Chapter Summaries

Jude brought Trigon, Dormammu, Etrigan, and Beelzebub from Hell to meet the United Government, explaining that he had recruited them to fight Barbatos. Ancient One arrived ready to battle the Hell Lords, but Jude stopped the confrontation; then the ground shook, and Trigon announced that their target had appeared.

• Jude told the United Government that he had made an agreement with several Hell Lords and opened a portal to Hell.
• Jude brought Trigon, Dormammu, Etrigan, and Beelzebub into the conference room, where their appearance alarmed everyone.
• Tony refused to serve liquor to the demons, fearing he might accidentally sign a contract with them.
• Ancient One arrived with her disciples and prepared to fight the Hell Lords, but Jude explained that he had invited them to deal with Barbatos.
• Jude reminded Dormammu of their agreement, and Dormammu withdrew his power instead of attacking Ancient One.
• The ground began to shake, and Trigon said that their target had appeared.

Jude and the others followed the four Hell Lords through a magical passage to confront Barbatos and his Dark Knights. The Hell Lords revealed their true forms and surrounded Barbatos, with Trigon asking, “Little one, what now?”

• Jude sent the four Hell Lords through a magical passage toward Barbatos, and Bruce, Lex Luthor, and the others followed.
• Ancient One went alone to the confrontation and left Baron Mordo in charge of guarding the Sanctum Sanctorum and training as her successor.
• Barbatos marched toward the heroes with hundreds of Dark Knights, while Jude pointed out The Batman Who Laughs as a twisted version of Bruce.
• Barbatos’s black mist was absorbed, and the Dark Knights were scattered as the group fought back; Beelzebub ate one of the monsters before spitting it out.
• Barbatos offered to turn the group into new knights, but Trigon, Dormammu, Beelzebub, and Etrigan transformed into their enormous true forms and surrounded him.

Barbatos was confronted by Trigon and the other demons, and Trigon drove him into space to fight. Jude and the others followed to watch as the battle reached the asteroid belt, where Barbatos grew to match Trigon and fought back fiercely.

• Barbatos recognized Trigon, Dormammu, Etrigan, and Beelzebub, and realized Trigon was a threat on the level of his master, World Forger.
• Trigon attacked Barbatos, grabbed him, and hurled him into the sky before chasing him into space and pounding him with blows.
• Dormammu and Beelzebub followed the fight, while Etrigan offered to carry the Earthbound superheroes into space; Jude flew after the demons in Cowboy 2.
• Etrigan carried the remaining superheroes beyond the Solar System, where they learned the battle had caused Halley's Comet to explode.
• In the asteroid belt, Barbatos had grown to Trigon's size and fought back, smashing asteroids, striking Trigon, and resisting his psychic magic.

Trigon defeated Barbatos in a devastating battle on a dead planet, then Jude and the Hell Lords stopped the injured Barbatos from escaping. Trigon took control of Barbatos, leaving the captured demon at his mercy.

• Trigon and Barbatos fought on a dead planet, wrecking its surface as Jude and the others watched.
• Trigon overwhelmed Barbatos with a powerful magical beam that pierced the planet and severely injured him.
• Jude told the others to stop Barbatos from escaping, and the three Hell Lords trapped him by sealing the space around him.
• Barbatos tried to kill himself rather than be captured, but Trigon used mental magic to turn him into a puppet.

After defeating Barbatos, Jude prepared to take the four Hell Lords to other worlds and showed them a danger-ranked list of destinations. The Hell Lords studied their options but had not chosen a world by the end of the chapter.

• Trigon imprisoned Barbatos in a crystal ball, swallowed it, and refused to share the captive with Dormammu, Beelzebub, and Etrigan.
• Dormammu reminded Jude that the Hell Lords had fulfilled their promise, and Jude gave each of them a communicator before sending them through a portal with Etrigan.
• Jude projected a list of worlds divided into white, yellow, red, and purple danger levels, explaining that the purple worlds were beyond his ability to assess.
• The four Hell Lords examined the worlds on the list as Jude asked them to choose a destination.

