Recaps

Solomon used his claimed Kryptonian heritage to gain Clark’s trust, then trained him and uncovered the truth about Krypton through Jor-El’s ship. As Solomon built Vought and recruited allies, he found Arthur Curry and took control of Atlantis, where a sudden vision interrupted his plan to dominate the city.

• Solomon convinced Clark and Martha that they shared Kryptonian origins, then trained Clark to control Heat Vision and fly.
• Solomon took over LexCorp, renamed it Vought International, and sent Lex Luthor to find Kryptonite while Diana Prince came to Metropolis to investigate a warning about Ares.
• Solomon used Kryptonite to acquire Kryptonian physiology, then searched the Arctic with Clark and discovered Jor-El’s ship.
• Jor-El revealed Clark’s name as Kal-El, warned that Solomon might be connected to Zod, and gave Clark a combat suit designed to restrain him.
• Solomon met Diana and invited her to join Vought, then returned to Clark, who chose to stand with him and gave him a Kryptonian combat suit.
• Solomon went to a Northern European fishing village, defeated Arthur Curry, and forced him to lead the way to Atlantis.
• Solomon acquired Atlantis Physiology, and Arthur’s return brought him before Orm, whose guards surrounded them at the royal gates.
• Solomon killed a court official, defeated Orm, and used psychic power to subdue the guards, but pain triggered his Precognition as he prepared to control Atlantis.

Solomon returned from Atlantis to find Zod’s forces threatening Earth, then led the fight that defeated the Kryptonians and brought them under his command. After exposing and defeating Calvin Swanwick as Martian Manhunter, Solomon recruited him and began cultivating a new Kryptonian population, despite Jor-El’s warning about doing so on Earth.

• Solomon escaped an ancient psychic power in Atlantis, returned to Kent Farm, and agreed with Clark to avoid confronting ancient beings alone.
• After Zod demanded Kal-El’s surrender, Solomon enlisted Lex Luthor to arrange a public confrontation, and Clark agreed to fight rather than surrender.
• At Blackstone Desert, Solomon and Clark faced Zod’s forces, while Zod and his warriors adapted to Earth’s yellow sun and grew stronger.
• Diana joined the battle, and Solomon defeated Zod and the Kryptonian warriors, then forced Zod to swear loyalty and sent Black Zero into orbit.
• Solomon suspected Major General Calvin Swanwick was connected to Ares, fought him, and ultimately used his fear of fire to defeat him and take control of his mind.
• Calvin revealed that he was J’onn J’onzz, the last Martian, and Solomon recruited him while abandoning his plan to settle the Kryptonians on Mars.
• Solomon ordered both the scout ship and Black Zero’s Genesis Chambers to cultivate 200 Kryptonian newborns, but Jor-El warned that Earth’s yellow sun made the plan dangerous and that New Krypton needed a red-sun planet.

Solomon pursued divine power in Kahndaq, where Teth-Adam and Sabbac emerged and the Wizard chose Billy Batson as his successor. The arc ended with Solomon and Black Adam joining Superman, Wonder Woman, and Martian Manhunter to overwhelm Sabbac.

• Solomon extracted the Codex from Clark, prepared Krypton’s technology and Genesis Chamber for The Boys world, and perfected Compound V while planning to acquire more powers.
• Solomon secretly copied Diana’s demigod physiology, fought her, and revealed that his level 7 attributes could manifest as divine Rule Power, and Diana accepted his ideals and stayed with him.
• In Kahndaq, Ishmael Gregor and Hassan entered King Ahk-Ton’s ruins, where Adrianna Tomaz identified Teth-Adam’s tomb and Ishmael found the Crown of Sabbac.
• Adrianna summoned Teth-Adam, who killed Hassan and the Intergang mercenaries, and Ishmael accepted the demons’ power and returned as Sabbac, prompting the Wizard Shazam to choose Billy Batson.
• Billy became Shazam, while Sivana returned to the Rock of Eternity, fused the Seven Deadly Sins into his eye, and began hunting Billy.
• Black Adam defeated Doctor Fate and Hawkman, but Solomon defeated him, acquired the powers of the six Egyptian gods, and invited him to join Vought International.
• Solomon and Black Adam flew toward Sabbac as Superman, Wonder Woman, and Martian Manhunter fought him, and Black Adam joined the heroes, and together they battered Sabbac until he could no longer resist.

Solomon dealt with Sivana’s schemes, the return of Enchantress, and Black Adam’s grief while building power and preparing New Krypton. The arc ended with Sivana wielding Shazam’s power and entering the Eternity Library, where a familiar voice called to him.

• Black Adam killed Sabbac and agreed to serve as Kahndaq’s guardian under Vought, while Solomon gained the demon’s power and met Doctor Fate and Hawkman.
• Lex Luthor found Billy Batson, helped him return to the Rock of Eternity, and later adopted him after Billy reunited with his mother.
• Sivana used the Seven Deadly Sins to empower June Moone, then shared the Power of the Six Gods with Lex Luthor before taking control of Sivana.
• Solomon sent General Zod to terraform a distant planet into New Krypton and explored the Rock of Eternity, where he learned about the exiled gods and the Eternity Library.
• Enchantress recovered her heart, killed Amanda Waller, and restored Nightmare, but Solomon defeated Nightmare and freed June Moone from the ancient spirit.
• Teth-Adam believed Sivana’s illusion that Hutru had returned, but Solomon exposed the deception and Sivana escaped after invoking Shazam.
• Sivana revealed that he had stolen Billy Batson’s champion power and entered the Eternity Library, where a familiar voice called to him.