Chapter Summaries

Joker tested the Penance Stare on himself, then began using it to torment ordinary people in Gotham. Robet and Clark’s dimensional debt was canceled and their Tracking Magic was blacklisted, while Clark discovered a Kryptonian ship and met an AI based on Jor-El, who showed him battle suits—including one with red underwear worn outside.

• Joker tried the Penance Stare on his reflection, found it did not work on him, and decided to return to Gotham to judge other people.
• Robet took Clark into the space between dimensions to confront the Dimensional Debt Collectors, but their superior fled when he saw them.
• The debt collectors canceled Robet’s account and blacklisted him, turning his Tracking Magic into a useless incantation.
• Robet and Kara resumed training while Clark reflected on the power of distant dimensions and then detected a Kryptonian spaceship beneath the ice.
• Clark entered the ship, stopped its guardian robot with his House of El key, and met the AI based on Jor-El.
• Jor-El displayed Kryptonian battle suits and questioned why Clark was already wearing one, while Clark spotted a suit with red underwear worn outside.

Clark and Jor-El fled the discovered Kryptonian ship to Savage Island, where Jor-El offered to secure a private Subspace. After learning Krypton had fallen, Jor-El urged Clark to preserve their people and teased him about his feelings for the injured Lois.

• Clark rescued Lois from a guardian robot, sealed her abdominal wound with Heat Vision, and took her aboard the Kryptonian ship.
• Clark ordered Jor-El to launch the ship and fly to Savage Island while military teams failed to track it.
• Jor-El offered to reinforce and privatize Savage Island’s Subspace, and Clark accepted.
• Kong recognized Clark as the ship landed beside the other family spaceships.
• Clark told Jor-El that Zod had killed him and Krypton’s destruction had taken his mother; Jor-El urged Clark and Kara to keep the Kryptonian race alive.
• Jor-El pointed out that Clark’s heartbeat had risen after Lois fainted, but Clark denied being moved and said he already had a girlfriend.

Clark rejected Lois's interview but agreed to answer her questions, revealing that he was an alien and explaining his powers. Meanwhile, General Zod detected a signal from the House of El and set out to find its source after completing a bounty mission.

• Jor-El teased Clark about having a girlfriend, and Clark warned him not to say the same around Robet, his Saiyan younger brother.
• Lois woke and asked to interview Clark, but he refused and asked her to respect superheroes' right to private lives; he then agreed to answer a few questions.
• General Zod's crew detected a ship signal from the House of El, which Faora identified as a clue to Clark and the Codex.
• Faora reminded General Zod that their ship was low on energy and they had an outstanding bounty mission, so General Zod ordered them to finish it before heading toward the signal.
• Clark told Lois he could travel around the world quickly, had unusually strong vision and hearing, and was an alien; he confirmed the spacecraft was his and Jor-El watched approvingly.

Clark spent time with Lois on the Savage Island, where Robet found them after Lana worried that Clark had vanished. Robet healed Lois’s injury and left Clark to explain himself, while Lois still did not know their identities or the full situation.

• Clark showed Lois around the Savage Island and explained its prehistoric creatures after she promised not to record or report what she saw.
• Lana could not reach Clark and told Robet she was worried, so Robet searched for him with his ki sense.
• Robet found no trace of Clark at first, then went to the Savage Island and discovered Clark with Lois.
• Clark guiltily blocked Robet from Lois, while Robet teased him about Lana searching for him.
• Lois challenged Robet for questioning Clark’s right to a private life, and Clark asked Robet to heal her lingering injury.
• Robet healed Lois with a Healing Spell, then told Clark to thank him and signaled that Clark should leave with Lois.

Clark took Lois back after promising to visit her again, while Robet investigated a Kryptonian ship on Savage Island and met Jor-El’s artificial intelligence. Robet received a custom martial arts uniform combat suit, and Clark returned to find Robet had learned about his preferred suits and gained new leverage over him.

• Clark flew Lois home after she asked whether he would visit her again, and Robet warned him not to let Kara and Lana find out.
• Robet questioned Kong about Clark and Lois, discovered a Kryptonian ship, and entered it.
• Jor-El examined Robet’s genes, explained that he was an artificial intelligence based on Jor-El’s memories, and offered to make Robet a combat suit.
• Robet chose a martial arts uniform design that could shrink into a wrist guard, while Jor-El revealed Clark had liked the red-underwear suit styles.
• Clark rushed back to Savage Island and saw Robet’s knowing grin, then flew toward the ship without confronting him.

