Chapter Summaries

The heroes fought the invading nightmare forces on the beach and gained ground with Nth metal weapons, but Barbatos’s roar weakened them and turned the tide against them. Diana returned free of corruption and joined Grail to drive The Devastator into the sea.

• The Devastator attacked Grail, but she struck him away with her scythe while the other heroes engaged The Murder Machine and The Dawnbreaker.
• Hal Jordan and Mister Terrific forged and distributed Nth metal weapons, allowing the heroes to destroy nightmare monsters and begin a counterattack.
• Plastic Man burst from his shell and flattened monsters, but Barbatos roared across reality, shaking the heroes and empowering the darkness.
• Hal Jordan left the forge to aid the frontline, striking The Dawnbreaker and suppressing The Murder Machine with a Green Lantern weapon.
• The Devastator evolved and targeted baby Darkseid, forcing Grail to take a blow meant for the child.
• Diana returned free of corruption and joined Grail in a combined attack that sent The Devastator tumbling into the sea.

The Batman Who Laughs wounded Damian and infected him and Barry Allen with an upgraded laughing gas and Fear Toxin before escaping. Batman returned with Superman and another armored figure, took Damian from Oliver, and asked Clark to help.

• The Batman Who Laughs stabbed Damian with an Nth Metal longsword and used him as a shield against Oliver Queen.
• Damian tried to drive the sword into the Batman Who Laughs, but his enemy dodged and Damian collapsed.
• Barry Allen rescued Damian, but the Batman Who Laughs revealed he had infected Barry and Damian before vanishing.
• Damian and Barry begged Oliver to kill them before they became monsters, leaving Oliver unable to act.
• Batman returned with Superman Clark Kent and another armored figure, took Damian from Oliver, and sent Clark speeding away to help.

Superman Clark Kent stopped holding back and destroyed several Dark Knights, while Thor gave Batman a way to cure Damian and Barry of the mutating toxin. Damian recovered and learned that Thor was his grandfather.

• Superman Clark Kent struck The Devastator with full force and disintegrated him, then destroyed The Dawnbreaker and The Murder Machine.
• Batman scanned Damian and Barry Allen and learned from Mister Terrific Michael Holt that the toxin was merging with their cells.
• Thor gave Batman a golden potion and told him to use Tenth Metal to heal Damian and Barry.
• Batman used the Tenth Metal and potion to purge the toxin, heal Damian, and restore Barry.
• Barry thanked Batman and left to help Clark, while Damian recovered and asked who Thor was.
• Thor ruffled Damian's hair and told him he was Damian's grandfather.

Batman and the heroes headed to Challengers Mountain to stop Barbatos from dragging the Light Universe into the Dark Multiverse. They arrived in a corrupted Gotham and faced their transformed allies and enemies as Damian vowed to bring the Teen Titans back.

• Batman learned that Hawkman and Hawkgirl had lost contact and that the Light Universe was being pulled into the Dark Multiverse.
• Thor opened a portal to Challengers Mountain, and Batman distributed Element X to strengthen the heroes’ weapons and equipment.
• The heroes crossed into a corrupted Gotham, where a pillar of black light connected Challengers Mountain to the Dark Multiverse.
• Batman ordered a group to break through to Challengers Mountain while the others cleared a path.
• Damian saw the corrupted Teen Titans, drew his blade, and swore to bring them back.

Superman unleashed his Sun Flare to clear a path through Barbatos’s army while Batman and the others raced to stop the ritual at Challengers Mountain. Batman confronted the Batman Who Laughs, and the Prime Universe Joker intervened, helping Bruce strike his enemy with an Element X sword.

• Superman removed his Element X protection and released his stored solar energy, vaporizing the enemies before him and charging into the horde to open a route to Challengers Mountain.
• Batman led Diana, Aquaman, the Flash, and Green Lantern toward the facility while Superman held the advancing army behind them.
• The Batman Who Laughs blocked the group at the facility gates, so Diana took the others inside to rescue Victor and stop the ritual while Bruce stayed to fight him.
• The Batman Who Laughs exploited Bruce’s hesitation and knocked him to one knee, preparing to strike him with a chain.
• The Prime Universe Joker burst from the shadows and attacked the Batman Who Laughs, giving Bruce an opening to drive his Element X sword into the villain’s abdomen.

