Chapter Summaries

Andrew and the others prepared to remove the Mechanical Supermen and their factory while rescuing Cyborg from Darkseid’s control. Andrew took control of Ninja Master’s body, lured every Mechanical Superman to one location, and left the team ready to seize the production base.

• Andrew proposed using a Teleportation Device to send the factory through the Traversal Gate, and Flash agreed to place its teleportation nodes.
• Batman, S1 Diana, and Faora joined Damian, who explained that twenty Mechanical Supermen and their equipment had already been sent to another Universe.
• Faora knocked out Ninja Master and implanted a Mechanical Bug, allowing Andrew to control his body after Ninja Master’s Demonic Power stopped resisting.
• Andrew, controlling Ninja Master, told S1 Diana to maintain global order and avoid meeting Injustice Superman.
• Andrew ordered all Mechanical Supermen to gather by claiming Superman was in danger, and they left their posts to obey.

Andrew and his allies lured the Mechanical Supermen through a portal into Hell, where Mechanical Trigon subdued them and took control of them. The immediate invasion was stopped, but Injustice Superman and his remaining Mechanical Supermen still threatened the universe, so Andrew prepared to return and confront them.

• Flash positioned the Teleportation Devices, and Ninja Master secretly modified the Shuttle Device before opening a portal to the deserted base.
• The Mechanical Supermen followed the portal into Hell, where Mechanical Trigon and his small robots overwhelmed them with mechanical magic and began turning them into laborers.
• Mechanical Trigon offered Cyborg a choice, and Cyborg accepted his magic to suppress Darkseid's control in exchange for owing him a favor.
• Ninja Master closed the Traversal Gate, and Andrew, Flash, The Atom, Batman, and the others regrouped.
• Andrew and Batman agreed that the war was not over because Injustice Superman still had forty Mechanical Supermen, and Andrew said they would return to deal with him.

Andrew forced the Alliance representatives to honor their contract by seizing their fleet and demonstrating his power, then arranged for them to recruit citizens in exchange for rewards. After returning to the Main Universe with Little Hela and Mindy, he encountered a battle between three mechas and blue monsters attacking the Pacific coast.

• Andrew shrank the Alliance fleet, killed a Skrull royal, and used Dream Magic to terrify Dou Jian before taking control of the ships with symbiotes.
• Andrew offered the Alliance leaders points for recruiting citizens, promising rewards such as abilities, extended lifespan, and even restoring Asgard; Thor eagerly accepted.
• Andrew sent the representatives back to Alliance Headquarters, kept Dou Jian for The Leader to study, and assigned White Vision and Peter to collect souls and Alliance technology.
• Andrew returned to the Main Universe with Little Hela and Mindy, then redirected the Second Mount toward a Pacific battle between three mechas and six blue monsters.
• Alice explained that the monsters' remains polluted the environment and that Captain Steve Rogers piloted the first Decepticon Mecha, while Mindy realized Alice already controlled it.

Andrew brought Ghost Rider into the DC Universe and planned to use livestreamed disasters to build superhero reputations and secretly gather fear. After Tony acquired a short-video company with money raised from Andrew’s Hair Growth Potion, Andrew learned that Axe Man had escaped to the Middle East, while pilot Hal Jordan’s disastrous demonstration ended with him suspended from work.

• Andrew explained that Ghost Rider was a permitted sacrifice from the Lord of Hell and planned to make him the universe’s top superhero.
• Andrew gave Tony a Hair Growth Potion to raise money, acquire a short-video company to rename TikTok, and gain control of Stark Industries.
• Andrew asked Morr to brand Faora with a Solar Totem, while a new consciousness began forming within Faora’s soul.
• Over two months, Tony’s Hair Growth Potion became a huge success, and Tony called Andrew to complain about being dubbed the Baldness Healer.
• Diana told Andrew that Axe Man had fled to the Middle East, and Batman had asked Cyborg to track him.
• Hal Jordan was suspended after he destroyed his company’s unmanned fighters during a demonstration for the Department of Defense.

