Chapter Summaries

Li Ang and Frank found Harley Quinn drunk inside a Black Liquor Factory and discovered she was grieving because Joker had fallen for someone else. Li Ang told her Joker loved Batman, and after she passed out, he carried her toward their car.

• Li Ang and Frank entered the Black Liquor Factory and found its workers knocked unconscious.
• Li Ang and Frank discovered Harley Quinn drinking alone, and she asked Li Ang to help her win Joker back.
• Li Ang told Harley Quinn that Joker loved Batman rather than her, leaving her distraught.
• Harley Quinn tried to run out, fell, and passed out from drinking.
• Li Ang picked up Harley Quinn while Frank refused to touch her.

Li Ang and Frank forced a Mexican liquor supplier to resume deliveries to the Iceberg Lounge, then Li Ang brought Harley Quinn home after Frank refused to take her in. Harley decided to leave her old life behind and began a secret, intimate night with Li Ang while Kara slept.

• Li Ang and Frank questioned an older Mexican, who explained that the Demon Gang had stopped his people from supplying the Iceberg Lounge.
• Li Ang threatened the Mexican into delivering the liquor before dawn, and the supplier agreed to load the shipment.
• Frank drove Li Ang home with the sleeping Harley Quinn, refusing to take her to his own place.
• Li Ang carried Harley into his apartment and tossed her onto the sofa, but she suddenly woke and embraced him.
• Harley told Li Ang she no longer loved her former partner and asked him to remake her, so Li Ang quietly carried her to his bedroom while Kara slept.

Kara confronted Harley Quinn after Harley spent the night with Li Ang, and the two competed for his attention. Harley insisted on joining Li Ang and Kara for Kara’s school enrollment, and she decided to keep staying with Li Ang because she wanted Kara as a daughter.

• Kara confronted Harley Quinn when she found her leaving Li Ang’s bedroom, and Harley announced she intended to keep living with them.
• Li Ang introduced Harley to Kara as Harley Quinn, while Harley called Li Ang “Daddy” and declared herself Kara’s mommy.
• Li Ang made breakfast, and Harley teased him about the chicken dishes he had mentioned the night before, leaving Kara feeling excluded.
• Harley put on Li Ang’s clothes and insisted on accompanying Li Ang and Kara to Kara’s new school.
• Harley offered to blow up the school if anyone bullied Kara, but Kara said she could handle things herself and moved to Li Ang’s side.
• Harley changed her mind about leaving and decided to stay with Li Ang for Kara’s sake.

Li Ang took Kara Zor-El and Harley Quinn to Louis E. Grieve Memorial High School, where Wayne Enterprises was sponsoring new students and Bruce Wayne appeared in person. The visit ended awkwardly when Harley introduced herself as Li Ang’s likely future wife and Kara’s godmother.

• Li Ang, Kara Zor-El, and Harley Quinn arrived at Memorial High School, where Principal Connie welcomed Kara warmly because of Wayne Enterprises’ sponsorship.
• Harley Quinn tried to get a reporter to photograph her, but Li Ang covered her mouth and hurried her toward the school.
• Bruce Wayne arrived to a crowd of reporters, and Harley Quinn mocked him while warning Kara that rich men were bad news.
• Principal Connie introduced Li Ang and Kara to Bruce Wayne, who recognized Harley Quinn and asked whether she was Li Ang’s wife.
• Harley Quinn told Bruce Wayne that she and Li Ang were still discussing marriage and that she would be Kara’s godmother, leaving Kara and Bruce Wayne stunned.

After the photoshoot, Bruce Wayne worried about Harley Quinn’s influence on Kara, while Harley befriended Rachel Roth and took Li Ang shopping for a new look. As Harley celebrated her transformation, gangsters confronted them in an alley, leaving the pair facing her enemies without Joker’s protection.

• Bruce Wayne questioned Alfred about Harley Quinn being with Kara and feared Harley’s unpredictable behavior would endanger her.
• Harley Quinn introduced Rachel Roth to Kara as her new lackey, and Kara went to class with Rachel.
• Harley Quinn took Li Ang shopping and chose an outfit inspired by her Suicide Squad look.
• Harley Quinn changed clothes and makeup in an alley, debuting a new appearance that Li Ang praised.
• Several gangsters recognized Harley Quinn and threatened to kill or abduct her now that Joker no longer protected her.

