Chapter Summaries

Su Ming and Bobo searched the comic archive for clues about their enemy while Adjutant reported that the enemy had reset Multiverse 1’s technology to the Iron Age. Su Ming left the response to others for now and continued looking for the 2018 comics.

• Su Ming and Bobo searched the archive for newer comics that might reveal clues about their enemy, while Batwoman warned that their changed timeline could mean their own adventures had not been recorded.
• Adjutant reported that the enemy had erased humanity’s technological inventions from Multiverse 1, regressing it to the Iron Age, and that material delivery was blocked.
• Su Ming said the enemy was using the timeline change to make modern life unfamiliar and told Adjutant to take no action yet.
• Su Ming asked Adjutant to inform Deadpool so he could pass the news to Batwoman, who could address the timeline problem from the Speed Force Plane.
• Su Ming continued searching with Bobo and asked him to find the shelves containing the 2018 issues.

Su Ming, Mindy, Batwoman, and Bobo gathered in a comic-filled room while Su Ming searched old issues for clues about the Tuning Fork and The Batman Who Laughs. The group settled into reading as Su Ming found no connection to the enemy in the comics so far.

• Bobo used his boosted luck to find a Dark Multiverse comic, and Su Ming began reading it for overlooked details.
• Su Ming asked Bobo to find Flash, Constantine, and Witch Boy comics, while Mindy and Batwoman discussed superhero movies and joked about a film starring Detective Chimp.
• Mindy asked whether the Tuning Fork was safe in the plaza, and Su Ming said ordinary people could barely approach it now that it had been forged from gold.
• Su Ming checked comics from after Rebirth and concluded there was no apparent connection to The Batman Who Laughs, then declined to read old Detective Comics about Batwoman.

Barry and his companions raced through the Speed Force Plane while searching for Black Flash, as Jay’s health deteriorated and Deadpool carried him. A messenger fell out of the plane after delivering a warning that the Ancient Gods had altered reality and plunged Earth-0 and humanity’s technology into regression.

• Barry complained that Black Flash was nowhere to be found as he carried two people across the Speed Force Plane.
• Batwoman paid Deadpool extra to carry Jay, whose coughing and vomiting worsened during the run.
• A messenger fell from the sky, handed Deadpool an envelope, and disappeared from the Speed Force Plane.
• Deadpool mourned the messenger and accepted another thousand dollars from Batwoman before passing the envelope to Diana.
• Diana and Batwoman read the message and learned that the Ancient Gods had altered reality, drastically reducing technology across humanity’s world, including Earth-0.

As the group faced the threat of technology disappearing, Batwoman proposed using Tenth Metal to create a world within the Speed Force Plane. She concluded that Deadpool’s incomprehensible memories could supply the story needed to make it real.

• The group considered how the loss of technology could endanger lives, while Diana remained confident that the Amazons could manage without it.
• Batwoman proposed using Tenth Metal to create a world in the Speed Force Plane, surprising everyone.
• Batwoman explained that meaningful stories, rather than the World Forge, were essential to creating successful worlds.
• Deadpool and Batwoman identified the Speed Force Plane’s energy, Diana’s power, and Batwoman’s knowledge as resources for Genesis, but realized they still needed a story.
• Batwoman said Deadpool’s memories contained stories their enemies could not comprehend and could serve as their weapon.

Chief built a large wooden cart after the team’s technology and science knowledge was erased by the enemy’s Flashpoint Effect. Harley and Damian realized Tenth Metal had protected their memories, and the group set out in the cart, naming their foes the Gods of Oblivion.

• Chief turned the team’s lumber into a four-wheeled cart with a sunshade and a makeshift restroom.
• Harley discovered that everyone’s memories of science and technology had vanished, except for those protected by Tenth Metal.
• Damian explained that Slade had given him special protection, while Harley teased him about his parentage.
• Chief insisted he could rediscover lost science, and the team loaded their smaller carts onto the flatbed.
• Harley called the enemy the Gods of Oblivion as the group prepared to travel, mourning Black Wally’s sacrifice.

