Chapter Summaries

Luke crossed the Source Wall into a neighboring universe on a mission for the Cosmic Entities. He landed on Paradise Island and encountered a curious Amazon, leaving his arrival at Wonder Woman’s birthplace as the story’s next encounter.

• Luke returned to Universe 1024, spent a month settling affairs, and received his reward from Vishanti.
• Luke met Doctor Strange at Kamar-Taj, then agreed to travel with Vishanti beyond the multiverse.
• Luke saw Universe 1024 marked as his own before breaking through the Source Wall with the power of the Tenth Metal.
• Luke was swept through a stream of energy and awoke on a beach in the neighboring universe.
• An Amazon woman found Luke on Paradise Island, where neither had ever seen someone like the other.

Luke met Diana on Paradise Island and agreed to meet her mother, Queen Hippolyta, while trying to learn what world and era he had arrived in. Hippolyta arranged for him to stay until the Amazonians decided how to return him, then discussed with Antiope the need to establish contact with the outside world.

• Diana found Luke on the beach, questioned him about men, and decided to take him to meet her mother.
• Luke told Diana about the outside world, and she asked him to take her there, but he insisted on speaking with Hippolyta first.
• Diana led Luke through Themyscira to the palace, where he told Hippolyta he had drifted to the island after a storm and promised to keep its location secret.
• Hippolyta agreed to send Luke back to the human world eventually and told Diana to arrange lodging for him.
• After Luke and Diana left, Hippolyta asked Antiope to assess him and said the Amazonians needed to communicate with humanity through a messenger.

Luke spoke with Diana on his balcony as she confided that Hippolyta had forbidden her from entering the Amazonian Games. After hearing Luke’s advice about courage, Diana became determined to prove herself and see the outside world.

• Luke reflected on Paradise Island’s complicated ties to the Greek gods while drinking wine on his balcony.
• Diana climbed into Luke’s room at night and told him that Hippolyta had barred her from competing in the Games.
• Diana asked Luke to finish his story about Jack and Rose, then challenged the morality of their actions.
• Diana asked how she could convince Hippolyta to let her compete, and Luke told her that courage meant challenging what seemed impossible.
• Diana thanked Luke and said she wanted to travel the world, and Luke told her that the world was worth seeing.

Hippolyta announced that an Amazon warrior would travel to the human world as an envoy, while Luke watched the tournament and spoke with her about humanity's reliance on wisdom. Diana secretly entered the contest, won, and was crowned the Amazonians' envoy, leaving her ready to travel with Luke.

• Hippolyta told the Amazon Warriors she would send an envoy to build peaceful relations with the outside world.
• Luke explained to Hippolyta that humans used knowledge and tools to face powerful enemies, while Antiope dismissed his words.
• Diana defeated the final opponent in the tournament and won the Amazonians' cheers.
• Diana removed her helmet, revealing herself to Hippolyta, who accepted that her daughter had entered against her orders.
• Hippolyta crowned Diana with the Tiara of Light and named her the Amazonians' envoy to the human world.

Luke and Diana sailed from Paradise Island toward the human world when a sea monster attacked their ship. After Luke rescued Diana and destroyed the monster, he recognized their world as Flashpoint and flew back toward Paradise Island.

• Diana left Paradise Island with Luke as its envoy after winning the tournament, while Hippolyta armed her with Amazon weapons and armor.
• Luke and Diana endured a storm at sea as he wondered how to approach the superheroes in this unfamiliar world.
• A sea monster named Kroll flipped their ship and attacked Diana, who wounded it with the God Killer Sword.
• Arthur Curry emerged from the sea, identified himself as Kroll’s master, and warned that the monster’s blood was toxic.
• Luke rescued the poisoned Diana and vaporized Kroll, then flew toward Paradise Island and recognized the world as Flashpoint.

Diana woke on Paradise Island after being poisoned by the sea monster Kroll, and Luke explained that he had rescued her and identified the world as the Flashpoint timeline. After Diana thanked him and Luke disappeared, Barry Allen awoke exhausted at the Central City police station, where Joe reminded him that he still had work to do.