The four Hell Lords selected worlds to conquer, while Jude warned Trigon about the dangers of the purple Doopy world. Back on Star One, Jude began upgrading Cowboy 2 as Earth entered an era of universal evolution.

• Trigon chose the purple Doopy world despite Jude's warning, then entered it with plans to call Jude if things went badly.
• Dormammu selected the yellow Supergirl TV series world, while Etrigan and Beelzebub chose the white Avengers: Infinity War and live-action Transformers worlds.
• Jude returned to Star One and told Ivy and the others that he would be busy in the laboratory.
• Jude began upgrading Cowboy 2 from the Picometer Stage to the Attometer Stage, an extremely difficult project.
• Earth's universal evolution proceeded without the widespread unrest people had feared, and evolution schools opened with experienced Mutants as teachers.

Jude completed an Ami Meter and learned that Clark and Diana’s wedding was the next day, while Trigon had sent a distress signal. He returned to Earth for the wedding, where Ivy prepared him for the ceremony and warned him not to cause trouble.

• Jude spent twenty-two days in Star One's laboratory carving and assembling components at the ami scale until he completed the Ami Meter.
• Veronica told Jude that Clark and Diana were getting married the next day and that Trigon had sent a distress signal fifteen days earlier; Jude planned to attend the wedding before rescuing Trigon.
• Veronica revealed that she had made herself a human-like body and personally helped Jude relax after his work.
• Jude returned to Earth and reassured Ivy that he would attend Clark and Diana's wedding, then endured three hours of trying on outfits she had chosen.
• Ivy dragged Jude out of bed early on the wedding morning and warned him not to provoke Diana's god relatives; Jude said he knew where to draw the line.

Jude showed Ivy his new cell-integrated Cowboy No. 3 armor and flew with her to Themyscira for Superman and Wonder Woman’s wedding. As the guests gathered, Zeus appeared in the storm-filled sky.

• Jude explained that Cowboy No. 3 had been implanted into his cells, making his body as durable as the armor and allowing him to fly and survive in space.
• Jude and Ivy flew to Themyscira, where Queen Hippolyta had overseen preparations for Diana and Clark’s wedding.
• Jude stunned Tony by surviving a high-altitude dive into the ocean without visible armor and revealed that he had upgraded his armor again.
• Superpowered guests arrived on Themyscira, and Jude, Little Spider, Tony, and Bruce chatted while Ivy went to find Diana.
• Little Spider noticed lightning and thunder filling the sky, and Jude recognized the white-bearded figure appearing among the clouds as possibly Zeus.

The Olympian gods arrived on Themyscira for Diana and Clark’s wedding, where Zeus sought out Jude to hear about his victories over Mongul and Thanos. After Diana and Clark were married, Jude tried to dodge Ivy’s pointed look by calling Zeus a weakling.

• Zeus and the other Olympian gods arrived on Themyscira, and Hippolyta welcomed them.
• Zeus asked to meet Jude, who claimed he had defeated Mongul and driven Thanos away.
• Ares challenged Jude to a match after the wedding, but Zeus and Hephaestus stopped him.
• Apollo announced the wedding, and Diana and Clark exchanged vows and became husband and wife.
• Ivy stared pointedly at Jude, who pulled Zeus aside and called him a weakling.

During Diana and Clark’s wedding banquet on Themyscira, Jude got drunk on Dionysus’s ancient wine and rambled to Zeus about bizarre stories. When the Asgardians invaded Olympus, Zeus departed with the Greek Gods, but Jude vanished from the wedding and reappeared behind Zeus as the battle began.

• Jude drank seven cups of Dionysus’s potent wine and drunkenly told Zeus an absurd tale about a female planet, a duel, and Zeus being killed by a spaceship.
• Clark and Diana tried to get Jude to rest, but Hermes arrived with news that Odin had led an Asgardian army in an attack on Olympus.
• Zeus left Diana’s wedding to defend Olympus, while Diana stayed behind with Clark and the Greek Gods teleported away with Zeus.
• Ivy noticed Jude was missing, and Bruce said he had a bad feeling about it.
• As Zeus prepared to lead the defense of Olympus, Jude appeared behind him, draped an arm over his shoulder, and asked what he should do.

