Chapter Summaries

Solomon witnessed A-Train kill Robin and comforted Hughie, then accepted Vought International’s payment and signed a nondisclosure agreement. He remained wary of the corporation as he pursued a chance to gain superhuman abilities by defeating Translucent.

• A-Train accidentally burst Robin apart as he sped through the street, leaving Hughie in shock.
• Solomon explained that he had transmigrated into The Boys’ world and could gain superpowers by defeating superhumans.
• Solomon comforted Hughie, helped him through the police investigation, and stayed by his side until evening.
• Vought International’s lawyers offered Solomon compensation in exchange for his silence, and he accepted the money and signed their agreement.

Solomon waited for Butcher to draw Hughie into the fight against Vought and prepared to confront Translucent at the audiovisual store. As Hughie fled into the storeroom battered and bleeding, Solomon's chance to act arrived.

• Solomon watched Billy Butcher approach Hughie at the audiovisual store, then left them alone to talk.
• Butcher showed Hughie his FBI credential and left with him, while Solomon agreed to watch the store.
• Solomon saw Hughie meet Starlight and later inferred that Hughie had helped Butcher plant a bug at Vought International.
• Solomon hid in the storeroom with a high-voltage stun baton as Hughie returned and Translucent was expected to attack.
• After crashing sounds and signs of a fierce fight erupted, Hughie stumbled into the storeroom covered in blood and dust.

Solomon helped Hughie and Butcher defeat Translucent with a stun baton and gained Translucent’s carbon-fiber super skin. With police approaching, Butcher urged Hughie and Solomon to help move Translucent’s body, while Hughie learned Butcher had lied about being a federal agent.

• Hughie tried to electrocute Translucent with a wire, but it was too short to reach him.
• Solomon stunned Translucent until he collapsed unconscious, then received the Carbon-Fiber Super Skin ability.
• Butcher praised Solomon and questioned how he knew electricity could work, and Solomon claimed he had only followed Hughie’s lead.
• Butcher told Hughie and Solomon to carry Translucent to the trunk, and Hughie protested that Butcher had hit him with the car.
• Butcher admitted he was not a federal agent as police sirens approached, then urged Hughie to help move Translucent’s body.

Solomon was drawn into Butcher and Hughie’s fight with Vought after Translucent survived and woke in the car trunk. While Butcher took Hughie to meet Frenchie, Solomon tested his newly unlocked optical invisibility and considered its limits.

• Butcher pressured Solomon to help dispose of Translucent, and Solomon agreed after realizing Vought would likely target him regardless.
• Butcher, Hughie, and Solomon put Translucent in the car trunk and drove away.
• Translucent woke in the trunk, and Butcher warned Hughie that letting him escape would expose them to Vought and Homelander.
• At daybreak, Butcher took Hughie inside to meet Frenchie while Solomon stayed in the car.
• Solomon activated optical invisibility, disappearing from view while his clothes and accessories remained visible.

Solomon used optical invisibility to escape notice and joined Butcher, Hughie, and Frenchie as they hid Translucent from Vought. Rejecting Hughie's hope of sparing him, Solomon proposed planting a remote-controlled bomb inside Translucent, leaving Translucent waking in fury.

• Solomon realized that optical invisibility only concealed his naked body and saw it as a way to infiltrate the secret orphanage for superpowered children.
• Frenchie discovered that Butcher had captured Translucent, then joined the group after learning Vought could track him through a hidden chip.
• Butcher and the others moved Translucent to a remote shack, caged him, and shielded his tracking chip from Vought.
• Solomon proposed putting a remote-controlled bomb inside Translucent to kill him or force him to answer questions, and Butcher ordered Frenchie to make it.
• Butcher and Frenchie subdued Translucent and placed the bomb inside him, and Translucent woke up demanding to know what they had done.

Solomon left Butcher’s group to target Shockwave, the superhuman preparing to race A-Train, and practiced moving while invisible near City Stadium. He reached the guarded venue unseen, ready to get inside.

