Chapter Summaries

Shane returned to Earth with Kyle and the others, and the Justice League sorted out their new arrivals and the trouble they had brought back. Constantine then appeared, furious that he could smell someone he knew and that several people had made a deal with Him.

• Kyle planned to split up the group, but Shane caught up with them, covered in Red Lantern energy after defeating Atrocitus and the Red Lanterns.
• Kyle sent Joker back to Gotham while Wilson Morgan traveled with the group to the Justice League.
• Nightwing, Superman, Cyborg, Diana, and the other League members reacted to the returning group, including Jason, Amazo, Lobo, and Shazam.
• Zatanna agreed to look after Wilson and investigate whether a spell could lead Darkseid to him.
• Shane gave Lobo a million-dollar bank card to keep him occupied, then absorbed the last of the Red Lantern energy clinging to him.
• Shazam revealed that Shane had spared Mongul, and Constantine arrived demanding to know what Shane and the others had done in space and who had made a deal with Him.

Shane and Jason learned from Constantine that Neron’s deals were part of a ritual Constantine had helped perfect, allowing Neron to target Earth. Constantine had tried to restrict Neron’s access to the real world, but Shane and Jason realized Mongul’s Black Mercy had triggered Neron’s arrival.

• Shane and Jason dragged Constantine away from the Hall of Justice and asked what he knew about Neron.
• Constantine explained that Neron had once tried to gain power through a ritual involving soul contracts, and showed them his gold coin beside their silver ones.
• Constantine revealed that he had unknowingly helped Neron simplify the ritual, shifting its focus from souls to transactions and reducing the required deals to six.
• Constantine said he had later worked with the First of the Fallen to restrict Neron’s movements between Hell and the real world.
• Shane and Jason recalled that Neron had appeared when Black Mercy multiplied, then blamed Mongul for triggering the conditions.

Shane weighed Constantine’s warning that Neron was close to completing his ritual, then accepted responsibility for the Omnidimensional Magic Defense Network after the Justice League magicians entrusted its core to him. As new crises arrived, Diana told him that Olympus was ready for him to claim his divine office and authority.

• Constantine asked Shane for command of the Omnidimensional Magic Defense Network, its authority token, and permission to modify it, warning that Neron needed only one more deal to finish his ritual.
• Shane spoke privately with Zatanna, then briefed Superman and Diana on Constantine’s warning while the Justice League magicians discussed the network.
• Shane confided his mounting stress to Rachel, who reminded him that responsibility came with living and interacting with the world.
• Zatanna introduced Ragman, who gave Shane the network’s rusted core and said the magicians would follow his orders because Batman trusted him.
• Cyborg told Shane that Hal’s coordinates pointed to another universe, and Diana said Olympus was ready for him to claim his divine office and authority.

Shane agreed to travel to another universe to help deal with Neron, but demanded that Constantine pay him with the House of Mystery for the magical network core. Constantine rejected the terms and threatened to let Neron have the world.

• Superman and Wonder Woman showed Shane the Justice League’s overwhelming backlog, and Shane agreed to develop inter-universe travel equipment and recruit teammates.
• Nightwing dragged Jason toward the conference room while Shane escaped the Hall of Justice and found Constantine waiting outside.
• Shane told Constantine he would hand over the magical network core only in exchange for something valuable.
• Constantine offered his lighter and then ruled out Zatanna, but Shane demanded the House of Mystery instead.
• Shane proposed transferring the House of Mystery to him in the Olympian Realm with Hermes as witness, and Constantine refused, threatening to abandon the world to Neron.

Shane forced Constantine to help him acquire the Old Lock Core, then brought him to the Divine Realm, where Hermes warned that Constantine’s magic and knowledge made him dangerous. After they sealed a Blood Pact, Constantine hinted that Shane’s future divine identity held a secret they needed to discuss.

• Shane restrained Constantine and demanded his help, then tried to contact Diana, who told him to come to the Olympian Realm himself.
• A lightning bolt transported Shane and Constantine to the Divine Realm, where Hermes attacked Constantine before Shane explained the situation.
• Hermes warned Shane that Constantine carried traces of magic from at least twelve sources, and Constantine hinted that Hermes coveted Shane’s body and knew secrets about Olympus’s magic.
• Hermes upgraded Constantine’s proposed contract into a Blood Pact, and Shane used a piece of Constantine’s severed leg to secure it.
• Shane gave Constantine the Old Lock Core, and Constantine urged Shane to find him after gaining his divine authority so they could discuss Shane’s new identity.

