Recaps

Valeria asked Thor for a remote that could change clothes with a button, then used it to dress Shayera and show her Frost City’s combat-power ranking. Shayera backed down after seeing how many residents could overpower her and went to clean up.

• Valeria asked Thor to create a clothing-changing remote, and Thor made one using the Laws of Reality and Narrative.
• Thor ordered Shayera to bathe and change, then forced her to her feet when she ignored him.
• Valeria showed Shayera how to use the cleaning booth and used the remote to produce casual clothes for her.
• Shayera bristled at Valeria’s insults but held back from attacking her.
• Valeria displayed Frost City’s combat ranking, and Shayera learned that many residents vastly surpassed her strength.
• Shayera took the clothes into the bathing booth and let the cleaning foam wash her.

Thor explained why Superman carefully gauges his strength in fights, then prepared to enter Hawkgirl's universe with Shayera. He left Valeria, Reed, and America behind as the portal closed.

• Thor showed America how Superman's strength could accidentally destroy Earth and explained that Superman took hits to measure his opponents before striking back.
• Reed agreed that Superman's super brain could calculate forces and environmental damage, while Valeria proposed taking his brain to replace the lab's quantum computer.
• Thor stopped Valeria and refused to take her, Reed, or America into the DC Universe, saying they would be liabilities.
• America opened a portal, and Thor took the Nth Metal war hammer and entered it with Shayera.
• Shayera followed Thor through the portal, which then vanished as Valeria watched and jabbed at her terminal in frustration.

The Justice League fought Brainiac and Lex Luthor’s combined being at Cadmus headquarters and were defeated, while Thor watched without intervening. After the League recovered, Bruce questioned Shayera about her absence and identified Thor as a possible ally.

• The combined being used its armor and weapons to defeat Wally, Clark, Diana, Bruce, John, and Shayera.
• Thor tested his command of cosmic laws and remained calm as the Justice League fell.
• The injured League members recovered and tended to Wally and John.
• Bruce asked Shayera where she had been, and she was shocked to learn that two years had passed while she experienced only minutes.
• Bruce observed Thor and asked Shayera whether she had brought him to help.

Thor effortlessly defeated the merged being of Lex Luthor and Brainiac after it overwhelmed the Justice League. As the heroes struggled to comprehend his power, Bruce asked Thor who he was.

• Bruce questioned Shayera about Thor, and she said he could crush her and had come to face someone in their universe stronger than himself: Lucifer.
• The merged being defeated Superman and Wonder Woman, then disrupted J'onn's attack and trampled him.
• The merged being bombarded Thor with lasers, missiles, and other weapons, but Thor stood unharmed.
• Enraged that its attacks had failed, the merged being prepared to unleash its remaining power against Thor.
• Thor casually slapped through the air, collapsing space and annihilating the merged being and its metal storm.
• Bruce asked Thor who he was as the defeated Justice League stared at the empty battlefield.

Thor revealed himself to the Justice League and confirmed that their worlds existed as comic-book stories in other universes. The League struggled with the implications, while Wally saw the revelation as a chance to meet heroes from other worlds.

• Thor jokingly claimed he was Batman, and Wally laughed before Bruce demanded to know who Thor really was.
• Thor identified himself as the god of thunder, and Diana drew the Sword of Hephaestus before Bruce stopped her and questioned Thor about the multiverse.
• Shayera told the Justice League they were characters in a cartoon, and Wally found a Marvel Comics issue depicting Thor.
• Thor confirmed that the comic-book worlds and the Justice League's world were both real, leaving Bruce and the others shaken.
• Thor challenged Bruce's appeal to science by pointing out the impossible contents of his utility belt, while Wally urged the League to look forward to meeting heroes from other universes.

Bruce ordered Shayera to keep watch on Thor while the Justice League returned to the Watchtower, leaving her alone with him. When reporters cornered and accused them, Thor struck several and used the Law of Space to take Shayera away.

