Chapter Summaries

Shane staged a Viltrumite attack to test the Teen Titans, but Shazam’s reckless charge disrupted his plan and left him improvising a fight with Superman. As the Justice League arrived, the Titans began discussing how to help, while Superman and Shane continued battling in the sky.

• Shazam intercepted Shane before he could strike Blue Beetle, then charged into the mountain tunnel and was knocked unconscious.
• Superman arrived and learned from Tim that the attacker was near the mountain; Shane emerged carrying Shazam.
• Rachel secretly gave Shane a Green Crystal, and he used a Viltrumite persona to tell Superman that Zhent was his younger brother and that he intended to kill Earth’s allies.
• Superman attacked Shane, who forced his guard open with an uppercut, and the two continued fighting in the sky.
• The Justice League arrived, and Tim and Green Arrow began coordinating the Titans, who had few people able to support Superman in the air.

Barry Allen and Wally West coordinated their speed to protect the Justice League and Teen Titans from Shane, a Viltrumite who overpowered Superman and Cyborg. Shane kept his strength in reserve while the teams fought under mounting pressure, and the battle continued without casualties.

• Shane struck Superman from the sky, and Barry and Wally caught him with a field of Speed Force lightning.
• Barry warned Wally that a Viltrumite had killed another version of him and insisted they coordinate rather than engage alone.
• Shane tore off one of Cyborg’s replacement arms, but a Flash rescued him before Shane could finish the attack.
• The two Flashes repeatedly saved the heroes from Shane’s strikes, helping the Justice League and Teen Titans work together.
• Shane attacked at roughly sixty or seventy percent strength while the heroes pushed themselves to their limits, and the battle continued without casualties.

Shane used a staged Viltrumite battle to push himself from roughly sixty or seventy percent of his strength to eighty percent, while the heroes believed they were fighting a real invader. Diana recognized his familiar fighting moves and exposed the deception, leaving Superman holding Shane as she prepared to confront him.

• Superman and Kara joined the fight, and Wally West used vibrational tunneling to take the kryptonite fragments from Shane.
• Superman struck Shane hard enough to break most of his neck bones, but Shane healed, revealed that he had grown stronger, and resumed fighting.
• Shane claimed Viltrum had fifty billion people and threatened that Earth would be marked for conquest, frightening Green Arrow and causing Blue Beetle to faint.
• Diana arrived, revived Shazam with the Six Gods' Blessing, and led the heroes in another assault on Shane.
• Diana recognized Shane's habitual punches and kicks, called him out, and put away her sword as Superman grabbed him when he tried to escape.

Shane reunited with the Teen Titans and explained that his brutal test was meant to prepare them for an approaching threat. He warned the heroes that Darkseid could destroy Shane’s homeworld and every Viltrumite on it with a single finger.

• Superman and the Teen Titans greeted Shane with an exuberant group hug, and Shane teleported everyone away when Shazam crashed into the ground.
• Green Arrow tried to talk with Firestorm, then asked whether Ronnie could let Martin take control so they could speak.
• Shane explained the purpose of his test, and Shazam complained about his injuries while Kara defended the exercise.
• Shane introduced Apokolips and Darkseid as a danger greater than the Viltrumites, and Wally’s reaction prompted Barry to understand the threat as well.
• Shane said Darkseid in his true form could destroy his homeworld and every Viltrumite on it with one finger, leaving the heroes aghast.

Shane warned the Justice League that Darkseid and the Dark Elite Corps remained a threat, so the team planned to strengthen Earth's defenses and contact the Green Lantern Corps. After Batman vanished and could not be found, Shane and Shazam left for Oa to seek Green Lantern.

• Shane explained how he had killed Vundabar and shattered Apokolips, but warned that Darkseid's forces remained in the universe and could attack again.
• Wally West recalled that Darkseid had beaten Superman to death through sheer strength, prompting Superman and the others to recognize the threat's scale.
• Green Arrow proposed preparing Earth's defenses and teaming up with the Green Lantern Corps to eliminate the Dark Elite Corps.
• Superman, Kara, Barry, and Wally searched Earth and the Solar System for Batman but found no trace of him.
• Shane and Cyborg exchanged gifts, with Shane receiving a device that could locate the Green Lantern Corps headquarters on Oa.
• Shane and Shazam set off into deep space to find Green Lantern.

