Chapter Summaries

After the wounded Fallen Demon King confronted Demon and Hera, they trapped him and helped Alesha drain his power and inherit his position. Alesha became Monster Queen and leader of the Fallen Alliance, while the Fallen Demon King died after realizing the Mechanical Demon King had influenced events.

• The Fallen Demon King accused Hera of abandoning him, then appointed Alesha to fight in his place against the Mechanical Demon King.
• Hera suddenly put a Demon Mask on the injured Fallen Demon King, and Demon used the mask and his territory’s power to immobilize him.
• Alesha revealed her betrayal and used Black Lines to drain the Fallen Demon King’s demonic power and Soul Power, while Demon and Chthon secretly tried to tamper with her.
• The Fallen Demon King realized the Darkness Demon King was inside his body and suspected the Mechanical Demon King had arranged it, then accepted his death.
• The Fallen Demon King disintegrated, and Alesha absorbed his power and Real World before declaring herself Monster Queen and leader of the Fallen Alliance.
• Demon promised to help Alesha subdue the Fallen Angels and Fallen Alliance, and Alesha said the alliance would obey his orders.

After the battle, Andrew celebrated the victory while Demon and the Losers Alliance consolidated control over the Fallen forces. Andrew advised Alesha on building her power, then descended into Silent Hill to organize rescue efforts.

• Demon, the Losers Alliance, and Alesha directed the retreat, while roughly three-quarters of the Demon Kings escaped and more than half the demons died.
• Andrew declared victory and ordered the spoils gathered for a feast, while Demon helped Alesha subdue the Fallen Alliance and Chthon, Set, and Death took control of the Fallen Angel Legion.
• Andrew told Alesha to develop her monster forces, introduced the Darkness Demon King as her strategist, and offered to send wicked people from other worlds to strengthen her Real World.
• Andrew identified Billy as a potential confidant for Alesha and decided Soldier Boy should visit Becca more often.
• Andrew arrived in Silent Hill and sent Van Helsing, Ghost Rider, Samuel, and Ghidorah to help people affected by the disaster.

After the crisis, Andrew sent heroes around the world to rescue people, restored Silent Hill, and thanked those who had helped him. The chapter ended with Andrew joking about Flash’s early crime-fighting footage as Flash and Cybil prepared to return to their lives.

• Andrew transformed Ghidorah into a data-based life-form, and Ghost Rider rode him out to help rescue people while Van Helsing, Soldier Boy, Samuel, and Homelander joined the effort.
• Andrew reassured Rose that Sharon would return someday, blessed Rose with health and children, and reunited her with Christopher.
• Andrew sent Galacta, White Tiger Hoggoth, and King Bowser away, then erased Silent Hill’s dark aura.
• Andrew stopped Wade and Flash’s race, sent Wade away, and thanked Flash for helping him.
• Flash encouraged Cybil to become a superhero, and Andrew teased Flash about having surveillance footage of his first crime-fighting outing.

Flash became stranded in the Black Robe Ability Universe, where he joined the rescue effort while Andrew investigated the anomaly and assessed the gains from the battle. Nathan and Peter then told Andrew how monsters had attacked the White House and nearly killed the president.

• Flash could not return to the DC Universe even after Andrew withdrew the Game Space’s energy, so Andrew separated him from Cybil and sent her back to Earth.
• Andrew brought Flash to New York, where Flash rushed to help civilians; Annie and Dark Phoenix discussed Annie’s new ability to control creatures with electricity.
• Andrew asked Wade about The Flash Movie, but Wade only knew its poor box office results and warned that Van Helsing was returning to his hotel.
• Andrew counted his gains, including Alesha, Demon King corpses and artifacts, and Old Sera, then prepared to rescue civilians.
• Nathan summoned Andrew to the White House, where he and Peter explained that monsters had attacked during a protest and one could kill government officials by targeting them with its eyes.

After explaining the Silent Hill disaster to Nathan and Peter, Andrew went to assess the battered Disaster Countermeasures Bureau and proposed a worldwide audition for people to bond with Superhero Game Characters. The chapter ended with Hughie and the other members of The Boys eager to join the selection.

• Andrew told Nathan and Peter how the Match Girl Alesha and the Demon King of Hell had caused the worldwide disaster, and Nathan prepared to explain it to the public.
• Andrew erased the officials' memories of Peter's identity, then teleported to the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau to assess its losses.
• Newman told Andrew that the Bureau was close to shutting down, and Hughie asked whether Billy could become human again.
• Andrew proposed a worldwide audition for candidates to Resonance with Superhero Game Characters and fight alongside them.
• Hughie, Marvin, and Frenchie said they wanted to enter the audition, while Newman agreed that it could also lift public spirits.

