Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo recovered in the hospital while the heroes tracked the alien crisis and searched for Pamela, whom he believed might have survived underground. He also began planning how Gotham could use the dead gang bosses’ resources to keep its people fed and employed, while reserving the city’s godfather position for himself.

• Chen Mo comforted Peter, told him about his collection of Spider-Man memorabilia, and said he loved Peter as a friend.
• Chen Mo connected Pamela’s return to the Dionysium pool and asked Bruce to search underground for any surviving plants; he said he only wanted to be Pamela’s friend.
• Dick teased Chen Mo about Barbara and asked about the heroes’ canonical partners, prompting Chen Mo to joke that Batman and Batgirl were a match.
• Chen Mo examined Bruce’s records of the alien ships and learned that Bruce had anticipated a Multiverse crisis, though the ships arrived earlier than expected.
• Alfred brought a list of Gotham workers and businesses, and Chen Mo directed Bruce to keep rescue and deliveries going while assigning the dead gang bosses’ resources to people willing to work.
• Chen Mo reserved Gotham’s godfather position for himself, and Jason said he was willing to stand with him.

As the alien invasion continued, Chen Mo used his new authority as Gotham’s Godfather to redirect trucks, food, and workers toward the people who needed them and to hold the city’s bosses accountable. With supplies moving and his sanity restored, he and Peter prepared to recruit Barry Allen while Bruce headed to find Aquaman.

• Bruce allowed Jason to stay at the Manor, and Jason agreed after Peter eagerly suggested their rooms could be next to each other.
• After learning Roman Sionis was dead, Chen Mo ordered Vincent to clear a roadblock, send the food trucks to a kitchen, and record the drivers’ unpaid wages.
• Chen Mo coordinated Penguin and Harvey to staff kitchens, deliver supplies, clear roads, and prioritize food, medicine, and rescue vehicles over territory disputes.
• Chen Mo crossed the gang leaders’ names off the lists and made clear that Gotham’s bosses would keep their positions only if they managed workers and resources responsibly; Bruce supplied Wayne vehicles and connected supply records to the terminal.
• Once the kitchen deliveries were moving, Bruce identified the Flash and Aquaman as recruitment targets, and Chen Mo and Peter set out to approach Barry Allen.

Chen Mo, posing as Batman, and Peter recruited Barry Allen to help evacuate people in Gotham during an alien attack. Barry agreed to go take a look, bringing his unfinished suit and the Batarang.

• Barry returned home and found Chen Mo posing as Batman and Peter waiting for him.
• Peter examined Barry's suit sketch and discussed its uncomfortable seams before Chen Mo showed Barry evidence of his rescues and the alien fleet threatening Gotham.
• Peter described his early mistakes rescuing people, and he and Barry shared stories about getting lost while helping others.
• Barry examined Chen Mo's Batarang, then asked Peter and Chen Mo to sign his notebook alongside his own name as the Flash.
• Barry agreed to go to Gotham, gathered his suit and backpack, and took the Batarang with Chen Mo's permission.

Bruce Wayne asked Arthur to join the fight against the alien fleet in Gotham, but Arthur stayed to search for missing boats and later found an enemy craft with information about targets near Gotham Harbor. Meanwhile, Chen Mo gave Barry a Batarang, and Venom secretly attached itself to a powerful officer aboard the mothership.

• Bruce met Arthur at the docks and asked him to come to Gotham, but Arthur chose to remain at sea and agreed to share information.
• On the flight back, Chen Mo joked with Bruce, then gave Barry a spare Batarang and took back the original.
• Arthur rescued two men from a damaged boat, destroyed an alien craft, and found a display showing targets approaching Gotham Harbor.
• Arthur contacted Batman and arranged to bring him the alien display.
• Venom took control of a wounded soldier, hid from a powerful officer, and secretly attached a tendril to the officer's armor.

Jason brought Barry to the underground base, where Barry discovered Bruce Wayne was Batman and joined the others in planning against an enemy vessel. Footage from Superman then revealed that Venom had bonded with an enemy officer, prompting Chen Mo to warn Bruce about the dangerous new threat.

• Jason welcomed Peter and Barry into the underground base, where Barry admired the equipment and received a Batarang.
• Arthur teased Chen Mo about being Bruce's boyfriend, and Barry recognized Bruce Wayne and Batman as his favorite fictional pairing come to life.
• Chen Mo and Peter explained that they were Spider-Men from different worlds, and Bruce signed Barry's notebook as Batman.
• Arthur identified the enemy vessel's route, while Bruce, Chen Mo, Peter, Barry, Jason, Barbara, and Dick reviewed the evidence and mapped its approach to port.
• Superman sent footage showing Venom bonding with an enemy officer, and Chen Mo told Bruce that his former partner had found a formidable new lover.

