Recaps

Su Ming’s group exposed Golden Eagle as the one who brought the Zombie Virus into the Hall of Justice, then pursued Hawk through the Speed Force and into the Black Lantern crisis. After fighting the infected Titans and Justice League, Su Ming learned Batwoman remained uninfected and continued toward J'onn’s battle.

• Su Ming traced the Hall of Justice outbreak to Golden Eagle and staged a televised wedding to draw him out, then exposed Charlie’s role and learned Hawk had planned the virus delivery.
• Su Ming killed Golden Eagle and set out with Deathstroke and Diana to find Hawk, while the Essence Society was destroyed by the Giant.
• Barry joined Su Ming’s group and carried them through the Speed Force Plane, where Su Ming deduced that Hawk sought Crisis Energy to resurrect Dove and that they needed to preserve one Dawn.
• At Titans Tower, Lobo fought the Black Lantern Titans while Diana’s group rescued Dawn, and Deathstroke and Barry weakened Black Lantern Superman until Deathstroke destroyed his ring and Superman died.
• Su Ming hired Lobo to guard Dove, then led the group to Arlington National Cemetery to search for Hank’s brother, but found the graves opened and Black Lantern Zombies gathering.
• The Black Lantern Justice League attacked at the cemetery, and Su Ming learned from Hal that Batwoman was alive and uninfected before destroying Hal’s ring and killing him.
• Su Ming captured Black Lantern Big Dai, but Little Dai destroyed her ring and killed her, after which Su Ming sent both corpses to the sun and went to help fight J'onn.

Su Ming and his allies traced the Emperor’s schemes through Gotham and a looping Timeline while preparing to track him across Earth-12. Su Ming began hunting the Emperor’s incarnations across every Timeline, ending with the god’s apparent invulnerability shattered before a prehistoric tribe.

• Su Ming used the Final Laugh and White Lantern energy to try to draw out Earth-12’s Entity of Life, while Deathstroke and Sinestro struggled with the Black Lantern threat in Gotham.
• The enemy split the group across Timelines, but Bobo sent Deathstroke a message through pi that revealed the altered Timeline was trapped in a loop.
• Su Ming deduced that the Emperor planned to use Donald’s corpse to drive Hawk mad, then infiltrated Joker’s amusement park and recovered Nth Metal and Amber Gold equipment from an underground cavern.
• Joker donned modified Hellbat Armor and attacked the Emperor, while Deathstroke struck from behind and used a Batcave bat to deflect the Emperor’s Entropy Rift.
• Laurie attached a Spider Totem to the Emperor, and Deathstroke arranged for Great Weaver to track him across Timelines as Joker returned to prepare a game with Batwoman.
• Su Ming shot the Emperor in a private chamber, disposed of the body, and explained that he and the Emperor now existed simultaneously across every Timeline of Earth-12.
• Su Ming appeared in prehistoric times and cut a faceless blue-and-gold god in half, showing the tribe that gods could bleed and die.

Su Ming uncovered Darkseid’s pursuit of the Force of Connection and traveled to Takron-Galtos to find Sinestro, who needed Mister Miracle to rescue Hal Jordan’s soul. Hal returned alive with a new Power Ring, and the group headed for Oa to support Soranik while Scott remained troubled about Big Barda.

• Su Ming restored Bruce Wayne’s Timeline after Deathstroke killed Emperor, then left Bruce to pursue a life of wealth, darkness, and detective work.
• Su Ming persuaded Hank Hall to sacrifice himself, replaced him with a combat Synthezoid, and learned that Darkseid was likely behind the Black Lantern zombie crises and was seeking the Force of Connection.
• Su Ming and his allies traveled to Takron-Galtos, where they restored the prison’s power and used its surveillance system to locate Sinestro amid a horde of Black Lantern Zombies.
• Sinestro revealed that he wanted Mister Miracle to enter the realm of the dead and save Hal Jordan’s soul, and Scott agreed to try after the group found him hiding from the zombified New Gods.
• Scott went to retrieve Hal’s soul while Su Ming and Laurie spread White Lantern energy through Takron’s fire-suppression system, dissolving the Lantern Zombies and purifying Big Barda and Orion.
• Mister Miracle returned with Hal alive, and Hal revealed that he had forged a new Power Ring in the Realm of Souls as the group debated which Lantern Corps to resurrect first.
• Su Ming moved Takron to the Spectre Universe, and Hal took the group to Oa, where Colonel Sanders delivered Harley’s food order as Scott worried about returning for Big Barda.

Deathstroke and Su Ming’s allies defeated Darkseid’s Black Lantern scheme on Oa, then parted ways before Su Ming took Harley on vacation and stole the Blade of Olympus from Zeus. The arc leaves Deathstroke and Harley arriving on Franlo to find an archaeologist amid a rush for ancient artifacts.

• Deathstroke’s group reached Oa, captured the Black Lantern Guardians, and learned from Ganthet that Perpetua existed.
• Su Ming’s group confronted Parallax, and Deathstroke distracted him with a dance before Strangle trapped his soul in the Black Diamond.
• Deathstroke knocked Hal unconscious, drained the Central Power Battery, and drew out Darkseid, who had hidden inside it while holding Ion.
• Darkseid’s plan to detonate the battery failed, and Superboy-Prime destroyed Oa while rescuing the group, leaving Ion badly injured.
• The survivors parted ways, and Su Ming returned to the Hall of Justice before taking Harley on vacation to mythological Athens.
• Su Ming watched Kratos fight the Colossus of Bronze, then stabbed Zeus, took the Blade of Olympus, and sent Zeus into the sea.
• Su Ming and Harley traveled to Franlo, where treasure hunters and the Imperial Army sought artifacts, and Deathstroke decided they needed an archaeologist.