Chapter Summaries

Barry relived the night his mother died in a nightmare, then discovered that the Speed Force and his Justice League Communicator were malfunctioning. When he entered the Speed Force Plane, Jay warned him that they were somewhere unfamiliar and pointed out a man surrounded by Little Red Monsters.

• Barry dreamed that his mother was consumed by the Speed Force, then woke in a cold sweat.
• Barry noticed his communicator had gone dark and that moving at his usual speed felt strangely difficult.
• Barry entered the Speed Force Plane, expecting to investigate whether Reverse-Flash was responsible for the disturbance.
• Barry caught up with Jay, who warned him that this was not the Speed Force Plane they knew.
• Barry and Jay saw Little Red Monsters surrounding a man as they swam through the flowing-light track.

Barry and Jay were trapped in Amo’s speedster cage, where they had to keep running to avoid being touched. Meanwhile, Batwoman tested Speed 9 on Deadpool and left with him and Diana to draw the sewer monsters away from Edmund’s project.

• Barry arrived in the Speed Force Plane and learned from Jay that Amo had trapped them and hunted him there.
• Barry and Jay realized they could not stop or turn to fight Amo because touching him caused fatal burns.
• Deadpool accepted money from Batwoman and drank the Speed 9 test tube.
• Deadpool began moving his hands fast enough to leave afterimages, and Batwoman judged the drug had worked.
• Batwoman told Edmund the sewer monsters would leave with them, then took Deadpool and Diana and ordered Deadpool to run like The Flash.

Batman and Wonder Woman rode with Deadpool into the Speed Force Plane to find the missing people, where they spotted red-haired monsters surrounding a humanoid creature as Barry and Jay fled. Batman prepared to attack, and Wonder Woman directed Deadpool to turn toward the enemy.

• Batman told Deadpool to imagine the speed of his Cousin's hand slipping, and Deadpool understood how fast he needed to run.
• Deadpool carried Batman and Wonder Woman backward into the Speed Force Plane, leaving Edmund behind in a cloud of smoke.
• Batman and Wonder Woman discussed whether to speak to Edmund as Deadpool complained about the quiet journey and his aching feet.
• Batman spotted red-haired monsters surrounding a humanoid creature, with Barry and Jay fleeing farther ahead.
• Batman ordered Wonder Woman to prepare to eliminate the monsters, and she instructed Deadpool to veer toward them.

Batwoman and Deadpool caught up with Barry and Jay inside a prison-like space and prepared to confront Amo. They planned to use Deadpool’s face to attack the god’s mind, but Amo had not yet charged.

• Diana hurled Vulcan's Sword into Amo's head as Batwoman attacked the Red-haired Monkeys with a Smoke Bomb and a Flashbang.
• Batwoman overtook the group and joined Barry and Jay, who explained that Amo had trapped them in the Speed Force Plane.
• Batwoman stopped the group and recognized that they were inside a prison-like space where the Speed Force Plane's rules did not apply.
• Batwoman arranged the team to fight Amo and told Barry to remove Deadpool's mask when Amo charged.
• Deadpool offered to change into sexy sheer lingerie, but Barry refused in horror.

Barry used the Still Force to break the group out of the fake Speed Force Plane after they defeated Amo and his red-haired monkeys. They emerged in a strange land of giant glowing mushrooms, and Batwoman urged them to enter the real Speed Force Plane to return home.

• Barry followed Batwoman's plan as Amo charged, and Deadpool's influence made the self-proclaimed god vomit and vanish while Diana and Batwoman killed the red-haired monkeys.
• Batwoman told Barry to use the Still Force to free the group, while Deadpool claimed to hear a mysterious high-dimensional woman speaking to him.
• Diana asked Jay about the Amazon whom the evil god had injured, and Jay explained that Donna had been taken for treatment by Adjutant.
• Barry used the Still Force to shatter the fake Speed Force Plane and bring the group to a place filled with giant glowing mushrooms.
• Batwoman said they needed to enter the real Speed Force Plane and continue their plan to return to Earth-0.

