The robot erupted in a mushroom cloud, and Su Ming escaped by teleporting into space as the panicked crowd fled.
• Howard drove to safety, where Su Ming reunited with him and asked whether he had kept part of the robot.
• Su Ming and Howard set off on the Cloak of Levitation to find Doctor Zola, while Su Ming said he needed to deal with Faustus.
• Howard rejected Su Ming’s offers of immortality and joked angrily about whether Su Ming would haunt him after death.

Su Ming concluded that Madame Hydra and Faustus planned to exploit racial hatred and manipulate America from within, and he prepared to intervene before their scheme reached Dr. Martin Luther King. He called Heimdall, but the Bifrost that began to envelop him seemed strangely weak.

• Su Ming and Howard found Zola hiding in the laboratory and asked him to help examine Root of Hatred's remains.
• Zola recognized the machine as connected to the Life Mirror Project but said he did not know how it had been transformed.
• Su Ming left Howard and Zola to investigate the machine and reasoned that Faustus aimed to seize power in America rather than destroy it.
• Su Ming connected Madame Hydra's plan to growing racial unrest and feared Faustus would use Mushroom Spores to control people involved in the movement around Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King.
• Su Ming called Heimdall, and the Bifrost began transporting him with an unusually weak beam.

Su Ming rescued Dr. King from Hydra agents posing as visitors, then learned from their memories that Faustus was waiting at a nearby farm. Dr. King took Su Ming’s appearance as a divine sign for equality, while Su Ming prepared to confront Faustus.

• Hydra agents approached Dr. King at home with a poisoned cigar, but Su Ming arrived and killed them before they could harm him.
• Su Ming showed Dr. King the agents’ concealed identities, warned him to continue his civil rights work, and left after Strangle obtained information about Faustus.
• Dr. King interpreted Su Ming’s black-and-yellow armor and flight as a revelation that people of every race could ascend to Heaven, and renewed his commitment to his dream.
• Su Ming found Faustus waiting at a well-lit farm with guards, generators, tents, and a locked barn, and decided the setting would suit a game.

Su Ming used Strangle and staged horror-movie monsters to terrorize Faustus and his Hydra agents after disabling the farm’s power and transport plane. Faustus fled toward the snowy forest with three survivors, unaware that Su Ming had already sent Cloak and Strangle to cut off their escape.

• After the farm’s lights went out, Faustus sent agents to repair the generators, and a masked giant killed one of them.
• Su Ming explained that he had prepared monster disguises, piano music, and brutal staged attacks to frighten Faustus and draw out whoever stood behind Hydra.
• Su Ming’s monsters killed most of the Hydra agents, leaving Faustus and four others to hear the survivors’ reports of different creatures.
• Faustus ordered one agent to distract the monsters while he and the others went to repair the damaged plane, but the agent was killed and Freddy attacked the group.
• Faustus and three survivors fled toward the forest, while Su Ming sent Cloak and Strangle ahead to block their route.

Su Ming killed Faustus, seized his unused mushroom stock, and brought it back while continuing to investigate Madame Hydra’s survival. Monark woke to Mordo’s unsettling new behavior, then Su Ming pulled him into examining a mushroom.

• Dressed as Pennywise, Su Ming used Strangle to bite off Faustus’s head after terrifying him with horror-movie monsters.
• Su Ming found no useful intelligence in Faustus’s memories and returned his corpse to the farm.
• Su Ming broke into Faustus’s barn, found the unused red-and-white mushrooms, and called Heimdall to move them to Kamar-Taj.
• Monark woke and found Mordo behaving strangely, then watched him leave through a Teleportation Portal for Philadelphia.
• Su Ming arrived dancing with a mushroom and asked Monark to help determine whether it was voodoo material.

Su Ming forced the Leopard God to investigate an African voodoo mushroom while he continued harvesting Heart-Shaped Herbs in Wakanda. The Leopard God removed nearly all the plants from Wakanda, and Su Ming continued pursuing clues about who was directing the attacks as Kamar-Taj’s expanded magic curriculum reshaped Kaecilius’s studies.

