Recaps

Black Adam killed Sabbac and agreed to join Solomon’s Vought International on the condition that he could remain in Kahndaq and protect it. Solomon accepted, allowing Black Adam to kill irredeemable villains as long as he avoided doing so in front of cameras and the media.

• Clark stopped attacking the defeated Sabbac and offered him a chance to surrender, but Black Adam explained that surrender would send Sabbac’s soul back to eternal torment in hell.
• Black Adam seized Sabbac by the horns and tore him in half, destroying the demon and ending the threat to Kahndaq.
• Solomon, Clark, Diana, and Martian Manhunter descended; Diana acknowledged Black Adam’s strength, while J’onn watched him warily.
• Black Adam told Solomon he would join Vought International but would not take orders from mortals or leave Kahndaq for long.
• Solomon agreed to promote Black Adam as Kahndaq’s guardian and allowed him to kill irredeemable villains, provided he did not do so in front of cameras and the media.

After Sabbac’s defeat in Kahndaq, Solomon recruited Black Adam and gained the Power of the Six Demon Lords, raising all his attributes to level 7.1 and his rule power to twenty-nine strands. He then went to meet Justice Society heroes Doctor Fate and Hawkman, while J’onn wondered about Solomon’s motives.

• J’onn suspected Solomon had released Sabbac as a pretext to recruit Black Adam and resolved to discuss his concerns with Lex Luthor.
• Black Adam agreed to restrain himself around cameras, and Solomon arranged for Vought to announce him as Kahndaq’s permanent guardian.
• Solomon harvested Sabbac’s power, gained the Power of the Six Demon Lords, and raised his attributes to level 7.1 with twenty-nine strands of rule power.
• J’onn explained the Justice Society to Clark, and Solomon invited Clark and Diana to meet its heroes; Black Adam refused and flew back into the ancient city.
• Solomon led Clark, Diana, and J’onn to Doctor Fate Kent Nelson and Hawkman Carter Hall, whose injuries had nearly healed.
• Hawkman cautiously assessed Solomon’s group, but Clark’s sincere goodwill eased his hostility toward the Vought heroes.

Solomon rejected the Helmet of Nabu but secured Doctor Fate’s promise to deliver the remaining Nth Metal to Vought. Meanwhile, Billy Batson called Vought for help after a wizard transformed him, and Lex Luthor erased the call and began tracking him.

• Solomon refused to become Nabu’s agent and asked Doctor Fate what he had seen in the river of fate, but Kent Nelson said he could not reveal it.
• Doctor Fate agreed that Carter would arrange for the remaining Nth Metal to be delivered to Vought headquarters, and Solomon left Kahndaq with three Justice League members.
• Billy Batson called Vought from a Philadelphia phone booth and explained that a wizard had transformed him into a muscular man with godlike powers.
• Lex Luthor stopped the customer service representative from dispatching help, used his powers to make her forget the call, and had her delete its records.
• Lex Luthor returned to his office and began searching Vought’s Global SkyNet for Billy Batson.

Lex Luthor found Billy Batson in Philadelphia and gained his trust by buying him a huge meal while asking about his transformation. Billy recalled that he had escaped the Wizard’s chamber by shouting, “Let me out of here,” giving Lex a possible way to return there.

• Lex Luthor reviewed Billy Batson’s history and traveled to Philadelphia to find him.
• Billy accidentally tore the door off Lex’s car, and Lex invited him to McDonald’s instead.
• Billy ate a mountain of food while explaining his encounter with the Wizard and the Power of the Six Gods.
• Lex asked Billy how he had left the chamber, and Billy remembered shouting, “Let me out of here.”

Billy and Lex Luthor returned to the Rock of Eternity, where they discovered the Seven Deadly Sins had escaped. Luthor found a mysterious caterpillar and pocketed it after it offered to help him defeat Boss.

