Chapter Summaries

Deathstroke visited the Oblivion Bar and paid Constantine for information about Olympus. Constantine revealed that Zeus wanted to marry Hippolyta and make her the new Hera, leaving Deathstroke with the reason behind Diana’s distress.

• Deathstroke returned to Earth-0 and went to the Oblivion Bar, where he encountered Constantine.
• Deathstroke asked Constantine what he knew about Olympus and offered to buy him a drink for answers.
• Constantine claimed he knew little about Olympus, then accepted Deathstroke’s cash payment.
• Constantine told Deathstroke that Zeus wanted to marry Hippolyta and make her the new Hera.

Su Ming investigated the strange news that Zeus wanted someone to inherit Hera’s position and authority, suspecting that the god had a hidden scheme. After discussing the possibilities with Bobo, he headed for Crete Island to question Hephaestus before deciding whether Zeus posed a threat to Earth.

• Constantine told Su Ming that Zeus wanted a woman to inherit Hera’s divine position, then left after Su Ming exposed how he had learned the secret.
• Su Ming took Bobo to the wine cellar and explained the Olympus situation to him.
• Bobo suggested that the Zeus in question might be the Gotham criminal who used the same name, but both agreed that Zeus’s reported plan seemed suspicious.
• Su Ming decided to gather evidence before confronting Zeus and chose to seek information from Hephaestus on Crete Island.
• Su Ming asked the Adjutant to teleport him and Bobo to the foot of the volcano on Crete.

Su Ming and Bobo visited Hephaestus at his volcanic forge to ask about Zeus’s plans to find a new wife. Hephaestus was shocked to learn the news and left for Mount Olympus, while Su Ming and Bobo waited at the forge.

• Su Ming and Bobo flew into Hephaestus’s volcanic God Realm and descended to The Forge.
• Hephaestus greeted Su Ming and asked what he wanted forged, but Su Ming said he had come to ask a question.
• Su Ming asked whether Hephaestus knew Zeus planned to find a stepmother, and Hephaestus learned of the plan for the first time.
• Hephaestus rushed off in an Invisible Jet to Mount Olympus to confront Zeus.
• Su Ming picked up Vulcan’s Hammer and offered to make Bobo a suit of armor while they waited.

Deathstroke visited Vulcan to investigate Zeus’s absence and forged God Metal armor for Bobo, who refused to wear it. After Vulcan confirmed that Zeus and Hippolyta were missing from Olympus, Deathstroke warned him about a possible Imposter and left to investigate further.

• Deathstroke used Strangle to forge God Metal armor and offered it to Bobo, who rejected the outfit.
• Vulcan returned from Olympus and reported that neither Zeus nor Hippolyta was there, while Athena confirmed Deathstroke’s suspicion.
• Deathstroke warned Vulcan that Zeus might be an Imposter and told him to avoid suspicious visitors.
• Vulcan explained that the Mercury Mirror let his mother observe events across Earth, including activity on Paradise Island.
• Deathstroke and Vulcan agreed on “pearl” and “Martha” as a code phrase, and Deathstroke teleported away with Bobo.

Su Ming and Bobo questioned Commissioner Gordon about a possible fake Zeus hiding in Gotham, but a gunshot at the police department interrupted them. Su Ming disguised himself as Batman and went to investigate the disturbance.

• Su Ming used the Bat-Signal to lure Commissioner Gordon onto the rooftop and asked about the Olympus Gang and Gotham's missing lunatics.
• Gordon said the family was hiding somewhere in Gotham, had superpowers, and was not in Arkham.
• A gunshot rang out from inside the police department, and Gordon rushed back to the building.
• Bobo suggested the shooting might be a clue, so Su Ming transformed into Batman and hung outside a police department window to look inside.

Deathstroke and Detective Chimp investigated Clayface’s apparent murder at the police station and suspected that the victim was an impostor, potentially tied to Chameleons infiltrating Earth-0. Little Sprout confirmed the corpse was missing crucial components, leaving Deathstroke with a new clue to pursue.

