Chapter Summaries

Homelander introduced Solomon, posing as JS, as the new Translucent and told The Seven to hunt Translucent’s killer. After the others left, Homelander stayed behind with the invisible Solomon and placed his gloved hands on his neck.

• Homelander welcomed JS as The Seven’s new Translucent and explained that the previous Translucent had died.
• The Deep reported that Translucent’s remains had been found in a zinc box marked “Coming for you,” prompting Homelander to declare that The Seven had been threatened.
• While Homelander spoke, Solomon thought about Black Noir’s unknown allergy and how exploiting it might let him steal Black Noir’s abilities.
• Homelander asked JS to reveal himself, then ordered him to remain invisible until the case was resolved and his new identity was officially announced.
• Homelander sent The Seven to find Translucent’s killer, told JS to stay behind, and placed his gloved hands on Solomon’s neck after the others left.

Homelander ordered Solomon to secretly eavesdrop on Vought employees, but Solomon ignored the assignment and obtained files on twenty Supes from Ashley instead. The files contained only weak-powered Supes, and Solomon considered how to use them to improve his strength while keeping his plans secret.

• Homelander told Solomon to replace Translucent by spying on Vought departments, apartments, and restrooms and reporting to him daily.
• Solomon rejected Homelander's eavesdropping assignment and went invisible to visit Ashley for the Supe files.
• Ashley handed Solomon a USB drive containing files on twenty Vought employees with mostly weak abilities.
• Solomon decided not to question Ashley or ask her to gather the Supes, since he wanted to keep his strength-building plans private.
• Solomon noticed that most of the twenty Supes shared a hobby of clubbing.

Solomon went to the Supe Club to knock out Supes but discovered that Rubberman Ezekiel’s elastic body could withstand his attacks. After the other guests fled, Solomon arranged with the manager to have willing Supes brought to a private room, while the manager recorded the names of stronger Supes who refused.

• Solomon found Levitation, Termite, and Rubberman at the club and tried to punch Rubberman, but his elastic body absorbed the blow.
• Solomon knocked out several other Supes, frightening Ezekiel and the rest of the club’s guests into leaving.
• The club manager asked Solomon to stop driving away customers, and Solomon invoked Homelander to silence his complaint.
• Solomon agreed to use a private room to knock out willing Supes, while the manager would turn away those who refused.
• Solomon told the manager to record the names of powerful Supes who resisted, claiming Homelander would back him.

Solomon reviewed his improved stats and new, mostly useless abilities after confronting Supes at the club. Ashley brought him to Madelyn’s office, where Homelander demanded to know who had ordered him to attack Ezekiel.

• Solomon checked his panel and found that his strength had reached Level 2, along with gains to several other stats and three new abilities.
• Ashley confronted Solomon over beating three Supes and attacking Ezekiel, warning that Ezekiel’s upcoming Faith Expo mattered to Vought and the Church.
• Solomon said Homelander had agreed to his actions and followed Ashley to Madelyn’s office.
• Madelyn greeted Solomon and asked how he was settling into the Seven; Solomon replied that Homelander had looked after him.
• Homelander asked Solomon who had told him to attack Ezekiel.

Solomon defended his plan to fight Supes by claiming a Supe had killed his parents, then threatened to leave Vought if Madelyn stopped him. Homelander let him fight ordinary Supes but forbade him from targeting Ezekiel until the Faith Expo ended, leaving Madelyn worried about the fallout.

• Homelander questioned Solomon about targeting Ezekiel, and Solomon reminded him that he had promised to let him fight Supes.
• Madelyn asked why Solomon wanted to fight every Supe, and Homelander threatened him until he claimed a Supe had killed his parents.
• Madelyn proposed a show of fair fights, but Solomon threatened to leave Vought if he could not beat Supes whenever he wanted.
• Homelander allowed Solomon to fight ordinary Supes but banned him from going after Ezekiel until the Faith Expo was over.
• Solomon left the office, and Homelander dismissed Madelyn's concerns about Solomon's background and the Supes he might upset.

Solomon adjusted to his level 2 strength and assessed how his abilities compared with The Seven. After deciding Godolkin University could help him grow stronger, he asked Ashley to let him visit, but she refused because he had not yet officially replaced Translucent.

