Chapter Summaries

The New Justice League fought Rao’s advancing Kryptonian army while Batman and Huntress entered Rao’s temple to find a way to send Krypton away. As the Kryptonians grew stronger and the League’s defenses collapsed, LexCorp satellites turned the sunlight red and began draining the invaders’ power.

• Cisco detected 250,000 Kryptonians approaching, and Batman sent Superman-Neo and Huntress into Rao’s temple while Jay stayed to hold off Rao and the army.
• Jay, Superman-Neo, and Supergirl wore new Kryptonite crystal suits, and Batman gave Superman a Kryptonite ring while Helena gave Jay a Kryptonian Energy dagger.
• The League battled the Kryptonian vanguard, but the invaders steadily absorbed sunlight, grew stronger, and overwhelmed the League’s fighters and defenses.
• Jay spotted six LexCorp satellites filtering sunlight into red light, which stopped the Kryptonians from gaining energy and began draining their stored power.

Lex Luthor activated his Red Earth plan to weaken Rao’s Kryptonian army, while Jay confronted Rao near the satellites and Batman and Helena discovered the link sustaining Krypton’s arrival. Unable to sever it through the temple’s system, Batman and Helena realized the remaining solution might cost a life, and Helena stopped her father from acting.

• Lex Luthor used six satellites to filter sunlight into red radiation, expecting the Kryptonians’ stored energy to run out within ten minutes.
• Rao raced toward the satellites, but Jay teleported into orbit and struck him with Omega Beams.
• Batman and Helena infiltrated Rao’s temple, defeated the remaining prophets, and accessed its control system.
• Batman and Helena found that the temple’s Eternal Stone remained linked to an energy source on Krypton, keeping ancient Krypton in the present.
• Helena failed to sever the locked link, and she and Batman recognized that another, dangerous solution remained.
• Batman threw Bat-darts at Helena, but she caught them and refused to let him go to his death.

Batman planned to sacrifice himself by crashing Rao's temple into Krypton to destroy the connected Eternal Stones, but Helena refused to let him go. Their fight ended with Helena defeating and knocking him unconscious, leaving her to carry out the plan without him.

• Batman told Helena to take the prophets in the temple's emergency lifeboat and leave while he sacrificed himself to destroy the Eternal Stones' connection.
• Helena refused, drew her crossbow, and insisted Batman would not die in her place.
• Batman and Helena fought through a series of martial arts exchanges, with Batman eventually disarming her and pinning her down.
• Helena escaped Batman's hold and threw him to the floor when his move came too slowly.
• Helena knocked Batman unconscious with a final punch, saying he would live even if he never forgave her.

Jay and the other Kryptonians fought Rao while Helena steered the temple toward Krypton to destroy the spacetime link. Jay left the battle to rescue her, reaching the burning temple just before it disintegrated.

• Rao overpowered Jay, Superman, and Kara, resisting Red Sun radiation and surviving attacks with Kryptonite.
• Jay wounded Rao with the Kryptonian Energy dagger, but Rao blasted him away and broke the dagger against Kara.
• Batman told Jay that Helena was guiding Rao's temple toward Krypton to destroy the link, though the collision would kill her.
• Helena lost consciousness as the overheated temple began to disintegrate, and Jay tore through its wall and carried her to safety.

Huntress’s collision of the Eternal Stones erased the invading Kryptonian army and ancient Krypton, while Jay rushed to help Superman and Supergirl against Rao. Jay struck Rao down, but Metropolis citizens stepped between them to protect Rao.

• Huntress’s collision of the Eternal Stones caused ancient Krypton and 250,000 Kryptonian soldiers to vanish, correcting the spacetime error.
• Jay brought the exhausted Huntress to Batman in Metropolis, then flew to help Superman and Supergirl fight Rao.
• Rao blasted Superman with Heat Vision and declared that he would rebuild his church on Earth and seize its Eternal Stones.
• Jay punched Rao through buildings and knocked him down in Metropolis Park, declaring that Rao’s plans would end.
• Nearby citizens stepped between Jay and Rao, warning Jay that he would have to get through them to hurt Rao.

Jay killed Rao after Rao’s followers blocked him, and humanity began recovering from the loss of its false god. Kara then ended her relationship with Jay, recognizing that Helena understood him better, and urged him to pursue Helena.

• Rao claimed humanity had chosen him as its god, but Jay attacked him despite the crowd and said he acted out of personal anger over Rao’s attempts to kill his friends and loved ones.
• Jay killed Rao with Omega energy, ending the crisis, though Rao’s death left many people in despair while others found the courage to carry on.
• Kara spoke with Jay on the League headquarters rooftop and said she and Jay were not truly compatible and that Helena understood him better.
• Kara broke up with Jay, assured him they could remain friends, and encouraged him to go after Helena.

Jay confessed his love to Helena Wayne in Gotham, and they kissed as she accepted his advances. Helena warned him that he would have to face her father, Batman, at the next League meeting.

