Chapter Summaries

Shane and his companions brought the comatose Injustice Superman to the Fortress of Solitude, where his parents kept vigil beside him. Jor-El supplied Chronos with a rare Kryptonian element and offered to show Shane the fortress’s treasure vault.

• Chronos explained that his Anti-Dimensional Battle Armor used the Anti-Dimensional Cube and Destruction Torch to trap enemies behind an Absolute Anti-Dimensional Barrier.
• Injustice Batman concluded that Injustice Superman could possibly be revived but had given up on waking, so he placed him in an ice coffin that preserved his vital signs.
• Shane used his Divine Power to calm the fanatics near the Resistance Base, then traveled to the Fortress of Solitude with Injustice Batman, Chronos, and Harley Quinn.
• Injustice Superman’s parents wept beside his ice coffin while Shane watched, and Jor-El apologized to Shane for Superman’s actions.
• Jor-El gave Chronos a box of the Kryptonian element he needed and agreed to lead Shane to the Fortress of Solitude’s treasure vault.

Shane toured the Fortress of Solitude with Jor-El, dismissing several Kryptonian marvels as dangerous or impractical. After finding a mineral that strengthened his divine power, Shane caught Jor-El’s interest and was led to the Kryptonite Collection Room.

• Jor-El showed Shane the Atomic Disintegrator, and Shane rejected it as an overly dangerous trash can.
• Shane declined Jor-El’s offers to see more exhibits, including the Alien Zoo, the regeneration chamber, and the Phantom Zone Projector.
• Jor-El suggested the Rare Mineral Collection Room, and Shane eagerly agreed in case it contained kryptonite.
• Shane browsed the alien stones and chose a warm, milky-white mineral that could hold and slightly strengthen his divine power.
• Jor-El’s program reset, then led Shane to the Kryptonite Collection Room after realizing what interested him.

Shane examined Jor-El’s kryptonite collection and weighed the risks of taking platinum kryptonite against the temptation of using red kryptonite on Superman. Jor-El gave him both, and Shane stored them in the Shadow Dimension before Chronos urged him to hurry back.

• Shane found platinum kryptonite and red kryptonite among Jor-El’s collection, while the types he most wanted were absent.
• Jor-El offered Shane a choice between the two pieces, and Shane considered the responsibilities of granting others superpowers.
• Shane asked Rachel whether she wanted permanent Superman-level powers, and she refused because of the danger of Trigon succeeding.
• Shane began choosing the red kryptonite, but Jor-El decided he could take both pieces as a worthy custodian.
• Jor-El showed Shane how to activate the platinum kryptonite, and Shane stored both boxes in the Shadow Dimension.
• Chronos urged Shane to hurry because the turtle was eager to develop his new shell.

Shane and Injustice Flash went to Themyscira to awaken Diana before Queen Hippolyta’s worry could draw the Olympian gods into a conflict. Shane warned Flash that he would try to reform Diana, though his joking plan involved beating her into compliance.

• The Resistance Army split into the Freedom Front, led by Lex Luthor, and the New Horizon Alliance, led by Injustice Batman, while Chronos advanced his armor research with their support.
• Shane accepted Zhou Zhanxie's advice to delay returning home and visited Themyscira with Injustice Flash to prevent events from leading to the Injustice God of War’s descent.
• Queen Hippolyta ordered the Amazons to lower their spears after Shane said he could wake Diana, and they escorted him and Flash to her bedchamber.
• Injustice Flash warned Shane that Diana might be as dangerous as Superman because of her obsessive loyalty to him.
• Shane admitted he would not want to kill Diana if she remained extreme after waking, and joked that he would beat her into agreeing with him.

Shane awakened Injustice Wonder Woman and fought her until his combat techniques helped her recognize how extreme she had become. When Diana sensed a magical quality in Shane’s fists, he realized he might have confronted the hidden force corrupting this world and lost his memories in the process.

• Shane entered Diana’s chamber, used the antidote to wake her, and told her Superman had lost.
• Diana attacked Shane after he mocked her expectation that Superman would come to awaken her, and Shane fought back while Injustice Flash watched from cover.
• Shane defeated Diana using the fighting techniques she had taught his counterpart, and Queen Hippolyta watched as the Amazons noticed their similar styles.
• Diana recognized that Shane had learned her techniques and said her own behavior had been too extreme, then suggested his fists carried magic.
• Shane realized his divine power might be undoing the world’s corruption and suspected his amnesia came from a previous encounter with its source.

