Chapter Summaries

Shane tracked down this world's Constantine and discovered that he was raising his daughter, Rose John, amid the escalating war between Superman and Batman. Constantine suspected an unknown force was watching and endangering the world, so Shane agreed to help him and Doctor Fate investigate.

• Shane used his Blood Pact to find Constantine in Liverpool and saw him promise his daughter, Rose John, that he would take her somewhere safe.
• Shane returned to Doctor Fate's Wizard Tower and discussed how this world's heroes had changed, while Doctor Fate said he could not tell whether the changes were innate or gradual.
• Constantine arrived with Rose and asked Doctor Fate for help because the war between Superman and Batman had left few safe places.
• Constantine described a strange, unidentifiable presence watching him and said it felt similar to Shane's aura, though its source seemed obscure.
• After Doctor Fate agreed to help, Shane stood up and said he wanted to find the presence too.

Shane met Constantine in secret and learned that Constantine had planned to lure Trigon into the Injustice Universe, though Shane refused to help summon the demon. Constantine recognized Shane as someone from the Main Universe and tried to teleport away, but Shane caught and injured him before the spell transported them both.

• Constantine told Shane and Doctor Fate that they needed a powerful ally to face the hidden threat.
• Constantine left the Wizard Tower, and Shane followed his signal to meet him near Liverpool.
• Constantine revealed that he had considered kidnapping this world's Raven to draw out Trigon, but could not find her.
• Shane said he could contact Raven but refused to bring Trigon into the universe, citing the devastation he had seen in the Monarch Timeline.
• Constantine concluded that Shane was from the Main Universe and triggered a prepared teleportation spell.
• Shane pulled Constantine back from the magic circle and tore off one of his fingers before the flames teleported them away.

Shane and Constantine met a Trigon who demanded that they find Raven within three days, and Shane chose to keep searching so Rachel could investigate what had happened to the other Raven. Shane recruited a group of powerful magic users to help defeat Superman, then asked Injustice Batman to show sincerity before he began.

• Shane confronted Trigon in Hell, claimed he had found Raven's trail, and secured three days to investigate before Trigon expelled him and Constantine.
• Rachel asked Shane to find out whether Trigon truly cared about the other Raven and said she wanted to rescue her if necessary.
• Shane decided to accelerate the search and ordered Constantine to take him to people willing to oppose Superman.
• Shane and Constantine recruited Felix Faust, Enchantress, Morgana Le Fay, and other dangerous figures, bringing them to Batman's new Resistance Base.
• Shane told Injustice Batman that he could help defeat Superman and demanded that Batman show sincerity before the group got to work.

Shane confronted Batman, who removed his helmet and asked for a chance to change rather than simply accepting punishment. As the Resistance Army ran out of safe bases, Constantine offered the House of Mystery as a new refuge, and Shane sent Mal and Mia to help the Resistance cause trouble for Superman’s Regime.

• Batman removed his helmet and begged Shane to let him live and prove he could change.
• Shane returned Batman’s helmet, stopped Enchantress from spying on his face, and learned that Injustice Batman’s identity had already been exposed.
• Injustice Batman explained that Superman’s Regime was destroying the Resistance Army’s bases and that Aquaman had submitted after Superman’s forces threatened Atlantis.
• Constantine offered the House of Mystery, a place outside reality, as the Resistance Army’s next base.
• Shane told Mal and Mia they would accompany the Resistance Army to disrupt the Superman Regime while avoiding Superman.

Over two months, Shane helped the Resistance Army thwart Superman’s regime while searching for this world’s Raven, but the search produced no results. After Constantine finally exposed all his spells to prove he had not kidnapped Raven, Shane discovered that his own-world Constantine possessed three extradimensional houses.

• Superman failed to find the Resistance Army, while an unknown force repeatedly disrupted the regime’s expansion and injured its fighters.
• Themyscira took the comatose Wonder Woman home and cut off contact with the outside world, withdrawing its support for Superman’s regime.
• Shane accepted the Batmen’s plan to weaken the regime gradually and worked with Constantine and Doctor Fate to search for Raven.
• After Shane repeatedly suspected and beat Constantine, Constantine agreed to reveal every spell connected to him.
• Shane used his divine power to examine Constantine and found no spell to imprison Raven, but discovered that his own-world Constantine had the House of Mystery, the House of Secrets, and the House of Exile.

