Chapter Summaries

Batwoman rescued Alfred and subdued Thomas, while Constantine, Cindy, and Mister Freeze restrained the remaining captives and uncovered how Ventriloquist had manipulated Thomas. Batwoman took Alfred to the Batcave for treatment, leaving Constantine’s sale of Raven to Trigon as a looming problem.

• Batwoman knocked Thomas unconscious, freed Alfred, and carried him toward the Batcave for treatment.
• Batwoman ordered Constantine to watch the prisoners, while Cindy and Mister Freeze guarded Ventriloquist.
• Cindy and Mister Freeze concluded that Ventriloquist had hypnotized Thomas and concealed his role behind a meek personality.
• Cindy knocked Ventriloquist unconscious, and Constantine dismissed the need to learn whether his explanation was true.
• Cindy warned Constantine that Batwoman would discover he had sold Raven to Trigon, but Constantine claimed he had helped reunite a father and daughter.

Batwoman confronted her fear after Thomas nearly killed Alfred, while Doctor Fries helped stabilize Alfred with the Final Machine. As the group waited, Constantine discussed his next move with Cindy and planned to travel to Hell to trade for Raven.

• The group delivered the unconscious prisoners to Batwoman's prison, and Doctor Fries froze them while the Final Machine treated Alfred.
• Batwoman admitted to Doctor Fries that she feared losing Alfred and realized Thomas's twisted love had made him a danger.
• Doctor Fries comforted Batwoman, who offered him diamonds to help keep his wife's cryogenic chamber running.
• Cindy told Constantine she planned to take a vacation with a person, and Constantine asked about securing an escape route.
• Constantine said he planned to go to Hell and trade for Raven, and Cindy pointed out that he was counting on Su to save Donna.

Batwoman rewarded her allies and recounted how she had repeatedly deceived Superman about her Kryptonite supply. She planned to hunt the Anti-Monitor herself, but Constantine and others arrived with the Anti-Monitor nearby.

• Batwoman paid Mister Freeze and Zha Kang, then gave Cindy a greatsword made of Nth Metal instead of Kryptonite.
• Batwoman’s history with Superman revealed that she secretly kept and weaponized natural Kryptonite while repeatedly claiming each supply was the last.
• After their feud over her deception, Batwoman and Superman made peace, while she kept Kryptonite weapons and stashes hidden around the world.
• Batwoman said she would keep the Bat-Family in Gotham and find the Anti-Monitor herself, while Cindy asked her and Mister Freeze to bid for her help.
• Constantine arrived with several figures and told Batwoman that the Anti-Monitor was there.

Cindy returned to the Batcave with Anti-Monitor and rescued survivors, while Su Ming and Batwoman prepared to exchange intelligence about their actions in the Dark Multiverse and Magic World. Batwoman agreed to use Strangle to link their minds and share information silently.

• Cindy greeted Su Ming and reported that she and her team had rescued Alfred, then examined Anti-Monitor and the people on the stretchers.
• Harley tried to help with Alfred and asked Batwoman whether Joker was dead, but Batwoman redirected her to watch Constantine and then sent her to see Selina's body.
• Joker taunted Batwoman and threatened to kill Harley later, while Batwoman held the jar containing Starro as a warning.
• Su Ming asked Batwoman what she had done after escaping the Rock of Eternity, and Batwoman demanded details about his deal with The Batman Who Laughs and his time in the Magic World.
• Su Ming and Batwoman chose to exchange intelligence through Strangle's mental link, and Strangle began connecting their minds.

Su Ming and Batwoman reached no agreement about Gotham, while Diana reported the Justice League’s discoveries and learned that Batwoman also suspected Starman. The chapter left Batwoman preparing to rescue Gordon and warning Diana to keep Clark from making rash decisions.

• Su Ming and Batwoman fought to a draw, then discussed their plans and failed to agree about Gotham’s future.
• Diana told Batwoman about the Spectre Universe, the Witch War, the lost dimension Kore, and Channel 52.
• Batwoman said he had summoned the Bat-Family back to Gotham and planned to rescue Gordon, while leaving Earth’s affairs to Diana and warning her about Clark.
• Diana asked whether Batwoman agreed that Starman was suspicious, and Batwoman admitted that he had seen a burning smiling face in Starman’s mind.
• Jar-ro confirmed that Batwoman and Jar-ro had both witnessed the horror in Starman’s mind, which Jar-ro feared meant the end of their universe.