• Solomon shattered a glass while testing his newly increased strength, then adjusted to level 2 strength in one day with help from Self-Duplication.
• Solomon estimated his strength against Homelander and considered which abilities he could gain from A-Train, The Deep, and Starlight.
• Solomon searched Vought Tower for Starlight, learned from Ashley that she had no work scheduled, and guessed she was on a date with Hughie.
• Solomon saw an advertisement for Godolkin University and decided its Supe students would give him opportunities to grow stronger and seize abilities.
• Solomon asked Ashley to let him go to Godolkin University, but she refused because he was still a stand-in for Translucent; Solomon asked when he could officially replace him.

Solomon pressured Ashley to find him Supes to fight, so she chose Blindspot, whose super hearing could counter his invisibility. At the training room, Blindspot mocked Solomon and repeated a boastful line, leaving Solomon to warn Ashley that Blindspot had made a fatal mistake.

• Solomon threatened to go to Godolkin University unless Ashley arranged fights with Supes, and Ashley reluctantly agreed to find him an opponent.
• Ashley summoned Blindspot, and Solomon recognized him as a skilled fighter whose hearing could reveal an invisible opponent.
• Ashley told Solomon he could fight a Supe every day if he defeated Blindspot, and Solomon accepted the deal.
• Blindspot demonstrated his javelin accuracy, then mocked Solomon and claimed his super hearing made invisibility useless.
• Solomon challenged Blindspot and warned Ashley that Blindspot would already be dead if someone else had heard his boast.

Solomon challenged Blindspot to prove his super hearing and effortlessly overpowered him, then ruptured his eardrums and acquired echolocation. He left Ashley demanding a better candidate for The Seven, while using his new ability to perceive the people and rooms around him.

• Solomon taunted Blindspot and promised to give him a spot in The Seven if he won, despite Ashley warning that he had no authority to make the offer.
• Blindspot attacked Solomon with a throwing dart and an iron javelin, but Solomon’s skin repelled the dart and his strength drove Blindspot backward.
• Solomon yanked Blindspot forward and struck both his ears, rupturing his eardrums and leaving him convulsing on the ground.
• Solomon acquired echolocation and ordered Ashley to bring a qualified candidate for The Seven the next day.
• Ashley objected that Solomon had nearly killed Blindspot, but Solomon argued that Blindspot’s arrogance would have caused trouble for Vought and Ashley.
• Solomon discovered that echolocation let him perceive the floor’s layout, its occupants, their movements, and their conversations.

Solomon struggled to control his newly heightened hearing while Homelander and Queen Maeve responded to a hijacked flight. The passengers celebrated Homelander after he killed the last hijacker, while the plane remained in danger with its door torn open.

• Solomon saw that his strength and defense had risen slightly and his hearing had reached level 2.5, overwhelming him with sounds from the whole floor.
• Queen Maeve checked on Solomon, then Madelyn called her and Homelander over; Homelander gave Solomon a knowing look after hearing Maeve mention the ladies' room.
• Madelyn announced that Paris-to-Chicago Flight 37 had been hijacked, and Solomon returned to his apartment to learn to control his hearing.
• The hijackers' attack left the plane's door open, and the rushing air pulled one hijacker out and nearly dragged another away.
• Queen Maeve rescued the second hijacker and killed him, while Homelander killed the final attacker with his heat vision.
• The passengers cheered Homelander, believing he had come to save them.

After Homelander and Maeve stopped the hijacking, a surviving hijacker killed the captain before Homelander destroyed the cockpit controls, leaving the plane uncontrollable. Homelander refused to risk saving the passengers and urged Maeve to leave as the aircraft plunged out of control.

• Homelander reassured the passengers while Maeve suspected another hijacker remained and followed him to the cockpit.
• Maeve and Homelander found a hijacker holding the captain at gunpoint, and the hijacker accidentally shot the captain before Homelander killed him with his heat vision.
• Homelander's lasers destroyed the control panel, and Maeve discovered she could not contact ground control or fly the plane.
• Maeve asked Homelander to stabilize the aircraft or carry the passengers to safety, but he argued that saving them was impossible and their mission was over.
• The plane plunged in a powerful air current, Homelander continued reassuring the passengers while secretly abandoning them, and he punched the cabin door off as he urged Maeve to hurry.

