Chapter Summaries

Kino’s Kryptonian allies defeated Darkseid’s forces across Earth while Clark, controlled by an unknown influence, fought Kara, General Zod, and Shazam on Apokolips. Kino arrived to save Hulu and learned that someone had cut the Timeline apart, leaving him with a new lead as Darkseid withdrew.

• Damian explained to Jason and Dick that Thomas Wayne was their grandfather and that the Kryptonians were Kino’s new subordinates, while Catwoman rushed through the energy barrier to confront Martha Wayne.
• Desaad realized Earth’s invasion had failed, then faced a hovering figure with glowing red eyes; across the battlefields, the Kryptonians killed the Parademons and Dark Elite, including Glorious Godfrey and Kanto.
• Kara and General Zod protected Billy from Clark, then joined Shazam to overpower and pin down the apparently brainwashed Superman.
• Kino used his power to stop Darkseid’s Omega Ray from hitting Hulu, sent Black Adam and Hulu back to Earth, and asked Darkseid who had cut the Timeline apart.
• Darkseid attacked Kino with an Omega Ray, inadvertently revealed the answer, and told Kino he could withdraw; Kino considered beating him up before leaving.

Barry fought the Blue Flash across Earth before learning that his pursuer was an older version of himself, the Future Flash, who blamed Kino for his tragedies and declining speed. After the Future Flash tried to take Barry’s Speed Force, Barry’s suit absorbed and unleashed enough kinetic energy to knock him down, provoking his killing intent.

• Kino erased the fragments of Apokolips while Barry and the Blue Flash raced across Earth, trading attacks and accusations about Kino.
• The Blue Flash overwhelmed Barry and battered him through the Sphinx, glaciers, deserts, and forests before threatening to take his Speed Force and send him home.
• The Blue Flash removed his mask and revealed himself as the Future Flash, explaining that he blamed Kino for keeping his timeline trapped in tragedy.
• The Future Flash claimed Kino exploited Barry as a source of Speed Force, but Barry defended Kino and asked who had told him this; the Future Flash answered, “A madman.”
• The Future Flash reached to take Barry’s Speed Force, but Barry stood unharmed in Kino’s durable suit and released its stored kinetic energy in a shockwave.
• The Future Flash recovered from the blast and declared that Barry had wasted his last chance.

Barry rejected Future Flash’s plan to alter the past by trapping people in the Speed Force and fought him across the city. After Future Flash gained the upper hand, Barry drew on the lightning emblem to reach red lightning speed, and their final punch collision left the battle unresolved.

• Barry told Future Flash that he was only a possible version of Barry who had given up on being a hero, and condemned his plan to use people from other worlds to change the past.
• Future Flash attacked Barry, and Kino snapped the civilians out of the city before the shock wave destroyed buildings and streets.
• Future Flash used his speed and experience to overpower Barry and taunted him for relying on Kino, while Kino watched from space and chose not to intervene.
• Barry twisted the lightning emblem on his chest, absorbed its blue lightning, and transformed his yellow lightning into red.
• Barry overwhelmed Future Flash with a barrage of attacks, but Future Flash unleashed his remaining Speed Force and met Barry’s punch with his own, creating a powerful shock wave.

Barry defeated Future Flash, but Kino uncovered that Future Flash had been turned into a machine by The Joker Batman. After the villain’s prerecorded message killed Kino, Barry charged at him in rage.

• Barry defeated Future Flash, who questioned why Barry had rejected the peaceful world he had created.
• Barry told Future Flash that a mother wanted him to come home for dinner, and Future Flash warned him about Swann.
• Kino revealed that Future Flash’s body had been replaced by machinery and that his memories had been altered.
• Future Flash remembered that Batman had experimented on him with Speed Force taken from other speedsters, then transformed into The Joker Batman.
• The Joker Batman appeared through a prerecorded sequence and displayed Kino’s severed head, making Barry rush at him to avenge Kino.

Kino defeated The Joker Batman and helped Barry reboot the altered timeline, restoring Barry and Bruce’s families and returning the world to peace. Bruce remembered the crisis, reunited with his parents, and gave Kino a list of addresses to repay his favor.