Bruce defeated The Batman Who Laughs, but Barbatos emerged through the rift and took control of Diana, Aquaman, and The Flash. Thor revealed that Bruce could gather the multiverse’s tenth metal to become a god, and as Superman shielded him, Bruce transformed into the God of Bats for the final confrontation.

• Joker helped Bruce destroy The Batman Who Laughs, then retreated into the shadows as Barbatos emerged above Challengers Mountain.
• Diana, Aquaman, and The Flash were mentally controlled by Barbatos and attacked Bruce and Thor.
• Bruce admitted he had no plans left, and Thor offered to gather tenth metal throughout the multiverse to forge divine armor.
• Thor summoned the tenth metal, and Barbatos formed a giant dark-energy claw to strike Bruce.
• Superman intercepted Barbatos’s attack and endured it while the gathered tenth metal transformed Bruce into the God of Bats.

Bruce Wayne’s transformation into the God of Bats freed the corrupted heroes and let him overpower Barbatos. He blasted the dark god away from Earth and pursued it into space to end the threat.

• Bruce’s radiant power dispelled the darkness controlling Diana, Aquaman, Barry Allen, and the other corrupted heroes, while Barbatos reacted in terror.
• Thor privately reflected that he had used multiversal Tenth Metal and Enigma Force to empower Bruce.
• Hal Jordan and Diana checked on the recovered heroes, and Victor Stone emerged from the Challengers Mountain ruins and explained that Bruce’s power was a one-time miracle.
• Bruce attacked Barbatos with a single punch, shattering its dark defense and blasting it out of Earth’s atmosphere.
• Bruce flew after Barbatos into space, intent on ending the nightmare.

Bruce Wayne used the power of Tenth Metal to defeat Barbatos and pull endangered Earths back from the Dark Multiverse. After Death warned Thor that powerful cross-dimensional forces were watching Loki, Bruce delivered the final blow that destroyed Barbatos.

• Barry Allen, Victor Stone, Hal Jordan, and Diana watched the cleansed sky and discussed Bruce's victory as Thor praised the battle from the ruins.
• Death Tetiyu returned and gave Thor the souls of The Dawnbreaker, The Murder Machine, and The Devastator, which he sealed for Frost City's growing roster of Batman employees.
• Death warned Thor that enormous cross-dimensional powers were watching Loki, and Thor considered the Council of Kangs, the Red Council, and other possible threats.
• Bruce bound Barbatos with chains formed from laws of hope, courage, sacrifice, and protection, then used his platinum radiance to pull endangered Earths back into place across the multiverse.
• Bruce forged a vast platinum blade and cleaved Barbatos apart at his conceptual root, ending the dimensional nightmare.

After losing the divine power that had saved the universe, Bruce Wayne returned to Earth and confronted Thor, who promised to bring Martha to him. Bruce set aside his questions about Thomas Wayne to direct the Justice League’s recovery efforts, while the mystery of Thomas remained.

• As the divine power was pulled into a mysterious rift, Bruce fell toward Earth and Clark caught him.
• Bruce fixed his attention on Thomas, but Thor told him to restore his world first and promised to bring Martha.
• Thor and Death Tetiyu escaped through a rift before Bruce could question them.
• Bruce ordered Cyborg, Diana, Arthur, Barry, and Clark to assess damage, rescue civilians, and clear threats across the world.

Thor resurrected the six Dark Knight Order members as healthy humans and recruited them to manage his expanding multiversal cities, promising to save their universes if they served him. They accepted the contract and followed Magneto Erik toward the city lord’s residence for onboarding.

