Chapter Summaries

Batwoman and Deadpool overloaded the Speed Force Plane by injecting masses of Little Deadpools with Speed 9, hoping to force the Speed Force or Amo to react. The Amusement Park vanished, leaving the group stranded in a pitch-black wilderness with the Little Deadpools gone.

• Deadpool tricked the Little Deadpools into taking Speed 9 injections and sent them through a doorway into the Speed Force Plane, where they were forced to keep running.
• Barry sensed that the Speed Force was in agony, while Jay remained unconscious with his old spinal injury flaring up.
• Batwoman told the group to bring Jay and hold on to nearby objects as she prepared to leave the private room.
• Batwoman told Diana that the Speed Force might reach its critical point at any moment and that the blue bird's words might offer an opportunity.
• The Amusement Park shook, and the group crashed into a pitch-black wilderness as the circus-like space and the Little Deadpools disappeared.

Su Ming explained that the group might be trapped inside Pralaya and planned to exploit that possibility while tracking her. As White Gorilla and Bobo talked, Su Ming arranged food and secretly listened to their conversation.

• White Gorilla finished washing up, met Bobo, and invited him to talk privately by the windows.
• Su Ming told Hermione that escaping the nested Cubes was pointless and that they should keep tracking Pralaya and find a way to hurt her from within.
• Hermione understood Su Ming’s plan, and he asked the group to wait for news from Adjutant while pursuing intelligence, captives, or coordinates.
• Hermione ordered food for the group, and Su Ming used the bar’s button to contact Tracy and place their orders on White Gorilla’s tab.
• Su Ming ordered a roasted lamb, then listened in on the two gorillas’ private conversation with his super hearing.

Black Chimp told White Gorilla that their worlds had changed and pointed out how unusual White Gorilla’s high-tech life was compared with other Detective Chimps. As Su Ming reflected on White Gorilla’s role in Earth -16, the chapter revealed how he secretly protected the reckless Super Generation by manipulating and compensating their victims.

• Black Chimp explained that he remembered enemies and suspected changes to his world, but kept some knowledge about the number seven and Deathstroke’s plans to himself.
• White Gorilla questioned whether his world had changed and argued that his intelligence and leadership had made him a hero.
• Su Ming considered White Gorilla’s celebrity status and his habit of quietly covering up the Super Generation’s harmful behavior.
• White Gorilla’s methods included paying victims, reshaping their circumstances, and using media and data to ease their grief.
• Su Ming concluded that White Gorilla acted like a protective patriarch for the Super Generation despite his flexible morals.

Su Ming and the others ate while discussing the rescue mission and the danger of Pralaya’s indoctrination. After contact was restored with Deadpool’s team, Su Ming asked them to show him their surroundings so he could identify where they had ended up.

• Tracy delivered the meal, then hurried away to handle a company call.
• Su Ming shared food with Jaina and Yrel while Little De slept beneath the Cloak.
• Su Ming reassured Jaina and Yrel that he could return the kidnapped people safely once they defeated Pralaya and warned them to resist indoctrination.
• Deathstroke reestablished contact with Deadpool’s group, who had escaped the Speed Force Plane but did not know where or when they were.
• Su Ming asked Deadpool to show him the group’s surroundings, then scolded him for spinning himself instead of rotating the projection.

Deadpool’s team assessed the barren wilderness where they had landed while Su Ming guided him through an examination of a burned tree. The tree’s unusual heartwood suggested they had been thrown onto prehistoric Earth, and Deadpool prepared for the dangers ahead.

• Black Wally worried that his chest pain might mean he had breast cancer, and Billy Wu explained that male breast cancer existed but was rare.
• Deadpool spoke with Su Ming, who warned him to stay alert and prioritize finding water and shelter.
• Su Ming directed Deadpool to inspect a burned tree, and Deadpool found that wind and rain had washed most ash from its trunk.
• Deadpool warned that the ancient god Amo might be nearby, and Su Ming told him to protect Barry and the others because their powers were weakened outside the Speed Force Plane.
• Deadpool cut into the tree and showed Su Ming its densely packed, orange-segment-like heartwood, which Su Ming identified as evidence of prehistoric Earth.