Harley Quinn and Li Ang fought off gangsters and escaped in a stolen car before Harley took Li Ang to meet her friend. The chapter ended as they entered a plant-covered corridor and Harley warned him not to upset Poison Ivy.

• Harley Quinn flew into a group of gangsters and beat them with a wooden stick while Li Ang watched.
• A second group chased Harley and Li Ang, so Harley stole a car and drove them away.
• After they escaped, Harley persuaded Li Ang to visit her friend and led him to a skyscraper.
• Harley warned Li Ang not to kiss her friend as the elevator opened onto a corridor overgrown with living plants.
• Harley told Li Ang to watch his step because Ivy would get angry if he stepped on the plants.

Li Ang and Harley Quinn visited Poison Ivy Pamela, who was shocked that Harley had fallen for a man with a daughter. Harley asked Poison Ivy for help starting a business so they could stop being hunted, and Poison Ivy offered her a mind-control potion.

• The plants let Harley Quinn into Poison Ivy's greenhouse but initially blocked Li Ang until Harley asked them to move aside.
• Poison Ivy Pamela emerged from a giant Man-Eating Flower and questioned Harley about dating Li Ang, especially since he had a daughter.
• Harley Quinn praised Li Ang and explained that she and Li Ang wanted to start a business, while Li Ang argued they needed a stable life for Kara.
• Harley Quinn persuaded Poison Ivy to help them avoid being hunted, and Poison Ivy described a potion that could control anyone who absorbed it.
• Harley Quinn imagined using the potion with Li Ang, leaving Poison Ivy speechless.

Li Ang spent the day with Harley, cooked dinner for her and Kara, then went to the Iceberg Lounge and reported the Street Demon Gang’s alcohol dealings to the Penguin. Back home, Harley tried to persuade Kara to go out with her so she could help Li Ang.

• Harley told Li Ang that she and Ivy had once been in love, but said she now loved only him.
• Li Ang and Harley went home and spent the afternoon together before he made dinner for Kara.
• Kara came home, ate Li Ang’s food with Harley, and told Li Ang that things were going okay with Rachel.
• Li Ang went to the Iceberg Lounge and informed the Penguin about the Street Demon Gang’s alcohol, leaving the decision to Mr. Cobblepot.
• Harley asked Kara to go out with her, but Kara refused because Li Ang had told her not to wander off.
• Harley tried again, saying she wanted to help Kara’s godfather.

Harley Quinn persuaded Kara to join her and Poison Ivy Pamela in tracking down someone connected to the people who had attacked her. Kara followed them after Harley convinced her they were taking money from bad people to help Li Ang.

• Harley Quinn coaxed Kara out of her room by saying they could work together to ease Li Ang's financial burden.
• Harley Quinn introduced Kara to Poison Ivy Pamela, who briefly restrained Kara with a vine before Harley called her her daughter.
• Poison Ivy Pamela asked who had sent the people after Harley, and Harley said she recognized one of them.
• Harley Quinn convinced Kara that they should take money from Gotham's criminals rather than let Li Ang keep struggling.
• Poison Ivy Pamela located their target, and Kara followed Harley and Poison Ivy to their car.

Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy Pamela tracked down Jimmy and learned that Black Mask had sent him after Harley. They went to Black Mask’s territory to confront Roman Sionis, bringing Kara along, and Black Mask arrived with his Masked Society.

• Poison Ivy Pamela used her connection to plants to find Jimmy, and Harley Quinn threatened him until he revealed that Black Mask had sent him.
• Harley Quinn knocked Jimmy unconscious and decided to go after Roman Sionis, while Kara tried to leave because she had school the next day.
• Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy Pamela convinced Kara to keep helping them by saying they were recovering money and protecting Gotham.
• The three went to the Upper East Side and announced to local thugs that Harley Quinn’s Queen had arrived.
• Black Mask arrived with his Masked Society and confronted Harley Quinn.

Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy fought Black Mask and his men, but Black Mask overcame them and took control of the confrontation. Kara was left facing the defeated villains and questioning how dangerous Gotham’s criminals were.

• Black Mask surrounded Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy Pamela, and Kara, then ordered his men to capture them so he could absorb the women into his criminal organization.
• Harley Quinn charged the attackers with her baseball bat while Poison Ivy restrained and controlled several men with plants and hallucinogenic gas.
• Black Mask used his mask’s mind-control ability to stop his men from fighting, then shot at Harley Quinn and shattered her bat.
• Black Mask defeated Harley Quinn in close combat and threw her aside.
• Poison Ivy attacked with vines, but Black Mask shot them and threatened to burn Gotham’s plants, forcing her to stop.
• Kara watched Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy fall into Black Mask’s hands and wondered how Gotham’s villains could be worse than those in the Spider-Man comics.

Kara broke her promise to the Godfather when she tried to save Harley Quinn, and her first uncontrolled use of Heat Vision killed Black Mask and blasted through a building into the sky. Li Ang recognized the power and rushed with Frank toward the Upper East Side, where police and stunned Gotham residents were converging.

• Black Mask attacked Kara, and Harley Quinn leaped onto him to protect her, but he threw Harley down and choked her.
• Kara walked toward Black Mask and begged him to release Harley; when he shot her, the bullet bounced off, and her eyes began to burn.
• Kara unleashed Heat Vision, killing Black Mask and blasting through a building as she struggled to aim the beam skyward.
• The beam lit the sky and shook Gotham, prompting Batman to ask Alfred about it and drive toward the Upper East Side.
• Li Ang recognized the beam as Heat Vision, borrowed Frank's car, and headed with him toward the Upper East Side as police filled the streets.

Kara lost control of her Heat Vision and killed Black Mask while saving Harley Quinn, leaving her frightened by the destruction she caused. Batman investigated the scene and silenced Black Mask’s men, while Commissioner Gordon found the men unconscious and suspected someone had used Fear Toxin.

• Kara’s uncontrolled Heat Vision sliced through buildings and burned Black Mask to ash, terrifying his men and Poison Ivy Pamela.
• Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy Pamela reassured Kara that she had acted in self-defense, then left with her before anyone arrived.
• Batman reconstructed the scene and concluded that Kara was an extraordinarily powerful alien whose abilities might extend beyond Heat Vision.
• Batman tracked down Black Mask’s men and used his own methods to keep them from revealing what they had seen.
• Commissioner Gordon arrived, found no clear witnesses, and ordered officers to locate Black Mask’s men.
• Gordon’s officers found the men unconscious with apparent mental problems, and Gordon wondered who had exposed them to Fear Toxin.

After Kara accidentally killed someone while acting with Harley Quinn and the mob, Li Ang confronted Batman and then sent Harley away, fearing her influence would harm Kara. Kara finally spoke up to defend Harley before breaking down in Li Ang's arms.

• Harley Quinn brought Kara and Poison Ivy Pamela home, where Kara sat silently, shaken by having killed someone.
• Batman stopped Li Ang and Frank on the road, knocked Frank unconscious, and criticized Li Ang for letting Kara take revenge with Harley and the mob.
• Li Ang told Batman the incident would not happen again and explained that Kara's new ability should have been tested in an uninhabited area.
• Li Ang arrived home and ordered Harley Quinn to leave, saying he did not want to see her again.
• Harley Quinn pleaded with Li Ang, and Kara defended her before crying in Li Ang's arms.

Li Ang comforted Kara after she accidentally killed a criminal with her Heat Vision, then explained why she did not need to follow Spider-Man’s no-killing rule. Kara accepted his argument, while Poison Ivy left Li Ang’s home hoping she still had a chance to become his partner.

