Chapter Summaries

The Spectre used the Magic Fish Head in a snowy alley, wishing for Chthon to die and Joker Cow to return to him, and the wish killed him instead. Deathstroke and the others found Chthon's corpse, while Su Ming invited the demon gods to divide it up.

• The Spectre escaped into an alley and used the fish head to imagine a happy life with Joker Cow, but his visions ended when his nostrils clogged.
• The Spectre repeatedly wished for Chthon to die, and the fish head eventually enveloped him in red light as he died smiling.
• Deadpool and Slade found Chthon's corpse in the alley, and Deathstroke dismembered it with his Lightsaber.
• Angerboda stopped the snowfall, and Oshtur explained that the universe had treated the Spectre's wish as Chthon's own.
• Su Ming offered Chthon's severed body parts to the demon gods so they could study the laws of Chaos.

After Chthon’s death, Deathstroke divided his remains among the assembled deities and arranged for the God Eater to stay in Blood-Seeking Ice City. He revealed that Chthon’s final wish had transformed a fish head into a Chaos artifact, which he planned to have Wanda devour.

• Deathstroke distributed Chthon’s limbs and features among the deities, and the Vishanti gave the God Eater into his care while warning him that the In-Betweener might come after him.
• Cyttorak and the other deities departed, and Angerboda allowed Deathstroke to use Blood-Seeking Ice City as he wished.
• Deathstroke offered the God Eater a home and a role guarding the maze Amusement Park, and the God Eater agreed to stay.
• Deathstroke told the Adjutant to teleport Wanda, her sister, Harley, and the others to Blood-Seeking Ice City.
• Deathstroke used the Cosmic Cube to reveal that Chthon’s fish head had become a red-glowing Crystal, and he said Wanda would devour it.

Su Ming arranged for Wanda to absorb the fish-head artifact and become the Great Shadow, while explaining the risks and promising her a place at Kamar-Taj. As Wanda entered a cocoon of Chaos energy, Su Ming prepared to return to Earth with Diana and Gwenpool.

• Su Ming gave Wanda the fish-head crystal and instructed her to use the Devouring Method, offering the title Great Scarlet Shadow instead.
• Wanda began absorbing the artifact, and Su Ming reassured Polaris that Wanda’s existing connection to Chaos Magic made her a suitable successor.
• Su Ming warned that Chaos could still drive Wanda mad, while Diana comforted Polaris and Harley offered her expertise as a psychologist.
• Deadpool tried to keep Chthon’s cloak, but Su Ming reclaimed it and sent it to the Cloak of Levitation to absorb its energy.
• Su Ming told Lorna to stay with Wanda until her transformation finished, then prepared to return to Earth with Diana and Gwenpool.

After the corrupted heroes were subdued, Su Ming and Luthor discussed the remaining invaders and waited for Wanda to reverse Chthon’s magic. Luthor shared the Trolls’ base coordinates, and Su Ming gathered the others to attack them.

• Su Ming returned to New York and found Luthor guarding the unconscious heroes while Superman helped keep the situation under control.
• Luthor offered to help locate the remaining enemy leaders, and Su Ming said he was still searching for the angels of Hevenheim, the Dark Elves, and the Trolls.
• Luthor explained that Batwoman had hidden herself after suffering the Hellbat Armor’s side effects, and Carol arrived with the unconscious Blue Marvel.
• Carol worried that she had escaped Chthon’s corruption because she was not a good person, and Su Ming reminded her that the Supreme Intelligence had tricked her into killing Alien civilians.
• Luthor gave Su Ming coordinates for the Trolls’ main base, and Su Ming gathered the women and Carol to attack it.

Su Ming traced the Trolls who had invaded Earth to Alfheim, the Light Elves’ fertile realm, and prepared to confront Troll King Ulik. He planned to spare the realm and make the Trolls atone through labor instead of killing them.

• Su Ming ruled out the other surviving realms as places where the Trolls could hide and identified Alfheim as the only likely refuge.
• Su Ming and Carol spotted Alfheim, and he stopped her from destroying it because he hoped to reconnect it to Yggdrasil.
• Diana asked Su Ming about the differences between Trolls from various universes while Harley clung to her.
• Su Ming had Cloak prepare to land at Luthor’s coordinates so they could dig Ulik out and demand that he admit his mistake.