Clark and Robet discussed their romantic complications while Jor-El worked on Kryptonian battle suits and the Subspace. After Clark brought the families to meet Jor-El, Carol Danvers arrived at her old Missouri home and found her family gone.

• Jor-El told Clark he planned to improve the battle suits and modify the Subspace so only their group could enter.
• Robet challenged Clark about Lois, and Clark admitted he had not decided what to do about her.
• Robet told Clark to bring Kara, Lana, Martha, and the others to meet Jor-El, while Clark asked Jor-El not to reveal anything about Lois.
• Clark brought The Kent Family and The Danvers to Savage Island, where Kara reunited with Robet and the families met Jor-El.
• Carol Danvers arrived at her old Missouri home and found no trace of her family living there.

Carol returned to Earth after fifteen years and found her family’s home empty, so she contacted Nick Fury to learn what had happened. After discovering that her sister Alex was safe, Carol arranged to meet her, while Nick Fury tried to recruit Carol to help address the threat he believed Superman and the Saiyan posed.

• Carol found her family’s home empty and used her pager to contact Nick Fury.
• Nick Fury received Carol’s message and secretly left S.H.I.E.L.D. to meet her at a hidden base.
• Carol demanded to know where her parents and sister were, and Nick Fury asked Coulson to investigate.
• Nick Fury learned that Alex headed the A.R.G.U.S. DEO, and Carol called her to arrange a meeting.
• Carol told Nick Fury she would handle family matters first, and he urged her to help deal with Superman and the Saiyan.

After fifteen years away, Carol returned to Earth and reunited with Alex and the Danvers family on Savage Island, where she learned Nick Fury had been tracking her phone. Jor-El exposed the device, leaving Carol suspicious of Fury’s claims about Clark and Robet.

• Nick Fury showed Carol footage of Clark and Robet’s destructive power and asked her to investigate them after she handled matters at home.
• Carol met Alex, learned their parents had adopted Kara, and flew with her toward the family’s new home on Savage Island.
• Carol entered Savage Island’s mist and was met by Robet, Clark, and Kara, who stopped when Alex explained that Carol was their older sister.
• Carol reunited with the Danvers family while Jor-El revealed that her phone contained a listening and positioning device that could not transmit through the island’s Subspace.
• Carol questioned Nick Fury’s motives after recognizing Clark as Superman, and Robet mockingly called him a “black marinated egg.”

Carol explained why Nick Fury had been monitoring her and learned that Clark and Robet were being treated as potential weapons by the authorities. She revealed that General Zod was alive in space, leaving Clark determined not to ignore the threat while Jor-El urged him not to seek Zod out.

• Carol explained that she had asked Nick Fury to help find her family, and Clark said Fury’s surveillance was likely a habit while he searched for information about Alex.
• Clark told Carol that Nick Fury and the authorities wanted to use him and Robet, and Carol advised them to keep a lower profile.
• Robet demonstrated his Transformation Technique, startling Carol, who initially mistook him for a Skrull before recognizing the difference.
• Carol described powerful groups in space and revealed that a Kryptonian mercenary squad led by General Zod was still active.
• Clark questioned whether he could set aside his father’s murder, and Jor-El urged him not to pursue Zod unless Zod came to Earth.
• Robet reassured Kara that he would stay with her, and Alex teased them before asking Carol to keep her company as another single person.

Carol stayed on Savage Island to help plan the families’ new base, then challenged Clark to a fight in space and discovered that he was far stronger than she was. After they returned to Earth, Carol reflected on how close she had come to being turned against her family and answered Clark’s questions about traveling through the universe.

• Nick Fury failed to contact Carol and sent people to approach Alex, but they made no progress because she did not trust them.
• Carol stayed on Savage Island to help Clark and Robet plan the new base, while Kara took Robet away to prevent him from challenging Carol.
• Carol challenged Clark to a fight, and they flew beyond the Solar System to battle in space.
• Carol activated Binary Form, but Clark’s attacks overwhelmed her and convinced her that she could not match his strength.
• Carol and Clark returned to Earth, where Carol said she was glad Nick Fury had not persuaded her to attack her family, and Clark asked how she navigated through space.

The Joker returned to Gotham empowered by Ghost Rider's hellfire and challenged Batman to a race to Arkham Asylum. The Joker won, leaving Batman to face the promised consequence: he planned to drive one of Arkham's new doctors insane.

