Chapter Summaries

Donna sent Beast Boy and Garth back to the Hall of Justice while she prepared to contact the Adjutant and travel to Harley’s world. Meanwhile, the fourth Dream found another clue at the crime scene and called Jay over to see it.

• Donna told Beast Boy and Garth to return to the Hall of Justice and help Nightwing guard the prisoner while she went to find Harley.
• Beast Boy confessed his feelings to Donna, who rejected him and threatened him with her sword before he rolled away down the street.
• The fourth Dream set aside the mystery of the dead residents’ changing expressions and continued searching the crime scene.
• The fourth Dream entered a resident’s garage despite Jay’s instruction not to break into homes and called Jay over to inspect his discovery.

Jay and the team investigated a strange poem written in blood on a garage floor, which Power Girl said had not been there before. Stargirl’s Cosmic Staff revealed that it wanted to watch a soap opera, leaving the poem’s origin and meaning unresolved.

• Jay read the bloody poem aloud and asked Power Girl to search the garage with her Super Vision.
• Power Girl said the writing had not been present when she scanned the town earlier, while Connie worried that ghosts might be responsible.
• Jay asked Stargirl to use her Cosmic Staff to investigate the writing.
• The Cosmic Staff demanded that Stargirl watch Wild Temptation with it for three days, and Connie protested that she had school.
• Karen explained the soap opera’s tangled plot, and Jay suggested that Stargirl let Red Tornado watch it with the staff after the mission before asking it to investigate further.

The Justice Society examined the bloody poem with the Cosmic Staff, whose history and effects on its former wielders were explained. The Staff marked “Gin Shena” as a clue, but Connie and the others were left unsure what it meant.

• The chapter described the Cosmic Staff’s powerful abilities and the unnatural deaths and mental illness that had afflicted its past wielders.
• The staff appeared to protect Connie from Cosmic Energy’s harmful effects, and it chose to watch a show with Cyclone instead of Red Tornado.
• Cyclone agreed to watch with the staff, which then scanned the bloody poem using the memories of its former owners.
• The Cosmic Staff marked “Gin Shena” rather than the mysterious “XXXX,” disappointing Karen and leaving the group with another unexplained clue.
• Connie trusted that the universe had a reason for the staff’s choice, while the staff avoided explaining further because prolonged exposure to its starlight could harm people.

The Justice Society investigated the meaning of “Gin Shena” and suspected it referred to winged, gold-loving Thanagarians. Meanwhile, Batwoman stopped the endless battle so Hit-Girl could reconsider her choices, leaving the villains frozen in midair.

• Sandy used her phone to look up “shena,” and Karen concluded that “golden shena” might mean golden clothing or a golden body.
• Stargirl, Connie, Jay, and Sandy discussed whether the clue pointed to a god, while Cyclone suggested the Thanagarians.
• Su Ming, disguised as Batwoman, checked on the exhausted Hit-Girl as villains continued arriving and the police hauled away bodies.
• Hit-Girl said she could not stop killing, but Batwoman told her she had a choice and signaled a timeout.
• The world froze around Batwoman, Hit-Girl, and the attackers, while the gorilla began to understand Deathstroke’s way of thinking.

Bobo realized Deathstroke had let Hit-Girl kill to show her that violence was not the only way to solve problems. With the world frozen around them, Deathstroke urged Hit-Girl to think of a way to resolve the situation without killing anyone.

• Bobo concluded that Deathstroke had stopped Hit-Girl because he wanted her to find a new path beyond killing.
• Su Ming noticed Bobo's moved expression and silently patted his head while time remained frozen.
• Hit-Girl emerged from behind a phone booth, realized Batwoman had stopped time, and asked how he had done it.
• Su Ming answered that he was Batman, then told Hit-Girl to consider whether killing was the best solution.
• Su Ming took donuts and coffee from a police car and gave them to Bobo.
• Bobo asked Hit-Girl whether her powers could resolve the situation without killing anyone, and she realized she had other choices.