• Diana dreamed she was back on Paradise Island before remembering Kroll's attack and calling for her mother.
• Luke told Diana that Kroll's poison had affected her, that he had brought her to Paradise Island, and that the trident-wielding man was Arthur Curry of Atlantis.
• Luke recognized the world as the Flashpoint timeline and considered finding Barry Allen or Reverse-Flash to escape it before it vanished.
• Diana thanked Luke for saving her, but he teased her about her slipped blanket and then disappeared from her bedside.
• Barry Allen woke at the Central City police station, and Joe gave him coffee and said he still had unfinished work.

Barry Allen awoke in a world where he had no Speed Force and Citizen Cold was Central City's greatest hero. After discovering that his mother had survived but Iris had married someone else, Barry headed for Gotham to seek Batman's help.

• Barry woke after a long dream and realized he could no longer access the Speed Force.
• Joe told Barry that Citizen Cold was Central City's greatest hero, and Barry found that his Flash suit ring was gone.
• After falling down the stairs, Barry recalled that his mother had not been murdered, his father had not gone to prison, and he had never become the Flash.
• Barry realized Iris had married someone else and decided Batman might help him understand the changed world.
• Barry hailed a taxi and told the driver to take him to Gotham.

Barry Allen reached Gotham looking for Batman and discovered that this world’s Batman was Thomas Wayne, who believed Bruce was dead. On Paradise Island, Diana told Luke that Hippolyta had refused to let her leave and that Atlantis had sent someone to the island.

• Barry arrived at the abandoned Wayne Manor and searched the Batcave, finding it stripped down to a handgun, a family photograph, and scattered equipment.
• Thomas Wayne attacked Barry, demanded to know why he had entered the manor, and threatened him for mentioning Bruce.
• Barry identified the Batman as Thomas Wayne after learning that Bruce had died in this world.
• Diana climbed into Luke’s room and told him that Hippolyta had refused her request to leave Paradise Island.
• Diana told Luke that Atlantis had sent someone to the island, and he worried that he might have to fight another Aquaman.

Arthur Curry proposed an alliance between Atlantis and Paradise Island, while Hippolyta left the idea under consideration. In another world, Thomas Wayne’s Batman tortured Barry for mentioning Bruce and demanded to know why he had come.

• Arthur Curry apologized to Hippolyta and argued that Atlantis and Paradise Island should reveal themselves to humanity and guide its future.
• Hippolyta rejected the idea of intervening in human conflicts, but considered Arthur’s proposal to form a United Dynasty alliance.
• Batman broke Barry’s fingers after Barry said Bruce had died in Thomas Wayne’s place.
• Batman threatened Barry with further torture and demanded to know whether Joker had sent him.
• Batman declared that he was the Vengeance Knight, not Gotham’s Dark Knight.

Barry Allen realized that his memories were changing as he discovered the future of the Flashpoint world. Luke left Diana on Paradise Island and set out to find Barry, hoping to prevent any mishap from trapping him there.

• Thomas Wayne beat Barry and dismissed his claims about being Flash as delusions.
• Thomas Wayne pressed Barry's temple, awakening visions of Aquaman flooding Europe and Wonder Woman leading an attack on London.
• Barry realized that the Flashpoint world was real and that his memories of the Main Universe were being overwritten.
• Luke told Diana he had to leave Paradise Island on a mission, and promised to return with ice cream.
• Luke decided to find Barry and invite him to team up, while Diana anticipated joining the Amazon delegation on its journey to the human world.

Luke located the battered Barry Allen in Gotham and entered Thomas Wayne’s Batcave, where Barry explained how Reverse-Flash had altered history and revealed that Bruce had survived in his world. Thomas asked whether Barry could restore the timeline, and Luke answered that he could.

• Luke used Super Vision to find Barry and went to Wayne Manor, where Thomas Wayne had beaten him.
• Barry told Thomas that Reverse-Flash had murdered his mother and that history had been rewritten, leaving his mother alive in this world.
• Barry explained that Thomas and Martha had died in his world while Bruce became Batman and fought beside him.
• Thomas asked whether Barry could restore the world to the timeline where Bruce was alive.
• Luke emerged from the shadows and said Barry could restore the world, then melted Thomas’s Batarangs with Heat Vision.
• Barry mistook Luke for Superman and called out to him.

