Chapter Summaries

Donnie took control of Wakanda’s vast Vibranium mine and ordered the Transformers to seize the Wakandans’ Vibranium possessions, while supplies were brought in to replace their essentials. Elsewhere in central Africa, Gorilla City received an uninvited guest: Red Cloak Runner, carrying a gorilla over his shoulder.

• Donnie discovered that Wakanda’s Vibranium mine held at least a quadrillion tons of ore and appeared to expand by transforming surrounding matter.
• Donnie ordered the Sky Eye Society to transport food, clothes, and other necessities to Wakanda while the Transformers stripped the Wakandans of their Vibranium-related possessions.
• The Land Bridge delivered daily necessities to Wakanda as Donnie prepared to relocate the mine and fill the resulting gap with seabed soil and rock.
• Red Cloak Runner arrived at hidden Gorilla City carrying a gorilla over his shoulder.

Barry Allen delivered Grodd to Gorilla City, then wanted to intervene in the war in Wakanda. Harrison Wells warned him away, leaving Barry shaken as Cisco detected an incoming signal.

• Barry Allen carried Grodd to Gorilla City and dropped him at its entrance after Harrison Wells told him to leave.
• Barry noticed a war in northern Africa and asked Harrison if he should help, but Harrison urgently told him not to go to Wakanda.
• Harrison explained that superheroes should protect civilians rather than intervene in wars between nations, and warned Barry that the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D. were staying out of the conflict.
• Barry struggled with Harrison's argument as Cisco and Caitlin watched with concern.
• Cisco detected an unknown signal and announced that something was coming.

Dormammu brooded over his defeat by Donnie while Zack and the ancient Demon-type Mutants lived peacefully in the Dark Dimension. When a five-meter-tall monster arrived, Dormammu mistook him for Donnie at first, then realized the visitor was an even more terrifying threat as the monster destroyed him and the Dark Dimension.

• Dormammu regretted not acting sooner against Donnie and vowed to enslave him, while Zack led the ancient Demon-type Mutants in building a statue of Dormammu.
• An earth-shattering boom drew Dormammu’s attention, and he charged toward the intruder, expecting Donnie to have invaded.
• Dormammu discovered the intruder was a five-meter-tall monster covered in bone spikes, whose violent aura shook the Dark Dimension.
• The monster moved faster than Dormammu could see and destroyed his planet-sized body with one punch.
• Dormammu recognized the monster as a visitor from another universe before his scream was cut off and the Dark Dimension collapsed.

The Guardians of OA sensed Ancient Doomsday’s arrival and debated how to defend the universe, while ordering Sinestro to recall the Green Lantern Corps. As Doomsday charged toward OA planet, Sinestro offered to face him, but Ganthet refused to let him act.

• The seven Guardians sensed a terrifying invader entering the universe and argued over awakening the White Lantern Ring or seeking Donnie’s help.
• Ganthet ordered the Green Lantern Corps to withdraw from the antimatter universe and summoned Sinestro to prepare for battle.
• The Guardians learned that Abin Sur had disappeared while monitoring Parallax, and Ganthet ordered the Corps assembled and Yellow Lantern Rings prepared.
• Ancient Doomsday broke out of the Dark Dimension and headed straight for OA planet as the Guardians recognized him as a multiversal-level threat.
• Sinestro offered to confront Doomsday, but Ganthet angrily refused to let him proceed.

Ancient Doomsday destroyed OA and began tearing apart the universe as it raced toward Donnie. In Wakanda, Donnie subdued Clark and warned him to run after sensing the monster approaching.

• Ancient Doomsday destroyed OA, killing the Green Lanterns there, then charged through space and shattered worlds and galaxies in its path.
• Harrison used Gideon to analyze the universe’s changing laws and discovered it was becoming a Flashpoint Universe and a Cancerous Universe.
• In Wakanda, Donnie defeated Clark and pinned him to the ground after Clark tried to stop him from attacking the country.
• Donnie sensed Ancient Doomsday racing toward him and saw the monster respond with a savage smile.
• Donnie warned Clark to run if he wanted to survive.

