Recaps

Shane defeated Mongul, uncovered Neron’s dealings and Kyle Rayner’s story, then returned to Earth as new threats and responsibilities gathered. He secured Constantine’s help with a Blood Pact and gave him the magical network core, while Constantine urged him to claim his divine authority.

• Shazam challenged Mongul and was knocked unconscious, so Shane and Jason prepared to act as Mongul offered Shane a chance to join him.
• Shane recalled Lobo’s warnings about Mongul’s Black Mercy and curios, then fought Mongul in the arena while buying time for his allies.
• Joker freed Mongul’s captives, allowing Shane to stab Mongul, but a Resurrection Seed revived the warlord and Neron took control of his body.
• Shane and his allies escaped the Black Mercy, and Neron revealed his deals with the group before leaving Mongul’s body and granting several requests.
• Kyle Rayner explained how Hal Jordan inherited Parallax’s memories and how the Guardians’ actions led to Oa’s destruction and the Corps’ losses.
• Shane learned that Hal had made Kyle’s ring inexhaustible and intended him to guide the survivors, while a new ring chose Jason instead of Shane.
• Shane made Mongul sign a Demon Pact forbidding attacks on Earth, then faced Atrocitus and returned to the Justice League with his companions.
• Constantine revealed that Neron needed one more deal to complete his ritual, and Shane negotiated a Blood Pact with him in the Olympian Realm in exchange for the magical network core.

Shane took a team into the Injustice Universe, where he investigated the forces influencing its heroes and helped the Resistance oppose Superman’s regime. The arc ended with Shane defeating Superman in a direct clash after the Spectre joined the regime and Superman attacked Shazam.

• Hermes brought Shane to Olympus, where Zeus named him Pausios and Athena explained that his authority made him the God of Ceasefire and Repose.
• Shane recruited Chronos, Mal, Mia, and Battle Beast for a mission, then retrieved Lobo and joined Zhou Zhanxie on a trip to the Injustice Universe.
• Shane and his group met the Resistance, but he left with Lobo to investigate the world and its apparent supernatural influence after Superman’s regime killed and terrorized its opponents.
• Shane met Doctor Fate and Constantine, learned that the universe’s people were being influenced by a supreme being, and refused Constantine’s plan to draw out Trigon by kidnapping Raven.
• Shane recruited Felix Faust, Enchantress, Morgana Le Fay, and other dangerous allies for the Resistance, then helped move them into the House of Mystery while they searched for Raven and weakened Superman’s regime.
• The Spectre attacked the House of Mystery, but Shane used Kyle Rayner’s Green Lantern ring to drive off an unknown phantom controlling him.
• The Spectre revealed the Resistance’s location to Injustice Superman and seized Shazam, but Shane intervened when Superman attacked Shazam.
• Shane rescued Shazam, put on a Green Lantern ring, and overpowered Injustice Superman, smashing him into a barren mountain.

Shane defeated Injustice Superman, helped free the world from a hidden demonic influence, and prepared to return home while supporting the Resistance. Before leaving, he joined a Phantom Zone rescue mission and discovered that the Phantom King was building an organized force to escape.

• Shane defeated Injustice Superman, who died after speaking with him, but The Spectre attacked Shane before Mr. Mxyzptlk was driven from its body.
• Shane and Rachel helped Raven expel Trigon, then Shane remained in the Injustice Universe as the Resistance celebrated his victory.
• Shane visited the Fortress of Solitude, obtained kryptonite and a power-enhancing mineral, and later helped Chronos develop armor against dimensional interference.
• Shane woke Diana and discovered that his punches restored people’s clarity, leading him to free Injustice Batman, Damian, Flash, and hundreds of others from a demonic influence.
• Deadwing warned Shane that the world was a tampered testing ground, and Shane suspected the Dark Knights were connected to its hidden threat.
• Shane helped the alliances develop a passage between worlds and an Improved Superman Pill, while Rachel and Injustice Raven made their choices about returning home and rescuing the Teen Titans.
• Shane entered the Phantom Zone with Mal, Mia, and the Ravens, where they encountered Blue Phantoms and met Mon-El.
• Mon-El explained his imprisonment and the Phantom King’s pursuit of his scientific knowledge, and Shane realized the Phantom King planned to escape with an organized following.

Shane confronted the Phantom King in the Phantom Zone, resisted a corrupted Lantern ring, and uncovered conflicting accounts of Mon-El’s past before sealing a breach from the Dark Multiverse. Back in the Main Universe, he reunited Superman with Mon-El and accepted new missions from Batman, including apprehending Constantine.

• Shane and Mon-El led Mal and Mia to the Phantom King’s castle, where the Phantom King revealed his face was identical to Mon-El’s and battled Shane across the Red Continent.
• Shane’s Green Lantern ring transformed into a corrupted Dawn Phantom Lantern, and the Phantom King revealed that he was the Mon-El Mon-El had discarded.
• As the corruption overwhelmed Shane, he used a Yellow Lantern ring to open a passage through hypertime, and Emperor Zhent helped him enter Mon-El’s memories.
• Shane heard conflicting accounts of Mon-El’s past, destroyed the tampered lantern and ring, anchored his memories with mental power, and sealed the Dark Multiverse breach.
• Shane returned with the Teen Titans, attended a superhero party, and agreed to serve as an outside enemy for Batman and Superman while they helped Tim and Conner reconnect with their families.
• Shane visited Superman’s family and helped Superman and Supergirl enter the Phantom Zone, where Ethel explained that Mr. Mxyzptlk was absorbing the zone’s weakness and the Dark Multiverse’s refuse.
• Batman gave Shane a list of missions to protect Earth, and Shane chose to apprehend Constantine for exploiting the Omnidimensional Magic Defense Network.