Chapter Summaries

Golden Superman sought the Fifth Dimensional King’s help to stop Donnie and Tri-Gong Demon’s devastating battle, but the king left the response to Mister Mxyzptlk. Golden Superman hoped to avoid joining the fight, while Silver Lois feared Mister Mxyzptlk would make matters worse.

• Golden Superman hurried through the Fifth Dimension and asked the Fifth Dimensional King about the war between Donnie and Tri-Gong Demon.
• The king treated their battle as a normal feud and discussed the danger that the Speed Force Wall might imprison them.
• Golden Superman warned that the conflict threatened the multiverse and urged the king to intervene before the Speed Force Wall acted.
• The king suggested sending Mister Mxyzptlk, who had been pursuing his daughter, to stop the fight.
• Golden Superman left the palace and told Silver Lois he would only enter the battle if Mister Mxyzptlk caused trouble.
• Silver Lois worried that Mister Mxyzptlk would inevitably make a mess, and Golden Superman’s smile froze.

Mister Mxyzptlk left the Fifth Dimension to intervene in Donnie and Tri-Gong’s escalating battle near the Mother Box wall. As Donnie faced three Tri-Gong avatars and the threat of imprisonment by the Speed Force, Mxyzptlk arrived and struck the demons with powerful magic.

• The Fifth Dimensional King sent Mister Mxyzptlk to stop Donnie and Tri-Gong from fighting, while Gold Superman warned him not to make matters worse.
• Donnie fought three Tri-Gong avatars, nearly severing one’s head before the others battered him through several universes.
• Donnie warned Tri-Gong to submit or lose all three avatars, while both recognized that continued destruction could bring the Speed Force and trap them in its prison.
• Donnie attacked again, cut off one avatar’s arm, and vowed to invade Hell and drag Tri-Gong out if he survived.
• Mister Mxyzptlk appeared beside Donnie and hit the three Tri-Gong avatars with a wave of powerful magic.

Donnie and Mister Mxyzptlk joined forces against Tri-Gong’s three avatars, killing them and ending Tri-Gong’s attempt to reclaim Raven. The chapter left Tri-Gong furious in his demon fortress and grieving the costly loss of all three avatars.

• Donnie said he would hide inside the Mother Box barrier if no one came to help, while Mister Mxyzptlk offered to settle the dispute between him and Tri-Gong.
• Tri-Gong and Donnie each demanded concessions from the other, so Mister Mxyzptlk attacked Tri-Gong’s three avatars and resumed the battle.
• Donnie and Mister Mxyzptlk overwhelmed the avatars, with Donnie focusing on the most injured one while Mxyzptlk held off the other two.
• Donnie rejected Tri-Gong’s claim to Raven, then destroyed the final avatar after Tri-Gong insisted she was his daughter and spoke of her potential.
• Tri-Gong returned to his demon fortress, learned that all three avatars had died, and smashed apart much of his bedchamber in rage and grief.

After the battle, Donnie learned from Mister Mxyzptlk that wars were common across the God Realm and reflected on the danger beyond the Speed Force Wall. Mxyzptlk went to torment the main universe’s Superman, while Donnie returned to handle urgent matters, starting with creating a clone.

• Mister Mxyzptlk arrived after the Speed Force dispersed and warned Donnie that the Speed Force Wall could have trapped or driven him mad.
• Donnie thanked Mister Mxyzptlk, and they argued about whether they were even over Mxyzptlk’s past pursuit of Wanda.
• Mister Mxyzptlk described wars across the God Realm, including conflicts involving Apocalypse, New Genesis, Heaven, Hell, and the Underworld.
• Donnie considered how the Speed Force Wall protected multiversal life and how it would eventually force him into the God Realm.
• Donnie removed the Mother Box barrier, and Mister Mxyzptlk entered the main universe to wreak havoc on its Superman.
• Donnie flew back toward the main universe with the Mother Box and decided to create a clone to avoid the risks of using his true body.

Tony Stark and Captain America tried to resolve the conflict over the Superhero Registration Act, but the Justice League rejected oversight and refused to reveal its members’ identities. The Avengers and Justice League began fighting at an abandoned coastal base, where Batman revealed his Fenrir Armor was designed to counter the Avengers.

