Recaps

After Trigon and the Doomsdays devastated Metropolis, Joker used a wish-granting crystal to unleash chaos across Gotham, where the heroes struggled to contain the empowered gangs and other threats. The arc left Joker seemingly impossible to kill, with Barbara transformed into Cheetah and Joker’s gang commanding Kryptonian and Doomsday corpses.

• Andrew and the Justice League fought Trigon and six Doomsdays, while Ghost Rider defeated Trigon and helped end the Metropolis disaster.
• Batman and Damian rescued Talia, and Joker acquired the Yellow Crystal and began granting wishes at a steep cost.
• Clark lost his powers, Barbara became young and strong, and Alice awakened as a living being as Andrew investigated the stolen crystal.
• Mary found Joker using the crystal in Gotham, where his gang’s powers overwhelmed her and Joker invited the city to make wishes.
• Andrew coordinated efforts to protect Gotham as empowered criminals, a deadly gorilla threat, Poison Ivy’s expanding garden, and a possible Nuclear Man endangered the city.
• Barbara sought Joker’s power, met him at a church, and transformed into Cheetah, while Raven, The Atom, and Faora tracked Joker to an abandoned castle.
• Joker survived attacks that destroyed his body, and his gang overpowered Raven, Faora, and The Atom before raising Kryptonian and Doomsday corpses as zombies.

Andrew and the heroes fought the Zerg invasion of Earth, using William Cage’s time-reversal ability to defeat the Mimic Zerg leader and destroy the alien fleet. After the invasion, Andrew brought Sonic to the Space Fortress for superhero training as Dr. Egghead and Argus began investigating the storm.

• Joker’s defeat ended the wish-driven changes in Gotham, and Andrew used the aftermath to pursue Poison Ivy, Hancock, and the Demon Wish Ring’s power.
• Andrew and Tony completed the sacrifice that created the Demon Wish Ring, then Andrew assembled the Justice League and military to face the approaching Zerg fleet.
• The Zerg attacked Earth and the Moon Base, while Luthor deployed Doomsdays and Mimic Zerg, and Andrew discovered that William Cage repeatedly returned to the moment of his death.
• Andrew traced William’s time reversal to the Blue Giant Bug and sent him to kill the Mimic Zerg leader, whose death caused time to rewind and left Andrew with a Time Crystal.
• The heroes destroyed the alien ships and cleared the invasion, while Hancock drew bugs out of Houston and Andrew began turning a captured Transport Bug into a war fortress.
• Sonic’s attempt to stop criminals led him to cause an electromagnetic storm, and Andrew found him and offered superhero training.
• Sonic chose to train under Andrew, gave him a Golden Ring, and went with him to the Space Fortress as Dr. Egghead and an Argus employee arrived to investigate the storm.

Sonic and the heroes stopped Dr. Egghead’s attempt to destroy humanity, while Andrew secured the Master Emerald and established Men in Black to manage alien threats. As Earth became a hub for alien visitors and refugees, a Sakaar princess arrived seeking protection from Queen Selina.

• Dr. Egghead captured Flash and forced Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles to help him find the Master Emerald, but Sonic recovered it and defeated Dr. Egghead while the heroes closed Starro’s portal and beat back the monsters.
• Sonic gave Andrew the Master Emerald, and Andrew began organizing an independent alien-affairs agency called Men in Black with General Calvin’s support.
• Andrew recruited and trained twenty-six MIB agents, outfitted them with advanced equipment, and sent them to patrol Earth for disguised alien spies.
• Orm and Wade captured an alien spy, while Andrew welcomed a delegation from the Yakulon Empire and helped Duke Rosenberg settle on Earth.
• Andrew required Nightcrawler refugees to register and oversaw Earth’s growing alien population as MIB and the United Nations handled spies, criminals, and diplomatic visitors.
• Andrew ordered Orm to arrest Wade and the wealthy visitors he had smuggled into the Space Fortress, then learned that Princess Lola was fleeing Queen Selina’s pursuit of the Light of Sata.
• Andrew agreed to protect Princess Lola’s people in exchange for the Gem Bracelet, and Hancock assured her group that they were safe.

Andrew and the Justice League defeated the Berg Star, Zerg, and Bee Star threats, then exploited the victory to expand Earth’s power and prepare for future dangers. The story left Amanda tasked with destroying Berg Star, Raven and her allies entering Hell, and new conflicts emerging around the Rock of Eternity and Trigon.

• Hancock drove off Queen Selina, who later joined the Edgar Zerg and Beast Boris in forming the Anti-Earth Alliance against Earth.
• Andrew uncovered Selina’s plans and the cockroach Zerg’s involvement, then made Selina impersonate the real queen as an apparent ally.
• The Berg Star fleet attacked, but Selina’s forces disrupted its gravitational trap and the superheroes routed the invading ships.
• The cockroach Zerg stole the Milky Way, but Aquaman killed it and recovered the orb as Bee Star forces opened a Wormhole and invaded New York.
• Wade accepted the Bee Star gene and fought alongside Orm, while Cleo’s rats and the human forces counterattacked, and Flash and Faora sabotaged the Wormhole base, and Andrew swallowed the virus bombs and a warship in Spatial Vortices.
• Andrew deployed demons against the Bee Star Empire, stole its resources, assigned Amanda to destroy Berg Star, and arranged peace between Earth, Caroline Star, and Sata Star.
• The Lord of Hell gave Wade and Aquaman her blood, while Andrew restored Wade’s ability to switch back from his Bee Star genes and discussed protecting Tony’s magical robots.
• Andrew put the Justice League to work expanding Peace City as Trigon sought demons, Sivana and Argus pursued the Rock of Eternity, and Raven, Zatanna, and Morr entered Hell.