Chapter Summaries

Bruce Wayne developed devices that let Green Lantern Rings replenish their energy while helping Rogers and Hal Jordan contain Gotham’s spreading Negative Energy. Their radar detected a powerful source of fear approaching from beyond the sky, and Sinestro arrived over Gotham, drawn by the unusual energy.

• Bruce Wayne told Rogers that Wayne Enterprises was manufacturing devices to separate chaotic energy, and Rogers used one to recharge his ring.
• Hal Jordan agreed to keep the new charging method secret from the Guardians, while Rogers described how Negative Energy was infecting objects and people across Gotham.
• Wayne explained that his scanning radar could locate dangerous energy sources, though its detection of inert energy remained limited.
• The radar detected a powerful yellow fear signature approaching Gotham from beyond the sky, and Hal Jordan flew out to investigate.
• Sinestro arrived above Gotham and expressed delight at finding the Power of Fear there.

Hal Jordan encountered Sinestro and was badly overpowered by the Yellow Lantern’s attacks. Captain Rogers arrived to help, and his golden energy shield withstood Sinestro’s barrage, leaving Sinestro puzzled by its resistance to fear.

• Sinestro mistook Hal Jordan for a Green Lantern he knew, then attacked him with a giant yellow fist that crushed Hal’s green construct and sent him flying.
• Wayne and the Captain watched from the base, and Rogers flew out to assist Hal.
• Sinestro explained that Green Lanterns were countered by Yellow Lanterns, then noticed Rogers’s unusual golden energy ring.
• Sinestro fired a torrent of yellow energy bullets at Hal and Rogers, and Hal’s green barrier began to corrode under the barrage.
• Rogers replaced the failing green barrier with a golden shield that withstood the attack, surprising Sinestro.

Sinestro clashed with Captain Rogers and Hal, then supercharged his Yellow Ring with fear and knocked both opponents out of his way. He descended toward the city to investigate the force drawing him there, and Rogers returned too late to stop him.

• Captain Rogers blocked Sinestro’s attacks while Hal stayed back, unable to help without getting in the way.
• Sinestro wondered why Rogers could resist fear and sensed that the city below held a powerful secret.
• Sinestro chose to break away from Rogers and Hal to search for the source drawing him toward the city.
• Sinestro gathered fear through his Yellow Lantern Battery, more than doubling his power and overwhelming Hal with terror.
• Sinestro struck Rogers out of the atmosphere with a yellow warhammer, then knocked Hal into the ocean.
• Sinestro descended toward the city and concealed his presence, while Rogers returned after he had vanished.

Bruce Wayne finished the Mind Bat Suit and upgraded the radar, helping Hal Jordan and Rogers locate Sinestro near the energy core. The heroes confronted Sinestro, but his Yellow Lantern power gave him the upper hand as his devices secretly formed an invisible Beacon Tower.

• Bruce Wayne returned in his Mind Bat Suit, upgraded the radar, and found that the Power of Fear was being absorbed by an uncontrolled device.
• Bruce used the radar and miniature drones to locate Sinestro near the heroes’ energy collection center, then joined Hal Jordan and Rogers to confront him.
• Sinestro shattered Hal’s Green Fist and used the Yellow Lantern Battery to drain Hal’s ring and send him falling.
• Rogers saved Hal and shared his energy with him, while Bruce’s suit released warm yellow light that countered Sinestro’s fear domain.
• Sinestro drew on the Lantern Beast and deployed Energy Collection Devices across the planet, regaining the advantage as their nodes formed an invisible Beacon Tower.

Luke deployed the Infinite Series toward a weakening beacon signal, which vanished after the transmission crossed a Cosmic Membrane. In the battle against Sinestro and Parallax, the Captain’s team gained Superman’s help, but as they tried to lure Parallax away from its target, Thanos suddenly appeared.

• Luke ordered the Infinite Series deployed to the beacon signal, and the signal disappeared during transmission.
• Superman joined the Captain, Bruce Wayne, and Hal in fighting Sinestro, whose Yellow Lantern power was fueled by fear.
• The Lantern Beast Parallax broke free of the Lantern Furnace and began devouring fear energy near the base.
• The Captain’s group blocked Parallax, and Wayne flew toward his base to lure it away with energy.
• A pillar of light struck Parallax, and the Captain recognized the figure who emerged as Thanos.

Thanos used the Psionic Gauntlet to drain and capture Parallax after it possessed Hal Jordan, while the heroes tried to stop him. The chapter ended with Hal unconscious, Parallax secured in the gauntlet, and Thanos identifying six more targets.