Deathstroke’s group traveled through Alfheim, where he explained the Light Elves’ culture and their ties to Asgard. He set course for their royal city to ask for guides to help find the Trolls.

• Harley persuaded Diana to untie her, then took Gwenpool into the bushes to play while the others continued on their way.
• Carol worried about Harley wandering alone, but Diana reassured her that Harley was skilled at surviving.
• Deathstroke told Carol they would seek help from Alfheim’s rulers instead of searching the planet for Trolls themselves.
• Deathstroke explained that Alfheim’s Light Elves formed a peaceful alliance of many races and lived under a loose system of royal and representative rule.
• Deathstroke described how Alfheim had submitted to Asgard and supplied it with food and alcohol in exchange for protection.
• Deathstroke used the planetary map and terrain to choose a route toward the Light Elf royal city.

Su Ming and his companions traveled through Alfheim and asked a squirrel about the Troll invasion. After learning the Trolls had passed that way and someone had fought them, they continued toward Ljosalfgard to find Queen Elsa Featherwind.

• Su Ming asked a squirrel whether Trolls had invaded Alfheim, and she gestured that they had come through and been fought off.
• Su Ming gave the squirrel a bag of pine nuts and helped her carry them into her tree hollow before warning her to stay inside.
• Carol and Diana kept looking back at the squirrel, captivated by how cute she was.
• Su Ming promised to get Carol and Diana Mechanical Animal Gods and urged them to focus on their mission to find the Flower Fairy Queen.

Su Ming, Carol, and Diana traveled along Queen's Road toward Alfheim's royal city, chatting about cats, marriage, and whether laws could restrain superheroes. They reached the city and spotted Trolls gathered by its moat.

• A tiny Flying Cat tried to race the Cloak of Levitation, but the Cloak quickly left it behind.
• Carol explained that keeping many cats could make dating and marriage difficult, and Diana wondered if Selina's cats kept her from marrying Bruce.
• Su Ming argued that Catwoman's uncertainty about Bruce and Batman was the real obstacle to their relationship.
• Su Ming questioned whether laws could restrain superheroes and dismissed marriage certificates as meaningless formalities.
• The group arrived at the orchid-shaped royal city, where Carol noticed Trolls gathered by the moat.

Su Ming and his companions reached Ljosalfgard and found about two hundred Trolls arguing over who owned the bridge instead of attacking the undefended city. After Diana refused to kill them, Su Ming ordered Strangle to slaughter the Trolls and collect their genes.

• Su Ming stopped Diana from attacking immediately and used the cloak to approach the Trolls unnoticed.
• Su Ming discovered the Trolls had halted their invasion to argue over ownership and tolls for the bridge.
• Carol watched the Trolls bicker and wondered how the Light Elves had managed to resist them.
• Su Ming told Diana to kill the Trolls, but she refused because the fight had nothing to do with honor.
• Su Ming ordered Strangle to kill the Trolls and collect their genes for Adjutant to cultivate.

Su Ming trapped the invaders in Alfheim and decided the Trolls would be killed for attacking Earth, then went to Ljosalfgard to negotiate with Queen Alessa. He called for the Flower Fairy Queen at the city gate and waited for a response.

• Strangle ate the Trolls’ brains but found no useful information, while Su Ming confirmed that the Cosmic Cube had sealed Alfheim and planned to find Ulik.
• Su Ming, Diana, and Carol crossed the mead-filled bridge to Ljosalfgard, where Diana refused a drink and Carol sampled it.
• At the city gate, Su Ming announced himself as Deathstroke, Sorcerer Supreme of Midgard, and requested talks with Queen Elsa.
• Light Elves gathered to watch the visitors as Su Ming waited for the Queen to send an envoy.

Su Ming, Diana, and Carol enjoyed ice cream in Alfheim while they waited for the queen’s envoy. Su Ming traded Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans as prank goods, and the shopkeeper eagerly took the jar to prank her friends.