Hermes led Shane to Mount Olympus, where the gods welcomed him as a newly born god and he resisted the temptation to ascend fully into the Divine Domain. Athena explained that Shane’s divine name was Pausios, the God of Ceasefire and Repose, and the celebration continued as Hercules invited him to eat.

• Hermes brought Shane to Olympus, where Zeus and nearly a hundred gods welcomed him with a grand celebration.
• Shane felt he could enter the Divine Domain and gain immense power, but Rachel quietly warned him, and he stopped himself.
• Zeus called Shane Pausios and said his divine name came from his authority, leaving Shane confused.
• Athena explained that Shane’s authority made him the God of Ceasefire and Repose, the natural opposite of war and discord.
• Athena welcomed Shane to visit Olympus, while Hercules offered him roast beef and invited him to join the feast.

Shane fled an Olympian feast and began choosing companions for a trip to the Otherworld. At the Titans Base, he discovered Chronos had turned his ruined armor into a device to help Mia and decided to compensate him for destroying it.

• Shane escaped the gods’ party after the Hesperides sisters and other goddesses invited him to join them, then returned to Earth and reassured Rachel about his interest in Nyx.
• Shane considered taking Jason or Shazam to the Otherworld, but Jason was unavailable and Diana had taken Shazam for a checkup, so he decided to bring Battle Beast.
• Shane arrived at the Titans Base and found Chronos working on a Space-Time Stabilizer while Mal and Mia watched.
• Mal explained that Chronos’s device regulated Mia’s condition as the remnants of three viruses caused random mutations in her body.
• Chronos told Shane that he had built the stabilizer from the armor Shane had crushed, and Shane offered him a mission and Cosmic Curios as compensation.

Shane selected teammates for an otherworld mission, giving Chronos equipment to help repair his armor and agreeing to take Mal and Mia after they demonstrated their combat gear. He left to find Constantine and bring Lobo back.

• Chronos eagerly accepted a place on the mission, and Shane offered him weapons and cosmic artifacts he had collected.
• Chronos chose Titan's flaming scepter and the Dimension-Reversing Cube to study and use in repairing his armor.
• Mal and Mia asked Shane to join the mission, and Mia explained that her condition was stable with regular injections.
• Mal and Mia revealed their Queen Industries Bionic Power Armor and demonstrated its combat capabilities and weapons.
• Shane agreed to take Mal and Mia, warned them not to tell Kara casually, and left to visit Constantine and retrieve Lobo.

Shane took control of the House of Mystery from Constantine and learned that the Olympian gods coveted his ability to contain Primordial Cosmic Power. After cleaning the sanctuary, he returned to Earth and checked on the cross-universe travel device and Battle Beast’s whereabouts.

• Constantine offered Shane information about the Olympian gods in exchange for ownership of the House of Mystery, but Shane refused and invoked the binding contract.
• Shane used his ceasefire authority to calm Constantine, who explained that Shane could contain Primordial Cosmic Power and help the Olympian Realm escape its limits.
• Constantine realized Shane had influenced his emotions, grew furious, and was forced to leave the House of Mystery.
• Shane reflected on the gods’ interest in his body, then used magic to clean and restore the House of Mystery.
• Shane returned to Earth and contacted Cyborg, who said the travel device needed another half day of calibration and that Lobo was in Miami, Florida.

Shane arrived in Miami to find Lobo at a bar and met Zhou Zhanxie, who was investigating the growing connection between Earth and the Underworld. Their discussion was interrupted when Lobo hurled a human challenger through several walls.

• Shane watched a livestream of Lobo spending his million dollars at the Dirty Rabbit Bar, then headed there at his own pace.
• Outside the bar, Shane spotted government operatives and United Nations teams monitoring Lobo, including Zhou Zhanxie.
• Shane and Zhou Zhanxie spoke in the shade, and Zhou used a talisman to reveal the faint aura of Hell.
• Zhou explained that the Underworld dimension had been contacting Earth more often, and Shane considered telling her about Neron's plans.
• A drunk bodybuilder challenged Lobo over a woman, and Lobo threw him through several walls.

Shane took Rob away after he wrecked a bar, then kept him under supervision while preparing a mission to another universe. A message from Batman revealed that Superman had become a tyrant, and Shane learned that Batman wanted Lois and Clark’s parents brought as support.