• Bruce ordered Shayera to watch Thor, then teleported the six core Justice League members to the Watchtower.
• Thor asked Shayera to recommend somewhere to eat, and she admitted she had spent her last money on alcohol and had no money for food.
• Reporters surrounded Shayera and accused her of betraying Earth and conspiring with Thor.
• When a reporter called Thor a spy and demanded his identity, Thor slapped him and three other reporters, knocking them unconscious.
• Thor grabbed Shayera and vanished with her through a spatial ripple.

The Justice League assessed Thor as an overwhelming and unpredictable danger after he erased the Luthor-Brainiac amalgamation, while John argued that Thor might leave them alone if they did not provoke him. Bruce tracked Thor and Shayera to Gotham, where Thor openly taunted him on camera.

• Clark described Thor's effortless destruction of the amalgamation, and J'onn reported that probing Thor's mind had exposed him to an incomprehensible, collapsing universe.
• Diana vowed to kill Thor if he threatened Earth, while Bruce concluded that Thor had no known weaknesses and classified him as a likely Omega-level crisis.
• Barbara showed footage of Thor striking reporters, prompting Bruce to judge him extremely dangerous despite John's belief that Thor would not attack without provocation.
• Bruce ordered Barbara to use Brother Eye to locate Thor and Shayera, and she found them walking through Gotham near Crime Alley.
• Thor looked into a surveillance camera outside a burger joint and told Bruce he had robbed about twenty criminals but earned only enough for three burgers.

A riot broke out at Arkham Asylum, prompting Bruce to mobilize Gotham’s heroes while Thor and Shayera traveled there through a spatial portal. The Bat Family assembled outside the asylum, and Thor and Shayera arrived at its entrance.

• Thor and Shayera ate burgers in Gotham while Bruce watched them through a security camera.
• Bruce asked Thor what he wanted, and Thor alerted him to the riot at Arkham Asylum.
• Barbara reported that at least a hundred and fifty prisoners were escaping, and Bruce ordered Gotham’s available heroes to seal the breaches.
• Thor opened a spatial portal to Arkham, and Shayera followed him through it.
• The Watchtower heroes reacted to Thor’s spatial manipulation as the Bat Family assembled outside Arkham.
• Thor and Shayera appeared in the rain at the asylum’s front entrance.

The Bat Family fought to contain the Arkham prison riot, but Clayface and Grundy’s attack left Stephanie, Cassandra, and Damian critically wounded before Joker’s bomb killed them. Thor revived all three with a casual wave of his hand, then demanded payment from Batman.

• Thor watched as the Bat Family fought the rioting inmates while Shayera waited for Batman to arrive.
• Clayface, compressed into Solomon Grundy’s body, pierced Stephanie and Cassandra with his fists, and Shayera joined the fight against the monsters.
• Bane broke Damian’s ribs, and Killer Croc, Grundy, and Brick Wall overwhelmed Shayera before Batman arrived and incapacitated them.
• A bomb hidden in Damian’s suit exploded, killing Stephanie, Cassandra, and Damian despite Batman’s attempt to shield his son.
• Thor restored the three to life with the Law of Life, leaving the Bat Family stunned as he demanded payment from Batman.

Thor revived Damian, Cassandra, and Stephanie, restored Barbara's ability to walk, and erased Gotham's criminals with lightning. As Thor finished the job and considered finding food, Lucifer Morningstar contacted him and said he could do as he pleased short of destroying the multiverse.

• Batman gave Thor a black card with a hundred-million limit and asked him to help Barbara walk again.
• Thor sent green energy to Wayne Manor, and Barbara stood from her wheelchair and told Bruce she could walk.
• Thor summoned purple lightning that vaporized the criminals in and around Arkham, while Huntress Helena thanked him and Batman thanked him too.
• At the Watchtower, the Justice League watched the events in Gotham, and Green Lantern John Stewart urged the others not to provoke Thor.
• Lucifer Morningstar spoke to Thor telepathically and told him he could do as he pleased unless he acted on the scale of destroying the multiverse.

After receiving a cryptic warning from Lucifer, Thor healed Shayera and took the Bat Family out for a late-night meal, leaving Batman alone with the bill. The chapter ended with Bruce Wayne's card charged fifty-five dollars for pizza and a one-million-dollar tip.

