Chapter Summaries

After the crisis in Smallville, Jino encouraged a heartbroken Clark to learn to fly, while Lex discovered a mysterious gemstone in Egypt. In London, Lana Lang encountered murals that stirred an unexplained ache in her heart.

• Jino handed Hael over to Lucifer and returned Doomsday to the underground base beneath Luthor Factory.
• Clark lamented Lana Lang's departure, and Jino pushed him from the barn to make him attempt flight; Clark fell and failed.
• Jino noticed a strange figurine in a photo from Lex and sensed it was dangerous.
• Lex smashed the figurine in an Egyptian pyramid, found the Philosopher's Stone inside, and recalled a legend about three gems opening a treasure vault.
• Lana Lang saw murals in a London gallery depicting a torch-bearing woman first worshipped and then imprisoned, and felt a faint ache as she looked at the cage.

A mural depicting three-eyed magic triggers a supernatural awakening in Lana Lang, Diana, and Zatanna. As crescent moons appear on their foreheads, Zatanna loses her magic, receives strange memories, and vanishes through a Spatial Tunnel.

• At the Classical Art Museum, Diana tells Lana Lang that an ancient legend describes Hecate creating the world, granting humans magic, and vowing revenge after the first gods betrayed and imprisoned her.
• After seeing the mural, Lana Lang collapses in her London bathroom as a crescent-shaped light appears on her forehead.
• At home, Diana is struck by intense pain and collapses before a mirror as a crescent moon shines on her forehead.
• After her performance, Zatanna discovers that she cannot use magic, then collapses as strange memories flood her mind and a crescent moon appears on her forehead.
• Zatanna opens a Spatial Tunnel through her office wall and steps through, leaving her phone behind.

Jino and Clark investigated Diana’s disappearance and found that powerful energy had erased the traces in her room. After learning Lana Lang had also gone missing, they questioned her boyfriend and discovered that she had vanished while showering, but their tracing magic failed there too.

• Singer reported that Diana had failed to report for duty at Justice League Hall, so Jino and Clark went to her apartment.
• Jino found a photograph of himself with Diana and used Heavenly Magic to trace the past, but a powerful energy had erased what happened.
• Clark learned that Lana Lang had gone missing and gave Jino the address of her apartment.
• Jino and Clark met Lana Lang’s boyfriend, who said she had disappeared while taking a shower.
• Jino tried to trace what had happened in the apartment, but the magic failed again, and Clark asked what they should do next.

Jino and Clark investigated the disappearances of Diana, Lana Lang, and Zatanna, then sought answers from Lucifer. They learned that all three girls were connected to magic, and Lucifer said the truth could only be learned from God.

• Jino noticed Zatanna had stopped messaging him and found her magic house empty, with traces of what happened erased.
• Jino took Clark to Lucifer's bar, where they found Hael working as a bartender.
• Lucifer confirmed that the missing girls were all connected to magic and said Jino would have to ask God about their disappearances.
• Jino left with clues pointing toward the Black Witch or a greater crisis, while Clark asked whether he could learn magic.
• Jino told Clark that magic depended on innate talent, unlike studying.

After Constantine told Jino that nearly all magic users had lost their powers and the Wizarding World was descending into violence, Jino agreed to attend a gathering of mages. He used the meeting to offer protection at Justice League Hall, but a voodoo mage challenged his motives.

• Constantine told Jino that magic users across the Wizarding World had lost their powers, sparking panic and deadly attacks, and that mages planned to sign a non-killing pact.
• Jino agreed to go with Constantine to the gathering, recognizing it as a chance to expand the Justice League’s influence.
• At the underground wine cellar, Jino demonstrated that he could still use magic, earning the mages’ attention.
• Jino told the mages to go to Justice League Hall, where the Justice League would protect them.
• A voodoo mage questioned why the mages should trust Jino and claimed he could sense ambition and that Jino was not a whole person.

Jino sent a dark-skinned wizard’s soul to Heaven, then brought Constantine and Clark to Themyscira to learn about Diana’s disappearance. Hippolyta pointed them toward Queen Hera’s Magic Mirror, and as Jino and Clark reached the palace on Olympus, Hercules confronted them.

