Recaps

Roland and the multiverse Teen Titans confronted Six-Palace Demon, who had formed when Teen Titans Go Demon Trigon swallowed another universe’s Trigon. Raven and the other Titans defeated him, reunited Teen Titans Go Raven with her dark side, and sealed Trigon in Raven’s Pendant.

• Roland, Nightwing, Jason, and the Teen Titans Go team traveled through the multiverse, gathering Teen Titans while Donna stayed behind to write a report.
• The assembled Titans arrived in TT Robin’s world and found the two Trigons fighting; Teen Titans Go Demon Trigon swallowed the other Trigon and became Six-Palace Demon.
• Six-Palace Demon knocked down the Titans, and Roland fought him while Raven gathered the other Ravens’ magic for a counterattack.
• Jason and Beast Boy joined the fight as Roland attacked Six-Palace Demon, until Raven intervened and restrained him with tentacles.
• Raven extracted the demonic power of both Ravens from Six-Palace Demon, and Teen Titans Go Raven swallowed it to reconcile with her dark side.
• Raven sealed Trigon in her Pendant after the TT world’s Trigon disappeared and Teen Titans Go Trigon begged his daughters for mercy.

After returning from the battle with Trigon, Roland and his friends settled back into their world, where Kara announced that the Daily Planet had hired her after she exposed Superman’s identity by mistake. Clark then interviewed Lex Luthor and manipulated his answers into a report suggesting that Luthor was Superman, leaving Luthor about to change clothes for a photograph.

• Raven healed Roland, returned the borrowed magic to the other Ravens, and sent the parallel-universe Teen Titans home; Teen Titans Go’s Robin briefly knocked out Nightwing and stole his clothes.
• Roland sold glamour-photo deposits to the Starfires, then brought his group back to Roland Cathedral as Darkseid invaded the Teen Titans Go world.
• Kara told the group she had become a Daily Planet reporter after publishing Superman’s identity, based on Cassandra’s attack on Lex Luthor with kryptonite.
• Clark visited the hospitalized Luthor, removed kryptonite fragments from his head, and interviewed him while secretly recording his answers as evidence that Luthor was Superman.
• Luthor agreed to change clothes for Clark’s photograph, while Clark noted that Luthor claimed he would look completely different afterward.

After Lex Luthor recovered, Superman and his allies spent a quiet day helping Metropolis residents and responding to a girl considering suicide. The peace ended when Roland and Batman stopped Toyman’s runaway robot, and Roland befriended the captured scientist on the way to prison.

• Lex Luthor left the hospital and returned to LexCorp, while Clark watched to ensure he stayed quiet and continued helping people around Metropolis.
• Superman stayed with a distressed girl on a rooftop, promising not to stop her from jumping, while Batman and Roland restrained Conner after Batman hit him with Kryptonite.
• Batman flew Roland around Metropolis to help people, and Roland rescued a child’s kite from power lines before spanking the child for flying it there.
• A robot resembling Bumblebee rampaged at a car show, and Roland dismantled it before discovering its creator was Winslow Schott, the Toyman.
• Roland and Toyman exchanged friendly introductions as Batman took Toyman to prison.

After helping Superman rescue a girl and dealing with Conner, Roland, Batman, and Superman went to dinner, where General Zod demanded Superman surrender. Superman flew to confront Zod, leaving Roland and Batman to discover that he had forgotten to pay the bill.

• Superman comforted the girl after Toyman's chaos, and Roland freed Conner from his kryptonite bindings.
• Roland, Batman, and Superman went to a Texas barbecue restaurant, where Roland ordered a feast and proposed a football game between their teams.
• General Zod broadcast a demand for Superman to surrender within twenty-four hours, threatening Earth if he refused.
• Roland said Cyborg would counter Zod's message, and Starfire and then a doctored recording replaced Zod on television.
• Superman decided to meet Zod in space, while Roland noticed that Superman had left without paying the restaurant bill.

Superman confronted General Zod aboard his ship and defeated him and his soldiers after refusing to surrender the Codex of Life or let him transform Earth into a new Krypton. After sparing Zod, Superman and his allies discussed finding Brainiac's captive Kryptonian cities and strengthening Earth's defenses.

