Chapter Summaries

Alex investigated Weather Wizard’s disappearance from the hospital and uncovered evidence that someone had rescued him. The footage revealed a yellow figure, leading Alex to identify Reverse-Flash as his suspect.

• Mona described abnormal airflow and blurry yellow lights after Weather Wizard vanished from his locked hospital ward.
• Alex examined the ward and concluded Weather Wizard had been unconscious and had not escaped on his own.
• Matthew showed Alex surveillance footage that appeared to reveal nothing, even when slowed down thirty-two times.
• Alex used his enhanced vision to spot a blurry yellow figure appearing beside Weather Wizard before he disappeared.
• Mona isolated the yellow color in a video frame, revealing a person whom Alex identified as Reverse-Flash.

Mona enhanced the surveillance footage and revealed that a yellow-suited Speedster had taken Weather Wizard from the hospital. Alex identified the power as the Speed Force, ordered the Superpower Handling Team to leave the case to him, and Betty said she might have encountered the Speedster the previous night.

• Mona processed the surveillance footage and uncovered a yellow blur beside Weather Wizard's hospital bed before he disappeared.
• Alex identified the figure as a Speedster and explained how the Speed Force protected its host from the physical effects of super speed.
• Alex suspected the yellow-suited figure was Reverse-Flash and wondered whether Harrison Wells was Reverse-Flash, especially since Barry had recently awakened.
• Alex ordered the Superpower Handling Team to assist police with the gang problem instead of investigating the Speedster.
• Betty followed Alex from the surveillance room and told him she might have encountered the Speedster the previous night.

Betty told Alex about meeting a yellow speedster, and he identified the red speedster she had encountered as Barry. Betty learned that Barry was not the yellow speedster and felt relieved, while Alex realized Barry was in trouble.

• Betty described how a yellow speedster helped her catch a criminal on Hubeilun Avenue.
• Alex recognized Betty's description of a red speedster as Barry, who had become The Flash after leaving the hospital.
• Betty insisted the red and yellow speedsters were different, based on her intuition and their contrasting feelings.
• Alex told Betty that the red speedster was Barry, and she realized why he had felt familiar.
• Betty asked whether Barry was the yellow speedster, and Alex assured her he was not.
• Alex removed his glasses and realized Barry was in trouble.

Barry used his speed to stop a gunfight, disarm and restrain three criminals, and prevent bullets from hitting officers or killing a criminal. As the police took the criminals away, one accused the Severed Hand Gang of starting a war and colluding with the cops, darkening Barry’s expression.

• Police officers prepared to breach a residence where an armed criminal was firing an AK-47.
• Barry arrived in Speed Force mode and removed bullets from the air before they could strike officers or a criminal.
• Barry disarmed and tied up three criminals, then returned the world to normal and caught the officers’ startled gunfire.
• Barry identified himself as an ally, and the officers recognized him as the Red Runner who had recently helped them.
• A criminal cursed Barry and claimed the Severed Hand Gang had started the war and colluded with the cops, leaving Barry looking troubled.

Barry captured two rival gangs during a shootout, but Jacob Bellman revealed that the Severed Hand Gang worked with the police. When Darryl Frye arrived, he ordered the criminals released, leaving Barry troubled by the apparent partnership.

• Barry stopped a warehouse gunfight, caught the bullets, and tied up both gangs.
• Jacob Bellman told Barry that the Severed Hand Gang would not go to prison because the police would release them.
• Barry grew suspicious of Alex, believing he had joined the police to protect gang members.
• Darryl Frye arrived, warned Barry to stop acting as a superhero, and ordered officers to release the captured criminals.
• Barry objected when Darryl told the officers to let Jacob Bellman and the others go.

Barry confronted Darryl Frye after he released the Severed Hand Gang, while Darryl concealed the police department’s secret operation and grew wary of Red Runner. Jacob Bellman’s taunt made Barry believe Darryl was colluding with the gang, leaving the confrontation on the brink of escalation.

• Barry demanded that Darryl Frye explain why he had released the Severed Hand Gang despite the evidence against them.
• Jacob Bellman mocked Barry and his confusion, while his men laughed at him.
• Darryl Frye asked Barry to trust the Central City Police Department but refused to explain the Anti-Gang Operation led by Alex and Director Mark.
• Darryl Frye decided Red Runner should be handled by the Superpower Handling Team and considered him impulsive and dangerous.
• Jacob Bellman taunted Barry by repeating that some things were difficult to explain, and Barry glared furiously at Darryl Frye.

After Jacob Bellman left, Barry condemned Darryl Frye for letting criminals go and rejected his appeal to trust the police. Convinced the Severed Hand Gang had corrupted the department, Barry sped off to confront them, and Darryl called Alex in alarm.

