Recaps

Roland helped treat thousands of people injured by an enhanced Bane in Gotham’s East End while Batman left to handle other emergencies. He then tried to persuade Commissioner Gordon to let him look after Little Barbara, but Gordon said he would think about it.

• Kara and Roland rescued Killer Croc from the sea, then Kara helped clear wreckage from Gotham’s streets while Roland suggested selling it for scrap.
• Bruce Wayne picked Roland up on a custom Harley and took him to the East End, where enhanced Bane had badly injured over three thousand people.
• Roland used Minor Healing Spell to treat the wounded while Commissioner Gordon and medical teams managed the emergency.
• After Bruce vanished, Gordon complained about his troubles, and Roland offered to look after Little Barbara.
• Gordon pointed out that Jason, Astra, and Cassandra had become powerful but troublesome under Roland’s care, then said he would consider the offer.

Roland and Gordon agreed to have Little Barbara stay at Roland Cathedral so Gordon could ease his stress, and Cassandra picked her up on the Ghost Rider. At the cathedral, Barbara settled in with the others while Roland confronted Jason about collecting protection money.

• Roland and Gordon ate together, and Roland suggested that Little Barbara stay with him so Gordon could spend time with his wife.
• Cassandra rode the Ghost Rider to Gordon's house, broke into Barbara's room, and carried her back to Roland Cathedral.
• Gang members let Cassandra pass after recognizing her as the League of Assassins' leader and fearing her allies.
• Barbara arrived at the cathedral and joined the others, where she revealed that Gordon had mentioned Jason's protection-money operation.
• Roland returned, explained that Barbara was staying because Gordon was stressed, and asked Jason about collecting protection money.
• Jason denied collecting protection money and told Roland not to believe what others said.

Roland confronted Jason over his crooked books and demanded his share, while Jason took his advice as encouragement to expand his gang. At City Hall, Nightwing brought Barbara to meet Kate, who tested her and appointed her the Third Batgirl, then began telling her about Batwoman’s history.

• Roland accused Jason of cooking the books and demanded his share of the protection money.
• Jason discussed bribing police and getting Barbara armor, then went to find Nightwing.
• Nightwing brought Barbara to see Mayor Kate and proposed her as a Batgirl successor.
• Kate tested Barbara in a fight, then named her the Third Batgirl and said she would arrange for Bruce to train her.
• Kate told Barbara that her aunt Kathy Kane was the First Batgirl and began recounting Batwoman’s history as Nightwing listened through his earpiece.

Kate told Barbara how she became Batwoman and invited her to take up the Batgirl mantle. Barbara accepted, tried on a powered wheelchair armor suit named Mars, and learned Jason wanted her to join the Justice League Logistics Department.

• Kate recalled losing her way after leaving military school, meeting Batman, and becoming a crime fighter before asking Barbara to become the next Batgirl.
• Barbara accepted Kate’s offer, and Nightwing took her to Kate’s safehouse, where he explained Beth Kane’s history and her complicated conflict with Kate.
• Nightwing brought Barbara to the Batcave, where she tested the powered wheelchair armor, activated its flight and combat modes, and named it Mars.
• At Roland Cathedral, Jason welcomed Barbara to the Justice League Logistics Department and explained that he wanted her help raising funds.

Roland organized a back-to-school exam for the children and their companions, making the test difficult and adding Deadshot’s rubber-bullet attacks to keep everyone alert. The exam ended with the students handing in their papers, many of them pale, while Jason’s secret prize remained unresolved.

• Roland decided to give the children an exam after winter break, and Bronze Tiger told him that Floyd and Victor had written the papers.
• Roland gathered the students, including Kara, Donna, Nightwing, Cassandra, and Damian, and Batman agreed to proctor the exam.
• Roland explained that Kara would take a test based on Kryptonian materials, while Jason’s friends competed to win a secret prize.
• Batman handed out the papers, and Deadshot began firing rubber bullets at the students during the exam.
• Kara encountered a Kryptonite bullet, Raven asked Trigon for help, and Batman caught the students’ attempts to cheat.
• The students handed in their exams, and many of them looked pale.

Roland and Batman supervised the students’ exams before sharing Ethiopian flatbread for lunch with the others. The afternoon science exam reminded Batman of Gotham’s drug trade, though he noted that drugs were now flowing into Gotham rather than being exported elsewhere.

