Arc 10Flashpoint and the Seven Artifacts

Thor scattered seven divine artifacts across Earth, then returned with allies and resurrected Martian Manhunter’s family before Death Tetiyu joined him. In the Flashpoint universe, Thor helped Barry regain his powers, and the group set out to rescue Supergirl and confront the war between Themyscira and Atlantis.

  • Thor announced that anyone recognized by all seven divine artifacts could make one wish, and the Justice League began searching for them.
  • The Creator visited Thor, and Thor later built new biomes and a dungeon outside Frost City, where Valeria and Emma tested its dangers.
  • J'onn activated all seven artifacts, and Thor returned with Reed Richards, Valeria, Emma Frost, Betsy, and Susan Storm before resurrecting J'onn’s wife and daughter.
  • Death Tetiyu confronted Thor over his resurrections, then agreed to accompany him to the Flashpoint universe.
  • Barry learned that the Flashpoint world had no Justice League and that Themyscira and Atlantis were at war, then sought help from Thomas Wayne and Thor.
  • Thor and Thomas repeatedly electrocuted Barry while Death Tetiyu revived him, until Thawne sent Barry a trace of the Speed Force and Barry became the Flash.
  • Thor gave Barry kryptonite daggers, and a Yellow Lantern Ring chose Thomas Wayne after Thor intensified his fear over Bruce’s death.
  • Thomas rescued a dying girl from a military facility, then fought and defeated Wonder Woman after she attacked the plane.
Chapters 226–250 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 226Batman's Gaze

Batman questioned Kara about Thor’s pocket dimension, and Doctor Fate and Zatanna confirmed it was stable and safe. As the League debated the danger posed by Thor’s reality-altering power, Oracle urgently reported that Thor had caused big trouble.

  • Batman confronted Kara and questioned her for hiding the pocket dimension, while Wally defended her and set the crystal ball on the table.
  • Zatanna sensed pure creative power and a strong seal in the crystal ball, and Doctor Fate confirmed the dimension was stable, small, and nearly impossible to collapse.
  • Batman considered Thor’s ability to create a world a threat beyond the League’s known classifications.
  • Superman entered and urged Batman not to be so wary, but Batman invoked the Justice Lord Superman incident as a warning.
  • Oracle contacted the conference room and urgently told Bruce that Thor had caused big trouble.

Ch. 227Seven Divine Artifacts

Thor announced a global hunt for seven Asgardian artifacts, promising an unconditional wish to whoever gathered them all, then revealed their powers and eligibility conditions to the Justice League. He left the League facing a worldwide scramble and singled out Batman, framing the artifacts as a challenge to his contingency plans.

  • Thor appeared at a live press conference with Galatea and Shayera Hol, silenced a reporter, and announced that he would scatter seven divine artifacts across Earth.
  • Thor promised that whoever gathered all seven artifacts could make one wish, then sent them flying in seven directions around the world.
  • Thor, Galatea, and Shayera appeared in the League's conference hall, where Thor displayed each artifact's conditions and powers.
  • Thor teased Batman that the artifacts were global backup plans that could let anyone challenge him, then vanished with Galatea and Shayera.
  • The League remained stunned as the artifact rules lingered before them and Batman silently watched the golden runes.

Ch. 228The Coming Storm

Batman organized the Justice League to locate seven reality-altering artifacts scattered across Earth after Thor released them, while The Question warned that the artifacts were bait meant to provoke Batman. Batman acknowledged the trap but insisted on finding them, declaring that he would not back down even if Thor was a god.

  • Wally, John Stewart, Clark, Diana, and the others discussed the artifacts’ dangers as Batman ordered Oracle to monitor the globe and dispatched League members to search for them.
  • Batman assigned J'onn and John to profile potential artifact bearers and sent Diana, Doctor Fate, and Zatanna to locate the artifacts through magic.
  • Barbara relayed Alfred’s invitation to dinner at the manor, and Batman said he would try to attend despite the crisis.
  • The Question argued that Thor had planted the artifacts as bait to manipulate Batman and stir global chaos.
  • Batman stored the artifact text in the League’s database and insisted that the League had to secure all seven artifacts.
  • The Question warned Batman that pursuing the artifacts would play into Thor’s plan, but Batman called Thor’s actions a declaration of war and refused to back down.

Ch. 229I Just Made Them on a Whim

Thor explained that he had created the seven divine artifacts on a whim and would grant a wish if someone gained all their recognition. A mysterious man appeared on the island, and Thor identified him as Jehovah, the creator of their universe.