While the Resistance Army planned another assault on the Superman Regime, Zhou Zhanxie warned Shane that a powerful being connected to their suspected mastermind was approaching. The being attacked the House of Mystery, killed Klarion, and left the others fighting to survive.

• Shane learned that Zhou Zhanxie's divination had identified a possible connection to a being on Trigon's level, though she refused to reveal its name.
• Shane gave Zhou Zhanxie dried sea fish, and she reacted with alarm when she sensed something approaching.
• Constantine warned the gathering that danger was near, and both Batmen urged everyone to take cover.
• A green energy field enveloped the House of Mystery, and a force shattered its door and swept inside.
• The green wind stripped the flesh from Klarion and Titi, while Faust and other mages tried to repel it.
• Zhou Zhanxie maintained a barrier and told Shane that the being had come in person.

The Spectre attacked the Resistance Army at the House of Mystery, declaring their defiance of Superman's regime sinful. Shane recognized that someone had taken control of the Spectre and used a Green Lantern ring linked to Parallax Hal to drive the intruder away.

• Chronos, the two Batmen, Constantine, Shane, and the black magicians protected the group from the Spectre's green wind.
• Shane identified the attacker as the Spectre, who manifested outside the House of Mystery and condemned the Resistance Army for opposing Superman's regime.
• Shane questioned who had taken over the Spectre's body, and the Spectre smiled as frost spread through the House of Mystery.
• Shane used Kyle Rayner's Green Lantern ring, whose connection to Parallax Hal made the Spectre recoil.
• An unknown phantom fled the House of Mystery by turning the Spectre back into green wind and disappearing into the void.

Shazam, Hal, and Flash discussed Superman’s growing dependence on his Yellow Lantern ring and the regime’s worsening state. Sinestro brought in a government coordinator suspected of aiding the Resistance Army and proposed torturing him for information, prompting Shazam to threaten Sinestro.

• Shazam used magic to shield his conversation with Hal and Flash as they worried about Superman’s refusal to remove his Yellow Lantern ring.
• Hal blamed Sinestro for encouraging Superman’s dependence on fear and helping him carry out the regime’s policies.
• Sinestro entered with Mr. Baxter, a New York City government Coordinator, chained to his Power Ring.
• Sinestro accused Mr. Baxter of secretly sending supplies to a Resistance Army branch base eight months earlier and suggested torturing him for information.
• Shazam demanded that Sinestro release Mr. Baxter and threatened to punch him.

The Spectre arrived in the Superman Regime, revealing that the Resistance Army was hiding at the House of Mystery, but his attempt to execute Shazam exposed Superman’s conflict with his own followers. After Shazam challenged Superman over Sinestro’s torture and the regime’s brutality, Superman attacked him, only for Shane to intervene.

• Shazam nearly attacked Sinestro after hearing that he had tortured thirteen people, but Flash stopped him and warned that Superman might approve.
• The Spectre arrived and told Injustice Superman that he had learned the Resistance Army’s location at the House of Mystery.
• The Spectre seized Shazam for distrusting the regime, but Injustice Superman ordered him to let Shazam go.
• Superman dismissed Shazam, who demanded to know how many people Sinestro had tortured to death and condemned the regime as corrupt.
• Injustice Superman attacked Shazam and choked off his attempt to summon lightning, then fired Heat Vision at him.
• Shane struck Injustice Superman from behind and challenged him to fight.

Shane rescued Shazam from Injustice Superman and used a Green Lantern ring to fight Superman while Doctor Fate’s Nabu held off The Spectre. Shane’s power and the ring’s counter to Superman’s Yellow Lantern energy gave him a decisive advantage, leaving Superman battered at a mountain.

• Shane struck Injustice Superman from above, shattered his spine, and rescued Shazam after Superman had burned his eyes with Heat Vision.
• Shazam warned Shane that The Spectre had joined the Superman Regime, but Shane pointed out that Nabu was holding him back.
• Shane told Shazam to watch as he faced Superman, who had healed his spine and risen above the clouds.
• Shane put on a Green Lantern ring, exchanged taunts with Superman, and clashed with him in the sky.
• Shane overwhelmed Superman by countering his Yellow Lantern power and smashed him into a barren mountain with a series of unusual attacks.