• Batman ended the morning exam, and Roland warned Deadshot to prevent students from changing their answers while he graded.
• Roland asked Kara where Superman had gone, and she said he had left after receiving an important signal from space.
• Batman told Kara he needed Superman to help Hephaestus forge the Hellbat, and Kara offered to take his place.
• Roland, Jason, Damian, and Batman ate Ethiopian flatbread and stew together in the cafeteria.
• Roland slipped away after lunch, leaving Batman and Bronze Tiger to supervise the afternoon science exam.
• Batman noticed the exam’s questions about hydrochloric acid and reflected that drugs were now flowing into Gotham instead of being exported elsewhere.

Roland brought the injured Katrina back to Batman after healing her, and Selina took her aside to confront her about the dangerous incident. Selina later said Katrina had serious self-destructive tendencies and needed a therapist.

• After the exam, Roland returned and told Batman that he had found Katrina after she was shot while chasing a murderer.
• Katrina said she had witnessed the murderer kill someone but did not know who he was.
• Roland stopped Katrina from leaving, and Batman called Selina to tell her what had happened.
• Selina arrived and took Katrina into an empty room for a private talk.
• Selina came out alone and told Batman and Roland that Katrina had deliberately made things go wrong and needed a therapist.

After Gilda explained Katrina’s condition and treatment to Selina, Roland and Batman investigated the shooting and identified Harry X as a possible suspect. Unable to find him through surveillance, they recruited Gotham’s youngsters to search for him, offering extra exam credit as a reward.

• Gilda explained that Katrina’s self-destructive behavior stemmed from prolonged helplessness, and Selina revealed that Katrina was Falcone’s illegitimate daughter whom Mario had coerced into working for him.
• Roland and Batman went to Commissioner Gordon to investigate the person who shot Katrina, and Gordon named Harry X, a Canadian human trafficker wanted for a series of murders, as a suspect.
• Batman obtained Gordon’s information on Harry X, while Roland promised not to kill the suspect if they caught him.
• Roland learned that Gordon had assigned officers to work on cold cases and then joined Batman in reviewing surveillance footage, which had not revealed Harry X’s whereabouts.
• Roland asked Floyd to have the youngsters search Gotham for Harry X and offered twenty extra exam points to whoever captured him.

Roland’s search for Harry X plunged Gotham’s gangs into chaos as Jason and the others declared war and searched their territory. Barbara eventually found Harry X, badly injured, and brought him to Roland and Batman.

• Jason declared war on Gotham’s gangs after learning Cassandra was competing with him to find Harry X.
• Batman told Roland that Jason had started a war with Black Mask over a weapons stash, while Cassandra, Kara, Astra, and Jester searched for Harry X.
• Astra and Jester took control of a Joker Gang hideout and ordered its members to look for Harry X.
• Roland and Batman watched reports of the search as the Riddler Gang prepared to confront Kara.
• Barbara brought a severely beaten Harry X to the Batmobile after he tried to take her hostage.

Roland and Barbara captured Harry X and his cultists, while the cathedral’s students launched a midnight scheme to change their exam answers. Damian and Astra stopped the others, Jeanne d'Arc caught Astra, and the chapter ended with the students exhausted before their exam.

• Roland spotted armed cultists following Barbara, and Barbara defeated them before Commissioner Gordon arrived to take them into custody.
• Roland returned to the cathedral, where Barbara told Cassandra about capturing Harry X and Jason complained that he had missed his chance.
• Jason sneaked toward Roland’s office to change exam answers, but Cassandra, Barbara, Kara, and Raven confronted him.
• Damian and Astra intervened, using kryptonite and a special chain to subdue Kara and Jason, while Raven switched sides after Cassandra offered Ra's al Ghul's secret stash.
• Jeanne d'Arc caught Astra trying to change her answers, and Roland left Astra in Jeanne d'Arc's hands.
• The next morning, Jason, Cassandra, Kara, and Astra arrived at the exam exhausted as Batman prepared the papers.

Superman returned from defeating Brainiac with red and black kryptonite gas affecting his behavior, and he began causing bizarre trouble across Metropolis. Roland and Batman tracked him down but discovered he had already tricked Bizarro into joining him.

