Chapter Summaries

After defeating Diana, Rorschach dismissed her threat and ignored a mysterious invitation to meet in Gotham. He went out to a movie with Catwoman, where a blonde woman confronted him and he told her to wait until he was free.

• Rorschach monitored Diana as she investigated him in Gotham, unaware that her Lasso of Truth had been destroyed.
• An unsigned card invited Rorschach to meet at an abandoned square north of the city, but he and Catwoman threw it away.
• Rorschach waited while Catwoman got ready, then took her out to a movie.
• At the theater, a blonde woman and her fully robed companion approached Rorschach, and he told the blonde woman he was busy and would deal with her later.

Monica and Cyborg Woman revealed that the Crime Syndicate wanted to recruit Rorschach as a weapon against Diana, offering him an Enhancement Potion. Rorschach showed interest in the promised strength but suspected the potion had severe side effects.

• Monica stopped Cyborg Woman from confronting Rorschach and said they should recruit him to use against Diana.
• Rorschach realized Monica and Cyborg Woman had targeted Diana and regarded him as a potential tool.
• Rorschach and Catwoman watched a movie, then Monica approached him afterward to discuss an alliance.
• Monica told Rorschach that Diana was preparing to act against him and offered the Crime Syndicate's help.
• Monica claimed Doctor Poison's Enhancement Potion could multiply Rorschach's strength three to five times, and Rorschach suspected it came with serious side effects.

Rorschach rejected Monica’s offer and attacked her, then faced Cyborg Woman when she tried to capture him. He remained unharmed after crushing her metal fist and withstanding her cannon blast.

• Rorschach grabbed Monica by the throat, warned her to stay away, and hurled her into the floor, badly injuring her.
• Monica ordered Cyborg Woman to capture Rorschach alive so the Crime Syndicate could use him as a test subject for their serum.
• Cyborg Woman revealed her mechanical body and charged Rorschach, who caught her metal fist and shattered it.
• Cyborg Woman fired her arm cannon at Rorschach, but he stood unharmed and unfazed by the blast.

Rorschach killed Cyborg Woman and Monica after defeating them, then told Batman that the attackers belonged to Crime Syndicate and were targeting Diana. Batman left to investigate while Rorschach remained in Gotham.

• Rorschach severed Cyborg Woman's arm with heat vision, stopped her escape with telekinesis, and crushed her.
• Monica begged Rorschach for mercy as Batman arrived and urged him not to kill her.
• Rorschach snapped Monica's neck despite Batman's plea, then explained that he could share information because Bruce Wayne was helping him find the fragments.
• Rorschach told Batman that the attackers belonged to Crime Syndicate and were targeting Diana.
• Batman left to investigate Crime Syndicate without attacking Rorschach.

Doctor Poison’s Crime Syndicate planned to use Dr. Psycho and Silver Swan, armed with Formula One, to capture Homelander and create a chance to kill Diana. Rorschach reassured Catwoman about Diana, then left dinner after learning Diana was asking Batman where he was.

• Doctor Poison showed the Crime Syndicate footage of Rorschach killing Cyborg Woman and warned them of his strength.
• Silver Swan and Giganta agreed to pursue the plan to kill Diana, and Doctor Poison sent Silver Swan with Dr. Psycho and Formula One to target Homelander.
• Catwoman worried that Diana might be a good person and asked whether she and Rorschach had misunderstood each other.
• Rorschach told Catwoman that Diana was good but he was not, and assured her that Diana would not be a problem.
• Rorschach heard Diana asking Batman about his whereabouts and left dinner to meet her.

Rorschach confronted Diana in Gotham and defeated her, taking the Sword of Divine Fire and the Diadem of Truth. Diana rose from the crater furious and wary, while Batman witnessed how completely outmatched she was.

• Diana told Batman she would retrieve her belongings from Homelander herself, and Batman admitted he could not stop her.
• Rorschach appeared and refused to return the Lasso of Truth, so Diana charged him with the Sword of Divine Fire.
• Rorschach caught the sword barehanded and tore it from Diana’s grip, leaving her shocked by his strength and durability.
• Rorschach struck Diana at overwhelming speed, sent her crashing into the pavement, and took the Diadem of Truth.
• Batman watched in disbelief as Diana got back up, and Rorschach taunted her while holding her sword and diadem.

Rorschach defeated Diana and rejected Batman’s demand that he leave Gotham, then discovered Catwoman had been kidnapped by Dr. Psycho and Silver Swan. Catwoman realized the kidnappers were using her to target Homelander.

• Rorschach knocked Diana away, and she left after admitting she could not defeat him.
• Batman confronted Rorschach about provoking Diana and asked what would make him leave Gotham, but Rorschach said finding the fragments was only one condition.
• Rorschach returned to his apartment, found Catwoman missing, and used his senses to locate her across Gotham.
• Rorschach saw Catwoman tied up in an old apartment with Dr. Psycho and Silver Swan standing over her.
• Dr. Psycho claimed Homelander was nothing special, and Catwoman realized the kidnappers’ real target was Homelander.

