PLOT:
Believing their part of the journey to be over, a now powerless Harley and Holly begin the long trek back to the Gotham. Meanwhile Mary, Una, Ray, Kyle and Donna take the ailing Karate Kid to the Hall of Justice in hopes of using the
labs there to procure an inoculation for the Morticoccus virus.
When they arrive there however they realize that none of the members of the Justice League recognize them. Apparently wherever Solomon had sent them, it definately was not
the Earth they were expecting. Before the Challengers can get the chance to explain themselves and sort out the situation, a frantic Firestorm bursts into the Hall. His home it seems no longer exists.
As is par for the course, none of the Justice League recognize the confused hot-head either.
Thanks to an impromtu light show from Firestorm, the Challengers are able to teleport out of the Hall using the Justice League's Teleport System. After Una pleads for Val's life, the others decide to attempt to use the Cadmus Labs to
procure an inoculation using Ray's blood and the virus inside Karate Kid.
After touching down just outside of Cadmus they are greeted by Jimmy Olsen. Kyle soon arrives with Holly and a distraught Harley in tow. Apparently the two of them learned that they were not on their own Earth when Harley paid a visit to her "puddin". For once the
Clown Prince of Crime was completely serious when he said that he had absolutely no clue who Harley was. Kyle reveals that he did not bother bringing Jason with as he was busy busting heads wherever he ended up.
Using his prior knowledge of the layout to Cadmus Labs, Jimmy leads the other Challengers down a large emtpy Zoomway. It is there that after defeating a horde of four armed guards they meet up with Dubbilex. While the DNAlien does not
recognize Olsen, he scans his thoughts and finds indications of a long period of acquaintance between the two. He scans the rest of the Challengers to surmise that they are seeking his help with the Virus.
Dubbilex informs them that he would be more than happy to help except for one thing... Karate Kid is already dead!
NOTE:
Special end of issue story entitled, "The Origin of Bane"
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