Chapter Summaries

After Catwoman stole a pearl necklace from Bruce Wayne, Bruce struggled to make sense of the magical tabby that had turned him into a cat. The next morning, Alfred brought Bruce a kitten, and Bruce realized it was not the dangerous cat he feared.

• Catwoman showed Jerry the pearl necklace she had stolen from Bruce Wayne, and Jerry began cultivating in a cardboard box.
• Bruce returned to Wayne Manor and asked Alfred whether a cat could talk, then decided to explain what had happened after reviewing the footage.
• Alfred ordered a palm-sized tabby kitten for Bruce, hoping a pet would help ease his anxiety.
• Bruce discovered that his grandmother's pearl necklace had been stolen from his safe and resolved to focus on stopping the magic-using cat.
• The next morning, Bruce confronted the kitten Alfred had brought with a chair, but Alfred explained it was only a month-and-a-half-old pet.

Jerry cultivated his Bell Universe while Catwoman went shopping, then hunted criminals and corrupt officials in Gotham to earn Little Red Stars. After a week of killings, the city’s powerful demanded his arrest, and Gordon summoned Batman.

• Catwoman invited Jerry shopping, but he refused so he could cultivate and continue developing the Bell Universe.
• Jerry created an ant-sized intelligent species in the Bell Universe and separated its habitat from the cats with a magical barrier.
• Catwoman went out at night while Jerry killed criminal officials and followed evidence to other corrupt figures, destroying Bruce’s surveillance drones when he found them.
• After a week of killings, Catwoman’s thefts and Jerry’s murders placed intense pressure on Gordon and the police from Gotham’s upper class.
• Gordon activated the Bat-Signal to summon Batman as the authorities sought to capture Jerry.

Batman told Commissioner Gordon that a magical talking tabby cat was responsible for the recent killings and identified the Gotham Royal Grand Hotel as its hideout. Gordon agreed to help Batman capture the cat, but Jerry sensed their ambush when he returned to the hotel after a hunt.

• Batman showed Gordon footage proving that a flying, spellcasting tabby cat had killed criminals around Gotham.
• Batman explained that the cat had entered the country with Fibres Pulis, whom he suspected was Catwoman, and said the pair stayed at the Gotham Royal Grand Hotel.
• Gordon asked whether they should arrest the suspects or talk to them, and Batman proposed subduing them before negotiating.
• Gordon agreed to lead officers in carrying out Batman's plan to ambush the cat and its owner.
• Jerry Apparated back to his hotel room at four in the morning and sensed the police officers outside and Batman waiting on the rooftop.

Gordon and Batman launched an ambush against Jerry and Catwoman, but Jerry easily neutralized the police officers and Catwoman engaged Batman in a fight. Batman tried to retreat toward a second stage of his plan, but Jerry’s unpredictable magic remained a major obstacle.

• Catwoman told Jerry she had sensed police officers outside their hotel room, and Jerry told her to wait and see what they wanted.
• Gordon led more than a dozen officers into the room with smoke grenades made to affect cats and electric net guns supplied by Batman.
• Jerry cleared the smoke with wind magic and sent the electric nets back at the officers, stunning Gordon and his team.
• Batman burst through the window, but Jerry's Verdimillious spell failed against his energy-protective suit, and Catwoman pulled Batman away with her whip.
• Catwoman and Batman fought across the bed while Jerry watched and ate conjured popcorn.
• Batman decided to feign defeat and draw them toward his prepared battleground, but he had not accounted for Jerry's many kinds of magic.

Jerry captured Batman, erased the police officers’ memories, and explained that he intended to purge Gotham’s criminals rather than reform the city through cooperation. Catwoman returned Bruce to Wayne Manor, where Alfred mistook their situation for an intimate encounter, and she later told Bruce about Jerry’s meeting with the Egyptian Cat God.

