Recaps

Luca and Tony uncovered the New Element, faced Hydra’s attack at the Monaco Grand Prix, and recruited Steve and Banner into the Justice League. After Wanda’s illusion revealed their parents’ killer, they began secretly pursuing Bucky while Wong introduced the group to magic, and Luca left for New York with Wanda and Pietro as Gwen returned there.

• Luca persuaded Tony to move Stark Industries to New York, and the brothers decoded Howard’s Stark Expo model to create the New Element and use Luca’s serum to enhance Tony.
• Luca and Tony announced the company’s move and challenged Hydra’s influence, while Steve Rogers woke from the ice and agreed to meet the Stark brothers after Fury tried to recruit him.
• At the Monaco Grand Prix, Tony fought Ivan Vanko, Steve defeated Justin Hammer’s armor, and Luca fought Hulk until he returned Bruce Banner to human form.
• Wanda’s illusion showed Luca a vision of his family dead, then sent him back to the night Howard and Maria were attacked, where he rescued them and learned that Bucky Barnes had killed them while brainwashed.
• Luca brought Wanda and Pietro into his service, and Steve and Banner joined the Justice League after hearing how Fury had used and misled them.
• Luca told Tony that Bucky had caused their parents’ deaths, and the brothers agreed to conceal what they knew while secretly tracking Bucky and his organization.
• Wong arrived to teach Luca and Tony magic, identified Wanda as the Scarlet Witch, and helped the group begin studying magical energy.
• Wanda’s Chaos Magic crystallized Luca’s body, but his force field healed him and absorbed some of her power, after which Hydra suspended direct operations against the Starks.
• Luca recharged through Wanda, learned that Gwen had returned to New York, and left with the group for the city and the Stark Expo.

Luca revealed Stark Industries’ superhero division at the Expo, where Aruru’s attack awakened Wanda’s Scarlet Witch powers and led Luca to claim the living black matter. As Peter took on the Green Goblin in a new suit and Fury tried to pressure the Stark brothers, Luca gained a magic-resistant symbiote armor and left S.H.I.E.L.D. investigating Hydra.

• Luca announced Stark Industries’ superhero division and a superhero base at the Expo, but Ivan Vanko hacked Hammer’s drones and Aruru attacked Luca and the others.
• Wanda awakened her Scarlet Witch powers to defeat Aruru, and Luca survived his staged near-death before killing Aruru and sealing a fragment of living black matter.
• Luca identified the fragment as an adaptable parasite, subdued it with his blood, and named it Shadow Symbiote.
• Luca hired Natasha Rushman as Tony’s assistant while Jessica warned her away from investigating Stark Industries, and Peter faced the Green Goblin with Pietro’s help.
• Peter received a protective Stark Industries suit and defeated the Green Goblin, while Norman Osborn escaped and decided to seek Luca’s help.
• Fury told Luca and Tony that Howard and Maria Stark had been assassinated, but the brothers rejected his pressure and warned him that Hydra might have infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Fury ordered Coulson to secretly review S.H.I.E.L.D.’s finances and senior agents, while Peter reconciled with Mary Jane after the Goblin fight.
• Wanda channelled Chaos Magic into the Shadow Symbiote, which grew into black biological armor that covered Luca before he retracted it beneath his skin.

Luca exposed his symbiote suit, seized control of the Osborn Group, and crushed Hydra’s attempt to capture him, while Peter faced the consequences of becoming Spider-Man. After Luca defeated Doctor Octopus and Peter accepted the need to act decisively, Luca prepared to open a new superhero base as Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D. remained in his sights.

• Luca showed Tony the living suit, let him test it in the Nevada desert, and took over the Osborn Group after curing Norman Osborn and forcing him to sign away control.
• Steve brought Tony and Luca to Kamar-Taj, where the Ancient One revealed that Luca’s powers had weakened Earth’s defenses and Tony chose to stay and learn magic.
• Nick Fury uncovered Hydra’s infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D., while Luca secretly used the claim that he would lose his powers to lure Crossbones and the Winter Soldier into an attack.
• Peter witnessed Otto Octavius become Doctor Octopus, shut down his fusion reactor, but let Otto escape after hesitating to use a potentially lethal attack.
• Luca survived Crossbones’s gunshot, defeated Hydra’s agents, captured the Winter Soldier, and chose to keep him alive for a future reckoning with Tony.
• Luca took Peter to confront Doctor Octopus at a Stark warehouse, where he tore apart Otto’s tentacles and convinced Peter that protecting civilians sometimes required decisive force.
• Hydra abandoned its plans against the Stark brothers, while Nick Fury ordered Coulson to investigate the S.H.I.E.L.D. infiltration and stop interfering with them.
• Luca returned to Stark Tower with Peter, planned a dinner to celebrate the completed superhero base, and declared that his next phase against Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D. was beginning.

Luca led the Justice League to conquer Wakanda and secure its Vibranium, then recruited Matt Murdock and Frank Castle to take over Hell’s Kitchen. After claiming Mjolnir and learning about Asgard, Luca sent Matt and Frank to stop the Hand’s ritual, where they faced the newly awakened Elektra as Black Sky.

• Luca brought the Justice League to Wakanda, broke its shield, defeated its defenders, and forced T’Chaka to grant Stark Industries control of the Vibranium mines, research, and border defenses.
• Luca publicized the Wakanda agreement, drawing praise and boosting Stark Industries while S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra backed away from challenging him.
• Luca recruited Matt Murdock and Frank Castle, gave them Stark Industries weapons, and ordered them to take control of Hell’s Kitchen.
• Frank destroyed a Russian mafia base while Matt disabled Kingpin’s men without killing them, and Luca forced Kingpin to sign over his assets.
• Luca led the Justice League to New Mexico, defeated Hydra’s forces, overpowered Thor, and claimed Mjolnir for Stark Industries.
• Thor explained Asgard, the Nine Realms, Mjolnir’s Uru metal, and Odin’s enchantment, while JARVIS alerted Luca that the Hand was excavating Dragon Bone beneath Brooklyn.
• Frank and Matt attacked the Hand’s tunnel, but Madame Gao awakened Elektra as Black Sky, who quickly overpowered them before an unidentified figure crashed through the altar’s defenses.