Chapter Summaries

Su Ming questioned Kalibak after Desaad's death and learned that Darkseid had left Multiverse 2 with three Mother Boxes, while Kalibak had been ordered to surrender. The group traced Earth-0’s heavy snow to a teleportation bridge between Sepulk cities, then went to find a way to shut it down.

• Kalibak surrendered after Desaad was killed and told Su Ming that Darkseid had left less than a month earlier, instructing him to surrender when humans arrived.
• Kalibak said Darkseid had taken three Mother Boxes but left him the Fire Pits, and confirmed that Darkseid called the Underground City Sepulk.
• Su Ming, Bobo, and Deathstroke concluded that Sepulk’s connection to Multiverse 1 caused the heavy snow by producing teleportation side effects.
• Kalibak admitted he did not know how to stop the connection because Desaad had been killed, while Bobo offered to study the controls.
• Kalibak opened a hidden passage to a control room, and Su Ming asked whether Darkseid had mentioned a Stranger or someone called Skeletor.

Batman tracked Deathstroke and four other mercenaries hired by the Joker, then launched an ambush to capture them and learn the Joker’s plans. The ambush scattered the mercenaries, while Batman and Deathstroke faced off on a rooftop.

• Batman and Alfred confirmed that Deathstroke had returned to Gotham with Gunsmith, Cheshire Cat, Tooth Fairy, and Black Arrow on a job for the Joker.
• Batman sent Batwing to search for Punchline at a coastal wastewater treatment plant and ordered Night Climber to his location.
• Alfred found electronic contracts showing that the Joker had paid the mercenaries through money linked to Luthor.
• Batman launched a grappling hook at Deathstroke, whose sword shattered against the Tenth Metal cable as he was pulled into the sky.
• Smoke and decoys scattered the other mercenaries, while Deathstroke freed himself and confronted Batman on a nearby rooftop.
• Batman dismissed Deathstroke’s remarks about his father and attacked him.

Su Ming and his companions stopped Sepulk’s connection to Multiverse 1, ending Earth-0’s supernatural snow, but learned that Darkseid was absent and had left Kalibak behind. On the journey home, Su Ming told Detective Chimp that an Enchantress named Lynn, Skeletor’s mistress, had been detained by the Justice League, and pointed to more questions about Darkseid’s activities on Earth-12.

• Bobo cut Sepulk’s connection to Multiverse 1, and the Adjutant reported that Earth-0’s snow had stopped and would melt as temperatures rose.
• Su Ming decided not to seize Sepulk or start a war with the Hand of the Void, while he considered the possibility that Darkseid had gone to snowy Earth-12.
• Su Ming mocked Kalibak for knowing nothing about Darkseid, and Kalibak happily took the insult as praise.
• Su Ming questioned why Darkseid had sent ice-and-snow monsters with human souls to Earth-0, then revealed that Lynn, an Enchantress and Skeletor’s mistress, had been detained by the Justice League.
• Detective Chimp explained that he had noticed Su Ming withholding information, then demanded that Su Ming remove three female chimps from his bar; Su Ming suggested lemurs and an android instead.

Su Ming returned to Earth-0 with Harley and the others, left the rescued fake Granny Goodness with Colonel Sanders, and went to the Hall of Justice to report on Multiverse 2. The chapter ended as he prepared for a meeting and asked what Batwoman was doing.

• Su Ming agreed to let Harley bring the fake Granny Goodness back so she could introduce her to Colonel Sanders.
• Deathstroke summoned Sepulk, and the group left Martha Earth as a distant horned figure noticed their departure.
• Su Ming introduced the fake Granny Goodness to Colonel Sanders, who let her stay and try learning to fry chicken.
• Su Ming and the others ate at the Colonel's estate, then returned to the Hall of Justice after the snow stopped.
• Martian Manhunter greeted Su Ming and agreed to notify Earth-8 and Earth 26 for a meeting about Multiverse 2.
• Su Ming sat in Batwoman's seat, drank with Bobo, and asked Martian Manhunter what Batwoman was busy doing.

The Justice League gathered after the blizzard ended, and Su Ming said the threat had grown more complicated. Diana revealed that Hippolyta had expelled her from Paradise Island to push her toward the Essence Society, but she refused to join them.