After President Nathan revealed the cause of the disaster, he announced the Director of S.W.O.R.D.’s superhero selection to restore public confidence. People across the world rushed to sign up, while Death and the Demon Kings considered how the selection and Game Space might affect their plans.

• Nathan explained that Bishop’s actions had caused the global disaster, thanked the Director of S.W.O.R.D. and the superheroes, and announced the superhero selection in the Game Space.
• Claire watched the press conference and decided to register for the selection so she could become a superhero.
• Cybil considered joining the selection, and Peggy decided to register so she could help people and spend more time with Andrew.
• Homelander complained that the Director of S.W.O.R.D. was taking the headlines, while Death urged him to train with Alesha in Hell.
• Demon asked Chthon whether their people could enter the selection so they could investigate or destroy the Game Space, and Chthon, Death, and Set agreed that Wade had been a liability.

Chthon planned to infiltrate Game Space by turning a good person into a villain and using Time Reversal to conceal the scheme from Mechanical Demon King. Meanwhile, Flash rescued survivors, and Joseph returned home to find his wife and children dead, then resolved to enter the superhero selection.

• Chthon proposed recruiting a kind person, making him fall, and using Time Reversal to help him pass Game Space’s selection before turning him back into a villain.
• Hera and Set secretly passed Chthon’s plan to Andrew, who discussed Hera’s undercover role and his efforts to keep her convincing as a spy.
• Flash rescued civilians from a subway, and Joseph questioned him before confirming that Director of S.W.O.R.D. had saved the world.
• Flash sensed a brief trace of the Speed Force, then continued rescuing people while Joseph rushed home after failing to reach his family.
• Joseph found his wife and children dead beneath their collapsed home and resolved to join the selection so he could become a superhero and protect others.

Billy recruited Joseph into Chthon’s Monster Legion by showing him how The Deep had abandoned his family, then used the Power of Time to restore him and send him toward the Superhero Selection. As the selection began and Andrew assigned Ron to oversee it, Barry told Andrew that dreams of his parallel-universe self had left him haggard because he could not stop that Barry from making a grave mistake.

• Billy showed Joseph memories of The Deep fleeing after a Monster killed Joseph’s wife and son, then persuaded Joseph to become a Monster so he could take revenge.
• Billy transformed Joseph into a Monster, used Chthon’s Altar to reverse his time, and watched him leave to sign up for the Superhero Selection without remembering what happened.
• The Disaster Countermeasures Bureau announced that applicants could become selected candidates by conquering superheroes in the Game Space and forming Resonance with them, and Andrew assigned Ron to lead the candidates.
• More than three months after the Monster disaster, Barry told Andrew that he had been dreaming about a parallel-universe version of himself and was exhausted from failing to warn him against a grave mistake.

Barry sensed that another Barry had traveled back in time and created a collapsing Timeline, so Andrew brought his Ghost Rider avatar and Barry into the other world to investigate. As the world’s Timeline ended in 2013, Demon and Chthon sent agents after them, while Wade took Van Helsing along to the other world.

• Barry told Andrew that the other Barry wanted to save his parents by changing the past, and Andrew said he could only correct the damage afterward.
• Barry sensed the other Barry had gone back in time, and a blurry Phantom Image appeared above New York as the city prepared for another disaster.
• Andrew and Barry entered the other world, where chaotic scenes gave way to a new Timeline that ended in 2013.
• Andrew brought Barry into the collapsing Timeline, while Demon and Chthon sent people into the world to interfere and seek opportunities.
• Wade persuaded Van Helsing to visit the other world, and the two vanished.

S1 Flash discovered Young Barry was about to gain his Speed Force and decided to take him to the laboratory, while Andrew and Barry searched for both Barrys in a changed 2013. Chthon tried to enlist General Zod against Andrew, but learned that this Timeline had already diverged: Kal-El was dead, and Zod was searching for Kara Zor-El and the Kryptonian Codex.

• S1 Flash met Young Barry and realized that Young Barry had to gain his Speed Force that night to prevent a Spacetime Paradox.
• Andrew and Barry used surveillance to search for the two Barrys and learned that General Zod was due to invade Earth the next day.
• Chthon and his allies planned to exploit the Kryptonian invasion, recruit General Zod, and cause destruction that would yield souls and Negative Aura.
• General Zod revealed that the Kryptonians had already killed Kal-El and had come to Earth to find Kara Zor-El.
• Chthon identified the Kryptonian Codex as the reason Zod was seeking Kara, prompting Zod to demand how he knew their secret.