• General Zod demanded the Codex of Life and urged Superman to help rebuild Krypton, but Superman refused to let him take over Earth.
• Superman defeated Zod's soldiers and subdued Zod, while Roland, Batman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Kara, and Raven arrived at the ship.
• Superman spared Zod but warned him not to attack Earth, then explained that Earth was his home and his family lived there.
• Roland told Superman that Brainiac possessed Argo City and Kandor, and the group discussed rescuing their inhabitants and making Superman Krypton's leader.
• Batman proposed using planetary defense data from the Daxamite Warship's Central Computer to improve Earth's defenses.

Roland traveled with Kara, Jason, and Cyborg to the Flashpoint World and arranged with Doctor Manhattan to use the universe as a battlefield in exchange for offering him hope. In Gotham City, they found Traci Thirteen praying at a church, where a gentle, priestly version of Jason was helping her.

• Batman dismissed Mister Terrific's complaints while he worked on plans for a planetary fortress.
• Roland invited people at Roland Cathedral to another world, and Kara, Jason, and Cyborg joined him while the others stayed behind.
• Roland met Doctor Manhattan and promised to show him hope in exchange for using the Flashpoint World as a battlefield and letting it return to its corrected timeline afterward.
• The Flash left to visit his mother, while Roland, Kara, Jason, and Cyborg went to Gotham City to look for that world's Clark.
• They found Traci Thirteen praying at Roland Cathedral, where Priest Jason comforted her and described how the church had helped him change his life.
• Kara and Jason joked that if this world's Jason was a priest, Roland must be a little boy, and Roland objected.

Roland and the others learned that Traci Thirteen’s father planned to destroy Atlantis with an orbital satellite, and Priest Clark destroyed the weapon. Roland then divided the group’s efforts to calm the world’s conflicts and took Traci to confront her father.

• Jason met Priest Jason, while Roland and Kara reunited with Priest Clark at the church.
• Traci Thirteen recounted how Doctor Thirteen organized a vote to activate a satellite that would destroy Atlantis, then attacked her and began its countdown.
• Traci described being rescued by Madame Xanadu and later fighting Grodd with Beast Boy before traveling to Australia and Antarctica.
• Priest Clark flew into orbit and disabled the satellite, then Roland learned that Atlantis and the Amazons remained in turmoil.
• Roland assigned Kara to confront Doctor Thirteen, Clark to deal with Aquaman, and himself to persuade the Amazons; he then used magic to take Traci to her father.

Roland rescued Doctor Thirteen from dark magic, then realized Subject Zero might have escaped the old laboratory where the Superman Project began. Roland and his companions found Zero imprisoned in the Phantom Zone, where Zero claimed he would become humanity’s savior and warned that a terrifying threat was coming.

• Roland used Holy Light to free Doctor Thirteen from dark magic, and Jason determined that his soul could be repaired.
• Jason summoned the demon who had lent Doctor Thirteen his power, and Roland destroyed it with Holy Light and his wooden staff.
• Priest Clark reported that he had killed Ocean Master, prompting Roland to remember the Superman Project and worry that Subject Zero might have escaped.
• Roland, Priest Clark, Jason, and Kara searched the abandoned laboratory in Metropolis and found a device connected to the Phantom Zone.
• Jason activated the device, and Subject Zero spoke from inside; Roland refused to release him until humanity faced a crisis, while Zero said he knew a terrifying threat was coming.

Roland prepared Gotham City as a battlefield against the Dark Knights, arranging dangerous magical traps and supernatural disturbances. He then brought Aquaman and Mera to Gotham, where Flashpoint Aquaman attacked them and was swiftly frozen by Superman.

• Roland assigned Jason to activate a magical rune in Crime Alley, summoning the ghost of Bruce Wayne, while the others prepared more threats across Gotham.
• Raven warned that Demon Trigon would descend once she removed the concealment, then returned to her Justice League duties.
• Roland brought Aquaman and Mera to Gotham River, where Flashpoint Aquaman charged at Mera and challenged Aquaman.
• Aquaman fought Flashpoint Aquaman but was quickly overpowered, prompting Flashpoint Aquaman to confront Roland.
• Father Clark froze Flashpoint Aquaman with his breath, leaving Aquaman stunned by the weakened Superman's strength.

Roland and Mera worked to investigate the strange contents of the Gotham River while Aquaman stayed nearby. Roland then teamed up with Jason to take Flashpoint Barbara on an unexpected night out, leaving the bar just as police arrived.

