Recaps

He-El established the New Krypton Empire in Australia, securing United Nations recognition through Kara’s diplomacy and promises of technology and medical care. The Justice League and Green Lanterns failed to stop him, while The Flash became the Empire’s liaison to powered factions and New Krypton began rebuilding its territory.

• Kara helped He-El manage the evacuation of former Australia, then became New Krypton’s diplomat and worked to prevent conflict with Superman and Earth’s governments.
• More than twelve million people left former Australia while around eight million stayed, and the New Krypton Empire was founded and recognized by all 193 United Nations members.
• At the founding ceremony, Kara promised medical care, genetic enhancements, and technological cooperation, but Ganthet and the Justice League interrupted and challenged He-El.
• He-El defeated Ganthet, the Green Lanterns, and the assembled heroes, exploiting their weaknesses while Batman and Superman were badly injured.
• He-El made The Flash director of New Krypton’s bureau for superheroes, supervillains, and metahumans after agreeing not to kill the assembled heroes or harm humans at will.
• The Justice League faced public and political backlash, while Kara announced that New Krypton would provide free treatment to at least twelve thousand patients each year.
• He-El revoked citizenship from more than 340,000 protesters, and Zero dismantled the cities, moved residents into temporary housing, and issued Proton ID Cards.
• New Krypton’s residents studied, worked on construction, and pursued their own goals as He-El asked Zero whether the Monitors had made any unusual moves.

He-El created a body that could adapt to any universe, then entered the Dragon Ball universe to train. There he met Bulma and Goku, and his journey with them began.

• He-El returned to his universe, integrated the Monitors’ data, and discovered that the New Krypton Empire was under attack by forty-five factions.
• He-El and Ciri, Lucy, Zero, and Doctor Manhattan spent twelve hundred universe-ending spans creating a body capable of adapting to any universe, which He-El named the He-El Physique.
• Ciri, Lucy, Zero, and Doctor Manhattan fused with drops of He-El’s blood, while Doctor Manhattan gave up his former powers to begin again with a pure First-Generation He-El Physique.
• He-El prepared Ciri, Lucy, and Zero for war against the Monitors, then entered a fast-flowing Physical Body Universe to cultivate.
• He-El survived and trained in the wilderness of the Dragon Ball universe, growing from an infant into a powerful twelve-year-old.
• Bulma found He-El’s Five-Star Dragon Ball and fainted when she saw him, then persuaded him to join her search for the remaining Dragon Balls.
• Bulma offered He-El her wish if he would be her boyfriend, but he rejected her and told her he was twelve.
• Bulma hit Goku with her car, He-El caught it, and then sparred with Goku until Goku conceded defeat.

He-El, Bulma, and Goku traveled to gather the Dragon Balls, meeting Master Roshi and foiling Emperor Pilaf’s theft. The group pursued another Dragon Ball and entered a deserted village, where an axe swung at Goku from inside a locked house.

• He-El joined Bulma and Goku in searching for the Dragon Balls, and Goku hoped to use them to revive his grandfather, Son Gohan.
• Ashu and Mai crashed their fighter near Bulma’s car and later stole her pouch and Dragon Ball as the group helped Turtle return to the sea.
• Master Roshi gave Goku the Flying Nimbus, sparred with He-El, and acknowledged He-El’s skill and Ki control.
• Bulma revealed that Ashu and Mai had stolen her Dragon Ball, and Goku told Master Roshi he wanted to revive Son Gohan.
• Emperor Pilaf stole the Three-Star Dragon Ball from Bulma, but He-El chased him down and forced him to reveal that he had a One-Star Dragon Ball at his castle.
• He-El taught Goku Ki and running techniques as the group set out with Pilaf tied to Goku’s back.
• He-El, Bulma, and Goku reached a deserted village, where Goku broke into a locked house after sensing someone inside and an axe swung at him.

He-El, Goku, Bulma, and Yamcha traveled toward the Dragon Balls, defeating Oolong and meeting Ox-King, Chi-Chi, and Master Roshi along the way. After Master Roshi destroyed Fry-Pan Mountain, Bulma found another Dragon Ball, while the group headed toward Emperor Pilaf and then encountered trouble in a town.

• He-El stopped Goku from entering a villager’s home without permission, then promised to defeat Oolong King and recover the kidnapped girls in exchange for Granny Baozi’s Six-Star Dragon Ball.
• Goku identified Oolong by his Ki after Oolong fled from the village, and the group brought him to his mansion, where the supposedly kidnapped girls chose to remain before returning home with the villagers.
• He-El trained Goku in the desert and defeated Yamcha, who joined the group as Goku’s sparring partner after He-El agreed to teach him.
• At Fry-Pan Mountain, He-El defeated Ox-King in a sparring match, and Goku brought Chi-Chi back after learning that Master Roshi no longer had the Bansho Fan.
• Master Roshi extinguished the mountain fire with a Kamehameha, destroying Ox-King’s castle, and Goku copied the technique well enough to blast Bulma’s Jet Squirrel apart.
• Bulma found the Seven-Star Dragon Ball, while He-El, Goku, and Yamcha discovered that Emperor Pilaf held the remaining two Dragon Balls and headed toward his castle.
• In town, Bulma and He-El bought capsules and local clothes, then returned to the gas station after the townspeople fled, where two rabbit-eared men approached Bulma.