Amo learned that Mother’s plot against the heroes depended on finding Superman and destroying hope, while Batwoman and Jay investigated the strange events in the mining town. The group returned through the Speed Force, still unaware of the hidden threat.

• Amo recovered from seeing Deadpool’s face, and Mother warned him not to underestimate humans or God.
• Mother ordered Amo to find Superman and eradicate hope, while she arranged the rest of the plan.
• Batwoman asked Jay about the mining-town investigation, and he described the face-changing corpses, energy failure, and bloody poem.
• Batwoman concluded that ancient Earth gods and a monster were behind the events.
• Deadpool claimed his livestream viewers had identified a Goddess, then rejected Diana’s flatbread and compared her cooking unfavorably to Gin’s.

Wonder Woman mistook Deadpool’s claims about the livestream audience for delusions, but Batwoman believed him and realized they might still be trapped. Meanwhile, Deathstroke maintained his Batwoman disguise as Bobo asked whether he would help build the Cosmic Tuning Fork.

• Wonder Woman reassured Deadpool that he could recover with treatment after he admitted his imaginary livestream audience did not exist.
• Batwoman connected Deadpool’s claims to her past theories about The Chef and added them to her contingency plans.
• Batwoman realized the team had not escaped the Speed Force track and wondered whether Superman had been captured like Jar-ro.
• Bobo worried that Deathstroke was becoming too immersed in playing Batwoman, but Deathstroke said he was fine.
• Bobo said the Cosmic Tuning Fork materials were nearly ready and asked Deathstroke whether he would help begin construction.

Disguised as Batwoman, Deathstroke spoke with Bobo about a strange intermittent feeling of being watched before using a matchbox trick to conceal how he built the Cosmic Tuning Fork from the gold reserve. As the device took shape in Washington Square, the live broadcast drew public attention, setting up the next stage of their plan to gather mental energy.

• Deathstroke told Bobo that he intermittently felt watched, as if something were recording his words, and shared the sensation with him through Strangle.
• Deathstroke and Bobo set aside the unexplained feeling and prepared to build the Tuning Fork from the gold brought to Washington Square.
• Deathstroke showed Mindy an empty matchbox and claimed it contained invisible Kryptonian nanomachines, while Bobo helped play up the illusion.
• The gold melted and formed a large mechanical Tuning Fork as Mindy and viewers watched the broadcast.
• Deathstroke’s plan relied on public attention and heightened emotions to gather Mental Power, which Bobo would use for the next step.

Batwoman’s team activated the Cosmic Tuning Fork in Washington Square, drawing energy from the crowd as Bobo tried to tune it to pierce space. Su Ming secretly reversed time whenever the device was about to explode, leaving Bobo unaware of his repeated failed attempts.

• The Cosmic Tuning Fork assembled itself from gold bars as reporters, soldiers, and onlookers reacted to the spectacle.
• Bobo operated the Tuning Fork’s control console, and the spire sent a beam of Golden Light into the sky but failed to pierce space.
• Bobo asked Deathstroke what he had seen when The Batman Who Laughs used the Tuning Fork, and Deathstroke encouraged him to keep trying buttons.
• Bobo realized that Su Ming had reversed time after earlier explosions, erasing Bobo’s memories of those attempts.
• Su Ming used Darkness to sense impending danger and reverse time, allowing Bobo to continue testing the controls without the failed futures occurring.

Su Ming and Little Lucky Ape used the Cosmic Tuning Fork and Tenth Metal to restore communications with Adjutant. Mindy reflected on becoming a hero who could reform villains, while the group awaited Batwoman’s next move, which might involve Wandering Earth.

• Little Lucky Ape activated the Cosmic Tuning Fork, and Su Ming supplied Tenth Metal to help it find a resonant frequency.
• Su Ming contacted Adjutant, who confirmed communications were restored and began locating him.
• Mindy said she hoped to meet Harley Quinn and explained that she wanted to save and reform villains rather than kill them.
• Little Lucky Ape praised Mindy’s growth and said meeting Harley depended on Batwoman’s arrangements.
• Mindy asked about the next step, and Little Lucky Ape guessed that Batwoman might choose Wandering Earth.