Batman led the team in the Batplane to attack the Mothership, where Chen Mo, Peter, Barry, Aquaman, Superman, and Wonder Woman fought their way inside. Venom took control of an officer aboard the Mothership and planned to reclaim his spider and destroy Batman’s plane.

• Bruce prepared the Batplane as the team set out toward the Mothership’s attack ships.
• Batman guided the plane between cannon fire, and Peter and Chen Mo prepared to disable the first ship’s weapons.
• Superman and Wonder Woman stopped an Escort Craft and cleared the entrance so the Batplane could reach the platform.
• Chen Mo, Peter, Barry, and Aquaman fought through the ship, disarming guards and clearing a path toward a shielded passage.
• Venom possessed an officer, confirmed that the soldier he had left behind was alive, and resolved to reclaim his spider and tear apart Batman’s plane.

Chen Mo and his teammates fought through the alien ship, disabled its ground cannon, and then swung toward a neighboring ship under fire. Batman covered their crossing and told Aquaman and Flash to return to the boarding point while Superman went to meet the two spiders.

• Chen Mo and Aquaman broke through the shield formation and cleared guards from the passage.
• Barry, Peter, Chen Mo, and Aquaman overcame a Heavy Armor Guard and forced their way into the gun compartment.
• Aquaman lifted the cannon while Chen Mo removed its Drive Rod, and Peter webbed the weapon to a pillar to disable it.
• The neighboring ship’s cannon fired at them, but the Batwing attacked it and drew its aim away.
• Batman told Aquaman and Flash to return to the boarding point, and Chen Mo and Peter swung across to the neighboring ship as Superman went to meet them.

Chen Mo and the heroes fought through the gun emplacements, subdued an armored soldier, and cleared a path for the Batplane. The group prepared to board the third Attack Ship by hitching a ride on one of its returning craft.

• Chen Mo, Peter, Superman, and Wonder Woman fought armed soldiers and dismantled the guns on the first ship's platform.
• Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Chen Mo, and Peter worked together to overpower an armored soldier and pin him down.
• Chen Mo and Peter stopped cannons from firing on the Batplane while Superman helped protect and widen its path.
• Wonder Woman and Superman took the armored soldier up and fought him among the Escort Crafts, keeping the battle above the city.
• Chen Mo and Peter caught a damaged returning craft with webbing and clung to its hull as they headed toward the third Attack Ship.

Chen Mo and the team disabled the Attack Ships’ guns and helped the evacuation convoy escape Gotham. As they regrouped on the platform, Venom and the officer attacked, leaving Chen Mo face-to-face with Venom.

• Chen Mo, Peter, Aquaman, and Barry fought through the gun compartments and disabled the ships’ gun emplacements.
• Superman and Wonder Woman moved the damaged Attack Ships away from the city while Gordon confirmed the evacuation convoy had passed.
• Chen Mo and Batman shared a quiet moment on the platform, and Chen Mo teased Batman about praising his fighting and paying him.
• Venom emerged beneath the platform and reached for Batman, but Chen Mo threw the tendril away and pushed Batman clear.
• Chen Mo confronted Venom on a beam after Superman intercepted the officer, and he called Venom his ex.

Venom tried to kill Batman, convinced Batman posed a threat to Chen Mo, while Chen Mo and the others struggled to restrain him. Chen Mo used Batman’s sonic emitter to stop Venom and insisted he would deal with Batman himself, even as he recognized Batman was behaving strangely.

• Venom attacked Batman, and Chen Mo, Superman, Wonder Woman, and Peter worked to pull him away from the hatch.
• Venom remembered his anger at Batman’s surveillance and experiments on Chen Mo, and decided killing Batman would protect Chen Mo.
• Chen Mo used the armor’s webbing and a railing to hold Venom back while Batman retreated into the cabin.
• Batman told Chen Mo how to use the armor’s directional ultrasound, and Chen Mo activated it against Venom’s neck.
• Chen Mo shut off the emitter, caught Venom’s hand, and told him he understood why Venom wanted to kill Batman but would handle it himself.
• Venom warned that something was wrong with Batman, and Chen Mo recognized that Batman’s calm, caring behavior was unlike him.