Chapter Summaries

Batwoman and Diana searched the Batcave while Deadpool kept them company, but a floating eyeball attacked them without warning. Diana and Batwoman fought it off, and Batwoman unleashed the Batcave’s Tower of London protocol as the chapter ended in blinding light.

• Diana searched the Batcave’s cold storage and found one hundred frozen Talon assassins, then checked the underground prison and found it empty.
• Deadpool returned with alcohol, and he and Diana began drinking while Batwoman reviewed surveillance footage.
• A massive floating eyeball attacked, sending Diana crashing into the underground river.
• Deadpool paused time with the Plot Continuity Gem and tried to change the scene, but his attempt failed when he was poisoned.
• Diana returned to block the eyeball with her shield, and Batwoman blinded it with a flashbang.
• Batwoman activated the Tower of London protocol, and the Batcave’s Tyrannosaurus Rex fired its Photon Cannon at the eyeball.

Diana and Batwoman dealt with an attack in the Batcave while Deadpool urgently searched for a place to relieve himself. Elsewhere, Su Ming discussed the invading scouts and his plan to shape Hit-Girl after her mutation, while he waited for the hidden enemy to reveal itself.

• After the beam destroyed the enormous eyeball, Deadpool developed diarrhea and Batwoman directed him to use the underground river.
• Diana asked what the creature was, and Batwoman admitted she did not know before activating Wayne Manor’s defenses.
• Su Ming and Bobo speculated that Batwoman’s side had faced an attack and that the enemies they had seen were only scouts.
• Deathstroke argued that the real enemy remained hidden and explained that Hit-Girl’s lack of concern for death made her more extreme than Deadpool.
• Su Ming planned to guide Hit-Girl’s interests after her mutation and use her actions to provoke the concealed enemy into revealing itself.
• Su Ming reassured Bobo that he would control the plan, then offered him a peach, which the ape rejected in favor of human food.

Mindy recovered from the painful modification and discovered she could levitate, while Batwoman and Detective Chimp examined her new ability. Detective Chimp’s test suggested she also had telekinetic powers when the maggot he indicated burst apart.

• Mindy endured the modification’s pain and gradually regained control of her body, reassured by Batwoman’s presence.
• Batwoman and Detective Chimp discussed Mindy’s condition and identified that she was floating without any obvious physical force.
• Detective Chimp introduced himself and asked Mindy to demonstrate her flight, which she did by moving through the air.
• Detective Chimp asked Mindy to move a maggot with her thoughts, and the maggot burst, splattering yellow goo.

Mindy practiced using her new power under Batwoman’s and Bobo’s guidance, learning to move objects but repeatedly bursting living bugs. Batwoman took her out to test the ability, and Mindy immediately killed several punks who tried to rob them.

• Mindy’s attempts to move maggots failed, but she easily levitated and controlled medical tools and furniture.
• Batwoman agreed to take Mindy out, hoping her public use of superpowers would provoke a reaction from whoever might be watching their world.
• Bobo worried that Deathstroke was using Mindy as a weapon, though he could not stop them from leaving the Safehouse.
• Mindy, Batwoman, and Bobo emerged from the sewers and encountered punks threatening them with switchblades.
• Mindy used her power to make the punks’ heads explode, and Bobo realized how disturbingly unfazed she was by the bloodshed.

Mindy hunted villains through midnight New York, using her new mental powers to kill them in increasingly creative ways while Deathstroke and Bobo followed. After stopping to tie her shoes, she discovered she could generate electricity and showed the new ability to Deathstroke.

• Mindy ran ahead through the streets, searching shops, skyscrapers, and a restaurant dumpster for villains to kill.
• Bobo worried that Mindy’s behavior suggested an emotional disorder, while Deathstroke let her continue experimenting with her powers.
• Bobo noticed Mindy had stopped, and Deathstroke saw her squatting to tie her shoelaces with a thoughtful expression.
• Mindy told Deathstroke she had developed a new ability and demonstrated electricity sparking from her hand.
• Deathstroke encouraged Mindy to keep exploring the powers the Perfect Virus Serum had given her.