Luke teamed up with Barry Allen and Thomas Wayne to restore the Speed Force and undo the Flashpoint world. After Barry’s attempt to attract lightning failed, Luke used Namor’s Golden Trident to summon a bolt that struck him, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Luke introduced himself as a Superman who was neither Clark Kent nor Kal-El, and Barry accepted his offer to help restore the world.
• Luke persuaded Thomas Wayne to join them by promising that Barry could bring back Bruce, and Thomas accepted despite knowing he and his wife would die if the timeline was fixed.
• Barry gathered chemicals and equipment to recreate the lightning accident that had first given him his powers.
• Barry sat beneath a lightning rod on Wayne Manor’s rooftop, but no lightning struck him despite more than ten minutes of waiting.
• Luke summoned the Golden Trident he had taken from Namor and used it to call down lightning, which struck Barry and left him nearly charred.

Luke helped Barry Allen restore his Speed Force, and Barry regained his powers as the Flash. Since Barry could not yet travel through time, the group considered building a Cosmic Treadmill and decided to seek help from Cyborg, giving Luke a chance to meet his cousin Superman.

• Luke controlled the lightning that struck Barry, and a second bolt restored Barry's Speed Force.
• Barry broke free, changed Reverse-Flash's yellow uniform into a red Flash suit, and admitted he was still too slow to open a passage through time and space.
• Barry suggested using a Cosmic Treadmill, but he needed an assistant, research equipment, and a supercomputer to build it.
• Thomas Wayne explained that he could not provide the resources because he ran casinos rather than controlling the Wayne Group.
• Thomas suggested asking Cyborg, who worked for the government and could arrange a research team and funding, and Luke agreed because he hoped to meet Superman.

Thomas Wayne agreed to join Cyborg’s proposed government agency on the condition that he chose its members and methods. Luke then used his new access to learn that a spacecraft from Metropolis was tied to a secret Superman Project, and he revealed to Thomas that he was searching for his cousin.

• Cyborg approached Thomas Wayne about joining a government agency, and Thomas agreed to build the team according to his own plans.
• Thomas named Flash and Luke as the team’s first members, while Cyborg promised funding, staff, and research resources.
• Luke asked Cyborg to investigate the meteorite that fell in Metropolis, and Cyborg found records of a spacecraft held at an underground base for the Superman Project.
• Cyborg reported that the military had found something called Experiment No. 1 inside the spacecraft, and Luke and Barry suspected Superman was imprisoned there.
• After Cyborg left, Thomas confronted Luke and Barry about their intentions, and Luke claimed he was searching for his cousin, who had arrived on Earth in a spacecraft.

Luke and Barry worked to finish the Cosmic Treadmill while planning to rescue Clark from a military base. At a diplomatic conference in Sydney, Diana resisted her mother’s attempts to prepare her for public life and continued thinking about Luke.

• Luke told Barry he had found the secret base holding Clark and planned to rescue him once the Cosmic Treadmill was nearly finished.
• Luke watched reports of the United Dynasty’s diplomatic talks and worried that the Flashpoint world’s looming conflict would disrupt the peace.
• Diana complained about wearing an evening gown to the conference, and Hippolyta reminded her of her duties as an Amazon princess.
• Hippolyta promised Diana she could find Luke after the conference, then warned her that he was only human and would not share a demigod’s lifespan.
• Diana insisted that Luke’s humanity did not matter, while Hippolyta reflected that Arthur’s interest in her could have suited the alliance.

Luke, Barry, and Thomas Wayne infiltrated the military’s secret base beneath Metropolis to rescue Superman. They found Carl-El imprisoned and weakened by Red Sun radiation, and Luke freed him while introducing himself as his long-lost Big Brother.

