Chapter Summaries

Andrew helped merge the collapsing DC Universe into his small universe, then agreed to wager with its cosmic consciousness over whether humanity would survive from 2013 to 2020. As the new universe took shape, Andrew sent Tony’s soul there as his mortal companion, and the chapter ended with Diana noticing a smoking object falling toward the sea near Themyscira.

• Andrew and the Watcher, the Vishanti, the Five Creator Gods, and the Ancient One merged the DC Universe into Andrew’s small universe.
• Andrew and the cosmic consciousness split control of the new universe, then agreed to wager on humanity’s survival, with neither allowed to intervene directly or look into the future.
• Andrew arranged to bring one mortal soul into the new universe and chose Tony, whose soul he replicated before sending it there.
• Andrew told the Ancient One that only half of the worlds could be transferred for now and that gaining full control would take seven years.
• Andrew replaced a man who was about to arrive on Themyscira, where Diana saw a smoking object fall from the sky toward the sea.

Andrew’s wager with Cosmic Consciousness officially began in 2013, and he descended to Earth alongside Tony Stark, whose memories he had restored. At the Daily Planet, Andrew arranged for Lois Lane’s report about an ancient alien spacecraft to be published and warned Tony to prepare for an invasion, then headed to Washington to visit his girlfriend.

• Diana rescued Andrew from a fighter jet crash, and he later let events unfold until she defeated the God of War and lost the man she loved.
• In 1984, Diana tried to use the Wishing Stone to revive Andrew, but it cracked because it could not summon the Creation God’s soul.
• Andrew sent Tony’s soul to Earth and ensured he would not regain his original memories until Andrew descended.
• Andrew and Cosmic Consciousness began their wager in 2013, and Andrew descended to Earth.
• At the Daily Planet, Andrew introduced himself as its new president and approved Lois Lane’s article about an alien spacecraft, while advising Perry White to seek alien-invasion insurance.
• Andrew told Tony to finish his Battle Suit and flew toward Washington to visit his girlfriend, while Tony complained that Andrew had given him six girlfriends.

Andrew reunited with Diana before the Kryptonians announced their invasion and demanded that Earth hand over Kal-El. As Tony and Lois prepared to test the invaders, Andrew went to find Kal-El, who was considering surrendering to protect Earth.

• Andrew visited Diana at the Washington Historical Museum, and they reunited before returning to her home.
• Andrew told Diana he would remain with her and explained that he planned to serve as Earth's Guardian for seven years.
• The Kryptonians hijacked Earth's television networks, revealed their World Engine, and gave Earth twenty-four hours to surrender Kal-El.
• Andrew directed Tony to protect Lois, share information about the Kryptonians, and help the Military test their strength.
• Andrew and Diana departed by helicopter for a farm in Kansas, while Tony arranged a test battle and Lois agreed to explain the Kryptonians on television.
• Clark Kent told a Priest near Kent Farm that he was willing to surrender but feared General Zod would harm Earth.

After Lois exposed Zod’s plan to transform Earth, Clark joined Diana and Andrew in opposing the Kryptonians, while Faora arrived to capture Lois. The military opened fire, but Tony Stark intervened in his Iron Suit as Faora attacked Lois.

• Andrew showed Clark and the priest Lois’s report that the Kryptonians planned to transform Earth and kill humanity.
• Zod ordered Faora to capture Lois and use her to draw out Clark and locate the Codex.
• Diana used the Lasso of Truth to confirm Clark would fight his own people to protect Earth, and Andrew proposed helping Lois.
• Faora arrived with two Kryptonians and confirmed to General Calvin that they intended to claim Earth.
• The military attacked the Kryptonians, who overwhelmed the soldiers and moved toward Lois’s helicopter.
• Tony arrived in his Iron Suit and knocked Faora away before she could reach Lois.

Tony Stark’s first fight against Faora went badly, while Superman and Diana arrived to battle the Kryptonians. After Tony noticed their helmets might be a weakness, he regained confidence and prepared to exploit it.

• Tony Stark tried to fight Faora with his Nano Shield, sonic devices, and freezing spray, but she overwhelmed him and wrecked his suit.
• The Kryptonians destroyed the arriving helicopters and fighter jets, leaving the military considering whether to launch a nuclear missile.
• Diana arrived with Andrew, and Superman confronted Faora, declaring he would not let the Kryptonians destroy Earth.
• Diana and Tony held off the other two Kryptonians while Superman fought Faora; Andrew played Diana’s battle theme and told Colonel Hardy who Superman was.
• After Andrew urged Tony to use his intellect, Tony noticed the Kryptonians wore helmets despite their strong defenses and suspected the helmets were a weakness.