  • Thor told Galatea and Shayera that he had made the divine artifacts to give Batman something to do and had never expected anyone to collect them all.
  • Thor said he would grant the wish of anyone recognized by all seven artifacts, unless they wished to destroy the multiverse.
  • Shayera sensed someone behind Thor and raised her warhammer as a suited man appeared holding a sphere that contained the cosmos.
  • Thor recognized the man as an existence beyond any power he had encountered, lowered Stormbreaker, and named him God, Jehovah, the creator of their universe.

Ch. 230A Curious God

Thor met the Creator of the DC Universe, who revealed that he had been watching Thor’s actions and offered him a glimpse of the law of existence. After the Creator disappeared, Thor opened a portal to Frost City in the Marvel Universe, and the Creator allowed them to pass.

  • The Creator identified Thor’s powers and his seven-object test, then told him that living beings chose their own paths rather than following an outsider’s script.
  • Thor used his Comprehension to study the Creator’s laws, and the Creator left him with the law of existence to comprehend.
  • Thor thanked the Creator, who said he had appeared because Thor was interesting and might help him create a similar being.
  • The Creator vanished, and Galatea and Shayera recovered from their shock as Thor explained that he was far stronger than them.
  • Thor opened a portal to Frost City, sensed the Creator’s approval, and invited Galatea and Shayera to come with him.

Ch. 231A Clone Mentors a Clone

Thor brought Shayera and Galatea to Frost City, where its strange mix of futuristic technology, superheroes, and dinosaurs astonished them. He offered Galatea a chance to stay and find her own path, then introduced Madelyne Pryor as a mentor who could help her decide.

  • Thor led Shayera and Galatea through Frost City and showed them its unusual inhabitants and attractions.
  • Galatea saw the golden palace of Asgard and met several of Frost City's familiar residents as Thor gave them a tour.
  • Thor asked Galatea whether she wanted to return to her old life as a Cadmus weapon or stay and be herself.
  • Galatea admitted that she did not know, so Thor offered to find her a mentor with similar experiences.
  • Madelyne Pryor arrived, agreed to mentor Galatea, and asked Thor for a reward.

Ch. 232Hill's Confusion

Maria Hill reflected on her place in Frost City after leaving S.H.I.E.L.D. and took Peter’s advice to do what she wanted. Emma Frost then unexpectedly gave her a day off, leaving Hill unsure how to spend it.

  • Maria Hill described her exhausting work as Emma Frost’s secretary-general and her adjustment to Frost City’s strange residents and powerful inhabitants.
  • At Peter’s hot dog stand, Peter asked Hill what she planned to do and advised her to do what she wanted.
  • Hill returned to her apartment and received a message from Emma Frost granting her the next day off.
  • Hill looked at her hot dog and wondered what she should do with her free day.

Ch. 233Adding a Little Something to Knowhere

Thor transformed the wasteland outside Frost City into a Terraria-inspired region filled with biomes, monsters, and crafting materials. Emma Frost organized the new area as an attraction for the city, while she decided to accompany Thor on his next trip.

  • Thor used the Laws of Reality, Creation, and Existence to shape six biomes, a dungeon, an inland sea, an underground jungle, hell, and floating islands outside Frost City.
  • Thor explained that monsters would drop materials for crafting equipment and summoning bosses, and Emma Frost tested the idea by killing a blue slime.
  • Emma Frost requested a guide to the monsters and bosses, then planned to limit adventurers and collect a thirty-percent tax on their materials.
  • Valeria studied the slimes and asked to dissect Thor, but he refused, so she flew toward the dungeon to investigate more creatures.
  • Emma Frost questioned Thor about the two women he had brought back, then said she would join him on his next trip and leave Maria Hill in charge of Frost City.

Ch. 234Nuclear-powered Workhorse Hill

Thor set the Terraria dungeon’s boss difficulty and Emma Frost organized its entry limits, taxes, currency, and rare-ore collection. In Frost City, Deadpool harassed Galatea until she stabbed him twice.

  • Thor made the early Terraria bosses Surface Level, Hardmode bosses Highfather Level, and the Moon Lord Universe Level.
  • Emma Frost ordered Maria Hill to limit dungeon entry to five hundred people daily, collect a thirty-percent city tax, peg Frost currency to dungeon coins, and send rare ores to Valeria’s lab.
  • Maria Hill left Peter Parker’s food stand for Asgard while Peter reflected on life in Knowhere and served General Ross.
  • Deadpool pestered Galatea in the street as Madelyne watched, until Galatea seized his sword and stabbed him twice in the chest.