Andrew sent Ninja Master and the controlled supervillains to Fort Rozz while he and his allies returned to the Space Fortress. Ninja Master remained unaware of the deception, and Andrew revealed that the Mechanical Bug in his brain had exposed Lex Luthor and General Zod’s location.

• Andrew had Flash implant control nails in the supervillains’ collars, then erased Ninja Master’s recent memories and used a Mechanical Bug to fabricate normal ones.
• Andrew teased Damian about supposedly liking women’s clothes, gave him a silver ball, and left with Faora and the others as Ninja Master recovered.
• Damian brought the supervillains to Ninja Master, who opened a Traversal Gate and led them to Fort Rozz.
• At Fort Rozz, Luthor injected the doomsday gene into Injustice Superman and explained to General Zod that it would make him aggressive and obsessed with evolution.
• After learning about the powerful Justice League in Andrew’s universe, Ninja Master sought more power from Mechanical Trigon while Luthor concealed his own contingency plans.
• Back at the Space Fortress, Andrew explained his deal with Trigon and told Batman that the Mechanical Bug let him locate Ninja Master, Luthor, and General Zod.

The Justice League fought Injustice Superman’s forty Mechanical Supermen and Ninja Master’s forces while Andrew livestreamed the battle to generate Fear Force. The heroes were badly outnumbered, and the chapter ended with Ninja Master hammering Batman’s Defensive Shield as it threatened to break.

• Andrew livestreamed the confrontation, and Injustice Superman arrived with forty Mechanical Supermen while Ninja Master and the supervillains followed behind.
• Clark confronted Injustice Superman, who threatened the heroes and demanded Lois before the two flew into space to fight.
• Ninja Master ordered the Mechanical Supermen to attack, and Tony’s Energy Absorption Shield blocked their opening Heat Vision barrage as the heroes divided to fight.
• Diana and another Diana fought the Mechanical Supermen, but the heroes were overwhelmed by their opponents’ numbers while Zatanna, Raven, and Doctor Fate prepared a Magic Array.
• The Atom secretly attached items Andrew had supplied to the supervillains, while Batman fought Ninja Master and his Defensive Shield began to buckle under Ninja Master’s attacks.

The heroes trapped thirty-nine Mechanical Supermen in a Spatial Maze and began defeating them, turning the battle in their favor. General Zod ordered a space-shattering cannon to break the maze, and Andrew urged the heroes to finish their enemies before it collapsed.

• Batman blasted Ninja Master into the air and fought him with the Batwing and gadgets.
• Clark fought Injustice Superman in space as the Doomsday Gene made his opponent stronger, while Lois declared her love for Clark and Andrew joked about transferring him to Antarctica.
• Zatanna, Raven, and Doctor Fate used spatial energy to trap thirty-nine Mechanical Supermen in a Spatial Maze, then Andrew sent the heroes after them with Alice guiding their routes.
• The heroes defeated five Mechanical Supermen and moved to attack enemies in other sections of the maze.
• General Zod ordered a space-shattering cannon to bombard the maze, accelerating its collapse as the Mechanical Supermen attacked its weakening walls.
• Andrew demanded that Diana and the other heroes move faster before the maze gave way.

The Atom helped the Fisherman King regain control of his warship, turning the battle against Atlantis, while Diana transported King Orm to a desert and defeated him. With King Nereus agreeing to a ceasefire and the allied armies withdrawing, the battle ended in Wonder Woman’s victory.

• The Atom infiltrated the warship, knocked out its guards, and helped the Fisherman King take control and order his soldiers to attack Atlantis and Xebel.
• Diana transported King Orm to a desert, where she gained the advantage and battled him while Andrew projected the fight to the viewers.
• The Atom and Cyborg captured King Nereus, while Green Lantern defeated Black Manta; Mera announced Xebel’s withdrawal, and Nereus agreed to stop fighting until he saw the Trident of Poseidon.
• Andrew sent Faora to rescue Superman and Aquaman after Xebel’s withdrawal halted the mages, and he offered The Atom a place in the Justice League and Pym particles.
• Diana broke King Orm’s trident, wounded him, and knocked him unconscious with the lightning released from her Bracelets of Submission.

