Chapter Summaries

The Martian Manhunter fought Udom Say after the Hunter Project made him serve the United States in exchange for protection and freedom for his fellow Martians. As the Martian Manhunter searched the damaged Department of Defense, a Mechanical Giant attacked, killed CIA agents, and escaped with Udom Say.

• Udom Say shot down an F-35 and confronted the Martian Manhunter after General Lane escaped by helicopter.
• The Martian Manhunter struck Udom Say with psychic Heat Vision, threw him from the building, and entered the Department of Defense to search for survivors and enemies.
• CIA agents arrived with LexCorp equipment to capture the Martian Manhunter, but a Mechanical Giant formed from the F-35 wreckage and burned them to ash.
• The Mechanical Giant fired a missile at the Martian Manhunter, then seized the dazed Udom Say and fled with him inside its chest.

Miao Mu and Batman raced to rescue General Lane from a Mechanical Giant that had appeared amid the falling pods and meteor-like debris. Batman attacked the machine while Miao Mu transformed into a giant stone form to face it, leaving the battle about to begin.

• Miao Mu and Batman drove a garbage truck toward General Lane after he called for urgent help, while Batman tracked the falling objects on his wrist computer.
• They found a crashed helicopter and machine-like footprints, then spotted a Mechanical Giant in the warehouse district pursuing General Lane.
• Batman rescued General Lane from falling warehouse roofing and identified himself before attacking the Mechanical Giant with explosives.
• Batman’s explosion staggered the Mechanical Giant, while Miao Mu examined the energy animating it and called it a kind of mechanical zombie.
• The Mechanical Giant charged toward Miao Mu’s magical energy, and Miao Mu grew larger as stone fragments gathered around him.

Miao Mu and Superman fought the rampaging Mechanical Giants as Metropolis suffered widespread destruction. While Superman rescued fleeing civilians and The Rogues helped evacuate Central City, Captain Cold prepared a special round for a Mechanical Giant.

• Miao Mu tore apart a Mechanical Giant and devastated the warehouse district, while General Lane watched the destruction.
• Batman recorded Miao Mu's new form, then saw Superman battling the Mechanical Giants rampaging through Metropolis.
• Superman destroyed several Mechanical Giants, including one whose Demon Egg shattered when he punched through its chest.
• Superman caught a collapsing wall above fleeing civilians and carried it to an empty lot, though his strength was declining.
• The Rogues helped evacuate Central City as Weather Wizard directed people, Mirror Master transported those with limited mobility, and Captain Cold froze the Mechanical Giants.
• Golden Glider reported that everyone had been evacuated, and Captain Cold loaded a special round into his freeze gun.

After Miao Mu and Batman left General Lane with the truck keys, Gotham’s citizens turned the invasion into an uprising against the Court of Owls while the city’s criminals and defenders fought the Mechanical Giants. The chapter ended with Otis’s rats surrounding Rick Flag and spreading out to hunt for the remaining Task Force X members.

• Miao Mu picked up a fragment of the AllSpark Stone, greeted General Lane, and left with Batman after handing Lane the garbage truck keys.
• Gotham citizens attacked the Mechanical Giants and hunted down Reserve Talons, overwhelming them with a furious crowd.
• Oswald the Penguin ordered his news companies to cover the crisis and set out with a humanoid shark as his bodyguard.
• Deadshot fired on the Mechanical Giants from a patrol airship, while Gotham’s coastal defense cannons destroyed one of them.
• Rick Flag surrendered to Otis as a tide of rats surrounded him, and Otis sent the rats to search for the other Task Force X members.

Miao Mu returned to Gotham after a night of fighting and rested while Batman surveyed the city and went out to restore order. Meanwhile, Harvey Dent survived another assassination attempt as attackers prepared to strike his home again.

• Miao Mu landed on Wayne Enterprises' rooftop, found Gotham still chaotic but stable, and decided to rest.
• Batman checked Gotham's situation through Alfred, then left the rooftop to patrol the city on a new Batcycle.
• Batman’s appearance frightened would-be looters into abandoning their plans and joining protests against the Court of Owls.
• Harvey Dent watched James Gordon's press conference from home while an assassin's corpse lay by his bullet-riddled door.
• Attackers threw a grenade into Harvey Dent's living room, but he took cover and returned fire with his submachine gun.
• The gunfire outside abruptly stopped as an engine roared near Harvey Dent's home.