• Thor emerged from his encounter with Lucifer and told Batman that a powerful figure in the universe had warned him.
• Thor healed Shayera's broken wing, while the Justice League watched and discussed his power.
• Thor asked the Bat Family for late-night food recommendations and said Bruce would pay.
• Thor teleported away with Shayera, Stephanie, Huntress, Red Hood, Black Canary, and Damian, leaving Batman at Arkham.
• Bruce Wayne received a bank alert for a pizza purchase with a one-million-dollar tip.

The Justice League assessed Thor’s limitless powers and learned that the government had sent Galatea to test him. Thor was enjoying ice cream at South Metropolis Beach when Galatea arrived, leaving their confrontation about to begin.

• Bruce briefed the Justice League on Thor’s abilities, his apparent lack of limits, and Gotham’s magically enforced crackdown on crime.
• Amanda Waller demanded to know whether Thor acted on the League’s orders, and Bruce revealed that Cadmus had created Galatea using Kara’s genes.
• Waller told Bruce that the Pentagon had sent Galatea to test Thor’s limits, and Bruce warned that she might not return.
• Thor ate ice cream at South Metropolis Beach when Galatea arrived with a sonic boom that knocked nearby tourists down.

Thor and the Bat-family watched Kara battle Galatea, a powerful Kryptonian clone created by Cadmus. After Galatea overwhelmed Kara, Thor offered the mortal vigilantes a chance to experience Superman-like power.

• Thor identified the attacking Kryptonian as Galatea, a clone made to stop Superman, and provoked her by calling her a tool.
• Kara arrived and drove Galatea into the sea, then pursued her while the Bat-family stayed with Thor on the beach.
• Thor asked the young vigilantes why Batman never gave them time off and offered to take them out for fun while he remained in their universe.
• Galatea defeated Kara in their fight and sent her crashing onto the beach near Thor.
• Thor formed a ball of golden energy and asked Jason, Stephanie, Damian, Cassandra, Helena, and Shayera if they wanted to experience being Superman.

Thor empowered six Bat Family vigilantes with Kryptonian abilities, who defeated Galatea, while Bruce Wayne and the Justice League assessed Thor as an overwhelming threat. Thor subdued Galatea and claimed her as his sidekick, leaving the League to choose caution and observe him.

• Thor granted Jason, Cassandra, Damian, Helena, and Shayera Kryptonian powers, and they overwhelmed Galatea in battle.
• Bruce Wayne reviewed the beach footage and concluded Thor could create an army of highly skilled Kryptonians.
• Kara introduced herself to Thor, who revealed he had lived for over five thousand years.
• Thor subdued Galatea, made her swallow Green Kryptonite, and declared her his sidekick; Damian kept her pinned when she attacked Thor.
• Amanda Waller demanded that the Justice League hand Galatea over, but Bruce refused and Wally told her to take her from Thor herself.
• Bruce ordered the League to observe Thor and avoid provoking him, while Diana left to research his possible weaknesses; Thor then toasted the surveillance camera.

Jason asked how Lois Lane survived having sex with Superman, and Thor answered that Superman suppressed his powers by taking Kryptonite powder. Meanwhile, Grodd ordered the villains to hide from Thor and prepared to seek help beyond Earth.

• Jason asked Kara how Lois Lane survived having sex with Superman, and Thor said Clark used Kryptonite powder to suppress his strength.
• Kara and Galatea reacted with shock, while the Justice League listened on the Watchtower and Bruce worried that Thor's Kryptonite could defeat Superman despite his growing resistance.
• Bruce reviewed Superman's medical records and considered new Kryptonite countermeasures as he watched Thor on the beach.
• Grodd told the gathered villains to cut off contact and stay inside their fortress after discussing Thor's slaughter of Lex Luthor and Gotham's villains.
• Grodd opened a multidimensional portal behind his throne, intending to find new allies beyond Earth.

