Recaps

Diana confronted Solomon at Kent Farm and used the Lasso of Truth to question his identity. Solomon agreed to answer honestly without the lasso, and admitted that he was an Earthling rather than a Kryptonian.

• Diana arrived at Kent Farm with J'onn and asked Solomon to take hold of the Lasso of Truth.
• Solomon grasped the lasso and truthfully confirmed that his real name was Solomon.
• Solomon explained that the lasso could overpower even his rule power, then tossed it onto the coffee table and offered to answer Diana's questions honestly.
• Diana put the lasso away and asked whether Solomon was a Kryptonian.
• Solomon said he was a genuine Earthling, not a Kryptonian.

Solomon revealed that he had secretly guided Clark's growth and released Sabbac and Teth-Adam so he could defeat powerful opponents and copy their abilities. He also admitted he came from beyond their world and would leave in a few months, leaving Clark anxious about whether he would return.

• Clark told Solomon he had known for a long time that Solomon was not Kryptonian and trusted him because of how he had treated Clark and his family.
• Solomon explained that General Zod had followed the scout ship's signal, but he had guided Clark to the ship and secretly released Sabbac and Teth-Adam to gain their powers by defeating them.
• Solomon admitted he had copied the abilities of everyone present and had once been an ordinary person, assembling his flight, Heat Vision, defenses, and strength from other people.
• Solomon revealed that he was a traveler from outside their world and had gained powers across different worlds.
• Solomon said he would leave in a few months, and Clark urgently asked when he would return.

Solomon corrected J'onn's false belief that he had massacred Atlanteans, then warned Diana, Clark, and J'onn about Steppenwolf's coming invasion and the dangers of Barry Allen's future time travel. The chapter ended with J'onn suggesting they eliminate Barry before he became a threat.

• Solomon said he could not control when or whether he would return, and Diana asked him to stay.
• Solomon told J'onn he had killed only one Atlantean, after Poseidon nearly killed him during his attempt to gain abilities.
• Solomon warned Diana and Clark that Steppenwolf would arrive in 2017 seeking the Mother Boxes and that Darkseid would follow if he succeeded.
• Solomon revealed that Darkseid had once invaded Earth as an eight-year-old and that Earth's ancient defenders had barely repelled him.
• Solomon said Clark would be key to defeating Steppenwolf and warned that Barry Allen could destroy the timeline by traveling back to save his mother.
• J'onn suggested killing Barry before he could become a threat.

Solomon explained why the Flash had to be protected and discussed gaining strength from the Amazons and Atlanteans to prepare for Darkseid. Diana planned to seek their support and proposed taking a Mother Box out of the world, while J'onn learned that Lex Luthor had secretly helped Caterpillar and caused earlier threats.

• Solomon told J'onn that the Flash had reversed time to give the heroes a chance against Steppenwolf, so they needed to protect and train him.
• Diana asked whether Solomon could copy the strength of the Amazons and Atlanteans to challenge Darkseid, and Solomon said it still would not make him strong enough.
• After confirming that Solomon's copying ability caused no harm, Diana decided to negotiate with Themyscira and Atlantis so he could copy their warriors' abilities.
• Diana proposed taking one of the Mother Boxes out of the world to prevent Steppenwolf from uniting all three, and Solomon agreed to try if the peoples allowed it.
• J'onn questioned Solomon's control of Lex Luthor, and Clark revealed that Luthor had secretly worked with Caterpillar and arranged Adam's manipulation and Enchantress's early release.

Solomon revealed that Luthor had once been destined to kill Clark with kryptonite, then took Clark to New Krypton, where General Zod welcomed him home. Zod told Solomon that reconstruction had begun and asked him to lead the Kryptonian people.

• Solomon explained that Luthor had manipulated J'onn and that Clark's death would have left Earth vulnerable to Steppenwolf's invasion.
• Solomon warned Diana and J'onn never to let the Flash reset the universe, then Diana left for Themyscira and J'onn went to hunt the Caterpillar.
• The next morning, Solomon took Clark through a portal to New Krypton, where the simulated Kryptonian atmosphere made Clark feel ill.
• Clark saw the barren landscape transformed by the World Engine, and Solomon offered him access to New Krypton and its support whenever Earth faced a crisis.
• General Zod welcomed Clark home and asked Solomon to become New Krypton's supreme leader.