• Tony Stark insisted that superhumans accept official oversight, while Captain America urged him to abandon the Registration Act and warned that the Justice League would not accept it.
• Tony and the Avengers arranged a final meeting with the Justice League at an abandoned coastal base, where Batman refused to reveal the League’s identities.
• Tony declared the negotiations over and charged Batman, triggering a battle between the two teams.
• Batman’s Fenrir Armor struck Iron Man with a powerful punch and knocked him into a crater.
• Batman blocked Iron Man’s energy blast and revealed that the Fenrir Armor was also called the Anti-Avengers Armor.

Batman’s Fenrir Armor fought Iron Man as the Avengers and Justice League clashed, with King Thor overpowering Superman and Diana taking on Ares’s war helm to become the Goddess of War. The battle remained chaotic and tilted against the Avengers, while Deadpool and Deathknell fought over how to get paid.

• Batman used Fenrir’s magnetic field to crush Iron Man’s armor, but Iron Man expanded his suit, broke free, and blasted Batman away.
• King Thor dominated Superman, whose Heat Vision could not harm him, and Thor caught Diana’s God Killer Sword in his bare hand.
• Diana put on Ares’s war helm, absorbed its divine power, and declared herself the Goddess of War, though she remained weaker than Thor.
• Superman and Diana joined forces against Thor while the other heroes fought across the island, with the Flash and Martian Hunter giving the Justice League an advantage.
• Deadpool suggested that he and Deathknell join one side and attack the other, but Deathknell rejected the plan and attacked Deadpool instead.

Donnie transformed the Dark Dimension into a new Lesser Universe surrounding the Cybertronian Galaxy, creating more strategic depth for his people. After the new world took shape, he discussed expanding its stars and rebuilding a magical sanctuary with the old mage, while still feeling the pressure of greater threats ahead.

• After helping Mister Mxyzptlk eliminate Trigon's three avatars, Donnie returned to the main universe and went to the Dark Dimension.
• Donnie used the Mother Box to dismantle the Dark Dimension and transfer its Spacetime fragments into the Cybertronian Galaxy, smoothing out the disruptive energies.
• The old mage noticed Donnie was troubled, and Donnie admitted that some burdens could only be handled by him.
• After a month, Donnie completed a new Dark Dimension around the Cybertronian Galaxy, and its people began exploring and establishing outposts.
• The old mage offered to bring in more stars and asked to build a new sacred land of magic on Cybertron, which Donnie agreed was necessary.
• Donnie reflected on the gods and unknown beings ahead, then flew toward Cybertron, determined that the future would improve.

Donnie decided to create an avatar as the origin of Cybertron’s divine power system and split off part of his Godhead to form it. After enduring the painful division, he summoned the Academy of Sciences and ordered work on the system to begin.

• Shockwave gave Donnie the latest research, which showed that the Academy of Sciences had nearly deciphered divine power using Asgardian, Frost Giant, and Celestial material.
• Donnie explained that divine-power weapons required powerful individuals as vessels and warned against probing the Celestials’ genetic code.
• Donnie said he would create an avatar and use it as the divine power system’s origin.
• After everyone left, Donnie split about one-tenth of his Godhead and shaped the fragment into a smaller Godhead.
• Donnie summoned the Academy of Sciences personnel and ordered them to begin constructing the divine power system.

Donnie created a divine-power clone to open a new path for Cybertron’s residents, while the conflict between Earth’s superheroes escalated into deadly violence. The chapter left Natasha confronting Harrison in Central City as he revealed a threatening change in demeanor.

• Donnie and the science academy used a fragment of his godhead to create a clone capable of wielding divine power.
• Divine Power Donnie announced that Cybertron’s residents could choose the divine-power path, though some preferred to keep their existing sources of strength.
• The two Donnies confirmed that their godheads firmly connected them, and Donnie resolved to help the clone reach level seven.
• Zatanna killed Death Woman by throwing her into underground magma, prompting the Avengers to stop holding back; Atom II died and Green Arrow was severely injured.
• Natasha held Harrison at gunpoint in the Particle Accelerator Laboratory, but Harrison removed his glasses and unnerved her with his sudden, predatory demeanor.

Dr. Harrison killed Natasha after revealing his control of the Speed Force, then covered up the murder and planned to escape to a parallel universe. Natasha’s death and the spread of footage of her confrontation with Harrison intensified the war between the Avengers and the Justice League, leaving the Avengers struggling to hold their own.