Su Ming used Batwoman’s influence to push Hit-Girl toward abandoning killing, hoping to force the hidden enemy to intervene and change the world. The enemy responded by filling the frozen night sky with glowing murals of primitive human life and unknown gods.

• Su Ming and Bobo shared coffee and doughnuts with Hit-Girl while maintaining their disguises.
• Su Ming’s plan relied on letting Hit-Girl grow tired of killing, then using Batwoman’s example to change her beliefs and alter the story’s Timeline.
• Deathstroke destroyed his coffee cup after drinking from it, signaling that he had made his move and was waiting for the hidden enemy to respond.
• Glowing red murals appeared across the motionless city’s sky, depicting scenes of primitive life and worship.
• Bobo explained that the murals showed humanity’s animal instincts and recognized that their sequence formed a story.
• Bobo saw that the ape-men worshipped strange, faceless gods whose symbols he could not identify.

Su Ming used Strangle and the Black Sun to fight the ancient gods’ reality-warping forces, while Mindy discovered that her role as a superhero was to rescue people. The battle continued across Earth as Mindy began evacuating those trapped in the streets.

• Su Ming realized the sky murals depicted ancient gods projecting power into the universe, and he let Strangle control his body to resist their conceptual attack.
• Red giants descended from the murals and began overwriting reality, but Su Ming summoned black figures from a Black Sun to fight them.
• Su Ming controlled the black figures against the red giants as the conceptual battle spread across Earth.
• Mindy felt the red giants’ influence but regained confidence when she saw Batwoman fighting back.
• The ape urged Mindy to save people rather than fight enemies, and she used her power to scoop police officers and criminals into a truck bed for evacuation.

Su Ming and Strangle fought the ancient gods’ attempts to overwrite reality while Harley learned that Su Ming was missing. Donna tried to recruit Harley to help rescue him, and Harley decided to leave her settlement and return home to look after things.

• Su Ming realized the gods were using concepts drawn from humanity’s ancient beliefs to overwrite reality, and he worried Earth-0 could not withstand another invasion while he was occupied.
• Strangle agreed that the gods were collaborators and urged Su Ming to identify where their true bodies were hiding.
• Donna told Harley that Batman, Superman, and Deathstroke were out of contact and asked her to help rescue them.
• Harley reassured Donna that Su Ming would be fine, then reconsidered when she thought about the people who trusted him.
• Harley decided to return with Donna and take care of Su Ming’s home while he was away.

Amo, held at the Hall of Justice while the team investigates his claims about the future, tried to persuade Raven that Zatanna would soon die. The investigation remained unresolved, and Harley arrived and declared that Amo was lying and should be killed.

• Amo asked Raven whether the team had learned anything about his companions or Batwoman and the others in the current time.
• Raven dismissed Amo's claim that he was from the future and said Zatanna, not she, was the strongest Enchantress.
• Nightwing arranged guards throughout the Hall of Justice, including Natasha Irons at the exhibition hall, while he monitored detection devices from the command room.
• Amo warned Raven that Zatanna might not live much longer and asked to be released, but Raven said the decision was not hers.
• Donna returned with Harley, who took one look at Amo and told Wonder Girl to kill him.

Harley exposed Amo as an impostor waiting for Jar-ro to read his memories, and Donna killed him. The Titans realized Jar-ro had been the target, though Harley did not know why.

• Harley told Donna and Raven that Amo’s behavior and gaze revealed he was lying, so Raven restrained him with magic.
• Donna stabbed Amo through the chest with the Titan Sword, killing him.
• Harley explained that Amo had watched their hands for signs that they had brought what he wanted, then reasoned that he was waiting for Jar-ro to read his memories.
• Donna and Raven remembered Jar-ro, the starfish Robin kept under supervision at the Hall of Justice.
• Harley confirmed Amo was an unnatural impostor because his body had no blood, but she did not know why he wanted Jar-ro.

Harley, Donna, and Raven confronted Amo at the Hall of Justice, where his explosive attack badly injured Donna before Harley arranged for her to be taken to Sepulk for treatment. The group discovered that Amo had taken Jar-ro, leaving them worried about what he would do next.