• Kino saved Barry from The Joker Batman, seized the source of his power, and reduced him to ash while preserving the Flash's uncontaminated soul.
• Kino told Barry to reboot the world and return its two altered branches to their proper places.
• Barry awoke with Nora and Henry, while Flashpoint Aquaman and Flashpoint Wonder Woman chose to end their conflict and divorce.
• Bruce woke at Wayne Manor to find his family restored and Barry running in a hamster wheel, with Kino nearby.
• Bruce remembered the Flashpoint Paradox and gave Kino several addresses as payment for saving him and his family.

At Wayne Manor, Barry continued charging the Speed Force Collection Device in hopes of reuniting with his parents while Bruce shared an awkward but affectionate breakfast with his reunited family. The meal ended with the family drawing closer, and Alfred felt that the manor had finally become a home.

• Kino teased Barry about running for a year, then reminded him the device would help reunite him with his parents, prompting Barry to hurry back to charging it.
• Martha gently fixed Bruce's hair, and Bruce overcame his discomfort to let her while Jason and Dick tried to record the moment.
• Bruce stopped Tim from secretly filming with a thrown table knife, and Alfred reminded him that the damaged furniture was an antique.
• Damian asked Thomas for another steak, and Bruce offered his untouched steak to her while Thomas gave Bruce his bread.
• Damian shared half her steak with Selina, and Alfred quietly watched the family enjoy breakfast together.

Bruce agreed to take a family trip to New Zealand after Kino arranged for a hundred Batmen to protect Gotham. But Kino was caught trying to flee when Clark and Kara arrived, and Kara’s confession that she wanted children with Kino left Clark stunned.

• Martha suggested a family trip, and Bruce agreed to visit his private beach in New Zealand after Kino promised to keep a hundred Batmen in Gotham for a month.
• Kino tried to leave, but Venom restrained him and revealed that he was avoiding Clark and Kara.
• Clark confronted Kino for deceiving Kara, while Kara clarified that she and Kino had slept together but insisted he had done nothing wrong.
• Clark tried to warn Kara about men, but she told him that she had chosen Kino and wanted children with him.
• As Kara began untying Kino, he asked her whether she was angry.

Kara told Clark about the years she spent imprisoned and said she would protect her new Carl, Kino. Kino left with Clark for the Fortress of Solitude, where they found Jor-El and General Zod’s phantoms beside Kara’s miniature New Krypton.

• Kara revealed that she had endured more than a decade of imprisonment and experiments, surviving by dreaming of her parents and holding on to her mission to protect Carl.
• Kara asked Kino not to abandon her, and he promised he would stay with her; she then told Clark she was giving up her parents’ mission to protect Kino instead.
• Clark flew off and summoned Kino, while Kara worried Kino might kill him; Venom reassured her that Kino could revive Clark.
• Clark and Kino entered the Fortress of Solitude and found Jor-El and General Zod’s phantoms examining Kara’s miniature New Krypton.

Kino and the Kryptonians raided Brainiac 3's ship and rescued the bottled city of Canto City, bringing its Kryptonian inhabitants home. Brainiac discovered the theft and vowed to track Kino across every universe.

• Clark gave Kino Krypton's technological knowledge in an S-shaped emblem and warned him not to upset Kara; Kino promised a betrothal gift in return.
• Kino brought Kara, General Zod, and ten Kryptonian warriors to Brainiac 3's ship, where they began their attack to seize Canto City.
• Brainiac 3 analyzed the assault and sent mechanical soldiers after General Zod's warriors, while Kino and Kara concealed their presence from him.
• Kino and Kara entered Brainiac's collection room, gathered its force-field containers, and Kara found Canto City and its miniature Kryptonian population.
• Kino, Kara, General Zod, and the warriors vanished with the city; Brainiac 3 discovered his collection had been robbed and later ordered a search across all universes for Kino.

Kino restored Canto City and uncovered the cruel elite who had been exploiting its people, prompting their arrest while Kara struggled with the contrast between her memories and Krypton’s reality. He then reunited Kara with her parents, Alura and Zod, leaving her tearfully grateful and no longer alone.