Shane discovered that his punches could temporarily free people from the influence affecting them, and the New Horizon Alliance accepted that the past three years had been distorted by a supernatural force. After Shane beat hundreds of people, Damian broke down and reconciled with his father.

• Shane and Injustice Wonder Woman tested whether his divine power could dispel her influence, but it failed, so they decided to test his fists on Injustice Flash.
• Shane beat Injustice Flash, who regained clarity and was horrified by how he had acted under the influence.
• Members of the New Horizon Alliance experienced the same mental clarity after Shane beat them, convincing them that a demonic influence had affected their lives.
• Shane beat more than two hundred people, including both Batmen, and gave Damian two slaps at Injustice Batman's request.
• Damian apologized to empty air and embraced his father while they both sobbed, then someone thanked Shane.

Shane met Deadwing, the Injustice world's ghostly Dick Grayson, who warned him that the world was a tampered testing ground and hinted at greater darkness ahead. After Deadwing vanished, Shane used a coin from Neron to preserve a clue and reasoned that the force behind the world might be connected to the Dark Knights.

• Shane used his expanded divine sight to see Deadwing and laughed at his blue appearance, prompting Deadwing to flee when Damian and Injustice Batman heard Shane call him Dick.
• Shane followed Deadwing into the clouds, where Deadwing thanked him and said the world was a tampered testing ground with worse, darker places to come.
• Deadwing said he could not share more and returned to the world of the dead, leaving Shane briefly dazed and unable to remember what he had heard.
• Shane noticed the demon-faced side of Neron's coin was up and recalled his note, “Flower is hand,” which helped him rule out Black Hand and suspect the Dark Knights.

Shane reunited Injustice Batman and Damian, then agreed to help the New Horizon Alliance find a way to keep people clearheaded while seeking the Superman Pill formula and a chance to improve it. He prepared two spare bodies that could simulate different levels of strength for testing, leaving the experiments ready to begin.

• Shane told Damian and Injustice Batman that Nightwing was well and glad they had reconciled, and the two thanked him.
• Shane noticed Damian wearing Electronic Shackles, and Injustice Batman explained that they were researching the devices to detect outside influence and extend the effects of Shane’s punches.
• Injustice Batman asked Shane to stay and help with experiments, and Shane requested the Superman Pill formula and help improving it.
• Injustice Batman explained the pill’s danger to ordinary people and the difficulty of studying repeated doses in powerful subjects, while Shane volunteered himself as a test subject.
• Shane summoned his Greek Godforged Body and Generic Godforged Body, modified them, and presented six simulated strength levels for the experiments.

Shane and the New Horizon Alliance made rapid progress toward returning home while Rachel used Rebirth Magic to grow into a young woman and reunited with him. The chapter left Shane and Rachel arriving at Themyscira, where Diana teased them after sensing their attraction.

• Lex Luthor agreed to share the Superman Pill and work with Shane's New Horizon Alliance.
• The Freedom Front and New Horizon Alliance completed a passage between worlds and developed a Black Box that slowed the fading effects of Shane's divine power.
• Rachel returned after using Rebirth Magic to choose an older age, and she explained how the magic allowed Raven to reset her age.
• Shane and Rachel left the alliance base and flew toward Themyscira to ask Diana about divine power and rituals.
• Rachel flirted with Shane during their flight, and Diana greeted them with a teasing offer to prepare a room.

Shane visited Themyscira’s Hall of Knowledge to learn how the Greek Pantheon strengthened divine essence, where he discovered that its teachings centered on Zeus’s sexual exploits. He asked Diana whether her divine power had increased after she first romanced Steve Trevor, leaving her to answer.

• Rachel hid in Shane’s shadow after Diana teased her about their relationship.
• Diana led Shane to Themyscira’s Hall of Knowledge and explained its role in educating Amazonian warriors.
• Shane summoned a book about Greek divine essence and read its praise of Zeus and his sexual conquests.
• Shane asked Diana whether her divine power had increased after she and Steve Trevor romanced each other in the sky.

