Recaps

After crushing humanity’s rebellion, He-El uncovered Wade’s hidden role and learned that Darkseid had set New Krypton against the Guardians, Olympus, and New Genesis. In the DC World, He-El created his own Speed Force while Savitar emerged as Barry’s rejected Time Remnant and confronted Barry with his plan for Iris.

• He-El stopped the executions after Wade pleaded for humanity, enslaved the surviving humans, and accused Wade of leading the rebellion.
• Wade recovered the memories his former self had hidden, identified Hades as the source of Kryptonite and magic, and stabbed himself after declaring loyalty to He-El.
• He-El learned that Darkseid had exposed their alliance to the Guardians, who were preparing to attack New Krypton, and he sought support from Athena and the Father of New Genesis.
• Savitar attacked Barry and Team Flash, revealed himself to He-El, and killed a Reverse-Flash Time Remnant who challenged him.
• He-El infused himself with Speed Force and Negative Speed Force, entered the Speed Force World, and negotiated with its Avatar for energy to stabilize his own universe.
• Savitar abducted Iris and confronted Barry, then revealed that he was a scarred Time Remnant created after Flashpoint and rejected by Team Flash.
• The Time Remnant told Barry that He-El’s Speed Force techniques and offer of service had been intended for him, and that He-El had waited three years for him.

Barry learned how the rejected Time Remnant became Savitar, but Savitar killed Iris and Barry’s attempt to undo it left the tragedy intact. Meanwhile, He-El defeated the Olympians’ resistance, gained their support and secured the Guardians’ cooperation against Darkseid by demanding access to the Emotional Spectrum.

• Cisco discovered that Savitar was a Time Remnant Barry who had become a god after his friends rejected him, and that He-El’s actions had placed him at the start of the loop.
• Barry and Cisco confronted Grodd after he tried to bring He-El back, but Grodd overpowered them and reunited with He-El.
• Barry recruited Reverse-Flash from an earlier timeline, but Reverse-Flash betrayed him and joined He-El as Savitar killed Iris.
• Savitar defeated Barry’s Time Remnants and scarred Barry, while Barry’s attempt to travel back through time showed how the rejected Remnant became Savitar.
• The Father weighed whether to support He-El against Darkseid, while Zeus led the Olympian gods to New Krypton and demanded that Athena return.
• Athena declared her allegiance to New Krypton and He-El, who defeated Zeus and persuaded the Olympian gods to turn against him.
• The Father brought Doomsday’s flesh to He-El and agreed to cooperate against Darkseid as the Olympians attacked and subdued Zeus.
• He-El demanded the Guardians’ Emotional Spectrum information in exchange for defending Oa Star, and Alex and Ganthet gave him unrestricted Green Lantern Rings.

He-El assembled New Genesis and the Olympian gods against Darkseid, then defeated him in a battle that left He-El cursed and powerless in a desert. He rescued Tony Stark from the Freedom Fighters’ base and left him behind, while the military later uncovered the sniper’s deadly handiwork.

• He-El secured Hera and the Olympian gods’ obedience and the Father’s promise to bring New Genesis into his empire after fighting Darkseid.
• Scarface helped Thaal Sinestro unleash Parallax and the Yellow Lantern Corps, then Darkseid’s forces trapped Oa Star and attacked the Guardians of the Universe.
• He-El arrived with New Krypton, the Olympian Pantheon, and New Genesis, restoring the Guardians’ access to reinforcements as he charged Darkseid.
• He-El fought Darkseid from Oa Star to its sun and destroyed him inside a Black Domain, but the Omega Effect cursed He-El and sent him through the Traversal Vortex.
• Stripped of his powers in a desert, He-El survived an attack by armed men and learned that the Freedom Fighters were holding Tony Stark at their base.
• He-El attacked the Freedom Base, destroying its defenses and killing many fighters as Stark escaped in his crude armor after Yinsen died.
• He-El shot down missiles pursuing Stark, rescued him after his armor fell, gave him water, and then left him alone in the desert.
• After Tony Stark returned to New York, Phil Coulson investigated the ruined base and learned that an unidentified sniper had killed more than fifty terrorists.

He-El revealed his otherworldly origins to Nick Fury, confronted Loki over Mjolnir, and returned to New York to build his technology and medical ventures. As He-El’s plans won public support, a stolen shipment drew Kingpin’s attention, while Tony Stark’s reckless birthday party ended with Rhodey taking the prototype armor.

• Coulson confronted He-El in Kabul, and Nick Fury later apologized for the investigation after officials ordered him to secure He-El’s cooperation.
• He-El told Fury he came from another universe and brought him to New Mexico, where he identified the mysterious object as Thor’s hammer, Mjolnir.
• Thor failed to lift Mjolnir, while He-El briefly held it before returning it to its place and refusing to claim its power.
• Loki attacked He-El at the base, but He-El defeated him with lightning and an electromagnetic ring that sent him away on the Rainbow Bridge.
• Fury agreed to release Thor so he could stop Loki, while He-El left for New York to build weapons and develop his technology group.
• He-El received a public welcome in New York, promoted affordable limb restoration, and organized cooperation among medical, political, and financial leaders.
• Arno reported that a shipment worth seven billion dollars had been stolen in Manhattan, and Natasha identified Kingpin as the likely underworld power behind the theft.
• Tony Stark’s birthday party spiraled out of control, so Rhodey took the prototype armor and left, while Tony flew toward He-El’s building.