Chapter Summaries

Yang Bo, as Ghost Rider, judged the criminals in the wrecked truck, burning one who had committed murder but sparing another who had never taken a life. Batman appeared and challenged Yang Bo over his claim to judge Gotham’s evildoers, leaving them facing off.

• The police caught up as Yang Bo pulled a criminal from the truck and burned him with the Penance Stare.
• Yang Bo freed another criminal, whose crimes did not warrant death by his standards, and told the officers the man had never taken a life.
• Chief Alex introduced himself and urged Yang Bo to leave the criminals to the law, but Yang Bo continued judging them.
• Yang Bo burned a bloodied criminal, then caught Batman’s dart and melted it.
• Batman stepped from the shadows and asked whether Yang Bo’s judgment meant killing; Yang Bo answered, “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.”

Yang Bo used the Penance Stare on Batman, then challenged Batman and Commissioner Gordon to help change Gotham City. After leaving Gotham, he returned to Little Planet and asked Dr. Banner for more Captain Potion No. 5.

• Yang Bo used the Penance Stare on Batman, who experienced his past and concluded that the power did not justify killing.
• Yang Bo told Batman he would give the world a new Gotham City in three months, and Batman left after warning that he would watch him.
• Yang Bo handed the subdued criminals over to Alex, then met Commissioner Gordon and offered to discuss changing Gotham City.
• Yang Bo teleported back to Little Planet and found Zhang Hao being carried out of the laboratory for working too long again.
• Yang Bo entered Dr. Banner's laboratory and asked him to prepare a batch of Captain Potion No. 5.

Yang Bo visited Commissioner Gordon and offered him Captain Potion to help strengthen Gotham’s police, then administered it along with Nutrition Potion. Gordon’s body began reacting intensely to the treatment as Yang Bo noticed smoke rising from him.

• Gordon reviewed reports about Ghost Rider and realized Yang Bo’s appearance had interfered with people’s perceptions.
• Yang Bo appeared in Gordon’s office in his human form and explained that Mephisto had given him the medallion that let him transform.
• Yang Bo offered Gordon a case containing twelve doses of Captain Potion, saying he wanted to see whether Gotham could become a decent place.
• Gordon agreed to test the potion, and Yang Bo injected him with one dose.
• Yang Bo connected Gordon to a Nutrition Potion infusion, and Gordon’s body grew intensely hot as his body reacted.
• Yang Bo noticed Gordon was smoking and asked if he was okay.

Yang Bo gave Commissioner Gordon a Ghost Rider Medallion, and Gordon used it to defeat masked gunmen attacking the police station. After the attackers were subdued, Yang Bo gave Gordon Healing Potions and left.

• Yang Bo warned Gordon that he could not be sure his officers were free of undercover traitors and suggested checking the officers Yang Bo had brought over.
• Yang Bo spotted armed men arriving at the police station, and Gordon pulled out his pistol despite struggling to control his transformed body.
• Yang Bo gave Gordon the Ghost Rider Medallion, and Gordon transformed into Ghost Rider and jumped down to confront the attackers.
• Gordon used his chain to fight off the gunmen, left one alive, and returned to his office after the attack ended.
• Gordon thanked Yang Bo and returned the medallion, and Yang Bo gave him Healing Potions before leaving.

Yang Bo and the police continued their campaign against Gotham’s gangs as Ghost Rider, while Batman arrived at the tavern to speak with him. The chapter ended as Batman sat down across from Yang Bo and began a conversation.

• Gotham gang leaders gathered to plan against Ghost Rider, but Yang Bo broke into their tavern and defeated them despite their gunfire.
• Police officers arrived, removed the dead and surviving gang members, and left Alex to speak with Yang Bo.
• Alex told Yang Bo that the prisons were overcrowded and that some inmates had concealed their crimes; Yang Bo agreed to judge them the next day.
• Yang Bo asked Alex to watch for prominent figures such as Penguin, Scarecrow, Riddler, Harley Quinn, and Joker.
• Yang Bo poured two drinks and called out Batman, who dropped from the ceiling, sat opposite him, and said they could talk.

