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Welcome to the Galactic Science Prison of the Green Lantern Corps.

I'm probationary Lantern Tomar-Tu.

My Ring is now translating for us.

Please remain still for a routine identity scan.

Scanning subject.

Scanning...

Scanning...

I'm sorry.

It doesn't usually take this long.

- No hurry. - Subject unknown.

Species, Daxamite.

No criminal record.

Ah, there we go.

How may the Corps be of service?

I understand that the worst of the worst are kept here?

Indeed, sir. That's very true.

I wanted to make an inquiry about one of your inmates.

I believe he's known as the "Kaizer-Thrall."

Ring, search, Kaizer-Thrall.

"Kaizer-Thrall" has been released

and is en route to its planet of origin. Earth.

Ah! What else can you tell me?

Um, nothing. Sorry.

The Thrall's status here is a matter of public record.

Anything else is confidential.

Privacy concerns and all that.

I understand.

I believe I knew your father.

Really?

He was a Green Lantern of impressive skill and willpower.

May you follow in his footsteps.

Thank you!

Anyone got eyes on S.B?

Nothing.

No sign.

You sure these Kryptonians don't have superpowers?

No yellow sun, no powers.

But don't get cocky.

They've been here a long time and know the ropes.

If they spot us, we'll all feel the mode.

Wait! There he is.

We see him.

- Do we move in? - Not yet.

Okay. He's alone in the open. Converge.

Conner.

Not bad. Sounding pretty Big Blue.

Like a leader.

We both know that's not my role.

Zone-Sickness. Hallucinations. Ignore them.

Conner, it's us. We're real.

We're here to take you home.

Oh, really.

Then you must have a way out of here.

Do tell!

Recognized Miss Martian, B-0-5.

- You rang? - Miss Martian, allow me to introduce--

Forager!

Forager's told me so much about you. Does he know you're here?

He'll be so excited.

And Forager is excited to see Forager as well.

But first, Forager has to attend to Forager's Green Lantern Corps business.

This Kaizer-Thrall is known as the Kaizer-Thrall.

On New Genesis, Kaizer-Thrall was discovered to possess sentience.

Green Lantern Forager and Green Lantern Kilowog

removed Kaizer-Thrall to Oa, where Green Lantern Soranik Natu

discovered that Kaizer-Thrall's Apokoliptan exo-shell

contains Kaizer-Thrall's living human brain.

C'eridy'all...

We were hoping you could establish communication.

Of course.

He's human, all right.

Meta-human.

His name is Danny Chase.

Age eleven.

He was a runaway. Abducted, tested, activated,

trafficked... to Apokolips...

Where he was given to Desaad...

who cut his brain out and put it in this box.

Barbaric.

Apokoliptans and their damn boxes.

Danny has telekinesis as well as some multi-dimensional abilities,

which cause him extreme pain,

or not just pain...

I think they're... I think they're killing him.

Oh, I'm sorry. He'd like to talk to us face to face.

Hey.

I'm Danny.

Danny Chase.

Forager is happy to meet Danny Chase.

We are so sorry this happened to you.

S' okay.

Or, you know, it's not your fault.

I'm so happy y'all can see me.

See who I really am.

We see you, Danny.

And I swear we will do everything in our power to help you.

Incoming message for Miss Martian.

Accept transmission.

Prince J'emm.

Hello, M'gann M'orzz.

I will come straight to the point.

Though I do not wish to raise false hope,

I have reason to believe

Conner Kent may still be alive.

Then they're real.

You see them too?

Indeed.

Come on, guys. One picture of the whole Team

before Roy joins the League and gets too good for us.

Who exactly is supposed to take this pic? We're the only ones here.

I can do it!

Yeah, you can.

We have nothing here, nothing but each other.

I calculated using the Superboy as bait would pay off.

I've been expecting another attempt to retrieve him

ever since that Ghosty escaped from the Zone.

Now you people will release us all.

No problem.

Any friend of Superboy is a friend of ours.

Superboy, does this friend of yours speak the truth?

No.

- Conner. - They're trying to play us.

They must learn the House of Zod does not play.

The House of Zod conquers.

Conner, these are criminals.

The worst of the worst placed here by Kryptonians decades ago.

You cannot side with them against your oldest friends.

Remember who you are.

What we've all meant each other.

- It's all broken. - That can be fixed.