• Barry arrived first, praised Su Ming for stopping the snow, and joined him for snacks.
• Superman arrived after clearing snow from Metropolis and greeted Su Ming before taking his seat.
• Diana sat beside Su Ming, questioned him about going out with Harley, and explained that her mother had expelled her from Paradise Island.
• Diana realized Hippolyta had pushed her away so she would consider the Essence Society's invitation, but she said she did not want to join the gods.
• Su Ming offered to deal with the Essence Society, but Diana told him not to kill anyone, and he agreed to hear about Roy's problem.

Su Ming explained the Hand of Creation to the Justice League as a real force opposing the Hand of the Void, after the heroes discussed the two identical Roys and the threat to Earth-0. The meeting ended with Su Ming claiming that the League had already met one of the Hand of Creation.

• Su Ming examined the two identical Roys, and Oliver agreed to wait before deciding what to do about their shared life and identity.
• Diana described Shazam’s suggestion to freeze the Roys in turns and magically transfer their memories, prompting the heroes to trade complaints.
• Captain Carrot and American Crusader arrived, and Martian Manhunter began a meeting attended by most of the Justice League’s Seven Leaders.
• Bobo recounted the operation in Multiverse 2, while Captain Carrot explained how the allies had repelled the Evil Thought Nobles on Earth 7.
• Su Ming introduced the Hand of Creation as the force corresponding to the Hand of the Void and said the League had already met one of its members.

Su Ming explained that the Hand of Creation might reclaim or destroy Multiverse 1 because Perpetua had created it as a weapon and was considered a traitor. The heroes also remembered the threat of the true Darkseid, and Superman urged them to face the dangers together.

• J'onn, John, and Cyborg discussed Perpetua and whether other members of the Hand of Creation could be persuaded to fight the Hand of the Void.
• Su Ming explained that the Hand of Creation might see Multiverse 1 as contaminated and reclaim its energy rather than help its inhabitants.
• Hawkgirl connected a vision from the Source Wall to the Cosmic Raptor capturing Perpetua, while Su Ming admitted he knew too little to judge the Origin Judges.
• Bobo reminded the meeting that the true Darkseid was also lurking in the shadows, deepening the heroes' concerns about threats beyond the multiverse.
• Superman said the heroes had to strive to survive and stand united despite the fallen Source Wall.

After the Justice League meeting, Su Ming planned to investigate Earth-12 with Diana and Bobo while Raven stayed behind. In Gotham, Batwoman defeated Deathstroke’s mercenaries but learned that Joker had caused a deadly massacre and was targeting New Gotham; Joker then sent her a photo of a bloodstained gift and asked whether she had received his present.

• Superman encouraged the Justice League after Su Ming shared intelligence about threats including the Hand of Creation, the Origin Court, Darkseid, and Skeletor.
• Su Ming chose to travel to Earth-12 with Diana and Bobo to investigate what Darkseid might have taken, while Raven remained on Earth-0 to rest.
• Batwoman captured Deathstroke and his mercenaries, then asked Alfred to arrange prison cells and treatment for the prisoners.
• Alfred told Batwoman that Punchline had escaped and that around three hundred people had died after inhaling laughing gas and jumping into a reservoir filled with Joker’s smiling piranhas.
• Batwoman revealed that Deathstroke had been promised something concerning New Gotham, and she suspected Joker had used their fight to carry out another plan.
• Joker emailed Batwoman a photograph of himself sitting on a bloodstained gift box and asked whether she had received her present, prompting her to order Alfred and Barbara to check whether any of her friends were missing.

Su Ming’s group found that Constantine had left a spell to help Enchantress Lynn escape, but the woman in the detention room was only an illusion. The group realized Constantine had made his own arrangement with Lynn, and Su Ming prepared to confront him.

• Harley, Wonder Woman, Su Ming, and Bobo went to the detention area and found Enchantress Lynn apparently asleep in her room.
• Su Ming used a broken Folding Stool leg to disrupt Constantine’s magical traces on the floor.
• Diana told the group that Gabriel was in the Justice League Dark headquarters basement and was in poor condition.
• Su Ming warned that Gabriel could overhear them, while Harley joked that the League should put irons away.
• Deathstroke tested the Enchantress with Strangle and confirmed that she was an illusion meant to cover Lynn’s escape.
• Su Ming concluded that Constantine had secretly made an agreement with Lynn and prepared to deal with him.

Su Ming and his team went to New Jersey to recruit Laurie Zechlin, also known as Black Alice, after Constantine and Enchantress Lynn had left together. Laurie welcomed them into her home, and Su Ming prepared to bring her onto the team as they headed for Earth-12.