• Mera condensed part of the Gotham River and uncovered a glowing clump containing a mixture of toxins, Lazarus Pit water, the green's body, and magic.
• Roland flew away when Flashpoint Gordon's police helicopter arrived, leaving Aquaman and Mera to continue working on the river.
• Roland and Jason entered Red Robin's Batcave, stole a red Batmobile, and drove to Flashpoint Gordon's home to take Barbara along.
• Roland stopped time to bring Barbara into the car, then smashed open a Riddler loot spot and took its money.
• Roland brought Jason and Barbara to a bar, ordered drinks, and escaped with them after police stormed in.

Roland finished preparing the Gotham River and enlisted Doctor Fate and a group of Flashes to help prepare for the coming battle against the Dark Knights. He sent Flashpoint Barbara home, then revealed that the speed force storm over Gotham would serve as the main battlefield.

• Mera completed her work on the Gotham River, and Roland took her and Aquaman back to Amnesty Bay with Flashpoint Barbara.
• Roland drove Flashpoint Barbara to Salem, where Doctor Fate enchanted the Gotham City Museum so its exhibits came alive.
• Doctor Fate warned Roland that his enemies were connected to Nth metal and could threaten their entire world.
• Roland brought Flashpoint Barbara home, evaded Flashpoint Gordon, and summoned alternate-world Flashes to help.
• Roland directed the Flashes to create a speed force storm above Gotham and told The Flash that it would be the main battlefield.

Roland prepared to lure the Dark Knights into the Flashpoint World, recruiting a group of difficult-to-kill allies and arranging a ritual to open a gateway to the Dark Multiverse. He left Constantine to tend the ritual for seven days while deadly traps kept him from escaping.

• Roland reassured the Flashes that Diana could resurrect them, then asked Hecate to draw out the darkness beneath Gotham City Cemetery.
• Roland recruited Constantine, Deadpool, and Richie Simpson, explaining that he needed Constantine’s resilience and Richie’s quantum magic for his plan.
• Roland had Constantine light five alcohol lamps beneath crucibles holding the five metals needed to create a gateway, with Bruce Wayne sealed in a coffin until the ritual was ready.
• Roland told Deadpool he would fight alongside Green Lantern against the Dawnbreaker, then left Constantine with canned food and instructions to keep the lamps burning for seven days.
• Deadpool tried to leave the Batcave and was sliced into lasagna, then struck by lightning; Roland revealed that the traps were meant to keep Constantine from escaping.

Roland and Batman assigned the heroes their battlefields against the Dark Knights, then the battles began as Batman and Damian confronted The Batman Who Laughs in the Batcave. Batman rejected his counterpart’s claim to the name and unleashed Conqueror’s Haki, declaring that he chose the bat because it represented fear.

• Roland reviewed Batman’s battle plan, assigning the heroes to face the Dark Knights across Gotham and Metropolis while he prepared to hold off Barbatos.
• The heroes took their positions, with Superman guarding the Metropolis Laboratory, Wonder Woman and Raven waiting at the cemetery, and Aquaman and Mera defending Gotham River.
• Batman reached the Batcave as the five metals opened a portal to the Dark Multiverse, and The Batman Who Laughs arrived.
• Batman and Damian confronted The Batman Who Laughs, who sent his Laughing Robins to attack Damian and claimed that he was Batman.
• Batman unleashed Conqueror’s Haki and told The Batman Who Laughs that he had chosen the bat because it represented fear.

The Flashes defeated the Red Death at the cost of many lives, while Cyborg and Richie trapped the Murder Machine in Heaven, where Michael freed Bruce’s soul. In Crime Alley, Green Lantern faced the Dawnbreaker as Deadpool scattered pearls across the ground.

• The Flash of the Roland Universe and the other Flashes distracted the Red Death, and he was separated into an elderly Bruce and a young Barry after being dragged into the Speed Force Storm.
• Cyborg and Richie led the Murder Machine into Heaven, where Michael took him away, freed Bruce’s soul, and burned away his mechanical body.
• Green Lantern confronted the Dawnbreaker in Crime Alley while Deadpool dumped pearls onto the ground, prompting Green Lantern to question whether the stunt would only make the Dawnbreaker angrier.

The Dawnbreaker fought Green Lantern while Deadpool distracted him with taunts, and the pair destroyed his cracked ring. The Dawnbreaker’s power returned him to his memories, where Flashpoint Bruce Wayne told him he was dead.