• Shane calmed Rob and had him leave the bar, promising to cover the damage and the injured man’s treatment.
• Rob asked about the mission’s pay, and Shane reminded him that he still owed more than two million dollars before hauling him away.
• Zhou Zhanxie decided to investigate the Underworld business on her own after Shane left with Rob.
• Shane confined Rob to his side and made him help train the Teen Titans for two days.
• Cyborg told Shane that Batman had requested help from a dangerous universe where Superman ruled as a dictator.
• Shane learned that Batman suggested bringing reporter Lois and Clark’s parents from the farm.

Shane agreed to let Zhou Zhanxie join the team, while Cyborg said they still had to wait. In another universe, Batman’s resistance neared victory over Superman’s regime, but Carol Ferris disobeyed orders as Sinestro prepared to exploit the chaos.

• Zhou Zhanxie arrived at the teleportation platform and requested to join Shane’s upcoming activities to evaluate the Justice League.
• Shane accepted Zhou Zhanxie’s participation but said he would not babysit her, and Cyborg told the group they still had to wait.
• The Green Lantern Corps and Batman’s Resistance Army fought Superman’s Regime across Earth and space while Batman monitored the battle from a secret fortress.
• Batman urged his allies to wait despite their apparent advantage, but Carol Ferris launched a fighter to confront Hal Jordan.
• Sinestro watched Superman weaken from the kryptonite bullet and saw the battle’s chaos as an opportunity to corrupt him.

Sinestro’s plan restored Tyrant Superman’s powers and cost Black Canary her life, while Batman from Shane’s Universe summoned reinforcements through a dimensional portal. Shane arrived alive, but Zhou Zhanxie sensed the scent of Hell on Earth, halting his attempt to take Batman home.

• Carol confronted Hal Jordan, and Sinestro’s allies helped strip Hal of his Green Lantern ring before Sinestro offered him a Yellow Lantern ring to save her.
• Sinestro’s hidden ring found Tyrant Superman, who regained his strength and killed Black Canary with heat vision.
• Batman from Shane’s Universe left the Resistance Base and used his signal device to open a portal to his own universe.
• Shane, Battle Beast, Zhou Zhanqian, Mal, Mia, and an armored stranger emerged through the portal, startling Batman.
• Shane tried to take Batman back through the portal, but Zhou Zhanxie sensed the scent of Hell on Earth, making Shane stop and ask if she was sure.

Shane and his companions joined the Resistance Army in the Injustice Universe as Superman’s yellow-lantern power turned the conflict back in his favor. The Resistance base prepared to evacuate, while Shane judged that the local Batman’s attachment to his allies was compromising his decisions.

• Shane questioned Zhou Zhanxie about Hell’s corruption across multiple universes, then closed the portal after relaying a message to Cyborg in his own universe.
• The Resistance Army’s Batman confronted the younger Batman for attracting attention to the base, while Shane asked him to explain the world’s situation.
• The Resistance Army’s Batman told Shane that Superman had not yet reached his true upper limit, then led the group into the base as the allies prepared to evacuate.
• The Resistance Army’s Batman explained that Shane’s group had been scattered across universes and that only Batman had arrived in the Injustice Universe.
• Commissioner Gordon used a Superman Pill to restrain Cyborg and damage his quantum computer, but his cancer left him unable to escape.
• Yellow-lantern Superman restored his regime’s advantage and hunted the Resistance Army, while Catwoman confirmed she was safe and the local Batman resumed directing the evacuation.

Shane offered to rescue the Injustice Batman’s allies, but Batman refused and insisted he would confront Superman himself. Lobo fought Yellow Lantern Superman while Zhou Zhanxie studied the world’s aura of Hell, leaving Shane to watch and wait for the conflict to worsen.

• Shane offered to rescue the Injustice Batman’s allies, but Batman doubted Shane could face an enraged Superman and declined his offer.
• Shane warned Zhou Zhanxie to study the aura of Hell, while Lobo volunteered to fight Yellow Lantern Superman and left the Resistance Army’s base with an earpiece.
• Shane watched footage of Yellow Lantern Superman massacring Green Lanterns, while Zhou Zhanxie, Mal, and Mia observed the battle.
• Lobo arrived, pulled Yellow Lantern Superman away from the Green Lanterns, and began trading blows with him.
• Shane offered to kill Superman, but the Injustice Batman refused, saying he had to set Superman right himself.