• Translucent revealed that A-Train was in love with The Female and visited her every night, while Butcher took over the interrogation.
• Solomon left Hughie behind, urging him to stay with Butcher’s team to pursue justice for Robin.
• After hearing that A-Train and Shockwave would race in three days, Solomon traveled to City Stadium and rented a nearby hotel room.
• Solomon activated Carbon-Fiber Super Skin and spent an hour adapting to moving invisibly while naked.
• Solomon headed to City Stadium and approached its guarded entrance, relying on his invisibility to get inside.

Solomon ambushed Shockwave at the stadium, broke his leg, and acquired Super Speed. After returning to his hotel, he began training to control the new ability while Shockwave blamed A-Train for the attack.

• Solomon infiltrated Shockwave's lounge and waited for him to arrive alone.
• Solomon broke Shockwave's leg with an iron rod, knocked him unconscious, and acquired Super Speed.
• Solomon escaped the stadium without using his new ability and checked his updated superpower panel at the hotel.
• Solomon spent the following days practicing high-speed movements, turns, and stops in his hotel room.
• Stadium staff found the bloodied lounge, secretly took Shockwave to a Vought medical center, and kept the attack quiet.
• Shockwave woke in the hospital with his leg in a cast and accused A-Train of ambushing him.

After Shockwave was injured, Vought used its recovery serum to restore him in time for the super-speed race. Meanwhile, Butcher disposed of Translucent’s remains and set plans in motion as the race began with Shockwave still suspecting A-Train.

• Shockwave accused A-Train of breaking his legs, but Ashley said Vought would investigate and promised to handle the race.
• Homelander questioned Translucent’s disappearance, and Madelyn assured him she would investigate before ordering Ashley to get Shockwave Vought’s recovery serum.
• Butcher disposed of Translucent’s remains in the sea and sent Frenchie and Hughie to monitor the Female while he went to recruit Mother’s Milk.
• Butcher decided Solomon could leave for now but believed Translucent’s death gave him leverage to pull Solomon back into the conflict.
• Three days later, Shockwave’s legs had healed with the serum, and the race began at City Stadium as he glared at A-Train.

Solomon watched A-Train defeat Shockwave after taking Compound V, then followed Butcher and the others as they continued investigating The Female. He considered infiltrating Vought to find more Metahumans but recognized the danger of joining The Seven, and the chapter ended with the group monitoring The Female’s apartment.

• Butcher spotted Solomon at the stadium and pointed out that Homelander had seen them together.
• Solomon considered using Vought’s intelligence network to find Metahumans, but rejected joining The Seven because of the danger posed by Homelander.
• A-Train beat Shockwave in the race after taking Compound V, and Solomon left the stadium with Butcher and the others.
• Hughie greeted Solomon in the vehicle, while Butcher asked how he knew Starlight.
• Solomon reviewed his progress with super-speed and recognized how inertia and limited reaction time could make sudden maneuvers dangerous.
• Butcher introduced Solomon to Mother's Milk, who reported that The Female had been exercising intensely since injecting Compound V.

Solomon spotted Firecracker and Splinter online and recognized Splinter’s duplication ability as a valuable target. After The Female accidentally killed her landlord, Solomon knocked her unconscious, acquired her bone spurs, and discovered they remained visible while he was invisible.

• Solomon watched The Female train, then browsed superhuman streams and identified Firecracker and Splinter.
• Solomon recognized Splinter’s ability to create obedient duplicates and considered how it could combine with his own powers.
• The Female lost control after taking drugs and accidentally crushed her landlord’s head, prompting Butcher and Frenchie to enter her apartment and question her.
• After Butcher and Frenchie left, Solomon struck The Female unconscious and acquired her bone spur ability.
• Solomon tested the bone spurs, found they showed through his invisibility, and checked his updated power panel.