Deathstroke explained how he had used the enemy’s surveillance and the missing comics to identify their opponent as Pralaya, also known as The Void. He prepared for battle with Bobo and Mindy, though Bobo clung to him in fear.

• Bobo drank too much soda while Deathstroke rapidly read, then nervously went behind the shelves to relieve himself in an empty bottle.
• Deathstroke told Bobo he had identified their enemy by baiting her into hiding comics that recorded her existence.
• Deathstroke explained that he had used the Cosmic Tuning Fork and his knowledge of DC Comics to expose the missing issues and narrow down the culprit.
• Deathstroke identified their opponent as Pralaya, or The Void, and explained that she was the primordial emptiness from which their world came.
• Bobo understood that The Void was the mother of their worlds, then clung to Deathstroke as he drew Mindy close and prepared for battle.

Su Ming’s long con exposed Pralaya’s identity, and he prepared to face her in the archive with Dark Man, Bobo, and Mindy. When Su Ming tried to negotiate, Pralaya attacked with the Void, swallowing the universe around them.

• Su Ming explained how he had used Pralaya’s contempt and a chain of stratagems to conceal his plan and expose her identity.
• Bobo asked whether Pralaya had arrived as the archive grew heavier with the influence of the Void.
• Dark Man explained that the Void drained meaning and desire, but could not affect him because he was an orphan.
• Su Ming called out to Pralaya and offered to discuss terms, though he expected no agreement.
• Pralaya ignored Su Ming’s offer and sent the Void rushing in to swallow the universe and everyone within it.

Su Ming and Bobo survived Pralaya’s erasure of a universe, and Su Ming explained the threat posed by the Goddess of nothingness. The group remained in the void as Mindy woke to learn her world had perished.

• Deathstroke revived Bobo from the edge of death and protected him with Tenth Metal as Pralaya’s void matter engulfed them.
• Su Ming explained that Pralaya was an active manifestation of nothingness who had erased a Single Universe after God’s crucial Body had died.
• Bobo learned that the people in the erased world had died and feared Earth-0 would suffer the same fate.
• Su Ming said Pralaya was encroaching on Earth-0 rather than swallowing it whole, though he did not know what she feared.
• Batwoman woke Mindy and told her that her world had perished, urging her to stay calm if she wanted to save it.

Deathstroke, disguised as Batwoman, used Mindy's memories to restore the universe Pralaya had destroyed. With Pralaya gone, he left Mindy safe in the archive library and disappeared, while she celebrated her new place in Justice Incarnate.

• Deathstroke encouraged Mindy to remember her world and used Strangle to read her memories.
• Deathstroke used Quantum Concepts and Time Reversal to recreate the universe in the Void.
• Pralaya stopped attacking and withdrew, leaving the restored universe to Deathstroke.
• Batwoman assured Mindy that her world was safe and told her she had joined Justice Incarnate.
• Batwoman vanished while Mindy turned away, and Mindy decided to move every Batwoman publication to her Safehouse.

Su Ming’s group rested inside another box while sharing what they had learned, then returned to the Hit-Girl universe to check for Hunger. The enemy was absent, so Su Ming concluded they could leave.

• Su Ming changed back into his Black and Yellow Armor while Bobo and the others discussed his disguises and the comics they had found.
• Yrel said she wanted the Eredar to study automobiles, while Jaina considered making her family’s fleet or flagship capable of flight.
• Su Ming gave Chocolate Frogs to Yrel and Jaina, then gave the last one to Bobo after Hermione declined sweets.
• Bobo asked why their progress had slowed, and Su Ming explained that he was waiting for the right moment.
• Su Ming ordered the Cloak of Levitation to take the group back to the Hit-Girl universe, where he punched through the Cube’s edge.
• Su Ming sensed no sign of Hunger beneath the Black Sun and said the Goddess had evaded their feigned retreat, leaving them free to go.