Shane and Injustice Wonder Woman searched the Hall of Knowledge for ways to advance his power and learned that Olympus offered no other account beyond its father-god system. Shane developed a theory about his growing divine essence, then gave Diana a device from Injustice Batman before preparing to leave in three days.

• Diana explained that Olympian gods grew stronger through offspring but could not surpass Zeus, and Shane found the Hall's increasingly detailed books unhelpful.
• Shane reasoned that his strength from slapping people and restoring influential figures might be increasing his divine essence and magical foresight under a system Zeus had approved.
• Shane told Diana his theory still needed testing and estimated that he could leave once the Injustice world became stable enough.
• Shane gave Injustice Wonder Woman a black box from Injustice Batman that could delay her transformation, and she asked Shane to thank him.
• Shane told Diana he expected to leave in about three days but would return unless her technology made further progress.

Shane received the first Improved Superman Pills and considered how their power should be used, while Mal hoped to earn some for himself. Injustice Raven revealed the fate of the imprisoned and dead Teen Titans and vowed to make amends by rescuing the survivors.

• Lex Luthor reported that the Improved Superman Pill could be taken in controlled doses with greatly reduced toxicity, and Shane cautioned against turning Earth into a planet of superhumans.
• Luthor handed Shane the promised bottle of one hundred pills, and Shane teased Mal before telling him he had prepared pills for him and reminding him that he valued Mal's refusal to give up.
• Rachel invited Injustice Raven to return with them, but Raven declined because her friends and lover remained in this world.
• Rachel told Shane that Kid Flash and Beast Boy had died in the Metropolis nuclear explosion and that Superboy, Wonder Girl, Starfire, and Red Robin had been imprisoned in the Phantom Zone.
• Injustice Raven resolved to rescue the imprisoned Teen Titans and make up for her past mistakes.

Shane joined Injustice Raven’s plan to rescue the Teen Titans from the Phantom Zone, helping the group open a portal and entering first. Mal and Mia followed, only to find themselves under attack shortly after arriving.

• Shane agreed to help Injustice Raven and gave Mal and Mia Superman Pills before the rescue mission.
• Injustice Batman activated the Phantom Zone Projector while Raven, Rachel, and Zatanna used magic to stabilize the portal.
• When a phantom tried to escape through the portal, Shane punched it back into the Phantom Zone, then entered himself.
• Mal and Mia took the portal after Shane, followed by the two Ravens.
• Mal and Mia found themselves in a vast red desert, where a blue phantom lunged at them and shouted at the Kryptonians.

Mal and Mia explored the Phantom Zone, where they discovered that their protective suits let them physically fight its phantoms. Shane later met Mon-El, who explained that the Phantom King and the other phantoms had forgotten Krypton’s destruction, and revealed that he had been childhood friends with Superman.

• Mal let a Blue Phantom touch him, then grabbed and punched it apart after discovering he could physically interact with it.
• Mia collected a sample of the red sand, and Mal decided they should mark their landing point and explore farther.
• The Blue Phantom re-formed and debated finding Ethel or the Phantom King, but Mon-El captured it before it could leave.
• Mon-El told the phantoms that Krypton no longer existed, and the revelation shattered their consciousnesses.
• Shane arrived and outlined the phantoms’ hierarchy, while Mon-El revealed that he and Kal, the Superman from Earth, had been childhood friends.

Shane learned that Mon-El was a Daxamite prince whom Superman had placed in the Phantom Zone to save him from lead poisoning. Mon-El revealed that the Phantom King had built a civilization and was seeking a way out, leaving Shane aware that Mal and Mia faced a much more organized threat than he had expected.

• Shane questioned Mon-El about his imprisonment and heard how the Phantom King had restored phantoms to physical form and awakened him.
• Mon-El explained Daxam's history and his own arrival on Earth, where lead poisoning led Superman to place him in the Phantom Zone.
• Shane discovered Mon-El was stronger than the Injustice world's Superman and learned he had developed a bracelet that simulated yellow sunlight.
• Mon-El said he had escaped the Phantom King's captivity, and that the Phantom King was hunting him for his scientific knowledge.
• Shane realized the Phantom King intended to escape the Phantom Zone and that his organized followers made the danger to Mal and Mia far greater than he had expected.