Jude followed Zeus to Olympus and joined the battle against the Asgardians while drunk. After Thor attacked him in revenge for Loki, Jude shrugged off the blow and punched Thor into the sky.

• Jude followed Zeus to Olympus and refused to be sent back to Earth, insisting he would fight the Asgardians.
• Jude reached the front lines and saw Odin, Thor, Hela, and other Asgardian forces overwhelming the Olympians.
• Thor recognized Jude and challenged him, declaring that his training had prepared him to avenge Loki.
• Thor struck Jude on the head with his hammer and unleashed a massive blast, but Jude emerged unharmed.
• Jude mocked Thor and punched him flying into the sky.

Jude killed Thor and two other giants, forcing Odin and the Asgardians to retreat from Olympus. Despite being drunk, Jude agreed to help Zeus counterattack Asgard and threw a toaster through the portal before passing out again.

• Jude killed Thor with one punch, and Odin offered Rune Power to anyone who killed Jude.
• Jude killed Laufey the Frost Giant and Surtur the Fire Giant, causing the Asgardian forces to flee.
• Odin used his power to hold off the Olympians and escaped through a portal with his army.
• Athena asked Jude to join the counterattack on Asgard, but he collapsed from drinking Dionysus's wine.
• Jude staggered back up, asked Zeus to open a portal, and threw a toaster through it before falling asleep again.

Jude woke in Olympus with no memory of destroying Asgard, then learned the Greek Gods wanted to reward him by marrying him to Athena. He fled with Dionysus’s wine, leaving Athena wondering whether he found her ugly.

• Jude woke in Olympus, drank vodka to sober up, and learned from Zeus and the Greek Gods that Asgard had been destroyed.
• Hermes explained that Jude had thrown a toaster at Asgard, unleashing black energy that annihilated it within seconds.
• Dionysus praised Jude’s drinking ability and offered him more wine as a gift.
• Zeus announced that Olympus had chosen Athena to marry Jude as a reward for his help.
• Jude rejected the marriage, opened a portal to escape, then reached back through it to snatch Dionysus’s wine.
• Athena touched her face and wondered whether she was ugly.

Jude entered Droopy’s world to rescue Trigon and found him deeply transformed by the cartoon realm. After enduring Droopy’s strange hospitality, Jude escaped through a portal with Trigon, but Droopy’s paw followed them through as the portal closed.

• Jude refused Athena’s political marriage proposal and traveled to Droopy’s world to find Trigon.
• Jude felt the world cartoonifying him and located Trigon at an isolated estate.
• A long-eared spotted dog welcomed Jude and explained that the household had renamed Trigon “Red Ears.”
• Jude found Trigon transformed into a Lego-like figure and learned from him to cooperate with Droopy.
• Droopy magically seated Jude and offered him soup and bones, but Jude waited until the dogs finished eating.
• Jude opened a portal and fled with Trigon, but Droopy’s paw followed them through before the portal closed.

Jude returned from Droopy World with Trigon, then sent him to recover in the Gotham world of film and television. After a peaceful stretch in Fusion World, Jude decided he would travel back to the era of the Old Gods to find the Source Wall, but hesitated because changing the past could have terrible consequences; he prepared to tell Ivy the truth.

• Big Brother pulled Jude and Trigon back from the spatial tunnel, copied Jude’s Portal Gun, and went through a portal with three long-eared spotted dogs.
• Jude and Trigon returned to Fusion World, and Jude sent Trigon to the Gotham world of film and television to recover.
• During a quiet period, Jude concluded that he needed to travel back to the era of the Old Gods to reach the Source Wall.
• Jude worried that time travel could cause catastrophic changes, like the Flashpoint Paradox, and harm his friends.
• Ivy asked Jude if he had another woman, and Jude decided it was time to tell her everything.