• Thor and Death Tetiyu purified the six Dark Knight Order members’ souls and restored them to healthy human bodies.
• The six Batmen questioned Thor, and Bryce Wayne asked whether he could resurrect the dead.
• Thor promised to save their universes if they signed a contract of servitude, and all six agreed.
• Thor summoned Magneto Erik and sent him to escort the six new hires to Secretary Hill for onboarding.
• Thor dismissed Death Tetiyu and teleported away, while she watched a winged woman in a hot spring with a Thor-like creature on her head.
• Erik led the six Batmen toward the city lord’s residence and planned to seek workplace injury compensation.

Thor visited Shayera at her villa to return her warhammer and discovered she had a miniature Thor Tuotuo perched on her head. He learned that Tuotuos had become a popular collectible in Frost City, where he ranked fourth, then left Shayera embarrassed by teasing her about the pet and complimenting her figure.

• Thor arrived at Shayera's villa and spotted a tiny creature dressed like him on her head.
• Shayera explained that it was a rare Thor Tuotuo, a pet that could imitate creatures and had a market price exceeding a million Frost Coins.
• Shayera admitted she kept it because it looked good and was cute, and told Thor that Tuotuos had a popularity ranking.
• Thor learned Spider-Man, Superman, and Batman held the top three spots while he ranked fourth.
• Thor returned Shayera's Nth Metal warhammer, teased her about her figure, and teleported away, leaving her red-faced and furious.

Thor visited Valeria's laboratory to ask her to study his spoils of war, but found that she had unlocked her body's age restriction and now looked like an adult. He showed her the Mobius Chair replica and tenth metal, while discovering Valeria's collection of Tuotuo figures included a capsule-shaped Reed Richards.

• Thor entered Valeria's laboratory and mistook the adult-looking Valeria for a stranger.
• Valeria explained that she had removed her body's age restriction to use a twenty-one-year-old body for research.
• Thor summoned the Mobius Chair replica and showed Valeria the tenth metal, setting off the laboratory alarms.
• Valeria ordered Lumina to disable the alarms and eagerly began examining the tenth metal.
• Thor noticed Kara holding a Thor Tuotuo and learned Valeria collected several popular Tuotuos, including a Reed Richards specimen in a petri dish.

Thor learned that Tony had built the Multiverse Guardians and that Frost City’s heroes had handled several major threats, including the Sentry’s Void and the Inheritors. Valeria then revealed that Black Swan Yabbat had gone missing after sending Thor an encrypted message about Doom.

• Thor asked Kara about Frost City’s recent history, and she explained that Tony had formed the Multiverse Guardians and brought superhero blobs and Godzillas to the city.
• Kara told Thor that Clark, Kara, and Chibi Hulk had fought the unstable Sentry while Wanda, Madelyne, Emma Frost, and Betsy sealed away his Void personality.
• Kara recounted how Magneto Erik crushed the Inheritors after they attacked the fighting arena and frightened his daughter Lorna.
• Valeria told Thor that Black Swan Yabbat had lost contact and left him an encrypted message about Doom.

Thor learned that Doctor Doom was planning to reshape the multiverse, but chose to prioritize eliminating the Council of Kangs and the Council of Mephisto. Valeria began using the Tenth Metal to map the multiverse and locate their hidden bases, while Kara revealed a tiny living Godzilla.

• Yabbat warned Thor that Victor von Doom planned to reshape the multiverse and was hunting Molecule Man, then her transmission cut off.
• Thor decided to deal with the Council of Kangs and the Council of Mephisto before confronting Doom’s larger plan.
• Valeria proposed using the Tenth Metal to map healthy universes and identify the dark regions where the two councils were hiding.
• Valeria sealed herself and the Tenth Metal inside an energy barrier and promised to deliver a map of the multiverse in three days.
• Kara showed Thor a palm-sized, living mini Godzilla.

Thor learned that Emma Frost had recruited nearly two hundred omega-level Mutants from across the multiverse to form an army for him. Moved by her effort, he left in a burst of golden lightning, while Kara remained in the laboratory.

• Thor examined Kara's miniature Godzilla, which fired its Atomic Breath at him without harming him before settling back down in Kara's palm.
• Thor noticed the Thor Tuotuo on Kara's shoulder and considered returning to the DC Universe to resurrect Martha and visit Bruce.
• Kara told Thor that Emma Frost had recruited nearly two hundred omega-level Mutants, including Storm, Iceman, and Rogue, and brought them to Frost City.
• Thor was stunned and warmed by Emma's actions, then teased Kara about getting a Kara Tuotuo and caught her briefly blushing.
• Thor laughed and vanished in golden lightning, leaving Kara alone with the energy sphere.

