Recaps

Jude entered Mephisto’s Hell to obtain a Spirit of Vengeance for Aunt May, but instead sparked an undead revolt and defeated Mephisto. He returned to Earth with Teresa, Little Spider’s restored intelligence, and the Spirit of Vengeance, while the danger of Mephisto learning to invade Earth remained.

• Jude arranged for Mephisto to make Aunt May immortal, while Little Spider traded his intelligence for her life.
• Jude brought Little Spider to Mephisto’s Hell and learned about its oppressive society while staying with Teresa, Doctor Doom’s mother.
• Jude built devices to absorb demon power, then drained the energy of seventy thousand demons in Orhardo City.
• Jude and Little Spider rallied the undead to revolt, and the uprising spread across Hell under the slogan “Undead lives matter.”
• Jude killed Demon William, led the undead to destroy Hell’s Capital, and discovered Mephisto was away from Hell.
• Mephisto returned and devastated Hell, but Jude weakened him by drawing out his power and forced him to accept Jude’s terms.
• Mephisto restored Little Spider’s intelligence, tore up his contracts with Teresa and Little Spider, and gave Jude a Spirit of Vengeance.
• Jude, Little Spider, Teresa, and Ancient One returned to Earth, where they discussed Mephisto’s possible plans to invade and turned their attention to the Zerg.

Jude brought Aunt May into contact with the Spirit of Vengeance, leading her to burn Arkham Asylum and prompting a clash with Batman over justice. He then took a group to The Boys' world, where they witnessed Vought's abuse of Starlight and Barry challenged A-Train at a public race.

• Jude and Little Spider watched Thanos battle Annihilus, then returned with Ancient One and reunited Teresa with Doctor Doom.
• Jude merged the Spirit of Vengeance with Aunt May, who became a Ghost Rider and learned to control her powers.
• Aunt May burned Arkham Asylum and killed its inmates, and Bruce Wayne confronted Jude over his rejection of the law.
• Jude took Bruce, Peter, Aunt May, Clark, Diana, and Barry to The Boys' world, where he explained Vought's control of superheroes and killed Clone 35 and Ivy's clone.
• Jude and his companions watched Homelander and the Seven intimidate Starlight, who tried to quit before Homelander threatened her and her family.
• Jude led the group to a hidden venue and later took them to A-Train's race against Lightning, where Barry joined the competition.
• Barry raced past A-Train and Lightning, then challenged A-Train to complete a public phone-delivery challenge across one hundred cities.

Jude exposed Vought, left The Boys world, and returned to the Fusion World, where he helped defeat the insect race and Annihilus. After learning the Planet Devourer’s history, Jude discovered that the Source Wall had vanished.

• Barry Allen returned with all one hundred requested photos, while Jude used A-Train’s cooperation and incriminating footage to expose Vought before the crowd.
• Lamplighter testified about Vought’s experiments, Homelander seized control of Vought and attacked the crowd, and Jude’s group defeated him and his forces.
• Jude disarmed the National Guard, destroyed the Moon to warn the world, then forged six Infinity Stones and returned home with Bruce, Superman, Diana, and Barry.
• Clone 77 united Jude’s second-generation Clones to found Freedom City, while Bruce learned that the Court of Owls had arranged his parents’ murder.
• Jude helped Peter develop Black Widow 1 and a Black Hole Transfer Device, then brought a genetic agent to the allied empires fighting the insect race.
• The allied forces used Jude’s agent to defeat the insectoids, and Jude’s group killed Annihilus after Peter’s device countered the Cosmic Control Rod.
• The Rod’s explosion destroyed Oa and shattered the Green Lantern Energy Battery, while Jude questioned the Planet Devourer, who revealed his name was Galan and that the Source Wall had vanished.

Thanos attacked Earth while Jude was away, but Jude gave him the Infinity Stones as part of a plan and later prepared to stop Barbatos with help from Hell’s rulers. The Hand completed its summoning ritual, bringing Barbatos and the Dark Knights into the Fusion World.

• Ivy told Jude that Thanos had kidnapped Earth, and Thanos’s forces attacked the heroes while Jude was away.
• Earth’s heroes fought Thanos, but he devastated the British Isles and Arctic Continent before demanding Jude surrender the Stones.
• Jude returned and handed Thanos five Infinity Stones, then brought Gamora back to Star One and exposed Star-Lord’s betrayal.
• Jude secured approval for the Universal Evolution Project and later found Bruce, whose recurring nightmare showed a dark invasion of Earth.
• Jude consulted Ancient One, then confronted Trigon and persuaded him and several Hell Lords to help defeat Barbatos.
• Jude returned to Earth and told the government that Barbatos and the Dark Knights threatened the planet, while The Hand prepared its summoning ritual in Canada.
• Murakami Shinichi ordered the ritual to proceed, and the five metals killed the assembled leaders as a dark gate opened.
• Hundreds of Dark Knights entered the Fusion World, then Barbatos emerged and spread dark energy across the land.