Recaps

John defeated Godolkin, reshaped the survivors’ futures, and returned to a world where he reclaimed his Kryptonian and Green Lantern powers. As Lois investigated his past and published a report about an alien fleet, Hector Hammond was transformed by a remnant of Parallax and turned toward Kansas.

• John defeated Godolkin, inherited his knowledge, freed Homelander from psychic control, and helped end Vought’s resistance before announcing a new era for America.
• John used the Book of Destiny to let the survivors revisit past choices, secretly gave Homelander a warm new life, and left The Boys world with a promise to return to Cate.
• John learned that Lucifer needed half the World Weight to save Jonathan Kent, gave it to him, and reunited with his parents after time resumed.
• John awakened the Kryptonian base in Antarctica, learned about Krypton’s history and his own origins, and redesigned the House of El suit into transformable armor.
• John confronted Abin Sur, received his Green Lantern ring, resisted Parallax’s fear attack, and later learned that his cells had fused with foreign proteins.
• Lois Lane traced John to an abandoned chemical plant, where he rescued her from a collapse and revealed the threat posed by General Zod and the World Engine.
• Lois published a Daily Planet article about an alien expeditionary fleet, while Hector Hammond was transformed by a yellow remnant of Parallax and began seeking Zod and a Kansas farm.
• Colonel Walker’s agents abducted Lois and took her toward Kansas, where Hector attacked the convoy, overwhelmed the soldiers, and found Lois inside her transport.

John defeated Sinestro and learned that his will could balance the Green and Yellow spectra, while Zod was infected by the fear entity Spectrum aboard the Black Zero. The Guardians sent Sinestro to Earth to secure a Yellow-spectrum sample from John before Zod arrived.

• John rescued Lois from Hector, defeated Hector, and extracted the yellow substance from his body with the Green Lantern Ring.
• Bruce Wayne investigated the Kansas anomaly as Amanda Waller authorized the Suicide Squad to search for the yellow residue.
• Sinestro attacked the Suicide Squad, killed several members, and followed Abin Sur’s ring trail to Kent Farm.
• John concealed the farm and fought Sinestro, absorbing and transforming his Green Lantern energy before capturing him.
• John questioned Sinestro about the Corps and the Guardians, then let him leave Earth while Bruce continued investigating the Kansas anomaly.
• Spectrum infiltrated the Black Zero, overcame Zod with visions of Krypton’s destruction, and entered his body and mind.
• Sinestro reported John’s powers to the Guardians, who identified the blue spectrum as the force stabilizing John’s Green-Yellow fusion.
• The Guardians ordered Sinestro to offer John protection in exchange for a Yellow-spectrum sample, with Zod’s arrival expected within a week.

Zod brought the Black Zero to Earth to claim John and the Codex of Life, while John, Diana, and Bruce fought the Kryptonian forces. The arc left Zod exposed to Earth’s air and yellow sunlight after John drove him through a skyscraper.

• Bruce launched toward the Atlantic after detecting an anomaly, while John traced the disturbance to a Kryptonian scout ship and flew to meet it.
• John destroyed the scout ship, but its beacon confirmed the Codex of Life’s presence and an active spark carrier, and Bruce recorded John’s abilities.
• Zod prepared the World Engine and brought the Black Zero into Earth’s orbit, disabling electronics worldwide and demanding Kal-El’s extradition within twenty-four hours.
• The military detained John and threatened his family, but Davis overruled Walker and released him, allowing John to fly to the Black Zero.
• John fought Zod and Faora aboard the mothership, while Diana defended Earth’s fighters and Bruce lured Kryptonian craft into a harbor and destroyed two of them.
• Diana destroyed the remaining warship and saved Bruce’s Batplane as Black Zero erupted in orbit, while John and Zod continued fighting.
• John caught Zod’s wrist and drove him through an evacuated skyscraper, where Zod’s exposed face met Earth’s air and yellow sunlight and his brain crashed.