Chapter Summaries

Andrew persuaded the Suicide Squad and Flag's soldiers to join the fight against Enchantress, who reclaimed her heart and unleashed a devastating attack on Midway City and the United States. As the heroes struggled to protect civilians, Enchantress threatened to destroy a city every ten minutes unless humanity submitted.

• Andrew told Harley that the Joker was still alive, then offered the Suicide Squad a choice between returning to prison or helping defeat Enchantress in exchange for reduced sentences and privileges.
• Andrew led the Suicide Squad and Flag's soldiers toward the station while Tony used his unmanned armor to draw the puppets away and Batman's team waited for Enchantress to reclaim her heart.
• Enchantress recovered her heart, used an illusion to trap Superman, and activated the Magic Array as Flash carried the Magic Bomb away.
• Enchantress extracted Amanda's military secrets, destroyed America's military satellites, and attacked the heroes, who dodged or blocked her lightning while protecting the city.
• Enchantress's Monster captured Flash and began draining his energy, while Enchantress destroyed American bases and the Atlantic Fleet before threatening to destroy a city every ten minutes unless humanity submitted.

The Department of Defense and the Justice League responded to Enchantress’s worldwide threat while Andrew prepared to capture her and recruit her. As the battle continued in Midway City, Andrew trapped Enchantress in Faora’s mind and offered her a bargain, leaving her eager to hear more about sacrificial rituals.

• General Calvin contacted Andrew, who assured him Enchantress was under control and planned to capture her for an altar.
• Andrew ordered Big Pineapple to stop the towering monster from absorbing Flash’s power while the others fought Enchantress’s puppets.
• Big Pineapple transformed into a flaming skeleton and battled the monster until Tony’s Nano-Spider blasted a hole through its back.
• Faora blocked Enchantress’s thunderbolt, and Enchantress discovered that Faora was a puppet before Andrew trapped her in a mental landscape.
• Andrew offered Enchantress a job and a bet, then began describing sacrificial rituals; when he stopped, she demanded to know what came next.

Andrew made a verbal bargain with Enchantress while the Suicide Squad and military forces fought the towering monster. Faora battled Enchantress but was caught in her magic, leaving the chapter with Faora under Enchantress’s control as a spatial fluctuation appeared around Enchantress.

• Andrew refused Enchantress’s demand for all his knowledge and agreed to share only knowledge of sacrificial rituals, then ended their call without signing a contract.
• The towering monster absorbed the puppets’ black mist, grew larger, and trapped the Suicide Squad and soldiers, but Deadshot, Big Pineapple, Killer Croc, and Harley fought back with Andrew’s Nano Rifle and their attacks.
• Faora used teleportation boots, freezing breath, heat vision, and a force field against Enchantress, but Enchantress trapped her in a Magic Array and forced her to dance.
• Enchantress summoned a lightning giant that struck Faora and continued controlling her, while Tony questioned why Andrew’s bodyguard seemed to be losing.
• Enchantress tried to teleport when a spatial fluctuation appeared around her, but she reappeared in the same spot.

Andrew and Faora defeated Enchantress in Midway City, rescued June Moone, and bound Enchantress’s soul to Andrew after she broke their contract. The chapter ended with Enchantress submitting to Andrew, who promised to free and empower her if she served him well.

• Andrew used space-locking nanodevices to block Enchantress’s Teleportation, and Faora broke free of Puppet magic and attacked her.
• Andrew sent the heroes to rescue civilians while Aquaman, Cyborg, and Batman fought Axeman; Faora then destroyed the magic array and seized Enchantress’s heart.
• Two Kryptonians attacked Faora, but Superman and Diana intercepted them while the other heroes fought Enchantress’s remaining reinforcements.
• Andrew used a virus to incapacitate Enchantress, and Faora’s removal of her heart freed June Moone from Enchantress’s possession.
• Andrew invoked the contract to claim Enchantress’s soul, and Enchantress knelt and accepted him as her lord.