Solomon avoided joining Butcher’s search for Kimiko and arranged a meeting with Firecracker while secretly planning to exploit the encounter. He ambushed Splinter in the RV and acquired the self-duplication ability.

• Solomon told Butcher to contact him once the group found Kimiko’s location and asked Frenchie to prepare halothane.
• Solomon left the van, arranged to meet Firecracker through her livestream, and booked a nearby hotel to avoid returning home.
• Solomon practiced controlling his super speed until late that night.
• At their meeting place the next day, Solomon spotted Firecracker arriving with four Splinter duplicates and headed for the RV instead.
• Solomon found the original Splinter inside the RV, knocked him unconscious, and acquired self-duplication.

Solomon acquired Self-Duplication and the weak Spark ability, then tested how his duplicates could use his powers and share training experience. He began training with two duplicates, while realizing they were independent people he could not merge back into himself.

• Solomon discovered Self-Duplication had a 300-meter range limit, then knocked out Firecracker, who was revealed to be Misty, and acquired Spark.
• Solomon tested Spark and realized it might be useful alongside Lamplighter's flame-control ability.
• Solomon created a duplicate and confirmed it shared his consciousness and could use all his abilities, though duplication left him naked.
• Solomon created a second duplicate and sent both to train with him in the wilderness, finding that their practice and insights reached his mind in real time.
• Solomon realized duplicates were independent living individuals who needed food, water, and rest and could not be taken back in.

Solomon infiltrated Vought’s underground club disguised as the invisible Translucent and defeated several supes to steal their abilities. After gaining shapeshifting, he was confronted by a naked supe who suddenly returned to normal size.

• Solomon entered Vought’s exclusive underground club while invisible, and the staff assumed he was Translucent.
• Solomon knocked out a supe with levitation and acquired the ability, then knocked out a woman who mistook him for Translucent.
• Solomon approached a suspicious middle-aged man who questioned his identity and knocked him unconscious, acquiring shapeshifting.
• Solomon recognized the man as the shapeshifter from the events involving Madelyn and Homelander, then checked his updated stats.
• A naked supe suddenly expanded to normal human size beside Solomon and shouted furiously.

Solomon defeated Termite at the underground nightclub and gained his shrinking ability before Homelander arrived. Homelander saw through Solomon’s disguise, then offered him Translucent’s place in the Seven.

• Solomon impersonated Translucent’s voice and forced Termite to shrink, then crushed him inside a glass and gained Ant-Man Transformation.
• Solomon’s display frightened the nightclub’s other supes, while a hidden observer secretly reported the supposed return of Translucent.
• Homelander arrived and ordered Solomon to follow him, dismissing the Deep when he tried to claim credit for spotting the impostor.
• Homelander told Solomon that he knew he was not Translucent, and Solomon dropped his invisibility and revealed a shapeshifted appearance.
• Homelander offered Solomon Translucent’s place in the Seven.

Solomon accepted Homelander’s offer to join the Seven as the new Translucent, while refusing publicity appearances and asking for files on every superhuman so he could eventually defeat them. Homelander approved his requests, and Solomon introduced himself to Madelyn as JS.

• Homelander told Solomon to take over Translucent’s work, but Solomon refused to follow him until Homelander threatened him.
• Solomon agreed to join the Seven but said he would avoid publicity to protect his identity, and Homelander accepted his conditions.
• Solomon asked for detailed files on every superhuman and declared that he intended to defeat them all, including Homelander, once he became strong enough.
• Homelander laughed at Solomon’s ambition, granted his request, and took him to Madelyn’s office as the new Translucent.
• Solomon demonstrated his invisibility to Madelyn and introduced himself as JS, while Homelander claimed credit for finding him.

Solomon joined Vought’s Seven as JS, took over Translucent’s identity, and completed the company’s onboarding despite its invasive tracking rules. As Ashley prepared him for a brief public appearance, Mother’s Milk and Frenchie remained on stakeout outside Uncle Egg Noodle House with no useful leads.

