Vol. 5The God War

Dane and his allies fought over a world reshaped by war, divine schemes, and rising seas as Dane gathered the powers of slain gods and built a new body. The volume left the gods preparing to destroy the world while Anthea was summoned to the God Realm and Raven and Madame Web were caught in a missile strike.

  • Barry traveled back and killed Reverse-Flash before he could stab Nora, but authorities convicted Nora of murder.
  • Diana sent Dane to attack Atlantis, and Aquaman prepared to take the Doomsday Device into Amazon territory.
  • Dane entered Orm’s dream, killed Poseidon, and learned the gods were competing for human faith before abandoning his plan to fight them.
  • Arthur sought information about the Path to Godhood, killed Doug’s sharkmen, and let Kingfish’s forces capture him.
  • Hespera, Calypso, and Anthea planted the Golden Apple in Philadelphia, and Hal Jordan helped destroy the Tree of Life while Dane made Anthea his subordinate.
  • Constantine questioned Portia and learned that Hell’s three Satans had disappeared and Old Gods had told demons about the divine descents.
  • Dane captured Isis and used her Eye of Ra to create a new body from Kryptonian and Doomsday genes, then spent twenty years in the Lesser Divine Realm.
  • Zeus persuaded the gods to unite for World Destruction, while Anthea’s consciousness was summoned to the God Realm before a Maverick missile exploded over the divination parlor.
Chapters 401–500 Read from ch. 401

Arc 17The Shattered Timeline

Barry’s attempt to save Nora fractured history, and Dane helped stop Zod before a new timeline formed around a war between the Amazons and Atlantis. As Barry and Batman searched for answers, Diana unleashed Dane against Atlantis, leaving Aquaman to prepare another attack on New Themyscira.

  • Barry traveled back and killed Reverse-Flash before he could stab Nora, but the authorities convicted Nora of murder.
  • Barry accidentally gave his younger self the Speed Force, then joined Dane, Batman, and Kara to stop Zod’s Genesis Engine.
  • Dane killed Zod, but Nora later died in prison, and Young Barry returned to the past and chose to let Barry kill Reverse-Flash.
  • Old Barry combined altered timelines, and Dane placed Barry’s consciousness in a new world where Barry reunited with Nora as war spread between the Amazons and Atlantis.
  • Barry found Thomas Wayne, regained his speed, and joined Thomas and Cyborg to investigate the war and a captive Kryptonian named Kal.
  • Luthor and Deathstroke redirected Atlantis’s Doomsday Device toward New Themyscira, devastating the island, while Barry and Thomas found Kal at a secret base.
  • Lois learned that the Amazons resurrected fallen warriors by sacrificing prisoners, and Diana captured her inside the Hera Temple.
  • Diana sent the newly revealed Dane to attack Atlantis, and Aquaman decided to take the Doomsday Device into Amazon territory and breach New Themyscira’s barrier.
Chapters 401–425 Summaries Read

Arc 18The Flood and the Gods

Dane and the human resistance struggled against Orm’s world-flooding war while uncovering the gods’ schemes and the new path to godhood. The arc left Arthur captured by Kingfish as Barry, Thomas, and Carl faced threats from the magical community.

  • Dane rejected Diana’s war plans and freed Lois, then sided against the Amazons as Aquaman’s forces attacked New Themyscira.
  • Joker detonated Thomas’s dirty bomb on New Themyscira, and Dane rescued several people while the blast devastated the island.
  • Diana seized the Lesser Divine Realm and used Amazon sacrifices to resurrect her warriors, while Dane persuaded her to sacrifice the Trench instead of humans.
  • Orm claimed the Trident of Poseidon, flooded Metropolis and Gotham, and captured Thomas and other heroes, but Kal-El and the Flash helped free them.
  • Dane entered Orm’s dream, killed Poseidon, and learned the gods were competing for human faith before abandoning his plan to fight them.
  • Poseidon revived Arthur, who killed Black Manta and investigated Orm’s plans, while Constantine warned Barry, Thomas, and Carl that magical forces were targeting them.
  • Dane warned Diana that people could pursue godhood by hunting gods, while Diana considered involving the Amazons in the coming struggle.
  • Arthur sought information about the Path to Godhood, killed Doug’s sharkmen, and let Kingfish’s forces capture him so he could confront Kingfish.
Chapters 426–450 Summaries Read

Arc 19The Gods Descend

Dane and his allies fought the Goddesses, Poseidon, and other divine arrivals while A.R.G.U.S. and the Amazons struggled to respond. After claiming Poseidon’s and Shazam’s powers, Dane turned to the new divine descents as spellcasters and demons began hunting gods.

  • Arthur escaped Kingfish’s restraints, but Orm arrived with the Trident of Poseidon and Constantine rescued Arthur before Orm could kill him.
  • Hespera, Calypso, and Anthea escaped captivity, planted the Golden Apple in Philadelphia, and used the Tree of Life to produce magical beasts that attacked civilians.
  • Hal Jordan received the Green Lantern ring and helped destroy the Tree of Life, while Dane made Anthea his subordinate and A.R.G.U.S. gained allies including Jason Blood and Doctor Fate.
  • Grail confronted Orm, but Poseidon possessed Arthur and unleashed a storm, and Dane and his allies helped defeat Poseidon, while Dane reclaimed Shazam’s powers and Arthur died.
  • Dane brought the survivors to the Rock of Eternity and revealed that he held Poseidon’s and Shazam’s divine power, as A.R.G.U.S. and the Amazons considered their next moves.
  • Artemis and Circe’s demonfolk tracked down and killed Tezcatlipoca, and Dane captured the god’s soul after it attacked Circe.
  • Constantine questioned Portia and learned that Hell’s three Satans had disappeared and that Old Gods had informed demons about the divine descents.
Chapters 451–475 Summaries Read

Arc 20The God War and World Destruction

Dane confronted Trigon and Ares, built a new body, and fought Grail’s invasion while the gods gathered to destroy the world. The arc ended with Anthea summoned to the God Realm and Raven and Madame Web caught in a missile attack.

  • Thomas gained Barry Allen’s Speed Force, but elderly Barry escaped after reclaiming his youth, while Dane tracked down Raven and brought her to the Lesser Divine Realm.
  • Trigon invaded the battlefield and fought Dane, who exposed Ares’s trap, sealed Trigon’s avatar, and gathered divine power for a plan to shield Earth.
  • Dane captured Isis, stripped away her divine power, and used her Eye of Ra to create a new body from Kryptonian and Doomsday genes, then spent twenty years in the Lesser Divine Realm before awakening in it.
  • Grail seized Atlantis’s Mother Box and led a Parademon army through the Atlantic and Africa, killing Orm and attacking Horus and Set.
  • Dane took control of the Mother Box and its Parademons, learned Lois Lane had fled a universe destroyed by the Anti-Monitor, and sent Grail to another world with the Anti-Monitor beacon.
  • Dane’s Parademon army defeated Horus and Set, and Dane killed Osiris at the Gate of the Afterlife while Amanda learned that Parademons had spread across Africa.
  • Zeus persuaded the gods to unite for World Destruction, with Poseidon explaining that Atlantean Orichalcum was accelerating rising seas.
  • Isis, Hespera, Calypso, and Anthea became motionless as divine power surged from the God Realm, and Madame Web told Raven that Anthea’s consciousness had been summoned there before a Maverick missile exploded over the divination parlor.
Chapters 476–500 Summaries Read
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