Recaps

Clark stopped H'el from consuming the sun to rebuild Krypton, while the tournament continued with Raynaud and Deathstroke losing their matches. Roland learned that the tournament was a ritual tied to Raven and Demon Trigon, arranged a plan to help Raven resist her father, and then rushed to a restroom where Deadpool was fighting Roland’s students.

• Clark defeated H'el on Mercury after rejecting his plan to sacrifice the sun, and Kara returned to the tournament after missing her match, giving Donna Troy the win by default.
• Raynaud fought Deadpool in a forest arena and lost, while Bronze Tiger criticized his technique and confiscated his cigarettes.
• Raven defeated Deathstroke in a ruined-city arena, and Roland learned from Shazam that the tournament was a ritual that could let Demon Trigon possess Raven or leave her magic uncontrolled.
• Roland, Deadpool, Constantine, and Shazam discussed Solomon’s advice and planned to help Raven win the championship and take control of her magic.
• Roland persuaded Ra's al Ghul to let him and his allies eliminate threats to Raven, assigning Donna Troy to himself and Hal Jordan to Deadpool.
• Roland and Jason found Deadpool fighting dozens of Roland’s students in the restroom after the students confronted someone who had skipped a bill.

Roland and Deadpool watched Penguin lose to Donna Troy, then helped Raven escape Trigon’s temporary control. The group ended up at a milk tea shop with Roland’s students, where Raven learned that he had adopted them.

• Roland stopped Deadpool and the students from fighting, and several contestants withdrew, letting Green Lantern, Roland, Jason, Bane, and Shazam advance without matches.
• Penguin fought Donna Troy with traps, weapons, and birds of prey, but Donna caught him with her lasso and won.
• Roland and Deadpool slipped away to meet Raven, whose mind was being tormented by Trigon; Deadpool endured her possessed attack until she returned to normal.
• Raven joined Roland and Deadpool, but a bar guard refused them entry without her ID, so they went to a nearby milk tea shop.
• At the shop, Raven learned from Raynaud that Roland had adopted the students and was known as a philanthropist in Gotham City.

Raven found relief from Demon Trigon’s voice by listening to music, but Trigon sent dark energy toward Roland, who used Lucifer’s help to capture a tiny avatar of the demon. The next morning, Raven joined Roland’s students at the tournament, where Deadpool prepared to face Green Lantern.

• Roland sent Raven back to her hotel with an MP3 player and songs, and Demon Trigon’s voice returned as she listened.
• Demon Trigon sent a wisp of dark energy toward Roland, who summoned Lucifer after drawing the Holy Foreskin.
• Lucifer took the relic and trapped Demon Trigon’s miniature avatar in a water bottle, warning Roland that the demon’s true body remained a threat.
• Raven slept well and joined Roland’s students at the tournament, where Deadpool photographed her beside Nightwing.
• Deadpool boasted that he would defeat Green Lantern, and Roland questioned his confidence.

Bronze Tiger, Roland, and Jason won their matches against Eirene, Donna Troy, and Doris, while the Themysciran women became fixated on the victors. Deadpool began his fight with Green Lantern by charging him, then faked being unconscious and opened fire; Green Lantern blocked the shots.

• Bronze Tiger drove Eirene to the edge of the ring, disarmed her, and defeated her, after which she pursued him and proposed having a child together.
• Roland defeated Donna Troy in the tropical island arena by striking her and then using a tornado to carry her out of bounds.
• Jason defeated Doris with a single lightning attack from Thundercloud, prompting spectators to wonder if he was Zeus's son.
• Deadpool charged Green Lantern with his swords, crashed into a green wall, and pretended to be unconscious before firing at him.
• Green Lantern raised a shield that deflected Deadpool's gunfire.

Deadpool defeated Green Lantern in the tournament, while Roland and his allies discovered that Ghost had come to judge Raven. King Solomon possessed Shazam to confront Ghost, but their battle ended with both of them disappearing, leaving the group to face Trigon without their strongest protector.

• Deadpool used his Fear Toxin to defeat Green Lantern, and Roland’s students lost most of their matches against Themyscira’s warriors.
• Roland, Deadpool, and Shazam left a restaurant after Solomon sensed powerful magic, and they found Ghost targeting Raven.
• Roland and the others attacked Ghost, but his barrier stopped their assaults; Shazam defended Raven and argued that she was not guilty.
• Roland drew the Ten Rings of Solomon, allowing King Solomon to take control of Shazam and battle Ghost.
• King Solomon and Ghost vanished during their magical struggle, and Constantine realized the group might have to face Trigon without their strongest ally.