Solomon appointed Zod leader of New Krypton, then spent three months in the Divine Realm controlling mythical creatures and increasing his power. Back on Earth, he learned the Amazons would let him copy their abilities and take the Mother Box under certain conditions, while Atlantis still refused him entry.

• Solomon refused to lead New Krypton and appointed Zod supreme leader, telling him to rebuild Kryptonian civilization and eventually encourage natural reproduction.
• Solomon left Clark to explore Krypton and speak with Jor-El, then entered the Divine Realm and took control of its ancient dragon, gaining several strands of Rule Power.
• Over the next three months, Solomon controlled mythical creatures throughout the revived Divine Realm and added two more strands of Rule Power.
• Solomon avoided opening the Divine Realm's unknown portals and returned to the Kansas farm after three months.
• Clark told Solomon that Diana had secured the Amazons' permission for him to copy their abilities and take the Mother Box when he left, provided he departed from Themyscira and returned the box there if he could not take it.
• Clark said Atlantis still refused to let Solomon enter its territory, but Solomon dismissed their refusal.

After spending three days with Diana, Solomon traveled with her to Themyscira and gained Queen Hippolyta’s permission to use his power on the Amazons. He copied the Amazons’ abilities and gained the gods of Olympus’ favor and Zeus’s protection, leaving Hippolyta shaken by his strength.

• Solomon appeared in Diana’s room at Vought Tower, and they spent three days and nights together.
• Diana brought Solomon to Themyscira, where he met Queen Hippolyta and General Antiope.
• Hippolyta agreed to Solomon’s request after he assured her that his method would not harm the Amazons.
• Solomon unleashed his psychic power across Themyscira, briefly freezing the Amazon warriors, Hippolyta, and Antiope as he copied their Amazons Physique.
• Solomon gained Olympus’s Favor and Zeus’s Protection, and Hippolyta realized how terrifyingly powerful he had become.

Solomon asked Hippolyta to let him test whether his Storage Space could hold the Mother Box, prompting her to consult the elders and agree to show it to him the next day under guard. While Diana showed Solomon around Themyscira, she shared memories of Steve Trevor and confessed her love, asking Solomon to return safely from his future travels.

• Solomon asked Hippolyta to let him see and test the Mother Box ahead of schedule, and Hippolyta said she would consult the Elders' Congress.
• Hippolyta summoned Antiope and the elders, then decided they would let Solomon see the Mother Box while Amazon warriors stood ready outside the Temple.
• Diana led Solomon around Themyscira and told him about her childhood, meeting Steve Trevor, and his sacrifice.
• Diana told Solomon she loved him and asked him to protect himself and return to the person waiting for him in their world.

Solomon secured the Mother Box and spent his remaining months with Diana and Clark before preparing to leave the world. He harvested Kryptonian physiology from newborns on New Krypton, collected the planet’s equipment and resources, and vanished from Vought Tower after saying goodbye.

• Solomon stored the Mother Box, promising Hippolyta that he would take it out of the world when he left.
• Solomon spent several months with Diana and Clark while searching unsuccessfully for stronger Metahumans to harvest attributes from.
• Solomon gathered 200 instances of Kryptonian physiology from newborns on New Krypton, boosting his solar-energy growth rate.
• Solomon packed away the scout ship, Kryptonian cultivation resources, and World Engine under Zod’s watch.
• Solomon collected the Nth metal from Hawkman and said farewell to Diana, Clark, and the other Superheroes before disappearing from Vought Tower.

Solomon conquered Atlantis, gained a Sea God's protective avatar, and greatly increased his attributes before leaving his universe for The Boys. He arrived in a New York alley, where a Supe and his accomplices tried to rob him.

• Solomon overwhelmed Atlantis and copied the abilities of its millions of inhabitants, gaining a Sea God's rule avatar and raising his attributes and rule power.
• Solomon looked back at Earth and vanished to begin a new journey; Lex Luthor glimpsed his departure before lightning burned Lex to a husk.
• Solomon arrived in a Lower East Side alley in The Boys and encountered three men demanding money.
• The leader revealed his Supe powers by extending sharp nails and threatening Solomon, while his accomplices praised him for injuring a robbery suspect.

Solomon saw how Compound V had fueled worldwide chaos and killed three violent supe robbers in New York before deciding Vought needed Edgar’s help. He found Edgar hiding in a fortified bunker and confronted him about Vought’s collapse.