Jude told Ivy that he was made up of Jude Herbert, Chen Xing, and Rick Sanchez, and that he had found a way to return to Chen Xing’s world. Ivy agreed to go with him, and Jude proposed marriage before leaving her to plan the wedding while he went to find Peter.

• Jude told Ivy about his three identities and explained that he wanted to return to the world that created hers.
• Ivy accepted Jude’s explanation and said she would go wherever he went.
• Jude promised Ivy she would leave without regrets, then asked her to marry him.
• Ivy eagerly accepted and began planning the wedding, while Jude said he would find Peter.

Jude told Little Spider and Bruce that their world was fictional and offered to take them to true reality, asking them to decide before his wedding to Ivy. As the wedding preparations began, Jude received another distress signal from Trigon.

• At Parker Industries, Jude explained the truth about their world to Little Spider, who asked for time to consider leaving with him.
• At Wayne Manor, Bruce told Jude that the League of Assassins had disbanded and that Ra's was traveling with Damian.
• Jude offered Bruce a chance to leave for true reality, and Bruce questioned whether any reality could be certain before agreeing to decide later.
• A week later, Ivy sent wedding invitations, and Jude kicked Tony after Tony expressed disbelief that he was getting married.
• As wedding preparations began, Jude received another distress signal from Trigon.

Jude followed Trigon’s distress signal to a hidden dimension after finding that Trigon had apparently wiped out everyone in the Gotham world. He discovered a vast space city called Freedom City and prepared to attack it, only for a hologram of himself to welcome him.

• Jude invited Ivy to visit the Gotham world, but she stayed behind to focus on their wedding preparations.
• Jude arrived in Gotham and scanned the planet, discovering that no living people remained.
• Jude followed the distress signal to a spatial anchor and used it to enter a hidden dimension.
• Jude found a huge space city resembling Rick City and suspected his Clones had built it and trapped Trigon.
• Jude approached the city, but its force field blocked his scan, so he gathered energy to attack.
• A hologram of Jude appeared and welcomed him to Freedom City.

Jude discovered that his Clones had built Freedom City in the outer dimension and traveled there to confront them. After meeting its President, a reclone of Clone 77, Jude asked him for the algorithm for the Teleportation Formula.

• Jude attacked Freedom City, but its particle shield absorbed the blast, and he reprogrammed the robots sent to defend it.
• Jude entered Freedom City and saw that its residents were Clones of himself, Ivy Pepper, and Peter Parker, including Peter Parker Clones who lacked Portal Guns.
• Suit Peter brought Jude to meet President Jude at the central tower.
• President Jude revealed that he was a reclone of Clone 77 and explained that the Clones had founded Freedom City and launched Operation Phoenix to evade Jude.
• Jude sat in the President's chair and asked for the algorithm for the Teleportation Formula.

Jude confronted President Jude, who revealed that Freedom City had developed a single-use Portal Gun and spread Clones across other worlds. Moved by President Jude’s words, Jude chose not to destroy the city, leaving its people with a chance to survive.

• President Jude explained that Freedom City’s single-use Portal Gun had enabled its Clones to reach more worlds, and argued that destroying one city could not eliminate the others.
• Jude dismissed President Jude’s appeal and prepared to attack, while Peter Parker in a suit raised the alarm and Freedom City’s defenses surrounded the tower.
• President Jude ordered the defenses to stand down and explained that he had lured Jude there after Trigon’s arrival, hoping either to persuade him or preserve Freedom City’s people by sending Clones to other worlds.
• President Jude placed a remote before Jude and described the lives at stake, then argued that the city’s people worked and hoped for a stable future.
• Jude recalled Bruce’s doubts about whether his choices were right, decided to treat President Jude as a seed, and left the destruction button unpressed.
• President Jude quietly relaxed as Jude looked beyond the city, believing they had found a way to preserve life amid death.