• Donna confirmed that Amo seemed dead, but he suddenly rose and overpowered her as Raven restrained him with magic.
• Amo detonated himself, concentrating the blast on Donna and leaving Harley badly injured as well.
• Harley had the Adjutant transport Donna to Sepulk, where she arranged for Little Franklin to restore her.
• Harley realized Amo might have been targeting Jar-ro, and J'onn confirmed that Jar-ro had disappeared from his dorm room.
• Harley told the others that Amo had tried to lure the Justice League into bringing Jar-ro to him before taking him by force.

Diana sensed that something had happened to someone important, while Batwoman led the group through 19th-century Gotham and insisted her preparations would handle the danger back home. Deadpool relayed that Slade was surrounded by ancient gods, and Batwoman promised to replace any pay she docked from him before throwing him off her.

• Diana felt as though she had lost someone important and told Batwoman she feared something had happened back home.
• Batwoman said she had prepared for their separation from Earth-0 and continued with the plan to save Earth-16 before reuniting with Deathstroke.
• Deadpool received a message that Slade had been surrounded by ancient gods and reported that the livestream viewers were insulting him.
• Batwoman told Deadpool she would make up any pay Slade docked from him, and Deadpool embraced her before she threw him with a Bat Back Suplex.

The Titans discovered that Jar-ro had been taken from his room, and Harley concluded that Amo had used deception before resorting to force. Nightwing found no useful clues, but confirmed Jar-ro had been captured alive, leaving the team to pursue him.

• Beast Boy and Tempest found Jar-ro's room empty, and Beast Boy took over his game to protect his rank.
• Nightwing investigated the room while J'onn questioned Harley about why Amo had changed his approach.
• Harley said Amo had known Batwoman and her Honey were absent, and had planned to manipulate the others before turning to force.
• J'onn asked how they should pursue Amo, and Harley told him to wait for Nightwing's findings.
• Nightwing found no useful clues but determined that Jar-ro had fought back and been taken alive.

Nightwing deduced that Amo had taken Jar-ro to use Starro’s mind-control ability, while Harley argued that Amo was likely a god who craved attention and deception. The group discussed whether Amo was an ancient god and Raven proposed contacting Justice League Dark to investigate him mystically.

• Nightwing explained that Amo might use Jar-ro’s mind-control power and warned that any search would require enough force to protect the team.
• Harley analyzed Amo’s behavior and concluded that he was probably a god who sought attention by deceiving others.
• J’onn recalled that ancient Martian gods had been powerful beings rather than true gods, and connected the discussion to temples containing a prophetic tablet about Perpetua.
• Raven argued that Amo’s simple-sounding name suggested he was an extremely ancient god and recommended contacting Justice League Dark for a mystical investigation.

Hit-Girl embraced the idea that superheroes could restrain villains and protect the weak, while Deathstroke used a grotesque conceptual attack to drive the Ancient Gods from the city. The red mural and Giants vanished, leaving the Black Sun overhead as reality stabilized.

• Hit-Girl told Bobo that saving lives felt strange but fun, and said she understood that superheroes protected the weak instead of killing their enemies.
• Bobo praised Hit-Girl for finding her own path, then told the Batman-faced Deathstroke that she had figured things out.
• Deathstroke changed the black shadows into giant naked Deadpools and ordered Hit-Girl to close her eyes.
• The grotesque display overwhelmed the enemy, causing the red mural and Giants to vanish as the Black Sun filled the sky and reality stabilized.

Su Ming used a naked Deadpool to disrupt the ancient gods’ thoughts, allowing Deathstroke to seize control of the world and escape into a higher-level box. The group temporarily secured a cosmic-control forward base, then headed to the Justice League meeting room to rest and talk.