Shane recorded the Solar System’s signal structure before setting off with Shazam for Oa, while they discussed Mia’s unusual viral infection. Shazam struggled to endure faster-than-light travel, and Shane stopped on an asteroid to help him recover; they were only a third of the way to Oa.

• Shane asked Shazam about Mia, who had developed an unusual viral pattern after the Amazo virus and another virus interacted in her body.
• Shane used Cyborg’s recorder to transfer the Solar System’s signal data into the Mother Box before leaving with Shazam for Oa.
• Shane accelerated them into faster-than-light transit, and Shazam became terrified by the darkness and loss of his senses.
• Shazam accidentally let go of Shane, who caught him and dropped out of transit onto a nearby asteroid.
• Shazam recovered after more than ten minutes, and Shane told him they had completed only a third of the journey.

Shane and Shazam searched for Oa and discovered that the Green Lantern Corps’ headquarters had been almost entirely destroyed. They began searching the surrounding region for survivors and clues about the catastrophe.

• Shane split the journey into three jumps and gave Shazam rest stops so he could recover from space travel.
• Shane and Shazam reached Oa’s coordinates but found no planet or green light, so they searched the region separately.
• Shazam found a moon-sized fragment, and Shane uncovered ruined artificial structures beneath its rocky surface.
• Shane used the Mother Box to confirm the fragment was debris from Oa, whose main body had been completely disintegrated.
• Shazam urged Shane to look for survivors, and they agreed to search nearby and learn when and how Oa had been destroyed.

Shane used the Mother Box to scan Oa for Hal Jordan and reconstructed a brief image of Hal firing his Power Ring. As Shane and Shazam investigated the scene, a strange planet appeared to be drawn toward them by the Mother Box's signal.

• Shane got the Mother Box working by striking it and using voice recognition to search for Hal Jordan.
• The Mother Box detected Hal's Green Lantern energy across Oa's fragment, with the strongest signal coming from a crater.
• Shane and Shazam watched a reconstruction of Hal firing an energy attack into the sky and noticed he appeared to be alone.
• Shane ordered the Mother Box to expand its reconstruction, and its projection revealed a crescent-shaped region before shutting down.
• Shane and Shazam spotted a planet moving toward them in strange jumps and suspected the Mother Box's signal had attracted it.

Shane and Shazam encountered Warworld, where Shane secretly infiltrated the planet while Shazam drew the warriors’ attention and was captured. Shane recognized the planet as Mongul’s mobile arena and considered the danger posed by Mongul and his powerful devices.

• Shane and Shazam watched a massive steel planet open its doors and send aliens toward their fragment of Oa.
• Shazam used Solomon’s wisdom to understand the aliens, while Shane pretended to be knocked unconscious and secretly replaced himself with a Generic Body.
• Shane infiltrated the steel planet as Shazam fought off dozens of warriors before allowing himself to be captured.
• The aliens restrained Shazam and fitted a collar around his neck, knocking him unconscious as Shane watched from hiding.
• Shane identified the planet as Warworld and recognized that Mongul’s strength and collection of dangerous devices made him a serious threat.

Shane infiltrated Warworld while its aliens dismantled the fragment of Oa, studying their language, technology, and hierarchy. After the aliens mistook his soulless Generic Body for a gladiator, he followed Shazam and the body toward a special corridor and planned to investigate Mongul’s strength and treasures before acting.

• Shane used Rachel’s shadow magic to hide on a mechanical claw and watched Warworld’s aliens scan and dismantle the fragment of Oa.
• Shane noticed that collared fighters served as gladiators while the uncollared shit-yellow aliens appeared to outrank them.
• The aliens picked up Shane’s motionless Generic Body, then scanned it and put a gladiator collar around its neck.
• Shane deciphered much of the aliens’ everyday language and followed the unconscious Shazam and the Generic Body through a special corridor.
• Shane decided to locate Mongul’s treasures, assess his strength, and investigate whether Warworld’s inhabitants knew why Oa had been destroyed.