• Madelyn welcomed Solomon to Vought’s Seven, and he left her office before turning invisible and restoring his original appearance.
• Ashley mistook Solomon for the dead Translucent until he revealed himself as JS, the new replacement who would maintain Translucent’s public persona.
• Solomon told Ashley that Homelander had promised him complete files on all superhumans, and Ashley agreed to arrange access.
• Ashley guided Solomon through Vought’s onboarding, including identity registration and a subdermal tracking-chip implant.
• Ashley showed Solomon his renovated quarters on the ninety-ninth floor and said the PR department was ready for him to make a brief appearance.
• Mother’s Milk and Frenchie continued their three-day stakeout near Uncle Egg Noodle House without finding a useful lead.

Solomon joined Butcher’s team after they spent three days watching Uncle Egg Noodle House without finding a lead. He reasoned that A-Train’s Compound V was likely being collected at a concealed underground base nearby, and the team prepared to search local businesses.

• Frenchie and Mother’s Milk heard a broadcast announcing Translucent’s return, then realized Vought had introduced Solomon as a replacement with the same powers.
• Butcher showed the team Vought’s livestream and admitted their stakeout had found nothing, so he tricked Solomon into coming to Uncle Egg Noodle House.
• Solomon arrived with halothane and questioned why the team had not found the location.
• Solomon deduced that Compound V was probably being collected by supes at a hidden local base, likely in a basement or storeroom.
• Butcher assigned Mother’s Milk to watch the noodle shop while he, Hughie, Frenchie, and Solomon searched nearby businesses, and Hughie questioned whether he should join the search.

Solomon and the team searched an underground supermarket and found Kimiko locked in a cage at a secret Compound V hideout. Frenchie stopped Solomon from throwing halothane at her, and armed guards then discovered the team.

• Hughie found an underground supermarket and believed its storeroom was the hideout.
• Solomon took the halothane from Frenchie, and the team entered the supermarket’s locked storeroom.
• The team evaded three armed guards and searched the back rooms for Compound V.
• Solomon found Kimiko in an iron cage and prepared to throw halothane inside.
• Frenchie grabbed Solomon’s wrist and pleaded to speak with Kimiko, while Butcher warned that she was likely a supe.
• Several armed guards rushed in and ordered the team away from Kimiko’s door.

Solomon subdued Kimiko with halothane after she killed the guards, gaining super-speed healing and boosting his attributes. As the group searched the storeroom, Butcher uncovered evidence that A-Train had been secretly bringing Compound V to Kimiko.

• Solomon opened the storeroom door and Kimiko charged out, killing the guards while Butcher shielded Hughie.
• After Kimiko finished the slaughter, Solomon released halothane and knocked her unconscious, gaining her super-speed healing ability.
• Solomon checked his power panel and noted that defeating Kimiko had also increased several of his attributes.
• Butcher told Frenchie to restrain Kimiko and search for clues about Compound V.
• Solomon found a used Compound V syringe, and Butcher deduced that A-Train had been secretly supplying Kimiko with Compound V.

Solomon returned home and planned to improve his offensive abilities by targeting a laser-eyed baby and superpowered children, while his duplicate settled into The Seven. The chapter ended with Homelander summoning the team and inviting Solomon to sit in the seat beside him.

• Solomon left the underground storeroom and returned to his apartment near Vought Tower, where he reflected on his growing abilities and the safety of using a duplicate inside Vought.
• Solomon reviewed his weaknesses and decided to seek out a laser-eyed baby at a hospital receiving secret Compound V shipments, or investigate Vought's orphanage for superpowered children.
• Solomon tried to test his healing by slashing his forearm with a bone spike, but his super skin prevented the spike from breaking through.
• Solomon's duplicate received notice of a meeting and entered The Seven's conference room, where Homelander beckoned him to sit beside the head seat.