Andrew prepared the heroes for Injustice Superman’s arrival while Injustice Superman merged with the Doomsday gene and assembled his forces. The opposing sides met at the Moon Base, where Andrew revealed the threat to the livestream audience and the heroes.

• Andrew planned to harvest fear force from Injustice Superman’s universe after the battle and considered exploring other parallel universes.
• Injustice Superman emerged from the nutrient pod bald and stronger after merging with the Doomsday gene, then decided to attack Earth after brief training.
• Luthor gave Injustice Superman defensive spheres against kryptonite and warned him to deal with Andrew Wang before targeting the Justice League.
• Andrew gathered the superheroes at the Moon Base as Injustice Superman arrived near the moon with forty Mechanical Supermen, Ninja Master, and the supervillains.
• Andrew opened the Moon Base’s defensive shield, began a livestream, and told everyone that Injustice Superman came from a parallel universe and that General Zod threatened to turn Earth into New Krypton.

Andrew and the heroes restored Injustice Superman’s memories only up to before Lois’s death, then persuaded him to accept the Kryptonite Solution and give up his powers. They failed to capture Luthor, who escaped aboard Fort Rozz, and returned to Earth after surviving the crisis.

• Flash struck Injustice Superman with the Amnesia Hammer, and Andrew explained that the blow had made him forget the years of hatred and tyranny.
• Andrew told Injustice Superman what he had done after Joker killed Lois and their unborn child, then convinced him to accept the Kryptonite Solution rather than remain a threat.
• Clark injected Injustice Superman with the solution, and Injustice Superman agreed to accept the consequences of his actions and leave the fight against Darkseid to the others.
• Diana revealed that Luthor, Zod, and the Kryptonians aboard Fort Rozz had all been clones, and the heroes found the ship gone when Andrew teleported them to its location.
• The heroes returned to Earth and Andrew told the livestream viewers the crisis had passed; the next day, people began marching to demand that authorities strip supervillains of their right to life.

Andrew brought Injustice Superman to Lois’s grave and used the Time Crystal to reverse her death, then sealed her for a perfect resurrection four years later. He asked Injustice Superman to stop Darkseid’s Mechanical Superman Legion, while Injustice Superman warned that his other self might take desperate measures to revive Lois.

• Andrew left half the heroes to guard their home and took the others, including Injustice Superman, to his universe.
• S1 Batman and Batman agreed to exchange information about the dangers facing their universes, while Ninja Master confronted Damian and Flash went to visit Barry’s family.
• At Lois’s grave, Andrew explained that he could revive Lois and her child perfectly in four years, and Injustice Superman accepted the wait.
• Andrew reversed time on Lois’s body, and Morr sealed her in a necklace that Andrew gave to Injustice Superman.
• Andrew explained that Injustice Superman’s Doomsday Gene could make him increasingly battle-hungry and ordered him to stop Darkseid and the Mechanical Superman Legion.
• Injustice Superman agreed to leave Earth but warned Andrew that his other self might resort to extreme measures to revive Lois.

Andrew erased Injustice Superman’s memories of becoming a tyrant, equipped him for the fight, and sent him into space to stop Darkseid. Back on Earth, Andrew boosted Superman’s reputation, stopped a prison revolt, and transported the inmates to Mechanical Trigon’s Hell.

• Andrew erased Injustice Superman’s memories of his fall into darkness and removed the Kryptonite Solution from his body.
• Andrew gave Injustice Superman four Mechanical Supermen and a Teleportation Bracer, and Injustice Superman left Earth to stop Darkseid.
• Andrew told S1 Batman and the others that Injustice Superman had gone to confront Darkseid, then urged them to prepare Earth’s defenses.
• Andrew instructed Alice to credit Superman with defeating Injustice Superman, and the public celebrated Superman after the Mechanical Supermen disappeared.
• Faora subdued the Undersea Prison inmates when they revolted, and Andrew teleported them to his universe to join Mechanical Trigon in Hell.