• Monark identified the Voodoo Mushroom as a material used in African voodoo and explained how dark mages created true Voodoo Zombies.
• Su Ming returned to the dream world and persuaded the Leopard God to ask other African gods about the mushroom.
• The Leopard God removed nearly all the Heart-Shaped Herbs being cultivated in Wakanda, leaving one seedling for the next Black Panther, while Su Ming secretly stored a large supply in his bag.
• Wakanda’s alarms sounded before dawn, and the king found only one Heart-Shaped Herb remaining in the cave.
• Su Ming suspected a hidden magic-user was guiding Madame Hydra and Faustus, while he reflected on Kamar-Taj’s expanded magical studies.
• Kaecilius compared the available dark-magic systems, rejected Dormammu’s costly spells, and chose White Magic as his main discipline and Set’s Phage magic as an elective.

Su Ming returned from Wakanda with a lead that Mutants had brought its mushrooms from South Africa, then met Magneto after the destruction of New York and revealed the identity of his enemy. Magneto accepted the name Erik Lehnsherr and agreed to let Su Ming guide him to Sebastian Shaw.

• The Leopard God told Su Ming that a group of Mutants had obtained the mushrooms from a South African tribe.
• Su Ming left Wakanda and flew toward the United States after hearing someone mourn the Heart-Shaped Herb.
• Magneto waited above New York after wiping out the invading soldiers, and Su Ming confirmed that the battle was finished.
• Su Ming advised Magneto to use the name Erik Lehnsherr, which Magneto accepted as his new alias.
• Su Ming revealed that Professor Schmidt was really Sebastian Shaw, a Mutant, and stopped Magneto from rushing off to kill him without a plan.
• Su Ming offered to accompany Magneto and show him how to kill Sebastian Shaw.

Su Ming brought Magneto to the London Sanctum Sanctorum, revealed that magic and demons were real, and introduced him to the Sorcerer Supreme’s students and allies. Ciri then reported that Geralt had traveled to other worlds and become the Warrior of Light, leaving Su Ming exasperated by the Witcher’s increasingly elaborate adventures.

• Su Ming and Magneto flew to London while discussing Magneto’s past, his plans to fight for Mutants, and his desire to kill Sebastian Shaw.
• Su Ming took Magneto into the London Sanctum Sanctorum and revealed that he was the Sorcerer Supreme and that magic was real.
• Su Ming greeted Master Trickster and met the people he had brought, including Ciri, a cowboy, and a bald child.
• Ciri told Su Ming that preparations against the White Frost were progressing, with shelters planned in Toussaint and the Skellige Isles.
• Ciri explained that Geralt had traveled from the Hunter New World to another world, where he called himself the Warrior of Light and hunted dragons with a silver-plated lance.

Su Ming assembled Ghost Rider, Charles Xavier, Magneto, and Mr. Sinister for an operation, bringing Charles and Magneto together while questioning Mr. Sinister about the Hellfire Club. Mr. Sinister identified Sir Gordon Phillips as its current Lord Imperial, but the chapter left Bastian’s whereabouts unresolved.

• Su Ming invited Ghost Rider, also known as Mr. Parham, to join the operation, and Parham agreed because he considered it his duty to judge sinners.
• Su Ming nudged Charles toward Magneto, and Charles introduced himself as a Mutant and expressed his belief that Mutants should integrate with humanity.
• Charles read Erik Lehnsherr’s thoughts and understood his painful past and recent attacks, while hoping to help him despite their differences.
• Su Ming confronted Mr. Sinister about his contract and demanded information on the Hellfire Club, reminding him that his life depended on Su Ming’s permission.
• Mr. Sinister told Su Ming that Sir Gordon Phillips was the current Lord Imperial of the Hellfire Club, while Bastian was not in New York and had not yet risen to power.

Su Ming investigated the Sorcerer Assault Team and Hellfire, suspecting an unknown sorcerer was guiding their actions. After learning Sebastian Shaw was in Paris and identifying Jason Wyngarde as a possible source of magical aid to Hydra, Su Ming prepared to target Sebastian and question Jason.

• Su Ming considered Selene a possible hidden leader behind the Sorcerer Assault Team and chose Ghost Rider, Ciri, and Charles to help counter the threats.
• Mister Sinister told Su Ming that Sebastian Shaw was a Mutant who absorbed energy and was currently in Paris, while confirming Hellfire's current Council members.
• Su Ming sent Mister Sinister back to Hellfire's London headquarters to continue spying.
• Su Ming identified Jason Wyngarde as a powerful Mutant and Dark Mage who might have helped Hydra, and resolved to ask him about it.
• Su Ming decided the mission was to kill Sebastian before Selene took control of Hellfire in the future.