• Sinestro attacked Thanos, but Thanos blocked his strike and absorbed part of the Power of Fear with his gauntlet.
• Thanos stabbed Parallax with the Tyrant's Blade and used the Psionic Gauntlet to drain its energy as it struggled above Gotham.
• Parallax tried to escape by possessing Hal Jordan, who warned Superman and the others before flying away.
• Thanos struck Hal with the Tyrant's Blade, fought Superman, and defeated Captain and Bruce as they tried to intervene.
• Thanos forcibly pulled Parallax out of Hal, leaving Hal unconscious and capturing Parallax in the gauntlet.
• Thanos examined Parallax's memories and concluded that six more targets remained.

Steve explained Thanos’s history and the Infinity Stones to Wayne, Clark, and Hal, while Wayne questioned Steve’s ties to Luke and demanded to know where his loyalties lay. Hal went to warn the Green Lantern headquarters, but returned days later to report that Thanos had taken the Green Lantern Battery and destroyed Oa.

• Steve told Wayne, Clark, and Hal that Thanos had sought to control population through mass killing and that another-universe version of him had used the Infinity Stones to eliminate half of all life.
• Steve explained that Luke had made his ring and energy devices, and Wayne challenged Steve to choose between his own side and theirs; Steve promised to stand with Wayne’s group until he left the universe.
• Hal realized Thanos might be pursuing the other Lantern Furnaces and asked Wayne’s permission to report the danger to Green Lantern headquarters; Wayne agreed, and Hal left for Oa.
• Wayne focused on researching Thanos and Emotional Energy while Hal was away.
• Hal returned with others and reported that Thanos had defeated the Guardians and Green Lantern Corps, taken the Green Lantern Battery, absorbed its Lantern Beast, and destroyed Oa.

Wayne, Hal, the Captain, and the surviving Green Lanterns discussed Thanos’s hunt for the Lantern Beasts and planned to gather allies against him. The chapter ended with Thanos arriving at the Red Lantern Corps’ base on Ysmult.

• Wayne explained that Thanos was collecting the powers of seven Lantern Beasts and asked the surviving Green Lanterns what they knew about them.
• A surviving Green Lantern woman said the Corps lacked information about the other Lantern Beasts because the Guardians had been killed and Oa’s records destroyed.
• The Captain warned that Thanos might be able to locate the Lantern Beasts or read minds, meaning he could already know far more than the survivors.
• Wayne agreed to restore the Green Lanterns’ energy and sent Hal and the others to recruit allies while he took time alone.
• The Captain promised to remain in the base, and Thanos appeared outside the Red Lantern Corps’ base on Ysmult.

Hal recruited Diana to join the alliance against Thanos, while Superman and a Green Lantern Wielder brought Aquaman aboard and Batman recruited Barry Allen. The new recruits began heading back to the alliance’s base.

• Hal told Diana about the threat from Thanos and invited her to join the alliance, and she agreed provisionally if the team earned her trust.
• A Green Lantern Wielder arrived to take Hal and Diana back to the base, and Hal told Diana that Superman and other heroes were also being recruited.
• Aquaman arrived at the island and agreed to join, limiting his commitment to fighting Thanos and arranging to stay with the team for a while.
• Batman invited Barry Allen aboard the Batplane after Barry eagerly offered to help him.

Thanos sent Atrocitus and the Red Lantern Corps to Sector 2814 to retrieve the escaped Lantern Beast, while Lex Luthor revealed that he had acquired Yellow Lantern power and pressed Sinestro for information. After a new purple energy source entered Carol Ferris, Superman, Hal Jordan, and Diana set out to investigate, as Atrocitus's forces arrived on Earth.

• Thanos punished Atrocitus for failing to capture a Lantern Beast and ordered him to try again in Sector 2814.
• Lex showed Sinestro that he wielded the Yellow Lantern Ring and offered to make him a new ring if he cooperated.
• Batman briefed the assembled Alliance on Thanos's destruction of Oa, and Barry Allen joined the group.
• A purple gemstone entered Carol Ferris and caused her to erupt with unfamiliar energy.
• Batman sent Superman, Hal Jordan, and Diana to investigate the energy near Metropolis.
• Atrocitus and several Red Lantern Corps members landed on Earth to find the Lantern Beast for Thanos.

Hal Jordan and Superman fought Atrocitus and the Red Lantern Corps as Carol Ferris, influenced by purple energy, became the target of Thanos’s forces. Diana battled Ling Xing to protect Carol, while an unknown figure began siphoning energy from Carol with a device.

