The Challengers of the Unknown go to the island and are exposed to Starro. Later, Blue Beetle runs into trouble on Oa when the Green Lantern Corp try to arrest him for possessing the scarab.

Led by Faceless Hunter, the Starro Invasion comes on full swing. Only Batman and a handful of unlikely heroes remain uninfected to thwart the alien parasites and their mind-controlled hosts before all of Earth is sucked dry.

The threat of an impending invasion from Apokolips compels Batman, Aquaman, and Martian Manhunter to form a new Justice League.

The Creeper cheers on and helps Batman when he's fighting Hellgrammite. Then, the Justice League International travels to the past to stop the minions of Equinox from wiping out all the incarnations of Batman throughout time.

While the Justice Society is visiting the Justice League for the first time, Batman is in Asia infiltrating a secret fortress where Ra's Al Ghul is plotting a new scheme for world domination.