While recovering in Batwoman’s cold storage, Su Ming discussed Mister Freeze’s future and gave Cindy a way to contact the Spider Web. He asked her to deliver messages that would activate a prepared plan when he sent the signal.

• Batwoman questioned Diana and scrutinized the Anti-Monitor while Harley visited Catwoman’s corpse in cold storage.
• Su Ming offered Mister Freeze work in the cold, safe environment of Contraxia, but Mister Freeze insisted that Gotham was his home.
• Su Ming secretly gave Cindy a Bag of Holding containing Spider Totems and Tenth Metal so she could contact the Spider Web and escape to safety.
• Cindy said she planned to return to Earth -11 and move Holly to Sepulk, then accepted Su Ming’s request to deliver messages to several people.

The heroes aboard the Ultima Thule argued over the failed mission to find Superman and the danger facing him across the Timelines. After Damian returned Lois to the Hall of Justice and discovered Superman was missing, he left for Gotham, but Wally spotted him speaking with Deathstroke.

• Mera threatened to kill Starman for putting Arthur in danger, while Starman and the others discussed how the Legion of Doom might have reached the Time Points first.
• Natasha Irons said Superman and the others could handle Amazo's army and Brainiac's robot forces as Beast Boy and Garth resumed their usual chase.
• Damian returned Lois to the Hall of Justice with help from Djinn, then went aboard the Ultima Thule and found Superman missing.
• Damian put Red Arrow in charge of keeping order near the Hall of Justice and left for Gotham after repeated messages from Batwoman.
• Wally followed Damian outside and saw him talking with Deathstroke, apparently pleased and taking credit for something.

Damian found Lois, but Superman was missing again, so Su Ming explained his contingency plan and the Justice League prepared to imprison Starman. Damian then decided to return to Gotham after Batman repeatedly summoned him.

• Damian reported finding Lois and complained that the others had lost Superman again, and Su Ming praised him while advising him to prepare backup plans.
• Su Ming proposed capturing Starman and imprisoning him, while Damian questioned whether the Justice League had ever imprisoned one of its own.
• Green Arrow argued with Damian, who doubted Oliver's identity and recalled his leadership during Barbatos's invasion; Oliver then showed him Donna, Kara, and the Anti-Monitor on stretchers.
• Damian recognized that Su Ming had found the Anti-Monitor, while the Anti-Monitor entered the warehouse and Hal and Oliver followed with the unconscious people.
• Su Ming said Batman, Diana, Hal, and Oliver had agreed to imprison Starman, and Damian left for Gotham after receiving repeated messages from Batman.

Harley and Su Ming watched the Justice League debate Starman’s plan and decide to detain him while they focused on rescuing Superman and The Flash. Starman escaped with World Forger, leaving Monitor stranded with Anti-Monitor and the others unable to stop the teleportation.

• Harley wondered why Jason’s Outlaw team had disappeared as Su Ming led her into the warehouse.
• Hal, Diana, and the others rejected Starman’s plan to imprison Perpetua in a reforged sphere, pointing out that the Origin Judges might not help and the three brothers lacked enough power.
• Oliver spoke with Emiko while Black Canary watched him, then Starman announced he would prove himself right.
• World Forger teleported Starman away just as Harley brought down her hammer, leaving Monitor behind with Anti-Monitor.
• Su Ming sighed because he could not stop World Forger’s unusual teleportation.

After Starman and the World Forger escaped, Su Ming took charge and issued Batman’s next orders to the assembled heroes. He sent teams to secure prisoners, search for Starman, and investigate the Stranger, then called the Justice League and the Monitors to a meeting.

• Hal’s Green Lantern beam missed as Starman and the World Forger vanished, leaving the heroes unable to stop them.
• Diana stared at Su Ming until he stepped forward to deliver Batman’s orders.
• Su Ming sent Young Justice to take Donna and Kara to Paradise Island, while Jonathan returned to Metropolis to patrol as Su Ming promised to rescue Superman.
• Su Ming assigned Adam Strange, Animal Man, Day and Night, and Stargirl to locate Starman without engaging him.
• Su Ming ordered the Seven Soldiers of Victory to take The Stranger to Oblivion Bar, then told the Justice League and the Monitors to remain for a meeting.