• Luthor persuaded Billy to focus on returning to the cave, but their first attempt at teleportation failed.
• Billy panicked at the thought of remaining in his demigod body and shouted that he wanted to go back, teleporting himself and Luthor to the Rock of Eternity.
• Billy found the Wizard's Staff, the demon statues, and the magical orb missing, and realized the Seven Deadly Sins had escaped.
• Luthor questioned Billy about the escaped demons, then noticed a green caterpillar inside a glass jar on a stone pedestal.
• The caterpillar telepathically offered to help Luthor defeat Boss, and Luthor picked it up and tucked it into his suit pocket.

Doctor Sivana ambushed Billy and Luthor, forcing Billy to surrender his divine power, but Luthor used his psychic ability to make Sivana tear out the Demon's Eye. Luthor took the eye and, tempted by the Seven Deadly Sins inside it, began bringing it toward his own eye.

• Sivana emerged from a magical door and used demons to pin Billy and choke Luthor, demanding that Billy transfer his divine power through the Staff.
• Billy recognized the Seven Deadly Sins and pressed his hand to the Staff under Sivana's threat to kill Luthor.
• Luthor used his psychic power to control Sivana and make him gouge out the Demon's Eye.
• The Seven Deadly Sins lost their host and were sucked back into the Nightmare Eye as the demons holding Billy dissolved.
• Luthor took the Demon's Eye and, swayed by its whispers, began moving it toward his right eye.

Lex Luthor persuaded Billy to transfer his powers to him by promising to take Billy to his mother, then transformed into the superpowered hero and brought Billy to Philadelphia. He gave Billy a file identifying his mother and showing where she lived.

• Lex Luthor calmed himself, hid the Demon's Eye, and told Billy he could change him back.
• Lex Luthor claimed Billy's mother had deliberately abandoned him and offered money and a reunion; Billy demanded to see her himself.
• Billy ordered Lex Luthor to grab the Staff and shouted "Shazam!!!", transferring the divine power to Lex Luthor and returning to his small form.
• Lex Luthor kept his promise and took Billy by lightning to McDonald's, then drove him to a dilapidated apartment building in Philadelphia.
• Lex Luthor gave Billy a sealed file, and Billy recognized his mother in the photograph and learned she now lived under a different name.

Billy discovered that his mother had deliberately abandoned him and, after surrendering his powers to Lex Luthor, accepted Lex's promise of a trust fund and offer to adopt him. Later, Lex returned to Sivana, who was revived by the Caterpillar and took the Demon's Eye to seek out Teth-Adam.

• Billy visited his mother and learned from her reaction that she had knowingly abandoned him at the amusement park.
• Billy told Lex Luthor he understood Lex might never restore his powers or give him money, and Lex promised him a hundred million dollars through a trust fund.
• Lex offered to adopt Billy, who agreed to leave Philadelphia with him after rejecting the Wizard's description of him as pure and without flaw.
• After arranging Billy's care, Lex returned to the Rock of Eternity and placed the Caterpillar beside the unconscious Doctor Sivana's ear.
• Sivana awakened under the Caterpillar's control, took the Demon's Eye from Lex, and said he would approach Teth-Adam.

Lex Luthor empowered Sivana with the Power of the Six Gods, and Sivana promised to take Teth-Adam’s power before sending Lex away with his memories erased. At Belle Reve, Solomon investigated June Moone’s magic, while Sivana approached her with an offer to recover her heart and revealed two demons that shocked the witch.

• Lex Luthor and Sivana shared the Power of the Six Gods, transforming Sivana into a divine warrior.
• Sivana promised to seize Teth-Adam’s power for Lex, then said he would send Lex out of the dimension and erase his memories.
• Solomon examined the prisoners at Belle Reve and used his psychic power to control the Mind Seas of its Supes.
• Solomon explored June Moone’s abilities and learned about her broad range of Evil Spirit Magic.
• Sivana appeared in June’s cell and offered to help her reclaim her heart, prompting her to transform into the witch.
• Sivana summoned two demons of the Seven Deadly Sins, and June recoiled in shock.