• Kino and Kara restored Canto City, allowing its shrunken Kryptonians to return to their normal size.
• Kino discovered that the city’s elite hoarded food while corpses piled up at the garbage treatment plant, and he overheard their plot against General Zod and Kara.
• Frank and his group arrested thousands of oppressive Kryptonian officials, while General Zod thanked Frank and arranged for the city’s people to receive help and supplies.
• Kara watched the arrests from a nearby mountain and grieved over how different Krypton was from her memories.
• Kino brought Alura and Zod to Kara, and she tearfully reunited with her parents before thanking Kino.

Kino ordered Mr. Sinister to create a Doomsday Legion, planning to use it against the Black Lantern Corps and capture the White Lantern Entity. After Venom reminded him of the Anti-Life Equation, Kino recovered its scattered Earth fragments and assembled them into an incomplete whole.

• Kino comforted Kara, who reunited with her parents and took them to Canto City, while Kino went to Demon City.
• Kino tasked Mr. Sinister with creating a Doomsday Legion from 3,456 available bodies and promised him a body and a favor when the project was complete.
• Kino told Venom he planned to pit the immortal Doomsday Legion against the Black Lantern Corps and capture the White Lantern Entity.
• Venom reminded Kino about the Anti-Life Equation, so Kino took her to the ruins of New York and found a fragment hidden there.
• Kino followed the connection between the runes, gathered the remaining fragments, and assembled the incomplete Anti-Life Equation.

Kino resisted the Anti-Life Equation’s influence, sealed the rune away, and later told Bruce about his encounter with The Joker Batman. Bruce warned that the attack was only bait, while the chapter ended as a colossal squid-bearing figure emerged at the beach.

• Kino nearly succumbed to the Anti-Life Equation before sealing its rune inside a metal sphere and kicking it into Hell.
• Kino and Venom returned to Hell Palace, where Kara crashed through a window and joined them.
• Kino described the Anti-Life Equation to Bruce during their family beach trip in New Zealand.
• Kino told Bruce about The Joker Batman, and Bruce warned that a final attack was still coming and advised Kino to leave the universe.
• Bruce said his plan to trap the Dark Knights was missing a few pieces, then a massive creature emerged from the sea and threw a squid onto the beach.

Kara returned from the ocean covered in squid ink, and Kino cooked the giant squid she had caught for the group. Martha offered Selina five percent of Wayne Enterprises if she married Bruce, and Selina said she would agree if Bruce was willing, leaving Martha intent on discussing marriage with him after their vacation.

• Kara arrived at the beach covered in ink after a colossal squid sprayed her, and Kino restored her appearance.
• Kino prepared grilled squid on a giant griddle while Selina and Venom talked about why Venom loved him.
• Martha offered Selina five percent of Wayne Enterprises if she married Bruce, and Selina admitted she was willing if Bruce agreed.
• Bruce arrived as Selina made her remark, but she avoided explaining it, and Martha planned to talk with him after the vacation.
• Kino served Venom squid coated in chocolate sauce and applied sunscreen to her back.

Kino hosted a beach barbecue with the Wayne family, sharing Youth lotion and ancient divine wine. The gathering ended warmly with everyone tasting Life Fruit as night fell.

• Thomas offered Martha grilled squid and applied Youth lotion to her, while Bruce massaged Selina.
• Kino gave Selina and Martha jars of Youth lotion, then applied it to Kara.
• Selina and Martha returned in bikinis, and Jason teased Damian before she offered the Robins ancient wine from her teacher.
• Jason drank a glass of divine wine and collapsed, so Tim diluted the rest for everyone to taste.
• Kino served Life Fruit for dessert, and the family enjoyed it together beneath the beach lights.

Kino’s peaceful night with his family and friends ended with a quiet moment at his villa, where Kara and Venom welcomed him to a bath. The next morning, the Black Death Sword disgorged Barry, who had been trapped inside while accelerating himself through several days of running, and Kino learned Barry had filled the Speed Force battery.

• Kino and his companions finished their beach gathering, and the Black Death Sword devoured the leftover food.
• Kino returned to the villa, where Kara and Venom invited him to join them in the bath.
• The next morning, Kara found the Black Death Sword refusing strawberries until it spat Barry out.
• Barry explained that he had been trapped inside the Black Death Sword overnight and had run for what felt like several days.
• Kino discovered that Barry had fully charged the Speed Force battery and recognized that Barry had used a time-acceleration ability.