Ch. 235Deadpool Strikes It Lucky

Madelyne sent Deadpool flying after he taunted her, and he crashed into the Dungeon Guardian pursuing Valeria on the Terraria Continent. Betsy and Emma tested the Guardian’s defenses while Thor watched, and Valeria left through a portal to fetch a planet destroyer cannon.

  • Galatea stabbed Deadpool repeatedly, and Madelyne told her to ignore him until Deadpool insulted her and she hurled him into the sky with telekinesis.
  • Valeria fled the Dungeon Guardian on her hoverboard, firing weapons that barely damaged it, and led it toward Thor.
  • Deadpool fell from the sky and smashed into the Dungeon Guardian, breaking apart on its bones.
  • Emma and Betsy attacked the Dungeon Guardian, dealing only three damage per hit, while its charges failed to harm Emma’s Star Diamond Body.
  • Valeria complained that Thor’s boss was overpowered, then threatened to bring a planet destroyer cannon and went through a spatial portal.

Ch. 236The Flow of Time Between Different Multiverses

Valeria and Reed Richards joined Thor in Terraria, where Valeria’s weapons helped Emma Frost defeat the Dungeon Guardian. Thor then tested time differences between universes, and Reed theorized that the DC Universe belonged to a separate multiverse; Thor invited Reed and Valeria to investigate it firsthand.

  • Valeria brought Reed Richards and Susan Stone through the portal, then deployed an arsenal against the Dungeon Guardian after Thor called her weak.
  • Emma Frost shielded herself in her Star Diamond Body while Valeria’s weapons battered the Dungeon Guardian until it shattered and dropped a Bone Key.
  • Emma Frost gave the Bone Key to Reed and Valeria, who studied it and the miniature Dungeon Guardian it summoned.
  • Thor opened portals to the DC Universe and Marvel parallel universes, finding that two months had passed on DC Earth during a day and a half in his universe.
  • Reed proposed that the Marvel and DC Universes belonged to separate larger multiversal sets and that Thor’s presence had stabilized their connection.
  • Thor invited Reed and Valeria to visit the DC Universe with him, and Valeria eagerly accepted the prospect of studying a different multiverse.

Ch. 237The Seven Artifacts' Recognition

The Justice League tested seven ancient artifacts, and J'onn J'onzz unexpectedly earned the recognition of all of them. As the heroes questioned what that meant, a pale blue portal opened in the Watchtower and a tall figure began to step through.

  • Batman explained the artifacts' conditions and said none of the League members had been recognized by all seven.
  • Superman, Wonder Woman, Wally West, John, and Batman each tested the artifacts, but none could activate every one.
  • J'onn J'onzz lifted and activated all seven artifacts, leaving the League astonished and Batman suspicious.
  • Wally wondered how long Thor had been away from Earth, and a pale blue portal opened in the conference room as a tall figure stepped through.

Ch. 238Another Death

Thor brought the Fantastic Four and their allies to the Watchtower, where Valeria seized control of its systems and tensions rose between the newcomers and the Justice League. He revived Martian Manhunter’s wife and daughter, but a woman then accused him of taking her clients for the second time.

  • Thor arrived and asked Martian Manhunter what wish he wanted granted.
  • Reed Richards, Valeria, Emma Frost, Betsy, and Susan Storm stepped through the portal, and Valeria took control of the Watchtower network.
  • Emma Frost probed the Justice League members’ minds, prompting Martian Manhunter to block her and Diana and Betsy to prepare for a fight.
  • Thor used four laws to resurrect Martian Manhunter’s wife, M'yri'ah, and daughter, K'hym, who reunited with him.
  • A woman’s voice accused Thor of snatching away her clients for the second time.

Ch. 239A Bit of Bad Luck Lately

Death of the Endless confronted Thor for resurrecting two people who had been dead for a long time, but offered to overlook future resurrections if he granted her a request. She asked him to take her to the Marvel Universe, and Thor eagerly agreed.

  • Death appeared before Thor and the gathered Justice League and Marvel heroes, revealing that she knew he had resurrected the dead.
  • Thor addressed her as Lady Tetiyu and said God had permitted him to change certain established realities.
  • Death warned Thor that resurrecting people who had been dead for a long time disrupted the universe's order and said this was the second time he had poached her clients.
  • Martian Manhunter offered to take the blame, but Death told him he could not bear it.
  • Death proposed that Thor take her to the Marvel Universe in exchange for overlooking his future resurrections, and Thor immediately agreed.

