Chapter Summaries

Su Ming prepared to use the dead angels to draw Jesse Custer into the church and make contact with Cassidy. As the operation began, Harley and Bobo waited to hide the bodies and joked about how to move them.

• Su Ming reviewed Jesse Custer’s dark past and the Genesis entity inside him, which Jesse had not yet discovered.
• The Cloak of Levitation returned with blood bags, and Su Ming turned it into a vampire-style cloak to carry them.
• Su Ming assigned Harley and Bobo to hide the angel bodies at Point A while he lured Jesse back into the church and approached Cassidy.
• Harley asked why Su Ming had left the corpse-moving to them, and Bobo suggested cutting the bodies into pieces if they were too heavy.

Cassidy, a broke Vampire serving as the Gate Keeper at Jesse’s church, encountered a blood-selling Vampire named Edward Antonio Mason Cullen outside after midnight. Edward entered the church after offering Cassidy free blood, while Cassidy remained unaware of his companion’s strange smile.

• Cassidy cleaned the blood and remains from the church floor and smelled maiden blood outside the rear window.
• Cassidy found Edward Antonio Mason Cullen holding a blood bag and offering to sell him blood.
• Edward said he belonged to the Vegetarian Faction and offered Cassidy free blood if invited inside.
• Cassidy welcomed Edward into the church and explained how Jesse had inherited it.
• Edward gave Cassidy an opened bag of maiden blood, and Cassidy led him into the main hall without noticing Edward’s strange smile.

Deathstroke, disguised as the vampire Edward, persuaded Cassidy and Jesse to play target practice and drinking games in the church while Harley disposed of the corpses outside. Jesse remained unaware of the cleanup as the night’s distractions continued.

• Cassidy drank several bags of blood and bonded with Edward, who was secretly Deathstroke, while they complained about life and the town.
• Deathstroke drew a target on the image of God, gave Cassidy a pistol, and challenged him to a shooting contest for bags of blood.
• Jesse returned to the church, accepted Deathstroke’s cover story, and joined the target practice and drinking game.
• While Jesse watched the shooting and drank, Harley chopped up the corpses beneath the crooked tree and carried their remains into the grass.

Su Ming and his companions disposed of the dead angels while discussing how their strange bodies might reveal the nature of the God they planned to negotiate with. The group left with a theory that this God was lazy, arrogant, or lustful, and Bobo continued hauling the remains.

• Cassidy gave the drunken Jesse blood and stayed behind to clean the church while Deathstroke left.
• Su Ming told Bobo to bag the stolen angel corpses so they could meet the angels and negotiate terms.
• Bobo grumbled about being made to carry the bodies, then decided Deathstroke was giving him a way to participate in avenging Jim and worked harder.
• Su Ming and Detective Chimp compared the angels' pale blood and rubbery bodies with angels from their own world.
• Su Ming reasoned that the angels' weakness reflected a slothful creator, while Harley suggested pride and Su Ming joked that lust might be the God's vice.

Little Fatty and Little Skinny planned to capture Genesis but realized they lacked its Cookie Box. After Bobo found the box among the angels’ remains, Su Ming decided to use it to arrange a negotiation with the angels.

• Little Fatty and Little Skinny discussed their failed attempt to take Genesis from Jesse and worried that their mission failure would get them fired.
• The angels called Heaven and learned that the senior angel sent to Earth would be someone who hated them.
• Little Fatty proposed poisoning Jesse, but Little Skinny reminded him that Genesis would not return without its Cookie Box.
• Bobo found the Cookie Box among the body parts, and Deathstroke told him to store it with the body bags.
• Su Ming decided to use the Cookie Box as leverage and contact the angels to arrange a meeting.

Su Ming's group located the two angels and arranged a meeting to trade Cookie Box, but the angels tried to take it without offering anything. Su Ming and Harley repeatedly killed the angels as their bodies kept returning, while the angels continued trying to seize Bobo.