Andrew arranged to replace Constantine’s lungs after testing Nanites, while Gabriel’s scheme drew Constantine into investigating Angela’s sister’s suicide. Meanwhile, Amanet’s forces cursed Superman and Green Lantern through the souls of doomed passengers, and Faora intervened as Kryptonians attacked the fallen heroes.

• Constantine agreed to Andrew’s plan, received a Nanite injection, and left the base to wait a month for signs of rejection.
• Gabriel continued his plan, and Constantine killed a Demon before investigating Angela’s sister’s suicide with Chas and two friends.
• Andrew watched events through Constantine while the superheroes played games at the base, where Nick described his continuing dreams and hallucinations of Amanet.
• Superman and Green Lantern rescued a damaged passenger plane, but every passenger died and their souls entered the heroes as a Curse.
• Flash rushed to retrieve the weakened heroes as two Kryptonians attacked them, and Faora arrived to knock one attacker into the other.

Andrew defeated the Kree threat, explained the Infinity Stones and Thanos's plan to the heroes, and revealed that S.H.I.E.L.D. held two Stones. He then recruited Black Bolt and the Inhumans into his service, while the battle in the circle ended.

• Andrew gave Steve the modified Universal Hammer, and Steve used it to defeat Korath and the remaining Kree soldiers.
• Andrew explained that Thanos sought the Infinity Stones to erase half of all life, and said four Stones were on Earth, including the Space Stone and Mind Stone held by S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Andrew kept Carol's body and revealed that he intended to use the Power Stone, then brought the unconscious Black Bolt into Consciousness Space.
• Andrew offered Black Bolt protection and support for the Inhumans in exchange for their loyalty, and Black Bolt signed a Soul Pact after speaking with Professor Charles.
• Black Bolt returned to space with a Mechanical Parrot that could speak for him, and Tony noted that the battle had ended.

Andrew secured Odin’s method for making the Infinity Gauntlet and the Casket of Ancient Winters, then warned Blackheart and recruited Loki to spy on the Dark Elves. Loki later received memories of Asgard’s destruction and his death at Thanos’s hands, leaving him uncertain about where they came from.

• Odin gave Andrew the Infinity Gauntlet method and the Casket of Ancient Winters, while Frigga and Odin agreed to prepare for a later strike against the Dark Elves.
• Andrew confronted Blackheart about the Demon Kings’ plot and told him to hold back troops because a great victory was coming.
• Andrew asked Loki to infiltrate the Dark Elves and promised to clear his crimes or make him King of the Frost Giants after the conflict.
• Lorelei knocked Loki down and slapped him while Andrew’s Illusion Realm conversation with Loki ended.
• Loki recalled memories of Asgard’s destruction by Surtur and his death at Thanos’s hands, then stayed on the ground to think.

After London’s demonic invasion, Andrew gained souls and Marduk’s Hell while Loki left the Nine Realms to explore the universe with Lorelei. In the Norwegian Sea’s sealed space, Odin proposed a way to give Hela humanity, but she rejected Andrew’s plan to erase her memories and start over.

• Scarlet stopped Lorelei’s enchantment, and the heroes, soldiers, and agents began rescuing people trapped in London’s ruins.
• Andrew offered Loki a choice of reward, then gave him the Ring of Evil Rebirth so he could travel the universe; Loki took Lorelei with him after Heimdall teleported them to Vanaheim.
• The heroes blamed themselves for London’s losses and resolved to grow stronger, while Andrew counted the souls, weapons, minerals, demons, and other gains from the invasion.
• Odin told Hela that Andrew had suggested erasing her memories and raising a new version of her, and she angrily refused.
• Odin instead proposed that Hela split off part of her soul to live with him, then reunite with her later, explaining that he wanted her to gain humanity without erasing her consciousness.

Andrew, Diana, and Mary shopped while discussing the spread of robots, as Tony and the others prepared to destroy a Mother Box at Mars Base. Steppenwolf attacked the base for Darkseid, and the Mother Box was exposed as six black-light aliens infiltrated Tony’s Iron Suit.