Roland and the others tried to keep Raven calm while waiting for Solomon, and the tournament continued with Deadpool defeating Bane and Cassandra facing Lady Shiva. Cassandra disarmed her mother and fought her barehanded, but both were badly injured as Lady Shiva launched a final leopard blow.

• Roland reassured Raven, and the group took her out for karaoke while she resisted Demon Trigon's attempts to claim her power.
• The next day, Roland learned that the others had stayed up for different reasons, while Lex Luthor secretly obtained a Kryptonian blood sample near Mercury.
• Deadpool used the tire piles in an auto repair shop to evade Bane and rip out his tubes, winning their match.
• Cassandra entered her match against Lady Shiva with a heavy steel lance and used it to knock her mother's sword away.
• Cassandra and Lady Shiva continued fighting barehanded, injuring each other before Lady Shiva charged with her leopard blow.

Cassandra defeated Lady Shiva, while Roland advanced through the tournament as Raven’s condition worsened under Demon Trigon’s influence. As the finals approached, Roland and Raven abandoned the match to confront Trigon, and the phantom Raven emerged to join them.

• Cassandra countered Lady Shiva’s Leopard Blow with True Eight Maidens: Serpent, won their match, and was placed in a healing pod.
• Roland won by default when Shazam failed to return, and Nightwing defeated Robin after Robin used traps to challenge him.
• Raven’s ominous aura intensified as Constantine revealed he had fled to England, though he had arranged for nearby magicians to operate his magic circles.
• Roland defeated Deadpool with True Eight Maidens: Serpent, while Raven advanced after David Cain surrendered; Cassandra and Jason then conceded their semifinal matches.
• Roland and Raven stopped the tournament final to face Demon Trigon, and the phantom Raven appeared as a red silhouette emerged from the two Ravens.

Roland, Raven, and Dark Raven battled Demon Trigon in the collapsing little world, then Raven and Dark Raven settled their conflict. The survivors escaped as the world broke apart, though Deadpool had to blast himself free of a rock fused to his body.

• Demon Trigon appeared and demanded that Raven submit to him, while Dark Raven claimed his power and Deadpool explained how the ritual had split Raven in two.
• Roland fought Demon Trigon with his Haki and Blood Rage as Raven, Dark Raven, and Kara attacked, while Nightwing and Jason evacuated the others.
• Raven and Dark Raven joined forces to pierce Demon Trigon's head, and Roland urged them to escape the collapsing little world.
• Raven and Dark Raven began fighting each other, but Roland secretly struck Dark Raven from behind while she was distracted, ending their battle.
• Kara, Raven, Roland, and Jason escaped as the little world fractured, and Deadpool later fell out fused to a rock before blowing himself free and regenerating.

Roland and Raven returned to the hotel, where Yao Fei treated Roland and introduced I Ching, who brought them into an illusion to guide Kong Kenan through a hidden history tied to his power. I Ching revealed that Kong Kenan needed to find the Red Jade Dragon and master all eight trigrams, leaving him to face the trial alone.

• Eirene and the Themysciran warriors captured Bronze Tiger while Roland and the others escaped into the air.
• At the hotel morgue, Yao Fei warned Roland and Raven that Trigon had taken Raven's adoptive mother's soul, then treated Roland's injuries.
• I Ching appeared and transported Roland, Yao Fei, and Kong Kenan into an illusion of 1937 Chinatown, where Kong Kenan saw through Fu Manchu-like distortions of Chinese people.
• I Ching showed Kong Kenan the Red Jade Dragon and revealed that von Holzdorf had taken it after the Eight-Nation Alliance invasion of Beijing.
• I Ching explained that Kong Kenan had to find the Red Jade Dragon and master all eight trigrams to complete his trial, and refused Roland and Yao Fei's offers to help.

After the illusion ended, Roland and his companions prepared to leave, while Wonder Woman brought Eirene and Donna to Roland’s church to make amends. As they flew toward Gotham City, Roland learned that Selene had given birth to Helena Wayne.

• I Ching ended the illusion, gave Raven a hair holding pure yang power, and apologized for the trouble caused by plotting against her father.
• Roland and the others left the hotel with Bronze Tiger, who had kidnapped Donna and tied her up in the van.
• Wonder Woman brought Eirene to apologize to Bronze Tiger and ordered Eirene and Donna to work at Roland’s church until he forgave them.
• Raven confirmed she would go to Gotham City and transfer her enrollment to Roland Cathedral.
• Roland received news aboard Penguin’s plane that Selene had given birth to a girl named Helena Wayne.