• Cloak of Levitation found the angels in a motel and reported their location and room number to Su Ming.
• Su Ming used Bobo's coins to call the angels and arranged a trade for Cookie Box.
• Bobo met the angels outside an abandoned fast-food restaurant, where they demanded the box without offering their merchandise.
• Su Ming shot the angels, but they returned in new bodies and repeatedly charged at Bobo.
• Harley joined Su Ming in shooting the angels with her enormous gun, knocking herself over with its recoil.

Su Ming and Deathstroke repeatedly killed two angelic warriors, then used a Yellow Lantern Ring to keep them at bay when they refused to negotiate. Su Ming prepared to break their resistance by unleashing the enormous, long-neglected Biogas Pool beneath Anvil Town.

• Su Ming and Deathstroke killed the two angels nearly two hundred times, but the pair kept returning and refused to negotiate.
• Su Ming used the Yellow Lantern Ring to summon fearsome creatures and keep the angels from reaching him and his companions.
• Bobo urged Su Ming to end the fight, and Su Ming said he would make the immortal angels wish they were dead.
• Su Ming explained that Anvil Town had a vast underground Biogas Pool filled with decades of accumulated waste.
• Su Ming hurled a sphere of Cosmic Energy toward the restaurant ruins.

Deathstroke forced the two angels to bargain by repeatedly dunking the fat angel in a foul pit, until Little Skinny agreed to help them reach the Underworld. He gave the Cookie Box to Little Skinny and sealed the deal, while insisting they would still take a hostage.

• Deathstroke dropped the fat angel into the pit of foul biogas and used him to pressure Little Skinny into answering.
• Little Skinny resisted at first, but finally accepted the terms to spare his suffering friend.
• Deathstroke shot the fat angel, who resurrected and walked back to Little Skinny.
• Harley asked Deathstroke to stop tormenting the angels, and he agreed to release them while keeping a hostage for the trip to the Underworld.
• Deathstroke purified the area, handed Little Skinny the Cookie Box, and demanded that he swear their deal was sealed.

Su Ming brought Little Skinny and the others to the Underworld to find the Killer Saint, hoping to make a deal for his cursed revolvers. As the group headed toward Ratwater Town, Su Ming learned how the Saint’s grief and resentment had trapped him in an endless nightmare.

• Little Skinny agreed to take Su Ming’s group to the Underworld in exchange for help advancing in the angel hierarchy and finding God and Genesis.
• Su Ming, Bobo, Harley, and Little Skinny arrived in the Killer Saint’s gray Western nightmare, where Little Skinny pointed them toward Ratwater Town.
• Su Ming sent Bobo with him and ordered Harley to watch Little Skinny, while Harley noted that the angel had begun learning to smile for Little Fatty’s sake.
• The chapter recounted how the Killer Saint lost his wife and daughter after being delayed in Ratwater, then died before killing the gang leader Mack.
• Remiel forged cursed pistols from his own wings and the Saint’s resentment, trapping him in recurring killings and giving him weapons capable of killing God.

Su Ming and Bobo rode into a Western nightmare to find Saint Killer, whose powers Su Ming hoped would help defeat The Batman Who Laughs. They arrived in a town celebrating a wagon full of native scalps, and Su Ming spotted the person he had been seeking.

• Su Ming transformed Strangle into a horse and rode toward town with Bobo, explaining that they planned to negotiate with Saint Killer.
• Su Ming told Bobo that Saint Killer was immortal, never missed, could kill absolutely, and had infinite bullets, while reassuring him that the assassin would not kill a talking gorilla.
• Su Ming described how the nightmare’s 1880 setting rewarded Cowboys for killing natives and selling their scalps.
• Su Ming and Bobo reached town as more than twenty Cowboys escorted a Money Cart of scalps through cheering streets.
• Su Ming slipped into an alley, had Strangle retract, and pointed out the person he had been looking for.

Su Ming abandoned his plan to get Saint Killer medicine after realizing the man was consumed by hatred, and instead began killing the targets in his memories before Saint Killer could reach them. Saint Killer watched in confusion and anger as Su Ming repeatedly outdrew him.