• Andrew explained to Diana and Mary that home robots were becoming common, while industrial robots and military robots remained contentious.
• Mary took Diana and Andrew to buy a birthday present for the third child of Mr. Power and Elastic Supergirl.
• At Mars Base, Tony and the others reviewed their method for destroying a Mother Box, while Dr. Stone objected to destroying the device that had saved Victor.
• Steppenwolf and his fighters arrived outside Mars Base, broke through its Defensive Shield, and attacked while Tony tried to summon reinforcements.
• The Steel Particle Device burst apart, exposing the Mother Box, and six black-light aliens slipped into Tony’s Iron Suit as he tried to draw it toward himself.
• Jarvis detected the intruders, and Tony activated the suit’s anti-Ant-Man system, filling it with white mist as the aliens dodged.

Steppenwolf’s forces seized the Mother Boxes on Mars and Themyscira while trapping the superheroes and threatening civilians with Dark Bombs. Andrew stopped the threat to Peace City and brought the heroes together, but they still did not know what had happened to the Mother Box aboard the Space Fortress.

• Steppenwolf broke the seal on the Mars Base Mother Box, destroyed Tony’s Iron Suit, and escaped with the Box after trapping the superheroes inside a Defensive Shield.
• Diana prepared Themyscira’s defenses, but handed over its Mother Box after Andrew told her to comply; Steppenwolf revealed that his forces had three Mother Boxes.
• Apokolipsians threatened to detonate Dark Bombs hidden in Peace City unless Earth surrendered its Mother Box, causing panic and collisions at the spaceport.
• Andrew used Spatial Stasis to immobilize Peace City, and Armed Robots captured the infiltrators and confiscated their Dark Bombs.
• Andrew reassured Peace City’s residents, then teleported Diana and the superheroes to the Space Fortress, where Iron Man asked what had happened to its Mother Box.

After Steppenwolf stole two Mother Boxes, Andrew’s team guarded the last one and searched Earth for him, while Steppenwolf hid in Chernobyl and plotted to recruit a supervillain scientist. Meanwhile, Mr. Power’s family celebrated their youngest child, but Mr. Power and Wonder Woman were lured into a trap and captured by a mysterious young man.

• Andrew confirmed that the final Mother Box was safe, then assigned half the superheroes to guard Earth and the rest to guard the Space Fortress.
• Steppenwolf threatened to attack Earth’s cities if the heroes destroyed the Mother Box, so they postponed the plan and searched for him instead.
• Steppenwolf hid in Chernobyl with the two stolen Mother Boxes and planned to use them to create weapons and recruit a supervillain scientist.
• At a celebration for Mr. Power’s youngest child, Ice Man warned Mr. Power that several New York superheroes had disappeared, then disappeared himself the next day.
• Mr. Power and Wonder Woman followed the missing heroes’ trail to an island, where a four-clawed robot defeated and trapped them.
• A blond young man in a cape arrived and told Mr. Power that he was his devoted fan.

Mary helped Mr. Power and Elastic Supergirl defeat Kid Power and rescue the missing superheroes, then left to search for Steppenwolf. Steppenwolf arrived at the base moments later and attacked Mr. Power and the police, leaving Elastic Supergirl standing alone.

• Kid Power revealed that he had kidnapped superheroes to test his robots and planned to become Earth’s most popular superhero, but Elastic Supergirl’s bracelet had recorded and uploaded his confession.
• Mary arrived, defeated Kid Power’s robot, and was trapped by his Stasis Ray before Elastic Supergirl stole the device and freed her.
• Mary knocked Kid Power unconscious, destroyed the robot, and helped Mr. Power and Elastic Supergirl breach his base and rescue the captured superheroes.
• Mary erased the base’s data with Andrew’s device and left to continue searching for Steppenwolf, while Mr. Power and Elastic Supergirl handled the aftermath.
• Steppenwolf emerged from a Ripple transport passage and struck Mr. Power and nearby police officers with a bolt of lightning, leaving Elastic Supergirl unharmed.