Shane overpowered Injustice Superman, but The Spectre intervened and seized Shane’s heart. Shane had anticipated the threat and arranged for Trigon to attack the Superman Regime by making him believe Raven had been captured and tortured.

• Shane defeated Injustice Superman in combat, removed his Yellow Lantern ring, and taunted him about the instability of his regime.
• The Spectre attacked Shane from afar and grabbed his heart, while Injustice Superman gloated and prepared to finish him.
• After seeing Superman try to kill Shazam, Hal and Flash joined the Resistance Army as it retook the Hall of Justice.
• Constantine used Shane’s plan and a treated scrap of Raven’s clothing to make Trigon believe the Superman Regime had hurt his daughter.
• Trigon attacked The Spectre in a rage, forcing him to release Shane, who resumed beating and taunting Injustice Superman.

Shane defeated Injustice Superman and listened as the dying man explained his grief, fear, and regret over the tragedies he had caused. Injustice Superman admitted he had never fully followed through on his resolve to stop giving his enemies chances, leaving Shane to understand why his descent into tyranny had seemed incomplete.

• After beating Injustice Superman until he could no longer fight, Shane lowered his fist and listened as Superman spoke about Lois, Metropolis, and his hatred of himself.
• Shane approached the dying Superman, offered him a chance to say his final words, and held him up as they talked about their different universes.
• Injustice Superman asked whether Lois was alive in Shane's world, and Shane described Superman as someone the world trusted and as a guide in his own life.
• Injustice Superman confessed that he feared another tragedy and hated his former kindness, but had continued to spare Batman and the Resistance Army chances.
• Injustice Superman admitted that regret had kept him from fully carrying out his regime, and Shane recognized the contradiction in his incomplete turn to darkness.

Shane reflected on how accidents, rage, and manipulation had driven Injustice Superman’s rule before comforting him with a story of Lois and their child. Injustice Superman died at peace, but The Spectre seized Shane and demanded that he die with him.

• Shane recalled Injustice Superman’s troubled rule and the chain of accidents and distortions that had pushed him toward tyranny.
• Shane remembered preventing Injustice Batman from using a beautiful dream to drive Injustice Superman into further madness.
• Injustice Superman asked whether he and Lois had a child in another world, and Shane told him they had a son and lived in seclusion.
• Injustice Superman thanked Shane, then died with a satisfied smile.
• The Spectre gained another power, hurled Trigon beyond Earth, and seized Shane, vowing to kill him alongside Superman.

Shane drove Mr. Mxyzptlk out of The Spectre by using the Green Lantern ring to disrupt the foreign energy empowering him. He revealed the imprisoned Injustice Superman and persuaded Mr. Mxyzptlk to stop interfering, leaving Superman in Chronos's custody.

• Shane used the Green Lantern ring to destabilize the foreign energy inside The Spectre and force Mr. Mxyzptlk out of his body.
• Shane recognized Mr. Mxyzptlk as the fifth-dimensional being who had secretly controlled The Spectre and empowered the Superman Regime.
• Chronos emerged from the Shadow Dimension and showed Mr. Mxyzptlk the wounded Injustice Superman, frozen inside a transparent cube.
• Shane explained that Batman wanted Superman imprisoned rather than killed and urged Mr. Mxyzptlk to let Superman reunite with Lois.
• Mr. Mxyzptlk foresaw the danger of Shane alerting the King of the Fifth Dimension and abandoned his rage.

Shane learned that demonic energy was causing people to forget important things, while Mr. Mxyzptlk warned him that a greater darkness was coming and Superman’s Regime had been shaped by an earlier hint. As Trigon returned and Raven appeared to confront him, Shane headed toward the battle, trying to warn Rachel about the memory problem.

• Mr. Mxyzptlk cried an ocean into existence and accused Shane of bullying Superman before revealing that a coming darkness had only begun an experiment.
• Shane discovered Trigon was returning and learned from Rachel that his abnormal memory loss was not a technical problem with his soul.
• Mr. Mxyzptlk explained that destiny had driven Superman to create the Superman Regime after a dream gave him a faint warning, then vanished.
• The Resistance Army reported that Raven had appeared to face Trigon, while Injustice Batman warned Shane not to kill him.
• Shane told Rachel that a hidden mastermind connected to darkness remained and warned her that staying in the world could cause dangerous problems.
• Rachel realized Shane had forgotten Chronos, who was flying behind them as Shane headed toward Trigon.