• Su Ming hid Bobo in a barrel and explained that he would kill Saint Killer’s targets to prove he was capable of negotiating.
• Su Ming blocked the scalp wagon and killed the Cowboys guarding it, claiming their horses and wagon.
• Su Ming attacked residents hiding in nearby buildings while Saint Killer watched, unable to understand who the stranger was.
• Saint Killer tried to shoot a resident, but Su Ming fired first and killed the target.
• Saint Killer aimed at a bar prostitute, but Su Ming again shot first, making Saint Killer increasingly angry.

Su Ming, disguised as a cowboy, challenged Saint Killer to a duel after outshooting him throughout the town. He won by knocking both of Saint Killer’s guns from their holsters before the Acolyte could draw.

• Saint Killer stopped the Nightmare’s reset and confronted the mysterious gunslinger after failing to claim any targets.
• Saint Killer struggled to recall his human name and introduced himself by his codename, bounty hunter role, and reputation as Texas’s best gunslinger.
• Su Ming claimed to be Saint Killer too, provoking the Acolyte into agreeing to a high-noon duel.
• At the clock’s signal, Su Ming drew and fired both guns first, knocking Saint Killer’s weapons out of their holsters.
• Bobo watched from inside a barrel as Saint Killer stood stunned and Su Ming revealed that he had exploited the rules of a Western duel.

Deathstroke recruited Saint Killer by promising to help him kill God and resurrect his wife and daughter, then returned with him to Anvil Town. After rewarding the angels for their help, Deathstroke set out to retrieve Genesis from Priest Jesse, transforming into a pale young man and taking the others while Harley, Bobo, and Saint Killer stayed behind.

• Deathstroke defeated Saint Killer and offered to help him kill God and bring back his wife and daughter in exchange for his help killing a target.
• Saint Killer accepted the deal after asking Deathstroke to prove his claim by taking him to kill God first.
• The skinny angel guided Deathstroke, Saint Killer, Bobo, and Harley out of the Underworld and back to Anvil Town.
• The fat angel revealed that he had distracted Deathstroke by falsely claiming his wife was having an affair with a Seraph.
• Deathstroke reassured the angels that he would help them find Genesis, then transformed and set out to retrieve it from Priest Jesse while Harley, Bobo, and Saint Killer remained at the motel.

After the battle left Anvil Town in chaos, Su Ming brought the two angels to the church to meet Priest and discuss recovering Genesis. He reassured the alarmed Jesse that they were friends and promised news that would make him rich, then led him to find Cassidy.

• Anvil Town residents protested after the underground Biogas Pool exploded, while the town's owner led repairs to the streets.
• Su Ming and the two angels reached the church, where Jesse helped refugees and Cassidy slept in a storeroom.
• The fat angel prepared the repaired Cookie Box to recover Genesis, but Su Ming told the angels to watch and learn rather than rush into violence.
• Su Ming approached Jesse, who recognized the angels as the men he had killed and feared their return.
• Su Ming calmed Jesse, promised good news that would make him rich, and suggested they tell Cassidy as well.

Su Ming mediated a deal between Jesse, Cassidy, and two angels to retrieve Genesis from Jesse in exchange for five million dollars. Jesse agreed, and the angels prepared to remove Genesis while Su Ming and Cassidy waited outside.

• Su Ming revealed that he and Cassidy were vampires and the two men with him were angels, then explained that the angels wanted to retrieve a dangerous object from Jesse.
• Deathstroke explained that the angels had mistaken methods the previous night and said Heaven would pay Jesse for Genesis.
• Su Ming opened suitcases containing five million dollars, and Jesse agreed to return the weapon after learning it was like a nuclear bomb.
• The skinny angel prepared a vacuum cleaner to extract Genesis, while Su Ming and Cassidy left the storage room to stand watch.
• Su Ming gave Cassidy blood plasma and planned to use Genesis to find God, while Cassidy struggled to process the money and the supernatural revelations.

Su Ming used the Cookie Box and Genesis to draw out the Knights of the Holy Grail while explaining the Messiah’s origins to the angels. After he proved his knowledge by naming Fiore, a bald, effeminate man arrived at the motel door.