Su Ming discussed humanity’s danger from Pralaya with Deadpool, then learned that Damian and his allies planned to seek help rather than flee. He instructed Adjutant to return the Drawing Board to Mister Mxyzptlk as a possible defense against Pralaya’s reality alterations.

• Su Ming and Deadpool joked about Deadpool’s sexual appetites before Su Ming warned him not to rely on gods or demons to protect humanity.
• Su Ming ended the call and asked Adjutant for updates on Cindy’s group.
• Adjutant reported that Damian did not intend to flee and was planning a response with Cindy and Harley, who both had Tenth Metal.
• Adjutant identified Mister Mxyzptlk as their likeliest available reinforcement because of his devotion to Superman, who was missing.
• Su Ming ordered Adjutant to return the Drawing Board from the Hall of Justice warehouse to Mister Mxyzptlk so it could help resist Pralaya’s changes to reality.

Luthor and Cheetah were stranded in the Amazon Rainforest, where they fought waves of undead pursuers. Luthor summoned Superman and found Superboy-Prime, who revealed that life in his restored world had left him lonely and rejected.

• Cheetah repeatedly destroyed undead attackers with Tears of Apoptosis while warning Luthor that she might leave him behind if he made a mistake.
• Luthor proposed that not all Supermen might have vanished and shouted for Superman to come to him.
• Superboy-Prime arrived, joking that he had heard Luthor’s cries while out for a stroll from the Cosmic Forge.
• Luthor apologized for deceiving Superboy-Prime in the past and asked about his restored homeland.
• Superboy-Prime said his parents treated him like a monster, and the girl he liked had fled after seeing his powers.

Luthor recruited Little Superman to help find the missing Superman, but they discovered Clark was nowhere on Earth or in the Solar System. Luthor then questioned Lois at the farm about her last conversation with Superman.

• Luthor explained that the World Forger's restoration had left Little Superman's hometown vulnerable to darkness, but Little Superman declined his proposed plan and offered to help find Superman.
• Little Superman flew Luthor and Cheetah to the Kansas farm, where they found the tractor gone and learned that unknown attackers had reduced human technology to primitive tools.
• Little Superman could not locate Superman by listening for his heartbeat, and Luthor said Superman was a key to understanding the threat posed by the Batman Who Laughs and his Dark Knights.
• Luthor spoke with Lois at the farmhouse door and asked what Superman had said the last time she saw him.

Su Ming assessed the crises facing the three teams and the wider Multiverse, then tasked Adjutant with warning speedsters away from the malfunctioning Speed Force Plane. He left the team focused on finding their spatial coordinates while Adjutant monitored events across the Multiverse and 40K.

• Su Ming reviewed the three teams’ missions, weaknesses, and progress, along with the living corpses and several missing or relocated figures.
• Su Ming ordered Adjutant to warn every speedster she could reach not to enter the Speed Force Plane.
• Adjutant explained that her connections were limited, and Su Ming told her to contact whoever she could.
• Su Ming prioritized finding the team’s spatial coordinates and asked whether anything had gone wrong in 40K.
• Adjutant reported that 40K remained normal, and Su Ming told her to keep watch and report anything unusual during Cosmic Voyage.

Su Ming and his companions discussed the meaning of the sacrifices made by Earth-16’s older Superheroes before setting out to inspect White Gorilla’s Amusement Park and its Synthezoid technology. They flew toward New Jersey, leaving Su Ming to wonder whether the sparsely populated city could support the attraction.

• Su Ming finished his call home and reunited with Bobo and White Gorilla, who apologized for the violent welcome from his fans.
• White Gorilla offered Deathstroke help with people and supplies, but Su Ming said he first wanted to see what Pralaya had arranged for him in this world.
• Hermione suggested the story might show how the older Superheroes’ victories left their children helpless, while White Gorilla defended the Heroes’ sacrifices as having saved many people.
• Su Ming stopped Hermione from arguing with White Gorilla and explained that he wanted to understand the clues in this world’s story before deciding what they meant.
• Su Ming asked White Gorilla to take them to his Amusement Park to examine its Synthezoid technology, and the group flew toward New Jersey.
• As they looked down at the sparsely populated streets, Su Ming wondered whether enough people visited the Amusement Park to keep it from losing money.