Shane explored Warworld and tried to use Shazam to provoke Mongul, but Shazam’s collar repeatedly knocked him unconscious. The chapter ended as new prisoners arrived, including a strangely familiar man who paused by Shane’s hiding place.

• Shane discovered that Shazam’s collar injected a drug that repeatedly knocked him unconscious, though it did not prevent him from using his powers.
• Shane proposed that Shazam cause a rampage to draw Mongul out, and Shazam agreed before passing out again while trying to bend the cell bars.
• Shane reconsidered the plan and weighed the risks of searching Warworld for Mongul and his treasure vault alone.
• New prisoners were brought past Shane’s hiding place, and a man in purple trousers paused to call himself Shane’s new roommate.

Shane discovered Jason, Wilson, and Joker imprisoned together on Warworld and learned that a Green Lantern ring had brought them there while they searched for Batman. He asked Jason for the ring so they could return to Earth.

• Shane watched Jason, Wilson, and Joker in their cells and realized Batman might also be on Warworld.
• Shane revealed himself to the prisoners, startling Joker and Wilson before Jason recognized him.
• Jason explained that he had tracked down Joker and Wilson, but spared Joker after she protected Wilson, and the three began searching for Batman together.
• Jason recounted that Joker led them to a concealed Green Lantern ring in a Batcave, and the ring transported them from Earth after receiving a distress signal.
• Shane stopped Jason's account and asked him to hand over the Green Lantern ring so they could return to Earth.

Shane received a damaged Green Lantern ring and reconsidered whether Batman might have gone to Oa before its destruction. After Joker escaped her cell and proposed finding Batman, Shane and the others faced the question of whether to join her search.

• Shane told Jason he had come to find a Green Lantern, and Jason handed him a battered, depleted Power Ring.
• Joker refused to return home until she found Batman, and Jason decided he would stay too.
• Shazam said he had spotted Batman's Batarang in Shane's simulated images of Oa, prompting Shane to reason that Batman might have gone there seeking a ring to revive him.
• Shane, Jason, Shazam, and Wilson discussed looking for Batman as an alien approached the cells.
• Joker stole the alien guard's shock baton, escaped her cell, and invited everyone to join the Find the Bat Squad.
• Shane applauded Joker's escape, while Jason asked who Shazam was.

Joker attacked the Alien Guards, creating chaos that Shane used to launch an escape from the cell block. Shane freed Jason and Shazam, sent Wilson into the Shadow Dimension, and disguised himself as an alien while Jason and Shazam prepared to cause more trouble.

• Joker left the cell block and attacked the stationed Alien Guards, drawing the guards away and provoking reinforcements.
• As the reinforcements approached, Shane tore off Jason's restraint collar and broke through the wall into Shazam's neighboring cell.
• Shane freed Shazam, while Jason carried Wilson and tossed him into the Shadow Dimension with Rachel's help.
• Shazam knocked the charging aliens unconscious with lightning, and Shane told Jason and Shazam to follow Joker's lead and cause chaos.
• Shane used Rachel's Shadow Magic to disguise himself as one of the unconscious aliens.

Shane sent Shazam and Jason deeper into the prison to create chaos while he disguised himself as a critically wounded guard. The reinforcements carried him toward Warworld’s medical facilities, giving him a chance to enter its core area.

• Jason armed himself with weapons taken from the unconscious guards, explaining that he preferred not to use his superpowers.
• Shazam and Jason charged into the corridor to distract Warworld’s defenses while Shane scanned the area for surveillance and alarms.
• Shane sent the charred alien corpse into the Shadow Dimension, where Rachel destroyed it and altered his disguise to appear gravely injured.
• A larger squad of alien reinforcements arrived and ordered the wounded guards, including Shane, taken to medical pods.
• Shane pretended to be helpless as the soldiers carried him out of the prison block and deeper into Warworld.