Batwoman and the others took refuge in the small world Deadpool created inside the Speed Force Plane, a chaotic Amusement Park populated by child versions of him. As Jay recovered, the group discussed their next move, but Batwoman struggled to think amid the park’s overwhelming noise.

• Batwoman and the others entered Deadpool’s Amusement Park, created with Tenth Metal as a foothold inside the Speed Force Plane.
• Jay collapsed onto a bench with a severe back injury, and Batwoman confirmed he would not die.
• Deadpool served ice cream and told Diana that he had imagined the Amusement Park as a child to escape his painful orphanage experiences.
• Barry explained that the park shielded them from the Speed Force but left them trapped inside it.
• Diana asked Batwoman what they should do next, but the park’s cacophonous noise made it difficult for Batwoman to think.

Deadpool led Batman, Batwoman, Diana, Barry, and Jay through his grotesque Amusement Park, where they encountered two of its monstrous residents. After learning that one of the four gods in Deadpool’s mind might know a solution, the group continued toward the blue one, with Brother T warning them to be careful.

• Deadpool offered the group rides and burritos, but Batman carried Jay onward while the others followed.
• Sister S invited them to her maze, kissed Deadpool, and tore a strip of flesh from his face before leaving.
• Batwoman identified Sister S as an evil god, and Deadpool explained that gods lived at the four corners of his Amusement Park.
• Deadpool said one of the gods liked solving puzzles and might have a solution, so the group headed to find him.
• At the Botanical Garden, Deadpool drank the green soup offered by Brother T, who warned him not to get tricked by the blue god.

Barry and the others traveled toward Gotham to find Batwoman, while Deadpool explained the effects of N’s tonic and revealed that Batwoman had avoided using Gotham from his own mind because it was even more chaotic. Harley’s group settled on seeking Kate, with Damian realizing Deathstroke had prepared them with the tools in his belt.

• Deadpool told Barry that N’s green soup was a strength-boosting tonic, and he felt energized despite its strange side effects.
• Deadpool suggested Batwoman had chosen his mental Amusement Park over the Gotham in Batwoman’s own mind because Batwoman’s thoughts were more chaotic.
• Robotman asked who the group planned to find in Gotham, and Damian dismissed Acolytes as a weak spellcaster and cultist.
• Harley chose to find Kate, arguing that she could help despite her impulsiveness, while Albera was too far away and too untrustworthy.
• Harley reminded Damian that Deathstroke had accounted for him, and Damian understood that the magic items in his King Robin belt would provide tools and power.

Damian and the others struggled to travel on a cart until Jane’s Flit personality teleported them to Gotham’s docks. After the group recovered from the trip, Chief tried to confront Flit, but Jane said she refused to come out and insulted him.

• Damian noted that the group’s cart was moving too slowly, and Crush offered to pull it until Elasti-Girl objected to letting a child do so.
• Flit emerged from Jane, cursed the group, and teleported the cart and its passengers to Gotham’s docks.
• The group arrived beside Batwoman’s yacht, now a leaking wooden fishing boat, and suffered nausea from Flit’s teleportation.
• Flit insulted the others before returning Jane to her primary personality.
• Chief asked Jane to bring Flit out so he could confront her, but Jane reported that Flit refused and insulted Chief’s dead mother.

Su Ming and Bobo worried about the Oblivion Bar while traveling through a medieval world and discussed Pralaya’s interference with the Timelines. Su Ming decided to investigate the missing people from Earth-16, and the group headed to the market to gather information.

• Bobo worried that the technological reversal might free the Cockroach Prophet from the Oblivion Bar, and Su Ming reassured him that Tracy was protected by an emergency escape plan.
• Su Ming said Pralaya had targeted the Timelines, making their conflict unpredictable, but noted that her identity had already been exposed.
• Su Ming chose to take over the search for the missing people from Earth-16 because Batwoman might not have time to investigate them.
• Su Ming and Bobo considered whether Pralaya planned to use the missing Super Generation heroes or Jar-ro in an attack, but could not determine her larger plan.
• Su Ming brought the group to a castle in the medieval world and decided they would visit a bar and market to gather information.

