Recaps

Solomon killed Stormfront and subdued Homelander, then seized power inside Vought while hunting rare Supes and the original Compound V. After discovering Ryan’s abilities, Solomon arranged a compromise between Becca and Homelander, leaving Ryan’s care under strict conditions.

• Solomon killed Stormfront after finding no useful leads in her memories, then killed Blindspot and took the unconscious A-Train to a hospital.
• Solomon defeated Homelander at Vought Tower, copied his abilities, and appointed Ashley CEO while keeping Homelander’s defeat secret.
• Solomon made Homelander attend the board meeting, where Ashley won unanimous approval as CEO, then ordered Vought to investigate Supes and search for the original Compound V and three missing test subjects.
• Solomon killed Sister Sage to acquire her super brain, then went to Harmony Castle and destroyed Quinn and the vines, upgrading his immortality but finding that Bombsight had taken the Compound V stock.
• Solomon harvested powers from the Sage Grove subjects and Lamplighter, while Edgar identified Solomon as JS and warned Homelander that his leaked Compound V might have created Solomon.
• Homelander warned Solomon about Edgar’s discoveries and offered to gather Supes, but Solomon declined and went with him to visit Ryan.
• Solomon acquired Ryan’s abilities after Ryan collapsed from awakening his Laser Eyes, then helped Becca and Homelander negotiate a shared-care arrangement with strict limits on Ryan’s upbringing.
• Becca accepted Solomon’s conditions and asked for a home outside New York and secrecy about Ryan, while Solomon reminded Homelander of his earlier plan to push Ryan off a roof.

Solomon strengthened Homelander, reshaped The Seven, and harvested abilities from imprisoned Supes and Godolkin students. After Jordan and Luke became reserve members, Solomon entered the underground research facility, where the virus capable of killing Supes awaited.

• Solomon trained Homelander to master his abilities, arranged A-Train’s heart transplant, and began directing Vought’s research.
• At Elmira, Solomon defeated the imprisoned Supes, unlocked the World Traversal Function, then killed Godolkin and Doug Brightbill after reading Godolkin’s memories.
• Solomon confronted Flame of Truth, helped Homelander impose strength-based rules on The Seven, and forced Maeve to accept mission orders.
• Solomon and Homelander intercepted the overseas Supe squad, allowing Kenji to escape, and Solomon then defeated Homelander in a sparring match.
• Solomon revealed that Soldier Boy was Homelander’s biological father, and Homelander confirmed the truth with Vogelbaum before resolving to become strong enough to face him.
• At Godolkin University, Solomon covertly harvested 290 students’ abilities, then defeated the top ten in a challenge while Luke and Jordan fought together.
• Homelander made Jordan and Golden Boy reserve members of The Seven, and Solomon went with Homelander, Ashley, and Shetty to meet Dr. Cardosa at the underground research facility.

Solomon consolidated Vought’s power, then traveled to a 1962 world and founded a new Vought International to recruit mutants as heroes. Raven joined the organization and met Angel as Vought began gathering its first mutant recruits.

• Solomon exposed Shetty’s plot, killed her after Homelander connected her to the Flight 37 deaths, and ordered Ashley to reform Godolkin University and its teaching system.
• Solomon controlled Neuman, learned Edgar had sent her to free Soldier Boy, and forced her to support Vought while seeking the presidency.
• Butcher, Hughie, and Solomon witnessed Homelander defeat Soldier Boy, then Solomon stopped Homelander from killing Butcher and admitted Butcher’s deductions about his powers were correct.
• Solomon absorbed Soldier Boy’s abilities and other powers, reconciled Butcher and Homelander over Becca and Ryan, and prepared to leave the world.
• Solomon announced plans to release Compound V, overruled the Seven’s objections, and gave Homelander authority over Vought before traveling to another world.
• In 1962 New York, Solomon discovered the X-Men world, established Vought International in the renamed Vought Tower, and opened recruitment for mutant heroes.
• Charles and Raven learned of Vought’s mutant recruitment, and Raven traveled to New York, where she revealed her powers and joined the organization as a prospective hero.
• Raven met Angel, chose to pursue a public hero career, and later encountered Sandra and Hirna, who arrived with the powerful newcomer Sean Cassidy.

Charles and Erik brought their allies to Vought seeking help against the Black King, but the meeting became a clash between the Black King's mutant revolution and Solomon's plan to protect humanity through Vought. Solomon subdued the Black King, who escaped with his remaining allies, while Erik stayed behind and restrained his urge to pursue him.

• Raven told Charles about Vought’s mutant shelter and hero program, and Charles gathered Moira, Erik, and Hank to travel to New York and seek Vought’s support.
• Roland selected Raven, Angel Salvadore, Sean Cassidy, Damian Crawford, and Valen Phillips for hero training while the other mutants weighed Vought’s offer of enhancement and obedience.
• The Black King’s group arrived at Vought Tower as Charles and his companions approached, and the Black King’s team attacked the gathered mutants during Roland’s meeting.
• A-Train defeated Azazel, Riptide, the White Queen, and the Black King, acquiring their abilities as Charles, Erik, Hank, and Moira entered the conference room.
• Erik and Charles tried to confront Shaw, but A-Train incapacitated Erik, Charles, and Hank before Solomon arrived and stopped him.
• Solomon controlled the Vought mutants, gained new abilities, repaired the damaged conference room, and healed the injured guests.
• Solomon asked the Black King, Erik, and Charles to explain their visions for mutants, and the Black King declared his plan to start a global nuclear war and rule over humanity’s remains.
• Solomon argued that Vought could win human acceptance by protecting people, then subdued the Black King and offered mutants a home and dignity, and Azazel teleported away with the Black King, the White Queen, and Riptide while Erik stayed behind.