Chapter Summaries

Constantine used Tommy to draw Death to the House of Mystery and break the red-furred monsters’ siege, but Death confronted him about where the creatures came from. Tommy died and forgave Constantine, while Zatanna remained inside the house.

• Constantine returned to the House of Mystery and narrowly escaped red-furred monsters that were surrounding it.
• Constantine brought Death to the house, where she had killed Tommy and the monsters, ending the siege.
• Death revealed Tommy’s soul, and Tommy forgave Constantine before going with her.
• Death asked Constantine where he had provoked the red-furred monsters from.

Constantine dodged Death’s questions about the Little Red Monsters and sent her to investigate Deathstroke instead. Meanwhile, Mindy led Bobo and Batwoman to the League’s hidden underground headquarters, where they began their descent.

• Death asked Constantine about the strange Little Red Monsters, but he denied knowing anything and suggested she question Deathstroke from Another World.
• Death left Limbo, and Constantine hurried inside to ask Little Zatanna to help him find a brazier.
• Mindy led Bobo and Batwoman through the ruins of an abandoned steel mill toward the hidden headquarters.
• Mindy activated a battered industrial lift, and the group descended toward the underground base.

Mindy showed Batwoman and Detective Chimp her father’s rough underground base, Sweet Haven, and considered how she might improve it. After watching a news report about herself and Batwoman, she worried that her powers had been exposed, while Batwoman prepared to leave and gave her a Spider-Man totem.

• Mindy welcomed Batwoman and Detective Chimp to Sweet Haven, an unfinished underground base inherited from Big Daddy.
• Detective Chimp criticized the base’s poor facilities, but Batwoman encouraged Mindy to treat it as a place she could develop over time.
• Mindy showed Detective Chimp how to heat water for bathing, and he left to find a way to clean himself with magic.
• Batwoman checked the televisions and watched a news report about Hit-Girl’s supposed new powers and her partnership with Batwoman.
• Mindy worried that the public had learned about her powers, and Batwoman reassured her and gave her a Spider-Man totem before preparing to leave.
• Detective Chimp vanished while Mindy examined the totem.

Batwoman explained that Mindy’s universe was trapped inside a series of nested Cubes and encouraged her to investigate how it had been captured. The team planned to secure their advantage and help her world reach the outside, while Mindy eagerly accepted Batman’s detective lessons.

• Mindy asked Batwoman what she should do next, and Batwoman told her to act as a superhero and follow what she enjoyed.
• Batwoman said the team would stay to make sure the villains did not return, give Mindy a foundation for development, and explore freeing her universe from its cage.
• Batman drew a diagram of the nested Cubes and explained that Mindy’s universe had been boxed inside larger realities.
• Mindy questioned why the capture had left no disasters or other signs, and Batman encouraged her to investigate what had changed or whether she had forgotten it.
• Mindy cried with excitement at Batman teaching her detective skills, while the spotless ape climbed onto Deathstroke’s shoulder.

Harley joined the Doom Patrol in leaving the Hall of Justice to avoid another Justice League meeting, while Chief planned to establish a temporary base at a nearby fast-food restaurant. Just as they prepared to go, the Hall suddenly went dark.

• J'onn called a Justice League meeting to discuss intelligence and reassign combat strength because of Amo's existence.
• Harley decided to leave with anyone who wanted to escape the meeting, and the Doom Patrol chose to leave the Hall of Justice as well.
• Chief planned to take the Doom Patrol and Harley to a nearby fast-food restaurant and use it as a temporary base.
• Robotman said he had repaired the Doom Patrol's vehicle with parts taken from The Flash's dorm, and Harley pushed Chief's wheelchair toward the exit.
• The Hall of Justice suddenly plunged into darkness.

Green-glowing rain disabled technology and vehicles around the world, leaving the Teen Titans' plane powerless as it plunged toward the Hall of Justice. Damian tried to guide the plane into a glide, while his teammates prepared for the crash.

• Green rain shut down advanced equipment, communications, electricity, and engines across the world.
• Damian's nuclear-powered plane lost power while the Teen Titans were aboard, and he explained that the plane could glide toward the Hall of Justice.
• Damian reassured the team that Martian Manhunter could catch them, though he privately worried they might have to rely on themselves.
• Crush and Djinn remained calm about surviving the fall, while Djinn prepared a spell to protect the plane.
• Billy became trapped in a ball after his alien uniform failed, and Damian told Black Wally to buckle up as the plane plunged through the rain clouds.

A blackout interrupted Beast Boy and Garth’s disastrous attempt to play Jar-ro’s ranked match, but the Hall of Justice’s power failure soon appeared to be a larger attack. The chapter ended with Raven identifying the destruction of all electronic devices as a possible EMP strike.

