Chapter Summaries

Luke reassured Barry that Sinestro was after his Speed Force, then went to Australia to check on the peace talks between Paradise Island and Atlantis. At the closing ball, an assassin targeted Hippolyta, but Luke arrived in time to protect her, leaving the alliance in danger as the venue fell into chaos.

• Luke told Barry that Sinestro likely wanted his Speed Force and reassured him that his family would be protected.
• Luke left Barry and flew to Australia to check on the diplomacy between Paradise Island and Atlantis.
• Diana rejected Arthur Curry's invitation to dance, while Orm advised Arthur to use romance to pursue her and warned him to keep Mera out of it.
• At the Sydney Opera House ball, Hippolyta realized she had been poisoned, and a Golden Trident struck at her.
• Diana blocked the first attack with her Bracelets of Glory, and Luke used a green shield to stop two more Tridents from hitting Hippolyta.
• Luke appeared beside Diana as security and the Amazon Warriors responded to the assassination attempt.

After Hippolyta was poisoned and attacked, Diana took charge of the crisis while Luke warned her that Penthesilea and Atlantis's Ocean Master Orm were conspiring with Ares. Diana was left to consider Luke's claim that Ares would strike again now that the assassination had failed.

• Diana identified Cerberus aconite in the wine, handed the weakened Hippolyta to Antiope, and ordered the human delegation released while the Amazons returned to Paradise Island.
• Penthesilea reported that the assassin had escaped into the sea, and Diana refused Prince Curry's request to visit Hippolyta.
• Diana invited Luke to Paradise Island, but he declined, explaining that the attack could spark war and leave her with many responsibilities.
• Luke gave Diana strawberry ice cream and revealed that Penthesilea was Ares's daughter, while Ocean Master Orm and possibly Ares had helped plot the assassination.
• Diana asked whether Luke had evidence, and he argued that Ares would act because Hippolyta survived and the planned war had not begun.

Luke left Diana behind and flew to confront Ares, who had descended to attack the Amazons. After Ares’s powers failed against Luke, Luke broke his helmet and stood over the weakened God of War.

• Diana tried to pursue the ship carrying Hippolyta, but Luke stopped her, kissed her, and flew away to confront Ares.
• Penthesilea stabbed General Antiope and revealed that she was helping Ares frame Atlantis for the attack so Diana would be driven into war.
• Ares descended from Olympus and declared that he needed war, while Luke confronted him in the sky.
• Luke shattered Ares’s flaming sword with a punch and resisted the God of War’s assault on his mind with his Green Lantern ring.
• Ares unleashed armies of the dead, but Luke’s energy storm destroyed their projections and weakened the god.
• Luke struck Ares’s helmet until it cracked, crushed it beneath his foot, and asked whether Ares was ready to go to hell.

Luke defeated Ares, killed his body, and crushed his soul before it could reach Hades’s Netherworld. Antiope and Penthesilea watched in shock as Luke proved he could erase a god, while he left Ares’s destruction as a temporary disappearance.

• Ares insisted that gods were immortal, but Luke mocked his claims and kicked the defeated God of War from the clouds into the sea.
• Antiope and Penthesilea watched from the flagship in disbelief as Luke followed Ares beneath the waves.
• Luke choked Ares, snapped his neck, and revealed that he had captured the god’s soul.
• Luke crushed Ares’s soul, leaving it temporarily erased, and Antiope wondered whether Luke was a god.
• Luke explained that his Death Authority and Netherworld had let him seize Ares’s soul from Hades.

After Diana learned that Luke had defeated Ares and was more than an ordinary traveler, Luke won her forgiveness through a passionate night together. In the morning, Diana remained determined to live independently, while Luke recognized that his growing attachment to her could make it harder to return to the Main Universe.

• Diana confronted Luke about defeating Ares and accused him of lying about being an ordinary traveler.
• Luke explained that he traveled between many worlds, then kissed Diana when she threatened him with the God Killer Sword.
• After their night together, Diana teased Luke and insisted she could live without depending on him.
• Luke worried about explaining their relationship to Hippolyta and acknowledged that his growing ties to Diana could hinder his return to the Main Universe.
• Diana drank Luke's fruit wine and embraced him before they began another passionate encounter.