• Hal recognized the villa as Carol Ferris’s home and rushed inside, but Carol’s purple energy blasted him back before she embraced him possessively.
• Carol attacked Diana after mistaking her for a rival, and Superman warned Hal that an outside influence seemed to be affecting Carol.
• Atrocitus attacked Hal, blaming the Green Lantern Corps for the destruction of Sector 666, while other Red Lanterns blocked Superman and Bleez produced Red Kryptonite.
• Diana restrained Carol and refused to let her join the fight, then confronted Ling Xing when he demanded the power inside Carol for his master, Thanos.
• As Diana and Ling Xing began fighting, an unknown figure appeared behind Carol and used a device to draw purple energy from her back.

Diana rescued Carol from a Red Lantern attack while Hal fought Atrocitus, who defended his allegiance to Thanos and condemned the Guardians. Batman questioned Captain Steve Rogers about countering Red Lantern energy, and learned that Luke had used Tranquil Blue to restore someone overwhelmed by rage.

• A cloaked Red Lantern drained Carol’s energy, but Diana wounded the attacker and urged Carol to retrieve the nearby device.
• Carol grabbed the device and flew away as a Red Lantern chased her; Diana bound Ling Xing with her lasso and ran after Carol.
• Atrocitus attacked Hal with Crimson Hounds and argued that the Guardians had deliberately weakened Green Lantern power and that Thanos was more worthy to rule.
• Batman asked Captain Steve Rogers how Luke had dealt with a person overwhelmed by red energy, and the Captain explained that Tranquil Blue suppressed rage and restored control.

Wayne prepared to extract positive emotions to create Tranquil Blue, hoping to counter the Red Lanterns’ energy. On the battlefield, Hal held Atrocitus back and unexpectedly awakened a golden energy that strengthened him against Atrocitus’s attacks.

• Captain explained that Tranquil Blue might weaken the Red Lanterns’ negative energy, though he could not predict its full effect.
• Wayne went to his laboratory to extract positive emotion from the energy collection core, despite having gathered little of it.
• A Green Lantern Wielder removed the Red Kryptonite fragments from Superman, easing its effects on him.
• Aquaman and the reinforcements shifted the battle, and Atrocitus tried to seize Carol.
• Hal stopped Atrocitus from escaping and devoted his energy to defending himself while his allies fought the other Red Lanterns.
• Golden energy spread through Hal’s suit and ring, boosting his power and reducing the pain caused by Atrocitus’s Red Lantern energy.

Batman and the Alliance defeated Atrocitus’s Red Lantern forces, but Atrocitus revealed little about Thanos beyond saying they would meet him soon. At the Cave Main Base, the heroes discussed how to prepare for Thanos, while Thanos looked toward his next targets with five gems already on his glove.

• Batman used Tranquil Blue to suppress Atrocitus’s Red Lantern power and helped capture the Red Lanterns.
• Wayne questioned Atrocitus about Thanos, but Atrocitus only said Wayne would meet his master soon.
• At the Cave Main Base, Carol Ferris refused to let Hal remove the energy inside her, and Wayne said they would protect her while they focused on Thanos.
• Hal warned that the Alliance could lose without thorough preparation, and Superman asked him to create Kryptonite so he could address his weaknesses.
• Wayne planned to prepare more targeted weapons, while Hal told the others that his Green Lantern energy had combined with Captain’s energy and made him stronger.
• Thanos examined the five gems on his glove and looked toward the depths of the universe as his Energy Core absorbed and distributed power.

Thanos used the Infinite Glove to drain most of a living black sun’s energy, then turned toward his remaining targets. Meanwhile, Wayne accepted John Jones’s offer to join the team without trusting him yet, and Lex Luthor prepared to complete a cloned Doomsday.

• Thanos resisted the black sun’s emotional call and unleashed the Infinite Glove’s devouring power.
• The glove consumed matter across hundreds of light-years and took more than half the black sun’s energy before it escaped.
• Thanos noted that two gem slots remained empty and looked deeper into the universe.
• John Jones revealed that he was the Martian J’onn J’onzz and offered to help Wayne protect Earth.
• Wayne allowed John to join the group but planned to verify his past, abilities, and intentions.
• Lex Luthor showed Sinestro his nearly completed Doomsday, created using General Zod’s corpse and Kryptonian technology.