Shane and Mon-El discussed Ethel and the missing Injustice Teen Titans before Mal and Mia fought giant spider monsters to test their strength. After they won, Shane flew toward them as a sailboat approached through the red sand.

• Rachel reminded Shane that he had forgotten to ask Mon-El about Ethel, a Phantom Zone monster that fed on souls.
• Mon-El said he had not seen the Injustice Teen Titans and explained that newcomers were unlikely to lose awareness under normal circumstances.
• Shane let Mal and Mia fight several giant spider monsters while Mon-El watched, ready to help.
• Mal adapted his fighting style and Mia attacked the monsters' weak joints, and the two defeated them after a difficult battle.
• Mon-El spotted a flying sailboat approaching Mal and Mia, and Shane flew toward them.

Mal and Mia were ambushed by Kryptonian prisoners, but Shane arrived and turned the fight into a brutal aerial brawl. Shane left the prisoners alive by deliberately halving his strength and durability, while reveling in having worthy opponents.

• Kryptonian prisoners surrounded Mal and Mia, then used their Wristbands to attack them with superpowers.
• Shane smashed the prisoner about to kill Mal, shocking the survivors and Mon-El.
• The prisoners activated their Wristbands and charged Shane, who recognized their bloodlust and eagerly fought back.
• Injustice Raven watched in alarm as Shane killed another attacker, while Rachel warned him to be careful.
• Shane reduced his strength and durability by half and continued fighting the prisoners in an evenly matched brawl.

Shane slaughtered most of the Kryptonian prisoners in the Phantom Zone and joined Mon-El, Mal, and Mia aboard a Sky Sailboat. After learning that the Phantom King's Castle could locate Phantom Lifeforms, Shane headed toward the faction that controlled the region.

• Mia aimed her last arrow at Mon-El as he approached, and he explained that he had come with Shane rather than as a prisoner.
• Mon-El introduced himself to Mal and Mia, who shared some details about Shane and Viltrum while keeping their travels between worlds secret.
• Shane killed or drove off the Kryptonian prisoners, disarmed the last fighter, and returned to the ground with him.
• Shane cleaned himself with divine power while Mon-El brought down the prisoners' Sky Sailboat, and the group boarded it to mask their signals.
• Mon-El explained that a computer in the Phantom King's Castle could find suitable Phantom Lifeforms, and Shane set his sights on contacting the Phantom King.

Shane and his companions traveled through the Phantom Zone after witnessing the aftermath of his brutal killing frenzy, leaving the group shaken. Mon-El guided them to a surveillance blind spot near the Phantom King’s castle, where Shane grew suspicious that Mon-El had been helping them too readily and had never asked about Superman.

• Rachel comforted Injustice Raven, who had been deeply shaken by the slaughter in Shane’s memories.
• Shane rejoined the sky sailboat, where Mal, Mia, and Mon-El reacted uneasily to his violence.
• Shane studied the Phantom Zone’s blue sun and pale-purple sky as the boat left the crimson desert behind.
• Mon-El stopped the boat at the nearest surveillance blind spot, more than five hundred Kryptonian distance units from the Phantom King’s castle.
• Shane questioned Mon-El’s motives and pointed out that Mon-El had never asked how his childhood friend Superman was doing.

Shane realized Mon-El had forgotten Superman and was being driven by an unexplained obsession with defeating the Phantom King. Shane agreed to help him, and the group disguised themselves as prisoners and reached the Phantom King's castle.

• Shane questioned Mon-El about never asking after Superman, causing Mon-El to break down as he realized he could not remember why he had forgotten Kal.
• Mon-El told Shane that he believed Shane was the only one strong enough to defeat the Phantom King, though he could not recall why he needed to do so.
• Shane decided the group would still go to the Phantom King's Castle to confront him and borrow his device for finding people.
• Mon-El made Black-Tech Glasses from spare parts, and the group disguised themselves as Kryptonian prisoners.
• Mon-El steered the Sky Sailboat toward a gigantic stone castle, which appeared without any sign of heightened security.