• Kara cried in Li Ang’s arms and blamed herself for piercing a man with her Heat Vision.
• Li Ang calmed Kara, noticed her eyes were strained from using Heat Vision for the first time, and asked her to explain what had happened.
• Li Ang reassured Kara that she had eliminated a menace, and Kara revealed that she was troubled because Spider-Man never killed people.
• Harley Quinn sent Poison Ivy away, and Poison Ivy privately decided she still had a chance with Li Ang.
• Li Ang argued that Gotham’s villains kept returning because Batman refused to kill them, and Harley Quinn said she would leave Gotham if Batman killed its other villains.
• Kara accepted Li Ang’s explanation and said she understood that she did not need to imitate Spider-Man completely.

After Kara accidentally unleashed her Heat Vision, Li Ang gave her a day off to practice controlling it and brought Harley Quinn along. Kara became less hostile toward Harley, while Li Ang and Harley continued their flirtation.

• Li Ang told Kara to rest and promised to help her get used to her Heat Vision the next day.
• Li Ang learned that Poison Ivy had left and carried Harley Quinn to his room to teach her the Family Rules.
• Li Ang excused Kara from school, and the school approved the request without complaint.
• Kara softened toward Harley Quinn after seeing her risk herself to protect Kara from Black Mask, though she remained jealous of Harley's closeness with Li Ang.
• Harley Quinn persuaded Li Ang to let her accompany him and Kara, then volunteered to clean up after breakfast.

Kara practiced controlling her Heat Vision, then learned to fly and pushed her speed beyond Mach 5. She encountered Ciri Fiona Elen Riannon in a forest, realizing the princess had arrived through a rift from another world.

• Li Ang encouraged Kara to use her Heat Vision on the sea, and she practiced adjusting its temperature until her eyes became sore.
• Kara took off without damaging the ground, steadied herself in the air, and began flying faster than the speed of sound.
• Kara exceeded Mach 5 and passed through a space rift, arriving in a forest where she met a silver-haired girl.
• Ciri Fiona Elen Riannon introduced herself as the Princess of Cintra and mistook Kara for a sorceress.
• Kara learned Ciri's language, introduced herself as Kara Zor-El, and concluded that Ciri had traveled through time and space.

After Ciri escaped Nilfgaard’s forces, a portal brought her to Kara in another world. Kara took Ciri to her home in Gotham, where Harley Quinn reacted with surprise and called Ciri an ugly brat.

• Ciri fled the squad sent by Emhyr and entered a portal that appeared before her in the forest.
• Kara listened to Ciri’s story and agreed to take her home after learning Ciri had nowhere to return to.
• Kara carried Ciri through the air across Metropolis and the ocean to Gotham City.
• Ciri followed Kara to her home and worried that Kara’s family would look down on her.
• Harley Quinn opened the door, saw Ciri, and asked where the ugly brat had come from.

Kara brought Ciri, the displaced Princess of Cintra, to Li Ang, who recognized her Elder Blood and took her in as his goddaughter. As Kara helped Ciri settle in, Harley Quinn proposed taking over Black Mask’s territory to make money, but Li Ang refused to become involved in crime.

• Kara returned with the filthy, frightened Ciri and defended her from Harley Quinn’s disdain.
• Li Ang recognized Ciri as the Child of Time and Space and realized her Elder Blood could let her travel between worlds.
• Li Ang welcomed Ciri as his goddaughter, and Kara took her to wash and lent her clothes.
• Harley Quinn suggested managing Black Mask’s leaderless Upper East Side territory for income, but Li Ang rejected the idea.
• Harley Quinn insisted that Li Ang was a good person but she was not, and offered to manage the territory herself.

Li Ang allowed Harley Quinn to pursue a life of crime to support their growing household, while Kara welcomed the newly arrived Ciri into the family. Ciri accepted Li Ang as her Godfather and began preparing to tell them about her frightening past.

• Harley Quinn persuaded Li Ang to let her take over the Upper East Side, and he agreed as long as she left Kara and Ciri out of it.
• Kara helped Ciri wash and dress, and Ciri emerged looking clean and striking in Kara's dress.
• Li Ang gave Ciri bread and water, and Kara comforted her when she choked from eating too quickly.
• Ciri said she was almost twelve, and Kara agreed to become her big sister.
• Li Ang accepted Ciri as his goddaughter, and Ciri agreed to tell them what had happened to her.