Shane acted on his resolve to address his forgetfulness and discussed his troubles with Chronos, who proposed seeking Kryptonian material to develop a countermeasure. Near Trigon's landing site, Shane and the others watched Raven negotiate with her father while Batman prepared for the talks to fail and raised the need to deal with Trigon.

• Shane slowed down to speak with Chronos, explained his trouble without revealing too much, and asked whether he could trust him.
• Chronos believed Shane and proposed obtaining rare Kryptonian material from the Fortress of Solitude to build a device against the interference affecting him.
• Shane agreed to support Chronos's plan and immediately messaged his own Batman about it.
• Shane and Rachel watched the Injustice Universe's Raven negotiate with Trigon, while Rachel described how she usually defied her father.
• Harley Quinn and the main-universe Batman joined Shane, and Batman warned that Raven's negotiations could fail and said Trigon was their biggest problem.

Shane and Batman searched for a way to stop Trigon, while Shane struggled with strange memory problems. After Trigon took over Raven, Shane decided to face her using his Yellow and Green Lantern rings.

• Shane told Batman that The Spectre's human host was a former New Orleans police officer, and the Resistance Army began searching for him with Flash's help.
• Shane forgot a possible last-resort plan, prompting Batman to suspect something was wrong with the world and its people.
• Batman asked whether Shane could fight Trigon using Shazam's power, but Shane worried that doing so might alert Olympus.
• Trigon defeated Raven, took control of her, and transformed her into his demonic incarnation.
• Shane discovered he was still wearing his Yellow and Green Lantern rings, powered them up, and flew to confront Raven with a proposal for a friendly spar.

Shane fought Trigon while he possessed Raven, and both held back to avoid seriously harming her. Trigon eventually intensified the fight and hurled Shane into a crater, leaving the Resistance Army fearing he had been defeated.

• Trigon possessed Raven and attacked Shane, who judged that he could handle the fight but avoided striking her with full force.
• Shane and Trigon traded close-combat blows while Rachel accused Shane of holding back and warned him to stop staring.
• Batman noticed that Shane and Trigon were keeping their battle contained, and inferred that both were holding back because of Raven.
• Trigon drew on more magical combat power, forcing Shane to fight more seriously with hellfire spells and physical attacks.
• Trigon pinned Shane with infernal magic and threw him into a crater, while the watching Resistance Army feared the worst.

Shane and Rachel helped Injustice Raven break free of Trigon by combining divine power with magic and forcing the demon back into Hell. After Shane caught the unconscious Raven, Rachel grew angry that their magical resonance had caused a psychic communion with her other self.

• Injustice Shazam tried to join the battle, but Raven kicked him away and bound him with chains that suppressed his divine power.
• Raven sent a giant soul raven after Shane, and Rachel shielded him as he shattered it with a direct charge.
• Raven briefly regained control and asked Shane to drive Trigon out, and Shane joined his Olympian Power with her magic.
• Their resonant power stripped away Trigon’s hold and expelled his phantom from Raven’s body, after which Raven collapsed.
• Shane caught Raven and set her on a stretcher, while Rachel confronted him for being rough and for sharing a psychic communion with Raven.

After the Superman Regime fell, Shane agreed to remain in the Injustice Universe while a stable link between worlds was developed. He returned to the Resistance Base, where a vast crowd hailed him as their savior, and Injustice Flash explained how news of Shane’s victory had spread worldwide.

• Batman told Shane the Injustice Universe still needed help, and Shane agreed to stay while making time to return to his own universe.
• Batman said a stable transit device was being developed with Chronos’s research, and that the other Batman had approved Chronos’s visit to the Fortress of Solitude.
• Shane noted the political turmoil awaiting Injustice Batman and flew toward the Resistance Base, where crowds of civilians cheered him as their savior.
• Shane avoided the crowd, disguised himself, and reached the base entrance, where Injustice Flash brought him inside.
• Injustice Flash explained that Cyborg’s broadcast exposed the base’s location and announced Shane’s victory, earning him hundreds of millions of fans.
• Injustice Flash told Shane that he had brought hope to the world.