Batman rescued Harvey Dent from an assassination attempt and then rushed to Jack Napier after hearing that Napier was in danger. Batman stopped Napier from shooting himself, but an alarm sent him racing toward Metropolis, which had fallen.

• Batman defeated seven armed attackers and found Harvey Dent alive, though exhausted, inside the darkened room.
• Harvey Dent told Batman that Jack Napier had also been threatened and was hiding, then went to sleep on the sofa.
• Batman asked Alfred to find Jack Napier's address and headed to Napier's home.
• Jack Napier prepared to shoot himself while Harley watched, but Batman burst in, took apart the revolver, and asked whether Harley was sick.
• Jack told Batman that seeing him had given him a reason to live, but Batman hurried away when his wrist alarm showed that Metropolis had fallen.

General Zod captured Superman and ordered the Kryptonian Gene Bank rebuilt while preparing to secure Krypton’s future. Elsewhere, Barry ran out of energy, and at Arkham Asylum Captain Boomerang spoke with a strange prisoner who offered to help him escape.

• General Zod had Udom Say take the exhausted Superman to the genetic engineering chamber and ordered the Gene Bank rebuilt and protected.
• General Zod ordered his forces to contact the American president, destroy approaching threats, and complete a gravitational conversion within a year.
• Barry ate pizza to recover from a leg cramp while The Rogues discussed how to stop him from running.
• Captain Boomerang woke in Arkham Asylum and heard a neighboring prisoner speak to him through a straw connected to a toilet.
• The prisoner offered to help Captain Boomerang escape if he would find Mister Bones, then insulted him about his father and his boomerang skills.

Batman waited in Metropolis for reinforcements to prepare a mission against the Kryptonian fleet, while Miao Mu gathered help and headed to meet Lex Luthor. They set out with a small team as the danger in orbit loomed.

• Lucius Fox arrived with rockets and warned Batman that he was too human to take on the mission, but Batman insisted on going.
• Miao Mu and Brucie arrived in a rally car, and Miao Mu told Batman that Lex Luthor could help solve the problem.
• Batman rode off on the Batcycle while Lucius and Brucie discussed reconstruction work.
• Miao Mu borrowed Brucie's phone and recruited Deathstroke, who agreed to come to Metropolis.
• Miao Mu spotted The Flash racing toward them and decided their team had enough people to proceed.

Luthor outfitted the heroes with space-ready armor and sent them to confront the Kryptonian fleet. The first assault began in orbit, with Martian Manhunter and the others breaking into enemy ships as they searched for Superman.

• Luthor proposed using rockets and specially made armor to send the heroes into orbit, and Batman said they needed Superman's help to defeat the aliens.
• Luthor revealed bulky armor built with Wayne Enterprises' industrial support, and the heroes chose suits and customized them.
• At 11:50 p.m. Washington time, the Kryptonian fleet detected unidentified objects entering Earth's atmosphere and fired an interception missile.
• Martian Manhunter destroyed the missile, landed on a Kryptonian ship, and attacked its commander.
• The Flash reported that the ships had oxygen but excessive gravity, while Deathstroke tore into another ship and went after the alien hound as the heroes searched for Superman.

Batman and Brucie fought Kryptonian soldiers aboard the warships while Miao Mu searched for Superman and confronted General Zod. The battle was disrupted when the neighboring warship exploded, leaving Miao Mu off balance as Zod raised his sword.

• Batman ambushed a Kryptonian soldier aboard the flagship, then fought off a group of soldiers until General Zod altered the ship’s gravity and helped them pin him down.
• Brucie arrived and freed Batman with her grappling line, and the two teamed up against the soldiers while Zod watched.
• Miao Mu scanned the warship for Superman, hoping to find him before the Kryptonians could use his genetic code to restore Krypton.
• General Zod cut through a wall to confront Miao Mu and said Clark was undergoing Krypton’s Judgment; Miao Mu attacked and punched Zod’s heavily armored chest.
• The neighboring warship exploded, shaking the ships and throwing Miao Mu off balance as General Zod raised his sword to strike.