• The Dawnbreaker crushed Deadpool, then made a Sinestro construct to fight him while he faced Green Lantern.
• Green Lantern used Flash Mode to counter the Dawnbreaker’s darkness, and Deadpool’s taunts enraged the Dawnbreaker.
• The Dawnbreaker unleashed his power and charged Deadpool, who shot his ring with a hidden handgun.
• Green Lantern struck the cracked ring with a sword, breaking it and defeating the Dawnbreaker.
• The Dawnbreaker saw Flashpoint Bruce Wayne’s memories and learned that he had died, while Deadpool complained that Green Lantern had destroyed the ring.

Wonder Woman used Eros's power and the cemetery's lingering emotions to restore Bruce Wayne's memories, and The Merciless killed himself after revealing his identity. Meanwhile, Superman fought The Savage in Metropolis as Doomsday swallowed Subject Zero and pursued the battle into space.

• Wonder Woman weakened The Merciless with the Arrow of Eros, bound him with the Lasso of Truth, and reminded him of the memories he had buried.
• The Merciless remembered that he was Bruce Wayne, removed his helmet, and drove his blade into his throat; Wonder Woman buried his body.
• Wonder Woman and Raven headed toward Three Gates Bridge after Wonder Woman said Superman's fight with The Savage had likely moved into space.
• Superman released Subject Zero, who attacked The Savage but was quickly beaten; Superman then confronted The Savage himself.
• Subject Zero tried to devour the unconscious Doomsday Body, but Doomsday swallowed him and began pursuing The Savage through the Phantom Zone.
• Superman drove The Savage into space and said he no longer had to hold back.

Superman and the heroes defeated The Savage, The Drowned, and The Batman Who Laughs, while Roland and Doctor Manhattan continued holding Barbatos at the Flashpoint Universe door. The other Dark Knights were defeated, but Barbatos remained at large and Roland was still guarding the portal.

• Superman used Doomsday as bait to plant Tenth Metal nanobombs in The Savage, then detonated them and destroyed him.
• Aquaman fought The Drowned until Superman froze her, while the heroes discussed the other battles.
• Batman returned with The Batman Who Laughs' severed head and Damian, confirming that he had killed the villain.
• Superman noted that Roland had not returned, and Batman wondered whether Barbatos was still fighting him.
• Roland and Doctor Manhattan held Barbatos back at the Flashpoint Universe door as Roland replenished the Holy Relics Barbatos destroyed.

Roland stopped Barbatos’s invasion, then brought Doctor Manhattan to meet Superman, whose hope led Manhattan to reclaim his human identity as Jon Osterman. Superman repaired the Flashpoint World by turning back time and preventing Barry from creating Flashpoint.

• Roland used Demon Trigon’s power to repel Barbatos, and Doctor Manhattan persuaded Barbatos to leave after the Dark Knights were defeated.
• At Wayne Manor, Roland introduced Doctor Manhattan to Superman, while the others discussed their battles and Green Lantern received Demeter’s mantle.
• Jon Osterman thanked Clark and Roland, then vanished after deciding to start over as a human.
• Superman returned the Flashes and their allies to their worlds, then traveled back in time and had Doctor Manhattan stop Reverse-Flash from preventing Barry’s Flashpoint.
• Superman returned to Earth after spending more than twenty years on Mercury, and Roland watched the Flashpoint World change.

After Batman and Roland stopped a gang of assassins targeting John Logan, they tracked their employer, Maxie Zeus, to Olympus Tower. Batman captured Zeus, whose delusion that he was the Greek god remained unshaken, and Roland proposed a plan involving a cow.

• Batman arranged for Superman to watch over Damian while he went on patrol with Roland.
• Batman subdued thugs in Crime Alley and learned they worked for Maxie Zeus and had been ordered to kill John Logan.
• Batman and Roland entered Olympus Tower, overcame its animal traps, and Robin identified their opponents as Zeus’s followers, including the archer Odysseus.
• Batman captured Maxie Zeus, who insisted he was the king of the gods and was supported by Olympus.
• Roland proposed challenging Zeus’s methods rather than his beliefs and asked Batman to bring out their best-looking cow.

Roland, Batman, and Superman dealt with Maxie Zeus before arranging a football game between the Justice Leagues. The match quickly turned into a chaotic fight, with the players using armor, weapons, and kryptonite despite the formal rules.

• Roland and Batman used a prize-winning bull to test Maxie Zeus, then had him taken to Arkham Asylum with his men.
• Roland, Batman, and Superman walked through Gotham and agreed to organize a football game, with Batman offering kryptonite for Superman.
• A few days later, the Justice League and United States Justice League gathered for the game, with Cyborg refereeing and Lois covering it.
• The match began with a kryptonite football, but Jason attacked Superman with a kryptonite staff and Roland fired missiles as the game descended into chaos.