• Su Ming reasoned that the gods’ ties to ancient humans had made them vulnerable to the disturbing sight of naked Deadpool.
• Deathstroke took control of the world with Quantum Concepts and separated it from its prison box, giving the group a temporary safe base.
• Bobo vomited from Deadpool’s overpowering stench, while Batwoman dismissed the giant Deadpools and the Black Sun vanished.
• Su Ming restored time and purified the air, then told Mindy they needed a place to rest and hold a secret meeting.
• Mindy offered to lead the group to the vacant meeting room her father’s Justice League had used, and Batwoman agreed to teach her along the way.

Hit-Girl learned from Batwoman that helping people did not mean taking over ordinary responsibilities, and that she should call the fire department rather than personally rescue a trapped driver. The group continued walking as Mindy affirmed that she understood the lesson and would avoid Superman’s mistakes.

• Hit-Girl warned the confused thugs not to commit evil again, while Detective Chimp recovered from his nausea and approved of her choice.
• Batwoman told the group that they had gained intelligence about their enemy and pointed out an overturned car with a trapped driver.
• Hit-Girl suggested rescuing the driver herself, but Batwoman and Detective Chimp rejected her ideas and told her to anonymously call the fire department and leave.
• Batwoman explained that helping beyond what ordinary people could do might harm their livelihoods, and Detective Chimp described the social consequences of Superman taking over people’s jobs.
• Hit-Girl recognized the lesson as the Superman dilemma and promised she would not repeat his mistakes.

Amo reported to his mother, the Goddess of the Void, that Jar-ro had obtained Starro, a fulcrum for her plan’s second stage. She revealed that Deathstroke’s growing connection to darkness made him increasingly like her, and declared that all existence would eventually return to her womb.

• Amo waited in the Goddess’s radiant realm, guarding the living Starro he had stolen from the humans.
• The Goddess praised Amo for ensuring Jar-ro obtained Starro, calling it a singularity in Multiverse 1 and a fulcrum for her plan’s next stage.
• Amo asked whether he should deal with Deathstroke, but the Goddess said he had misunderstood modern humanity and did not need to act yet.
• The Goddess recreated events from the Hit-Girl Universe, showing Deathstroke wielding darkness against the Gods of Oblivion, and Amo vomited at the replay.
• The Goddess said Deathstroke was becoming more like her through his use of darkness, then destroyed the recreated Earth and said everything would return to her womb.

The Goddess called Mother sent Amo and the Time Gremlins to travel across Earths and carry out her plans. In Los Angeles, Constantine visited Tommy and Zatanna, who confronted him for selling their kind neighbor to Lucifer before the two resumed their volatile relationship.

• The Goddess called Mother ordered Amo to guide the Time Gremlins across the Earths and sent him away through a hole leading to the Speed Force.
• Constantine walked through a poor Los Angeles neighborhood to Tommy's apartment after leaving Lucifer.
• Tommy welcomed Constantine and said Zatanna was recovering in the bedroom after they had slept together five times.
• Zatanna emerged and slapped Constantine, accusing him of selling their neighbor to Lucifer and telling him the woman had died.
• Constantine mocked Zatanna's anger and threatened to take advantage of her if her soul injury worsened, and they embraced and returned to the bedroom.

Constantine warned Zatanna that a different Great Flood was coming and took her to the House of Mystery in Limbo as a refuge. He left Tommy outside to be killed by unknown monsters, explaining that Tommy’s death was his only way to break an agreement and keep the House of Mystery from being taken.

• After reconciling with Zatanna, Constantine told her and Tommy they had to flee to Limbo because an unprecedented Great Flood was coming.
• Constantine showed Zatanna a strange symbol she could not see and said Wonder Woman and others were missing, possibly taken away by Deathstroke.
• Zatanna agreed to go with Constantine after realizing she could not help the others and might become a burden.
• Constantine opened a portal to Limbo and led Tommy and Zatanna to the House of Mystery.
• A pack of red monkey-like monsters attacked, and Constantine pulled Zatanna inside while leaving Tommy outside to die.
• When Zatanna confronted him, Constantine said the monsters wanted the House of Mystery and that Tommy’s death was the only way to break the agreement.