• Jay asked Helena to be his girlfriend and told her he loved her.
• Helena questioned him about his breakup with Supergirl, and Jay asked her to give him a chance.
• Jay pulled Helena close and kissed her; she stopped resisting and kissed him again.
• Helena listed her flaws, and Jay reassured her that he accepted them.
• Helena warned Jay to prepare to deal with Batman at the next League meeting.

After two weeks of avoiding Helena, Jay told Kara the truth about killing Amanda Waller and admitted he had hidden it from her. Kara kept his secret and encouraged him to ask Helena out, leaving Jay with her blessing to move forward.

• Jay struggled with guilt over hiding Amanda Waller's death from Kara and hesitated to pursue Helena after confessing to her.
• Jay told Kara that he had killed Amanda Waller with Heat Vision and that his choice had been his alone.
• Jay promised Kara that killing Waller had happened only once and that he would not lie to her again.
• Kara said she would keep his secret and thanked him for telling her.
• Kara told Jay she had moved on and urged him to ask Helena out.

Batman warned Jay that the Eternal Stones had shown him a possible future in which Jay killed Superman and devastated a city. Jay accepted the warning but insisted the future was not fixed, then learned Batman and Helena had prepared a contingency plan for him and faced Batman’s protective warning about dating Helena.

• Batman summoned Jay to check on his health and confronted him about hiding his Omega power and rule over Apocalypse Star.
• Batman explained that the Eternal Stones had shown him a future where Jay used Omega energy to deliver the final blow to Superman in a ruined world.
• Jay denied that he would ever harm Superman, but Batman said he did not trust Jay completely and urged him to choose rightly if he faced that future.
• Batman said the stones had also shown Clark a bright future that did not come to pass, so their visions represented possibilities rather than fixed outcomes.
• Jay learned Batman had contingency plans for every League member, and that he and Helena had made the plan for Jay together.
• Batman teased Jay about not having asked Helena out yet and warned him not to hurt her.

Jay used the Eternal Stones to witness a possible future in which Kara died and grief awakened the Omega Effect within Superman-Neo. He watched Superman-Neo massacre D.E.O. agents and head deeper into the facility, where Jay expected him to repeat an act Jay had once committed.

• Jay entered the Fortress of Solitude and touched the Eternal Stones to learn whether Batman's warning about the future was true.
• The Eternal Stones transported Jay's consciousness to a devastated city filled with Kryptonite, where he saw another version of himself holding a dying Supergirl.
• Kara died in Superman-Neo's arms, and her death triggered the dormant Omega Effect within him.
• Superman-Neo flew to the D.E.O. base, destroyed its defenses, and killed the agents who tried to stop him.
• Superman-Neo advanced into the facility, and Jay realized he was about to witness him repeat one of Jay's past actions.

Jay witnessed a bleak alternate timeline in which grief and the Omega Effect drove Superman-Neo to kill Waller and Clark, seize control of Earth, and imprison Helena. After the Eternal Stones vanished, Jay realized Wing Knight had changed the timeline and went to Helena, relieved to hold her close.

• Superman-Neo killed Waller, rejected the League's pleas for restraint, and declared that he would take control of the world's weapons and governments.
• Superman-Neo accepted the throne of Apokolips, defeated Darkseid and Desaad, absorbed more of the Omega Effect, and gathered Earth's armed forces under his command.
• Superman-Neo defeated and killed Clark, then took political power while Batman and Helena led a hidden resistance against his regime.
• Superman-Neo captured Helena but spared her, confining her to a comfortable residence where she could no longer oppose him.
• Jay returned to the Fortress of Solitude as the Eternal Stones disappeared and realized Wing Knight's arrival had prevented the alternate timeline.
• Jay flew to Wayne Tower and embraced Helena, telling her he had suddenly missed her.

Helena Wayne struggled to focus on work and choose an outfit because she was nervous about her first genuine date with Jay. During dinner at an open-air Chinese restaurant, Jay eased their awkward conversation by suggesting they go see a movie.

• Helena Wayne repeatedly lost focus during a Wayne Enterprises board meeting as she anticipated her date with Jay.
• Helena rushed home after the meeting and spent over an hour trying on outfits before settling on a low-key look.
• Jay chose an open-air Chinese restaurant for their first date, and Helena arrived wearing a white top, hot pants, sneakers, and sunglasses.
• Jay and Helena struggled to make conversation over dinner, and Helena worried that she was a terrible date.
• Jay reassured Helena and suggested they watch a movie together after dinner.

Jay and Helena Wayne went on their first date, growing more comfortable together as they watched a movie and walked through the city. Helena ended the night with a kiss of her choosing and promised to protect Jay if her father confronted him.

• Jay took Helena to a movie, and she criticized the fight scenes before giving his date a B.
• Jay and Helena joked about joining each other on missions, and Helena said she might consider letting him follow her.
• When Jay tried to kiss Helena goodbye, she stopped him and reminded him that she decided when he could kiss her.
• Helena called Jay back and kissed him, saying, "This is when I say you can."
• Jay told Helena that her father already knew they were dating, and Helena laughed and promised to cover for him if Old Bat came looking for him.

Jay and Helena’s relationship continued to grow as Helena invited him to her base, where she weakened him with Red Sun Lamps and put him through combat training. After hours of drills, she scheduled weekly training and offered to take him to dinner.