• Deathstroke told Detective Chimp that Clayface had been killed by a gunshot to the head and said the murder might be connected to their investigation.
• Deathstroke abandoned his Batwoman disguise and headed downstairs with Detective Chimp to examine the body under his own identity.
• Commissioner Gordon stopped the officers from aiming at Deathstroke, and Deathstroke used The Force to freeze the restless police officers.
• Deathstroke examined the corpse while Strangle tasted the sludge, and Little Sprout identified the body as an Imposter because it lacked crucial components.

Su Ming and Bobo deduced that the corpse posing as Clayface was an impostor because its stomach contained no beef from the Hall of Justice cafeteria. Su Ming checked the police station’s entrance footage with Gordon and asked him to identify someone on it.

• Su Ming concluded that the dead man was not the real Clayface because his stomach contained no beef, and Bobo began searching for the bullet that killed him.
• Su Ming took Gordon to the surveillance room, knocked out the officers inside, and explained that his actions fit Deathstroke’s fearsome reputation.
• Su Ming rewound the entrance footage, paused it on a person, and asked Gordon whether he recognized them.

Deathstroke discovered that an Imposter had died at GCPD while the real Clayface remained at the Hall of Justice, suggesting an unknown force of shape-shifters was active. He warned Gordon to verify the people he knew, then took Bobo to the Bell Tower and contacted Luthor for more information.

• Deathstroke examined the dead Imposter at GCPD and learned that it had entered the station disguised as a lonely elderly woman.
• Deathstroke contacted Martian Manhunter, who confirmed that the real Clayface was at the Hall of Justice with Shazam.
• Deathstroke told Gordon that the Justice League might be facing shape-shifters and advised him to have Batwoman verify her contacts.
• Bobo found a deformed armor-piercing bullet, and Deathstroke left GCPD with him to investigate further.
• Deathstroke and Bobo took shelter at the Bell Tower, where Deathstroke asked the Adjutant to contact Luthor.

Deathstroke asked Luthor to determine whether the corpse found at Gotham Police Department had used Clayface Plasma, while explaining his suspicions about Zeus and a possible effort to replace humanity. Luthor began testing a sample, leaving Deathstroke and Bobo waiting at the Bell Tower.

• Deathstroke contacted Luthor and learned how Clayface Plasma worked and what side effects it could cause.
• Deathstroke recounted the Gotham corpse and Chameleon incidents, suspecting that someone might be slowly replacing humans.
• Luthor agreed to examine a sample from the corpse, and Adjutant teleported it to him.
• While Luthor worked, Bobo found a book of crude sonnets and read one aloud to Deathstroke.
• Deathstroke compared the poem to a notorious piece of writing from his home, and Bobo threw the book away rather than display it at the Oblivion Bar.

Deathstroke learned that someone had modified Clayface Plasma into injectable Nanomachines and was targeting Diana and Batwoman, so he decided to find Superman. The chapter then showed Jonathan asking to patrol Gotham, while Clark refused because he believed Gotham was a city only the Bat-Family could handle.

• Luthor revealed that an unknown genius had combined purified Clayface Plasma with carbon-based metal to create self-replicating Nanomachines that could transform people into Chameleons.
• Deathstroke realized the Nanomachine-contaminated corpse was a trap for Batwoman, and Adjutant warned her in time to avoid touching it without protective gear.
• Deathstroke concluded that the attacker had targeted Diana and Batwoman and agreed with Bobo that they needed to find Superman.
• Jonathan told Clark he wanted to move to Gotham and patrol it to prove Damian wrong.
• Clark refused Jonathan's request, explaining that Gotham's chaos made it a city only the Bat-Family could adapt to.

After Jonathan stormed off during an argument about going to Gotham, Clark sought help understanding his son and planned to ask Young Justice about him. Deathstroke and Bobo arrived, and Deathstroke’s attempt to blast open Jonathan’s bedroom door brought the boy out.