Barry and Thomas Wayne prepared for Sinestro’s possible attack while Barry waited for the Cosmic Treadmill to be completed. After Reverse-Flash ambushed Thomas and a signal warned Luke that Barry was in danger, Luke left Paradise Island to help.

• Thomas Wayne told Barry to stay cautious, protect his mother, and bring Carl-El along as a bodyguard against Sinestro.
• Barry found his mother’s door ajar and rushed inside, while Thomas finished a letter to Bruce and monitored Carl-El with a hidden signal device.
• Reverse-Flash knocked Thomas unconscious, then left to let Sinestro’s trap for Barry proceed, unaware Thomas had sent a Morse-code warning.
• Batman’s warning reached Luke on Paradise Island, and Luke left Diana to go help Flash, planning to return soon.

Luke returned to Central City, rescued Thomas Wayne, and found Carl-El being beaten by Sinclair, a surviving subject of the military’s Superman Project. Luke killed Sinclair with one punch and left Carl-El alive after the fight.

• Luke found Thomas Wayne unconscious in Barry’s apartment, woke him with his power ring, and learned that a red lightning bolt had attacked him.
• Luke tracked Carl-El to a nearby block and saw Sinclair, the military’s Superman replica, overpowering him.
• Sinclair explained that he was Experiment No. 3, the only soldier to survive the Kryptonian cell modification process, and continued beating Carl-El.
• Luke stepped in when Sinclair threatened to capture both Kryptonians and claim glory for America.
• Luke punched through Sinclair’s chest, killing him, and walked past Carl-El.

Luke rescued Superman from Lieutenant Sinclair and tracked Sinestro to an island in the Atlantic, where Reverse-Flash had captured Barry. Reverse-Flash blamed Barry for creating Flashpoint, then handed him over to Sinestro, who planned to take his Speed Force.

• Luke knocked out Lieutenant Sinclair, helped Superman up, and gave him Barry's credit card to buy food.
• Luke used his power ring to locate Sinestro and flew to an island in the Atlantic.
• Flash woke tied to a chair and confronted Reverse-Flash, who claimed Barry's attempt to save his mother had created Flashpoint.
• Reverse-Flash told Barry that his actions had distorted time and changed countless lives, leaving Barry overwhelmed with guilt.
• Reverse-Flash turned Flash over to Sinestro, who declared that he would claim the Speed Force.

Sinestro and Reverse-Flash prepared to use Barry Allen as a Speed Force generator to reshape the timeline, believing a prophecy warned of greater darkness. Luke arrived before they could begin, confronted Sinestro, and prepared to fight him.

• Sinestro restrained Barry and explained that he intended to use Barry's Speed Force to rewrite the timeline, while Reverse-Flash taunted him and prepared the Cosmic Treadmill.
• Luke arrived, confronted Sinestro, and asked how he had learned about the timeline and the coming events.
• Sinestro revealed that Atrocitus had given him a blood prophecy after Sinestro captured him on Oa's orders.
• Sinestro said he had tried to warn Abin Sur about the darkness ahead, but Abin Sur had not believed him.
• Luke rejected Sinestro's justification for sacrificing others and attacked, saying Sinestro was blocking his path.

Luke defeated Sinestro’s attacks and took Flash and the Cosmic Treadmill, refusing to let Sinestro rewrite the Prime Universe Timeline. Sinestro kept fighting but discovered that magic and mental attacks could not hurt Luke.

• Luke shattered Sinestro’s willpower barrier with a punch, buried him beneath the mountain, and sent the unconscious Flash and Cosmic Treadmill to the Netherworld.
• Luke considered using his power ring to create a conceptual weapon, but failed to construct a complete structure while Sinestro attacked him.
• Luke cut the cave in half with Heat Vision, forcing Sinestro to fly clear of the collapsing rock.
• Sinestro tried fireballs and a mental shockwave against Luke, but neither attack had any effect.
• Luke announced that the game was over as Sinestro struggled to understand why this Superman had none of the weaknesses he expected.

