[1] After surviving the destruction of Angor, the three come to Earth in an attempt to disarm its nuclear arsenal and save it from a similar fate.

It is revealed that Mitch Wacky, a revered member of Blue Jay's world, had created the robotic Extremists but they had gotten out of control.

[6] Mitch's subsequent time travel adventure with Kilowog would showcase Blue Jay's old friends and teammates, all analogues of Marvel Comics superheroes.

[15] During the Justice League raid on the island, the Sorceress takes an arrow in the stomach, fired by a brainwashed native.

Doubts about Superman's identity cause a schism in the makeshift team, but they work together to restore their powers, damage the facilities of their alien captors, and free everyone and everything that had been taken.

[21] However, author James Robinson has suggested that the character is not in fact dead and that he will play a bigger role in the future.

[22] This was confirmed later on, when it was revealed Blue Jay was alive, and held captive by New Gods doppelganger Doctor Impossible.

[23] It was later revealed that Doctor Impossible and his team had captured Blue Jay in order to use him as a component in a Multiversal machine that they had planned to use to resurrect Darkseid.

[24] During the subsequent battle between the JLA and Omega Man, Blue Jay was rescued from his prison by Supergirl, who humorously stated to have never heard of him.

[25] After the Syndicate members were defeated and sent back to their home universe, Blue Jay chose to fly off into the Multiverse, telling Batman that while he was never respected or considered useful on that world, there might be another Earth out there where he could finally become a true hero.

[27] In The Flash #791, it was revealed that the heroine Gold Beetle has replaced all of the "dead" heroes with cloned corpses from the 31st Century and that they were all actually alive.

Disgusted by the president's corruption, Blue Jay assists the Extremists in defeating the Meta-Militia, and takes Americommando to stand trial for his crimes.

In his previous identity of Massive Man, the Earth-8 version of Blue Jay was able to increase his height to over 20 feet.