• Superman destroyed Brainiac's duplicates and ship, recovered Kandor and Argo City, and headed back to Earth.
• Lex Luthor learned that Superman had wrecked his lead-lined laboratory and was acting strangely around Metropolis.
• Conner told Kara that Superman had beaten him, so Kara brought Roland and Batman to investigate.
• Roland and Batman found Superman freezing the sea and learned that red kryptonite had driven him mad; they then followed his trail through Metropolis.
• Superman tormented a child, attacked Lex Luthor with a wasp nest, and persuaded Bizarro to eat an expensive piano at a buffet.

Superman received a Red Lantern Ring after it absorbed his anger, and Atrocitus told the group how the Red Lantern Corps began. Atrocitus left Earth to attack slave traders, while Superman returned to joking with Roland and Batman, whose threat to reveal Superman’s embarrassing photos left Lois confused about a son.

• Superman acted erratically, dressing himself and Roland in Robin Suits and taking photos before Batman called The Flash for help.
• The Flash brought Batman and Roland to Lois’s balcony, where they watched Superman confess his love to Lois and kiss her.
• Atrocitus arrived and the Red Lantern Ring chose Superman, then Atrocitus explained the Sector 666 Massacre and the origins of the Red Lanterns.
• Superman absorbed Atrocitus’s rage and calmly accepted the ring, prompting Atrocitus to challenge him before leaving Earth.
• Atrocitus attacked Daxamite slave traders in the Vega System, while Roland and Batman demanded that Superman delete their photos.
• Roland threatened Superman by mentioning Conner and Roland Cathedral, leaving Lois bewildered about the son.

Superman apologized to Conner and revealed that he had brought Kandor and Argo City back, leaving Batman worried about millions of powerful Kryptonians on Earth. Roland and Batman then checked on Barbara’s patrol in Gotham, where she stopped a robbery and helped a couple reunite with their children.

• Superman explained that Luthor had used his genes to create Conner, then went to Gotham and apologized to him for striking him while under kryptonite’s influence.
• Superman told Kara that he had recovered Kandor and Argo City, and she learned that her parents were alive in Argo City.
• Batman worried that the millions of Kryptonians in the two cities could threaten Earth, while Roland suggested settling them on another planet once the cities could be restored.
• Roland and Batman teleported to Barbara’s patrol in Crime Alley and watched her defeat three robbers who had attacked a couple.
• Barbara returned the couple’s coat and stayed with them until the police arrived; they thanked her for helping them see their children again.

Roland followed the Saint's Hand around Gotham, awakening Stand abilities in Harvey and Jester before it led him to Gilda's clinic. He learned Katrina had escaped, and she prepared for another crime while embracing the fear of being caught.

• Batman and Barbara left Roland to patrol Gotham, and Roland returned to his room to make his daily ten-pull.
• Roland received the Saint's right palm and followed its pointing finger, alarming Jeanne d'Arc before Blue Devil joined him.
• The Saint's Hand led Roland to Harvey, whose touch awakened the Stand Black Sabbath.
• The hand next led Roland to Jester, who awakened Kiss and discovered its ability to split objects with stickers.
• Roland visited Gilda's clinic and learned Katrina had run away.
• At a safehouse, Katrina dressed for a crime and told her father's photograph that the fear of capture made the escape exciting.

Barbara searched Gotham for Katrina while Tim guided her through hidden cameras, leading her into a fight with the Grim Reaper of the Order of Purity. She captured Grim Reaper and Katrina, and Batman agreed to ask Harvey to help keep Katrina from escaping again.

• Nightwing admitted Katrina had caught him in a trap, and Batman told him to reflect on letting his guard down.
• Tim guided Barbara through Gotham as she searched for Katrina, and she drove off a group of men who tried to rob her.
• Barbara encountered the Grim Reaper, while Batman explained the history of the Order of St. Dumas and its splinter sect, the Order of Purity.
• Katrina appeared and drew Grim Reaper's attention, but Barbara stopped him and tranquilized Katrina before calling for police assistance.
• Selene revived Katrina and threatened to beat her, while Barbara urged her to seek counseling and Roland suggested Harvey could monitor Katrina with a Stand.

Roland investigated the shooting of reporter Lisa Bonner, helped Harvey convict Whitaker, and learned that Lisa had survived and gained mind-control powers. After killing Whitaker and his family, Lisa fled, and Roland joined Batman in tracking her down.