• Jonathan refused to listen to Clark’s advice about Gotham and left the dinner table for his room.
• Clark agreed to ask Young Justice whether Jonathan had recently encountered anything unusual, and Lois urged him to find out immediately.
• Deathstroke and Bobo arrived as Clark was about to leave, and Clark explained his concerns about Jonathan.
• Bobo pointed out that Lois could simply call a Young Justice member, so Clark gave her Cassie’s number.
• Deathstroke and Bobo listened at Jonathan’s door, then Deathstroke planted C4 on it and started a countdown.
• Jonathan opened the door and came out, believing Deathstroke was upset that he had not greeted the guests.

Deathstroke tested Superman, Lois and Jonathan and found them genuine, but continued searching for the enemy he suspected was hidden nearby. He guessed that Jonathan wanted to train in Gotham because he was in love, and the boy's embarrassed reaction confirmed it.

• Deathstroke secretly had Strangle test Jonathan and his parents, finding no signs that they were synthetic replacements.
• Jonathan pleaded with Deathstroke to stop the C4 countdown before the house was destroyed.
• Deathstroke gave Jonathan a weapon that could temporarily drive its target insane, and Jonathan reluctantly accepted it after being pressured to call him Uncle Slade.
• Deathstroke criticized Superman for refusing Jonathan's request to train in Gotham without understanding his reason.
• Deathstroke guessed that Jonathan's wish to go to Gotham came from being in love, and Jonathan blushed and slipped away.

Su Ming speculated that Jonathan had a crush on a teammate and wanted to prove himself to Damian, then exposed and killed an Imposter disguised as Krypto. Lois and Superman learned that the real Krypto was safe, while Su Ming sent the creature’s remains away for examination.

• Su Ming told Superman, Lois, and Bobo his theory that Jonathan liked Stargirl, whose interest in Damian had prompted Jonathan to compete with him.
• Deathstroke sensed a creature hiding in the bathroom and used Force Choke to drag it into view as Krypto.
• Su Ming crushed the fake Krypto, which turned into sludge, and identified it as an Imposter.
• Lois asked where the real Krypto was, and Su Ming assured her that he was still out playing.
• Su Ming had Adjutant teleport the remains away so they could examine the Imposter’s nanomachines.

Superman, Su Ming, and Bobo returned to the Hall of Justice, where Batwoman convened the heroes to review the investigation’s evidence. Shazam vomited after seeing the murder footage, and Green Arrow asked Deathstroke to suggest a direction for the investigation.

• Lois questioned Bobo about his encounter with Deathstroke, and Superman decided to return to the Hall of Justice.
• Lois kissed Superman goodbye, and Su Ming told him the other heroes were still recovering from a night of drinking and had stolen a zoo tiger.
• Batwoman assembled the heroes in a sealed laboratory, where J'onn projected the investigation’s intelligence into their minds.
• Shazam vomited after viewing footage of an old woman being shot, then insisted that he was fine.
• Green Arrow asked Deathstroke to offer a concrete lead because the investigation’s clues had gone cold.

Deathstroke outlined three leads in the investigation of the fake Clayface: Zeus and Hippolyta’s whereabouts, the killer’s traces, and the enemy’s motives. Batwoman took several League members to Gotham to pursue the killer, leaving Deathstroke with Wally, Donna, and Shazam to investigate the remaining leads.

• J’onn reported that Mister Terrific had vanished and that Blue Beetle was still struggling with his armor and the virus’s effects.
• Deathstroke shared Luthor’s Autopsy Ritual report and explained the Clayface Plasma and Nanomachines to the gathered heroes.
• Bobo proposed investigating Hippolyta and Zeus, while Green Arrow suggested searching for traces left by the fake Clayface’s killer.
• Deathstroke added that the heroes should determine what the enemy wanted, and Shazam guessed that the villain might be stealing people’s prized possessions.
• Batwoman took Clark, J’onn, Guy, Oliver, and Dinah to Gotham, leaving Deathstroke with Wally, Donna, and Shazam.