Andrew and the Justice League ended Enchantress’s disaster, while Andrew shaped the public story to praise the heroes and blame the Military and Argus. The crisis was over, but new Kryptonians and the escaped Axeman left fresh threats unresolved.

• Enchantress agreed to serve Andrew, and her brother Kragstone Moore secretly attached his soul to Axeman’s axe.
• The monster dispersed, and the Suicide Squad and officials celebrated the disaster’s end as Andrew prepared publicity for the Justice League and blamed Argus and the Military.
• Faora and Diana captured one Kryptonian, while Superman subdued another; both died when implanted chips destroyed their brains.
• Tony realized the dead Kryptonians were not from Zod’s group, and Batman and Cyborg left to pursue Axeman and investigate.
• Andrew sent Superman to rescue civilians, had the Suicide Squad celebrate, and ordered the remaining cleanup while Flag took Amanda into custody.
• The Daily Planet reported that the Justice League had defeated Enchantress, prompting public cheers and anger at the Military and Argus, which blamed Amanda.

After the military’s losses, Andrew brought Tony to his island laboratory to sacrifice the world’s favor Tony carried as a superhero. The ritual worked, and the Lord of Hell sent down a black light as a reward, leaving Tony to realize Andrew had staged the entire exchange.

• The military tallied its losses, while Tony expected to profit from selling replacement satellites and secretly equipping them with his defense system.
• Andrew asked Tony to handle Deadshot’s release and the Suicide Squad’s benefits, and Tony later reported that Deadshot’s paperwork was nearly complete and Amanda had been sent to Star City.
• Andrew brought Tony to an altar in his laboratory, where Enchantress Morr prepared a ritual to sacrifice Tony’s favor from the world.
• Andrew explained that a superhero’s reputation attracted the world’s favor and that he planned to sacrifice that favor rather than Tony himself.
• Enchantress performed the ritual, and Tony’s golden world favor entered the altar before the Lord of Hell sent down a black light as the reward.
• Tony realized Andrew had sacrificed to himself and provided his own reward, then asked whether the Cosmic Consciousness would object to the cheating.

Andrew brought Ghost Rider into the DC Universe through a sacrifice, then planned to build a superhero livestream platform while secretly gathering fear. After Tony’s Hair Growth Potion made him rich and famous, a new alien arrived on Earth: pilot Hal Jordan.

• Andrew explained that Ghost Rider was an ordinary projection summoned through a permitted sacrifice, and Tony agreed the method could strengthen their side.
• Andrew turned Ghost Rider into a ring and told Tony to acquire a short-video company called TikTok so they could livestream disasters and raise superheroes’ reputations.
• Andrew gave Tony Hair Growth Potion to fund the acquisition, and Tony planned to dilute it, raise capital, and take control of Stark Industries.
• Andrew gave Morr a sun-emblem scroll and ordered her to inscribe its runes onto Faora, whose new consciousness was being formed to serve him.
• More than two months later, Tony’s Hair Growth Potion had become a runaway success, while Batman and his allies still had not caught Axe Man, who had fled to the Middle East.
• In Star City, pilot Hal Jordan had been suspended after he destroyed two unmanned fighter jets during a demonstration, and another alien arrived on Earth.

Hal Jordan received the Green Lantern ring from the dying Abin Sur and fled before the military arrived. As the military examined Abin Sur’s body, a yellow energy entered Hector Hammond, while Andrew and Diana met Hal to discuss the ring and its power battery.

• Abin Sur’s ring selected Hal Jordan, and Abin Sur died before finishing his instructions; Hal took the ring and Green Lantern Power Battery and escaped as a military helicopter approached.
• Tony Stark negotiated with General Carl for real-time intelligence about the alien ship, then asked Andrew to find Hal, while the Justice League prepared for another possible disaster.
• The military brought Abin Sur’s body to a Star City laboratory, where Amanda recruited Hector Hammond with a promise of Hair Growth Potion.
• As Hector examined Abin Sur’s wound, a streak of yellow light entered his finger unnoticed.
• Andrew and Diana visited Hal, who admitted taking the ring and battery after Abin Sur told him to; Andrew warned Hal about Deadpool’s hostility toward him.