• Beast Boy and Garth struggled to play Jar-ro’s Diamond-ranked match and were relieved when a blackout stopped the game.
• J’onn flew to investigate the Hall of Justice’s rare power failure while Chief accused an unnamed Alien of misusing the League’s funds.
• Doom Patrol tried to leave as Harley followed them, and Nightwing discovered that his flashlight and phone would not work.
• Raven concluded that every electronic device had been destroyed and suggested the Hall of Justice might have suffered a large-scale EMP attack.

A plane crashed into the Hall of Justice corridor, leaving several heroes trapped or injured while the teams dealt with the damage. After the fire was put out, Nightwing and Damian argued privately.

• A plane crashed into the corridor, and Raven’s barrier protected Harley and the nearby heroes from the blast and debris.
• Robotman opened the cockpit and rescued Damian and the others, who had been protected by the craft’s safety foam.
• Beast Boy asked for help with Natasha Irons, whose powered-down armor had trapped her, while he revealed that his legs had been flattened trying to catch her.
• Harley checked Natasha, mocked Beast Boy for saying she was heavy, and rejected his confession.
• The heroes worked to free Natasha and put out the fire, while Nightwing pulled Damian aside and argued with him.

Damian arrived at the damaged Hall of Justice seeking the Justice League, but clashed with Nightwing before Harley intervened. After Damian shared his discovery and recruited Harley and the Doom Patrol, they agreed to leave the unsafe Hall and act independently.

• Nightwing confronted Damian over crashing Batwoman's plane into the Hall of Justice, and the two began fighting until Harley separated them.
• Damian gave Harley a healing potion, which eased her broken leg as they discussed the worldwide technology failures.
• Damian explained that he had discovered something before leaving and asked Harley to join him and the Teen Titans rather than deal with the Justice League.
• Harley agreed to bring the Doom Patrol, and Damian decided they would leave the Hall of Justice for a hidden location.

Harley and Damian led the Teen Titans and Doom Patrol out of the Hall of Justice, leaving Nightwing and J'onn behind as the Justice League struggled without its leaders. On the way to the parking lot, Chief explained how Robotman had survived the attack, and Damian recognized the design as a gravity-powered mechanical construct.

• Damian ordered his teammates to withdraw through the breach with Little Wu and asked Harley to share what she had learned in the Hall of Justice.
• Harley gathered the Doom Patrol and left with Damian's group, while Element Woman reluctantly departed the Justice League.
• Harley asked Robotman why he had survived when other heroes in high-tech suits had been taken out.
• Chief boasted that his technology had protected Robotman and described the mechanisms inside his body.
• Damian identified Robotman as a precise mechanical construct powered by gravity, prompting Chief to launch into more boasting about his inventions.

Batwoman, Diana, and Deadpool returned to 19th-century Gotham and entered an unfinished sewer construction site. Batwoman was searching for an object that her ancestor Edmund Wayne had recorded as a major influence on Gotham’s future, and she wondered whether another man had planned for this moment.

• Batwoman led Diana and Deadpool back into Gotham after nightfall, avoiding violence to prevent changes to Earth-16’s future.
• Deadpool complained about mosquitoes, his itching skin, and bathing while Diana tried to make sense of his remarks.
• Batwoman brought the group to the first phase of Gotham’s sewer construction and led them toward the excavation tunnel.
• Deadpool pointed out that workers were digging up bones and valuables from an old Native American burial ground beneath Gotham’s Old Town.
• Batwoman recalled that Edmund Wayne had recorded an object found during the sewer construction and wondered whether another man had anticipated her search.

Batwoman, Diana, and Deadpool followed the kerosene smell through the old mine tunnels toward Edmund, whom Batwoman hoped to negotiate with. They reached a lit excavation, where someone recognized Batwoman and demanded to know how she had found the place.

• Batwoman assessed Edmund Wayne's history and the risks of changing Earth-16's future before entering the tunnels with Diana and Deadpool.
• Deadpool chatted as the group followed the mine-cart tracks, and Batwoman identified the smell of kerosene as a sign of underground work.
• The trio walked for about twenty minutes through the dark tunnels until they saw a kerosene lamp and heard someone digging.
• Batwoman prepared to handle the negotiation, but a voice ahead recognized her and asked why she had found the place.

Batman, Batwoman, Deadpool, and Diana watched Edmund confront Jack at an underground drilling site. Edmund rejected Jack’s offer to partner in the opium and slave trade, challenged him to a duel, and the two began fencing.

• Edmund guarded a massive drilling rig underground as Jack approached and asked what he was digging for.
• Jack proposed that he and Edmund combine their businesses and make a fortune together.
• Edmund condemned Jack’s opium and slave trading, rejected his offer, and challenged him to settle their dispute with swords.
• Deadpool, Batwoman, and Diana watched from the darkness as Batman noted that Jack was not related to Joker.
• Jack accepted the fencing challenge, and he and Edmund began a fierce exchange.

Batwoman’s attempt to reach the Abyss was interrupted when a horde of strange red-furred creatures attacked the construction site. She and Diana fought to protect Edmund and Jack while Deadpool provided cover, and the ancient duel continued amid the chaos.