After waking in Central City, Flash learned that Luke had killed Sinestro and that Reverse-Flash had escaped, then helped Flash restore his speed. As the Flashpoint timeline began to end, Luke said goodbye to Diana and promised he would remember her.

• Flash woke in his Central City apartment and learned from Luke that he had killed Sinestro after stopping his plan.
• Luke told Flash that Reverse-Flash had fled, then urged him to finish the Cosmic Treadmill because spacetime was becoming unstable.
• With Luke's help, Flash caught Reverse-Flash and sacrificed him to regain his peak speed and break through time.
• Luke told Diana that the Flashpoint timeline would be repaired and cease to exist, but promised they would meet again and that he would remember her.
• Luke and Diana took a photograph together on the beach before he left.

Barry used the Cosmic Treadmill to rewrite Flashpoint and return to the Prime Universe Timeline, while Luke was diverted and confronted by Dr. Manhattan. Barry woke beside Joe in his restored timeline and realized Luke was missing.

• Luke and Barry prepared to leave the collapsing Flashpoint timeline, and Barry said goodbye to his mother.
• Barry ran on the Cosmic Treadmill, saw three timelines, and followed Luke’s advice to focus on himself.
• Barry caught the version of himself who had changed the past, rewriting Flashpoint and altering the course of time.
• Barry woke beside Joe in the Prime Universe Timeline and found Dr. Wayne’s letter still in his pocket, but Luke was nowhere to be found.
• Luke met Dr. Manhattan, who said Luke was not Kryptonian and had come to the universe from somewhere else.

Luke confronted Dr. Manhattan on Mars and learned that the quantum being considered him an unstable factor in the developing multiverse. Dr. Manhattan gave Luke the Comedian’s badge and sent him to an unknown place as a supposed vacation.

• Luke recalled Dr. Manhattan’s origin and the quantum being’s history of erasing people who interfered with his observations.
• Luke challenged Dr. Manhattan to explain what he planned to do with him and argued that he could bring interesting change to the multiverse.
• Dr. Manhattan calculated that Luke had a 35 percent chance of causing immense destruction and judged him a highly unstable factor.
• Dr. Manhattan gave Luke the blood-spattered Comedian badge as a supposed gift and ticket for a vacation.
• Dr. Manhattan teleported Luke out of the New 52 Universe, leaving him alone on Mars.

Luke arrived in the Watchmen Universe and learned that Rorschach’s Journal had exposed Adrian Veidt’s conspiracy, pushing the world toward war again. He began searching for Veidt, who remained at large.

• Luke appeared in a dark alley and considered how he might overcome Dr. Manhattan and the limits of a single universe.
• A street thug tried to rob Luke, but his dagger bent against Luke’s chest, and Luke killed him with heat vision as he fled.
• Luke listened to news reports revealing that Rorschach’s Journal had leaked, Adrian Veidt was wanted for mass murder, and Russia had invaded Poland.
• Luke learned that Veidt remained at large and wondered where the former Pharaoh had gone.

Rorschach II rescued Marionette and Mime from a police station as the world descended into riots and faced an imminent nuclear launch. At Adrian Veidt’s secret base, he revealed that he would partner with Rorschach II to try to save the world.

• Rorschach II put on the inkblot mask and left his apartment while evacuation orders and riots spread across the city.
• At a police station, Rorschach II retrieved the keys and used Pharaoh’s bargaining chip to persuade Marionette and Mime to leave their cells with him.
• Rorschach II took Marionette and Mime through the sewers to a secret base, with three hours and thirty-four minutes remaining before the missile deadline.
• Marionette asked whether Rorschach had killed himself, and Rorschach II told her that he was not Rorschach.
• Adrian Veidt emerged and said he would partner with Rorschach II to save the world.

Pharaoh gathered Rorschach II, Marionette, and Mime to find Dr. Manhattan, hoping to bring him back before his terminal illness claimed him. Their mission began when Dr. Manhattan appeared in the base and stopped Pharaoh’s attack.