Homelander threatened the passengers aboard the failing plane and left with Maeve, allowing all 123 people to die. Back at Vought Tower, Solomon overheard A-Train seeking information about Frenchie and realized he needed to intervene before Butcher’s group made a dangerous mistake.

• Maeve tried to save two little girls, but Homelander refused and threatened to laser the passengers who approached them.
• Maeve left with Homelander, and they watched the plane crash into the Atlantic Ocean, killing everyone aboard.
• Solomon spent a day and night learning to control his superhearing, then overheard A-Train asking about a Frenchman.
• Solomon suspected Mesmer was about to inform Vought about Butcher’s group and decided to act before their investigation went further.
• Solomon’s original body ran to a secluded alley, where A-Train questioned a bearded man about Frenchie and Butcher, whom he wanted to capture and blame for The Female’s death.

Mesmer agreed to give A-Train information about Butcher’s group in exchange for Homelander’s help returning to Vought, but Solomon knocked him unconscious and gained his Memory Reading ability. Solomon warned Butcher about Mesmer’s betrayal and began reading his memories, while Butcher and the others reacted tensely to the news.

• Mesmer showed A-Train a photo of Frenchie, confirmed he was one of the men A-Train sought, and said he would share information only with Homelander.
• A-Train agreed to pass Mesmer’s request to Homelander and sped away, after which Solomon appeared and knocked Mesmer unconscious.
• Solomon gained Memory Reading from Mesmer and considered how the ability and its spirit attribute could help him gather intelligence and resist mental attacks.
• Solomon called Butcher, told him Mesmer had met with A-Train, and warned that Mesmer had a video showing the group’s faces.
• Solomon began reading Mesmer’s memories as Mesmer showed signs of pain, while Butcher, Frenchie, Mother’s Milk, and Hughie grew tense over the warning.

After learning Mesmer had been in contact with A-Train, Butcher and the others confronted him and questioned what he had revealed. A-Train’s message warned that Homelander would arrive at their rooftop at nine that night, leaving Mesmer facing Butcher’s fury.

• Butcher told the group that Mesmer had sold them out to A-Train, then led them to Solomon, who had captured Mesmer.
• Solomon gave Butcher Mesmer’s phone, and the group found a video showing their faces.
• Mother's Milk beat Mesmer and demanded to know what he had told A-Train, while Mesmer insisted he had revealed nothing.
• Butcher threatened Mesmer and questioned whether he had gone to A-Train or A-Train had approached him.
• A-Train messaged Butcher that Homelander would be on their rooftop at nine that night, and Butcher threatened Mesmer with death.

Solomon helped Butcher’s group expose Mesmer’s betrayal and rescued Hughie and the others from being discovered by Homelander. After learning they planned to investigate a Compound V lead at the Faith Expo, Solomon refused to join, but Butcher and the others urged him to come along.

• Mesmer confessed that he had offered A-Train information about Frenchie, and Solomon led Hughie away while Butcher dealt with Mesmer.
• Hughie told Solomon how frightened he was, and Solomon offered to help him if he needed it.
• Mother's Milk thanked Solomon for exposing Mesmer and explained that the group had traced Compound V to the Samaritan's Embrace and planned to investigate its Faith Expo.
• Solomon declined to go to the Faith Expo, intending to avoid getting further involved with Butcher's group.
• Butcher pleaded with Solomon to join them, while Frenchie, Mother's Milk, and Hughie looked on expectantly.

Butcher grew suspicious of Solomon’s conveniently timed involvement and sent Frenchie and Kimiko after him, but Solomon escaped and headed to find Ezekiel. Back at Vought Tower, Homelander confronted Solomon’s double about his failed surveillance of Maeve and ordered him to keep watching her.