• Jerry bound Batman, erased Gordon and the nearby officers’ memories, and warned Bruce not to interfere with his plans for Gotham.
• Jerry opened Portals to Wayne Manor and the police station, and Catwoman sent the officers to the station before carrying Bruce through the other Portal.
• Alfred saw Catwoman standing over bound Bruce beside a box of Jissbon, pretended not to notice, and left them alone.
• Catwoman asked Bruce about his life as Batman, and Bruce asked her to explain her relationship with Jerry.
• Catwoman told Bruce that Jerry had spoken with the Egyptian Cat God who resurrected her, leaving Bruce wondering whether Jerry was a god too.

After Gotham’s criminal networks collapsed, Jerry kept his cat body, tested a modified Animagus transformation, and considered where to go next. He decided to head to Metropolis to look for Superman and identify which DC universe he had entered.

• Over three weeks, Gotham’s gangs and many influential criminals and officials were killed, crime nearly vanished, and residents called the killings the “Divine Punishment” incident.
• Jerry transformed into a human using his modified Animagus spell, but decided to keep his cat body to preserve its perfect compatibility with his split soul and avoid attracting the world’s creator.
• Jerry explained that his transformation spell consumed magic and could fail if he was attacked, then returned to his cat form before Catwoman came back from her date with Batman.
• Jerry concluded that Gotham offered too few opportunities to gain strength and weighed seeking a major crisis or powerful beings elsewhere.
• Jerry chose to go to Metropolis, hoping to find Superman and determine which DC universe he had entered.

Jerry searched for Clark Kent in Metropolis, then tracked Lois Lane to the Kent farm and learned that Clark had saved her from an alien spaceship. Her account revealed that Jerry was in the movie Justice League universe, where he planned to seek the Mother Box and the Anti-Life Equation once he regained more strength.

• Jerry questioned a Daily Planet receptionist and learned that Lois Lane was in Kansas while Clark Kent had not joined the newspaper.
• Jerry flew to the Kent farm, where Mrs. Kent said Clark had left to travel months earlier.
• Lois arrived at the farm and questioned Jerry about why he was looking for Clark.
• Jerry used psychic power to make Lois recount how Clark rescued her from an alien spaceship in the Arctic and how the newspaper and military suppressed her report.
• Jerry identified the setting as the movie Justice League universe and considered using the Mother Box and Anti-Life Equation to restore his strength.

Jerry brought Lois to meet Clark at Jonathan Kent’s grave, introduced himself as a wizard, and warned that a crisis was connected to Clark. He gave Clark his Magic Mirror before leaving to prepare for the arrival of General Zod and his Kryptonians.

• Lois questioned Jerry after he used magic on her, and he transported her to the cemetery where Clark was visiting Jonathan Kent’s grave.
• Lois urged Clark to stop hiding, while Clark asked Jerry who he was and Lois warned Clark that Jerry had brought her there by strange means.
• Jerry introduced himself as a wizard and transformed a stone into a piglet to prove that magic existed.
• Jerry warned Clark of an impending crisis connected to him, gave him the Magic Mirror to make contact, and vanished.
• Jerry planned to use the coming fight against General Zod and his Kryptonians to gain magic power, and considered teaming up with Clark to defeat them.

Jerry said goodbye to Catwoman and Bruce as he prepared to leave Gotham City, giving them Magic Mirrors so they could contact him. Before departing, he gave them farewell gifts and urged Bruce to treat Selina well.

• Jerry appeared in Catwoman and Bruce's hotel room, explained that Gotham's affairs were under control, and said he was leaving for a while.
• Jerry gave Catwoman and Bruce Magic Mirrors and promised to return when he had time.
• Catwoman showed reluctance at Jerry's departure, while Bruce thanked him for improving Gotham despite disapproving of his methods.
• Jerry told Bruce to treat Selina well, and Bruce promised that he would.
• Jerry remembered his farewell gifts and handed a small rod to each of them.

Jerry gave Catwoman and Bruce transformation wands that let them summon costumes and weapons, then prepared Metropolis for the coming Kryptonian invasion. After a week of laying magical defenses, he was ready to face Zod and his forces.