Yang Bo rejected Batman’s partnership offer unless Batman could accept his methods, then confronted Joker when he warned him to stay away from Batman. Yang Bo killed Joker’s decoy and tracked another Joker to a rooftop, where he began hunting him.

• Batman asked Yang Bo to work with him, but Yang Bo challenged Batman’s approach to fighting crime and pointed out that he could legally arrest him.
• Yang Bo said he had influenced Commissioner Gordon and advised Batman to equip the police, then left to hunt criminals.
• Yang Bo encountered Joker, who told him to stay away from Batman because Batman was his toy.
• Yang Bo grabbed Joker and destroyed his body in lava, then spotted another Joker on a distant rooftop.
• Yang Bo teleported beside the second Joker and stabbed him with the Nano Saber.

Yang Bo waited outside Gotham City's prison and executed newly released criminals with his Penance Stare. Before he could finish judging them, Joker returned and killed the remaining men with a tanker truck, then approached Yang Bo.

• Yang Bo arrived at the prison and waited for a group of newly released inmates to emerge.
• Yang Bo attacked the seven prisoners with his hellfire chain and used his Penance Stare on those whose crimes exceeded his tolerance.
• Several prisoners tried to flee or return to the prison, but the guard refused to open the gate as Yang Bo continued his attack.
• Joker drove a tanker truck into the remaining prisoners, killing them, then climbed out and walked toward Yang Bo.

Yang Bo captured a Joker decoy, removed the explosives threatening the prison, and killed him before leaving the DC world to recruit scientists. He brought Tony, Rocket, and Ivan to the mutant academy to examine Cerebro and make it portable.

• Yang Bo used Mind Control to make a Joker reveal that the tanker was rigged and remove its bomb and trigger.
• Yang Bo waited for Mind Control to expire, killed the Joker, and disposed of the body and equipment in lava.
• Yang Bo told Gordon to clean up and watch for retaliation, then returned to his Little Planet and recruited Rocket, Ivan, and Tony to study a device.
• Yang Bo and the group traveled to the mutant academy, where Professor X showed them Cerebro.

Yang Bo had Professor Xavier use Cerebro to search for an ordinary man while Rocket, Ivan, Tony, and McCoy prepared to improve the equipment. After returning to the DC Universe, Yang Bo learned that Joker had kidnapped Commissioner Gordon and called Batman for help.

• Rocket threatened Professor X when he caught him reading his mind, and Yang Bo warned the professor not to invade anyone's privacy again.
• Yang Bo asked Professor Xavier to use Cerebro to search a city for an ordinary human, then watched the mutants gathered below and thought of them as a crop ready to harvest.
• Rocket, Ivan, Tony, Beast, and Professor Xavier inspected the Cerebro equipment and began preparing to build a smaller, improved version.
• Yang Bo showed Xavier and McCoy the Mothership and transport ships, then left them with the others to work on the equipment while he went to find Harley Quinn.
• Back in the DC Universe, Yang Bo answered Joker's call and learned that Joker had kidnapped Commissioner Gordon and threatened his family.
• Yang Bo hung up on Joker and called Batman to tell him that Commissioner Gordon had been kidnapped.

Yang Bo went to Arkham Asylum to find Harley Quinn while Batman waited outside, hoping to use her to threaten Joker. After controlling the asylum staff and reaching her cell, Yang Bo killed Harley and stored her in his backpack, preparing to take her to Joker.

• Batman picked up Yang Bo and asked where Gordon was, then drove toward Arkham Asylum after Yang Bo insisted on finding Harley Quinn first.
• Yang Bo used Teleportation to enter Arkham Asylum and Mind control to make Dr. Jack guide him toward Harley Quinn.
• Yang Bo controlled a squad of guards long enough to pass them and reach Harley Quinn's solitary cell.
• Yang Bo broke open Harley Quinn's cell door with his Pickaxe and promised to take her to her 'Puddin'.
• Harley Quinn closed her eyes, and Yang Bo killed her with one stroke and put her body in his backpack.