Chthon offered to accelerate General Zod and the Kryptonians’ growth while secretly corrupting them, as Barry warned S1 Flash and Young Barry that their world was in danger. The story ended with Zod announcing his arrival just after S1 Flash insisted the world seemed peaceful.

• Chthon persuaded General Zod and the Kryptonians to undergo accelerated solar transformation, secretly mixing black energy into the sunlight they absorbed.
• Van Helsing and Wade spent the night picking up girls at a bar, while Van Helsing wondered whether he would have to pay the bill.
• Young Barry gained the Speed Force, caused chaos while learning to use it, and received a Flash suit from S1 Flash, who had lost his own powers.
• Barry and Andrew arrived at S1 Flash’s home, and Barry explained how changing the past had created the Flashpoint Universe and put the world at risk.
• Young Barry and S1 Flash rejected Barry’s suggestion to restore history, but Zod’s voice interrupted them and announced, “You are not alone.”

Andrew, Barry, S1 Flash, and Young Barry sought Batman’s help after learning that General Zod was threatening Earth in a world without Superman or the Justice League. Batman explained how changing the past altered the entire Timeline, but S1 Flash refused to undo his changes and went to the Batcave to search for Kara.

• S1 Flash and Young Barry learned that this world had no Clark Kent, Wonder Woman, or Aquaman, and Andrew suspected Kara was the Kryptonian Zod sought.
• Andrew opened a portal to Wayne Manor, where the three Barrys fought an uncostumed, elderly Batman before explaining their situation.
• Batman used two strands of spaghetti to explain that changing the past altered the entire Timeline and could create a tangled Multiversal Universe.
• Andrew told Batman he could handle Zod and had come to wait for S1 Flash to reconsider fixing history, but S1 Flash refused.
• S1 Flash borrowed the Batcave to search for Clark or Kara, and Young Barry went with him.

Andrew and the three Barrys searched for the imprisoned Kryptonian Kara and arranged for Supergirl to possess her. They found Kara in a Russian research base, where Supergirl emerged ready to help her escape.

• Andrew sent Artificial Intelligence to search military records, and it discovered that Russia had found a Kryptonian spacecraft in Siberia twenty-three years earlier.
• Andrew opened a portal to the snowy base, and Batman and the three Barrys went inside to rescue the alien while Andrew entered the spacecraft.
• Andrew found the frightened Kara Zor-El, explained her situation, and told her that a superhero from another world could possess her and help her escape.
• Kara agreed to try the possession, and Andrew used a Magic Array to connect her consciousness to the DC Universe.
• Supergirl finished fighting a criminal, learned that Kara was her counterpart, and agreed to help her before returning with Kara to the base.
• Supergirl emerged from Kara's body and greeted Andrew.

Supergirl helped Kara escape, but Kara soon left rather than fight for humanity, leaving Andrew, S1 Flash, Barry, Batman, and Young Barry to face General Zod. S1 Flash decided to recreate the lightning accident that had given him the Speed Force, and the group prepared the dangerous experiment.

• Supergirl rescued Kara and the others from the base, and Andrew led them through the portal to Wayne Manor.
• Kara absorbed sunlight in her Kryptonian suit while Young Barry stayed near her, but she later flew away, taking Supergirl with her.
• Andrew warned S1 Flash and Batman that powerful evil beings were targeting the world, then the group discussed how to confront Enhanced General Zod.
• S1 Flash chose to recreate the lightning strike that had originally given him the Speed Force rather than correct the Timeline.
• Andrew, Barry, Batman, and Young Barry prepared the chemicals, cable, and bat-shaped lightning rod for S1 Flash's experiment.

Andrew and the heroes arrived as enhanced Kryptonians overwhelmed the U.S. Army and prepared to terraform Earth. S1 Flash regained the Speed Force, and Young Barry was sent to rescue survivors as the heroes entered the battle.

• Andrew recognized that the Kryptonians had been enhanced and warned that the military’s nuclear weapons would not stop them.
• S1 Flash’s first lightning strike failed, while Faora and the other Kryptonians destroyed the U.S. forces and their ships began attacking Earth.
• Kara returned to help humanity, S1 Flash regained the Speed Force, and Andrew gave Young Barry and Batman devices to summon superheroes.
• Andrew led Kara, both Flashes, and Batman through a portal to the battlefield, where the president held off on launching nuclear missiles.
• Young Barry lost his nerve amid the battlefield’s destruction, and S1 Flash told him to rescue the surviving soldiers.

Andrew and the three Flashes fought General Zod’s Kryptonians while Andrew overwhelmed Faora and forcibly summoned her counterpart from another universe. The summoned Faora took control of the body and joined Andrew’s side, while Chthon offered General Zod help in exchange for ten thousand human souls.