Rorschach rescued Catwoman and easily killed Dr. Psycho, whose powers could not affect him, before nearly killing Silver Swan. Silver Swan escaped his first attack and injected Doctor Poison’s Formula One, healing her injuries and flooding her with power as Rorschach pursued her.

• Rorschach smashed into the apartment, freed Catwoman with his heat vision, and apologized for her ordeal.
• Dr. Psycho tried to use his ability on Rorschach, discovered it had no effect, and died when Rorschach burned a hole through his heart.
• Rorschach punched Silver Swan through a wall, but she spread her wings and fled into the night.
• Rorschach caught up with Silver Swan in midair and attacked her with heat vision.
• Silver Swan dodged and injected Doctor Poison’s Formula One, healing her injuries and filling her with immense power.

Rorschach defeated Silver Swan after she used Formula One, rescued Catwoman, and warned her to call him whenever she was in danger. He then tracked the Crime Syndicate and learned they were discussing an invasion of Themyscira, where he hoped to find a Mother Box.

• Silver Swan injected Formula One, but Rorschach overpowered her and made her explode.
• Rorschach rescued Catwoman and took her home, where he scolded her for not calling him when she was in danger.
• Rorschach considered how to protect and strengthen Catwoman before leaving to deal with the Crime Syndicate.
• Rorschach used super-hearing to locate Crime Syndicate members and overheard their plan to invade Themyscira.
• Rorschach became interested in the invasion because Themyscira might hold a Mother Box.

Rorschach let the Crime Syndicate locate Themyscira so he could follow them there, then watched as they attacked the island. Amid the invasion, he found the Mother Box but had not yet acted against Doctor Poison's force.

• Rorschach decided to let the Crime Syndicate continue its search for Themyscira, which he could not locate on his own.
• After a month and a half of operations, Doctor Poison announced that the Crime Syndicate had decoded Themyscira's location and launched an invasion.
• Rorschach followed Doctor Poison's fighter jets across the ocean and entered Themyscira through its energy barrier.
• Doctor Poison's forces bombed the island as the Amazon warriors gathered to fight back, while Rorschach held off from intervening.
• Rorschach scanned Themyscira with his vision and found the Mother Box.

Rorschach attacked the seaside fortress guarding Themyscira’s Mother Box, only to learn that the system could not extract its energy. When Antiope and the Amazon Warriors tried to capture him, he hurled them back with telekinesis.

• Rorschach used Super Speed to breach the seaside fortress, punching through all nine defensive walls.
• Antiope ordered Katy to signal the Queen and led the fortress guards to repel Rorschach.
• Hippolyta saw the signal, left the city gates under the other generals’ command, and rode with Deborah toward the fortress.
• Rorschach reached the Mother Box, but the system reported that its ten billion Origin Points could not be extracted.
• Antiope confronted Rorschach and ordered the Amazon Warriors to seize him, but he knocked the charging warriors back with telekinesis.

Rorschach, calling himself Homelander, defeated Antiope and the Amazon Warriors at the fortress but left the Mother Box untouched. He then broke into the Amazon treasury, where the treasures triggered a stream of system notifications.

• Rorschach effortlessly sent Antiope and the Amazon Warriors flying, defeating them all.
• When Antiope demanded his identity, Rorschach called himself Homelander and left without taking the Mother Box.
• Hippolyta arrived, learned what had happened, and confirmed that the Mother Box was unharmed.
• An Amazon Warrior reported that the treasury had been infiltrated, and Hippolyta and Antiope identified Homelander as the likely culprit.
• Rorschach used his super senses to find the treasury and forced his way inside, where the system began sending him notifications.

Rorschach extracted Origin Points from Themyscira’s treasures as Queen Hippolyta and her warriors tried to stop him. He defeated them and continued looting the treasury, while Hippolyta remained down and enemies threatened Themyscira from outside.

• Rorschach scanned the treasury and discovered its treasures contained a total of 217,000 Origin Points.
• Rorschach began extracting treasures, turning them to ash as Origin Points flowed into his account.
• Hippolyta arrived with Amazon Warriors and attacked Rorschach, but he caught her Divine Sword and knocked the warriors down with a wave of his hand.
• Rorschach struck Hippolyta through the treasury wall, then told her to deal with the enemies outside and explained that he wanted the treasures.
• Hippolyta charged again, and Rorschach punched her down so forcefully that she could not get back up.

Rorschach knocked out Hippolyta and the Amazon Warriors, emptied the Amazon vault, and spent 210,000 Origin Points to greatly increase his strength. He then emerged to find Medusa and Doctor Poison overwhelming Diana, but the fighter jets suddenly exploded and Rorschach appeared before Doctor Poison.

