Recaps

Solomon built his powers by defeating Supes, then accepted a place in The Seven as Translucent’s replacement while secretly continuing to target Supes. The arc left him with Homelander’s permission to fight ordinary Supes, but barred him from going after Ezekiel until the Faith Expo ended.

• Solomon helped Hughie after A-Train killed Robin, then joined Butcher’s group and helped capture and kill Translucent, gaining Carbon-Fiber Super Skin.
• Solomon infiltrated Shockwave’s lounge, broke his leg, and gained Super Speed before later defeating The Female, Firecracker, and Splinter to acquire their abilities.
• At Vought’s underground club, Solomon defeated several Supes and caught Homelander’s attention, then accepted Homelander’s offer to replace Translucent in The Seven as JS.
• Solomon joined Butcher, Hughie, and Frenchie in finding Kimiko, knocked her out with halothane, and gained her healing ability.
• Solomon’s duplicate attended The Seven’s meeting, where Homelander disclosed Translucent’s death and ordered JS to stay invisible while the team investigated the threat.
• Solomon obtained Vought files on Supes and began knocking out clubgoing Supes to build his powers, prompting Ashley to bring him before Madelyn and Homelander.
• Solomon defended his plan to fight Supes by claiming one had killed his parents, and Homelander allowed him to challenge ordinary Supes but forbade him from targeting Ezekiel before the Faith Expo.

Solomon gathered new abilities while moving between Vought, Butcher’s investigation, and the Faith Expo, where he killed Ezekiel and discovered a baby receiving Compound V. After learning the truth behind Flight 37 from Maeve, he realized Hughie was headed to question an impostor posing as Ezekiel and warned Butcher too late to stop him from sending Hughie.

• Solomon defeated Blindspot, gained echolocation, and used the ability to hear across Vought Tower.
• Homelander and Maeve abandoned Flight 37 after the controls were destroyed, and all 123 passengers died in the crash.
• Solomon exposed Mesmer’s betrayal to Butcher’s group, then declined to join their investigation into Compound V.
• Solomon read Ezekiel’s memories, learned Compound V had gone to Mercy Hospital, and killed him before finding an infant receiving the drug there.
• Solomon gained abilities from The Deep and several Supes at the club, then learned from Gecko about experimental Supes in Vought’s research department.
• At the Flight 37 memorial, Solomon confronted Maeve with the possibility that Homelander had deliberately destroyed the plane’s controls, and she recognized the truth.
• Maeve told Solomon about Homelander’s actions and revealed weaknesses of The Seven before kissing him and pinning him to the sofa.
• After seeing Ezekiel on television, Solomon called Hughie but got no answer, then warned Butcher that Ezekiel was dead and an impostor was at the Faith Expo, only to learn Butcher had already sent Hughie there.

Solomon protected Starlight from Homelander, acquired new abilities, and learned Vought’s secrets while Homelander’s manufactured Supe crisis drew federal attention away from the company. After rescuing Teddy and gathering more powers, Solomon turned toward Red River as Annie chose to act against the CIA’s Black Prison.

• Mother’s Milk returned to the Faith Expo to save Hughie, and Homelander let them leave after Hughie escaped the fake Ezekiel.
• Solomon helped Butcher’s group find Compound V at Mercy Hospital, then appeared at The Seven’s meeting and repeatedly survived Homelander’s attacks while defending Starlight.
• Solomon took A-Train’s speed, acquired Flame Jet from Flame, and persuaded Homelander that Starlight should remain under his protection.
• Homelander told Madelyn he had arranged the Supe terrorist attacks by having A-Train distribute Compound V to extremists, and he later doubted her account of Becca’s death.
• After the CIA arrested Frenchie, Mother’s Milk, and Kimiko, Solomon read Madelyn’s memories, learned where Becca and Ryan were hidden, and rescued Teddy from the villa.
• Homelander killed Madelyn before Butcher could take revenge, and Solomon used the aftermath to acquire Hamster’s storage ability, Thermal’s thermal physiology, and Scavenger’s poison immunity.
• Solomon improved his vision, decided to master his abilities and investigate Red River, and realized Teddy might be the teleporting child there.
• Annie reconsidered her loyalty to Vought after Hughie told her about Compound V, then rushed into the CIA’s Black Prison after hearing gunfire.

Solomon gained new powers by defeating Starlight, Maverick, Mary Moreau, and Black Noir while clashing openly with Homelander and outmaneuvering Edgar’s trap. After killing Black Noir, he faced Stormfront, whose lightning could not harm him but whose thunder battered his newly heightened hearing.

• Starlight helped Hughie and the others escape the CIA black site, then returned to Vought Tower and agreed to spar with Solomon.
• Solomon defeated Starlight in the training room, acquired her Electricity Conversion and Control, and later merged it with Light Eyes to create and control light energy.
• Solomon sought out Maverick, acquired his carbon-fiber super skin, and upgraded it to carbon-fiber super skin +1.
• At Vought’s banquet, Solomon threatened Edgar, challenged Homelander’s authority, and rejected Homelander’s offer to become second in command.
• Solomon fought Homelander, withstood his lasers, matched them with his own, and overpowered them using stored electrical energy before Homelander conceded he could not stop him.
• Solomon infiltrated Red River Institute, incapacitated Mary Moreau, and acquired Blood Manipulation, bringing his energy close to level 4.
• Solomon foiled Edgar’s staged factory trap, defeating Blindspot and A-Train before killing Black Noir and gaining Breath Concealment.
• Stormfront descended into the factory and attacked Solomon with lightning, which his body resisted, though the thunder tormented his heightened hearing.