Donnie learned that Ancient Doomsday, an unstoppable and endlessly evolving Level Eight creature, was charging toward Earth after sensing his Unique God essence. Realizing that resurrection would not save him from repeated slaughter, Donnie prepared to find a way to resist Doomsday.

• The chapter recounted how Portland repeatedly killed and revived a Kryptonian baby until it evolved to survive any environment, then grew into the destructive Ancient Doomsday.
• Ancient Doomsday destroyed Krypton and embarked on a universal campaign of killing and adapting, becoming too powerful even for the Unique Gods to restrain.
• Donnie recognized Ancient Doomsday's savage aura approaching Earth and feared that fighting him would only help him evolve.
• Donnie concluded that Ancient Doomsday wanted the essence needed to become a unique existence, and that his own resurrection contingencies would not protect him.
• Donnie ignored Clark and the Transformers as they gathered around him and stepped forward to prepare a defense against Doomsday.

Donnie learned that Ancient Doomsday was approaching and refused Metron’s advice to hand over an unknown item. Metron claimed he wanted to save the universe, but Donnie accused him of using the crisis to uncover how Donnie had defeated Trigon.

• Donnie warned Clark and the Transformers that an interdimensional Doomsday was coming, prompting them to accelerate their Vibranium plundering.
• A little girl appeared beside Donnie and offered to help if he begged, but vanished after he asked whether she could defeat Doomsday.
• Metron arrived on the Mobius Chair, warned that Doomsday had descended, and revealed that he had recently become the God of Knowledge.
• Donnie recognized the Mobius Chair and challenged Metron’s claim that he knew everything.
• Metron urged Donnie to give Doomsday the thing it desired, promising that the monster would leave and spare Donnie’s loved ones.
• Donnie accused Metron of wanting the unknown item himself so he could learn how Donnie defeated Trigon, but Metron insisted he acted for the universe’s future.

Metron used the Mobius Chair to probe Donnie and warned that only handing something over to Doomsday could save the universe. Donnie reaffirmed his promise to protect Earth and ordered Metron down from the chair, declaring that he would take control of it.

• Metron's Mobius Chair failed to uncover Donnie's secrets and estimated that solving them would take ten billion years.
• Metron warned Donnie that he could not defeat Doomsday and urged him to hand over what he had.
• Donnie told Clark that he would never let anyone destroy Earth, and Clark chose to trust him.
• Metron pressured Donnie to give up the thing he wanted, claiming he was saving him.
• Donnie ordered Metron to get down and announced that he would take control of the Mobius Chair.

Donnie battled Metron and his Mobius Chair, whose power shielded the God of Knowledge from his attacks. After Metron grew fascinated by Donnie’s connection to uniqueness, Donnie drew him into space and used the AllSpark to weaken his control over the chair.

• Donnie attacked Metron, but the Mobius Chair repeatedly stopped his blows and protected Earth from the effects.
• Metron bragged about his knowledge and power while the gathered Wakandans and Transformers reacted to him.
• Donnie’s power cracked the chair’s barrier, while a mysterious black curtain prevented Metron from probing his secrets.
• Donnie transported Metron into space, where Metron offered to take Donnie and his family to safety in exchange for a look at his power.
• Donnie demanded the Mobius Chair, then unleashed the AllSpark’s energy, loosening Metron’s control over it.

Donnie fought Metron for control of the Mobius Chair, using the AllSpark to infiltrate and enslave the technological artifact. As their battle damaged satellites and shook the Moon and Mars, a green-glowing spaceship approached the Solar System.

• Donnie unleashed the AllSpark’s power and began taking control of the Mobius Chair, panicking Metron and the chair.
• Metron and the Mobius Chair argued before Metron fought Donnie, but Donnie broke through the chair’s defenses and steadily seized its authority.
• Donnie promised to spare Metron while continuing to attack; their battle destroyed artificial satellites and sent shockwaves across the Moon and Mars.
• Wa Tu watched the fight from the Moon, while a guard urged Black Bolt to stop the combat; the disguised impostor refused to intervene and feared being exposed.
• Optimus Prime and the others observed from Mars, where Ultra Magnus reported that a green-glowing spaceship was rapidly approaching the Solar System.