• Pharaoh recalled that he had once recruited Owlman and Silk Spectre, but they had refused to join him, while Rorschach had agreed to work with him.
• Marionette threatened Pharaoh and demanded to know where he had hidden her son, while Mime confronted Rorschach II.
• Pharaoh offered Marionette and Mime a large payment and their son’s location in exchange for their help finding Dr. Manhattan.
• Pharaoh explained that his plan to avert war had failed after Rorschach’s Journal exposed his crimes, and revealed that he had a brain tumor and little time left.
• Pharaoh declared that the group’s mission was to find Dr. Manhattan, wherever he was.
• An unfamiliar voice asked about a reward, and Dr. Manhattan appeared, stopping Pharaoh’s thrown screwdriver before Rorschach II recognized him.

Luke confronted Adrian Veidt and offered to help him leave the Watchmen Universe, revealing that he knew about Veidt’s plans and false cancer diagnosis. He sent Marionette, Mime, and Rorschach II away, leaving himself alone with Veidt to negotiate.

• Luke denied being Dr. Manhattan and explained why Adrian Veidt was the best person to help him deal with Dr. Manhattan.
• Luke revealed that he had met Dr. Manhattan on Mars in another universe and wanted to leave this universe.
• Adrian asked what Luke intended to do, and Luke identified the modified Owlship as a vehicle prepared to track Dr. Manhattan.
• Luke teleported Marionette, Mime, and Rorschach II away, leaving only himself and Adrian in the base.
• Luke told Adrian that he knew the cancer Adrian claimed to have was not real, shocking him.

Luke stopped the nuclear war and negotiated with Adrian Veidt for the Owlship and Dr. Manhattan’s tracking coordinates. He offered Adrian a Green Lantern Ring, and the chapter ended as the ring welcomed him into the Green Lantern Corps.

• Luke stored the launched nuclear missiles in the Netherworld, and their disappearance caused world leaders to halt the war.
• Luke told Adrian Veidt that humanity’s flaws could not be erased and asked for the Owlship and Dr. Manhattan’s tracking coordinates.
• Adrian questioned whether Luke could defeat Dr. Manhattan, and Luke explained that he planned to reach the Main Universe before Flashpoint rather than confront him directly.
• Luke invited Adrian to join his camp and offered him the Willpower Lantern Ring.
• The ring detected Adrian Veidt’s will and welcomed him to the Green Lantern Corps.

Luke arranged for Adrian Veidt to become the Emerald Knight and balance the world after the nuclear crisis, then left the Watchmen Universe in the Owlship. He crash-landed in a Kansas farm field and flew away after identifying his destination.

• Pharaoh used Sinestro's ring and Luke's script to negotiate with the presidents of the United States and Russia as the Emerald Knight.
• Luke reminded Adrian Veidt that his power let him act beyond government control, and Adrian accepted the role of the world's new god.
• Adrian gave Luke the modified Owlship and Dr. Manhattan tracking data, while Luke asked him to leave Marionette and Mime behind.
• Luke used the Owlship to travel to a time before Flashpoint, carrying the red lynx with him.
• The Owlship crashed into a Kansas farm field, and Luke stored it away before flying into the sky.

Seventeen-year-old Clark Kent’s parents refused to let him join the football team because his superhuman strength made sports dangerous. After he missed the school bus, neighbor Luke Cahill drove him to school and invited him to train at his house, while continuing to investigate the meteor shower and collect Kryptonite.

• Clark asked Jonathan Kent to sign his football permission form, but Jonathan and Lady Kent refused because Clark could injure someone with his powers.
• Clark left for school disappointed and found that the bus had already driven away.
• Luke Cahill offered Clark a ride in his Chevrolet Camaro, and Clark accepted.
• Luke told Clark that he had donated a library and invited him to visit his home to use the fitness equipment.
• Luke reflected on Clark’s limited development of his powers and continued gathering Kryptonite from the meteor shower near Kent Farm.