• Batwoman noticed the drill and Abyss and planned to retrieve her mission item while Ancestor and Jack fought.
• A horde of red-furred flying creatures poured from the tunnels, an unexpected event absent from Edmund’s diary.
• Batwoman attacked the creatures and directed Diana to hold the line while Deadpool covered gaps with gunfire.
• Diana reached the fighters and cut down the weak creatures, whose bodies dissolved after death, while more continued to emerge.
• Deadpool moved closer to the front line as Edmund and Jack continued dueling and the monsters pressed toward them.

Deadpool and Diana fought the red-furred monsters while discussing mercenary work, and Edmund joined them after Jack fell into the Abyss. With Jack dead and the battle still underway, Edmund and Deadpool joked about naming the creatures.

• Deadpool joined Diana in fighting the red-furred monsters and explained how he used Mexican day laborers to fill out mercenary contracts.
• Jack lost his footing on the scaffolding, cursed Edmund Wayne and his city, and fell into the Abyss.
• Edmund came to Diana and Deadpool's side and tried to help fight the monsters with his rapier.
• Diana urged Edmund to retreat, and he agreed that the creatures were strange because they vanished into smoke when they died.
• Edmund suggested calling the creatures red monkeys, and Deadpool countered with scarlet apes.

A global blackout struck during the Justice Society’s investigation in Belfast, and Jay discovered that the outage extended around the world. As the team debated the possible threat and whether to seek help from the Justice League, the corpses in town rose and charged at them.

• Power Girl reported the rain and blackout, and Jay checked the town’s transformer station and power plant, finding both without power.
• Jay ran around the globe and returned to report that the blackout might be global.
• Stargirl suggested contacting the Justice League, while Sandy suspected the possible alien attackers and Power Girl defended Hawkgirl.
• Cyclone pointed out the corpses in the street, and the dead people rose in the rain and charged toward the team.

Bruce, Deathstroke, Bobo, and Mindy discussed possible changes to Mindy’s world while sharing a meal, but they found no clear lead beyond Dave’s surgery. The lights suddenly went out, and the group prepared to leave the workshop and investigate what was happening outside.

• Bruce Wayne advised Mindy to judge who truly needed help and asked her to recall anything strange about her world.
• Mindy remembered Dave going to Thailand for sex reassignment surgery, but Bobo and Deathstroke doubted it could explain a major change to reality.
• Deathstroke concluded that Mindy was the story’s irreplaceable protagonist and suspected some larger event had altered her memories.
• Bruce suggested they look around New York after eating, but the workshop’s lights and televisions suddenly shut off.
• Deathstroke put on his Batwoman cowl, and Bobo climbed onto his shoulder as Bruce urged the group to go outside and investigate.

Su Ming, Bobo, and Mindy emerged from the factory into a city plunged into darkness as mythological creatures gathered and headed for the center. As they ran toward the city, Bobo explained that their enemy was using fear to make people pray to imagined gods.

• Su Ming shook Bobo and Mindy out of the warm illusion they experienced outside the factory.
• Su Ming and Bobo saw dragons overhead and other monsters moving toward the city center.
• Mindy warned that the blackout would leave civilians vulnerable to monsters and terror.
• Batman ran toward the city with Bobo and Mindy and asked Bobo to explain the enemy's plan.
• Bobo explained that darkness and fear could drive people to pray to gods they had imagined.

Deathstroke, disguised as Batman, led Bobo and Mindy through a city overrun by ancient monsters and showed Mindy how to store her trophies. He explained that the invasion was meant to feed on humanity’s fear of darkness, then cleared the street with a new use of Quantum Concepts as their plan continued.

• A pack of Dire wolves blocked Deathstroke, Bobo, and Mindy in an alley, but Mindy killed them with her superpowers.
• Mindy skinned the largest wolf, and Deathstroke gave her a Runecloth bag to store her trophy.
• The group returned to the monster-filled streets, where Bobo asked Deathstroke what their next step was.
• Deathstroke said the monsters’ attack was meant to intensify fear of the dark and strengthen the enemy.
• Deathstroke used Quantum Concepts to turn the monsters in their path into tiny cubes of ground meat, astonishing Mindy.

Su Ming annihilated the ancient creatures attacking Earth and restored power worldwide, then flew with Mindy, Bobo, and Batwoman toward Washington to respond to the invasion. As the group monitored emergency broadcasts, Batwoman warned that the gods’ next attack could be far worse.

• Su Ming destroyed the ancient creatures attacking Earth simultaneously across the globe, and the darkness in the sky receded.
• Bobo urged Mindy to become humanity’s public symbol, while Batwoman reassured her that she would provide a speech script.
• Su Ming restored power and communications worldwide, then took Mindy and Bobo to a rooftop helicopter.
• Bobo piloted the helicopter toward Washington as Mindy read reports of the invasion’s deaths and destruction.
• Su Ming listened to emergency channels while Batwoman warned Bobo that the next attack might be less restrained.