Yang Bo and Batman reached Joker’s hideout, where Joker held Gordon and Barbara hostage. After Joker shot them, Yang Bo drew a purple-glowing anti-materiel sniper rifle and prepared to retaliate.

• Yang Bo told Batman that Harley Quinn had been taken care of, and they drove toward the abandoned building where Joker was holding Gordon.
• On the way, Yang Bo asked Bruce Wayne whether he would sacrifice himself to save Gordon and hinted that he could reveal his own weakness.
• Yang Bo and Batman entered the building, where Joker greeted them and revealed Gordon and Barbara hanging from ropes.
• Joker threatened to detonate bombs attached to Gordon and Barbara, then shot them both as punishment for Yang Bo bringing Batman.
• Yang Bo summoned a purple-glowing anti-materiel sniper rifle, and Joker spread his arms and dared him to shoot.

Yang Bo killed Batman, Gordon, and Harley Quinn, then devastated Joker by giving him Harley's head and telling him Gotham was his. Yang Bo left Joker trapped and waited through the night, while Joker remained determined to kill him.

• Yang Bo shot Gordon and Barbara, held Batman at gunpoint, and explained that Batman and Joker were destined to oppose each other.
• Yang Bo shot Batman, showed Joker Harley Quinn's head, and transformed into Ghost Rider to kill Joker's henchmen and collect twelve souls.
• Yang Bo stored Gordon and Barbara's remains for later resurrection, taunted Joker, and told him that Batman and Gordon were dead and Gotham was his.
• Joker fired at Yang Bo and threatened to destroy everything he had, but Yang Bo revealed that his real name was Mephisto and challenged Joker to find him in hell.
• Yang Bo used Transcendence to make himself untouchable, ate while Joker sat silently, enclosed Joker in glass, and went to bed.

Yang Bo restrained Joker with a magical lead and enclosed him in blast-resistant glass, then used his Wand to resurrect Batman, Commissioner Gordon, and Barbara. Gordon woke beside Barbara and asked Yang Bo what had happened.

• Yang Bo used a lead and fence posts to restrain Joker, named him "Lucky," and sealed him inside blast-resistant glass.
• Yang Bo placed a Teleportation Stone Tablet on the roof and resurrected Batman with holy light.
• Batman woke, remembered being shot in the head, and realized his death had not been an illusion.
• Yang Bo resurrected Commissioner Gordon and Barbara, and Gordon embraced Barbara after waking.
• Gordon asked Yang Bo what was going on.

Yang Bo resurrected Gordon and Barbara, revealed his power to Batman, and announced plans to establish a Justice League. He left to find other Jokers while Batman and Gordon waited on the rooftop.

• Yang Bo gave Gordon spare pants after Gordon and Barbara woke up, and Gordon realized that he had been resurrected.
• Yang Bo told Gordon he was a video game player, while Batman recognized him as a threat capable of controlling life and death.
• Yang Bo destroyed Gordon's and Barbara's old lower bodies with strange lava after Barbara asked for help disposing of them.
• Yang Bo told Wayne to buy the building for a base and proposed forming the Justice League.
• Yang Bo placed a Teleportation Stone Tablet on the rooftop and left to find other Jokers, asking Wayne and Gordon to wait.

Yang Bo used Xavier to uncover Joker’s network of physical doubles, then took the real Joker to the Nether and abandoned him on its barren bedrock ceiling. After an hour, Joker regained his composure and acquired the status [Rebirth].

• Tony arrived in the DC world and met Bruce Wayne, while Yang Bo took Xavier and Ivan to find Joker.
• Xavier searched Joker’s mind and gave Yang Bo a list of addresses for Joker’s physical doubles.
• Yang Bo sent Ivan after the doubles and led the real Joker through a Nether Portal.
• Yang Bo brought Joker to the Nether’s bedrock ceiling, left him there, and returned alone.
• After an hour, Joker recovered his senses, smiled at his surroundings, and gained the status [Rebirth].

Yang Bo returned to Gotham and found Tony Stark and Wayne plotting against him, then told them about Superman and helped Tony search for Clark Kent. Tony found that Clark had last been seen near the United States–Canada border, leaving Batman and the others curious about the hero Yang Bo expected to appear soon.