• Su Ming entered Alfheim with Diana and Carol, where the Light Elves welcomed them and directed them to ice cream shops.
• Su Ming traded Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans to an Ice Elf shopkeeper for ice cream, and she gagged after tasting a rotten-socks-flavored bean.
• Diana and Carol enjoyed the ice cream while Su Ming explained that the beans were valuable as prank props.
• The Ice Elf shopkeeper embraced the jar of beans and hurried out to prank her friends, letting Su Ming and his companions have as much ice cream as they wanted.
• Su Ming made Diana chocolate ice cream, and she asked him to save some for Harley and Miss Poole.

Su Ming and his companions met Milk Mao Mao, Alfheim’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, who invited them to the royal palace. As they traveled there, they learned that the Light Elves underestimated the danger posed by the Trolls, and Su Ming still intended to ask the Flower Fairy Queen where Ulik was hiding.

• Milk Mao Mao arrived at the ice cream shop and invited Su Ming, Diana, and Carol to a royal banquet.
• Su Ming accepted Milk Mao Mao’s invitation to meet the Flower Fairy Queen and asked about Ulik’s whereabouts.
• Milk Mao Mao led the trio to a pumpkin carriage pulled by winged cats, and they flew toward the palace.
• Carol asked why Su Ming wanted to find Ulik, and Milk Mao Mao said the Light Elves thought the Trolls were too clumsy to threaten them and might even become their friends.

Su Ming reached Alfheim’s royal palace to seek Queen Elsa’s help against the Trolls, presenting himself as a representative of Odin and Yggdrasil. He was brought to the dining hall, where Elsa greeted him in a grand pose as she eyed the feast.

• Su Ming gave Milk Mao Mao an apple pie and soda, and convinced her that the Trolls were enemies who should be driven from Alfheim.
• Su Ming arrived at the royal palace and told the Adjutant to restore Vanaheim’s trade route after Ulik was eliminated.
• Milk Mao Mao told Su Ming that Queen Elsa and Queen Gullveig were friends and that Elsa watched the television series Empresses in the Palace.
• Su Ming followed Milk Mao Mao through the palace, where he saw the elves relaxing and the guards abandon their posts to visit the pool.
• Milk Mao Mao led Su Ming and his companions to the dining hall, where Queen Elsa rose into the air to greet them.

Deathstroke met Queen Elsa of Alfheim and explained that he had come to eliminate Troll King Ulik, who was believed to be hiding underground. Elsa showed him a map of possible entrances, and he asked for a capable guide to help inspect them.

• Queen Elsa welcomed Deathstroke, Diana, and Carol to her palace and served them an elven vegetarian banquet.
• Carol corrected Elsa's assumption that she was Deathstroke's wife, and Elsa questioned why a powerful warrior would have only one mate.
• Deathstroke ended the discussion and told Elsa that evidence placed Troll King Ulik beneath Alfheim, blaming Yggdrasil for the Trolls' actions.
• Elsa brought out a map and marked several openings that might lead underground, then shared a legend about a Light Elf who became a Dark Elf after entering the darkness.
• Deathstroke offered Elsa Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans and asked her to provide a combat-capable guide.

Deathstroke sought a strong guide to help his team explore Alfheim, and the Flower Fairy Queen introduced him to Ratatoskr, a powerful Old God in the form of a red squirrel. Ratatoskr revealed that she had saved Alfheim from Ragnarök by taking it away from Yggdrasil, and she joined the group as an unexpected ally.

• The Flower Fairy Queen offered to join Deathstroke after mistaking his strength requirement for the ability to open a can, but Deathstroke declined her offer.
• The Queen told Deathstroke that a powerful Old God living in Alfheim could help him, and Diana asked what the god's true form was.
• Ratatoskr arrived as a red squirrel, offered Deathstroke saliva-covered pine nuts, and revealed her identity as the Mischievous Messenger of the Gods.
• Deathstroke deduced that Ratatoskr had helped Alfheim survive Ragnarök, and she confirmed that she had taken Alfheim away from Yggdrasil before it was destroyed.

Su Ming exposed Ratatoskr’s false claims and bluffed her with the God Eater until she agreed to lead him to Ulik. The squirrel admitted she knew where Ulik was, but Su Ming still distrusted her after she had wasted his time.

