Recaps

Roland and his allies faced threats from the Joker Virus, HIVE, the Olympian gods, and Darkseid while building their superhero teams and preparing for a wider war. The arc ended with Roland planning a mission to rescue the Teen Titans’ versions of Rachel and the three Mother Boxes briefly sending Darkseid back to Apokolips.

• Jason caught Batman’s departing soul in clay, and Batman returned to his family before healing Barbara’s spinal injury and warning Roland of an approaching interstellar war.
• Roland protected Constantine from the Kings of Hell, who destroyed Trigon’s avatar, while the Joker Virus moved from Joker into Roland and later infected Bruce before Bruce defeated his inner Batman Who Laughs.
• Bruce brought Damian to Roland Cathedral, where Damian joined the family and made a friend, while the League of Assassins put Cassandra in charge and she redirected its members to volunteer work.
• The Mother Box brought Steppenwolf and his Parademons to Themyscira, where Superman defeated him, and Batman, Roland, and the heroes formed competing Justice League teams.
• Nightwing’s team robbed Lex Luthor, rescued Starfire, and later fought HIVE after Roland advised them to stop Grant Wilson’s mission, while the League of Assassins killed HIVE’s attackers at Roland Cathedral.
• Roland helped Diana confront Zeus on Olympus, where he stopped time and struck Zeus down, and Diana took the throne as the gods surrendered their offices and artifacts.
• Hephaestus agreed to forge weapons from the gathered artifacts and Mother Boxes, while Roland told Superman he planned to defeat the Dark Knights in one attack.
• Roland agreed to help the Teen Titans Go and TT Robins rescue their versions of Rachel, and the three Mother Boxes opened a Boom Tube that brought Darkseid to Earth before Teen Titans Go Robin sent him back to Apokolips.

Roland helped the heroes defeat the Dark Knights in the Flashpoint World, then returned to Gotham for a series of challenges and a football game. After the Brain Games, he brought the troubled Roy Harper to Roland Cathedral, where Roy began considering his addiction and relationship with Green Arrow.

• Roland and the Titans defeated Six-Palace Demon, and Raven sealed Trigon in her Pendant before Roland returned to his world.
• Roland helped Superman confront General Zod, then traveled with Kara, Jason, and Cyborg to the Flashpoint World, where he assembled heroes to face the Dark Knights.
• The heroes defeated the Dark Knights across Gotham and Metropolis, while Roland and Doctor Manhattan held Barbatos at the Flashpoint Universe door.
• Superman returned the Flashes to their worlds and changed the Flashpoint timeline, while Roland watched the world transform.
• Roland and Batman captured Maxie Zeus, then joined a chaotic football game between the Justice League and United States Justice League that ended in a tie.
• Mister Mind forced Roland, Batman, Green Lantern, Lois, and Mister Terrific into the Brain Games, where Roland won against Lex Luthor before Mister Terrific captured Mister Mind.
• Roland joined Green Arrow and Cassandra to find Roy Harper, then persuaded Roy to leave Ra's al Ghul and come to Roland Cathedral.
• Roy met the cathedral’s unusual residents and told Jason he wanted to quit narcotics but did not want to leave Green Arrow.

Roland and his allies faced the Crime Syndicate, a magical war, and a series of Gotham crises before discovering a nightmare city beneath Gotham. The arc ended with Roland freeing Arthur Arkham and the heroes returning to the surface as Gotham’s dangers continued.

• Joker framed Bruce Wayne for Black Mask’s murder, but Bruce won his trial while Black Mask was convicted of multiple crimes.
• Roland confronted the Crime Syndicate on Earth-3, summoned the Servants, and defeated the Dark Knights with Joker’s help and Doomsday before Batman revealed he had faked his death.
• Roland and the Justice League’s children defeated Mordred’s forces, ending the spell that had sent Earth’s adults away.
• Roland and Batman traced Barry’s disappearance to a Blue Lantern ring, then learned Barry was training with the Blue Lantern Corps on Odym.
• Bronze Tiger helped Mary McCabe awaken the Tantu Necklace’s powers, and she took the name Vixen after defeating Killer Moth.
• Batman cleared Otis Flannegan of murder, but Otis escaped Blackgate and rejected Batman’s offer to make amends in the sewers.
• Owlman revealed that Gotham had a second city beneath it, where Roland encountered Cthulhu Batman and learned Arthur Arkham was trapped in repeating nightmares.
• Roland transformed Cthulhu Batman and freed Arthur, who explained Barbatos’s hold over him and showed the group a way back to the surface.

Roland helped Gotham through gang violence, a new Batgirl’s arrival, and a string of dangerous cases while overseeing his students’ exam. The story then shifted to a multiverse contest, where Roland refereed matchups and prepared an auction between Iron Man and Batman.

• Roland rescued Killer Croc, helped treat Bane’s victims, and offered to care for Little Barbara while Gordon dealt with the crisis.
• Cassandra brought Barbara to Roland Cathedral, where Barbara joined Jason’s logistics operation before Kate named her the Third Batgirl and Nightwing showed her the Mars armor.
• Roland held exams for his students, then sent them to search for Harry X, whom Barbara captured after he tried to take her hostage.
• Superman’s red kryptonite-induced madness led to his encounter with Atrocitus and the Red Lantern Ring, before he apologized to Conner and told Kara that Kandor and Argo City had been recovered.
• Roland and Batman investigated Katrina’s self-destructive behavior and several Gotham crimes, while Barbara pursued Katrina and Lisa Bonner escaped the hospital and killed Whitaker and his family.
• Roland captured Margaret Pye after she replaced museum valuables with bombs, then met Lucifer and Loki, who recruited him to referee Krona and Grandmaster’s contest.
• Roland and Deadpool arranged a race between the Flash and Quicksilver, which the Flash won, before they learned Peter Parker had rescued Lois Lane in Metropolis.
• Deadpool arranged a poker match between Constantine and Scarlet Witch, then Roland set up an auction contest between Iron Man and Batman, with Iron Man winning the first lot.