Ch. 240Death's Sidekick

Thor arranged for Batman to host his companions and offered to resurrect Bruce Wayne’s parents, then chose to travel with Death Tetiyu to the Flashpoint universe. The two vanished from the conference room, leaving Batman to grapple with the possibility of seeing his parents again.

  • Thor asked Death Tetiyu to come with him, and she agreed to stay by his side while she investigated why he had received a special exemption.
  • Thor asked Batman to find places for his companions and offered to upgrade his technology or resurrect his parents; Batman was left stunned by the offer.
  • Thor told Emma Frost, Betsy, Mister Fantastic, Valeria, and Susan that their trip across universes was postponed and warned them not to cause trouble.
  • Death Tetiyu told Thor to choose their next destination, and he selected the Flashpoint universe.
  • Death Tetiyu opened a pitch-black vortex, and she and Thor disappeared from the conference room.

Ch. 241Flashpoint

Barry Allen woke in an unfamiliar version of his life, where he had lost the Speed Force and Nora Allen was alive. He learned that his father was dead and Themyscira and Atlantis were at war, leaving him unsure what had happened to this world or the Justice League.

  • Barry fell on the police station steps and discovered he could no longer access the Speed Force.
  • Nora Allen appeared and told Barry he had promised to spend her birthday with her.
  • Nora said Barry's father had died of a heart attack three years earlier, contradicting Barry's memories of his father in prison.
  • Nora told Barry that Themyscira and Atlantis were at war after Diana and Arthur lost their mothers and wives, respectively.
  • Barry realized his fellow heroes were enemies in a world where the Justice League had not stopped the conflict.

Ch. 242Everything Had Changed

Barry discovered that he had lost the Speed Force and landed in a world without the Justice League, where Atlantis and Themyscira were waging a devastating war. After learning that Bruce Wayne had died as a child and his father Thomas had become a murderous Batman, Barry booked a trip to Gotham to seek Thomas’s help.

  • Barry left dinner with Nora and confirmed that he could no longer access the Speed Force.
  • Barry searched for Superman, Cyborg, and Green Lantern and found that they were ordinary people rather than heroes.
  • Barry saw news of Atlantis’s attack on Europe and Themyscira’s takeover of London, then searched for Batman.
  • Barry learned that Bruce Wayne had been killed in Crime Alley and that Thomas Wayne had become a violent Batman who killed Gotham’s criminals.
  • Barry decided to ask Thomas for help and booked a ticket to Gotham.

Ch. 243Thomas Wayne

Barry Allen found Thomas Wayne at the abandoned Wayne Manor and asked him for help stopping the war between Atlantis and Themyscira. Thor revealed that Barry’s attempt to save his mother had created this reality, then offered to help if Barry could prove his worth.

  • Barry traveled to Gotham and found Wayne Manor abandoned, then called out for Batman and was knocked unconscious by an attacker.
  • Thomas Wayne questioned Barry in the Batcave, and Barry explained that he came from another universe where Bruce Wayne was Batman.
  • After Barry described the world he knew, Thomas cut him free and revealed that two other visitors were in the cave.
  • Thor told Barry that his decision to save his mother had caused the events of this universe, leaving Barry overwhelmed with guilt.
  • Thor said he could help Barry set things right if Barry proved his ability, then asked whether Barry remembered how he gained his power.

Ch. 244Thor, You Really Are a Devil

Thor proposed recreating the accident that gave Barry Allen his powers by exposing him to lightning and chemicals. He suggested Death Tetiyu could revive Barry if the attempt killed him, leaving Barry terrified but clinging to a glimmer of hope.

  • Thor told Barry to recreate the lightning strike and chemical accident that had given him his powers.
  • Thomas Wayne led Thor, Barry, and Death Tetiyu to the rooftop of Wayne Manor, where he mocked the plan.
  • Death Tetiyu asked Thor what the Flashpoint Universe he knew was like, and Thor refused to explain.
  • Thor said Death Tetiyu could revive Barry after each fatal lightning strike until he gained the Speed Force.
  • Death Tetiyu called Thor a devil, then looked compassionately at the trembling Barry.

Ch. 245Reverse-Flash's Breakdown

Thor and Thomas Wayne repeatedly electrocuted Barry Allen while Death Tetiyu revived him, as Thor studied her powers. Reverse-Flash Thawne secretly sent Barry a trace of Speed Force, and Barry finally regained his powers and became the Flash.