Trust me, I know.

M'gann can help you.

I know you can find your way back to me.

I believe in you Conner.

No! I could never go back to M'gann.

Why would you say that?

Because I might hurt her.

You would never do that.

I would.

I'm a weapon,

a killer.

I killed Superman.

Recognized.

Superman 0-1.

All right, I'm here. Let's do this.

Moving the Watchtower above Earth's Zeta-Shield.

Good to go.

Prince J'emm, we're ready here.

Coming across now.

Recognized.

J'emm J'axx A-5-0.

Phantom Girl A-5-1.

Prince J'emm J'axx of M'arzz, you've met Superman.

Allow me to introduce Aquaman, Black Lightning, Green Lantern, and Danny Chase.

I am most pleased to make your acquaintances.

This young alien female,

who, in the style of your world, calls herself "Phantom Girl,"

has an incredible story that you need to hear.

Thank you, Prince J'emm.

To be clear, she has not fully opened her mind to me.

But to the extent she has, I believe she speaks the truth.

Or at the very least, she believes she does.

Thank you, Prince J'emm.

Please allow me to create a psychic link to her mind.

I'll cut right to it.

When the bomb went off on Mars, I was there

and managed to save Superboy using my ability to phase, to make us both intangible.

But somehow, I also transported us to a buffer dimension

called the Phantom Zone.

The journey left me unconscious.

And while I was out, Superboy fell under the influence of a pair

of dangerous Kryptonian criminals named Zod.

They have a hold over him I don't understand.

He wouldn't leave.

So I asked Prince J'emm to help me find you.

I think you're the only one who can bring him back.

And you must bring him back.

Can...

Can this be true?

I have reason to believe it is.

What are you up to?

There was a third Legionnaire with these two.

I don't like not knowing where she is or what she's up to.

These rings act as communication devices.

If we can hack them, we can locate her.

Perhaps even listen in without her knowledge.

Or perhaps there's a simpler solution.

No signal from Kid Flash D04, Nightwing B01,

Zatanna 25.

Um, Phantom Girl, have you been able to reach your two friends?

How do you know about them?

I can't answer that right now.

But please answer me.

No, I haven't been able to reach them, which is extremely concerning.

And also the main reason why I have come to you people for help.

Your turn. What aren't you telling us?

Not yet. I'm sorry, but I need you to trust me until I know more.

So, Conner's alive, injured and so troubled he wouldn't return with you?

- Yes. - Please take me to him.

I'm sure I can convince him to come home.

That's what I'm counting on.

But there's a problem.

I'm honestly not sure if I can get back to the Zone.

I got there by accident, and I'm not great at phasing other people anyway.

But it's okay.

There is a Phantom Zone Projector on New Genesis.

No longer.

The New Genesis Phantom Zone Projector was destroyed.

All right, we'll try.

You sure about this?

Am I sure about doing whatever I must to get Conner back?

Do you really have to ask?

Is this the Phantom Zone?

No. It's Bgtzl. My homeworld.

Bgtzl in the 21st century.

In my time there's a sparkling city here.

I must've... overshot the Zone.

Can we try again?

I'll link with you psychically, help you focus on Conner and the Zone.

Let's do it

M'gann.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry

Conner.

You didn't kill Superman.

He's not dead.

The son of Jor-El lives?

Yes. We saw him just before we came here.

This one told us Kal-El was dead.

He also told us Krypton was destroyed.

- Was that true? - Yes, over 40 years ago.

I am sorry.

Then our sentences in this hellscape will last an eternity.

We can create a probationary court.

Consider each of your cases, individually.

Yes, we can do that.

After we've been released from the Zone.

We've already served our full sentences.

So release us now as a show of good faith.

I see.

You don't want to release us because you fear our power under your yellow sun.

Not much has changed in 40 years.

The House of El and the Kryptonian High Council feared my power, too.

That's why we're here.

But if we can't leave, you won't either.

That's so not up to you.

Isn't it? Superboy, contain her.

Conner, stop!

We are trying to help you.

Take them, secure them all.

Sredluob, llaf no ym seof!

Zatanna.

Use your magic directly upon them.

The rest of you, forget your gear.

Use your training, focus on your opponent.

Hand to hand combat only.

Leehwtrac yawa morf em!

Whom do you serve, Superboy?

What?

Whom do you serve?

I serve the House of Zod.