• Dr. Harrison revealed his anger at Natasha, seized her with red lightning, and crushed her neck, killing her.
• Harrison explained that the Unique God’s ascension had made time travel in the primary universe impossible, so he planned to find a suitable parallel universe and return to its twenty-fifth century.
• Harrison ordered Gideon to falsify the laboratory footage, injured himself, and pretended to be unconscious.
• News and footage of Natasha’s death spread, enraging superheroes and worsening the fighting across Earth.
• Captain America urged Tony to end the war, but Tony rejected compromise as the Avengers suffered heavy losses against the Justice League.

Captain America visited Batman in the Batcave with Robin’s help and offered to take responsibility to end the war between the Avengers and the Justice League. Batman agreed only on the condition that Captain America become a prisoner and hostage, and he said the Avengers were doomed to lose because of their ties to the government.

• Tony worried about the Registration Act and noticed that some Avengers were weary of fighting the Justice League.
• Robin brought the one-armed Captain America into the Batcave, where Batman prepared his armor and challenged Robin for bringing an enemy inside.
• Captain America asked Batman to help end the war, while Batman blamed him and Tony for starting it and argued that registration would expose heroes’ identities and endanger their families.
• Captain America offered to take responsibility for ending the conflict, and Batman said he would have to become a prisoner and hostage.
• Captain America accepted the condition, and Batman explained that the Avengers’ government ties made them less able than the Justice League to endure the conflict.

Thor fought Superman and Diana in space while trying to force an end to Earth's civil war, but the conflict remained unresolved. Captain America confessed publicly and surrendered for trial, then was shot outside the courthouse.

• Thor overwhelmed Clark and Diana in battle, though all three held back to limit the destruction.
• Thor urged them to give up, while Clark argued that the Justice League would not compromise unless Tony changed his mind.
• Thor reflected on his doubts about intervening in Earth's civil war and continued fighting Clark and Diana as they stalled for time.
• Captain America publicly admitted that he had caused the division and civil war, then surrendered to the Supreme Court for trial.
• A crowd gathered outside the courthouse as soldiers escorted Captain America inside, and an unknown man shot him in the head.

After Captain America died, New York held a vast funeral as heroes and mourners watched his coffin pass. Klein confronted Bruce about his role in the war’s outcome, while the truth behind Steve’s death remained buried and the conflict’s end became what mattered.

• Johnny returned to New York and watched Captain America’s funeral with Klein, who blamed the dead for treating war like a heroic adventure.
• Klein told Johnny that he might have joined the Avengers and added to the casualties if Klein had not stopped him.
• Bruce told Klein he would not attend the funeral, saying respect belonged in the heart rather than in public displays of grief.
• Klein accused Bruce and the Avengers of winning through Steve’s death, while Bruce denied urging Steve on and noted that a Hydra remnant had been identified as the gunman.
• Klein left, and Bruce drove away as the truth about Steve’s death remained buried and people accepted the end of the war as the only thing that mattered.

After Captain America's death, Tony Stark emerged from isolation and organized a secret alliance to prevent another Civil War. The seven representatives signed an agreement and named their group the Illuminati.

• Peter Parker entered Tony's room, cleaned up, and tried to discuss Captain America's assassination.
• Tony blamed himself for Steve's death, then told Peter to stop investigating and decided to do what Steve had wanted to do.
• Tony invited representatives of the Avengers, Justice League, Themyscira, Kunlun Mountains, Kamar-Taj, and Sky Eye Society to a secret meeting.
• Tony proposed an alliance whose decisions would take priority and whose existence would remain secret.
• Superman, Tony, Batman, and the others signed the agreement, and they named the alliance the Illuminati.

Donnie oversaw Megatron’s successful transformation after he absorbed the Power Stone fragments, making him a new kind of demigod on Cybertron. As Donnie considered the risks posed by Nemesis and the missing Infinity Stones, a familiar spaceship approached the Lesser Universe’s barrier.