Thor bought Batman Tuotuo as gifts for Damian and Selene, unaware that the shop manager was the reality warper James Jaspers, who had chosen him as a future opponent. Back at Emma Frost’s office, Thor planned a trip to the DC Universe to revive Martha and bring Bruce and Selene together.

• Thor visited Tuotuo’s Wonderful Cute Creatures Shop and bought two Batman Tuotuo for Damian and Selene.
• After Thor left, Agate revealed that he was James Jaspers and decided to study Thor before making a move.
• Thor returned to Emma Frost’s office and found Thor and White Queen Tuotuo on her desk.
• Thor placed the Batman Tuotuo beside Emma’s, then planned to visit the DC Universe, revive Martha, and bring Bruce and Selene together.

Thor learned that many DC refugees had chosen to make Frost City their home, then discovered that an Omniverse-level Mutant had secretly been hiding there and targeting him. He recognized the intruder as James Jaspers, the shopkeeper Agate, but decided to proceed with his planned trip to the DC Universe.

• Emma Frost told Thor that many DC refugees had applied for permanent residency or bought land in Frost City because they considered it home.
• Emma Frost kissed Thor, but Jean Grey arrived and warned that an Omniverse-level being had been hiding in Frost City for at least half a year and was targeting him.
• Jean told Thor that she had asked Loki to trace the timeline, which confirmed the hidden being was a Mutant.
• Thor identified the hidden Mutant as James Jaspers, who had posed as the shopkeeper Agate.
• Thor chose to leave for the DC Universe as planned, intending to let James Jaspers watch from the shadows.

Thor disguised himself as Thomas Wayne and sent nearly five thousand DC Universe refugees, including Lois Lane, back to their home in Metropolis. The rift between universes closed behind them as Thor remained in Asgard.

• Thor told Emma Frost to keep Frost City on high alert while acting as though nothing had changed, so Jaspers would not suspect they had noticed him.
• Thor transformed himself completely into Thomas Wayne and vanished from Emma Frost and Jean Grey's office.
• Thomas appeared in Asgard's central square, where Lois Lane and nearly five thousand DC Universe refugees were waiting to return home.
• Thomas used the Laws of Space and Time to send the refugees through a rift to Metropolis.
• The refugees reached their home universe, and the rift slowly closed above Asgard.

Bruce investigated Gotham’s sharp decline in crime and questioned the motives of the man claiming to be his father, Thomas Wayne. Superman arrived at Wayne Enterprises with a grave expression, signaling a new urgent development.

• Bruce reviewed the data showing Gotham’s crime rate had fallen by thirty-seven percent and wondered whether the change was connected to the Barbatos incident or Thomas Wayne.
• Tim Drake delivered a reconstruction report and joked about Thomas’s role as an agent of death, while Bruce said Thomas had taken the Tenth Metal and given him another, radiant power.
• Bruce concluded that Thomas was not truly his father and worried about his unknown purpose and the danger he could pose to Earth.
• Superman arrived at Wayne Enterprises looking solemn, and Bruce asked him what had happened.

Clark told Bruce that Thomas had returned five thousand of the Metropolis residents who had been transformed into Doomsdays, and showed him footage of the strange, powerful Frost City. Alfred then reported that Thomas was at Selene’s home, and Bruce ordered Gotham’s Bat Family to seal off the area as he rushed there.

• Clark told Bruce that five thousand of the restored Metropolis residents had returned and showed him Lois’s footage of Frost City.
• Bruce learned that Emma Frost ruled Frost City, Magneto handled security, and a version of Bruce managed the city.
• Clark said Thomas had delivered the five thousand residents and disappeared without revealing what he did in Frost City.
• Alfred told Bruce that Thomas was at Selene’s home, and Bruce ordered the Bat Family to seal off the area.