Miao Mu spread magical energy through General Zod’s warship, countering its crushing gravity and freeing Brucie and Batman to act. Brucie went to find the genetic archive while Batman confronted Zod and took his sword.

• After General Zod increased the warship’s gravity, Miao Mu spread magical energy through the ship to replace the gravity restrictions.
• Miao Mu freed Brucie and Batman from the crushing gravity, then told them that Superman’s location had been found.
• Brucie headed for the genetic archive while Batman went to confront General Zod.
• Miao Mu removed the helmets of the fallen Kryptonian soldiers as Batman attacked Zod.
• Batman disarmed General Zod, used joint locks to suppress him, and took his sword.

Batman fought General Zod while Miao Mu supported him, and Brucie tried to save the unconscious Superman Clark. After Brucie detonated Sun Bombs on Superman, the revived Superman arrived and faced General Zod.

• Miao Mu used magical energy to keep Batman in the fight as General Zod overwhelmed him with his enhanced strength and speed.
• Batman noticed General Zod could sustain the sixfold anti-gravity effect only briefly and tried to exploit the opening, but his attacks could not pierce Zod’s armor.
• Brucie stopped a Kryptonian scientist’s Gene Bank transfer, then found Superman Clark unconscious and connected to medical equipment.
• Brucie placed three Sun Bombs on Superman, and Miao Mu covered him with magical energy as the bombs detonated.
• General Zod cornered Batman, but a burst of magical energy knocked him back and the revived Superman arrived.
• General Zod recognized Superman as Carl, struck him in the chest, and pursued him as he flew backward.

Miao Mu, Superman, and Batman struggled to defeat General Zod aboard his warship, even after disabling its gravity system. With their attacks failing to break through his armor, Miao Mu gave Batman a snow globe and proposed destroying the warship with Zod aboard.

• Miao Mu lifted the gravity effect from Superman, allowing Clark to fight General Zod while Batman searched for an opening.
• Brucie disabled the Gravity Chamber, but Batman’s strike with Zod’s broken sword and Miao Mu’s attacks still failed to overcome his defenses.
• Miao Mu and Batman discussed trapping Zod in the Mirror Dimension, then Miao Mu handed Batman a snow globe and told her to find Brucie.
• Miao Mu transformed to restrain Zod as Superman attacked, while Batman formed a plan to blow up the warship with Zod aboard.

Batman, Miao Mu, and Clark destroyed General Zod’s warship and escaped through Brucie’s portal as the invasion fleet was wiped out. Lex Luthor and Martian Manhunter survived and were hailed as heroes, while the Penguin began interviewing Peter Parker at his newly renamed news agency.

• Batman connected two Arc Reactors in the warship’s energy bay to trigger an explosion while Miao Mu and Clark fought General Zod.
• Clark drove General Zod toward the energy bay, and Miao Mu struck him into it as Batman pulled Clark clear.
• Miao Mu used magical tentacles to pull Batman and Clark toward Brucie’s portal, and they escaped as the warship exploded.
• Lex Luthor and Martian Manhunter fled the blast, then descended to Earth and were photographed as heroes while Earth’s missiles destroyed the remaining alien ships.
• The Penguin took over the Gotham Entertainment News Agency, renamed it Penguin Entertainment News Agency, and interviewed Peter Parker for a photographer job.

Peter Parker secured a job selling Spider-Man photos to Oswald Cobblepot and began settling into Gotham. Meanwhile, Dick told Jason that Alfred had found the missing Flash.

• Oswald hired Peter Parker to provide Spider-Man photos and agreed to advance him money for rent.
• Peter explained that he and Aunt May had been exiled from the Marvel Universe and sent to Gotham.
• Peter swung across Gotham on webbing and declared that Spider-Man had arrived.
• Jason wondered why Miao Mu, Batman, Superman, and the Flash had disappeared while he and the others protected Gotham.
• Dick arrived at Nygma's home and told Jason that Alfred had found the Flash.