• Selina beat Katrina and arranged for her to be sent to Gilda's Psychology Clinic, while Roland took Barbara and Nightwing back to Roland Cathedral.
• Roland and Nightwing investigated Lisa Bonner's shooting at the harbor, captured the gunman, and learned that Whitaker had ordered the attack.
• Roland and Harvey raided Whitaker's mansion, forced him to confess, and secured death sentences for him and members of his family.
• Lisa woke in the hospital, learned Whitaker had been convicted, used her mind-control power to escape, and killed Whitaker and his family.
• Harvey warned Roland that Lisa was dangerous, and Batman told Roland he was already tracking her down.

Roland and Batman stopped Greta, who was actually the injured reporter Lisa Bonner, and Harvey agreed to help with her case. Bruce also confronted his unresolved feelings about Joe Chill, while a Riddler distraction led him to blow up a kitchen; the chapter ended with Bruce and Roland preparing to visit Lisa at Arkham Asylum.

• Batman asked Roland to pick Tim up from school, and Roland brought him safely to Wayne Manor.
• Greta broke into Wayne Manor, mistook Roland for Bruce Wayne, and tried to control him and Tim before Batman arrived and arrested her.
• Harvey examined Greta and agreed to help with her trial, while Batman revealed his conflict over whether to take revenge on Joe Chill; Roland suggested asking Doctor Thomas what he wanted.
• Roland took a box of Batman's Cohiba cigars before returning to the Grand Church.
• Bruce arrived at Roland Cathedral with Tim after blowing up a kitchen while distracted by a Riddler robbery, and the group ate a fish feast.
• Bruce told Roland that Lisa Bonner had been sent to Arkham beside Harley Quinn, and they agreed to visit her.

Roland took Bruce and a group of children to Arkham Asylum, where he confronted Poison Ivy and visited Greta. After Bruce’s groundbreaking ceremony, Penguin asked him to investigate a jewel theft that he blamed on Bruce’s wife, Selene.

• Bruce told Roland he planned to teach Riddler a lesson, then invited him to a speech about a new landmark he was building on an old park site.
• Roland and Bruce traveled with the children to Arkham Asylum, where Warden Sharp said he had been having nightmares about a former warden.
• Roland fought Poison Ivy after she attacked him with a talking durian, then visited Greta and left her a basket of fruit.
• Bruce gave a speech at the groundbreaking ceremony while Penguin complained to Roland that Bruce had reused an old speech.
• Penguin showed Bruce security footage of a cat burglar stealing his jewels and leaving an explosive fake, and Bruce agreed to have his detective find the culprit.
• Roland warned Penguin that Batman might beat him up while investigating, prompting Bruce and Penguin to glare at him.

At a Gotham banquet, Bruce, Roland, and Tim learned that Penguin had rejected his son, Ethan Cobblepot, while Bruce suspected Penguin might be trying to keep him safe from Gotham. After the banquet, Roland and Kara dealt with a student’s habit of hiding food, though Kara’s therapy involved giving him a Killer Croc plush toy.

• Penguin snapped at Bruce and Roland before leaving to mingle with Gotham’s elite, and Bruce planned to steal attention at Penguin’s upcoming children’s foundation event.
• Tim revealed that Penguin had a son with Christy, then sent Bruce and Roland a video of Penguin telling Ethan that he felt no affection for him and that Ethan did not belong in Gotham.
• Bruce told Tim to monitor Ethan, especially if he started a business, because Ethan’s background and character seemed alarming from a Gothamite’s perspective.
• After the banquet, Roland caught a student hiding food and took him back to the Grand Church for Kara to assess.
• Kara diagnosed the student with a father complex and gave him a Killer Croc plush as a substitute, while Roland doubted her therapeutic skills.

Roland and Kara caught Renee trying to steal his Wanderer Pearl, then joined Batman in taking down the thief’s boss, Margaret Pye, at the Gotham City Old Museum. After Margaret was arrested, Roland kept the recovered jewels and claimed he would donate them to Penguin’s children’s foundation.

• Renee broke into Roland’s Holy Relic storeroom, but Roland captured her and Kara coaxed her into revealing she had come for the Wanderer Pearl.
• Roland learned Renee was a lackey and called Batman, who identified museum employee Margaret Pye as the likely culprit.
• Roland, Kara, and Batman confronted Margaret at the Gotham City Old Museum, where she attacked after Roland displayed the Wanderer Pearl.
• Batman subdued Margaret, who admitted she had replaced stolen valuables with bombs, and the police took her to Arkham Asylum.
• Batman caught Roland pocketing jewels, but Roland refused to return them and said he would put them toward Penguin’s children’s foundation.