Batwoman devised a plan to use Deadpool’s time machine to return to the day before the kidnappings and save the victims, though Diana realized the plan was bait for the enemy. Batwoman, Wonder Woman, and Deadpool prepared to travel into the past, with Batwoman’s own past self on the surveillance screen.

• Batwoman watched the kidnappings and decided he needed a way to stop them, while Deadpool communicated with him from below the platform.
• Batwoman told Diana they would reverse time and bring the Justice League to the present, and she recognized the proposal as a trap for the enemy.
• Deadpool emerged with his time-travel belt and warned Batwoman and Diana not to contact anyone in the past, including their former selves.
• Batwoman showed them footage of the previous day, when this world's Batwoman, Mr. Damian Wayne, was recovering from a party.
• Wonder Woman and Batwoman placed their hands on Deadpool’s shoulders, and he activated his Teleportation Belt.

Damian Batwoman sensed a strange presence in the Batcave, while Batwoman, Deadpool, and Wonder Woman were stranded in Gotham’s past after a time-travel mishap. Batwoman began repairing Deadpool’s belt so they could return to yesterday and resume their plan.

• Damian Batwoman felt a chill in the Batcave, searched for Alex, and decided he had imagined his dead father’s presence.
• Batwoman realized that she, Deadpool, and Wonder Woman had landed in the wrong time, and Deadpool admitted his belt might be out of power.
• Deadpool led the group out of early Gotham and explained that he had stolen the time-travel belt from Cable.
• Wonder Woman accidentally stabbed Deadpool with Vulcan’s Sword, then asked Batwoman whether an enemy had manipulated their journey.
• Batwoman began repairing the belt with a Batarang and resolved to keep trying until they could return to yesterday.

Amo, a man from the 31st Century, fell through the roof of the Hall of Justice and was captured by the Justice League. He identified himself to the Martian Manhunter, who remained unable to read his mind and questioned whether to trust him.

• Batwoman explained how changing the past could create dangerous Timeline deviations and why she and Diana worried about their journey more than a century back.
• A humanoid fell from 22,500 feet through the Hall of Justice roof and landed in a pot of sweet soup, surviving the impact.
• The Justice League restrained the unconscious intruder, and the Martian Manhunter found that he could not read anything from the man's mind.
• The prisoner woke, struggled against his Promethium shackles, and told the Martian Manhunter that he was Amo, codename Gale, from the Trident Alliance of the 31st Century.
• The Martian Manhunter remained unable to read Amo's thoughts and wondered whether his claim could be trusted.

Martian Manhunter interrogated Amo, a man claiming to have arrived from the 31st century, and tried to verify his story. Amo said he had traveled accidentally while searching for a missing friend, leaving J'onn with his damaged time-travel belt and an unconfirmed warning that Batwoman and Superman might be dead.

• Martian Manhunter placed Amo in an energy-walled cell while questioning his claims about the future.
• Amo warned that Batwoman and Superman were probably dead after an invasion by XXXX, but J'onn refused to accept this without verification.
• Amo identified his smoking belt as a time machine, and J'onn removed it for inspection.
• Amo explained that he belonged to the Trident Alliance, a future superhero group with six leaders and hundreds of other heroes.
• Amo said he had accidentally arrived at the Hall of Justice while searching the timeline for a friend who had become separated from the group.

Gale told Martian Manhunter that he was super rich and asked the Justice League to verify his claims, while J'onn investigated the loss of contact with Superman and Batwoman. In the Box Universe, Hit-Girl kept killing villains as Deathstroke and Batwoman noticed the strange reactions of New York's criminals and police.

• Gale explained that his superpower was being super rich and said magical protection kept psychic powers from affecting his mind.
• Gale asked Martian Manhunter to contact Batwoman and Superman, check his belt, and stop trying to read his mind.
• Martian Manhunter left to investigate, troubled that he could not contact Superman and that Batwoman had gone out of contact.
• Hit-Girl showed Batwoman her Super Strength by beating a villain into a cloud of blood mist, and Batwoman advised her to leave enough of the body recognizable.
• Deathstroke and Batwoman watched Hit-Girl kill more villains while bystanders and police treated the violence casually.