• Young Barry rescued people as Barry and S1 Flash attacked the Kryptonians, while Kara and Supergirl went to confront General Zod.
• Andrew blocked Faora’s attacks, defeated her and the big guy, and used Hellfire to make the big guy fight for him.
• Andrew bound Faora with Magic Rings and activated a Game Space Magic Array to summon Sun God Faora from the DC Universe.
• Sun God Faora suppressed the original Faora’s consciousness, burned through the Magic Rings, and agreed to fight the Kryptonians for Andrew.
• Faora drove back several Kryptonians, shocking General Zod, while Chthon offered to summon help for ten thousand human souls.
• General Zod agreed that killing ten thousand humans would be easy but admitted he did not know how to collect their souls.

Chthon orchestrated a major assault on Earth, gathering human souls while arranging a fusion of the Real World and a distraction to keep Andrew occupied. On the battlefield, Homelander fought Faora, while Andrew battled Alesha’s pink Wade replica, which proved difficult to destroy.

• Chthon ordered the destruction of Metropolis, planned the Real World Fusion, and sent Homelander and Wade to occupy Ghost Rider while his allies restrained Andrew.
• Death dispatched Homelander, but Wade refused to leave his drinking session with Van Helsing; Chthon then proposed that Alesha create an unkillable monster to tie down Ghost Rider.
• Andrew and Faora attacked General Zod’s Kryptonians, and Andrew destroyed a turtle-shaped spaceship with a Flame Spear.
• Homelander fought Faora, whose strength overwhelmed him until he used Death Divine Power against her Sun Divine Power.
• Alesha sent a pink replica of Wade to fight Andrew; he attacked it with Black Flame, but it recovered and retaliated with cold air and flying steel.

Kara fought General Zod after learning he had killed Carl, while Andrew and the other heroes battled the Kryptonians. As the world watched a livestream revealing the invasion’s goal, Van Helsing arrived at the Kryptonian spaceship as a Twelve-Winged Angel.

• Kara attacked General Zod after he admitted he had drained Carl’s blood and killed him, but their battle shifted when Supergirl took control and began to overpower him.
• The Kryptonians overwhelmed the heroes and slaughtered soldiers, while the president learned from the livestream that they planned to terraform Earth into Krypton.
• Wade stayed behind after Van Helsing trapped him in a Heaven Projection, allowing Van Helsing to teleport to the spaceship in Metropolis.
• Van Helsing appeared above the spaceship with twelve wings, astonishing civilians, soldiers, and television viewers.
• Bald Doctor ordered three Kryptonians to stop Van Helsing from reaching the spaceship and prepared to support them with the Energy Cannon.

Van Helsing fought the Kryptonians while General Zod struggled against Kara and Andrew waited for S1 Flash to correct history. S1 Flash and Batman summoned heroes, but Young Barry could not connect to Game Space, and the chapter ended with Batman asking what Kryptonite was.

• Van Helsing shielded civilians from the Kryptonians, fought three of them, and intercepted their attempt to attack the city while Bald Doctor tried to stop him.
• General Zod remained on the defensive against Kara, while Chthon waited for him to ask for help and Andrew continued to hold back.
• A Kryptonian attacked Batman and Young Barry, but S1 Flash and Barry arrived; four Kryptonians then surrounded them.
• S1 Flash, Young Barry, and Batman activated Andrew's badges, but Young Barry could not summon a hero; S1 Flash Resonated with Spider-Man, who agreed to help.
• Batman Resonated with another Batman, who questioned S1 Batman about the Kryptonians and asked what Kryptonite was.

Batman equipped himself with Kryptonite weapons and helped the heroes defeat and weaken the Kryptonians, prompting General Zod to accept Chthon’s aid. Chthon’s magic then nullified Kryptonite’s weakening effect, leaving the heroes to realize that the true threat was the power behind the Kryptonians.

• Batman explained Kryptonite to S1 Batman, then brought a cache of Kryptonite weapons back to Flash World.
• S1 Batman killed a Kryptonian with a Kryptonite grenade and spear, while S1 Flash and Barry used Kryptonite weapons to wound their opponents.
• General Zod asked Chthon for help and agreed to cooperate with him so the Kryptonians could win and be reborn on Earth.
• Chthon connected the Kryptonians to his magic, which formed a defense against Kryptonite’s weakening effect.
• A Kryptonian ambushed Young Barry and Barry, but Barry used his vibration ability to escape with him underground.
• Batman and the others realized that the Kryptonians’ hidden magical support was their real danger.