• Jerry explained that Catwoman's and Bruce's wands could transform them into protective outfits with weapons, and Catwoman tested hers by changing into a leather suit and then a dress.
• Bruce used his wand to transform into Batman, and Jerry told them to bind the wands with their blood before he teleported away.
• Jerry returned to Metropolis and waited for General Zod and the Kryptonians, expecting them to arrive after receiving the scout ship's signal.
• Jerry spent a week placing magical defensive runes around Metropolis to protect the city and its people during the coming attack.
• Jerry finished the citywide preparations and planned to fight the Kryptonians with ranged, mental, space, and time magic while avoiding close combat.

General Zod threatened Earth and demanded that Clark be handed over, while Jerry waited for the crisis to escalate enough to earn more Little Red Stars. When the FBI moved to arrest Lois, Jerry rescued her and took her to Clark, leaving General Swanwick with a report of Jerry’s magic.

• Jerry heard General Zod threaten Earth through a television broadcast and decided to wait until the crisis peaked before intervening.
• Lois’s story about the alien spacecraft became the government’s lead, and the FBI sent agents to arrest her.
• Lois used the Magic Mirror to ask Jerry for help, and Jerry Teleported to her room as FBI agents broke in.
• Jerry froze the agents with magic, then Teleported away with Lois to find Clark.
• General Swanwick learned that Jerry had immobilized the agents with a snap of his fingers and vanished with Lois.

At the Kent Farm, Clark decided to surrender to Zod to earn humanity’s trust, despite Lois’s fears. Jerry agreed to help him board Zod’s ship and promised he could teleport Clark back to Earth if danger arose.

• Martha welcomed Lois and Jerry into the Kent home while Clark was away praying.
• Lois asked Jerry about his magic, and he explained that he had studied in another universe and learned from Gods and other magicians.
• Clark returned home, and Lois urged him not to surrender to Zod.
• Clark said he would surrender to show humanity that he could be trusted, even though he expected Zod might still start a war.
• Jerry supported the plan, saying he could teleport Clark back to Earth if Zod’s ship proved dangerous.
• Clark thanked Lois and Jerry for trusting and helping him.

Clark and Jerry arrived at the military command center, where Clark agreed to surrender to General Swanwick under conditions meant to protect Lois and keep Jerry with him. Clark let the soldiers cuff him, while Jerry transformed the handcuffs offered to him into papier-mâché and walked freely.

• Clark and Jerry flew to the combat command center, where soldiers aimed their weapons at them.
• General Swanwick met them, and Clark identified himself as Kal-El while Jerry claimed to be an ordinary Earthling and magician.
• Clark agreed to surrender if the military dropped Lois's treason charges and allowed Jerry to accompany him.
• Soldiers handcuffed Clark, who did not resist, but Jerry turned his own handcuffs into papier-mâché and refused to be detained.
• General Swanwick allowed Jerry to walk uncuffed, and the group returned to the command center.

Jerry and Clark were taken to a meeting with Zod aboard the Kryptonian Warship, where Zod demanded the Codex so he could rebuild Krypton by destroying Earth's civilization. Clark refused, and Zod prepared to force him to reveal its location.

• Jerry and Clark arrived at the wasteland meeting site, where Faora-Ul came to collect Clark for Zod.
• Jerry insisted on accompanying Clark aboard the Kryptonian spacecraft, and Faora agreed after receiving Zod's permission.
• Clark weakened aboard the warship because its air was unsuitable for him, and Jerry helped him recover with an energy shield.
• Zod explained that he wanted the Codex to transform Earth into Krypton and use it to create new Kryptonians.
• Clark rejected Zod's plan and refused to surrender the Codex, so Zod prepared to use force.

Jerry persuaded Clark to placate Zod and stall while they looked for a way to stop his plan for Earth. Zod learned that the Codex was embedded in Clark’s cells and prepared to obtain it, preferably without killing him.

• Jerry urged Clark to avoid provoking Zod, and Clark agreed to consider cooperating.
• Zod secretly sent Clark and Jerry to a monitored prison cell and ordered the scientist to investigate Clark’s blood.
• Jerry warned Clark telepathically to stall and learn how Zod planned to transform Earth, while appearing to persuade him to cooperate.
• The Kryptonian scientist discovered that Jor-El had placed the Codex’s genetic codes in Clark’s cells.
• Zod ordered his forces to capture Clark and extract the genes, alive if possible.

