Vol. 48The Missing Years

Su Ming and Deathstroke investigated Blank’s interference while gathering allies and tracing the missing Superman, Rorschach’s mask, and a distorted future. Su Ming collapsed the Yogurt Multiverse, but the Tuxedo Skeleton escaped with Superman as attacks threatened Batwoman.

  • Deathstroke investigated Blank’s connection to Doctor Manhattan and sent a new Superman to Sepulk, while Diana and Batwoman recognized the impostor at the Kent farm.
  • Thanos pursued Death and Deadpool, who escaped with Harley and Shakara when Thanos approached.
  • Su Ming freed Kara from the DEO and brought her into his Justice League, while Harley tried to treat Reggie Long.
  • Su Ming entered Reggie’s dream to learn the mask was hidden in Suicide Slum, then led the group there after hearing a gunshot.
  • Su Ming used Rorschach’s mask and Luthor’s teleporter to take the group to a 2077 Timeline, where they found Jason Todd and a population that seemed controlled.
  • Su Ming and Jason traced a series of murders to a dairy company, where Su Ming suspected the Milkman was the killer.
  • Su Ming captured Milkman Superman and collapsed the Yogurt Multiverse, while the Tuxedo Skeleton escaped Wayne Manor with the restored Clark Kent.
  • Diana, Kara, and Harley tracked the skeleton and triggered Brother Eye’s OMAC program, while Zorn deduced Joker’s plan as blue-skinned attackers charged Batwoman.
Chapters 4705–4804 Read from ch. 4705

Arc 189The Missing Superman

Deathstroke uncovered Blank’s connection to Doctor Manhattan and searched for ways to block her surveillance while Superman vanished and a new Superman appeared at the Kent farm. The team captured the newcomer, but Blank continued altering memories and circumstances as Thanos pursued Death and Deadpool.

  • Zane attacked Thanos over his desire to marry Death, but Thanos defeated him and went looking for Death and Deadpool.
  • Death and Lucifer investigated Superman’s disappearance, while Deathstroke learned from the Record Keeper that Blank was tied to the Three Mothers and prepared to face the Origin Judges.
  • Deathstroke borrowed Tachyon Accelerators from Ozymandias, then gave one to Luthor and urged him to find a way to bring Superman back.
  • Deathstroke questioned Lucifer about fate and God, then left after Second Sister explained that another Death was operating under her rules.
  • At the Kent farm, Diana encountered a Superman who claimed to be Clark, but she and Batwoman recognized him as a threat and fought him.
  • Deathstroke weakened the newcomer with Kryptonite and sent him to Sepulk, while Martha’s changing memories led Batwoman to suspect Blank was using the environment against Earth.
  • Harley and Shakara took Death and Deadpool to the Iceberg Lounge, but Deadpool teleported the group away when Thanos approached.
  • Martha teased Batwoman and Diana about being a couple as they repaired her window, while Deathstroke decided to keep playing Batwoman and investigate Blank’s new tactics.
Chapters 4705–4729 Summaries Read

Arc 190Supergirl and the Rorschach Mask

Su Ming freed Kara from DEO control and brought her into the Justice League while recruiting Harley to help treat Reggie Long. Reggie’s midnight episodes led Su Ming to the mask’s hiding place in Suicide Slum, where the group headed after hearing a gunshot.

  • Su Ming and Diana found Kara in International City and freed her from the DEO’s control, while Zeiss sought to join Batman’s Justice League of America.
  • Kara joined Su Ming’s Justice League, and Harley helped her replace the worldview Zeiss had imposed on her.
  • Su Ming took Harley, Diana, and Kara to Ellsworth Memorial Hospital to find Reggie Long, who believed he was Rorschach.
  • Harley examined Reggie’s records and tried to treat him, but he remained withdrawn and distressed.
  • Su Ming used the Lasso of Truth and a clock set to 23:59 to question Reggie, who panicked and insisted he was Rorschach.
  • Su Ming learned that Reggie’s midnight episodes were tied to trauma and that the Rorschach mask was made from unusual fabric connected to Doctor Manhattan.
  • When Reggie fell asleep at midnight before revealing the mask’s location, Su Ming entered his dream and learned he had hidden it near Mothman’s grave in Suicide Slum.
  • Su Ming, Harley, Diana, and Kara went to Suicide Slum to retrieve the mask, then followed a gunshot after Su Ming said Luthor had supplied the residents with weapons.
Chapters 4730–4754 Summaries Read

Arc 191The Missing Years

Su Ming’s group used Rorschach’s mask and Luthor’s time machine to reach a strange 2077 Timeline, where they found Jason Todd and uncovered signs of a hidden killer. They traced the apparent Milkman to a dairy company while suspecting that Blank or another force had tampered with the Timeline.

  • Su Ming recovered Rorschach’s mask from the Suicide Slum alley and took the group to Lionel Luthor’s hidden laboratory, where they found the working Trans-dimensional Teleporter.
  • Su Ming used the mask to guide the group to a 2077 Timeline, where they discovered that the Justice League had died and the smiling population seemed controlled.
  • The group captured the Man Who Stopped Laughing, and Harley helped him remember that he was Jason Todd, the Red Hood and last Batwoman on Earth.
  • Jason recounted how Joker’s resistance had fallen to The Batman Who Laughs, while Su Ming suspected that Blank and Doctor Manhattan were connected to the Timeline’s missing years.
  • Su Ming brought Jason to Wayne Manor, where Jason grieved over Alfred’s remains before solving the Batcave password and activating Brother Eye.
  • Brother Eye led the group to a family murdered at their dining table, and Su Ming deduced that the killer had a specific demand rather than acting for pleasure.
  • Su Ming found that Ivy City’s residents depended on their terminals and that only the murdered family had milk bottles, so he and Jason traced the delivery to a dairy company.
  • At the dairy company, Su Ming found workers moving like sleepwalkers and reasoned that the Milkman was likely the killer, while Kara searched the factory for evidence.
Chapters 4755–4779 Summaries Read

Arc 192The Yogurt Multiverse

Su Ming pursued Blank into the Yogurt Multiverse and collapsed it, while events at Wayne Manor spiraled into Brother Eye’s OMAC activation and the theft of Milkman Superman. Diana, Kara, and Harley tracked the Tuxedo Skeleton toward a chemical plant as Zorn and Batwoman faced attackers in the parking garage.

  • Su Ming’s group captured Milkman Superman after he killed a farmhouse family, and Harley hypnotized him while Diana questioned him without learning anything useful about Blank.
  • Su Ming left Diana and Kara at Wayne Manor, entered the Yogurt Multiverse, and collapsed it with his Dark Concepts and Black Sun.
  • Harley brought the restored Clark Kent to Wayne Manor, but a Mother attacked the shield and a Tuxedo Skeleton incapacitated Clark and Jason before escaping with Superman.
  • Diana, Kara, and Harley searched for the skeleton, found evidence of its thefts in the Batcave, and accidentally triggered Brother Eye’s OMAC program.
  • Harley and Diana escaped the Batcave with Kara, negotiated limited help from Brother Eye, and searched New York for the missing skeleton and Superman.
  • Diana and Harley found toxic mercury nitrate at the skeleton’s hiding place and suspected it was gathering chemicals to drive Superman insane.
  • Zorn deduced that Joker’s deal with Deathstroke aimed to spread panic and make people flee Earth, while blue-skinned attackers rushed toward Batwoman.
Chapters 4780–4804 Summaries Read
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