At Helena’s gathering at Wayne Manor, Merlin and the Ladies of the Lake blessed the baby before revealing that Morgan and Mordred had disappeared. Merlin asked Bruce to help find Batman, while in England Deadpool confronted Constantine for leaving him to face Trigon alone.

• Roland, Penguin, Kate, and other guests arrived at Wayne Manor to congratulate Bruce and Selene and bring gifts for Helena.
• Harley Quinn arrived excited to become Helena’s godmother, then bonded with Gilda over their experiences treating Astra.
• Merlin and the Ladies of the Lake blessed Helena, and Merlin revealed that Morgan and Mordred had gone missing.
• Merlin asked Bruce to help find Batman, and Bruce offered to put him in touch with Constantine.
• In England, Deadpool confronted Constantine for abandoning him to face Trigon, and Constantine admitted he had left Slade in China.

Batman, Jason Blood, and Roland investigated Morgan le Fay’s search for the Philosopher’s Stone and discovered that Merlin had used the relic as bait. They tracked down the man who excavated Blarney Castle, interrupting his lavish party to question him.

• Batman found a robbed history expert who said the enormous-energy gem was at Blarney Castle, and Jason Blood joined the investigation.
• Batman recruited Roland, and the three flew to Blarney Castle after Roland recalled seeing Morgan in Avalon.
• The group found the coffin empty and fought animated weapons and armor, while Jason Blood transformed into Etrigan.
• Roland called Merlin, who admitted he had once stored the Philosopher’s Stone at the castle and had used it to lure Morgan.
• Batman identified Harvey Sickman as the man who excavated the castle, and the group burst into Sickman’s mansion while he was with two women.

Roland and Batman recovered Merlin's Philosopher's Stone after fighting Morgan, who escaped with Mordred. Batman planned to use the Stone to lure Morgan back, while Roland demonstrated a new ability and they discussed a suspected alien in Middleton.

• Morgan and Mordred arrived at Merlin's room, where Morgan pinned Etrigan and attacked Roland with illusions and shapeshifting creatures.
• Roland broke free of Morgan's illusion, and Batman fought Morgan, but she escaped with Mordred after declaring that they had lost only this time.
• Roland healed Etrigan, who turned back into Jason Blood and left to continue pursuing Morgan, while Batman examined the Philosopher's Stone and recognized its similarity to Wonder Woman's bracelets.
• Batman took the Stone and planned to use it as bait for Morgan, then asked Roland about his Haki and watched him demonstrate Future Sight Killer.
• Batman questioned Roland about aliens and a green police officer in Middleton, while John Jones returned home and snorted crushed Oreos.

Roland, Batman, and Kara left Clark relaxing at Roland Cathedral to investigate Gotham’s Street Racers. Batman and Kara captured two gang members, while the gang’s leader, Guinness, learned that his crew had taken a wealthy man’s son and prepared to return.

• Clark stayed at Roland Cathedral with Kara after Lois broke up with him, and Roland and Batman teased him about his heartbreak.
• Batman, Roland, and Kara answered Commissioner Gordon’s Bat-Signal and learned about the Street Racers, a gang of former stunt performers committing robberies across Gotham.
• Roland joked that he could become the gang’s new leader, but Batman headed to their territory to stop them.
• Kara lifted two speeding motorcycles while Batman grabbed their riders, Brian and Bodo, who quickly revealed the gang’s hideout.
• Guinness received Brian’s call about the gang’s captured wealthy hostage and ended his motorcycle race to return.

Batman, Roland, and Kara dealt with the Street Racers and then discovered the Blackout gang robbing a bank during a citywide blackout. The chapter ended as a bat-like Robin joined Batman in the fight.

• Jason struck Guinness and the other motorcycle riders with lightning, knocked them unconscious, and called an ambulance.
• Batman questioned Brian while Roland and Kara opened the Street Racers' safe, then arranged for the police to take the gang into custody and wait for Guinness.
• Batman, Roland, and Kara walked through the East End, bought snacks at a convenience store, and left when the neighborhood lost power.
• Batman detected the Blackout gang using an ultrasonic cutter to break into a bank and confronted them with Roland and Kara.
• A half-human, half-bat Robin rushed in to fight beside Batman and said it had always been his dream.

Batman recognized Man-Bat as Kurt Langstrom, the childhood cave boy whose story inspired him, and learned that Kurt had transformed himself with a bat serum. As the group took Kurt to his laboratory to find a cure, he developed a craving for blood and drank from a mule, just as its furious owner confronted them.