Su Ming and his companions visited White Gorilla’s enormous amusement park, which staged reality-show scenarios with Synthezoids. White Gorilla revealed his world’s past battle against Darkseid and invited the group to join a Western-themed show.

• White Gorilla explained that the park’s vast basins were craters left by his world’s final battle against Darkseid and the New Gods.
• White Gorilla said his world’s Heroes had fought without knowing about parallel worlds and had perished alongside Darkseid more than twenty years earlier.
• Bobo comforted White Gorilla by promising that he could visit Earth-0 if their mission went well.
• White Gorilla led the group past cheering fans into the staff area and showed them the Synthezoid assembly room.
• White Gorilla invited the group to join the next show at Park No. 1, a story about the American West.

Su Ming and his companions prepared for Zone One, a Wild West story centered on Vigilante, while White Gorilla explained the attraction and discussed the hero’s history. The group waited for the zone to open, and White Gorilla revealed that a reenactment of Batwoman’s origin story was in Zone Two.

• Su Ming, Hermione, Jaina, Yrel, Bobo, and Little Lucky Ape changed into Wild West costumes and received Revolvers before entering Zone One.
• White Gorilla explained that Zone One told the story of Greg Sanders, a rancher who became the masked hero Vigilante and protected the town of Gold Sands.
• Bobo questioned whether Vigilante represented the rise of heroes, noting that his grandfather American Fighter and father Folk Singer had been heroes earlier.
• White Gorilla explained that Greg’s secret identity made him different from his relatives, and Hermione compared him to Zorro.
• Su Ming warned that Vigilante was a cursed codename, and Bobo agreed while teasing that White Gorilla should stage Batwoman’s origin story.
• White Gorilla said the Batwoman reenactment was already part of Zone Two.

White Bobo explained how the amusement park recreated superhero stories as interactive scenarios, then Deathstroke's group entered a Western-themed game built around a stranded train near Gold Sand Town. The visitors chose carriages to travel into town as the free-form scenario began.

• White Gorilla explained that visitors could join recreated events as heroes or villains, while superhero Synthezoids were deliberately more capable than villain ones.
• The tour group completed its countdown and entered a realistic Western desert scene with a wrecked train and missing tracks.
• A sheriff called Old Ge offered the stranded travelers carriages to Gold Sand Town, warning them not to wait overnight for wolves and bandits.
• White Bobo told Deathstroke's group through an earpiece that the week-long scenario allowed them to stay at the train, though wolves and bandits would arrive at night.
• The other visitors gathered their luggage and chose carriages to head into town.

Su Ming and his companions traveled by carriage through the Wild West attraction while waiting for news from Batwoman and Harley. As they enjoyed the journey, they anticipated the first staged event and prepared for a possible train or carriage chase.

• Su Ming rode with Hermione, Jaina, Yrel, and Bobo toward the town while Cloak carried two sleeping companions invisibly.
• Su Ming gave everyone snacks and drinks and told them to relax while they waited for the other teams' intelligence.
• Jaina and Yrel admired the attraction's technology, and Bobo explained that it was engineering rather than magic.
• Bobo noticed that everyone had left the train and guessed that the first act would soon begin.
• Hermione and Jaina drew their weapons and discussed joining a likely chase as the carriages raced along the dirt road.

Su Ming and his companions were caught in the attraction’s staged bandit attack, where Hermione, Jaina, and Yrel joined the tourists in shooting the charging Synthezoids. As Su Ming and Bobo considered whether Pralaya had turned familiar stories into reality, Su Ming told Bobo to relax and enjoy the ride while they waited for news.

• Hermione recognized the bandit ambush as the attraction’s first scheduled event and chose the park-issued Revolver over her more powerful weapons.
• Sheriff Old Ge ordered the carriages linked into a circular defensive position while tourists returned fire at the charging bandits.
• Jaina excitedly shot a bandit, while Yrel said she preferred fighting at close range.
• Su Ming told Bobo that White Gorilla’s Synthezoid programming was sophisticated and noted that the attraction resembled the television series Western World.
• Bobo wondered if Pralaya could turn familiar stories into reality, and Su Ming reassured him that Pralaya was not omnipotent and urged him to enjoy the attraction while they waited for news.