Donnie took control of the Mobius Chair, stripping Metron of his access to its knowledge and power. After learning how the chair gathered information across the universe and timelines, Donnie remained determined to find a way to confront Ancient Doomsday rather than flee.

• The Mobius Chair kicked Metron away and urged Donnie to sit on it.
• Donnie told Metron that he was the God of Technology and explained that he did not plan to escape Ancient Doomsday.
• Metron warned Donnie that Ancient Doomsday could not be defeated, but Donnie said Metron had not found the right method.
• The Mobius Chair showed Donnie how Metron had learned about Trigon's defeat and traveled to the main universe.
• Donnie realized the chair could hear conversations across the universe and capture information from the past and future.

Fatally wounded Abin Sur sent his Green Lantern Ring to Mars to find a successor, while Optimus Prime and the Transformers investigated Sur’s crashed spacecraft. The Ring chose Optimus Prime and welcomed him to the Green Lantern Corps.

• Abin Sur recalled how Qull’s prophecies and the Guardians’ hidden crimes had shaken his faith as he neared death.
• Abin Sur’s Ring located Mars as a place to find a successor and carried him there in his escape craft.
• Ultra Magnus reported the unidentified craft’s landing, and Optimus Prime decided to investigate in case someone needed help.
• A green sphere flew toward Optimus Prime, and the Ring announced that he could overcome great fear and welcomed him to the Green Lantern Corps.

Abin Sur chose Optimus Prime to inherit his Green Lantern Ring and protect Sector 2814 as fear spread and the Spectrum War approached. After Optimus took the ring and spoke the oath, Sur warned him that the Guardians could not be trusted and urged him to learn the truth from Sinestro.

• A Green Lantern Ring carried Optimus Prime to the crash site, where the dying Abin Sur told him the ring had chosen him to inherit his duty.
• Optimus Prime accepted the ring and recited the Green Lantern oath, unleashing a powerful wave of green energy that halted the sandstorm.
• The ring's power could not penetrate Optimus Prime's body because the power of the Unique God repelled it, though green light covered his outer shell.
• Abin Sur told Optimus Prime to protect rather than obey the Guardians, revealed that he had secretly created Willpower Blue Lanterns, and said Sinestro would come to train him.
• Abin Sur warned Optimus Prime to discuss the Guardians' secrets only with Sinestro and challenged him to prove he could change the spectrum.

After Ancient Doomsday destroyed OA planet and killed hundreds of Green Lanterns, the Guardians discussed their hidden crimes and the threats posed by Doomsday and Parallax. Sinestro learned that the Guardians’ secrets had contributed to Sur’s death, then left to find Sur’s successor and train them.

• The Guardians discussed the destruction of OA planet, their history of betrayal, Parallax’s escape, and the lingering yellow weakness in Green Lantern Rings.
• Sinestro arrived and demanded to lead a mission against Parallax after learning that Sur had died.
• Ganthet revealed that Parallax was an aggregate of fear, while the other Guardians claimed they had imprisoned it to protect the universe.
• Sinestro realized the Guardians had concealed the truth from him and that Sur’s pursuit of Parallax had been reckless.
• Sinestro asked permission to travel to the Solar System to find Sur’s successor and train them, and Ganthet approved.
• Sinestro departed in anger, while Ganthet explained that he was the only suitable Lantern to send given the other threats and Ancient Doomsday’s approach toward Earth.

Donnie arranged a comfortable, well-paid job and protection for Hal Jordan as compensation for Optimus Prime taking Hal’s Green Lantern Ring. Wanda asked how they would handle Ancient Doomsday, and Donnie said they only needed to drive the monster away.

• Hal Jordan celebrated landing a high-paying job and tried unsuccessfully to persuade Carol to guarantee a car loan.
• Donnie instructed his warrior to keep Hal employed, wealthy, happy, and protected, even arranging planes for him to fly and crash.
• Donnie reflected that he had arranged Hal’s good fortune because Optimus Prime had taken the Green Lantern Ring that originally belonged to Hal.
• Wanda joined Donnie and asked how they would deal with Ancient Doomsday.
• Donnie calmly replied that they only needed to drive Ancient Doomsday away.