Kino tried to reunite Barry with his mother, but the Timeline’s guardians noticed the disturbance, so he brought Barry, Kara, and Venom to the night Nora died. Barry saved Nora and Young Barry from Reverse Flash, then Kino restrained Reverse Flash and questioned the gathered Flashes.

• Kino’s attempt to summon Nora drew the attention of Tempus Fuginaut and The Monitor, who traced the disturbance to Barry.
• Barry accepted Kino’s plan, and Kino took Kara and Venom with him as they traveled to June 14, 2004, in Central City.
• Young Barry arrived home to find Nora under attack, while several future versions of The Flash confronted Reverse Flash.
• Barry saved Nora and Young Barry, but Nora fainted after seeing four identical adult Barrys.
• Kino bound Reverse Flash with the Lasso of Truth and shocked him with golden lightning when he tried to question Kino.

Kino explained how to change the Absolute Point in Time and swapped Nora and Swann’s identities, giving Nora the Speed Force. Nora successfully used her new powers, while Swann lost his speed and Speed Force knowledge.

• Kino identified Swann as the Reverse Flash who had killed Barry’s mother, and the three Flashes introduced themselves and explained their different journeys through time.
• When Flash Three said Nora’s death could not be prevented, Nora comforted him, and Kino insisted he could still save her.
• Kino explained that the Timeline’s knot could remain intact if a connected substitute took the place of the ant inside it.
• Kino swapped Nora and Swann’s identities, transferring Swann’s speed and Speed Force knowledge to Nora as Swann lost them.
• Nora used her new speed to clean the house in an instant, then felt hungry from the effort.

Kino and the Flashes changed the Absolute Point in Time without affecting the future, but their return through the Speed Force was interrupted by The Red Death and the arrival of Barbatos. Barbatos identified Kino as the New God who had disrupted his plans, leaving Barry and Kara immobilized.

• Kino erased Swann's memories and transformed him into Reverse Flash, then restored the moment so the Timeline could play out without changing the future.
• Kino, Barry, and Kara headed back through the Speed Force, where a red figure approached them and The Red Death attacked from behind.
• Kino destroyed The Red Death's energy bats and wounded him with a black greatsword, intending to take him for interrogation.
• The Dark Multiverse Barry broke through The Red Death's control and warned them it was a trap before a black rift swallowed The Red Death.
• Barbatos appeared through a larger rift, called Kino the New God who had disrupted his plans, and left Barry and Kara unable to move.

Kino escaped with Kara while Barbatos pursued him through the DC Universe, then confronted Barbatos in God's Domain. Kino drew Barbatos into a fight before unleashing a simulated Big Bang, leaving Barbatos shielded amid a blazing cosmic explosion.

• Kino sent Barry away and took Kara with him, while Barry decided to find Bruce for help.
• Kino realized Batman had used the black Speed Force to track him and that God was watching him.
• Kino repeatedly destroyed Barbatos's portals as he fled through the Orrery of Worlds toward God's Domain.
• Kino confronted Barbatos before the watching gods and exposed Barbatos's past as the World Forger's servant.
• Kino transformed into Venom and struck Barbatos with a simulated Big Bang, whose shockwaves spread across God's Domain.

Kino fought Barbatos and Anti-Monitor in God's Domain after Anti-Monitor intervened to save Barbatos. As Kino clashed with Anti-Monitor, someone struck Barbatos from the shadows and wounded him.

• Anti-Monitor appeared beside Barbatos and demanded a greater share of the Dark Multiverse in exchange for their deal.
• Kino ordered Kara to face Barbatos but stopped her to make sure she had her equipment.
• Anti-Monitor attacked Kino with antimatter, and Kino countered with his Infinite Omega Chaos Ray.
• Darkseid's children reacted with jealousy when Kino wielded Omega power, while Darkseid watched the battle and appeared to smile.
• Anti-Monitor tried to control Kino with the Anti-Life Equation, but Kino resisted and attacked again.
• A black shadow tore through Barbatos's darkness and slashed his neck, leaving him bleeding.