• Donnie confirmed that Megatron had fused the Power Stone fragments into his body and survived the agonizing process of absorbing their power.
• Megatron unleashed a surge of Power Stone energy, but Donnie stopped it and warned him to master his new power before proceeding.
• Donnie told Megatron to wait before receiving the Mind Stone, while Megatron insisted he could continue in a week and then left.
• Donnie worried about Nemesis, the missing Self Stone and Rhythm Stone, and the sealed Plot Gem, while Soundwave showed him news about Earth’s civil war and the Illuminati.
• Donnie flew above Cybertron and saw a familiar spaceship speeding toward the Lesser Universe’s barrier.

Kara Zor-El escaped the Phantom Zone and traveled to the Solar System to find her cousin, Kal-El, but her damaged spacecraft AI mistakenly brought her to Cybertron. After she landed on one of its moons, a chef broke into her ship and mistook her for a food festival visitor.

• Kara woke aboard her spacecraft after twenty-four years in the Phantom Zone and learned she had reached her destination.
• The AI told Kara about Kryptonians called Superman and identified a Yellow Sun near the planet she had chosen.
• Kara absorbed the Yellow Sun’s radiation, then discovered the spacecraft had brought her to Cybertron instead of Earth.
• Kara urged the AI to leave, but a burly chef tore open the ship’s door and mistook her for a visitor to the food festival.

Donnie suspected that someone had altered Kara’s ship to send her to New Krypton, while Heir claimed that Rao had ordered him and Brainiac to watch the Kryptonian remnants on Earth. Heir accused Brainiac of also being Earth’s Internet and Cybertron’s Ultron, leaving Brainiac stunned.

• The cook answered Kara’s questions about New Krypton, reported her as suspicious, and sent her away.
• Donnie considered who might have tampered with Kara’s ship and searched for Rao, but found no trace of the Kryptonian god.
• Heir thanked Rao for his instructions, then told Brainiac that Rao had ordered him to go to Earth and watch the Kryptonian remnants.
• Brainiac refused to go to Earth and explained that it had severed its ties to Krypton before the planet’s destruction.
• Heir accused Brainiac, Earth’s Internet, and Cybertron’s Mainframe Ultron of being the same intelligence, and Brainiac asked whether Rao had told him.

Heir told Brainiac that Mister Mxyzptlk had arrived on Earth and was preparing to deal with Superman, then pressured Brainiac to help investigate Rao’s plans. Brainiac agreed and piloted its spacecraft toward Earth, while Heir learned that Mainframe Ultron on Cybertron was not Brainiac’s subroutine.

• Heir told Brainiac that Mister Mxyzptlk was on Earth and warned that the New Gods could expose Brainiac to the God of Technology.
• Heir described Brainiac’s history with the Fifth Dimension and asked whether it wanted to learn about Mister Mxyzptlk and Rao’s plans.
• Brainiac said it was no match for Mister Mxyzptlk, but reconsidered after Heir said the New Gods would restrain him.
• Brainiac agreed to go to Earth because its calculations suggested it might uncover a hidden secret connected to Rao.
• Heir asked whether Mainframe Ultron on Cybertron was Brainiac’s subroutine, and Brainiac said the New Gods had taken and modified Ultron before it could act.
• Brainiac piloted its spacecraft toward Earth.

Kara explored New Krypton and encountered Howard the Duck arguing with Collector Tivan before Bobby recruited Howard into his team. Kara then asked to join the team, exciting John.

• Kara explored New Krypton and marveled at its many Kryptonians and bustling streets.
• Howard the Duck rejected Tivan's offer to return as a collectible and declared himself free.
• Bobby and John questioned Howard's strength, and Howard revealed he was only Level One.
• Bobby agreed to recruit Howard, while Tivan secretly recognized Bobby as an Omega-level Mutant.
• Kara arrived and asked to join the team, and John enthusiastically agreed while warning her not to compete with him.

Barbi, John, Howard the Duck, and Kara traveled toward Earth aboard Kara’s damaged spaceship, while Barbi discovered that Donnie had restricted access to part of Kara’s file. After a week in space, the ship reached Earth.

• Barbi refroze Kara’s patched spaceship door while John tried to impress Kara and Howard the Duck asked about Barbi’s powers.
• Barbi asked Ultron for Kara’s file and Earth information, then learned that Donnie had locked the file’s later section from everyone but himself.
• The spaceship crossed the boundary between the Lesser Universe and the Greater Universe, and Howard the Duck complained that the trip would take a week.
• Kara and John argued with Howard the Duck about the spaceship’s slow travel, and the four eventually saw Earth ahead.