• Su Ming said the team would stop searching for Constantine and Enchantress Lynn, recruit another spellcaster, and go to Earth-12.
• Su Ming used a Boom Tube to take the group to Laurie Zechlin’s home in New Jersey.
• Laurie greeted Su Ming and Bobo, and Su Ming identified her as Black Alice, a Shadowpact member and his backup choice for the team.
• Laurie explained that the blizzard and shortages meant she could not buy drinks or supplies despite the money Su Ming had previously left her.
• Su Ming took drinks and snacks from his pouch and joked that he knew someone who could make cocoa.

Su Ming recruited Laurie to join an investigation in a Parallel World and arranged for her to copy Nightshade’s magical abilities before they left. The team assembled as Laurie prepared to call Eve to watch over her father.

• Diana and Deathstroke discussed the Dial H for Hero and its latest Possessor, who had become Invincible Zebra-Donkey Hero.
• Su Ming asked Laurie about her father, and she said his condition had improved after surgery but he still needed treatment.
• Su Ming revealed that Darkseid had escaped, and Black Alice explained that she had once escaped Apokolips with The Unwell.
• Su Ming recruited Laurie for a Parallel World investigation and offered her daily necessities worth one hundred thousand US Dollars as payment.
• Laurie signed Su Ming’s contract, and he told her to call Nightshade so she could copy her magical abilities before the team departed.

Deathstroke and his team visited Earth-12 to investigate evidence that Darkseid had appeared there during the global snowfall. After Bobo briefed the Justice League, Black and White Superman began offering their cooperation, but pounding at the conference room door interrupted them.

• Deathstroke chose to investigate Earth-12 for clues about Darkseid instead of pursuing Skeletor on Eternia with Zha Kang and Lynn.
• Black and White Superman welcomed the visitors from Earth-0 to the Hall of Justice and asked how Earth-12 could help.
• Earth-12's Wonder Woman arrived and greeted Little Dai warmly before Su Ming explained that he had chosen to come there.
• Bobo explained the team's mission and deductions to Black and White Superman, who became grave upon learning Darkseid had visited Earth-12.
• Black and White Superman began promising full cooperation when someone violently pounded on the conference room door.

Su Ming discovered a zombie outside the Hall of Justice and killed the former hero Wildfire after Superman identified him. The group suspected a virus-driven Zombie Crisis and began considering whether the attack was a trap.

• Su Ming used his Black Lantern Ring to warn the others that an undead creature was outside the conference room.
• A zombie attacked as Su Ming opened the door, and he kicked it into the corridor wall.
• Superman identified the zombie as Wildfire, and Su Ming ordered Strangle to kill him.
• Su Ming cautioned Superman to rely on reason rather than grief and led him back into the conference room.
• Su Ming suspected a virus-driven Zombie Crisis, while Harley and Bobo discussed earlier zombie encounters.
• Little Dai asked Su Ming whether he thought the attack was a trap.

Su Ming and the Justice League members agreed to investigate the zombie outbreak on Earth-12 and search for a way to stop it. They split up to secure the Hall of Justice and investigate a suspected traitor, then Su Ming’s group prepared to confront danger in the research department.

• Su Ming concluded that the outbreak was likely a plan targeting Earth-12 or a consequence of Darkseid taking something, and he had Black Alice copy Nightshade and Superman’s abilities.
• Su Ming agreed to help Earth-12 and said he would send virus samples to Sepulk for research while warning the team to avoid bites and scratches.
• Goddess of Peace said she would guard the Hall of Justice while Superman rescued families, and Su Ming suspected someone inside the Hall had released the virus.
• Su Ming ordered Goddess of Peace to seal the Hall and seek help from the Justice League Dark Survivors while his group investigated the research department.
• Su Ming’s group followed Strangle through the corridors toward the research department, and Deathstroke vanished around a corner to face an approaching threat.

Deathstroke found Captain Marvel Jr dying from a zombie bite in the Hall of Justice, questioned him, and killed and burned him before he could turn. The clues suggested that Hypertime had brought characters from other Earths into Earth-12, leaving Deathstroke to investigate without reliable information about this world.