Andrew explained the Green Lantern Ring to Hal Jordan, who accepted it and began training with Andrew and Wonder Woman while the Justice League prepared for possible danger. Sinestro arrived and challenged Hal’s right to inherit the ring, attacking him as Diana stepped in to protect him.

• Andrew explained that the Green Lantern Ring used willpower energy and offered Hal the chance to become its owner.
• Hal put on the ring, recited the Green Lantern Oath, and was nearly taken to Oa before Diana pulled him back.
• Andrew and Diana began training Hal, while Tony and the Justice League discussed the ring and the possibility of a coming threat.
• During a training session, Hal struggled to match Diana’s strength, and Tony suggested that the Green Lantern Corps could offer him better training.
• Sinestro arrived, called Hal unworthy of inheriting Abin Sur’s ring, and attacked him with a giant green fist as Diana shielded him.

Sinestro tested Hal Jordan’s will and left to fight Parallax, while Hal initially gave up his ring. After Andrew urged him to find a purpose by helping people, Hal rescued the occupants of a burning building and began building a life as Star City’s Green Lantern, while Hector faced an increasingly difficult situation.

• Sinestro explained the Green Lantern Corps, took Abin Sur’s remains, and led dozens of Green Lanterns to fight Parallax, who wiped out the group and drove Sinestro to propose creating Yellow Lantern Rings.
• Hal removed his ring and doubted he could be a superhero, but Andrew encouraged him to seek a goal by helping people, so Hal put the ring back on and flew away.
• Hal found a fire at Ferris Air, rescued the trapped occupants, and discovered that Carol Ferris recognized him despite his Green Lantern mask.
• After the rescue, Hal realized that saving people gave his life meaning and decided not to give up; Carol offered to support his superhero work.
• Hal spent the following days rescuing people and animals around Star City, gained public recognition, and began rekindling his romance with Carol Ferris, while Hector’s situation worsened.

Hector’s corruption gave him multiple abilities, and he escaped after fighting Hal Jordan in the laboratory. Meanwhile, Sinestro led Yellow Lanterns against Parallax on Oa, while Parallax warned that the Fear Force would consume its users.

• Hector read his father’s thoughts, revealed his psychokinesis, killed two guards, and attacked his father before Hal arrived and intervened.
• Hector and Hal fought in the laboratory, where Hector gained some of Hal’s memories through physical contact and learned about Carol.
• Parallax sensed Hal through Hector, chose to attack Oa before heading to Earth, and arrived at the Green Lantern Corps headquarters.
• Hal escaped Hector’s attack with the laboratory staff, then asked Tony for help locating Hector and warned him about Hector’s abilities.
• Carol refused to leave Star City, and Hal arranged protection for her while Hector recruited subordinates and planned to turn Hal into a Monster.
• Sinestro and ten Green Lanterns donned Yellow Lantern Rings and attacked Parallax, while the Guardians began forging more rings.

Parallax defeated the Green Lantern Corps’ defenses on Oa, corrupted Sinestro and the Yellow Lanterns, and set out to build an army on Earth. In Star City, Hector’s ambush of Carol was exposed, and he warned Wonder Woman and Hal that Earth faced an imminent threat.

• Parallax invaded Sinestro’s mind, revealed his tyranny on Korugar, and controlled him and the other Yellow Lanterns.
• The Guardians released Ion Shark to help defend Oa, forcing Parallax to retreat while promising to return; Parallax then planned to make more Yellow Lantern Rings on Earth with Sinestro’s help.
• Andrew told Diana that Star City’s residents were in danger and instructed Alice to promote superheroes through TikTok while he and Diana continued watching over Carol.
• Hector approached Carol, but Diana intercepted and attacked him; four of Hector’s enhanced subordinates intervened, and Hector claimed Earth would soon be destroyed.
• Hal arrived and challenged Hector’s claim that they had a grudge, reminding him that he had considered them good friends.