Su Ming and Bobo continued toward Mindy's Sewer Safehouse while Mindy developed her powers and the group waited for Hermione and the others. At the Hall of Justice, Jay Garrick arrived to help J'onn and waited for the Justice Society to assemble.

• Su Ming told Bobo not to voice his idea because a High-Dimensional Being might be watching, and they continued waiting near Mindy's safehouse.
• Bobo pointed out that more police had arrived, and Batwoman observed that the officers recognized and cheered for her.
• Su Ming considered Mindy's three newly awakened powers and the time she needed to grow stronger before the next stage of the plan.
• Jay Garrick arrived at the Hall of Justice and greeted J'onn, offering the Justice Society's help.
• Jay said the other Justice Society members would arrive soon, then rushed off to use the restroom.

J'onn gathered the Justice Society and other heroes at the Hall of Justice after rumors drew them there, but had to quiet the chaotic crowd before explaining that the Justice League needed their help. The chapter ended as the meeting began, with Wildcat complaining about the lack of chairs.

• The chapter described the Justice Society's members, including Wildcat, Dream, Liberty Belle, Cyclone, Power Girl, and Doctor Mid-Nite.
• The Doom Patrol and Teen Titans arrived at the Hall of Justice, where the heroes mingled and made the conference room chaotic.
• J'onn used his Psionic Power to get everyone's attention and bring the gathering under control.
• Wildcat complained that there were not enough chairs, and J'onn told him to sit on the table as he announced that the Justice League needed everyone's help.

The Heroes debated how to verify Gale’s claim that he came from the future, rejecting brain dissection and torture while considering sending him back or questioning him with a psychologist. They leaned toward asking Harley Quinn to help, but the Hall of Justice alarm interrupted the meeting.

• The Martian Manhunter told the assembled Heroes what he knew about Gale, prompting Chief to suggest extracting Gale’s brain and exploring his mind.
• Jay and Power Girl objected to Chief’s plan, and the group decided not to dissect Gale’s brain.
• Liberty Belle suggested using the Speed Force to send Gale back to his era, but J'onn and others argued they should keep him because he might provide intelligence or be an enemy spy.
• Raven offered to torture Gale, but Cyclone and others rejected that approach and the fourth-generation Dream proposed finding a psychologist to question him.
• Donna suggested Harley Quinn, and the Teen Titans and Doom Patrol supported her proposal before the Hall of Justice alarm sounded.

Jay, Liberty Belle, Power Girl, and Stargirl investigated a mass death in Belfast, West Virginia, where the residents had died in the streets with their faces changing from terror to smiles. Jay found the deaths inexplicable, and the heroes were left questioning why the entire town had been outside at three in the morning.

• Liberty Belle accessed the Hall of Justice monitoring system and located the disaster in Belfast, West Virginia.
• Jay raced to Belfast and found corpses, burning homes, and blood flowing toward the sewers.
• Jay examined the victims and saw their terrified expressions change into smiles; one corpse was missing its brain.
• Jay extinguished the fires, checked the town’s corpses, and rested in a park while trying to understand what had happened.
• Power Girl and Stargirl arrived, and Power Girl’s Super Vision confirmed that the town’s residents appeared to be dead.
• Power Girl questioned why the townspeople had left their homes in daytime clothes and died on the streets in the middle of the night.

The Justice Society took charge of investigating a town full of corpses with strange smiles, and Jay briefed Sandy on the disturbing details he had discovered. Jay left Sandy to investigate and look after the women while he searched for a public restroom.

• Jay assigned the Justice Society to investigate the town while the Teen Titans guarded the person who had fallen from the sky and the Doom Patrol stayed at the Hall of Justice.
• Cyclone arrived with Dream and delivered J'onn's instructions handing the investigation over to the Justice Society.
• Stargirl corrected Gale, explaining that Harley no longer used the name Harley Quinn and was an unofficial Justice League member.
• Jay took Sandy aside and told him that the corpses' expressions could change, the fires seemed to have started spontaneously, and the victims' brains were missing.
• Jay told Sandy to investigate and keep the women away from gruesome sights, then sped off to find a public restroom.