The Kryptonians retreated after the heroes exploited their difficulty adjusting to their enhanced senses, and Zod chose to delay his invasion while his people adapted and searched for Kryptonian artifacts. At Stark Industries, the heroes learned how formidable Superman was, sent him to consult his father’s memory construct, and discovered that Andrew’s identity matched a long-dead American war hero.

• Tony, Diana, and Superman attacked the Kryptonians’ Defensive Shields, but Faora evacuated her comrades on Zod’s orders while Andrew warned Superman not to pursue them into space.
• Clark explained that Kryptonians could adapt to their heightened senses, and Batman, Tony, Andrew, Diana, Clark, and Colonel Hardy agreed to conduct tests at Stark Industries’ experiment Base.
• Zod ordered his people to absorb solar energy near the sun and postpone transforming Earth until they had recovered the Codex and Genesis Vault.
• Tests revealed that Clark could devastate the planet with his abilities, so Andrew urged him to consult the memory construct of his father, and Clark flew away with the S-shield Key.
• General Calvin showed Andrew an old document identifying him as a war hero who had died stopping Doctor Poison, and Andrew casually claimed the credit for saving the world.

Andrew and the others devised ways to fight Zod, including recruiting superheroes through Stark Industries, while Andrew began teaching Diana Mirage Magic. The chapter left Diana stunned when her first rune ignited the paper, confirming that Andrew’s magic was real.

• General Calvin offered Andrew a return to the army, but Andrew refused because he had a billion dollars in his bank account.
• Tony negotiated with General Calvin over selling basic Battle Suits to the Military while Batman studied Superman’s data.
• Clark brought back his small spaceship and explained that crashing it into Zod’s ship could create a wormhole, but the damaged craft could not fly.
• The group discussed attacking the Kryptonians with fighters and a nuclear warhead, then agreed to recruit superheroes and people with special abilities through Stark Industries.
• Andrew recognized that General Calvin was Martian Hunter in disguise and chose not to expose him.
• Andrew took Diana to the training room and began teaching her Mirage Magic, and her first rune burst into flames.

Andrew taught Diana Mirage Magic to help her fight the Kryptonians, while news of the invasion drew Arthur, Barry Allen, and Cyborg toward Metropolis. The chapter ended as Superman suddenly attacked Diana at the Stark Industries testing grounds.

• Andrew reassured Diana that he would stay with her, then taught her Mirage Magic and explained how to use it against Kryptonians.
• Arthur watched Lois Lane's report and combat footage, decided to help, and plunged into the sea.
• Barry Allen saw the news, put on his Battle Suit, and sped off toward Metropolis.
• Cyborg confirmed the Kryptonian threat to Silas Stone and agreed to go help humanity, despite his resentment toward his father.
• Superman suddenly appeared before Diana at the Stark Industries testing grounds and punched at her.

Diana used Mirage Magic to defeat Clark in their sparring match, but General Zod’s invasion interrupted the heroes’ preparations. Five Kryptonians arrived at the temporary airfield, where Zod confronted Clark over the Codex and attacked him.

• Diana used illusions, invisibility, and flight to trick Clark and strike him, demonstrating how magic could exploit his weak resistance.
• General Calvin reported that the Kryptonian ships had split course, and Tony and Batman dispatched teams toward the World Engine while the Military handled the spaceship.
• Diana joined Batman’s team after Andrew assured her he would be safe, while Tony offered Deathstroke and the others double pay for facing the Kryptonians.
• Five Kryptonians landed at the airfield, and General Zod demanded that Clark hand over the Codex.
• Clark refused to let Zod destroy Earth, so Zod charged at him and began their battle.

Superman and the heroes fought General Zod and four Kryptonians as the World Engine and Kryptonian ship began altering Earth’s atmosphere. The battles continued across Metropolis while Batman and the military moved to destroy the machines.

• Clark carried General Zod into the sky, but Zod revealed he had mastered Heat Vision and threw Clark through a skyscraper.
• Tony lured Faora to his anti-Kryptonian Battle Suit and fought her with sonic waves, an energy-absorbing shield, and force-field devices.
• Flash engaged a Kryptonian at super speed with Batman’s baton while Cyborg tried to coordinate the heroes against two others.
• A Kryptonian spaceship stopped above Metropolis as the World Engine landed in the Indian Ocean and began its gravity attack on Earth.
• General Calvin warned that the machines could exterminate humanity, while Batman and Colonel Hardy moved to destroy them.
• Tony and Faora remained evenly matched, while Cyborg’s command reduced the heroes’ casualties without giving them a clear advantage.

The heroes fought the Kryptonians and the World Engine as the invasion devastated Metropolis. Diana gained the upper hand against one Kryptonian while Batman’s attempt to attack the World Engine failed, and Alfred warned him that Diana was close to winning.