• The chapter described Ratatoskr’s origins as a powerful Yggdrasil-born creature who served as a messenger and enjoyed playing pranks and spreading gossip.
• Ratatoskr flirted with Su Ming, and Diana and Carol reacted to her teasing.
• Su Ming placed ketchup beside Ratatoskr and warned that the God Eater might like her, making her abandon her squirrel form and offer to take him to Ulik.
• Su Ming challenged Ratatoskr’s earlier lie about the Light Elf Capital resisting the Trolls and questioned why he should trust her.
• Su Ming turned the Cloak of Levitation into a flying carpet, while Ratatoskr complained that telling him about Ulik sooner would not have been fun.

Su Ming and his companions reached a remote forest in Alfheim, where the Troll King Ulik was believed to be hiding. Ratatoskr agreed to guide them in exchange for prank candies and showed interest in selling them, while Carol prepared to find the tunnel entrance.

• Ratatoskr asked Su Ming for prank candies, and he used the Cosmic Cube to demonstrate his power before giving her a Sugar Bean.
• Carol and Diana discussed how Su Ming's dark approach to survival suited the DC Universe.
• Su Ming offered Ratatoskr a chance to distribute prank products in Alfheim, and she agreed to inspect them.
• Ratatoskr guided Su Ming, Carol, and Diana to a clearing in a northern forest filled with colorful, Christmas-tree-like conifers.
• Carol looked around for the tunnel entrance and picked out a tree she might take back.

Su Ming, Carol, Diana, and Deathstroke followed Ratatoskr to a hidden Troll cave after she revealed that she had concealed its entrance with illusion magic. Su Ming prepared to attack the Trolls with a spectacular weapon display, leaving Ratatoskr eager to see his promised fireworks.

• Ratatoskr explained that Unicorns fled from her because she had plucked fur from their tails to make a rug, and she had discovered Ulik's trail during that visit.
• Deathstroke asked Ratatoskr to reveal the underground entrance, and she admitted that she had hidden it with Illusion Magic before leading the group through it.
• Diana criticized Ratatoskr for concealing the Trolls' entrance and potentially sending unsuspecting creatures to their deaths, but Ratatoskr said she found it amusing.
• Su Ming examined the blood outside the cave, and Strangle identified it as belonging to an unknown creature that the Trolls had killed.
• Su Ming entered the cave with Godslayer shaped like a slingshot and promised Ratatoskr a spectacular firework show for the Trolls.

Su Ming and his companions advanced through the underground tunnels and used modified fireworks to send a Troll back to its tribe as a prank. Diana also planned to confront the Fates, while Su Ming arranged a future weapon gift for Kratos.

• Ratatoskr entertained Carol and Diana with a mostly fabricated story about Loki, Baldr, and Sif as they traveled through the tunnel.
• Su Ming spotted a Troll, stopped Ratatoskr's chatter, and bound it while she concealed the group with an illusion.
• Su Ming and Strangle strapped a crate of acid-filled prank fireworks onto the Troll and altered its memories so it would return to its tribe and set them off.
• Diana said she would confront the Fates about her destiny, and Su Ming asked Adjutant to remember that he owed Kratos a weapon.
• Adjutant understood Su Ming's hint and proposed gifting Kratos a portable nuclear missile launcher.

Deathstroke and his companions infiltrated a Troll burrow, using a magically controlled Troll to deliver a pot of laxative-laced, contaminated liquid. They slipped past the guards and watched the Trolls prepare to eat the poisonous broth, awaiting the prank’s effect.

• Deathstroke controlled Strangle with a black thread and guided him deeper into the burrow while the group followed under Ratatoskr’s illusion barrier.
• Su Ming had the Adjutant provide a large pot of laxatives mixed with nuclear-contaminated wastewater, despite Carol’s concerns about the passage.
• Deathstroke and the others used the Troll carrying the pot to circle around the guard post and reach the tunnel beyond it.
• The Trolls added rotten meat and other debris to the pot, then eagerly prepared to eat before the broth had finished cooking.
• Deathstroke and his companions watched as the Trolls began treating the contents like dipping sauce and reaching for food.