Mindy killed armed villains while posing for photographs with the police, Su Ming’s Batwoman disguise, and Bobo. Sandy investigated the looted corpses and wondered who had taken their money and gold teeth faster than The Flash.

• Mindy demonstrated how she used telekinesis to erase part of a charging villain’s head, then posed for the police as they photographed her killing the attackers.
• Su Ming joined Mindy and Bobo in the officers’ photographs, while the police anticipated profiting from the images and the bodies.
• Sandy examined the corpses and found that none had money or phones, suggesting they had been deliberately looted.
• Sandy inspected the Black man Jay had examined and found plastic gold-painted chains and missing teeth with traces of gold on the gums.
• Sandy wondered who had stripped the victims of their valuables faster than The Flash.

Deadpool, Batwoman, and Diana considered how to survive after becoming trapped in 19th-century Gotham, while Lucifer visited his niece in the peaceful world he had created. The chapter ended with Lucifer approaching the godlike young woman, who already sensed his arrival.

• Batwoman returned Deadpool's belt, and Deadpool joked about their situation and threatened to defile the future site of Wayne Manor.
• Diana asked what they would do while stranded in the past, and Deadpool suggested freezing himself until the future.
• Batwoman insisted they wait for the right moment, while she and Deadpool avoided discussing the Plot Continuity Gem.
• Lucifer reflected on his reasons for involving himself in humanity's affairs and went to his own universe to visit his niece.
• Lucifer's niece, a frightened hybrid with God's power, sensed that Lucifer was coming to her rural refuge.

Lucifer visited Elaine Belloc in the peaceful world he had made for her and asked about the Silent Gods. Elaine said they had a right to exist and urged him to ask God, while Lucifer questioned whether their actions might be part of someone’s plan.

• Lucifer found Elaine Belloc picnicking with a Centaur and a Porcupine in his tranquil world.
• Elaine invited Lucifer to join her and told him the Silent Gods had a right to exist, suggesting he ask God to decide their fate.
• Lucifer argued that the being on the Silver City’s throne was a monster and teased Elaine about their family, prompting her to threaten to take his world.
• Elaine admitted that she felt lonely after Lucifer left and transformed the crops into strawberries with a glance.
• Lucifer picked strawberries with Elaine and reflected on whether the Silent Gods were acting on someone’s will.

Elaine maintained her neutrality in the conflict over humanity but found a way around her agreement with God to restore Lucifer’s Seraphim power. Lucifer accepted the gift and prepared to intervene, while Elaine returned to her lonely picnic.

• Elaine told Lucifer that she would remain neutral in the Silent Gods’ affairs while God lived.
• Lucifer argued that hostile gods threatened humanity and decided to intervene despite Elaine’s refusal to help.
• Elaine revealed Bassanus’ Tarot Key and used its power to restore Lucifer’s three pairs of golden Seraphim wings.
• Elaine said her gift did not violate her agreement with God, and Lucifer welcomed his return to the ranks of gods.

The Teen Titans went to Harley's apartment building to find her for an urgent Justice League matter, but learned she had left with Deathstroke after he gave her a universe. Donna worried that Diana had missed out on a world of her own, and the Titans left without finding Harley.

• Donna, Beast Boy, and Garth visited Harley's building and learned from Eggy that she had gone out with Deathstroke.
• Eggy said Harley had returned in high spirits, packed clothes, and told him Deathstroke had given her a universe.
• Beast Boy wondered whether he could get a universe from Deathstroke, and Garth teased him about his looks and fur.
• Donna thought about how Deathstroke had given Harley a world after Diana had returned the Maya Magic Dimension.
• Donna suggested Eggy turn his seaweed into soup, then left him with a joke about the poor college student who inspired her advice.