Recaps

Dane claimed the Dreamstone after defeating Destiny and negotiated control over dreams of inspiration with Morpheus. He secured Kandahar as a base and destroyed the International Gang, while Amanda Waller formed X-Force to investigate attacks in the Mariana Trench.

• Dane rescued Gabriel from the Dreamlands, claimed the Sand of Dreams, and traded it to Lucifer for the Hell Key before confronting Morpheus over the Dreaming.
• Dane and the Justice League battled Destiny as the Dreamstone plunged Gotham into a citywide dream, and Dane killed Destiny and returned Gotham to normal.
• Dane negotiated with Morpheus, taking control of inspiration dreams and keeping the Dreamstone while Morpheus departed to address the Dream Vortex.
• Dane stopped Gabriel and Hawkwoman from continuing their fight, then told the Justice League he would use the Dreamstone to establish a realm for storing it.
• Dane drew Kandahar into a dream, secured its spirit’s loyalty with a contract, and entered the International Gang’s fortress disguised as the God of Death.
• Dane wiped out the International Gang and discovered in Ismael’s notebook that King Acton had contracted with six demons for power through an Eternal Metal crown.
• Amanda Waller received authority to form X-Force and selected Deadshot to lead it as news spread of the International Gang’s defeat.
• Amanda sent Nanawi to investigate unidentified attackers in the Mariana Trench, but he damaged his tracking equipment and stopped responding after the crew detected a signal.

Dane helped Arthur claim Atlantis’s throne and stop Orm’s invasion, but a secret human operation released a genetic weapon in Atlantis and brought Xebel into conflict with Arthur. As Dane uncovered an extraterrestrial conspiracy, a new Suicide Squad approached the city, where he sensed intruders in the Dreamscape.

• Dane helped Arthur find Neptune’s Trident, then defeated Karathen and gave Arthur the right to claim the throne.
• Orm invaded Metropolis, but Superman and Dane’s allies stopped his forces, and Dane imprisoned Orm after Arthur accepted a future duel for the throne.
• Dane uncovered a Pentagon plot to use LexCorp’s genetic weapon against Atlantis and warned Arthur that it could kill all humanity.
• Peacemaker led X-Force into Atlantis and released the weapon at the Ring of Fire, where Arthur’s forces killed Nanawi and drove off the attackers.
• Atlanna was held hostage in Xebel, so Arthur marched against Nereus, defeated his forces with Karathen, and forced him to surrender.
• Batman found aliens disguised as human researchers in a LexCorp laboratory, while the Birds of Prey split after Batgirl and Huntress fought over whether heroes should kill criminals.
• Harcourt formed a new Suicide Squad to investigate the Atlantis operation, and Peacemaker’s team headed toward the city as Dane sensed them entering the Dreamscape.

Dane uncovered the Parasites’ alliance with Hell and led the heroes against Shabak, the Demon Lords, and Parasite. He destroyed the Parasite souls through Ismael, but Los Angeles was left sinking toward the ocean.

• Vixen died from the genetic weapon, and Peacemaker killed the Sage, stole Vixen’s Tantu Totem, and escaped from Katana and Killer Frost.
• Dane helped Katana and Killer Frost escape the Sea of Death, and Katana later told Harcourt that Atlantis had become a dead city and Peacemaker had been an impostor.
• Dane and the others traced the Parasites’ plans to Atlantis and the Shabak Crown, while Dane discovered that the Parasites had joined forces with demons.
• Dane restored Ismael as Shabak, who opened gates to Hell and unleashed demons across several cities as the Justice League and its allies mobilized.
• Dane confronted the First of the Fallen while the heroes fought the Demon Lords, and the Parasites merged into Parasite and overwhelmed the battlefield.
• Dane entered Hell and defeated the First of the Fallen, then killed Asmodeus and secured the support of Belial and Aini by offering them authority over Hell.
• Parasite absorbed the heroes’ powers and grew stronger, but Dane awakened Ismael within it and Ismael destroyed every Parasite soul in a self-sacrifice.
• Dane stored Parasite’s empty body and saw that Los Angeles’s fractured landmass was sinking toward the ocean.

Dane captured the Seven Deadly Sins and fought Hespera’s alliance with Hades as their war spread across Earth and the Underworld. The arc left Dane and the Justice League pursuing Ares and Hades in the Underworld, while Barry faced Persephone.

• Dane created Cortana’s divine soul, captured Zod and his Kryptonians in the Dreamscape, and restored the Tree of Life after defeating Calypso and Ladon.
• Hespera escaped into the mortal world, recruited Teth-Adam and Hades’s Kryptonian warriors, and attacked Metropolis as Hades and Ares pushed the world toward war.
• Dane and the Justice League fought Hespera’s forces, stopped a nuclear launch, and helped contain the conflict between the United States and Russia.
• Hespera trapped Dane and his allies behind a magical barrier, then targeted Barry in Central City, but Dane captured her and the Seven Deadly Sins.
• Hades’s forces took Wonder Woman, Superman, and Green Lantern to the Underworld, where they and Barry battled Ares and the Deadmen.
• Dane entered the Phantom Zone, made a deal with the Phantom Stranger, and reached his allies in the Underworld as Ares attacked them.
• Dane wounded Ares with a Soul Annihilation Bomb, then tracked him to Persephone’s room, where Barry vanished in a blur of lightning.