Zod began transforming Earth with the Genesis Engine and sent his warship to attack Metropolis, while Jerry and Clark tried to stop him. Jerry controlled Faora and escaped the warship with her and Clark, then sent Clark and Faora to confront Zod as he prepared his own countermeasure against the Phantom Projector.

• Zod deployed the Genesis Engine in the Indian Ocean and ordered his forces to activate the Phantom Projector over Metropolis.
• Jerry and Clark worked together to control Faora and defeat the two Kryptonian Warriors guarding her.
• Faora revealed Zod’s plan to transform Earth, but Zod arrived before Jerry and Clark could decide how to respond.
• Jerry used Apparition to take Clark and Faora off the warship, then sent them to hold off Zod and his warriors.
• The Kryptonian scientist fired the Phantom Projector at Metropolis, and a figure appeared beneath the energy beam just before it struck.

Jerry raised a magical barrier over Metropolis and stopped the Kryptonian Warship from continuing its attack. After enchanting the ship and trapping its technicians inside, he flew to find Clark and Faora, who were struggling against Zod and the Kryptonian Warriors.

• Jerry cast a barrier across Metropolis that forced the warship’s energy beam upward.
• Jerry redirected the warship’s mechanical tentacles through a portal, damaging the ship, then used a clone’s Enlightenment Spell to take control of it.
• The awakened warship obeyed Jerry and sealed its exits, trapping the technicians inside.
• Jerry reached the battlefield and found Clark and Faora on the defensive against Zod and the Kryptonian Warriors.

Jerry rescued Clark and Faora, then offered Zod a way to restore Kryptonian civilization without destroying Earth. After Zod rejected the offer, Jerry used Time Magic and Fairy Glitter to defeat him and his warriors, leaving them at his mercy.

• Jerry pulled Clark and Faora out of the fight and asked if they were all right.
• Jerry offered Zod a suitable planet for transformation, and Clark agreed to provide the Codex if Earth and other intelligent life were spared.
• Zod refused Jerry's terms and chose to attack, so Jerry stopped him and the thirteen Kryptonian Warriors with Time Magic.
• Jerry struck Zod and the warriors with Fairy Glitter, destroying their battle suits and leaving them barely conscious.
• Jerry dispelled the spell and asked Zod if he would accept his terms now.

Jerry and Clark defeated Zod’s forces and prevented the Kryptonians from destroying Earth, then Jerry took their warship and crew to the Bell Universe. Clark considered a low-profile job at the Daily Planet, while Jerry promised to create a new planet for the Kryptonians.

• Jerry explained that his devastating spell had required preparation, then lifted the wounded Zod and the others from the crater and returned them to their warship.
• Jerry told the Kryptonians to wait while he arranged a transformed planet, lifted the Imperius Curse from Faora, and took Clark away before storing the warship in his Bell Universe.
• Clark told General Swanwick that he would live by his own principles, while Jerry warned that monitoring him could bring consequences.
• Jerry recognized General Swanwick as the Martian Manhunter and left with Clark after Swanwick agreed to report their demands to his superiors.
• At Kent Farm, Clark said he wanted a low-profile job, and Jerry revealed that he planned to create a planet and sun for Zod’s people in the Bell Universe.

Jerry planned to rebuild Kryptonian civilization so he could use its warriors against Darkseid, whose power and armies threatened the Bell Universe. After restoring his strength, he offered Zod help in exchange for the Kryptonians fighting for him, and Zod recognized Darkseid as a former enemy of Krypton.

• Jerry decided to create suns and a planet to rebuild Kryptonian civilization and raise an army for the coming battle against Darkseid.
• Jerry spent two months in Metropolis converting Little Red Stars and restored his magical power to the peak of Skyfather Level.
• Zod and the Kryptonian Warriors remained aboard their uncooperative warship in the Bell Universe, unsure whether Jerry would keep his promise.
• Jerry appeared before Zod and offered to rebuild Kryptonian civilization if Zod would lead its warriors into battle for him.
• Jerry named Darkseid as the enemy he feared, and Zod recognized him as a foe whose Parademon army had fought Krypton.