• Solomon read the robber leader’s memories and learned that supes and ordinary people were fighting across the world as Vought struggled to contain the disorder.
• Solomon killed the three robbers who had terrorized New York residents and appeared on Vought headquarters’ rooftop.
• Solomon saw Ashley overwhelmed by Vought’s crises and considered bringing Edgar back as her adviser.
• Solomon located Edgar in his underground bunker and heard him blame Vought’s collapse on the spread of Compound V and the resulting social disorder.
• Solomon appeared behind Edgar and challenged his claim that the crisis was difficult to manage.

Solomon used the Mind Stone to rewrite Stan Edgar’s memories and make him devoted to his service. He brought Edgar to Vought headquarters, where Ashley learned Edgar would assist her in restoring the company.

• Edgar assumed Solomon had come to recruit him back to Vought and offered to manage the company’s crises.
• Solomon rejected Edgar’s attempt to negotiate and used the Mind Stone to overwrite his memories with absolute loyalty.
• Edgar accepted Solomon as his master, and Solomon transported them from the Bunker to Vought headquarters.
• Ashley saw Solomon return with Edgar and feared she was being replaced as president.
• Solomon told Ashley that Edgar would assist her, and Edgar respectfully offered to work under her guidance.

Solomon returned to Vought amid worldwide chaos caused by rogue Supes and ordered the rollout of a revised Compound V while preparing to address the crisis in a livestreamed press conference. Homelander admitted he had spread Compound V on the black market, raising the global Supe population to a million, and Solomon reprimanded him but praised the result.

• Solomon ordered Ashley to arrange a livestreamed press conference and summon Homelander and the other members of The Seven to headquarters.
• Homelander and the others gathered at Vought, exhausted and frustrated by riots and public anger over their violent interventions.
• Solomon criticized The Seven for failing to contain the chaos and announced that his revised Compound V had a one hundred percent success rate with no side effects.
• Solomon said the original Compound V would be restricted to people with level 3 abilities or above, and Queen Maeve warned that distributing more could worsen the crisis.
• Solomon asked Homelander whether he had put a large batch of Compound V on the black market, and Homelander admitted that he had helped increase the worldwide Supe population to a million.
• Solomon warned Homelander to consider the consequences of his actions but praised him for growing the Supe population.

Solomon publicly announced Vought’s plan to accelerate Compound V distribution and impose strict rules on Supes, including mandatory registration and severe penalties for criminals. His worldwide message left Supes scrambling to register, surrender, resist, or flee.

• Ashley introduced The Seven at Vought’s press conference, where Homelander and the others faced a hostile audience.
• Ashley introduced Solomon as Vought International’s largest shareholder, and he addressed the reporters about the dangers caused by Compound V and Supes.
• Solomon announced that Vought would accelerate the rollout of New Compound V, require all Supes to register within one month, and enforce laws with severe penalties for noncompliance.
• Solomon gave Supes who had committed crimes twenty-four hours to surrender, then revealed that his announcement had been transmitted directly into every Supe’s mind worldwide.
• Supes across the world reacted with fear and uncertainty, with some rushing to register or surrender while others planned to resist or flee.
• Solomon left the press hall without taking questions, leaving the reporters stunned.

After Solomon’s telepathic threat forced Supes worldwide to register and calmed the crisis, he traveled to Mars and began transforming it into a new Krypton. He started cultivating one hundred Kryptonian babies programmed to obey him, then teleported away.

• Reporters and Supes confirmed that Solomon had spoken directly into the minds of Supes around the world, and news of his threat sent Supes rushing to register and criminals surrendering or fleeing.
• Vought International's stock rebounded as the public and The Seven recognized Solomon’s power, leaving Homelander conflicted, Maeve wary, and Soldier Boy calling him a monster.
• Solomon materialized the Krypton Scout Ship in space, traveled to Mars, and launched the World Engine to reshape the planet's crust and atmosphere into a new Krypton.
• Solomon entered the Genesis Chamber and began cultivating one hundred Kryptonian babies with genetic commands requiring absolute obedience to him.
• Solomon left a Clone to guard the Genesis Chamber and used Spatial Magic to teleport away from Mars.

Solomon studied the Nth Metal and formed it into armor and a bracelet before using his psychic power to control every Supe on Earth. He killed thousands of Supe criminals who had ignored his ultimatum, leaving the world terrified and silent toward Vought.