• Rorschach knocked Hippolyta unconscious, sent the Amazon Warriors flying, and collected every treasure in the vault.
• Rorschach gained 210,000 Origin Points and used them to double his strength while improving his other abilities.
• Rorschach saw Medusa petrifying Amazon Warriors as Diana and her squad tried to resist, while Doctor Poison watched smugly.
• Medusa defeated Diana’s remaining warriors, knocked Diana down, and forced her to struggle against looking into Medusa’s eyes.
• All of Doctor Poison’s fighter jets exploded, and Rorschach appeared before her.

Rorschach killed Doctor Poison and Medusa, ending the threat to the Amazons, then returned to Gotham to say goodbye to Catwoman before setting out for Smallville to find Superman, or Clark Kent.

• Rorschach killed Doctor Poison while knocking Medusa away, and Diana learned that he had come to help the Amazons.
• Medusa attacked Rorschach, but he fought her with his eyes closed, destroyed the snakes on her head, resisted her mind control, and killed her.
• Diana thanked Rorschach for saving the Amazons, but he left before explaining what he had done.
• Rorschach returned to Gotham to say goodbye to Catwoman and announced his next destination was Smallville, where he would seek Superman, or Clark Kent.

Rorschach left Gotham after saying goodbye to Catwoman and Bruce Wayne, then arrived in Smallville. There he discovered meteor freaks and abundant kryptonite, which he decided to collect as a precaution against Superman.

• Rorschach told Catwoman he was leaving Gotham and promised to return to see her.
• Rorschach told Bruce Wayne he was leaving but expected him to keep searching for the shield fragments, and Bruce agreed.
• Rorschach traveled to Smallville and walked through its rural outskirts into town.
• Rorschach used his super senses to detect people discussing meteor freaks and spotted kryptonite throughout Smallville.
• Rorschach decided to collect some kryptonite because Superman's potential made it prudent to prepare.

Rorschach discovered that Kryptonite contained cosmic energy he could absorb, but realized the energy was poisonous and began considering how to handle the danger. As Lana and Whitney approached the cave, he recognized her as Clark Kent’s high school sweetheart.

• Rorschach overheard Chloe mention Clark and Lana, then confirmed that Clark Kent was a high school student at Smallville High School.
• Rorschach left town to search for Kryptonite and found a cave where cosmic energy was unusually concentrated.
• Rorschach used his telekinetic power to pull Kryptonite from beneath the cave and discovered he could absorb its energy.
• Rorschach began absorbing the energy but realized that the cosmic energy in Kryptonite was poisonous.
• Rorschach heard Lana and Whitney approaching the cave and saw Lana for the first time.

Rorschach confronted Lana and Whitney in the cave over the Kryptonite Whitney had hidden, then discovered Whitney was a meteor freak with the power to form a stone body. Rorschach shattered Whitney’s stone form with a single Psychic Fist, leaving Lana frightened and rushing to help him.

• Rorschach deduced that Whitney had found and hidden the Kryptonite before Lana and Whitney entered the cave.
• Whitney demanded the Kryptonite back, but Rorschach held it easily and lifted Whitney by the collar.
• Whitney revealed his meteor-freak power and covered himself in rocks to become a stone man.
• Whitney charged Rorschach, who shattered his stone body with a single Psychic Fist.
• Lana rushed to Whitney’s side and looked at Rorschach in fear.

Rorschach questioned Whitney about Smallville’s meteor shower and meteor freaks, then absorbed the cosmic energy that powered Whitney’s abilities. After deciding to stay in town to study the energy, Rorschach met Clark Kent, who had come to investigate him.

• Rorschach asked Whitney how the meteor stones arrived and what meteor freaks were, and Whitney explained their connection to the meteor shower and the abilities it gave people.
• Rorschach touched Whitney and absorbed all the cosmic energy in his body, causing Whitney’s powers to disappear.
• Whitney told Rorschach that many people had been examined after the meteor shower, though he did not know how many meteor freaks lived in town.
• Rorschach realized Whitney’s cosmic energy was non-toxic, decided to stay in Smallville, and set out to find a place to live.
• Clark Kent confronted Rorschach because Lana had been frightened and Rorschach had been asking about the meteor shower; Rorschach confirmed that he was new to town.

Rorschach bought a house in Smallville and began gathering kryptonite while searching for meteor freaks. At a bonfire party, a former student attacked the crowd, and Clark Kent used his speed to take him away before he could hurt anyone.

• Clark Kent questioned Rorschach about his visit, then arranged for a real estate agent to help him buy a house in Smallville.
• Rorschach moved into the house, gathered kryptonite, and searched Smallville for meteor freaks but found none besides Whitney.
• Chloe brought Clark Kent to a bonfire party, where he watched Lana and refused to pursue her because he feared exposing his identity.
• A Black teenager who had been bullied returned to the party and blasted a speaker with an energy shockwave.
• When the teenager attacked a blond former bully, Clark Kent used his super speed to block the attack and carry the teenager away.