After the Source Wall’s rupture, the meeting blamed the World Forger for using Tenth Metal without understanding it. Su Ming knocked out the despairing Hawkgirl and sent her back to rest, then began discussing Aquaman’s rescue while waiting for the World Forger to arrive.

• The Monitor and Anti-Monitor agreed that Soul Resonance triggered by Tenth Metal had broken the Source Wall, placing the greatest blame on the World Forger.
• Su Ming struck Hawkgirl unconscious with a frying pan after she muttered that everyone was doomed, then explained that he was trying to protect her and conserve medical supplies.
• Shaun apologized for using Psionic Power against Su Ming and carried Hawkgirl back to her dorm.
• Mera asked Su Ming whether he would rescue Aquaman, and he promised to save Arthur, who was with Superman and Cyborg.
• Su Ming delayed discussing the rescue plan because he was waiting for the World Forger to arrive.

Su Ming explained that World Forger repeatedly fled conflicts because of his avoidant personality, then predicted he would return after taking Starman away. World Forger reappeared in the conference room, where Su Ming welcomed him.

• Hal questioned why World Forger would return, and Su Ming argued that fleeing was his instinctive response to conflict.
• Su Ming described World Forger's earlier escapes during the Monitor brothers' civil war, Barbatos's rebellion, and Perpetua's return.
• Hal and Green Arrow concluded that World Forger had taken Starman to escape the dispute over opposing him.
• Su Ming predicted World Forger would return but would likely keep Starman hidden, and Monitor agreed that rejoining his brothers was the best solution.
• World Forger appeared in the conference room, and Su Ming offered him a seat and a drink.

The Justice League and the three cosmic brothers agreed to abandon Starman’s plan and rescue their missing allies from the Timeline. Su Ming revealed he could use Tenth Metal and the Time Stone to locate them, then summoned Illyana to help with the magical rescue.

• Alpheus offered to salvage his plan with Starman, but Su Ming rejected it and proposed a vote to rescue the missing heroes instead.
• Mera, Hal, Oliver, Diana, M'gann, Monitor, Anti-Monitor, and World Forger supported Su Ming’s plan.
• Su Ming explained that he could use Tenth Metal hidden behind Barry and Cyborg’s heads to locate their Time Point, then open a magical wormhole.
• Su Ming summoned Illyana and told her that events had unfolded as he had expected.

Su Ming introduced Magik as the solution for sending the Monitor and Anti-Monitor through time to rescue their friends. Barry and John emerged in a ruined city in the past, where they discovered their route back had vanished and their communicator could not reach the Justice League.

• Su Ming brought Magik to the Justice League and explained that her Limbo could transport a group through time.
• Hal questioned Su Ming about how he and Magik met, while Oliver asked M'gann to check Magik's thoughts; M'gann found her immune to psychic probing.
• Su Ming led Magik and the Monitor brothers toward an empty dormitory, and the Anti-Monitor confidently went ahead.
• Barry and John fell onto a ruined balcony in a dust-covered city after passing through the time portal.
• John tried to contact the Justice League, but Barry and John found that the wormhole had disappeared and received no response.

Barry and John found themselves stranded in an apocalyptic Timeline where the Legion of Doom's symbols flew over ruined cities, and they searched for the Totality fragment. Their search was interrupted when Jay Garrick appeared and attacked Barry, demanding to know how he knew his name.

• Barry and John discovered their communications and way back were cut off, then explored a deserted, battle-damaged building.
• John trusted Deathstroke from Another World because he had earned the recognition of multiple Power Rings, while Barry believed their allies would find them.
• Barry and John spotted Destruction's symbols on flags above the ruins and realized the Legion of Doom had changed the Timeline.
• Barry proposed finding survivors and locating the Totality fragment, but refused to leave John behind.
• Jay Garrick appeared, rejected Barry's friendly greeting, and threw him to the ground while demanding to know how Barry knew his name.

Barry and John met the Justice Society of America in a distorted past Timeline and explained their mission to find fragments of The Totality. Before the Society could help, Su Ming and the Monitor brothers arrived to take Barry home, abandoning the search.