• Solomon destroyed Cerebro and organized the technological data he had acquired from Krypton and Atlantis.
• Solomon examined Hawkman's Nth Metal, established a mental pact with it, and shaped it into a battle suit and then a bracelet.
• After twenty-four hours had passed since his press conference, Solomon took control of every Supe worldwide and copied their abilities, raising several of his attributes and his Rule Power to 153 strands.
• Supe criminals around the world who had failed to surrender died as their heads exploded.
• News of the deaths spread worldwide, and public criticism of Vought fell silent as fear took hold.

After Solomon’s global Supe extermination forced governments and Supes to submit to Vought, The Boys gathered in despair over their inability to resist him. Butcher insisted they could still kill Homelander while Solomon was absent, and the chapter ended with Butcher recognizing Solomon as an unstoppable god and focusing only on his revenge.

• Vought president Ashley secured global governments’ signatures on the Global Supe Act, giving Vought authority over their Supes as its stock and power surged.
• Hughie urged The Boys to abandon resistance after Solomon killed Supes around the world, and Mother’s Milk admitted he had lost hope of avenging himself on Soldier Boy.
• Butcher said their targets remained Homelander and Soldier Boy, not Solomon, and revealed that Solomon had disappeared from the world for months or more than a year at a time.
• Hughie warned that killing Homelander could bring Solomon’s retaliation, but Butcher claimed Solomon knew about their plans and did not care as long as they did not interfere with his business.
• Butcher concluded that Solomon was far more terrifying than Homelander and resolved to wait for his next absence before taking revenge on Homelander.

After transforming Mars into a Kryptonian world, Solomon brought Vought’s leadership there and assigned them to develop the planet and harvest its resources while he was away. Homelander, Ashley, and the others were left stunned by Solomon’s revelation that he had remade Mars.

• Solomon returned to the transformed Mars and decided to make Stan Edgar its obedient overseer.
• Solomon summoned the Seven, Ashley, and Edgar to Vought Tower, where Homelander angrily confronted Edgar.
• Solomon revealed that he had brainwashed Edgar and said he was leaving, then opened a magical door to Mars.
• Solomon led the group through the door into a base beneath a golden barrier on the transformed planet.
• Solomon told the group that they had arrived on Mars and ordered them to develop it and collect its resources while he was away.
• Homelander, Ashley, and the others realized that Solomon had been traveling through space to conquer alien worlds.

Solomon assigned Ashley and the Seven responsibility for developing the Mars base and cultivating Kryptonians before traveling to the Marvel Universe. After arriving in Manhattan and killing three would-be muggers, he watched Tony Stark return to Stark Tower, where JARVIS reported that its security protocols had been forcibly overridden.

• Solomon ordered Ashley to manage Mars's development, told Edgar to handle coordination, and made Genesis Chambers and Kryptonian cultivation the top priorities.
• Solomon warned the Seven to help develop Mars, explained the portal and the planet's hazards, and threatened consequences if no Kryptonians were ready when he returned.
• Solomon returned with the group to Vought Tower, hid the portal door in his room, and left for a new world with an expanded travel limit of eight hundred days.
• Solomon arrived in a Manhattan alley, recognized Stark Tower and the Marvel Universe, and killed three Black men who tried to rob him.
• Tony Stark returned to Stark Tower, declined Agent Coulson's call, and joined Pepper Potts until JARVIS announced that someone had forcibly overridden his security protocols.

Solomon appeared in Stark Tower while Tony Stark reviewed files about the Space Stone and effortlessly disassembled Tony’s Iron Man Armor. After Tony sent Pepper Potts and Coulson away, Coulson called Nick Fury to report that Solomon was alone with Tony.

• Coulson brought Tony Stark encrypted files, and Tony displayed information about the Hulk, Captain America, and a glowing blue cube.
• Solomon appeared unexpectedly and identified the cube as the Space Stone, while JARVIS raised an alarm.
• Coulson drew his pistol and Tony put on his Iron Man Armor, but Solomon warned them not to threaten him.
• Solomon waved his hand and caused Tony’s armor to fall apart, then invited Tony to sit and talk.
• Tony asked Pepper Potts and Coulson to leave, and Coulson escorted Pepper to the elevator.
• Coulson called Nick Fury and reported Solomon’s arrival and the destruction of Tony’s armor.