• Jino used Heavenly Magic to send the dark-skinned wizard’s soul to Heaven, then persuaded the other mages to take refuge at the Justice League Hall.
• Jino recruited Constantine to Justice League Dark and opened a Spatial Tunnel to Themyscira with Clark.
• Jino told Hippolyta that Diana had disappeared in a likely magical incident, and Hippolyta named Queen Hera’s Magic Mirror as a possible source of answers.
• Jino and Clark went to Olympus while Constantine stayed among the low-ranking goddesses, then Hercules attacked them after saying he had been ordered to stop them.

Jino and Clark defeated Hercules, took Hera’s Magic Mirror, and uncovered the origin of Diana’s crescent mark. Jino concluded that Hecate was preparing to act and brought Clark to a town like Smallville to find her.

• Clark melted Hercules’s axe with Heat Vision and knocked him unconscious with an acupoint strike.
• Jino confronted Hera, slapped her, and took the Magic Mirror.
• The Magic Mirror showed that six-year-old Diana’s sneeze disrupted a witches’ ritual, after which a figure in golden mist claimed her and marked her forehead.
• Jino explained that Hecate had divided her power among five girls after the gods imprisoned and betrayed her, and said she was about to take revenge.
• Jino and Clark traveled through a Spatial Tunnel and arrived in a town resembling Smallville.

Jino and Clark tracked down Billy Batson to reach the Rock of Eternity, a magical node helping protect Earth’s magical shield from Hecate. They arrived at the ancient palace, where Jino identified the node and said they needed to wait.

• Jino paid tavern patrons for information about Billy Batson and learned where he lived.
• Jino explained to Clark that Billy had access to the Rock of Eternity, a key node in Earth’s magical shield, and that Hecate might try to destroy it.
• Jino and Clark met Billy, who recognized them and asked Jino how to become a superhero.
• Jino asked Billy to take them to the Rock of Eternity and offered to consider proposing that he join the Justice League if he performed well.
• Billy transformed into Shazam and brought Jino and Clark to the Rock of Eternity.
• Jino entered the ancient palace, identified the silver-blue gemstone as the magical node, and said they needed to wait.

Jino and his allies fought the Witch Mother, who controlled Diana, Zatanna, and Lana Lang, on the Rock of Eternity. Jino broke through Diana’s magical barrier and struck her with a fist wrapped in Heaven’s purification magic.

• The Witch Mother attacked the Rock of Eternity through Diana, Zatanna, and Lana Lang, and Jino and Clark recognized that the women were under her control.
• Shazam charged into the Thunderbolt attack but was blasted away, while Jino used Heavenly Magic to block the assault and counterattack.
• Clark joined the fight with Heat Vision, and Shazam got up and hurled Thunderbolt at Zatanna as the allies separated the battles.
• Jino used the Speed Force to strike the three women, breaking the ground and sending everyone flying.
• Diana blocked Jino’s Heat Vision with the Bracelets of Submission and unleashed divine thunder, but Jino charged through it and battered her magical barrier.
• Jino shattered Diana’s barrier with a fist infused with purification magic and struck her in the cheek.

Jino freed Diana from Hecate’s control and fought the Witch Mother as she possessed Lana and Zatanna. After revealing Hecate’s vulnerability, he revived Zatanna and had her use Backward Magic, leaving Hecate terrified as the spell began.

• Jino used Heavenly Fire to destroy Hecate’s magical vines, then seized Lana and flew into the sky with her.
• Hecate tried to persuade Jino to join her, but he rejected her offer and struck Lana, forcing Hecate’s power out of her.
• The freed magic gathered into the three faces of Hecate, who mocked Jino’s threat to kill her.
• Jino told Hecate that the monster whose power she had stolen was waiting beyond the fence and blamed her choice of Zatanna as her puppet.
• Jino gave Zatanna Amber Gold metal to revive her and instructed her to use Backward Magic.
• As Hecate fired purple beams at them, Zatanna repeated Jino’s reversed spell, “Nodnar.”