• Solomon refused Butcher’s offer to help take on Homelander and walked away.
• Butcher suspected Solomon’s encounter with A-Train and Mesmer had been deliberately arranged, so Frenchie and Kimiko followed him.
• Frenchie found no trace of Solomon, who watched him leave from the shadows and decided to look for Ezekiel at the Faith Expo venue.
• Solomon returned to Vought Tower and woke his double, only to find Homelander waiting beside the bed.
• Homelander threatened Solomon’s double over his supposed failure to gather information, then ordered him to monitor Maeve and report everything she did.

Solomon went to the Faith Expo to find Ezekiel and used his memory-reading ability to discover that Compound V had been delivered to Mercy Hospital. When Ezekiel detected the intrusion and attacked, Solomon struck him down before he could report what happened.

• After Homelander left, Solomon ignored the order to spy on Maeve and went to the Faith Expo to look for Ezekiel.
• Solomon found Ezekiel in his RV and asked him to arrange an appearance at the expo.
• While reading Ezekiel's memories, Solomon learned that Compound V had been sent to the pediatric intensive care unit at Mercy Hospital.
• Ezekiel sensed Solomon reading his memories and confronted him about Compound V.
• Ezekiel attacked with his stretching arms, but Solomon used Super Speed and Bone Spikes to pierce Ezekiel's eye socket and knock him unconscious.

Solomon killed Ezekiel, then left a shapeshifter wearing Ezekiel’s appearance to conceal the death while Homelander searched for the killer. Solomon slipped into Mercy Hospital’s pediatric intensive care unit and found Compound V being infused into an infant.

• Solomon killed Ezekiel with a bone spike and acquired the rubberization ability.
• A shapeshifter came out of the RV disguised as Ezekiel, but Ashley refused to give Translucent a slot at the Faith Expo.
• A staff member found Ezekiel’s body, and Homelander questioned Ashley about Translucent’s visit before arranging for a shapeshifter to replace Ezekiel at the expo.
• Homelander flew to Vought Tower to confront Solomon but could not find him.
• Solomon turned invisible, entered Mercy Hospital, shrank to ant size, and slipped into the pediatric intensive care unit.
• Solomon found an infant in a crib receiving blue Compound V through an IV.

Solomon sedated a Supe baby at Mercy Hospital and acquired laser eyes, then left for Vought Tower after finding no other babies in the ward. Homelander confronted him at his apartment and accused him of killing Ezekiel.

• Solomon injected a tiny dose of sedative into the baby's Compound V IV bag and gained laser eyes after the system recognized the Supe as defeated.
• Solomon considered the risks of Compound V, then decided not to inject himself with it.
• Solomon searched the pediatric intensive care unit but found only the one baby and wondered what had happened to the other infants.
• Solomon left Mercy Hospital and returned to his apartment on the ninety-ninth floor of Vought Tower.
• Homelander grabbed Solomon by the neck and accused him of killing Ezekiel.

Solomon convinced Homelander that he had not killed Ezekiel, then experimented with how his memory-reading ability affected a target. He discovered that sensing current thoughts went unnoticed, while reading past memories triggered a reaction even when the target was unconscious.

• Homelander attacked Solomon over Ezekiel's death, but Solomon denied responsibility and flattered him until Homelander left.
• Solomon recalled that a clone had impersonated him and spoken with Ashley about arranging an appearance, helping him evade suspicion.
• Solomon tested his ability on a clone and found that sensing its current thoughts did not alert it, unlike reading its memories.
• Solomon choked the clone unconscious and began reading its past memories, but the clone still showed signs of distress.

Solomon tested his Memory Reading, laser eyes, and rubberization abilities before running into The Deep on his way out of Vought Tower. The Deep claimed he had helped Solomon join The Seven, and Solomon hinted that he knew what The Deep had done at the club.

• Solomon confirmed that Memory Reading left its target with only a chaotic dream and decided that guiding someone’s thoughts was the safest way to gather information.
• Solomon tested his laser eyes on his clone, causing only minor surface damage to the clone’s carbon-fiber super skin.
• Solomon experimented with Ezekiel’s rubberization ability, stretching his arm to pull a chair closer and finding the power limited.
• Solomon left Translucent’s apartment and met The Deep, who invited him to go to the club together.
• The Deep claimed he had persuaded Homelander to let Solomon join The Seven and said he hoped they would become good brothers.
• Solomon asked The Deep whether he knew what Solomon had done at the club.