Nick Fury found no records for Solomon and saw him kill three men in an alley, while Solomon told Tony he wanted to buy Stark Tower for a company that would manage superheroes. Solomon revealed that he knew about the Avengers Initiative and explained the Infinity Stones and the Tesseract's Space Stone, leaving Tony asking how the artifact related to the tower.

• Nick Fury ordered a worldwide search for Solomon, found no records of him, and watched surveillance footage of him killing three muggers with a glance.
• Tony offered Solomon a glass of wine and asked why he had come to see him.
• Solomon said he wanted to buy Stark Tower as the headquarters for a company that would recruit superheroes to fight future disasters.
• Solomon revealed that he knew about the Avengers Initiative, surprising Tony, who wondered whether Nick Fury had told him.
• Solomon identified the Tesseract's contents as the Space Stone, explained the origins and power of the Infinity Stones, and prompted Tony to ask what they had to do with buying the tower.

Solomon warned Tony Stark that the Tesseract’s presence on Earth would draw dangerous attention, then wagered that Tony would need his help with the alien crisis. Tony accepted, confident he could handle it, but Solomon vanished before his eyes, leaving Tony stunned and asking JARVIS to identify the trick.

• Solomon explained that the Infinity Stones could grant control over the universe and warned Tony that the Space Stone would put Earth at risk.
• Tony dismissed the danger and boasted that he could defeat any alien or god who threatened Earth.
• Solomon revealed that an alien calling himself a god had taken the Tesseract and wagered that Tony would eventually need his help.
• Solomon offered to help if Tony failed, in exchange for Tony working for him and giving him Stark Tower as his company headquarters.
• Tony accepted the wager, betting that he could resolve the crisis without Solomon's help and asking what he would win if he succeeded.
• Solomon said Tony could summon him by shouting his name, then vanished from the living room; Tony asked JARVIS whether Solomon had used optical camouflage.

Tony confronted Nick Fury after Solomon vanished from his penthouse and revealed that the Tesseract was the Space Stone and that Loki had stolen it. Solomon avoided provoking Earth’s powerful sorcerers, planned to grow stronger by waiting for the coming conflict, and then departed for the Dragon Kingdom.

• JARVIS reported that Solomon had vanished from Tony’s penthouse without leaving any trace.
• Tony told Nick Fury that Solomon had identified the Tesseract as the Space Stone and revealed that Loki had stolen it, shocking Fury with his knowledge.
• Solomon sensed the Ancient One and the Time Stone at the center of Earth’s magical defenses and decided not to use his psychic power on humanity.
• Solomon resolved to wait for Loki to bring the Chitauri to Earth so he could gain strength from the coming battle.
• Solomon located Loki’s underground base but chose not to attack, then vanished from New York toward the Dragon Kingdom.

Solomon appeared in Wenwu’s ancestral hall and overwhelmed him and the Ten Rings guards with psychic power. After taking the Ten Rings and reading Wenwu’s memories, Solomon learned about Ta Lo and the powerful creatures living there.

• In 2012, Shang-Chi trained under Death Dealer while Xialing secretly watched him at the Ten Rings base.
• Solomon appeared before Wenwu in the ancestral hall and taunted him about failing to protect Ying Li.
• Wenwu attacked Solomon with the Ten Rings as Death Dealer, Razor Fist, and other guards rushed in, but Solomon froze them all with psychic power.
• Solomon broke Wenwu’s will, took the Ten Rings, and read his memories about Ta Lo.
• Solomon learned that Ta Lo held numerous divine beasts and that the Soul-Eating Beast and its minions were sealed behind a dark gate.

Solomon used the Water Map to enter Ta Lo, where he found that its legendary beasts had little supernatural power. He was confronted by Ying Nan and Ta Lo’s warriors, and tried to reassure them that he meant no harm.

• Solomon compelled Shang-Chi and Xialing to give him their emerald pendants, then used them to activate Ta Lo’s Water Map.
• Solomon memorized the safe route, erased Wenwu and the others’ memories of the night, and teleported to the Bamboo Forest of Life and Death.
• Solomon followed the Water Map through the bamboo maze into Ta Lo and discovered that its divine beasts were essentially ordinary animals with long lifespans.
• Solomon sensed powerful energy in the lake and behind the Dark Gate, then attracted the attention of Ta Lo’s sentries.
• Ying Nan and over a hundred Ta Lo Warriors surrounded Solomon, who explained in Dragon Kingdom Language that he had followed the Water Map and meant no harm.