• Lois worried that Perry and Jenny might be near the spaceship, but Andrew reassured her that he had given them time off as fear spread around the world.
• Colonel Hardy’s missiles and fighter jets failed to overcome the spaceship’s gravity field, causing crashes and civilian casualties.
• Diana and Arthur engaged two Kryptonians, with Arthur drawing one into the ocean and Diana using illusions and invisibility to injure the other.
• Batman found the World Engine’s gravity field weaker near its legs, but its steel-particle defenses destroyed his missiles and forced him to retreat.
• Batman asked Alfred to remotely control the Batwing as a distraction, but Alfred warned that Diana was about to win.

Batman and Diana helped turn the battle against the Kryptonians by killing one enemy and destroying the World Engine, while the military’s plan to use Kal-El’s spacecraft was stopped. Andrew directed the heroes as the fight continued, and Tony prepared to finish his clash with Faora.

• Batman used sonic waves to immobilize a wounded Kryptonian, allowing Diana to pierce his heart, then sent Diana to destroy the World Engine.
• Diana tricked the World Engine’s steel-particle defenses with illusory doubles, destroyed the machine, and collected its particles for Andrew.
• After the World Engine fell, Colonel Hardy’s forces attacked the Kryptonian spaceship, but a Kryptonian seized Kal-El’s spacecraft before the soldiers could activate it.
• General Calvin ordered the military to hold the Kryptonians back, while Andrew said Tony had disabled the military’s nuclear missiles.
• Andrew directed Barry to lure a Kryptonian toward Batman, and Barry provoked the enemy into chasing him away.
• Tony invited Faora on a date during their fight, and she angrily hurled vehicles at his anti-Kryptonian Battle Suit.

Tony defeated Faora with nanoscale viruses, and Andrew used a parasitic scorpion to take control of her and send her back into the fight. The heroes gained ground against the remaining Kryptonians, while Clark continued struggling against Zod and two allies.

• Tony secretly infected Faora with nanoscale viruses, incapacitated her, and left her for Andrew to handle.
• Andrew parasitized Faora with a mechanical scorpion, took control of her, and ordered her to attack the other Kryptonians.
• Faora and Tony defeated a Kryptonian at the Stark Branch, though he died before they could control him.
• Tony joined the superheroes in overwhelming the last Kryptonian at the Stark Branch as Faora flew toward Clark.
• Zod intensified his attack on Clark after hearing that Faora had been controlled, but Clark continued to withstand the assault.

The heroes drove back General Zod’s forces, but Zod escaped through a Spatial Vortex with the bald scientist and another Kryptonian. After the battle, Clark opened the small spaceship and found a waking thirteen-year-old girl inside, feeling an inexplicable closeness to her.

• Faora, Diana, Barry, and Clark turned the fight against the Kryptonians, while the command center saw victory within reach.
• General Zod agreed to retreat after the bald scientist claimed they had secured the Genesis Vault and the small ship, but Diana and Faora stopped two Kryptonians from boarding.
• Tony and Cyborg attacked the Kryptonian spaceship, and Colonel Hardy’s squadron joined them, while Clark helped Faora fight Raymond.
• A Spatial Vortex opened above the battlefield, and General Zod and the bald scientist escaped into it; the massive ship behind them, Fort Rozz, also escaped the Phantom Zone.
• The heroes killed the remaining enemy Kryptonians, leaving three invaders alive, and Andrew ordered Tony to collect the bodies and salvage the World Engine wreckage.
• Clark opened the small spaceship and found a waking thirteen-year-old blonde girl inside, telling Andrew that he felt close to her.

Andrew used the aftermath of the Kryptonian invasion to build public support for the superheroes while the Justice League formed as a loose disaster-response team. General Calvin later invited Andrew to become an Argus adviser and serve as a link between the government agency and the League.

• Andrew had Lois and Alice publicize the superheroes’ rescue efforts, while Clark welcomed Kara as his older cousin and continued helping survivors.
• Tony refused Colonel Hardy’s request to hand over the Kryptonian bodies, and Batman agreed to consider Tony’s proposal for a Justice League.
• After Metropolis’s survivors were rescued, Andrew reviewed his gains, then returned to Washington with Diana.
• Tony held a victory banquet, after which Iron Man, Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman, and Cyborg established the Justice League and built its hall in Metropolis.
• General Calvin invited Andrew to become an adviser to Argus, a government organization intended to assist and monitor the Justice League.