• Yang Bo returned and discovered Tony and Wayne acting like close friends while discussing how to deal with him.
• Barbara told Yang Bo that Tony was developing a seventh-generation Anti-Yang Bo Armor, prompting Yang Bo to threaten to renovate Tony’s company and tease him about countermeasure armor.
• Yang Bo told Batman that he would meet Superman, described Superman’s strength and bioelectric field, and suggested searching for Clark Joseph Kent.
• Tony searched for Clark and found a photograph, but reported that Clark had last been seen near the United States–Canada border.
• Gordon asked about Superman’s abilities, and Yang Bo said that meeting Superman would show them why people called him a god.

Yang Bo reached the Canadian camp on Ellesmere Island and found Clark Kent among the workers searching for the Kryptonian spacecraft. He secretly approached Clark, warned him that activating the ship would summon his father’s enemies, and left with Clark when someone interrupted them.

• Yang Bo and his companions located the camp and the spacecraft buried beneath the ice, which blocked their scanners.
• Yang Bo spotted Lois Lane and Clark Kent arriving at the camp and went to meet Clark while remaining invisible.
• Yang Bo told Clark that he knew about his origins and warned that activating the spacecraft would alert his father's enemies, who would come to Earth.
• Someone opened the door to Clark's storeroom, and Clark left as Lois Lane questioned the poor accommodations.

Yang Bo offered to help Clark deal with the Kryptonians who might arrive to terraform Earth, in exchange for drawing Clark’s blood. Clark refused to trust him yet, but agreed to enter the buried spaceship, where they reached its doors together.

• Yang Bo revealed the spaceship beneath the glacier and warned Clark that activating it would send a distress signal to Kryptonians who would destroy humanity.
• Yang Bo offered to capture the arriving Kryptonians in exchange for a tube of Clark’s blood, but Clark refused to let him draw it before proving himself.
• Yang Bo dug through the glacier toward the ship as Clark followed, curious about the heatless Torches along the passage.
• Clark used his Heat Vision to melt a tunnel to the spaceship’s entrance, and Yang Bo followed him inside the ice cave.
• At the ship’s doors, Yang Bo asked Clark whether his eyes got dry when he used his laser vision.

Yang Bo helped Clark activate the Kryptonian spaceship and meet the recorded image of his father, Jor-El. He returned to his ship and brought Tony, Ivan, and Rocket aboard to study the advanced technology.

• Clark inserted his necklace into the console, and Yang Bo destroyed a sentry robot that attacked them.
• Clark activated the ship and spoke with Jor-El, who revealed that Clark was Kal-El and began explaining Krypton's history and his origins.
• Yang Bo asked Jor-El to control the ship's guards, placed a Teleportation Stone Tablet aboard, and returned to his spaceship.
• Yang Bo told Tony and Ivan about the Kryptonian ship's technology, then arranged for Ivan to fly back to Gotham City.
• Yang Bo brought Rocket to the Kryptonian ship, where Rocket scanned a sentry robot and marveled at the unfamiliar technology.
• Yang Bo invited Tony, Ivan, and Rocket to begin making the ship their own.

Clark met Yang Bo’s crew aboard the ship, including Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne, and agreed to let Yang Bo take a blood sample. As Clark prepared to fly the ship away, Yang Bo unexpectedly suggested that he pursue Lois Lane.

• Clark learned that General Zod would come to Earth if he escaped the Phantom Zone.
• Yang Bo introduced Rocket, Ivan Vanko, Tony Stark, and Bruce Wayne to Clark, who recognized Wayne as Batman.
• Clark and Bruce shook hands, meeting as potential allies.
• Yang Bo took a blood sample from Clark with a vibranium syringe, then promised to help him.
• Clark prepared to fly the ship away, and Yang Bo encouraged him to make Lois Lane his girlfriend.
• Clark questioned Yang Bo’s claim that he would have met Lois anyway, and Yang Bo said fate worked in mysterious ways.