Su Ming and his companions searched a medieval town for a tavern, using its stench to find one and learning from the patrons’ accents that they were near Scotland. They settled in to order food and gather information.

• Su Ming covered his armor with a bedsheet while Bobo complained about its cleanliness and discussed Roman laundry customs.
• Su Ming, Bobo, Hermione, Jaina, and Yrel reached a filthy tavern beside the city wall.
• Bobo speculated that farmers’ offerings to the land might have sustained the Forgotten Deities, but Su Ming showed little reaction.
• Inside the tavern, Su Ming identified the region as Britain near Scotland from the patrons’ Highland-accented English.
• Su Ming threw four drunks off a table and sat down with the girls to order.

Su Ming and his companions entered a tavern in Scarborough to rest and gather information about the medieval English setting. They heard a farmer begin recounting a terrifying event in distant Melksham, but the chapter ended before he revealed what had happened.

• Su Ming intimidated the tavern patrons by placing a double-bladed axe on the table, then asked the waitress where they were.
• The waitress identified the tavern as the Pigpen Pub in Scarborough and brought the group food and mead after Su Ming paid her.
• Bobo and Hermione discussed the local dialect while Su Ming and the others listened to the tavern’s conversations.
• A farmer said his aunt and her daughter had fled Melksham after something terrifying happened there, and Su Ming listened closely.

Slade and his companions learned that the Black Death had devastated Melksham, while Hermione reasoned that Scarborough had not yet suffered an outbreak. The group remained in the tavern, where Slade began searching for rats and teased Bobo about whether gorillas could catch the plague.

• A farmer told the tavern patrons that people in Melksham had died in large numbers, turning black before their necks burst open.
• Hermione translated the story, and Bobo recognized the deaths as symptoms of the Black Death and worried that Scarborough’s food might be contaminated.
• Slade asked Hermione about “Scarborough Fair,” and she connected its four herbs to the spices used by Plague Doctors.
• Slade said Strangle had detected no plague-herb scents in Scarborough, suggesting the outbreak had not begun there yet.
• Bobo asked whether he could catch the plague, and Slade began searching the tavern’s dark corners for rats.

Su Ming explained that Pralaya had trapped the world in a Black Death time loop to harvest faith and suffering. When Jaina asked whether they could save its people, he proposed infecting them with the Stitched Monster Virus and controlling them with the Black Lantern.

• Bobo worried that the Black Death would bring mass death and leave the people vulnerable to evil gods feeding on their faith.
• Su Ming told Bobo and Hermione that Pralaya had bent the Timeline into an endless cycle, forcing the people to suffer and die repeatedly.
• Jaina asked Su Ming to help the people escape the cycle, while Hermione urged him not to spend their strength on the ordinary world.
• Su Ming proposed turning everyone into Living Dead with the Stitched Monster Virus and using the Black Lantern to free them from Pralaya's plan.

Deadpool and the others met Tzeentch in the blue spire, where he offered to help with their troubles. Batwoman Kate reported that Gotham had survived the crisis with limited damage, and the group waited for Cindy to arrive.

• Diana found Black Wally and Little Wu having tea in Tzeentch's spire, and Deadpool persuaded the blue vulture to release them.
• Tzeentch invited the group to hear his plan, while Batwoman Kate checked the captives and suspected the four gods were personalities in Deadpool's mind.
• Kate told the group that Amber Gold had preserved many Gotham skyscrapers and that she had found no supernatural creatures in the city.
• Damian said the genie likely would not know about changes in the outside world, so the group waited for Cindy.
• Kate spotted Cindy's black-and-yellow armor approaching through the Nightfall.