After Zatanna closed the passage, The Upside-Down Man dragged Hecate back into the dark dimension. Back in Smallville, Batman contacted Jino and the others to report that a huge mountain range had appeared in Gotham City, prompting them to set out for the next crisis.

• The Upside-Down Man attacked Hecate, and Zatanna closed the passage before it dragged Hecate out of reality.
• Jino brought Zatanna, Shazam, Clark, Diana, and Lana Lang back to Earth through a dimensional passage.
• At a café in Smallville, Jino explained that the Witch Mother had been taken by The Upside-Down Man.
• Singer relayed a message from Batman, who showed the group an enormous mountain range that had appeared out of nowhere in Gotham City.
• Jino called the Justice League members to go to Gotham City and investigate.

Jino and the Justice League investigated a mysterious mountain in Gotham City and discovered a hidden facility containing five people in a capsule. Kendra Sanders, also known as Hawkgirl, revealed that the mountain was part of a centuries-old conspiracy and warned of an approaching war.

• Gordon cleared civilians from the area as Jino, Batman, Clark, and Diana arrived at the mountain.
• Clark found a wooden door marked with an hourglass, and the Justice League opened it and entered the mountain.
• The group discovered a facility with five people held in a capsule, while Batman detected abnormal energy fluctuations.
• Lady Blackhawk and her soldiers confronted the Justice League and demanded that they step away from the capsule.
• Kendra Sanders identified herself, warned Jino that the mountain was part of a massive conspiracy, and offered to explain if he went with her.
• Jino agreed to go with Kendra after recognizing her as Hawkgirl.

Kendra told Jino and Clark that Hawkman’s investigation into Nth Metal led his team to a dark world, where they found a monstrous dragon from beyond the Multiverse. Jino identified it as Barbatos and warned that a difficult war was coming.

• Kendra explained that she and Hawkman had been reincarnated across dimensions and that Hawkman had been investigating the origins and powers of Nth Metal.
• Kendra showed Jino and Clark a map of the fifty-two universes and noted that none contained Nth Metal, prompting Jino to conclude that it came from the Dark Multiverse.
• Clark confirmed that the Dark Multiverse existed and that Jino had recently driven away a creature from beyond the Multiverse.
• Kendra showed them a dossier describing a dark dragon made of matter and antimatter that had mastered dark matter.
• Jino identified the creature as Barbatos and warned everyone that a hard war was coming.

After Batman disappeared with the Nth Metal, Jino explained that he was likely trying to protect the Justice League from Barbatos, while Batman prepared to face the threat alone. Meanwhile, Kendra learned that the Council of Immortals planned to destroy the Dark Multiverse by firing Anti-Monitor's Astral Brain into the Rock of Eternity.

• Singer reported a cybervirus attack, and Clark found Bart unconscious before Jino discovered Batman and the Nth Metal were missing.
• Diana accused Batman of betraying the League, but Jino argued that Batman was probably trying to solve the crisis alone to protect them.
• At Wayne Manor, Bruce explained to Alfred that four heavy metals had marked him as a doorway for Barbatos and resolved to investigate the threat himself.
• Bruce asked Alfred to dispose of his body if he failed, so Barbatos could not use it for evil.
• Kendra met the Council of Immortals in an Antarctic bunker, where they proposed firing Anti-Monitor's Astral Brain into the Rock of Eternity, risking trillions of lives to destroy the Dark Multiverse.

Batman was captured by the Court of Owls, who used him to open a passage for Barbatos and the Dark Knights. As the Dark Knights arrived and activated a strange piece of metal, Jino awoke as a child in a circus, where a voice urged him to escape the dark illusion.

• Batman searched the Curtain of Hashet for a clue but was ambushed by the Court of Owls and its priests.
• The Court of Owls trapped Batman in dark energy, drained his blood, and turned him into an entrance for a blood-red passage.
• The Dark Knights, including twisted versions of Batman and the Robins, emerged from the passage and attacked the Owls.
• A laughing Batman picked up a blue-glowing piece of metal and activated it, sending a strange vibration throughout the world.
• Jino awoke as a child in a circus beside Zatanna, then heard a voice identify him as the leader of the Justice League and urge him to wake from the dark illusion.