Sivana enlisted June to begin her rampage in Metropolis while he went after her heart, and Solomon watched from above Belle Reve. Solomon then abducted Mongal, searched her memories, and discovered a nearby planet suited to his plan for the Kryptonians.

• June agreed to start the slaughter in Metropolis after Sivana promised to retrieve her heart from Amanda Waller’s military safe.
• Solomon saw Sivana leave through a magical door and realized the Seven Deadly Sins had brought Shazam’s story forward.
• Solomon decided to let Sivana restore June and summon her brother so he could deal with the demons after they appeared.
• Solomon teleported Mongal from her cell and searched her memories, learning that her home planet lay within the Solar System and could house the Kryptonians.
• Solomon returned Mongal to her cell and erased her memory of being taken away.

Solomon returned to Black Zero and told General Zod that he had found a planet suitable for rebuilding Krypton, which they would rename New Krypton. He prepared to travel there with the Kryptonians, leaving a clone to handle Earth, and planned to use the Rock of Eternity as a magical transit hub.

• Solomon returned to Black Zero and told General Zod that the planet called 'Wode Duzhe Shuaide Buyiao Buyao' could be terraformed into New Krypton.
• Solomon uploaded the planet’s coordinates and said he would accompany the fleet, while reassuring Zod that Earth would be handled by a clone.
• General Zod reported that Solomon’s refitted scout ship was ready, with its highest control authorization bound to him and a Phantom Drive installed.
• Solomon considered the Genesis Chambers, the 200 developing Kryptonian embryos, and the long wait for them to mature enough for him to gain their abilities.
• General Zod explained that expanding the Genesis Chambers required Mass-Energy Recombination Crystal Core, which could only be obtained after New Krypton was terraformed.
• Solomon planned to take the World Engine into his Storage Space so he could terraform Krypton in other worlds as well.

Solomon and General Zod brought the Black Zero to a desolate planet and began transforming it into New Krypton with the World Engines. As the machines started reshaping the planet, Zod declared that New Krypton was about to be born.

• Solomon asked how soon the Black Zero could reach its destination, and Zod said it could arrive that day using the Phantom Drive.
• The Black Zero jumped to a distant star field, where Solomon and Zod saw the lifeless planet Mongal's memories had identified as suitable for terraforming.
• Solomon granted Zod permission to transform the planet, and Zod ordered the World Engines deployed.
• The Black Zero and a World Engine landed on opposite sides of the planet and began using gravitational pulses and terraforming particles to reshape its geology and atmosphere.
• Zod knelt before Solomon and declared that New Krypton was about to be born.

Solomon left the Black Zero through a magical wooden door and explored the Rock of Eternity, where he found portals to other worlds. He entered a castle through one of the doors and discovered three extraordinarily powerful women inside.

• Solomon told General Zod that he would return to Earth without using the Black Zero.
• Solomon opened a wooden door with magic and stepped through to the Rock of Eternity, leaving General Zod unable to follow.
• Solomon found the Wizard thrones and the pedestals for the Seven Deadly Sins empty, and surmised that Shazam had already emerged.
• Solomon explored a passage and found wooden doors leading to different worlds.
• Solomon entered a castle through one of the doors and used his enhanced senses to locate three powerful women in its central hall.

Solomon discovered three powerful godlike women and a dragon beyond a magical door, but escaped their attempt to capture him. He continued through the Rock of Eternity and entered the Eternity Library, where a floating quill welcomed him.

• Solomon tried to harvest attributes from the three women and the dragon, but Calypso sensed his psychic power and Anthea used Axis Power to trap him.
• Solomon spent his Rule Power to break free and teleport away, while Calypso, Anthea, and Hespera discussed their imprisonment and their connection to the Wizard.
• Solomon decided not to explore the dangerous doors again until he had grown stronger and continued deeper into the cavern.
• Solomon entered a vast library filled with books and magical documents, where a floating quill introduced itself as the librarian.