Thanos threatened to kill half of Earth’s intelligent life unless Wayne’s team surrendered the Violet Lantern Furnace and the Lantern Beast. Wayne chose to fight, and the Justice League attacked Thanos’s fleet, ending with Superman firing the first shot at Thanos.

• Wayne, Diana, Clark, Hal, Arthur, Barry, and John sensed an impending danger as Thanos arrived in Sector 2814.
• Thanos hijacked Earth’s screens, demanded the Lantern Beast, and threatened to kill half the planet’s intelligent life if it was not delivered within one day.
• Wayne and the others decided to fight Thanos, while the Green Lantern Corps offered to attack his fleet and Steve Rogers agreed to stand with them.
• Lex Luthor arrived with Sinestro and revealed Doomsday, a biological weapon made from General Zod’s and other Kryptonians’ corpses, as his proposed weapon against Thanos.
• Wayne’s team launched into space and attacked Thanos’s fleet, while Superman and the others broke into Thanos’s flagship.
• Thanos warned Superman and the others that their choice would cause countless deaths, and Superman fired heat vision at him.

Thanos overwhelmed the heroes in battle while his fleet attacked Earth, but Doomsday’s rapid adaptation gave them a brief chance to fight back. Their plan to destroy Thanos in the Sun failed, and the Sun began transforming into a red giant after Thanos completed his collection of the heroes’ emotions.

• Thanos defeated the heroes’ attacks, broke Diana’s Lasso of Truth, and trapped John behind an invisible barrier while ordering his forces to attack Earth.
• Wayne told Luthor to unleash Doomsday, who fought Thanos and rapidly adapted to his attacks.
• The Green Lantern Corps shielded Earth as the battle damaged Thanos’s fleet and Doomsday and Superman hurled Thanos into the Sun.
• Doomsday and Superman escaped the Sun, but it began swelling into a red giant and consuming nearby planets.
• Clark told the others that Thanos had been collecting their emotions and had now succeeded.

Thanos killed Hal to drive Carol into a grief-stricken attack, then seized the Violet Lantern Furnace and captured the Predator Beast, completing his collection of the seven Emotional Spectrum entities. After snapping his fingers, he unleashed white light that healed the Justice League, revived Hal, and gave everyone a mysterious white ring.

• Carol used the Violet Lantern's power to slow the expanding red giant and protect the battlefield.
• Thanos broke through the purple crystal barrier, overwhelmed Hal, and beheaded him with a single slash.
• Grief-stricken, Carol attacked Thanos, who admitted he had used her and took the Violet Lantern Furnace.
• Thanos captured the Predator Beast, adding the final Emotional Spectrum entity to his glove.
• Thanos snapped his fingers, and white light healed the heroes, resurrected Hal, and placed a white ring pattern on everyone's finger.

The White Lanterns revived and empowered Hal, Clark, and their allies, who nearly defeated Thanos before he created his own White Ring. Barry then used the Stillness Force to seal Thanos and took his gauntlet, but John warned that the gauntlet remained a danger.

• The Entity of Existence restored the fallen fighters and granted Hal, Clark, John, and their allies White Lantern power.
• Clark and the others overwhelmed Thanos with repeated attacks until he absorbed their White Light and revealed that he had forged his own incomplete White Ring from the seven Emotional Spectrums.
• John warned the team that Thanos was transmitting signals beyond the universe, and the Entity of Existence guided Barry toward a power that could stop him.
• Barry used the Stillness Force to trap Thanos in a White Cocoon and wrested the gauntlet from his hand.
• Barry proposed returning the Lantern Beasts and reviving the Guardians, while Luthor secretly wanted to keep the gauntlet and its power.
• John warned that the gauntlet itself had to be dealt with or sealing Thanos would be pointless.

The heroes failed to destroy the glove and debated sealing it or studying it to prepare for Luke’s return. Barry proposed using his White Lantern power to reverse time if their situation became hopeless, but the Lantern Beast gemstones secretly targeted Doomsday, who seized the glove and put it on.

• The group attacked the glove with their rings and weapons, but it remained intact and absorbed the spectrum energy.
• John urged them to seal the glove because it could tempt and control people, while Luthor argued that studying it could reveal Luke’s capabilities and help them prepare.
• Wayne said he would study the glove alongside Luthor, and Barry suggested that he could turn back time to warn them before Thanos or the Captain arrived.
• Diana supported Barry’s proposal, and the group considered using time reversal as a last resort.
• The Lantern Beast gemstones released hidden energy fluctuations and focused on Doomsday.
• Doomsday stepped forward, grabbed the glove, and put it on before anyone could stop him.