• Darryl Frye threatened to report Jacob Bellman to Alex, prompting Jacob to back off and leave with his underlings.
• Barry told Darryl he was disappointed in him for letting the criminals go.
• Darryl urged Barry to trust the Central City Police Department, but Barry questioned whether the Severed Hand Gang had compromised it.
• Barry announced he would deal with the Severed Hand Gang and sped away in a burst of yellow lightning.
• Darryl Frye called Alex and waited anxiously for him to answer.

Alex worked on designing his Super Gundam while hearing Darryl Frye’s concerns that Barry had misunderstood the Central City Police Department. Barry confronted Alex in his yard and demanded that he disband the Severed Hand Gang, but Alex called him naive.

• Alex continued designing a humanoid Super Gundam, relying on the system for technical calculations but choosing its appearance himself.
• Darryl Frye told Alex that Barry might grow resentful of society after misunderstanding the police department’s actions.
• Barry arrived at Alex’s house in a flash of yellow lightning, and Alex ended his phone call after asking Barry to stay quiet.
• Alex landed silently in the yard and thanked Barry for not waking Anna and Aunt Merri.
• Barry demanded that Alex disband the Severed Hand Gang, and Alex replied that Barry was still naive.

Barry confronted Alex and demanded that he disband the Severed Hand Gang, but Alex claimed the operation was a plan with Director Mark and then attacked him. Barry ended up battered and dazed, pleading with Alex to stop before the punches made him stupid.

• Barry insisted that Alex disband the Severed Hand Gang and warned he would send them to prison if he found evidence of their crimes.
• Alex told Barry that controlling Central City's underworld was a plan he had made with Director Mark, and Barry said he would verify the claim.
• Barry tried to run away but crashed into a wall of Alex's Magnetic Psionics, leaving both of them hurt and Barry dazed.
• Alex grabbed Barry and repeatedly punched him in the eye while Barry pleaded for him to stop.

Alex completed his Super Gundam design and sought thirty billion dollars from Lex Luthor to fund production, but Lex revealed that Alex was already responsible for six hundred billion dollars in debt from Metropolis's construction. The chapter left Alex stunned by the scale of his debt.

• Alex finished designing his Super Gundam after staying up all night and assigned Barry to the Superpower Handling Team.
• Alex called Lex Luthor to request thirty billion dollars for the Super Gundam, but Lex told him to fuck off and hung up.
• Alex called Lena Luthor, but Lex intervened and warned Alex to stay away from his sister.
• Alex asked Lex for startup money, but Lex refused and explained that Future Energy Era Company had borrowed heavily to build Metropolis.
• Lex told Alex that the company planned to borrow more over the next decade and that Alex already carried six hundred billion dollars in debt.

Alex discovered that Future Energy Era Company was six hundred billion dollars in debt and sought money to build a secret weapon. He gave Bruce Wayne Superman’s weaknesses in exchange for a favor, then warned Clark that someone intended to deal with him.

• Lex Luthor told Alex that Future Energy Era Company was six hundred billion dollars in debt and refused to lend him money.
• Alex called Bruce Wayne, who asked for Superman’s weakness and offered him a favor.
• Alex agreed to tell Bruce Superman’s weaknesses after making him promise not to kill Superman, and warned him against harming Superman.
• Alex told Bruce about Kryptonite, red sunlight, magic, and Superman’s other weaknesses.
• Alex called Clark to warn him that a superhero was coming after him and said Clark owed him two favors.

Alex visited Universal Entertainment Company in Central City, the 3.5-billion-dollar business he had received from Lex Luthor, hoping to find ways to earn money. At the company’s studio, he recognized Robert Downey Jr. filming what appeared to be Iron Man.

• Clarence Croning and Universal Entertainment’s senior executives welcomed Alex at the company tower.
• Clarence introduced Alex to the company’s executives and departments as he inspected the building.
• Alex told Clarence he had come to look around and was seeking ways to make money.
• Clarence took Alex to Universal Entertainment Studios, where Alex spotted Robert Downey Jr. filming.

Alex and Clarence Croning discussed how real superheroes could undermine Marvel’s attempt to revive itself with Iron Man. After Alex met Robert Downey Jr. and the director, Clarence’s suggestion that a real hero could make a movie successful inspired Alex to consider making a Dragon King film.

• Alex visited the Iron Man set with Clarence Croning and saw Robert Downey Jr. filming.
• Clarence told Alex about Downey’s troubled past and Marvel’s financial crisis, explaining that Iron Man was Marvel’s attempt to change direction.
• Clarence argued that superhero movies might struggle because real heroes such as Superman, Wonder Woman, and Dragon King already had devoted fans.
• Alex and Clarence met Downey and the director, exchanged greetings, and left the Iron Man crew.
• Clarence joked that hiring a real superhero would make a movie a hit, and Alex asked what he thought about making a Dragon King movie.

Alex decided to make a Dragon King superhero movie and tasked Universal Entertainment Company with planning it. Clarence reported that the main obstacle was Dragon King’s military wanted status, leaving Alex stunned to learn he was wanted.

