Vol. 39Darkseid Across Timelines

Su Ming and his allies pursued Darkseid across Hypertime, Earths, and other worlds while Darkseid’s forces threatened them and their allies. The search led them to Etheria, where Su Ming recognized Brigis Village as a place displaced in time and space.

  • Deathstroke’s team followed Barry into Hypertime, and Lucifer agreed to help intercept him in an unwritten story.
  • Darkseid killed Destiny and took the Book of Destiny, and Deathstroke’s team traveled through the Sands of Time to pursue Barry.
  • Su Ming’s team learned that Machine Head had staged his death and defected to Darkseid.
  • Su Ming’s group emerged in a New York where Omega-powered nanomachines were turning people into winged cyborg monsters.
  • Su Ming defeated Machine Head and learned that Darkseid had taken the Book of Destiny, then sought Reverse-Flash in the future.
  • After Su Ming destroyed Deathspawn, he found his teammates missing and joined Luthor at the Fortress of Doom to locate Darkseid.
  • Su Ming led the Legion of Doom across universes and found Darkseid’s forces attacking Castle Grayskull on Eternia.
  • Teela'na sent Su Ming’s group to Etheria, where Su Ming identified Brigis Village as the former Thaymor, five hundred years earlier.
Chapters 3805–3904 Read from ch. 3805

Arc 153The Hunt Through Hypertime

Deathstroke’s team tracked Barry Allen from Wild World to the Theater, where they learned he had entered Hypertime. With Lucifer and Arabelle’s help, the group set out to intercept him as Darkseid killed Destiny and claimed the Book of Destiny.

  • Deathstroke brought Bobo to Wild World, where the team found Jay Garrick protecting a settlement and learned Barry had passed through the area.
  • Jay led the team to Barry’s footprints at an oasis, and Bobo concluded that Barry had run purposefully into the Speed Force.
  • At the Theater, the team found a centuries-old corpse in a Flash uniform and activated its orb to view Speed Force records across Timelines.
  • The Theater showed Barry entering Hypertime, and Deathstroke recorded proof that Reverse-Flash had killed Barry’s mother before the team returned to Earth-0.
  • Deathstroke sought Lucifer’s help, and Lucifer agreed to use the Sands of Time to intercept Barry in an unwritten story.
  • Arabelle joined the mission for payment, and Lucifer prepared to send her, Su Ming, Bobo, and Enchantress into the unwritten story.
  • Darkseid killed Destiny and took the Book of Destiny, whose pages all bore the words “Darkseid Is!”
  • The team traveled through the Sands of Time, and Deathstroke sensed they were nearing their destination and told everyone to prepare to catch Barry.
Chapters 3805–3829 Summaries Read

Arc 154Machine Head’s False Death

Su Ming’s team investigated Machine Head’s apparent murder and fought the Counter-Attackers before learning that Machine Head had staged his death and defected to Darkseid. As they set out to find him, Omega-powered nanomachines began transforming people across New York.

  • Su Ming rescued Barry from hypnosis, learned he had seen a smooth white mask, and discovered that the team was trapped in a dreamlike world where a fading man declared, “Darkseid Is!”
  • The Justice League reached the Hall of Everything, fought its zombie guardians, and found Saru dead with Darkseid’s name written in blood.
  • Su Ming sent Barry and his family to TVA Headquarters, then took his team to Earth-8 to investigate Machine Head and found a burned body staged to frame him.
  • The Counter-Attackers attacked Su Ming’s team, but Deathstroke and his allies defeated them and explained that Machine Head’s apparent death was a setup.
  • Stark Tower vanished in a surge of black light, and Bobo warned the Counter-Attackers that Machine Head had defected to Darkseid.
  • Albera summoned Syed’s ghost, who revealed that Machine Head had killed him and the women after Syed saw him remove his faceplate.
  • Su Ming concluded that Machine Head had used Syed’s Kagemusha plan to fake his own death, then sent the ghost back to Hell.
  • Su Ming’s team emerged to find New York dark and its people fleeing as Omega-powered nanomachines transformed them into winged cyborg monsters.
Chapters 3830–3854 Summaries Read

Arc 155The Deathspawn and the Missing Team

Su Ming tracked Machine Head to his underground base, then pursued Darkseid by seeking out Reverse-Flash in the future. After Deathspawn attacked Central City, Su Ming destroyed it in the Void, only to discover that Darkseid had hidden his teammates through Timeline manipulation.

  • Su Ming and his team cornered Machine Head, who revealed he had changed his appearance to win Big Pepper, before they defeated him and learned Darkseid had taken the Book of Destiny.
  • Su Ming concluded Darkseid might seek the Reverse Speed Force, so he traveled to the twenty-fifth-century Central City and found Dr. Swann imprisoned before his scheduled execution.
  • Swann revealed he had created living horses to secure the tycoons’ protection, then joined Su Ming’s group and agreed that the world needed Barry.
  • Reverse-Flash confirmed Darkseid was alive and recounted how Doctor Manhattan had transformed him and sent him back to await Su Ming.
  • Darkseid’s arrival blackened the sky, and Deathspawn appeared above Central City as Su Ming and Little Superman moved to stop it.
  • Su Ming and Superboy-Prime forced Deathspawn through a tear in the sky, and Su Ming entered the Void to immobilize and dismember it.
  • Su Ming returned to Central City and found his teammates missing, then concluded Darkseid had hidden them through Timeline manipulation.
  • Luthor brought Su Ming to the Fortress of Doom, where he said he had located Darkseid and Brainiac showed him a device resembling a multiversal map.
Chapters 3855–3879 Summaries Read

Arc 156The Search for Eternia’s Hero

Su Ming led the Legion of Doom through multiple universes in search of Darkseid’s forces, then entered Eternia and joined the fight around Castle Grayskull. The group reached Etheria to find She-Ra, arriving in a village Su Ming identified as a place caught in a special stretch of time and space.

  • Su Ming gathered Luthor, Amazo, and members of the Legion of Doom, then recruited Cheetah and the others to resist Darkseid.
  • Su Ming brought Daniel aboard the Divinity and led the group through several universes, helping Team RWBY before they found Darkseid’s forces battling the Hand of the Void on Earth.
  • Su Ming took a smaller group through Cloak to Eternia, where they found the land scorched and Darkseid’s army attacking Castle Grayskull.
  • Su Ming’s group entered Castle Grayskull, learned that Constantine had taken He-Man away, and agreed to help find the hero while seeking She-Ra on Etheria.
  • Su Ming tried to take Sword Vigor, but it stayed in Castle Grayskull and repeated warnings about Cosmic Energy, secrets, and approaching danger.
  • Teela'na sent Su Ming and his companions through a portal to Etheria, where they traveled toward Crystal Castle and stopped at Brigis Village to seek information.
  • Su Ming identified Laughing Swan Bar as a Rebels' contact point tied to Princess Alora and told Luthor that Brigis Village had been Thaymor five hundred years earlier.
Chapters 3880–3904 Summaries Read
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