Alfred showed Jason and Dick evidence that The Flash had been captured and secretly detained at Belle Reve, and they prepared to find help rescuing him and locating Miao Mu and the others. Meanwhile, Captain Boomerang escaped Arkham Asylum but was caught by Spider-Man.

• Alfred took Jason and Dick into the expanded Batcave and showed them intelligence about The Flash's capture and the surveillance of Iris West.
• Jason and Dick learned that The Rogues had failed to rescue The Flash because Martian Manhunter guarded Belle Reve Penitentiary.
• Jason and Dick decided they needed people and equipment, and Alfred offered them gear from the Batcave.
• Jason chose not to take a suit and planned to seek help while collecting equipment from that person's home safe.
• Captain Boomerang escaped Arkham Asylum, climbed down the building's exterior pipes, and was caught in Spider-Man's net.

Jason, Dick, and Nashton entered a soon-to-be-demolished Gotham district packed with drug addicts and confronted Alexis. Jason asked Alexis for a favor, and she listened from the rooftop.

• Nashton, Jason, and Dick ran into the abandoned building district to find Alexis and their missing biology teacher.
• Jason broke an attacker’s wrist and knocked him unconscious, while Dick fought off another drug addict.
• Jason and Dick realized that hundreds or thousands of addicts had surrounded them, and Nashton called out to Alexis.
• Alexis appeared on a rooftop and mocked the three friends before asking why they had come.
• Jason stepped forward and asked Alexis for a favor, and she told him to explain.

Jason, Nashton, and Dick searched for help rescuing Jason’s father, but their confrontation with Alexis and the addicts was interrupted by Spider-Man and a furious Poison Ivy. The chapter ended with Jason recognizing his missing biology teacher, Pamela Lillian Isley, as Poison Ivy.

• Jason asked Alexis to help find someone who could pick locks so he could rescue his father, but she ordered the addicts to attack them.
• Dick fought off the addicts while Jason and Alexis clashed, and vines seized Jason, Nashton, and Dick.
• The addicts worshipped a man-eating plant, which nearly swallowed Dick before Spider-Man arrived and made it collapse.
• Jason apologized to Alexis and tried to explain his behavior, while she suspected he had a hidden weapon around his neck.
• Pamela Lillian Isley came outside after sensing her plants had been hurt, unleashed vines, and revealed herself as Poison Ivy to Jason and his companions.

Spider-Man and Jason’s group encountered Poison Ivy and Alexis in the sewers, where Spider-Man fought off Ivy’s plants before Alexis convinced her to let them leave. Peter Parker then escaped Penguin’s demands for autographs and publicity, but spotted Jason and the others near the Gotham Police Department and decided to follow them.

• Poison Ivy attacked Spider-Man with vines and a man-eating flower, and Spider-Man defended himself while insisting he had not come to fight her.
• Alexis intervened, asked Poison Ivy to release the group, and told Jason and the others to leave.
• Nashton led Dick and the others away, while Jason gave Alexis a pendant and told her to make a wish.
• Penguin demanded that Peter Parker produce two thousand Spider-Man autographs and arrange publicity photos, including one of Spider-Man eating corn.
• Peter Parker hung up on Penguin, noticed Jason and the others walking away, and decided to follow them after recognizing them from the Gotham Police Department.

Alfred and Lucius sent a group of young people from Gotham toward Belle Reve Penitentiary, while Luthor searched for hidden places and planned to give ordinary people superpowers. The young people set out to recruit Bane, and Luthor prepared to pitch his Everyone Project to the president.

• Alfred told Lucius that the children’s safety was assured and that their mission was necessary to gain support against the threats ahead.
• Lucius explained that LexCorp was developing a genetic agent that could give people superpowers, while Alfred worried about Batman’s disappearance.
• Dick, Jason, Nashton, and Peter discussed their plan to break someone out of Belle Reve and travel to recruit Bane, who was pursuing Deathstroke.
• Luthor ordered his secretary to search explorers’ records for legendary hidden places such as Themyscira.
• Luthor named his plan to give ordinary people superpowers the Everyone Project and prepared to promote trials to the president.