Batwoman’s group learned that Deathstroke had identified their era as roughly 350 million years in the past, and Batwoman concluded that someone had deliberately brought them there to help or interfere. After Diana and Batwoman found signs of water and an ape-man tribe, the group followed Batwoman toward the settlement.

• Batwoman asked Deadpool what Deathstroke had said, and Deadpool joked about his earnings and an allegedly innocent night with an elderly landlady.
• Deadpool relayed that Deathstroke believed the group was about 350 million years in the past and warned that female ape-men worshipped the Gods of Oblivion.
• Batwoman reasoned that an unknown ally or third party had deliberately sent them to this time, while ruling out Deathstroke as the one behind it.
• Diana reported that she and Batwoman had found water, a temporary Sanctuary, and footprints likely left by an ape-man tribe.
• Batwoman set off without waiting for the others, and Barry, Wally, Jay, and Roundhouse followed while Wally and Roundhouse bickered about Roundhouse’s weight.

Deadpool joked about race during the group’s march through a dark, scorched landscape, then tried to reassure Black Wally with a lecture about money and his own relationships. Diana and Barry stopped Deadpool from saying more, and the group approached a black river as Wade turned to the task ahead.

• Deadpool made skin-color jokes as the group followed Batwoman, and Diana pointed out a hill and a black river ahead.
• Barry warned Deadpool that racial jokes were sensitive and gestured toward Black Wally, prompting Deadpool to pull the boy into a conversation about money and respect.
• Black Wally asked whether Deadpool looked down on him because he was black, and Deadpool reassured him by describing his relationships with people of different skin colors.
• Barry intervened when Black Wally asked what “hookup” meant, then sent the boy ahead to help Batwoman.
• Diana warned Deadpool to stop talking, and Wade agreed to discuss business as they neared the black river.

Deadpool, Barry, and Diana examined the strange black soil and puzzled over the lack of plant life in the storm-darkened landscape. Deadpool suggested a god might have flattened the land, prompting Diana to consider whether gods had existed on Earth before Zeus and the others rose to power.

• Deadpool noticed the fertile black soil but wondered why the group had seen only one dead tree.
• Barry examined the soil and found it ordinary, while Diana suggested the lack of sunlight might explain the barren landscape.
• Barry pointed out that the soil and temperature should also support fungi, but Diana had no explanation for their absence.
• Deadpool proposed that a tribe of ape-men had trampled the ground and worshipped the lone tree, but Diana thought a much larger herd would have been needed.
• Deadpool suggested a god might have flattened the land, and Diana wondered whether gods had existed on Earth before Zeus and the other Olympians gained power.
• Barry confirmed that the Gods of Oblivion had existed, then listened as Diana continued considering the history of gods.

Diana and her companions crossed the rain-soaked ancient world while debating why people might have forgotten the gods who once existed. They reached a cave where Batwoman had taken shelter, but the strange heat and black rain left their condition uncertain.

• Diana wondered whether humanity's instinct to close its eyes in danger had helped people survive the ancient gods and might explain why the gods were forgotten.
• Wonder Woman and The Flash discussed how natural selection could pass down the instinct, while Deadpool struggled to keep up with their reasoning.
• Deadpool warned that the hot rain was making his skin come off, and The Flash noticed that the rain looked faintly black.
• Diana pointed out a cave on a mound where Batwoman had arrived, then asked The Flash to help Billy keep pace.
• Deadpool stopped The Flash from helping Billy and told him to make the boy exercise, prompting Billy to discard his cane and hurry ahead.

The Teen Titans activated Chief’s interdimensional communicator to contact Mister Mxyzptlk. Damian’s bait brought the imp into the rain, where he appeared furious about Superman’s actor being replaced.

• Chief unveiled a magic-powered horn communicator, and Raven confirmed that it could reach the Fifth Dimension.
• The Doom Patrol members joked about Chief’s invention while the Teen Titans examined it and decided Djinn should activate it.
• Djinn used atmospheric magic to activate the horn, and Raven told Harley that Djinn’s childlike form was not her main personality.
• Damian whispered that Superman’s actor was being replaced, and Mister Mxyzptlk appeared, cursing Warner over the news.