Rob struck Injustice Superman down, but Superman’s Yellow Lantern ring unleashed a burst of fear energy that killed civilians across the city and was broadcast live worldwide. Shane flew to confront him, while Superman blamed Rob for the deaths and his Yellow Lantern persona began to take hold.

• Rob punched Injustice Superman in the eye and slammed him into the city.
• Injustice Superman used his Yellow Lantern ring to stop his fall, but his fear-fueled energy killed people across the city.
• The Resistance Army’s Batman revealed that Superman’s actions had been broadcast live, and members feared that he had become unstoppable.
• Shane left the Secret Base and flew toward Superman, sensing the Yellow Lantern energy and determined to prevent another Parallax from emerging.
• Injustice Superman blamed Rob for the deaths as Rob wiped away a nosebleed and remained unconcerned.

Yellow Lantern Superman brutalized Lobo and tried to throw him into the Sun, but Shane intervened and overpowered him. Shane questioned the weakness of Superman’s allies and the nature of his regime, leaving Superman stunned and Lobo rescued.

• Yellow Lantern Superman pummeled Lobo and threatened to throw him into the Sun after the ring drew a flicker of fear from him.
• Hal Jordan, now wearing a Yellow Lantern ring, tried to stop Superman, but backed down when Superman rebuked him.
• Shane appeared and blocked Superman, explaining that Lobo was his employee and team member.
• Superman attacked Shane, but Shane caught his punch, kicked him away, and took Lobo from his grip.
• Shane warned Superman that stronger beings could expose his regime as a joke and questioned whether his followers truly supported him or merely feared him.

Shane left Superman and Hal as they began regretting their actions, only to hear them blame Batman and the Resistance. He then took Rob with him to investigate the world, leaving the others at the Resistance’s new base, where Batman reassured Mal and Mia about Shane’s departure.

• Superman apologized to Hal, then grew distraught after learning John Stewart was missing and a Green Lantern ring had been found damaged.
• Superman and Hal blamed Batman and the Resistance for the deaths, and Shane abandoned his hope that they would change their ways.
• Shane used Zhou Zhanxie’s talisman message to locate the relocated Resistance base, retrieved Rob, and asked him to travel with him without the children or Batman.
• Shane and Rob agreed to investigate the world on their own, while the Resistance group realized Shane had left them behind.
• Batman told Mal and Mia that Shane was worried about them and did not know how to interact with them.

Shane and Rob searched Salem City for Doctor Fate, then used an Ankh Life Symbol to contact him. They arrived in the Tower of Fate in the middle of his attempt to set up Green Arrow and Black Canary, and Shane mistook the pair for possible Doctor Fate candidates.

• Shane and Rob searched Salem City for Doctor Fate but found only a religious group mourning fallen superheroes, where an old woman told them about her grandson's death fighting the Regime.
• Rob listened to the old woman's story and gave her money, then admitted to Shane that he had stolen wallets to get Earth currency.
• Rachel suggested using their Doctor Fate's Ankh Life Symbol to contact this world's Doctor Fate, and Shane channeled his divine power through it.
• In the Tower of Fate, Doctor Fate tried to bring together a Green Arrow and a Black Canary who had each lost their partner in another universe.
• Shane and Rob emerged in the Tower of Fate, where Shane mistook Green Arrow and Black Canary for possible identities of Doctor Fate before Doctor Fate announced himself behind them.

Shane met Khalid Nassour, the eighth Doctor Fate, who explained that both of them were caught in a supreme being’s arrangement of fate. Khalid confirmed that everyone in his universe, including Batman, had been affected by something wrong with their minds.

• Khalid removed the Helmet of Fate, introduced himself as Kent Nelson’s successor, and explained that Nabu could no longer control him at will.
• Khalid said he had foreseen an unusual visitor who might help the universe escape its predicament, but urged Shane to leave and defy the supreme being’s expectations.
• Khalid revealed that his efforts to withdraw from the world had failed, and that saving Black Canary had left a passage open for Shane to enter the mage tower.
• Shane asked whether powerful beings such as the Divine Domain and Fifth-Dimensional Beings were beyond the supreme being’s reach, and Khalid said his vision suggested they were also subject to its influence.
• Shane asked whether people in the universe seemed mentally affected, and Khalid confirmed that everyone, even Batman, had been affected.