• Su Ming and Cassidy waited while the angels completed their mission, and Jesse emerged from the storage room with two cases of money.
• At the motel, Deathstroke gathered everyone around the glowing Cookie Box and said they were waiting for the Knights of the Holy Grail to come find them.
• Deathstroke explained that the Knights sought a human host for Genesis and revealed that the current Messiah was God’s son.
• Deathstroke named the skinny angel Fiore, shocking the angels and demonstrating his claimed knowledge.
• A bald, effeminate middle-aged man knocked on the motel-room door.

Su Ming’s group killed the head of the Knights of the Holy Grail’s United States branch and followed his memories to the underground chamber where God’s son was hidden. After a high-ranking angel tried to rescue the Holy Son, Saint Killer shot the angel and then killed the Holy Son, while two angels abandoned their faith in Heaven.

• The bald head of the Knights of the Holy Grail’s United States branch arrived at the Shabby Hotel to recruit Genesis’s host, but a mass of black tentacles killed him before he could speak.
• Su Ming’s group traveled to the Knights’ United States branch, where Saint Killer and the Acolytes killed everyone in the building.
• Su Ming opened the underground chamber and found God’s deranged son dancing among the bodies of people he had abused and killed.
• A high-ranking angel appeared and tried to carry the Holy Son away, but Saint Killer shot the angel and brought him down.
• The fat and thin angels recoiled from what they saw and realized that Heaven treated them as toys for God’s son.
• Saint Killer shot and killed the Holy Son, saying it was for his daughter.

Su Ming gathered the Holy Son’s head and used its connection to locate God, then led the group to Los Angeles. God’s presence was found in a dungeon where a costumed customer was interrupted by a police raid.

• Su Ming cremated the dead women, and the angels agreed to help stop God from destroying the world.
• Su Ming took the Holy Son’s head and placed it in the cookie tin, completing his collection of two pieces of the Messiah’s concept.
• Using the Holy Son’s flesh and blood, Genesis, and the Tenth Metal bones, Su Ming sensed God and told the group to follow him.
• In Los Angeles, a man dressed as a Dalmatian was begging The Queen to punish him when someone kicked in the dungeon door and shouted a police command.

Deathstroke confronted God, who revealed his loneliness and threatened to destroy the world, then offered to spare it if Deathstroke tortured him. Saint Killer recovered his memories and shot God with a Silver Bullet, killing him.

• Deathstroke sent the woman away and questioned God about why he had come down from Heaven to destroy the world.
• God described his loneliness, his boredom with knowing everything, and his desire for Deathstroke to use the Lash on him.
• Deathstroke drew his sword and challenged God, who boasted that no one could kill him.
• Deathstroke asked Saint Killer what he thought of God, and Saint Killer remembered his name and his wife and daughter.
• God begged Saint Killer for mercy and offered to resurrect his family, but Saint Killer fired a Silver Bullet that struck and killed him.

Saint Killer killed Jesus and was offered the chance to become God, while Deathstroke refused the role and helped the angels prepare for Heaven’s purge. Saint Killer and the group entered Heaven, where its corrupt administrators were exposed, and Little Skinny and Little Fatty were appointed to help William lead the angels.

• Saint Killer scalped Jesus, but Deathstroke stopped him and gave him a phone with a photo of the corpse instead.
• After learning the phone could play cartoons, Saint Killer accepted it and asked Deathstroke to lead him to his next target.
• Deathstroke offered Saint Killer God's position, which Saint Killer considered, but Deathstroke refused the role and explained that he wanted to remain human.
• The fat and thin angels guided the group into Heaven, where Saint Killer went to kill the high-ranking angels and Deathstroke investigated the demons who had judged the angels' work.
• Deathstroke showed Little Skinny and Little Fatty that their former supervisors were demons with black hearts, then promised they would help William govern the surviving angels.
• Deathstroke made tall black and white hats for the two angels and named them the Black and White Guards of Impermanence.