• Jay repeatedly asked Helena to spend time with him, and she usually agreed despite saying she was busy.
• Helena asked Jay to meet her at her base, and he arrived at Hunter’s Den that evening.
• Helena trapped Jay in a sealed room and activated Red Sun Lamps, draining his strength.
• Helena attacked Jay and explained that she was teaching him to fight rather than rely on brute force.
• After hours of training, Helena turned off the lamps, required Jay to train with her weekly, and invited him to dinner.

Helena Wayne juggled Wayne Enterprises, crime-fighting, modeling, and time with her boyfriend while handling several business invitations. After funding a superhero film starring Superman and Batman, she met Daniel Hansa, who avoided business talk and made her question his intentions.

• Helena declined a charity gala and initially rejected a mayor's ball invitation, but decided to ask someone before answering about the ball.
• Helena signed off on more funding for the Quantum Channel project and learned Daniel Hansa wanted to discuss Wayne Enterprises' research department.
• Helena granted the filmmakers of World's Finest Partners a three-minute meeting and approved one billion in funding for their Superman and Batman film.
• Helena met Daniel Hansa for dinner at Martha's Vineyard Restaurant and asked about his interest in Wayne Enterprises' research department.
• Daniel steered the conversation toward Helena's hobbies and called her extraordinary, prompting her to ask what the dinner was really about.

Helena used Jay as an excuse to end Daniel Hansa’s unwanted advances, then invited Jay to the mayor’s ball on Saturday. She planned to postpone his punishing training until Sunday and take him home to practice dancing.

• Daniel told Helena he had been paying attention to her for a long time, but Helena called him a stalker.
• Jay rushed to the restaurant after Helena texted him for help, and she introduced him to Daniel as her boyfriend.
• Daniel tried to overpower Jay with a handshake, but Jay squeezed his hand until he pulled away in pain.
• Helena left with Jay in her supercar and explained that Daniel had been harassing her.
• Helena invited Jay to the mayor’s Saturday ball, and he agreed to go to avoid that night’s training.
• Helena told Jay they would practice dancing at her place and move his training to Sunday night.

Jay visited Helena at her Gotham villa, where their dance ended in a kiss before Batman called her away to help with a case. Back in the dorm, Jay used his super speed-enhanced reflexes to clear Mike’s notoriously difficult game without taking damage.

• Jay visited Helena’s private villa, met her cat Katy, and danced with her in the ballroom.
• Jay kissed Helena after their dance, and Helena accepted before Batman called to ask for her help with a case.
• Helena left to investigate the case, and Jay returned to the dorm near midnight.
• Jay watched Mike fail repeatedly against a fire dragon in a video game, then agreed to try the stage himself.
• Jay dodged every attack and cleared the game without losing health, surprising Mike, who then realized he had forgotten about his exam.

Jay brought Helena to meet his parents, but her Wayne family name and lavish gifts left Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds intimidated. Afterward, Jay told Helena that the Quantum Channel project had not yet succeeded, then learned that its laboratory had apparently exploded.

• Jay and Helena agreed she would attend dinner with his parents on Wednesday after discussing going public with their relationship.
• Helena arrived at the Reynolds home with expensive wine and jewelry, then introduced herself as Helena Wayne, surprising Mr. Reynolds.
• Helena told Jay she had felt uncomfortable at dinner because his parents treated her like a princess after learning her name.
• Jay explained that the Quantum Channel system was nearly operational but had failed its latest test, and Helena questioned its costly funding needs.
• Jay received a call from the Quantum Channel laboratory and learned that it seemed to have exploded.

Jay and Helena fought Eight Desolations, an armored attacker who targeted the Quantum Channel laboratory with living flames. Eight Desolations’s energy weakened Jay, and Helena distracted him as rubble buried Jay beneath the collapsing ceiling.

• Jay arrived at the burning laboratory and learned that the flames seemed to be deliberately targeting the Quantum Channel.
• Jay found Eight Desolations inside, wearing armor with Apocalypse Technology, and Helena followed him into the facility.
• Eight Desolations attacked Jay with a red-hot steel plate, and their clash sent a heat-laced shockwave through the laboratory.
• Eight Desolations’s energy disrupted Jay’s Solar Energy and knocked him down, leaving him too weak to evade another attack.
• Helena blinded Eight Desolations with an adhesive arrow, and his energy beams brought the ceiling down on Jay.
• Eight Desolations turned on Helena, who taunted him to try to catch her.

Jay and Helena were swept through the Quantum Channel into another world after Eight Desolations’s armor activated it. They discovered they had arrived in the MCU universe during the Battle of New York.

• Helena damaged Eight Desolations’s armor by striking the energy core on the back of his helmet with a crossbow bolt.
• The released energy resonated with the Quantum Channel and opened an uncontrolled spatial vortex that Jay could not shut down.
• Jay shielded Helena as the vortex swallowed them, and they lost consciousness during the passage.
• Jay woke beside a campfire and learned that Helena had dragged him ashore after they fell into the sea.
• Helena found local satellite signals and showed Jay a report about the alien invasion of New York and the Avengers.