Chief freed Little Wu from his alien armor, and the group discussed a can of supposed beauty natto before Wally disappeared after carrying Wu away. Damian decided the Titans should trust Wally and continue their mission, treating his disappearance as an opportunity to pursue something important.

• Chief removed Little Wu's alien armor using a frozen beef leg and olive oil, and the Titans checked that Wu could move safely.
• Chief explained that the beauty natto contained Youth Element from the Fifth Dimension, then realized the liquid was meant to be consumed instead of the natto.
• Damian decided to send Wu home with Wally, but Wally vanished after carrying him away and did not return.
• Harley suspected something had gone wrong with the Speed Force, and Damian chose to trust Wally and continue the mission.
• Damian recalled his father's advice that sacrificing the Flash would make everything go smoothly and decided to use Wally's disappearance for something important.

Barry, Batwoman, Diana, Jay, Wally, Deadpool, and the Teen Titans found themselves trapped in an endless stretch of the Speed Force Plane. Deadpool tried to summon help by phone, but instead called a Mexican man to run an errand for him.

• Barry asked why Black Wally and Little Fatty had entered the Speed Force Plane, and Black Wally said he was bringing his teammate home after his armor was destroyed.
• Jay and Barry explained that the group was trapped because space seemed distorted, while Black Wally said the Speed Force was alive.
• Deadpool proposed calling Slade for help, and Diana agreed that it seemed like a good solution.
• Deadpool said he could not contact the Adjutant directly but could call an errand-runner, then spoke Spanish into his phone.
• A Mexican man fell from the sky into Deadpool’s arms, and Deadpool explained that he had hired Mexicans for odd jobs since childhood.

Deadpool used the Plot Continuity Gem to send a Mexican courier for Deathstroke’s message, which directed the group to find Black Flash. Batwoman realized Deathstroke wanted her and Deadpool to kill Black Flash so the Speed Force would expel them from the Plane.

• Deadpool summoned a Mexican courier, who returned with a letter from Deathstroke.
• The group read the note and learned they were supposed to find Black Flash, the Speed Force’s agent of death.
• Barry suspected Black Flash might be his future self, but Batwoman said it was only a manifestation created by the Speed Force.
• Batwoman explained that Deathstroke wanted her and Deadpool to kill Black Flash so the Speed Force would kick them out.
• Deadpool claimed that he and Batwoman were the only ones capable of killing Black Flash, and Batwoman prepared her tools.

Su Ming and the Adjutant discussed widespread failures across Multiverse 1 and Superman’s unexplained disappearance, while Su Ming continued exploring the nested Cubes. He ordered Harley and the Doom Patrol to begin Plan B and asked the Adjutant to map the Cubes as he searched for missing allies and a chance to meet Amo.

• Su Ming reviewed footage showing Superman vanish behind an awning without any detectable energy, spatial, or magical disturbance.
• Su Ming decided not to search for Superman and ordered Cindy to watch Kara, while the Adjutant reported that Bliss had returned to Earth -11.
• The Adjutant confirmed that the Mexican stowaway had delivered Su Ming’s letter.
• Su Ming learned that the enemy’s influence extended across Multiverse 1 and that the Adjutant could not locate him among the Cubes.
• Su Ming told the Adjutant to notify Harley and the Doom Patrol to carry out Plan B and to map the nested Cubes.

After leaving the Tuning Fork in Washington Square, Batwoman, Deathstroke, Hit-Girl, and Bobo traveled to Burbank, where Deathstroke planned to visit DC Comics’ Editorial Department. The chapter ended with them heading through the quiet city toward its high-rises.

• Batwoman left the Tuning Fork in Washington Square and led the group away without saying goodbye.
• Deathstroke used Quantum Concepts to take Batwoman, Hit-Girl, and Bobo from Washington to Burbank, bringing ornamental shrubbery along with them.
• Hit-Girl guessed that Deathstroke wanted to visit DC Comics’ new headquarters, and he confirmed that he planned to go to its Editorial Department.
• Bobo recalled Deathstroke’s claim that their stories existed as works of art in other worlds, and Deathstroke discussed how different worlds shared familiar people and patterns.
• Deathstroke led the group toward Burbank’s high-rises through the quiet, sparsely populated city.