• Constantine learned that hellfire had burned away someone's soul and suspected Mephisto was behind it, but he chose to investigate before contacting Robet.
• The Joker traveled toward Gotham in his hellfire-powered clown car, leaving several people dead after mistaking their character.
• Batman learned the Joker had returned and drove the Batmobile to confront him.
• The Joker challenged Batman to race to Arkham Asylum, wagering that he would go mad if Batman won and that he would target someone if he lost.
• Batman fired on the clown car, but the Joker's hellfire-powered vehicle survived and beat the flying Batmobile to Arkham Asylum.
• The Joker declared victory and threatened to make one of Arkham's new doctors insane.

The Joker entered the rebuilt Arkham Asylum, where his uncontrolled Penance Stare killed psychiatrist Elsie and deepened his suspicion that Mephisto’s contract had tied Ghost Rider’s power to hell. Batman confronted him with the Ikka Mask, but the Joker’s hellfire overwhelmed Batman’s dark energy, and their fight continued as Batman caught the Joker’s hellfire chain with a specially altered glove.

• The Joker blasted Batman’s Batmobile with hellfire and entered the rebuilt Arkham Asylum.
• The Joker seized psychiatrist Elsie and used the Penance Stare, forcing Elsie to relive the deaths he had caused as a child.
• The Joker killed Elsie when the Penance Stare exposed Elsie’s guilt, then questioned why he could not control the power and considered Mephisto’s contract.
• Batman arrived and sent Shadow Warriors after the Joker, but the Joker burned them away and dodged Batman’s attack.
• Batman put on the Ikka Mask and fought the Joker, whose hellfire overpowered Batman’s dark energy and destroyed parts of Arkham Asylum.
• The Joker shaped a chain with hellfire and struck at Batman, who caught it with a modified glove that briefly resisted the flames.

Batman fought Joker’s hellfire and survived the Penance Stare with help from the Ikka Mask, but Joker’s apparent death and resurrection tested Batman’s No-Kill Rule. Batman endured a vision of his parents’ murder, resisted the Penance Stare, and counterattacked Joker.

• Batman drained the force from Joker’s transforming chain and dragged him into close combat.
• Joker bound Batman and used the Penance Stare, but General Ika opened his eyes and took its effects through the Ikka Mask.
• Batman’s belt released a powerful blast that shattered Joker’s body, and Batman gathered the scattered remains in nets, unsure whether Joker was dead.
• Joker regenerated from his remains and activated the Penance Stare against Batman, sending him into a vision of his parents’ murder in a dark alley.
• Batman endured the vision, covered his face with the Ikka Mask, and punched Joker away before saying the attack might have worked if Joker were dead.

The Joker tried to break Batman by using Hellfire to destroy Arkham Asylum, but Batman evacuated the people inside with Shadow Warriors. The Joker escaped and threatened Gotham, while Batman prepared for his next attack and Mephisto appeared in the Joker’s path.

• The Joker resumed his attack on Batman with Hellfire, hoping to make Batman’s guilt expose him to the Penance Stare.
• Batman used Shadow Warriors to move Arkham Asylum’s patients and doctors to safety as the Joker destroyed the asylum.
• The Joker fled in his Joker Mobile after warning Batman that his next attack would be worse, and Batman ordered Gotham’s surveillance and defenses strengthened.
• Batman sent Shadow Warriors to search for the Joker and found General Ika still suffering from the Penance Stare’s effects.
• Mephisto appeared on the road, but the Joker Mobile passed through his powerless apparition as Mephisto continued to pursue him.

Joker kept Mephisto trailing him while Robet trained, and Nick Fury sent Coulson, Melinda, and Hawkeye Barton to bring Jocelyn in so he could use her connections to the extraordinary world. The attempt turned violent when Luke attacked the agents after seeing them escort Jocelyn, and Melinda fought back as Luke transformed into a Werewolf.

• Joker ignored Mephisto and tried to provoke him into using his power to attract the attention of a mysterious visitor.
• Batman waited uneasily for Joker to return to Gotham, while Robet focused on training and preparing to speak with Kara and Diana.
• Nick Fury contacted Jocelyn, learned that Clary had inherited her abilities, and sent agents to bring Jocelyn to him.
• Coulson, Melinda, and Hawkeye Barton arrived at Jocelyn's home, and Jocelyn agreed to accompany them after Coulson warned her about the risks of being seen with Nick Fury.
• Luke saw the agents escorting Jocelyn and charged at them, but Melinda struck him with her batons.
• Luke transformed into a Werewolf and attacked Melinda, whose baton flew away as his claws swung toward her head.

S.H.I.E.L.D. captured Jocelyn after Luke intervened and escaped badly wounded, then Luke reached Constantine’s magic base and told Clary what happened. Constantine located Jocelyn with Tracking Magic, but a blue glow stopped the Portal from opening just as Nick Fury called Clary.