• Jay attacked Barry and John, then listened as Barry explained they came from the future and were not machines.
• The Justice Society of America gathered, exchanged information with Barry and John, and learned about Perpetua, the Legion of Doom, and the search for fragments of The Totality.
• Hawkman reacted angrily when Barry mentioned Shayera, revealing that the Hawkgirl from two generations earlier had been killed by Amazo.
• Jay accepted Barry's story and agreed that the Justice Society would help the Justice League find the fragments.
• A tentacled portal opened, and the Monitor brothers and Deathstroke arrived to bring Barry home.
• Su Ming pulled Barry away from Jay and told him they were leaving without searching for the fragments.

Su Ming explained to Barry that the Justice Society’s devastated world was an erroneous Timeline and that helping it could erase their own history. He then prepared to leave with the three gods to rescue Superman and the others.

• Su Ming took Barry and the Black Green Lantern away from the Justice Society, leaving Jay and the first Doctor Fate to resume their mission against the Legion of Doom.
• Barry asked to help the Justice Society, but Su Ming explained that Doctor Ivo had altered history and created an erroneous Timeline he called the Ivo Universe.
• Su Ming warned that the altered Timeline could replace Earth-0’s history and erase them, so he refused to let the Justice League intervene.
• Barry asked whether their own world was also an erroneous Timeline, and Su Ming explained that the Time Stone had anchored their history as the one correct Timeline.
• Barry gave up on helping the Justice Society, and Su Ming told him to ask Diana about the Anti-Monitor while he prepared to rescue Arthur and the others.

Superman, Aquaman, and Cyborg arrived in a ruined future and were rescued from a Brainiac robot by Kamandi and his Mutant allies. Kamandi led them through the sewers toward the buried Hall of Justice, where Brainiac’s army was searching for something that might be the fragment of the Totality.

• A giant Brainiac robot attacked Superman, Aquaman, and Cyborg with a Kryptonite-powered cannon, and Kamandi’s group pulled them to safety.
• Kamandi introduced himself as the last boy on Earth and explained that the Great Disaster had mixed human and animal genes, creating the Mutants.
• Kamandi recognized the three as Justice League heroes from records found in the buried Hall of Justice beneath Tiger City.
• Kamandi introduced Tuftan and Dr. Canus and described how Brainiac’s robots had disrupted the Tiger Empire’s war against the Ape Empire.
• Cyborg learned that Brainiac’s army was searching the ruins, and Superman suggested it might be seeking the fragment of the Totality.
• Kamandi led the group down a slope toward the Hall of Justice ruins, but said they would understand what had happened when they saw them.

Superman, Cyborg, and Arthur learned that Starman’s plan had led to the Justice League’s defeat in this future, but they found clues that Deathstroke had not been there. After Superman destroyed Brainiac’s robots, Su Ming arrived to rescue them and promised good news.

• Kamandi showed the group records suggesting that Starman’s plan had caused the Justice League’s deaths and the Great Disaster.
• Cyborg repaired a tour-guide robot’s hard drive and watched footage of Perpetua destroying the Justice League.
• Arthur noticed Deathstroke was missing from the footage, leading Cyborg to suspect this was a future in which Deathstroke had never intervened.
• Brainiac’s robot army attacked the Hall of Justice, and Superman destroyed thousands of robots while Cyborg tried to access their systems.
• Su Ming arrived with three companions, and Arthur greeted him before asking which version of Deathstroke he was.

Su Ming told Arthur and the others that Starman had fled, ending the dangerous plan to recover the Totality fragments. He then recognized Kamandi and his companions, whose presence suggested that Earth-0’s future had expanded into a Megaverse, and decided to prepare a backup plan.

• Su Ming revealed that Starman had fled and the plan to recover the Totality fragments was abandoned, relieving Arthur and Cyborg while Superman blamed himself for trusting Starman.
• Su Ming noticed Kamandi, identified him as The Last Boy on Earth, and recognized Tuftan and Doctor Canus beside him.
• Su Ming realized that characters from a world outside the Superhero multiverse had appeared in Earth-0’s future, suggesting the multiverse had become a Megaverse.
• Su Ming considered which other fictional worlds might become connected and decided it was best to prepare a backup plan.