Prove it.

Fools.

Given all our years in the Zone, training for this moment,

how could you believe you could best my forces?

Erif--

Now, I believe you were showing us the way out.

This just can't be happening.

How can Conner be alive and still out of reach?

Really?

I better link us again.

Danny says he knows the location of the Phantom Zone.

Uh, yeah. See, when the Zone opened on New Genesis,

I was able to lock on to its unique trans-dimensional frequency.

I can't get you there, but I can guide you there.

Maybe together?

Sorry, no. My powers are organic.

I don't "do" frequencies.

Even now, psychically linked to Danny,

his intel is meaningless to me.

- What about a Motherbox? - That could work.

I've never linked with a Motherbox, but I have linked with Fatherboxes,

and they're basically the same thing, right?

Basically. Just less evil.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

This was the power that hurt you,

that was killing you.

I can't ask you--

I can manage it, one last time.

To help you and your friend, the way y'all are helping me.

This does sound promising.

But where do we get a Motherbox?

Recognized. Orion A-5-2.

Thank you for coming on such short notice.

Per our treaty, I could do no less.

But understand, if this works,

we'll be opening a Boomtube not only for your friend,

but for every Kryptonian criminal in the Zone.

So as a precaution, I had Motherbox locate Trombus,

an uninhabited planet under the red sun, Gamma Crucis.

The planet has an acceptable atmosphere.

If we Boomtube there,

we can safely open another Boomtube to the Zone.

If any criminals emerge, they won't gain yellow sun powers.

And we should be able to handle them. Thank you.

Rocket's force bubbles would be extremely useful.

We should summon her.

Actually, I tried to contact Rocket and Nightwing.

Tigress, Zatanna and Kaldur to tell them about Conner.

I couldn't reach any of them.

Aquaman, hold down the fort.

I know this isn't your fight.

But M'arzz is forever indebted to Conner Kent.

And any friend of Forager is a friend of Forager.

Thanks. We appreciate the help.

Phantom Girl, are you there?

Cham?! Oh thank Bgztlqwar... you're alive.

Is Imra with you?

I'm here.

Lor-Zod abducted us,

but we just managed to escape in Bio-Ship.

Bio-Ship?

Excuse me. This is Superman. Is Kid Flash there?

Right here, big guy.

Are Nightwing and Zatanna with you?

Uh, no. Are they working this too?

Cham, Imra, I have so much to tell you both.

But here's the short version.

Superboy is alive.

That's great.

We are going to the planet Trombus,

to open the Phantom Zone and rescue him.

Okay, good. We're close.

We'll meet you there.

Didn't want to do this.

What is this?

It's called Kryptonite.

Deadly to any Kryptonian or half-Kryptonian.

But it doesn't seem to work here.

No.

It wouldn't.

Z, that was my last trick.

Can you just zap S.B. into the school bus?

Not if he doesn't want to go.

His will is acting as an anchor to the Zone.

Well, we can't save him and fight him.

We need to regroup. It's Glamour-Time...

Ruomalg, edih eht Maet!

I can feel my power draining away.

If there's a fight, I won't be of much use.

The other Kryptonians won't have powers, either.

Meanwhile, we have two Martians,

a Green Lantern, a New God, and me.

I think we'll be fine.

You're sure you're okay with this?

You're certain you're all right with this?

We need to stop. It's hurting Danny.

No, keep going. I can take it.

Spread out. Find them.

No. You stay.

Searching for Conner now.

The rest of you, stand ready.

I've seen this before.

It's of New Genesis.

Is that where it leads?

It's called a Boomtube.

It could lead anywhere.

It could be a trap.

Nevertheless, it's a way out.

Are you with me, my love?

Excellent.

Ursa, Faora, Kon-El, you're with me.

The rest of you wait here.

What of the other Kryptonians in the other Forts?

We'll assemble our army when we know it's safe.

For now, no one else enters this Boomtube without instructions.

Understood.

Conner! I can feel your mind touch.

Can you hear me?

M'gann... No...

I can't go out there.

I can't risk it.

He's not coming out. So we go in.

No, no... Not you.

Fractalize.

I will assume your risk. I am your stability.

I am your constant.

Follow me. That's an order.

And where do we think that goes?

No idea.

We can't let any more of these Kryptonian criminals go free.

Agreed.

One way or another, we have to plug that hole.

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