Shane recovered from his staged injuries aboard Warworld and learned from a hypnotized Mongolian Star veteran about Mongul, the Kryptonian healing sphere, and the location of the treasury. After the doctor sent him to hunt the escaped prisoners, Shane planned to head for the treasury instead, while the veteran revealed Mongul’s new treasure had accelerated the capture of fighters for a grand gladiatorial tournament.

• Shane received a Kryptonian Body Molecule Repair Sphere and learned that it could heal even severe injuries.
• With Rachel’s Soul Magic, Shane questioned an elderly Mongolian Star veteran and learned about Mongul’s followers, his conquests, and the location of the treasury.
• The veteran explained that Mongul mainly plundered treasures and captured powerful fighters for arena battles.
• Rachel removed Shane’s fake injuries, and the doctor ordered him to help catch the escaped prisoners.
• Shane left the Medical Bay intending to avoid the hunt and sneak into Mongul’s treasury, while the veteran revealed that a new treasure had helped Mongul gather fighters for a major tournament.

Shane and Rachel reached Mongul’s Vault by sneaking through the Shadow Dimension, but a woman inside detected them and confronted Shane. She identified herself as Mongul’s daughter and dismissed him as a coward, leaving Shane facing an unexpected opponent in the dark vault.

• Shane considered charging the guards or sneaking into the vault, then chose to rely on Rachel’s magic.
• Rachel guided Shane through the guards’ shadows and slipped them between the vault’s metal doors during a shift change.
• Inside the dark vault, Shane sensed someone watching their hiding place, and lights revealed a woman standing beside the display cases.
• The woman said Mongul had warned her about a powerful warrior entering Warworld, then mocked Shane for sending weaker helpers and hiding in the shadows.

Shane assessed Mongul’s vault and arranged for Rachel to create a dark mist while he concealed his strength from Mongul’s daughter. Elsewhere, Mongul ambushed Shazam and Jason with help from a mysterious dual-ring wielder, leaving them trapped.

• Shane noticed that the Reversal Cube and Black Mercy were missing from Mongul’s vault and suspected Mongul had kept them or used them up.
• Mongul’s daughter taunted Shane, but he warned Rachel not to attack because Mongul might be testing him and could use a cosmic artifact against them.
• Shane and Rachel decided to seek help, and Rachel began working her magic as Shane spread dark mist through the vault.
• Shazam and Jason fought through Warworld’s Alien Guards until Mongul appeared, and Jason stopped Shazam from attacking before they retreated.
• Mongul’s red-and-green energy attack pinned Shazam and Jason against the corridor walls, and a stranger wearing green and red Power Rings emerged beside him.

Shane arrived in the Warworld arena and faced Mongul’s second-ranked gladiator, Lobo. After Shane shattered Lobo’s glass cage and killed the alien beauties inside, an enraged Lobo charged him, and the two crashed through the arena walls.

• The dual-ring Lantern overwhelmed Jason and Shazam until Mongul’s Daughter crashed through a wall, followed by Shane in a Viltrum combat uniform.
• Mongul’s Daughter reported Shane’s strength as 7.8 Mongolian Units, and Mongul offered him a chance to fight his second-ranked gladiator.
• Mongul revealed Lobo lounging inside a transparent cage, and Lobo taunted Shane with lewd remarks.
• Shane shattered the cage with a punch, killing the alien beauties inside, and Lobo flew into a rage.
• Lobo charged Shane, and the two smashed through four alloy walls before disappearing from view.

Shane fought Lobo on Warworld, but Lobo’s immortality made defeating him through brute force difficult. Elsewhere, Mongul offered Jason and Shazam places among his Top Eight Gladiators, and they had yet to accept.

• Shane questioned Lobo about serving Mongul, but Lobo attacked and trapped him with a chain.
• Shane overpowered Lobo, slammed him into the floor, and crushed his throat, but Lobo regenerated and drove Shane headfirst into the metal floor.
• Shane realized Lobo’s healing made him nearly impossible to subdue through hand-to-hand combat alone.
• Mongul praised Jason and Shazam’s strength and offered them the vacant fourth and fifth seats among his gladiators.
• Mongul promised Jason and Shazam privileges and freedom in their spare time, while Jason rejected the idea of becoming a gladiator.