• Hawkeye Barton’s explosive arrow and Melinda’s gunfire wounded Luke, while Jocelyn knocked Barton aside before Coulson subdued her and took her into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody.
• Coulson, Melinda, and Barton left with Jocelyn, and Barton and Coulson discussed the director’s plans to gather extraordinary fighters before forming the Avengers.
• Luke collapsed while fleeing and told the Werewolves who found him to seek Constantine, so they brought him through a Portal to Constantine’s base.
• Guardian healed Luke, and Luke told Clary that Jocelyn had been taken by three people who attacked him with an explosive arrow and bullets.
• Constantine used Tracking Magic to locate Jocelyn, but Nick Fury’s call reached Clary just as Guardian and Constantine tried to open a Portal to observe her.
• An eerie blue glow cut off the Portal, and Constantine said he would contact Robet.

Robet joined Clary and Constantine after a deep-blue energy field blocked the Guardian’s Portal, and they learned Nick Fury had Jocelyn at a secret base. The group found a way around the blockade by opening a Portal nearby and prepared to reach Nick Fury’s location.

• Robet left Kara and traveled to Constantine’s base after hearing that an unknown force had cut off the Portal.
• Clary suspected Nick Fury had taken Jocelyn, while Nick Fury ordered his agents to search for the injured Werewolf who had attacked them.
• Nick Fury contacted Clary and claimed Jocelyn was with him as a guest, then gave Clary the base’s address.
• The Guardian tried to open a Portal to the address, but deep-blue energy blocked it again.
• Robet suggested opening a Portal nearby instead, and the Guardian successfully created one without triggering the energy field.

Robet, Clary, and Constantine broke into Nick Fury’s underground base to find Jocelyn and investigate the energy disrupting their Portal. Robet discovered the energy came from behind a door in the central hall, rescued Jocelyn, and left Coulson down after striking him.

• Robet brought Clary and Constantine through a Portal to the wilderness above Nick Fury’s secret base, where he sensed Jocelyn underground.
• Robet cut through the base entrance with a ki blade, and Nick Fury assembled his private forces as the alarm sounded.
• Nick Fury recognized Clary and claimed Jocelyn had fainted after he invited her to talk, while Clary demanded to know what he had done to her mother.
• Robet sensed the deep-blue energy behind a small door after the Guardian’s Portal was cut off again, then rushed to pick up Jocelyn.
• Coulson fired a hidden weapon at Robet, who struck him into a wall; Hawkeye Barton lost sight of Robet, and Nick Fury tried to contact Carol with his Quantum Pager.

Robet investigated the faint blue energy in Nick Fury’s base and used Mind Reading on Hawkeye Barton to discover it came from a powerful cube. Carol arrived and stopped Clary’s fight with S.H.I.E.L.D., while Nick Fury realized Jocelyn’s partner was a werewolf.

• Carol received Nick Fury’s distress signal but struggled to decide how to respond without exposing her family’s identities.
• Robet entered the Central Control Core, caught Hawkeye Barton’s arrow, and restrained Barton after he warned that the faint blue energy could cause a catastrophic explosion.
• Robet read Hawkeye Barton’s memories and saw that the energy came from a powerful faint blue cube.
• Carol arrived and stopped Clary and Nick Fury’s forces from continuing their fight after Clary had overwhelmed his combat teams.
• Robet told Carol that Nick Fury had captured his friend’s mother and nearly killed his stepfather, and Nick Fury realized Jocelyn’s partner was a werewolf.

Robet and Clary left Nick Fury’s base after Clary rejected his offer and demanded that he stay away from her family. Carol warned Nick Fury to cooperate with powerful heroes instead of trying to control them, while Robet returned with Clary and Jocelyn to the Magic Base, where he healed Jocelyn and Luke.

• Nick Fury explained that he had meant no harm, but Clary refused his offer and told him to leave her family alone; Robet then asked about the dark-blue cube before leaving with Clary and Constantine.
• Nick Fury ordered his wounded treated and the dead buried, while Hawkeye Barton returned and admitted the Saiyan had immobilized him.
• Carol told Nick Fury that Superman and the Saiyan were protecting Earth in their own way and urged him to build good relationships with them, then disappeared before he could respond.
• Robet, Clary, and Constantine returned to the Magic Base, where Robet healed Jocelyn and Luke, and Jocelyn woke to find Clary and Luke safe.
• Constantine questioned the price of Robet’s healing ability, and Robet implied that using powerful abilities came with a cost.