The Justice League and the Titans played a chaotic football match that quickly turned into an all-out superpowered brawl. Cyborg called time with the score tied five to five, while the players were still fighting.

• Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Green Arrow, and the others clashed in a chaotic first half, and Cyborg called halftime as the spectators watched.
• Jason summoned Nyx for the second half, and the football disappeared as the teams resumed their fight.
• The Flash disabled several opponents before Roland attacked him, and a trap dragged The Flash underground.
• Green Arrow joined Green Lantern in a tank, but Jason sent Nyx to weaken the tank and then swallow Batman.
• Superman forced Demon Trigon back to his dimension, while Raven attacked Superman with spells.
• Cyborg announced that the match had ended in a five-to-five tie.

Roland and the Justice League were pulled into a series of intellectual contests with the Riddler and Lex Luthor. The first challenge began as a hovercar race, but Roland flew toward the finish after failing to understand the puzzle mechanics.

• After the football game ended in a tie, Roland handed out medals and joined Batman, Green Lantern, and Lois on a trip to Justice League headquarters.
• At headquarters, Roland and the others found Mister Terrific still redesigning the Hellbat armor.
• A mysterious doorway transported Roland, Batman, Green Lantern, Lois, and Mister Terrific to a desolate place where the Riddler and Lex Luthor were waiting.
• A figure with flaming sunglasses announced the Brain Games and forced the five participants into a series of contests.
• The first contest required them to solve color puzzles on spheres to accelerate their hovercars, while the last to finish would be eliminated.
• After admitting he could not understand the puzzle, Roland abandoned his car, used Holy Light Blessing, and flew toward the finish line.

Roland won Mister Mind’s intelligence contest through jokes and brute force, only to discover that the first-place prize was a trap targeting Lex Luthor. The chapter ended with Roland protesting as Mister Mind tried to take over Lex instead of him.

• Roland, Batman, Lex Luthor, and Mister Terrific crossed the finish line while the Riddler was trapped as the loser.
• Batman defeated Lex Luthor in the knowledge round by asking about Gotham City’s oxygen content, while Roland beat Mister Terrific with a joke about Confucius.
• Lex Luthor defeated Batman with a question about Synthetic Red Kryptonite, leaving Roland and Lex to face each other in chess.
• Roland won the chess match by physically smashing the pieces and claimed victory over Lex Luthor.
• The Burning Sunglasses revealed himself as Mister Mind and put a helmet on Lex Luthor to take control of his body, prompting Roland to object that he had won first place.

Roland returned to Gotham after capturing Mister Mind and later learned that Green Arrow’s adopted son and sidekick, Roy Harper, had developed a dependency on anesthetics. After Cassandra’s followers revealed they had rejected Roy from the League of Assassins, Cassandra ordered them to find him.

• Mister Terrific captured Mister Mind, and Batman and Roland agreed to lock him up after Roland questioned why Mister Mind had targeted Lex Luthor.
• Roland and Lex Luthor arrived in Gotham, where Lex complained about its polluted air before heading back to Metropolis.
• Roland returned to the cathedral, joked with Jason about books, and was visited by Green Arrow, who asked for help with Roy Harper.
• Green Arrow told Roland that Roy had become dependent on anesthetics after repeatedly getting injured on missions.
• Roland asked Cassandra about Roy, and one of her followers admitted the League of Assassins had rejected him.
• Cassandra ordered her followers to locate Roy within half a day.

Cassandra’s group found Roy living with the retired Ra's al Ghul, and Roland brought Roy back to Roland Cathedral after promising to train him. Roy began settling into the Church, where Jason helped him consider his relationship with Green Arrow and explained the upcoming start-of-term exam.

• An assassin told Cassandra that Roy had been found in a New Jersey town protected by members of the Shadow League, so she went there with Roland and Green Arrow.
• Roland led the group to Roy and Ra's al Ghul, who said he had retired and asked them to take Roy with them.
• Roy jumped from the tower after Green Arrow tried to speak to him, but Roland persuaded him to come along by promising to train him to beat Green Arrow.
• At Roland Cathedral, Roy met the demon Bella and learned from Jason that he would need to adjust to the Church’s unusual residents.
• During dinner, Roy told Jason he wanted to stop using narcotics but did not want to leave Green Arrow, and Jason advised him to take time to think about their relationship.
• Jason explained that Roy would take a start-of-term exam, while Cassandra hinted that there was a prize for first place.