Roland returned to the cathedral with Kara and learned that Loki and Lucifer wanted him to referee a contest between Krona and Grandmaster to protect the Marvel Universe. Superboy-Prime and Dead Servant were also involved, and the chapter left the rules and sides of the contest unclear.

• Roland told Kara that Damian had placed first on the test and her nephew had come last.
• Roland and Kara returned to Roland Cathedral and found Lucifer admiring a painting of himself.
• Lucifer and Loki explained that Krona had challenged Grandmaster to a contest, with the Marvel Universe at stake.
• Lucifer gave Roland a microphone and asked him to referee alongside two others, including Superboy-Prime.
• Superboy-Prime recounted his return and asked to meet Roland's Superman, while Dead Servant questioned how the contest could work with the two on the same side.

Roland, Deadpool, and Superboy-Prime began the match between Krona and the Grandmaster, then Roland sent Peter Parker to the Daily Planet on a secret mission. Peter started work as a wealthy intern reporter alongside Clark Kent, unaware that Deadpool and Roland were watching him.

• Loki upgraded Roland's Philosopher's Stone so it could take him to Loki's realm, while Loki and Lucifer left to watch the match.
• Roland, Deadpool, and Superboy-Prime confronted Krona and the Grandmaster as their contest began.
• Deadpool told Peter Parker to blend in at the Daily Planet, find its biggest anomaly, and keep his otherworldly origins secret.
• Deadpool gave Peter a mansion, a luxury car, and an unlimited credit card, then took him to the Daily Planet.
• Lois Lane introduced Peter to Clark Kent, and the two began getting acquainted as Clark showed Peter around.

Roland brought Quicksilver and the Flash together for an item race inside the Olympic Arena, where Scarlet Witch boosted her brother with chaos magic. The race began with Quicksilver’s first item, a boomerang, hitting him in the nose instead of the Flash.

• Roland and Deadpool left Superboy-Prime to watch the Spider-Man matchup and traveled to Central City.
• Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch appeared in the Flash Museum, where Quicksilver drew Deadpool’s sword and Scarlet Witch threatened Roland with chaos magic.
• The Flash arrived after curator Dexter Myles sounded the alarm, and Roland explained that Quicksilver would race the Flash.
• Roland brought the competitors to the Olympic Arena, where they swore the Olympic Oath and took their places on the track.
• Scarlet Witch infused Quicksilver with magic, and Roland started the item race with a gunshot.
• Quicksilver threw his first item, a boomerang, at the Flash, but it returned and struck Quicksilver in the nose.

The Flash beat Quicksilver in a race after both received Cold Guns, then invited him and Scarlet Witch to eat. Superboy-Prime brought Roland and Dead Servant to Metropolis, where Peter Parker had rescued Lois Lane in costume and left her unaware of his identity.

• The Flash and Quicksilver fired matching Cold Guns during their race, but Quicksilver was frozen while The Flash dodged the shot and won.
• The Flash thawed Quicksilver, praised his speed, and invited him to eat, while the Rogues left grumbling.
• Roland explained that the Rogues followed strict rules against killing and cruelty, and The Flash realized they had already been fairly decent.
• The Flash took Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch to the Flash Museum's fast-food restaurant, where they ate with Roland and Dead Servant.
• Superboy-Prime arrived and took Roland and Dead Servant to Metropolis, telling them Lois Lane had been kidnapped and rescued by Peter Parker in costume.
• Superboy-Prime said Lois had not recognized Peter and planned to write about Metropolis's new superhero.

Lois and Peter Parker returned safely after Spider-Man rescued them, while Clark and Kara discussed Clark’s relationship with Conner. Deadpool and Roland staged more DC-versus-Marvel contests, and Iron Man and Batman began a money-bidding match that left Deadpool humiliated.

• Lois told Peter Parker that she was dating Clark, and Clark drove them home, dropping Peter at his mansion first.
• Kara teased Clark about Peter Parker and learned that Conner was living with Clark’s parents in Smallville as Clark’s son and brother.
• Deadpool arranged a Texas hold'em match between Constantine and Scarlet Witch, who won by using Chaos Magic to guarantee the cards she needed.
• Deadpool proposed an auction contest between Iron Man and Batman, and Roland set up a venue where the judges would sell their approval to the highest bidder.
• Iron Man bid one cent for Deadpool’s approval, Batman declined to bid, and Iron Man won the first lot.