• Batman captured Blackout’s members, then learned that Man-Bat had changed himself with a serum to treat his failing hearing.
• Batman and Kurt Langstrom recognized each other from their childhood meeting, and Roland linked Kurt’s cave story to the Bat Tribe and Barbatos.
• Batman offered to help Kurt use his research to return to human form, and Roland drove the group to Kurt’s laboratory.
• Kurt began craving blood, so Roland brought him a mule to drink from while Batman discussed diseases and treatments affecting bats.
• Batman said the Wayne Foundation would fund affordable medicines, and Roland warned that Ra’s al Ghul might attack pharmaceutical companies that sought to hire the League of Assassins.
• The stable owner rushed out with a double-barreled shotgun and demanded to know what they were doing to his mule.

Batman, Roland, and Kara investigated H.I.V.E.’s experiments as they traveled to Georgia, while Jason earned Gordon’s praise for stopping criminals. In Eddon Town, the group arrived at a Mexican restaurant just as a student suffered the effects of its ghost pepper challenge.

• Batman bought a mule from its owner to feed Man-Bat, then studied Man-Bat’s serum in a secret laboratory and found that H.I.V.E. had researched biological transformations.
• Batman discovered H.I.V.E.’s links to a West African experiment and learned that Slade Wilson worked for the organization, then planned to find its former researchers in Eddon Town.
• Jason told Commissioner Gordon he had stopped the Street Racers from harassing nuns, and Gordon commended him; Jason asked Gordon to send Roland a letter of praise.
• Roland, Batman, and Raven drove to Georgia, where Roland handled Raven’s school paperwork and she said goodbye to her classmates.
• The group reached a Mexican restaurant in Eddon Town to see its ghost pepper challenge, where Roland witnessed a student lose control shortly after eating one.

Batman, Roland, and Raven investigated Garfield after he proved immune to a Carolina Reaper, then followed him home to question his family. Garfield’s mother met them with a gun, but Roland moved her down the stairs against her will as the confrontation began.

• Garfield ate a Carolina Reaper without pain, convincing Batman that he was the person they were looking for.
• Raven demonstrated her emotionsense and described her portal power while the group ate, and Batman admitted he had unexplained heart palpitations.
• Batman, Roland, and Raven followed Garfield home after he left the restaurant with Stella and his classmates.
• Garfield’s mother aimed a revolver at Roland and sent Garfield upstairs to call his father and prepare to escape.
• Roland made Garfield’s mother move down the stairs despite her refusal, leaving her horrified.

Batman visited Garfield’s parents to investigate how Garfield survived a virus, and learned that their treatment had involved secret experiments and medicine Garfield had stopped taking. After Garfield returned home to talk with them, Roland learned that someone impersonating Jason had been captured while the real Jason was missing, and Batman suddenly collapsed unconscious.

• Batman questioned Garfield’s parents about their H.I.V.E. research and the antibody treatment they used to save Garfield.
• Garfield learned that his parents had given him antibodies from a West African green monkey and Aminotriamterene, which he had recently stopped taking.
• Garfield ran into the countryside, where Roland and Raven encouraged him to explore becoming a superhero and advised him to speak honestly with his parents.
• Batman urged Garfield’s parents to be honest and patient with him, then left with Roland and Raven.
• Bronze Tiger told Roland that Cassandra had captured a skilled fighter impersonating Jason, while the real Jason was missing.
• Batman collapsed unconscious over the steering wheel as Roland prepared to return.

Roland and Raven discovered that the Batman they found had died in another universe and arrived in theirs with his memories intact. In Gotham, Jason was detained as an apparent duplicate, and Roland realized their own Jason was missing.

• Roland and Raven found Batman unconscious, then learned he remembered his life and death but not their world or his younger counterpart, Tim.
• Roland drove Batman toward Gotham at extreme speed and called Nightwing, while Batman noticed Jason's number in Roland's contacts and explained that his Jason had survived Joker's bomb in Bosnia before Batman died.
• Kara, Cassandra, and Donna held Jason in Roland Cathedral, where Superman reported that his genes perfectly matched Jason's.
• Superman flew to meet Roland's car, and Batman recognized him as Clark.
• After Superman explained that Jason might be from another universe, Roland wondered where their own Jason had gone.

Jason arrived in a parallel Gotham, where he destroyed Amazo and learned that this world’s Jason was missing. He agreed to help Batman and Nightwing search for him while they looked for a way to return Jason to his own universe, then flew off to confront a rampaging Killer Croc.