Ares persuaded Hades to use the Key of Tartarus to release the Titans, while Hades insisted that Diana and Themyscira must be spared. Hades opened the prison, and a bronze-skinned Titan emerged, greeting him as though he had expected Hades to return.

• Ares arrived in the Underworld and asked Hades to join him in overthrowing Zeus.
• Ares urged Hades to release the Titans, but Hades refused to risk Themyscira or harm Diana, to whom he owed a favor.
• Ares gave Hades the Key of Tartarus and left, saying he had other helpers to start a war.
• Hades took the key to Tartarus and used it to break the laws binding the prison gate.
• A three-meter-tall Titan emerged from the opening and told Hades that he knew Hades would come back.

Thor spent a vacation with Gotham’s vigilantes in the Faroe Islands, where he showed Shayera the painful future she had been destined for and agreed to take her to his city. Jason then interrupted the gathering with an emergency League assembly order after conflicts erupted worldwide, possibly due to Ares.

• Jason photographed Stephanie and Helena while Cassandra, Damian, and Galatea spent time nearby, and the group reflected on their rare break from fighting Gotham’s villains.
• Thor considered opening a portal to Knowhere, but Shayera sat beside him and asked what her original future had been.
• Thor showed Shayera visions of Thanagarian betrayal, her separation from John, Vixen, and their future son Warhawk, then described her unhappy relationships with John and Hawkman.
• Shayera asked to leave Earth for Thor’s universe, and Thor agreed to take her to a city he ruled, an independent dimensional space inhabited by people from different universes.
• Jason arrived with an emergency assembly order and told Thor that more than a dozen wars and armed conflicts had broken out worldwide, possibly because of Ares.

Thor sent Jason, Helena, Stephanie, Cassandra, and Damian away, then considered recruiting more powerful fighters for Frost City. At the Watchtower, Batman mobilized the Justice League to contain wars stirred up by Ares, but Diana's distress call revealed a new attack on Themyscira.

• Thor teleported Jason, Helena, Stephanie, Cassandra, and Damian away, leaving himself with Shayera and Galatea.
• Thor considered adding Shayera, Galatea, and other powerful fighters to Frost City's ranks.
• Batman briefed the Justice League that Ares had sparked simultaneous conflicts around the world to feed on war and hatred.
• Batman assigned teams to contain the fighting in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and South America as heroes deployed from the Watchtower.
• Diana sent an emergency request for support and reported that Hades had betrayed Olympus, opened the gates of hell, and unleashed the Titans Gods against Themyscira.

The Justice League rushed to Themyscira to aid Wonder Woman and the Amazons against Cronus and the Titans. Superman was badly beaten by Atlas, and the battle remained desperate until Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, and Kara Zor-El arrived.

• Batman sent Wally West to Themyscira and summoned Superman, Shazam, and Captain Atom to reinforce Diana.
• Wally rescued endangered Amazons as Diana's warriors fought the Cyclopes and hundred-armed giants; Hades allowed Cronus's forces to continue attacking.
• Shazam, Captain Atom, and Superman joined the battle, but the first-generation Titans overwhelmed the heroes and drove Superman, Diana, and Shazam back.
• Atlas caught Superman's punch, pummeled him, and hurled him into the sea while the Titans pressured the other heroes.
• Batman attacked from his aircraft, but a Titan struck it down and threw a massive boulder at him as he parachuted to safety.
• John Stewart, J'onn, and Kara Zor-El arrived and saved Batman, then Kara charged into the Titans.

Superman and the Justice League fought the Titans on Themyscira until Cronus overwhelmed the heroes, while Hades intervened to protect Diana and joined forces with Cronus and Ares. As the battered League retreated and the three Old Gods prepared to march on Olympus, Darkseid arrived with an army of Parademons and challenged them.