• Thomas Wayne revealed that he had used Cyborg to obtain the facility plans and arranged for him to be away, then led Barry and Luke through a secret entrance.
• Barry dismantled the corridor cameras and incapacitated the guards while the group moved deeper into the base.
• The group inspected the Kryptonian remains and the disassembled spaceship before Batman opened the fortress door.
• Luke and the others found the gaunt Carl-El confined beneath Red Sun radiation, and Luke pulled him from the corner and told him they were his friends.
• Luke introduced himself to Carl-El as his long-lost Big Brother.

Luke rescued Carl-El, the emaciated Kryptonian held by the military, and led him out of the underground base with Barry and Thomas Wayne. He bluffed General Lane into letting them go by claiming Kryptonian warships would reach Earth in a week, while the military’s earlier contact with Abin Sur suggested Earth had encountered aliens before.

• Luke comforted Carl-El, gave him enough Stellar Energy to stand, and handed him to Barry as they prepared to leave the base.
• When the military sealed the facility and opened fire, Luke shielded the group with his Bio-Force Field and led them through the soldiers.
• General Lane blocked their way and accused Luke, Batman, and Flash of trespassing and attempting to steal military property.
• Luke told General Lane that Carl-El was Joe-El’s son and accused the military of detaining and experimenting on him for thirty years.
• Luke claimed Kryptonian warships would arrive in a week, and General Lane ordered his soldiers to let the group pass.
• Luke warned General Lane that peace or war would depend on Earth’s conduct, while the chapter revealed that the military had previously encountered Abin Sur of the Green Lantern Corps.

Luke brought Bony Superman to Central City, where sunlight began restoring him, and asked Barry about Hal Jordan and Abin Sur. Meanwhile, Reverse-Flash reflected on the altered timeline before Thaal Sinestro appeared and said he had come for Flash.

• Luke reassured Barry and Batman that he had spared the people in Metropolis, then helped Bony Superman recover under the sun.
• General Lane watched Luke and the others depart and asked about Experiment No. 3, saying he needed it because a fully developed Kryptonian had appeared.
• Luke brought Bony Superman to Barry's apartment in Central City, where the weakened Kryptonian absorbed sunlight and fell asleep.
• Barry told Luke that Hal Jordan was still a test pilot and that Abin Sur had survived in this timeline, while Luke wondered about the Green Lantern Corps.
• Reverse-Flash celebrated the altered timeline and its spreading effects, then Thaal Sinestro appeared and introduced himself as a Green Lantern Corps warrior who had come for Flash.

Sinestro sought Reverse-Flash’s help to capture Barry Allen and use the Flash’s power to rewrite the universe, revealing that he had killed Abin Sur after learning about Flashpoint. Abin sent his Green Lantern ring away before dying, and it chose Luke as its successor.

• Sinestro told Reverse-Flash that Barry Allen had changed history and asked him to cooperate in stopping the Flash.
• Sinestro revealed that Barry had gathered Thomas Wayne, Carl-El, and another Kryptonian survivor, making Reverse-Flash reconsider his confidence.
• Sinestro recalled telling Abin Sur that he planned to capture the Flash and reshape the universe, even if Abin had to die.
• Abin Sur fought Sinestro, but Sinestro severed his hand and defeated him after the Guardians had cut his ring off from the Central Power Battery.
• Abin Sur sent his ring away to find a successor, and the ring flew through Luke’s window and chose him.

Luke's ring chose him as Green Lantern, but it ran out of power before he could finish the oath, so he asked Barry to retrieve Abin Sur's Power Battery. The battery revealed that Sinestro had come to Earth to seize Barry's power and rewrite time, leaving Luke and Barry stunned.

• Luke's ring connected to him and began his Green Lantern oath before running out of energy.
• Luke realized Abin Sur had programmed the ring to seek the planet's strongest person with the greatest willpower, and he asked Barry to bring him a Power Battery.
• Barry returned with the battery and learned that Abin Sur's ring had chosen Luke instead of Hal Jordan.
• Luke activated Abin Sur's message, which warned that Sinestro planned to take Barry's power and rewrite time.
• Barry reacted with shock when he learned Sinestro was targeting him.