• Deathstroke found the mortally wounded Freddy Freeman, who identified himself as Captain Marvel Jr and said a teammate had bitten him about five minutes earlier.
• Freddy told Deathstroke that the infected had not entered the Hall of Justice from underground, then asked him to tell Billy not to grieve for him.
• Deathstroke killed Freddy with a slash and burned his body with an incendiary grenade before the infection could transform him.
• Strangle revealed that it had read some of Freddy's memories, while Deathstroke concluded the virus did not spread through the air and that the infected seemed to come from other Parallel Worlds.
• Deathstroke suspected Hypertime had altered Earth-12 and used the Godslayer as fire tongs to turn Freddy's burning corpse.

Su Ming and his companions searched the Hall of Justice infirmary and research department for clues about the zombie outbreak. They found infected scientists and learned that the crisis had erupted across Earth-12, leaving the source uncertain as Bobo began cracking the lab computer.

• Harley inspected Freddy’s burning corpse and guessed that Su Ming had liked him, while Su Ming identified him as an Otherworld Variant of Shazam from Earth-12.
• Bobo checked the infirmary and found that Mister Terrific had disappeared, while Su Ming collected medicine and antibiotics as possible tools against the zombies.
• Su Ming pried open a sealed laboratory door and killed the zombie inside before entering the room with his companions.
• Su Ming told Diana and Laurie that the outbreak had spread to multiple locations across Earth-12 and that the Hall of Justice was difficult to enter or leave.
• Bobo began cracking the laboratory computer while Su Ming headed toward the testing area to investigate whether someone had deliberately brought in zombie-virus samples.

Su Ming investigated the virus outbreak in the Hall of Justice and concluded that a socially isolated male superhero had smuggled in the contaminated samples. After Harley guessed the system password, Bobo found the name on the experiment record and reacted with disbelief.

• Su Ming confirmed that virus contamination across the laboratories pointed to deliberate poisoning inside the Hall of Justice.
• Su Ming reasoned that the mole was likely a quiet, overlooked male superhero who had used poison to avoid detection.
• Bobo found encrypted experiment records from three hours earlier but could not access them.
• Harley guessed Hippolyta as the password and opened the system records.
• Bobo found the name of the person who submitted the sample and stared at Deathstroke in disbelief.

Su Ming and his team identified John Gnarrk, also known as Glark, as the person who submitted the Zombie Virus samples and went to find him in an underground tunnel. They fought their way into a maintenance area, where a crowd of zombies trapped them behind a welded door.

• Su Ming, Bobo, and Diana concluded that Glark might have been framed or controlled and learned he lived in a culvert near the Hall of Justice.
• Su Ming warned Bobo that a Hypertime mutation might be affecting the Timeline, and the group set out for the Potomac River Tunnel.
• Bobo spotted a blood trail leading into a maintenance room, where Diana killed a zombie caught in a bear trap.
• Bobo heard a horde of zombies approaching, and Laurie welded the security door shut as they shouted for brains outside.

Deathstroke, Bobo, Diana, and Harley followed the tracks beneath a concealed pump and found Glark dead in his underground cave. Harley and Bobo concluded that the apparent gunshot suicide was actually a murder, leaving the group to investigate the death.

• Deathstroke and Bobo discovered footprints beneath a decoy pump, and Diana followed them into a crude underground tunnel.
• Diana and Su Ming discussed Glark’s refusal to live in a modern home while Bobo teased Diana about preferring Paradise Island.
• Su Ming found Glark’s corpse in a small cave, apparently killed by a shot that destroyed much of his head.
• Diana wondered whether Glark had killed himself, but Deathstroke, Bobo, and Harley insisted it was not suicide.
• Harley and Bobo reasoned that Glark’s habits made the revolver an unlikely choice for suicide, suggesting someone had murdered him.

Su Ming and the others reconstructed Glark’s murder with Laurie’s shadow magic, revealing a gunman who appeared to teleport away. The clues then contradicted the evidence placing Glark at the Hall of Justice, leaving the investigators unsure where the deception lay.

• Su Ming asked Laurie to use Shadow Magic to reconstruct the cave’s past, and she summoned two silent figures from the shadows.
• The figures reenacted an argument, after which one shot the other in the mouth, planted the gun in the victim’s hand, and disappeared at the entrance.
• Bobo, Diana, and the gorilla noted that Glark’s time of death and physical condition did not fit the long journey from the Hall of Justice.
• Laurie’s second reconstruction showed Glark sleeping in the cave for hours, contradicting the clues that had led the group there.
• Bobo observed that the evidence from the Hall of Justice and the cave negated each other, and asked where the mystery’s flaw lay.