Deathstroke secretly pursued Batwoman’s lead about the killer of the fake Clayface by taking his team to the Realm of the Dead. He asked Death to help locate the souls of the murdered person and dog so he could question them about their killer.

• Wally, Donna, Shazam, and Bobo followed Deathstroke to Diana’s dormitory, where he gave Shazam his phone to play a game.
• Deathstroke explained that he planned to investigate Batwoman’s lead in secret while she drew attention by investigating it openly.
• Deathstroke asked the Adjutant to teleport the group to the Realm of the Dead.
• Deathstroke met Death and asked her to find the murdered person’s and dog’s souls so he could learn what their killer looked like.

Deathstroke and his companions questioned the dead to learn who had murdered the old woman. Her testimony revealed that another Deathstroke had killed her, and the group teleported away to investigate.

• Deathstroke explained that the dog’s soul could not be found, so he planned to question the human witnesses instead.
• Donna tried asking Death to speak with her dead sisters, but Death refused.
• Death brought the old woman before Deathstroke, and the woman identified him as her killer before returning to the procession of souls.
• Death told Deathstroke she had seen another Deathstroke murder the old woman and had arranged for the dead woman to confirm it herself.
• Deathstroke thanked Death with a package of pastries and teleported away with his teammates.

Su Ming ruled out the known Deathstrokes and sought help from Heaven to investigate the killer. Lucifer directed him to Gabriel, who might help the team obtain a dog's soul from Seventh Heaven.

• Su Ming had Adjutant clear Cindy, the old Deathstroke, and the known Deathstrokes across the remaining Parallel Universes of Multiverse 1.
• Detective Chimp, Donna, and Wally considered leads, but Su Ming chose to question an eyewitness in Heaven.
• Su Ming visited Lucifer, who suggested finding Gabriel instead of seeking help from Michael.
• Lucifer explained that Gabriel had fallen from Heaven and now worked as an escort and scavenger in Los Angeles.
• Su Ming and his team flew to Laiguan Nightclub to find Gabriel and ask about stealing a dog's soul from Heaven.

Deathstroke and his companions recruited the fallen Gabriel to take them to Heaven and steal a dog's soul. As Gabriel prepared to lead them there, Deathstroke suspected that Heaven's madness might be part of a larger plan involving Black Hand and nanomachines.

• Deathstroke's group found Gabriel drinking in a nightclub, and he agreed to help them for five hundred dollars.
• Deathstroke gave Gabriel Hawkgirl's wing harness, and Gabriel put it on before leading the group into a dark alley.
• Gabriel warned that they might have to kill Angels in Heaven, and he dismissed most of Heaven's Angels as mass-produced garbage.
• Deathstroke speculated that Black Hand might have corrupted the Angel Rebirth Pool and started a larger plan before the Justice League conspiracy.
• Gabriel prepared to take the group to Heaven, and Deathstroke promised to kill anything that stood in their way.

Deathstroke and his team infiltrated Heaven to find a dog's soul and investigate the Reincarnation Pool, but Gabriel accidentally opened the main gate and alerted the angels. They hid from the patrols, and Gabriel led them toward Eden and the Fifth Heaven, arming himself with a gun before they set out.

• Gabriel opened Heaven's main gate with a key, triggering a noisy display that drew a crowd of red-eyed angels.
• Deathstroke killed the angels emerging through the gate, and Cloak carried the team inside to hide in a tree.
• Donna proposed fighting their way through, while Wally and Bobo argued for avoiding unnecessary bloodshed.
• Su Ming stopped the debate and ordered Gabriel to lead them to the place where a dog's soul would reside.
• Gabriel proposed going through Eden to reach the Fifth Heaven and asked for a weapon.
• Gabriel rejected Deathstroke's staff, chose a rifle, and loaded it with armor-piercing rounds.