Hector revealed that Parallax was coming to devour Hal and destroy Earth, and Superman confronted Parallax and the Yellow Lanterns in space. After Parallax trapped Superman and continued toward Earth, the military launched a nuclear missile, but Parallax seized control of it and sent it back toward the planet.

• Diana captured Hector while Hal and Iron Man fought the other mutants, and Hector confessed that Parallax was coming to Earth.
• Superman intercepted Parallax, Sinestro, and the Yellow Lanterns in space as Andrew livestreamed the battle.
• Superman fought off Sinestro and the Yellow Lanterns, but they trapped him in a gravitational vortex while Parallax headed for Earth with five soldiers.
• The president authorized a nuclear launch, and the military sent a warhead toward Parallax.
• Parallax enveloped the missile in yellow light, disabled its detonation system, and redirected it toward Earth.

Parallax arrived in Star City and fought the superheroes while devouring frightened civilians, even as Andrew used his livestream to promote them. The battle continued with Faora driven back, and two Yellow Lantern Rings flew toward Gotham City in search of users.

• General Ryan watched a nuclear missile destroy the Rocket Launch Base, while the president ordered the military to respond as Parallax entered Earth's atmosphere.
• Tony, Flash, Cyborg, Aquaman, Diana, and Hal prepared for Parallax's arrival, but Parallax rescued Hector only to drain his life force and fear before attacking the heroes.
• Parallax's Yellow Lantern soldiers fought the superheroes as he deflected the military's missiles and devoured hundreds of civilians and several pilots.
• Andrew ordered Faora to attack Parallax, and she shattered several tentacles before Parallax blasted her through multiple buildings.
• Andrew told Carol he planned to fatten up the superheroes before sacrificing them, then directed Alice to livestream their best moments.
• Parallax released five Yellow Lantern Rings, and two flew toward Gotham City to seek people suited to instill fear.

Nick Fury coordinated the response as the Abominations rampaged through Manhattan, while Andrew Wang used the crisis to rescue citizens in exchange for soul pacts. Wolverine fought Abomination Two until Blonsky intervened, forcing Hawkeye Barton to flee as the battle spread into nearby blocks.

• Nick Fury watched Roxanne’s livestream, and her warning that the military might use missiles drove Manhattan residents to flee.
• Yelena offered frightened citizens soul pacts, and Andrew Wang transported those who accepted to safety aboard the Inverted Cross spaceship.
• Nick Fury warned Natasha that the Abominations were weakened Hulks with healing abilities and ordered her to secure Hulk’s blood at the laboratory.
• Wolverine fought Abomination Two, but Hawkeye Barton’s electrified arrow only briefly immobilized the monster.
• Blonsky knocked Wolverine away with a motorcycle, then pursued Hawkeye Barton across the buildings as panic spread.

Parallax used Scarecrow and Gotham City to create a flood of Yellow Lantern soldiers, turning the battle against the superheroes. Andrew summoned Ghost Rider, who appeared in Star City and killed dozens of Yellow Lantern soldiers with a glance.

• Parallax sent a severed tentacle to Gotham, where it merged with Scarecrow and empowered him to spread fear toxin and devour residents.
• Batman and Kara set out to stop Scarecrow, but five Yellow Lantern supervillains confronted them while Scarecrow sent many rings toward Star City.
• Parallax's reinforcements overwhelmed the superheroes, and General Lane prepared a nuclear bomb as a last resort.
• Andrew summoned Ghost Rider, who appeared in Star City and killed dozens of Yellow Lantern soldiers by making their sins ignite their souls.
• Andrew announced to the public that Ghost Rider was God's avatar, sent to cleanse evil and judge souls.

