Recaps

Deathstroke and Su Ming used Little Superman’s staged rescues and battles to shape public opinion while investigating the Record Keeper and the forces beyond their universe. Tias Casridis’s account of The Source brought Deathstroke to question what it had taken from him.

• Deathstroke continued his Holy Grail War plan as Little Superman rescued people in Paris and other cities, earning public admiration.
• Su Ming showed Wade how Adjutant was turning recovered bodies into Synthezoids, while the Guardians traveled to Arcturus looking for work.
• The Record Keeper confronted Little Franklin on Arcturus, escaped his attempts to restrain him, and prompted Deathstroke to warn Franklin about the Source and other cosmic threats.
• Su Ming ordered Adjutant to make Masters fight one another, while Little Superman staged a public battle and adopted a blond, flag-themed persona.
• Su Ming entered the Endless Void, defeated its monsters, and found Tias Casridis, who offered information about The Source in exchange for help returning to Multiverse 1.
• Deathstroke brought Tias to the Oblivion Bar, where Tias described encountering The Source and receiving an imprint of the universe’s connections.
• Ezekiel questioned Mr. Cassidy about his encounter with The Source and concluded that it had taken something from him, asking Deathstroke to determine what he had lost.

Su Ming fought a Hand of Creation, continued directing the Holy Grail War on Earth Prime, and uncovered threats connected to the Great Darkness. He then brought Barry to inspect the altered Speed Force Plane, while insisting on buying him a home despite Barry’s objections.

• Su Ming examined Tias, who delivered his message and vanished, while Detective Chimp concluded that The Source wanted something.
• Deathstroke consulted Ezekiel about dealing with The Source, then visited TVA headquarters and erased a Loki Variant before investigating the universes inside Pralaya’s Cube.
• Su Ming and Strangle began cataloguing the captured universes as Luthor backed up his memories and wrote down the people he feared the world would forget.
• Little Superman fought the Lizardfolk in India while Deadpool staged the Holy Grail War, then Deathstroke confronted and killed a Hand of Creation that had demanded he withdraw.
• Su Ming brought the Hand’s corpse to the Masters of the Council and left Harley, Hermione, and the Silver-haired Maiden in Game Land, while Laurie investigated a forum claiming the government had smeared Little Superman.
• Su Ming told Deadpool that the Hand of the Void served the Great Darkness in Multiverse 2, and Deadpool accepted a mission to investigate it while declining to face the Great Evil Beast.
• Su Ming ordered Deadpool to finish the Holy Grail War within three days, then traveled to Earth-0 to find Barry and learned that Barry could not access the Speed Force.
• Barry agreed to investigate the Speed Force Plane with Su Ming, but refused Su Ming’s offer to buy him a home until Deathstroke teleported him to a vacant penthouse.

Su Ming repaired the damaged Speed Force Plane, freed Mina, Fast Track, Machoke Woman, and Psionic Man, and uncovered the Speed Force’s plan involving the four Origin Forces. He left with the rescued allies headed for Barry’s home, while Wally objected to Fast Track’s return to Barry’s life.

• Su Ming arranged a new apartment for Barry and Patty, while the Speed Force secretly watched them and admitted Patty might become another Barry.
• Su Ming confronted the Speed Force over her plan to use Barry, Patty’s descendants, and the other Origin Force users, then learned that she had imprisoned Machoke Woman and Psionic Man in the Theater.
• Su Ming repaired holes in the Speed Force Plane by patching missing stories, discovered Mina in the Starting Line, and persuaded her to stop distributing Speed Force drugs.
• Wonder Woman realized her memories of the Justice League’s founding had gaps, while Su Ming learned that parallel worlds could supply substitute histories.
• A Hand of Creation warned Su Ming to stop repairing the wrong world, but Su Ming killed him and then restored the Speed Force Plane with Black Flash.
• Su Ming and Fast Track freed Machoke Woman and Psionic Man, fed them, and had them sign a contract to help him investigate the four Origin Forces.
• Mina returned to Central City after fourteen years and agreed to stay at Barry’s home because she was homeless.
• Su Ming brought the unconscious Fast Track to Central City, where Wally recognized her as Doctor Darvan and objected that Barry already had a girlfriend.

Su Ming arranged for Barry to marry Patty, Iris, Jessica, and Mina while building alliances and gathering the forces needed to oppose the Origin Court. The arc left Su Ming combining four forces as Barry and his new allies waited, while Diana, Zatanna, and Cheetah investigated Lex Luthor’s mysterious distress call.

• Wally asked Deathstroke how to help Iris, and Deathstroke explained his plan to win Justice League approval for Barry’s multiple marriages.
• Su Ming told Wally that the Origin Court threatened Multiverse 1 and sought speedsters with Barry’s bloodline, then arranged for Barry to share a bed with Mina and Patty.
• Su Ming recruited Arthur’s support, helped him seek a gift for Mera, and made plans to strengthen ties between Atlantis and the surface through trade.
• Arthur and Su Ming killed a Seahorse Squid and chose a juvenile Water Elemental for Mera before Su Ming watched Barry’s partners discuss sharing him.
• Barry chose to marry Patty, Iris, Jessica, and Mina, and Deathstroke recruited Machoke Woman while waiting for Barry to finish registering the marriage.
• Barry returned home with his four wives, welcomed Machoke Woman’s plan to rebuild her homeland, and agreed to lend her the Justice League’s support.
• Su Ming asked Barry, Alexa, and Psionic Man to channel their forces into him, then absorbed the Strength, Sage, Speed, and Still Forces as their energies destabilized space.
• Diana, Zatanna, and Cheetah investigated Lex Luthor’s unexplained call for help, while Barry, Machoke Woman, and Psionic Man watched Deathstroke attempt to combine the four forces.