• Jason defeated Amazo with his magical sword and powers, then confused Batman and Nightwing by saying he was heading back to Roland Cathedral.
• Jason discovered that this Gotham had no Father Roland and that the church he remembered was abandoned, so he returned to find Batman.
• Batman and Nightwing dug up Jason’s grave and found a dummy instead of a body; Jason explained that he came from another universe and agreed to help find the missing Jason.
• Jason told Batman and Nightwing about his world, Roland, and a martial arts tournament, then stayed at Wayne Manor.
• The next day, Batman questioned Jason about how he had crossed universes, and Jason suggested asking Penguin about the missing Jason.
• After Little Barbara reported that Killer Croc was rampaging in the East End, Jason flew off to confront him, and Batman sent Nightwing after him.

Jason and Nightwing captured Gotham criminals while Jason explained his alternate world to Barbara and the Wayne family. Batman later met the Red Hood from another universe at Roland Cathedral, where they began to confront their shared history.

• Jason and Nightwing captured Killer Croc, and Jason showed Nightwing footage of his apparent death in another universe.
• Barbara called Jason, then invited him to her home; Jason suggested Wakanda might have technology to treat her paralysis.
• Jason spent several days defeating Bane, Poison Ivy, Copperhead, Riddler, and Clayface and sending them to Arkham Asylum.
• At Wayne Manor, Jason explained that his alternate self would want to vent his anger at Batman for not killing Joker, and urged Batman to seek help from another version of himself.
• Batman met the suspended Red Hood at Roland Cathedral, and Roland clarified that they came from different worlds.
• Roland introduced Batman and Jason to his unusual teaching staff, including Bronze Tiger, Mr. Freeze, Deadshot, and Killer Croc Waylon's godfather.

Roland and The Flash explained how the two universes had become entangled and traveled with Batman and Red Hood to Other Gotham to retrieve Roland’s Jason. After Red Hood stormed off, Roland called Jason and invited him to lunch, leaving Jason furious that Roland had stopped to eat first.

• Roland told Red Hood that he was Jason from another universe, while the teachers casually accepted the explanation and watched Batman and Red Hood fight.
• The Flash explained that the universes’ timelines had intersected and said he could return them using the two Batmen and Jasons as anchors.
• Roland and The Flash interrupted the fight and prepared to travel to Other Gotham; Batman asked to go along, and Roland summoned an Emperor-class Titan before Superman lent them a space pod.
• The Flash pushed Roland, Batman, and Red Hood’s pod to Other Gotham, where Red Hood left alone and Roland predicted he would walk into Jason’s trap.
• Roland called Jason from a barbecue restaurant, and Jason angrily protested that Roland had gone to lunch instead of finding him immediately.

Jason, Roland, Batman, and the others watched as Batman confronted Red Hood, while Joker resurfaced and the villains revealed new threats. The chapter ended with Batman and Red Hood’s fight interrupted by messages from Two-Face and Riddler, as Joker escaped by helicopter with Nightwing hanging from its landing gear.

• Jason arrived at George's BBQ and learned that Batman and The Flash came from another world.
• The visiting Batman attacked the local Batman over the death of Jason, but Alfred stopped the fight.
• Barbara showed Roland and the others security footage of Red Hood setting a trap for Batman, and Batman rode alone to confront him.
• Red Hood and Batman fought across Gotham until Red Hood removed Batman's cowl and revealed Bruce Wayne's identity.
• Red Hood pinned Batman down, but Two-Face called to announce he was waiting at the police station, and Riddler sent Batman a photo of Gordon tied up.
• Joker appeared in a helicopter with Nightwing hanging from its landing gear, prompting Batman to cry out his name.

Red Hood and Batman pursued Joker through Gotham, while Jason revealed that he had staged the villains’ challenges to help Red Hood confront his feelings about Batman. They traveled to another world, where Red Robin spared Two-Face after Tim intervened and reunited with a living Batman.

• Batman caught Barbara as Two-Face shoved her from the police station roof, while Red Hood stopped Two-Face and secured the Joker Gas.
• Batman solved Joker’s riddle and reached GothCorp, where he sheltered Red Hood from a blizzard and sent him to rescue Dick.
• Red Hood found Joker tied up with Nightwing and learned from Jason that the Two-Face, Riddler, and Joker encounters had been staged to help him.
• Jason gave Red Hood the real Joker and urged him to decide whether to kill him, but another-world Batman suggested he first see how another Robin responded.
• Red Hood, Jason, Roland, and the other-world Batman traveled to another world, where Tim persuaded Red Robin to drop his gun and spare Two-Face.
• Batman revealed himself alive, embraced Red Robin, and told him he was his pride and joy.