Ghost Rider, whom Andrew had made the Avatar of God, overwhelmed Parallax and defeated the Yellow Lantern soldiers. After redirecting a nuclear bomb away from Star City, Ghost Rider bound Parallax and rode toward the sun with him.

• Andrew explained that Ghost Rider was the Avatar of God, and Ghost Rider pierced Parallax with a flaming spear while trapping the Yellow Lantern Rings with his whip.
• Ghost Rider killed the remaining Yellow Lantern soldiers as Parallax fled to the street and threatened him with a nuclear bomb.
• General Ryan admitted that the Military had placed a nuclear bomb in Star City and set it to explode five seconds after launch.
• Ghost Rider sent the bomb toward the distant sea, where it exploded and caused a shock wave that brought rain and seawater over Star City.
• Ghost Rider bound Parallax with his Flame Whip and rode his transformed motorcycle out of Earth's atmosphere, dragging Parallax toward the sun.

After Ghost Rider destroyed Parallax, the heroes contained the remaining Yellow Lanterns and ended the fear-driven crisis in Gotham and Star City. The cities still faced extensive damage, injuries, and cleanup, while Andrew warned that future disasters could not be avoided.

• Ghost Rider dragged Parallax into the sun and destroyed it, while Andrew revealed that Parallax Monster survived sealed away for his future use.
• Three Kryptonians rescued Sinestro and the Yellow Lantern soldiers from Superman, who later returned to Earth to help in Gotham.
• Faora, Wonder Woman, and Tony confronted Scarecrow, who surrendered and claimed he was innocent because Parallax had controlled him.
• Andrew provided an antidote and a device to spread it across Gotham, calming the terrified citizens; Wonder Woman knocked Scarecrow unconscious, and Tony sent him to General Calvin.
• The heroes defeated or detained the remaining Yellow Lantern soldiers and rioters, then began rescue and cleanup efforts in Gotham and Star City.
• Andrew ended the livestream as both cities continued dealing with injuries, rubble, and Star City's nuclear radiation.

Andrew profited from the Parallax crisis while Atlantis and General Zod’s Kryptonians made plans to wage war on humanity. Half a month later, the Justice League debated its principles and learned that Sinestro had helped the Kryptonians steal the Lantern Furnace of Fear.

• Andrew counted the gains from the Parallax crisis, warned Carol that the Green Lantern Corps might return, and left for Metropolis.
• King Orm plotted to provoke a war between Atlantis and humanity, while Vico quietly considered how to stop him.
• Superman rescued people in Gotham and asked Kara to move to Metropolis so he could train her.
• Sinestro allied with General Zod to seize the Lantern Furnace of Fear, while Andrew and Ghost Rider arranged to secretly control the future Yellow Lantern Corps.
• Protesters blamed the Military for the Parallax disaster, and the President suspended General Lane as officials began planning recovery efforts.
• At the Justice League meeting, Andrew proposed a public vote on its principles; the team postponed its debate over killing, agreed to prepare for Ghost Rider, and learned Sinestro and the Kryptonians had stolen the Lantern Furnace.

Andrew and Diana visited Arthur in Port of Mercy, where Arthur described regretting that he had not saved a pirate leader. Their visit was interrupted by simultaneous tsunamis worldwide, which Andrew and Wonder Woman suspected were an Atlantean attack, leaving the Justice League mobilizing to rescue people.

• Andrew welcomed Hal into the Justice League and encouraged him to join the Green Lantern Corps while remaining loyal to Earth.
• Hal traveled to Oa the next day to begin his career in the Green Lantern Corps.
• More than two months later, Andrew and Diana visited Arthur and Tom Curry in Port of Mercy, where Arthur told them he had let a pirate leader die during a submarine disaster.
• Andrew reassured Arthur that he had done nothing wrong, then spotted enormous waves approaching Port of Mercy.
• Arthur used his trident to split a wave and protect the lighthouse while tsunamis devastated coastal areas around the world.
• Wonder Woman suspected the Atlanteans had attacked the surface, and Andrew summoned the Justice League to rescue people and stay alert.