Andrew hired Clark Kent as a Daily Planet reporter and Ryan Choi to lead Stark Industries’ nanotechnology laboratory, while Zod gathered Kryptonian prisoners aboard Fort Rozz and planned to rebuild Krypton on Earth. After Tony analyzed wreckage from the World Engine, Andrew discovered Kryptonite, a mineral that weakened and injured Kryptonians, and ordered Tony to develop weapons from it in secret.

• Andrew hired Clark Kent as a reporter and learned that Kara was staying with Martha while she adjusted to Earth.
• Andrew interviewed Ryan Choi and hired him to direct Stark Industries’ nanotechnology laboratory, considering whether to give him a Pym Particle belt later.
• Zod asked Astra and the other Kryptonian prisoners to help rebuild Krypton, then ordered alien prisoners to gather intelligence on Earth and sought the Codex.
• Tony showed Andrew the salvaged World Engine wreckage, and Andrew found glowing ore that cut Faora and caused her discomfort.
• Tony identified the ore as Kryptonite, which made Kryptonian cells degenerate, and Andrew told him to develop weapons and keep the discovery secret.

Andrew planned to strengthen Faora with science and magic while the Suicide Squad was established under Amanda Waller, who claimed Enchantress could help counter Superman. Half a month later, Andrew and Diana enjoyed a vacation in Hawaii, with Faora guarding them from the sky.

• Andrew rejected Tony's offer to trade for seven years of infinite energy and told him to finish the Kryptonite weapons.
• Andrew decided to find a magician to help inscribe a Magic Array on Faora, then left with her to join Diana on a private island.
• Amanda Waller introduced the Suicide Squad to military generals and demonstrated that Enchantress could teleport to steal a classified document.
• Amanda used Enchantress's heart to make June Moone change back, and the generals approved establishing the Suicide Squad.
• Half a month later, Andrew and Diana strolled through Hawaii while Faora flew overhead as their bodyguard.

Andrew and the Justice League responded to the Enchantress’s takeover of Midway City, where she was building a vast spell while threatening to detonate a magic bomb. Andrew decided to enter the city with the Suicide Squad, leaving the team preparing to coordinate a rescue and stop her plan.

• Alice alerted Andrew and Diana that black fog had sealed Midway City, where monsters were capturing people and destroying the city.
• Andrew learned that the Enchantress had betrayed Amanda Waller, allied with Axeman, and threatened to detonate a magic bomb if superheroes entered the city.
• Batman and Tony deduced that the Enchantress had help hijacking the television networks, while Batman warned that she was likely seeking the heart Amanda possessed.
• General Calvin said the military planned to send the Suicide Squad into the city to rescue Amanda, but Amanda refused Batman’s advice to destroy the Enchantress’s heart.
• Andrew volunteered to enter Midway City with the Suicide Squad, then sent Diana to the temporary base with Faora before heading to meet the task force.

Andrew joined Fregg and the Suicide Squad on their mission into Midway City, where Enchantress secretly directed attacks while pretending to oppose them. He recruited Deadshot with the promise of a clean release and legitimate work, then ordered him to knock out Amanda after the rescue; Harley caught them whispering as the group continued onward.

• Andrew boarded an Osprey with Fregg and the Suicide Squad, took Harley's hidden phone, and teased her and Deadshot.
• The Ospreys entered Midway City, where Enchantress detected the aircraft and underground Iron Monsters but failed to detect Faora.
• Enchantress sent Kratos and puppets to intercept Tony's Unmanned Armor and arranged attacks on the Ospreys, splitting the helicopters.
• Deadshot attempted to escape during the group's advance, but Freddy detonated his implanted bomb and killed him on the spot.
• Andrew offered Deadshot three million dollars a year and help securing his release if he worked for him, and Deadshot agreed in hopes of winning custody of his daughter.
• Andrew ordered Deadshot to knock out Amanda after the rescue, and Harley approached them asking what they were whispering about.

Andrew and the Suicide Squad reached Amanda and Enchantress’s heart, but Andrew infected the heart with a virus instead of destroying it. Enchantress’s brother attacked the rooftop, took Amanda and the case, and returned to the station as the Squad was left reeling from Joker’s apparent helicopter crash.

• Tony’s Unmanned Armors fought Axeman while Cyborg drove the hacker Indigo out of their control system, and Tony and Batman sent machines toward the station to find the Magic Bomb.
• Flag and Deadshot found Amanda in the secret room, where she killed the FBI agents; Deadshot knocked Amanda unconscious, and Andrew persuaded Flag to follow his orders.
• Andrew injected a virus into Enchantress’s heart, then led the Squad toward the rooftop with Amanda and the case.
• Joker appeared in the hijacked helicopter, but an energy tentacle split it in two and sent it crashing; Harley feared Joker had died.
• Enchantress’s brother attacked the rooftop, knocked the Squad aside, seized Amanda and the case, and returned to the station.