Solomon used a quill in the Eternity Library to learn that three women he encountered were Atlas’s daughters, sealed in the Realm of the Exiled Gods, and discovered how Rule Power could make someone a god or Chief God. He then asked whether he could learn magic in the library.

• Solomon asked the quill who the three women were and what place he had seen behind a door.
• The quill explained that Hespera, Calypso, Anthea, and the surviving mythical creatures had been sealed in the Realm of the Exiled Gods by the Council of Wizards.
• The quill described Hespera’s control over life and the elements, Calypso’s psychic powers, and Anthea’s ability to manipulate space.
• Solomon asked about Rule Power, and the quill explained that one strand could make someone a god while a thousand strands could form a complete Rule and make them a Chief God.
• Solomon asked whether he could learn magic in the Eternity Library.

Solomon used Champion Power to bring over a thousand Clones into the Rock of Eternity so they could study its vast collection of magic texts while he explored the library. Meanwhile, Doctor Sivana gave June Moone her heart and ordered her to turn Metropolis into hell on earth.

• Solomon learned that he could use Champion Power to enter the Rock of Eternity directly.
• Solomon created over a thousand Clones near the sun, and they invoked Champion Power to transport themselves to the Eternity Library.
• The quill was stunned by the Clones, then marked the library’s books and informational texts by category at Solomon’s command.
• Solomon sent his Clones to study the library’s collection and left to explore the Rock of Eternity.
• June Moone sensed her heart above Belle Reve Supermax Prison, escaped her cell, and met Doctor Sivana in the sky.
• Doctor Sivana gave June Moone her heart and ordered her to turn Metropolis into hell on earth before he left.

Enchantress absorbed her heart and regained her ancient true form, then escaped Belle Reve Penitentiary after using psychic power to make the guards slaughter one another. At a command center in Midway City, Amanda Waller ordered agents to locate June Moone using her tracker.

• Enchantress merged her heart into her body, healing her soul and raising her Energy and Mental Attribute to level 5.
• Enchantress transformed into her powerful true form and used psychic power to make the prison guards kill each other.
• Enchantress turned into black mist and vanished from the skies above Belle Reve Penitentiary.
• An agent told Amanda Waller that Enchantress's heart had been stolen from a secure vault without triggering its defenses.
• Amanda Waller ordered her agents to review satellite thermal imaging and find June Moone using the tracker implanted in her.

Enchantress returned to the command center and slaughtered Waller’s guards before confronting Amanda Waller. Waller refused to submit, and Enchantress killed her by crushing her heart.

• Enchantress appeared in Waller’s command center after Waller ordered a plan to destroy her.
• Waller ordered the guards to open fire, but Enchantress stopped the bullets and psychically forced the guards to kill themselves.
• Enchantress confronted Waller, who drew a revolver and declared that she would not kneel to an ancient monster.
• Enchantress seized Waller and tortured her by squeezing her heart, but Waller continued to defy her.
• Enchantress crushed Waller’s heart, killing her as Waller stared back at her without closing her eyes.

Enchantress killed Waller, recovered Nightmare's statue, and brought it to Metropolis to awaken her brother in a human host. Nightmare regained his physical body but said he was too weak and needed to feed.

• Enchantress searched Waller's underground base, found Nightmare's statue, and carried it away.
• Enchantress flew to Metropolis Central Station and announced that its people would be offerings to restore Nightmare's strength.
• Enchantress shattered the statue, and its dark-red mist possessed a Black security guard, transforming him into Nightmare.
• Nightmare awakened in his new body, reunited with Enchantress, and said he needed to feed.

Solomon appeared above Metropolis as Enchantress and Nightmare prepared to unleash their powers on the city. He stopped Nightmare’s attack with his mental power and began crushing the ancient god with Telekinesis.