  • Barry begged Thor and Thomas Wayne to find another way to stop the war, but Thor ordered Thomas to secure him in the electric chair.
  • Thor struck Barry with lightning while Thomas’s chemicals splashed over him, and Death Tetiyu revived him after each death.
  • Thor and Thomas repeated the electrocution and revival cycle until Thawne, watching from afar, secretly sent Barry a trace of Speed Force.
  • Thor grasped the basics of Death Tetiyu’s Laws of Death, Reincarnation, and the End while observing her revive Barry.
  • Barry erupted with golden lightning, destroyed the electric chair, and was reborn as the Flash.

Ch. 246The Kryptonian's Whereabouts

Barry recovered from Thor and Death Tetiyu’s repeated deaths and resurrections, then realized his speed could help stop the war he had caused. Thomas revealed that Superman was imprisoned in a Russian base, and the chapter ended with Thomas asking Thor and Death Tetiyu what they were.

  • Barry complained to Thomas about Thor and Death Tetiyu repeatedly killing him, and learned they had also brought Thomas back to life.
  • Death Tetiyu admitted she had enjoyed tormenting Barry, while Thor blamed Barry for the war and challenged him to use his speed against Diana and Arthur.
  • Barry realized he could disarm or restrain Diana and Arthur before they could fight back, but decided they needed Superman and more firepower.
  • Thomas gave Barry a file revealing that Superman, known as Subject One, was imprisoned and experimented on in an underground Russian base.
  • Barry prepared to head for Siberia, while Thomas asked Thor and Death Tetiyu whether he should call them gods.

Ch. 247A Different Flashpoint

Thor, Death, Barry, and Thomas flew toward Russia to rescue a prisoner, but Thor discovered that the captive was Supergirl rather than Superman. General Zod then broadcast an ultimatum demanding Earth hand her over within one day.

  • Thomas dismissed Barry's questions about the Batplane and said they would travel by his private jet.
  • Thor sensed that the military had imprisoned Kara Zor-El, Supergirl, in a Siberian bunker.
  • Thomas, Barry, Thor, and Death flew toward Russia in Thomas's jet.
  • Zod hijacked electronic screens worldwide and threatened to invade Earth unless it returned one of his people within a day.

Ch. 248Yellow Lantern Ring

After General Zod’s broadcast threatened the group with an overwhelming Kryptonian force, Thor gave Barry Allen kryptonite daggers and helped Thomas Wayne gain a Yellow Lantern Ring. The newly empowered Thomas prepared to fight, while Tetiyu grew curious about Thor’s command of cosmic laws.

  • Barry Allen panicked over the threat of the Kryptonians and begged Thor to help, so Thor gave him two kryptonite daggers.
  • Thor pointed to Thomas Wayne as another possible helper, and Thomas declared that he could kill at least one person for every second he was alive.
  • Thor amplified Thomas’s fear of Bruce’s death, and a Yellow Lantern Ring arrived and selected Thomas for the Sinestro Corps.
  • Thomas put on the ring, transformed his Batsuit into yellow armor, and demonstrated his ability to create fear-based constructs.
  • Tetiyu recognized Thor’s use of the Emotional Spectrum and became increasingly interested in his ability to master cosmic laws.

Ch. 249Enemy

Thor and Tetiyu discussed his interference in the Flashpoint Universe and whether he could keep it separate from another universe. After Thomas Wayne and Barry Allen returned with a dying girl, Wonder Woman attacked their plane.

  • Thomas Wayne used his Yellow Lantern Ring to take Barry Allen from the plane to rescue a girl.
  • Tetiyu questioned Thor about giving people powers and bringing Asgardian artifacts to Earth-12, and warned she would interfere if he tried to separate the universes.
  • Thor joked that Tetiyu collected vintage floppy hats and kept two goldfish, and she teased him about being attracted to her.
  • Thomas Wayne returned with Barry and a dying black-haired girl, whom Barry said had been imprisoned and experimented on by the military.
  • Wonder Woman struck the plane's right wing with the Sword of Hephaestus.

Ch. 250Batman Was Still Overpowered

Thomas Wayne defeated Diana and captured her aboard the aircraft while Thor reflected on how the DC universe treated superheroes better than Marvel. Thor then warned Barry that Batman would be unbeatable if he had superpowers.

  • Barry guessed that Diana was attacking them to capture a Kryptonian as a hostage against General Zod.
  • Thomas blocked Diana's Sword of Hephaestus with a shield of yellow fear energy and flew out to fight her.
  • Thor told Tetiyu that superheroes received more public support in DC than in Marvel.
  • Thomas hurled Diana into the cabin, defeated her, and left her weapons on the floor.
  • Barry tied Diana up with the Lasso of Truth, and Thor warned him that Batman would be unbeatable if he had superpowers.
Arc 10 of 19
Arc 10 of 19