• Clarence Croning argued that Dragon King’s worldwide fame could make a real superhero movie a global hit, and Alex decided to produce one.
• Alex returned to Universal Entertainment Company with Clarence and ordered research into the film project.
• Clarence reported that Universal could handle production and funding, but needed permission to use Dragon King’s image; Alex promised he would secure it.
• Clarence warned that the American military had issued a wanted notice for Dragon King, and Alex froze in surprise.

Alex sought a way to have the US Military revoke his wanted notice so he could fund a Dragon King movie. He asked Lex Luthor to use the Dragon King as Future Energy Era Company's trademark, setting the company’s influence against the notice.

• Alex told Clarence to keep the Dragon King movie project ready and promised to handle the wanted notice.
• Alex realized he could use his money and influence through Future Energy Era Company to pressure the government.
• Lex Luthor angrily refused to give Alex money when Alex called him.
• Alex asked Lex Luthor to make the Dragon King Future Energy Era Company's trademark.
• Lex Luthor called the matter trivial and hung up, while Alex smiled.

Amanda Waller opposed Steve Trevor’s plan to support Green Arrow and believed the government should identify and control superheroes. After Steve’s call ended, she learned that Alex had taken over Universal Entertainment Company and planned a Dragon King movie.

• Steve Trevor ordered Amanda Waller to provide Green Arrow with C-level logistics and support, arguing that support would let the government monitor him without probing his identity.
• Amanda Waller agreed outwardly but privately condemned Steve’s approach and believed the government needed superheroes’ real identities and control over them.
• Amanda Waller sat in Steve’s chair and considered how she would soon take his position.
• A subordinate reported that Alex had taken over Universal Entertainment Company and was preparing a movie based on Dragon King’s reputation.
• Amanda Waller dismissed the subordinate and wondered what Dragon King was trying to do.

Amanda Waller interpreted Dragon King's plans to make movies and become Future Energy Era Company's spokesperson as a plot to influence public opinion. She used his wanted status to advance her own ambitions and sent an elite squad to Universal Entertainment Company in Central City.

• Amanda Waller suspected Dragon King wanted to use movies to influence the public and potentially gain political power.
• Amanda Waller found reports that Future Energy Era Company wanted Dragon King as its spokesperson, but realized she could not stop the deal directly.
• Amanda Waller noticed Dragon King's US Military wanted notice and decided it gave her leverage to control him.
• Amanda Waller sent the Secretary of Homeland Security an assessment of the danger she claimed Dragon King posed, hoping to improve her standing.
• Amanda Waller gathered her forces and ordered an elite squad to Universal Entertainment Company in Central City.

Amanda Waller forced her way into Alex’s office with an armed squad and offered him a contract through the Advanced Superhuman Joint Research Group. The meeting ended with Alex reading her proposal to support Dragon King in exchange for his help when America faced threats it could not handle.

• Amanda Waller led an armed squad into Universal Entertainment Company, pushed aside the security guard, and went to the executive offices using forged FBI Counter-Terrorism Special Unit credentials.
• Amanda Waller’s soldiers burst into Alex’s office and restrained Clarence, prompting Alex to warn that someone would lose an arm unless she gave a reasonable explanation.
• Amanda Waller introduced herself as commander of the Advanced Superhuman Joint Research Group and offered to cooperate with Alex, whom she identified as Dragon King.
• Alex refused to shake Amanda Waller’s hand, recalled her reputation and the group’s connection to The Eye, and took the contract she offered.
• Amanda Waller proposed confidentiality, logistical and combat support, and S-rank resources in return for Dragon King accepting orders to protect Americans from threats America could not resolve.

Alex rejected Amanda Waller’s offer to bring Dragon King under the Advanced Superhuman Joint Research Group, recognizing that the contract would let the American government monitor and exploit him. He then confronted Amanda over her armed squad’s intrusion into his company and struck her with a blast of compressed air.

• Alex read the contract and recognized that its generous support and minimal restrictions would still make Dragon King an American government asset.
• Alex declined Amanda Waller’s offer, unwilling to surrender his independence or become a government-controlled hero.
• Amanda Waller urged Alex to reconsider and offered to resolve the military’s warrant for Dragon King if he signed.
• Alex set down the contract and demanded that Amanda answer for the armed squad’s intrusion and the injuries to his subordinates.
• When Amanda warned that Alex underestimated the American government, Alex struck her across the cheek with compressed air.

Alex punished Amanda Waller for trying to control him, forced her to submit as his subordinate, and ordered her to provide an arm from herself or one of her subordinates. Three days later, two arms arrived at Clarence's desk.

• Alex slapped Amanda Waller and used Magnetic Psionics to suspend and torment her after she tried to enlist him.
• Alex threatened to kill Amanda Waller and demanded that she become his dog.
• Amanda Waller submitted and called Alex Master, and he implanted a painful control technique in her body.
• Alex ordered Amanda Waller to deliver either her own arm or her subordinates' arms within three days.
• Three days later, a courier delivered two arms to Clarence's desk, nearly giving him a heart attack.