Jino recovered his true memories and escaped the nightmare that had kept him hanging from the High Tower. Constantine brought him to the Oblivion Bar, where Kendra began explaining Barbatos’s attack and the state of the world.

• Jino remembered that he was Jino Luthor, reclaimed his powers, and shattered the circus dream around him.
• Jino woke in a city where people hung from the High Tower and discovered that Clark and Diana were missing.
• Constantine told Jino that Barbatos had plunged the world into nightmare darkness and led him to the Oblivion Bar.
• The survivors welcomed Jino, and Kendra began recounting how Barbatos rang the clock tower bell and sent the Dark Knights to seize major cities.

Jino learned that the Dark Knights were spreading dark energy through conquered cities and Human Towers, then faced the Devastator in the tavern. He overwhelmed the monster with hundreds of equally powerful duplicates and prepared to send it into a dream.

• Kendra told Jino that the Dark Knights had taken major cities, unleashed deadly attacks, and built Human Towers to spread dark energy.
• Jino promised to stop Barbatos and rescue their family and friends, then sent everyone through a multiversal passage to Constantine's Mystic House.
• The Devastator emerged from a magical tunnel and attacked Jino with Kryptonite smoke and Heat Vision.
• Jino threw the Devastator, matched its Heat Vision, and multiplied into hundreds of copies that blasted it with crimson beams.
• Jino coated his duplicates' fists with light from the Dream Kingdom and threatened to put the Devastator to sleep.

Jino rescued Clark from the Dark Multiverse and brought him to the Dream Kingdom, where Daniel explained that Barbatos’s invasion was making humanity’s darkest stories real. Daniel began revealing Barbatos’s origin as Jino and Clark prepared to learn how to defeat him.

• Jino put The Devastator into an eternal dream alongside Doomsday, then searched the multiverse for Clark and found him in the Dark Multiverse.
• Jino reached Clark, who was trapped unconscious in an Nth Metal maze surrounded by hostile clones created by Barbatos, and defeated the clones.
• Clark woke among the defeated clones, and Jino explained the recent events before stopping Clark from rushing back to save Jonathan and Martha.
• Jino took Clark to the Dream Kingdom, where Daniel warned that Barbatos’s invasion was making forbidden stories real and causing Lucien’s Library to burn.
• Daniel began explaining that the Forge’s spark created matter and antimatter, giving rise to two opposing brothers.

Clark and Jino reached the World Forge, only to find it extinguished and guarded by Barbatos’s giant watch-eagle, Carter Hall. While Barbatos sent The Batman Who Laughs to summon the Dark Knights, Jino froze Hawkman solid and the heroes remained at the forge.

• Dream God explained that Barbatos had betrayed and killed the World Forger, then showed Clark and Jino the way to the World Forge.
• Jino and Clark entered the World Forge and found its crater cold, its flames dead, and the forge extinguished.
• Carter Hall appeared as Barbatos’s guardian and attacked Jino and Clark with a massive hammer.
• In Gotham City, Barbatos ordered The Batman Who Laughs to summon the Dark Knights, and The Batman Who Laughs agreed.
• Jino punched through Hawkman’s hammer and froze him into a massive ice sculpture.

Batman endured captivity and refused to tell the Batman Who Laughs how Jino became powerful, saying he believed in Jino and his comrades. Meanwhile, Jino and Clark found X-Metal beneath the World Forge and used it to create powerful armor, preparing to face Barbatos.

• The Batman Who Laughs questioned the captive Bruce about Jino, but Bruce stayed silent until he declared that victory would belong to those he trusted.
• Jino and Clark approached the defeated Barbatos at the World Forge and discovered that the forge had gone cold.
• Jino led Clark through the magma beneath the forge and revealed the silver liquid called Tenth Metal, or X-Metal.
• Jino explained that X-Metal could create worlds and shape itself into armor, then formed silver armor and a bow.
• Clark touched the X-Metal, created armor bearing the S symbol, and felt himself grow stronger.