• Nightmare drained the fleeing civilians’ vitality while Enchantress began gathering debris to build a weapon capable of destroying humanity’s weapons.
• Solomon opened a rift above the train station, emerged, and challenged the two ancient gods for calling themselves gods.
• Nightmare charged Solomon and struck with a golden-orange energy whip.
• Solomon froze Nightmare and his attack with his level-seven mental power.
• Solomon used Telekinesis to crush Nightmare’s armor and burst apart the magical energy flowing through it.

Solomon killed Nightmare and erased Enchantress’s ancient spirit, freeing June Moone while leaving her magical powers intact. After June warned him that Doctor Sivana had arranged the attack, Solomon invited her to work for Vought International.

• Solomon crushed Nightmare with telekinesis and acquired his Demon Physiology ability.
• Enchantress fled as black mist, but Solomon trapped her and erased the ancient spirit from her soul.
• June Moone awoke with Enchantress’s powers intact, realized she was free, and thanked Solomon.
• June told Solomon that Doctor Sivana had returned her heart and sent her to Metropolis to draw humanity’s attention.
• Solomon invited June to join Vought International.

Black Adam saved a boy and his injured father from a falling stone in Kahndaq, then was overwhelmed by memories of his son Hutru. He spotted a boy who resembled Hutru at an ancient statue and cautiously asked if it was his child.

• Black Adam caught a falling stone before it could crush a trapped man and his son, then moved it to safety.
• The rescued father and son embraced as the people of Kahndaq praised Black Adam, who remembered Hutru sacrificing himself five thousand years earlier.
• Black Adam flew above Kahndaq and spotted a boy whose walk and silhouette reminded him of Hutru.
• The boy stopped before an ancient statue of Hutru, which the people believed depicted Black Adam.
• Black Adam landed behind the boy and asked, "Is that you, my child?"

Teth-Adam was reunited with Hutru, who had briefly escaped hell but was being pulled back. As Hutru faded, Teth-Adam tried to give him the Power of the Six Gods, but an unexpected applause interrupted him.

• Hutru called Teth-Adam his father, and Teth-Adam embraced him and wept.
• Hutru explained that hell was bound to his soul and that the six demon kings' power running wild had opened a rift that let him escape temporarily.
• Teth-Adam vowed to fight the demon kings rather than lose Hutru again, then took him around modern Kahndaq.
• Hutru began turning translucent as hell summoned him back, and Teth-Adam begged to know how to save him.
• Teth-Adam decided to transfer the Power of the Six Gods to Hutru, but applause interrupted him as he began to speak the power's passing word.

Solomon exposed Doctor Sivana’s illusion and manipulation of Teth-Adam, preventing him from surrendering his champion power. As Teth-Adam attacked Sivana, Sivana called “Shazam!” and a divine thunderbolt struck him, blasting Teth-Adam away.

• Solomon appeared and explained how Sivana had used a staged accident and Mind Stone powers to manipulate Teth-Adam with an illusion of Hutru.
• The illusion faded, and Teth-Adam realized the child in his arms was an ordinary orphan; he erupted in rage but kept his lightning from striking the boy.
• Solomon absorbed Teth-Adam’s uncontrolled lightning and pointed out Sivana on a distant rooftop.
• Teth-Adam struck at Sivana, who dodged the bolt and realized his plan to claim Black Adam’s champion power had failed.
• Sivana shouted “Shazam!” and a divine thunderbolt struck him, blasting the charging Teth-Adam away.

Sivana revealed that he had stolen Shazam’s champion power from Billy Batson before escaping Solomon and Teth-Adam. He returned to the Rock of Eternity, where a familiar voice greeted him in the library.

• Sivana transformed into a red battle suit, and Black Adam realized he wielded Shazam’s champion power.
• Solomon recognized Sivana’s powers and saw a caterpillar coiled over his brain, which explained Sivana’s psychic abilities.
• Sivana escaped in a bolt of lightning, and Solomon told Teth-Adam that Sivana had stolen the power from Billy Batson.
• Sivana arrived at the Rock of Eternity and followed a faint sound into the Eternity Library.
• A familiar voice called out to Sivana from the library.