Deathstroke, Mindy, and Bobo reached DC’s Burbank headquarters while exploring the unfamiliar city. They went inside hoping to find someone working overtime who could guide them.

• Bobo dismissed his questions about the multiverse’s origins while Mindy enjoyed visiting the West Coast for the first time.
• Deathstroke, disguised as Batwoman, warned two patrolling officers about suspicious people, and they drove off to investigate.
• Deathstroke led Mindy and Bobo to the modest DC headquarters building, which surprised Bobo with its plain appearance.
• Mindy explained that few people her age read superhero comics, and Bobo dismissed her idea of running a bar for funding.
• Deathstroke promised to support Mindy and led the group to look for employees who could give them a guide.

Deathstroke and Mindy broke into a deserted comics company while Bobo worried about his future comic. Meanwhile, Constantine and Zatanna drifted through the chaotic void in the House of Mystery, and Constantine chose Multiverse 3 as their next refuge.

• Deathstroke picked the lock on the empty building while Strangle disabled its security, and Mindy told Bobo he would appear in Justice League Dark rather than get a solo comic.
• Constantine and Zatanna traveled through the void in the House of Mystery, where monsters, floating corpses, and bizarre sights frightened Zatanna.
• Zatanna questioned Constantine about leaving their friends behind, and he claimed he might find a chance to turn the tide.
• Zatanna slapped Constantine for getting Tommy killed, and Constantine tried to comfort her while defending his actions.
• Constantine suggested that he and Zatanna hide in Multiverse 3 because the Red-haired Monkeys had not appeared there again.

Constantine prepared to steer the House of Mystery toward Multiverse 3 while explaining why he trusted Deathstroke. Meanwhile, Damian noticed objects changing in a fast-food restaurant, and Raven began investigating the transformations.

• Zatanna worried that Deathstroke and Luthor would be hostile to Constantine, but Constantine insisted Deathstroke was loyal and Luthor would ignore him.
• Zatanna went upstairs to sleep, and Constantine headed for the basement to adjust the House of Mystery's magic circle.
• Damian noticed that the fast-food restaurant's television had changed into an old CRT set.
• The CRT transformed into a portable cassette radio in front of Damian, Harley, Raven, and the Doom Patrol.
• Raven cast a purple spell around the radio to examine it.

The team discovered that the purple bubble was causing technology to devolve, while its effects on people brought out nostalgic behavior and Guy’s disco personality. Raven and Chief explained the regression, and Chief’s advanced wheelchair had become a wooden cart.

• The Doom Patrol members danced to the purple bubble’s glow, while Robin sent the Teen Titans to investigate and Damian headed for the restroom.
• Djinn explained that her magic differed from Raven’s and that she needed intense anger to use powerful spells.
• Raven sensed time flowing backward through technological objects and concluded that technology was devolving.
• Chief described how devices regressed from advanced technology to simpler forms, and revealed that his wheelchair had become a wooden cart.
• Chief explained that his former wheelchair had included a prostate massage function, prompting Elasti-Girl’s disgust and Harley’s laughter.

Damian and his team discovered that technology across Earth-0 was regressing, and they realized the Timeline was being altered. In a nested Cube world, Deathstroke, Bobo, and Mindy searched old comics, where Bobo recalled that he had never officially joined Justice League Dark.

• Damian led his team out of the restaurant after it transformed into a crude wooden cabin and promised Crush he would replace her phone.
• Chief asked Harley about Deathstroke's plan, then offered to build a primitive-powered vehicle and sent the team to gather wood.
• Technological regression spread across Earth-0, destroying buildings and killing people as Damian and Harley suspected the Timeline was being altered.
• Deathstroke and Mindy read classic comics in DC's warehouse while Bobo searched Justice League Dark issues for his appearances.
• Bobo realized he had never officially joined Justice League Dark and had only been pulled into major events as an unofficial member.