Donnie considered ways to deal with Ancient Doomsday and decided to pursue a risky plan that could also let him obtain genetic tissue for his controllable Doomsday research. As Doomsday neared the Milky Way, Professor X and Magneto arrived at Donnie’s Estate, and Donnie went to greet them.

• Donnie weighed several ways to stop Ancient Doomsday and rejected the Speed Force Prison as too risky and difficult to use.
• Donnie decided to pursue the most effective plan for gaining strength and potentially obtaining Ancient Doomsday’s genetic tissue.
• Donnie told Wanda she could serve as a contingency plan because she could not yet fully control her Chaos Magic.
• Professor X and Magneto arrived at Donnie’s reinforced gate, and Donnie prepared to welcome them.

Professor X and Magneto visited Donnie's Estate, where they discussed Donnie's plans and his impact on Mutants. Professor X believed Donnie had anticipated their arrival and would soon make a move to recruit Earth's finest Mutants for his new planet.

• Professor X and Magneto entered Donnie's Estate and observed its imposing defenses and grounds.
• Magneto warned Professor X that Donnie manipulated people, recalling how he had been drawn into the war against Dormammu and resenting Donnie's plans to leave Earth.
• Professor X argued that Donnie's public displays of superpowers and defense of Earth had improved Mutants' standing among ordinary people.
• Magneto objected that Donnie would abandon the Mutants despite helping create their improved situation.
• Professor X concluded that Donnie had prepared for their meeting and would seek to take Earth's finest Mutants to build a planet and conquer the stars.

Professor X and Magneto visited Donnie, where they learned Raven was Trigon’s demon daughter and discussed the coming cosmic crisis. Professor X asked whether Donnie would take people with him when he left Earth.

• Raven played with Cosmo and magically pinned Krypto down before rejecting Magneto’s offer to help develop her powers.
• Professor X learned from Cosmo that Raven was a demon and that Donnie had killed Trigon, so Magneto lost interest in her.
• Donnie welcomed Professor X and Magneto, while Wanda avoided her father and left to make tea.
• Donnie told Magneto that Wanda’s strained relationship with him was serious, and Magneto defended training his children as warriors.
• Donnie said he had a plan for the cosmic threat but warned that Professor X and Magneto would be killed instantly if they fought it directly.
• Professor X asked Donnie whether he would take some people with him when he left Earth.

Donnie told Professor X and Magneto he planned to leave Earth after the Doomsday incident and build a civilization around Cybertron, welcoming Mutants willing to join him. When they argued that taking some Mutants would worsen life for those left behind, Donnie revealed his second plan: eradicate the X-Gene on Earth so no new Mutants would be born.

• Donnie said he would leave Earth after the Doomsday incident and invited willing Mutants to travel with him.
• Magneto urged Donnie to stay and lead the Mutants, but Donnie proposed building a planet and satellites for several races.
• Donnie described a future civilization centered on Cybertron, with Mutant, Kryptonian, and Transformer forces.
• Professor X and Magneto warned that most Mutants would stay on Earth and that leaving could endanger those who followed Donnie.
• Donnie said he would create a widespread genetic drug to eliminate X-Genes and prevent Mutants from being born on Earth.

Donnie explained Optimus Prime’s Green Lantern Ring and prepared for the coming Doomsday crisis. He launched a plan to combine three Mother Boxes and send Doomsday through a Boom Tube to Apocalypse.

• Donnie arrived at the Martian base and told Optimus Prime that the Green Lantern Ring had chosen him for his powerful will, while warning him not to trust the Guardians blindly.
• Optimus Prime put on the ring and asked to join the fight against the approaching enemy, but Donnie refused, saying he had a plan to deal with Doomsday.
• Ultra Magnus urged the Transformers to prepare, and Optimus Prime rallied them as the Martian base deployed its weapons.
• Donnie returned to Earth as his forces retrieved Mother Boxes from the ruins of Atlantis and STAR Labs, while he and Diana recovered the last one from Themyscira.
• Donnie planned to combine the three Mother Boxes and use their Boom Tube to send Doomsday to Apocalypse before its forces could invade Earth.