• Supergirl joined the fight but Atlas defeated her, and Superman struck Atlas with a full-force punch after emerging from the sea.
• Wally rescued Kara as she and Shazam fought Hyperion, while John Stewart, Wally, Martian Manhunter, and Diana worked to hold back the Titans elsewhere.
• Cronus appeared and swiftly incapacitated Superman, Green Lantern, Wally, Shazam, Kara, and Martian Manhunter.
• Hades blocked Cronus from striking Diana, then fought him until Ares arrived in the Destroyer Armor and persuaded the two gods to cooperate against Zeus.
• Wally carried the injured Justice League away, and Cronus, Hades, and Ares prepared to lead the Titans toward Olympus.
• Darkseid arrived over Themyscira with Parademons pouring from Boom Tubes and challenged the three Old Gods.

Darkseid attacked Cronus, forcing the Old Gods to unite against him while Parademons swarmed Themyscira. With the Justice League badly injured, Batman considered how to respond and went to ask Thor for help, leaving the story with Batman confronting him on a fishing boat.

• Darkseid struck Cronus with his Omega Beams, and Ares, Hades, and Cronus turned their attention to him as their battle began.
• Parademons poured through Boom Tubes onto Themyscira, forcing the Amazon Warriors and Titan giants to fight together.
• At the Watchtower, Batman decided the Justice League should help the Titans, ordered other members to protect civilians, and asked Diana whether she could contact Zeus.
• Doctor Fate and Zatanna said they might banish Hades but could not handle Ares or Darkseid, while Batman disappeared from the room.
• Batman appeared on Thor's fishing boat in the Maldives and told him they needed to talk.

Thor refused Batman’s request for help unless Diana came to beg him, while Darkseid overwhelmed Themyscira’s defenders. Diana swallowed her anger and went to Thor, asking him to help.

• Batman arrived on Thor’s boat and asked what Thor wanted in exchange for helping the Justice League.
• Thor demanded that Diana come and beg him, so Batman teleported back to the Watchtower with his answer.
• Batman showed Diana that Darkseid was gaining ground against Cronus, Hades, and Ares as Parademons overwhelmed the defenders.
• Diana agreed to go to Thor despite her anger and humiliation.
• Diana appeared on Thor’s boat and asked him to help them.

Thor rejected Diana’s plea for help, humiliated her into backing down, and then flew off in Asgardian armor to face the invasion. At the Watchtower, the League watched Darkseid’s forces devastate Earth as a global thunderstorm erupted, revealing the scale of Thor’s power.

• Thor said Diana’s request was insincere, and her anger nearly drove her to attack him.
• Thor dodged Diana’s punch, dunked her in the sea, and warned he would not help if she kept glaring at him.
• Thor told Shayera to watch Galatea, summoned his armor and hammer, and flew away.
• Diana returned to the Watchtower, where the League watched Themyscira fall and Parademons attack cities around the world.
• A severe storm covered the globe, and John Stewart and Wally West reacted to the display of Thor’s power.

Thor intervened in the battle over Themyscira, eradicated Darkseid and the remaining Titans and Old Gods, and healed the wounded Amazons. He left after telling Hippolyta he had only helped Diana, as the storms cleared across the world.

• At the Pentagon, Amanda Waller abandoned plans to control or target Thor after witnessing his power.
• Thor's lightning saved heroes and civilians around the world by wiping out Parademons.
• Thor challenged Darkseid to endure one hammer strike and erased him with Mjolnir after overpowering his Omega Beams.
• Thor's seven-colored lightning dragon erased Ares, Cronus, and the surviving Titans, while Hades escaped to the Underworld.
• Thor healed the wounded Amazons, told Hippolyta he had helped Diana, and departed as the global storm vanished.

Kara sought help understanding a crystal sphere Thor had casually created after telling her it could make her a powerhouse. The Justice League’s magic experts identified it as a pocket dimension, revealing the extraordinary nature of Thor’s creation.

• Kara showed Oliver a miniature world in a crystal sphere and demonstrated that she could turn coal into a giant diamond, but she remained confused about Thor’s challenge.
• Oliver called Wally West and left him to investigate the sphere with Kara.
• Wally’s attempts to study the sphere failed, so he brought it with Kara to the Watchtower.
• Zatanna and Doctor Fate reacted gravely to the sphere, and Doctor Fate identified it as a pocket dimension casually made by a top-tier existence.