[volume & issue needed] Meanwhile, in Moscow of Earth-30, Joseph Stalin is concerned that his people are losing faith in the indestructibility of his regime after the dome has robbed his Superman of his powers.

With it, he hopes that she can help Superman of Earth-One rebuild the Phantom Zone Projector by sensing the correct placement of the parts that she subconsciously remembers from when her father Zor-El and uncle Jor-El built it when she was a girl.

His fish-out-of-water status has earned him unwanted media attention, and people are aware that he has become mentally unstable after being separated from his home and losing his hand.

Labs, Dr. Dane Dorrance attempts to console Aquaman, noting that many other metahumans lost their abilities under the dome while he was able to retain his Atlantean biology.

[12] One year after the dome has surrounded Gotham City of New Earth, Stephanie Brown (Batgirl), Tim Drake, and Cassandra Cain of New-Earth are waiting in the El Inferno desert when they are attacked by Catman of Flashpoint who states that he was transported here while fighting Gorilla Grodd.

[14] Trapped underneath a dome in Metropolis, pre-Zero Hour Batman attempts to get through the criminal underworld and even offers his fortune to Tobias Whale of New Earth.

As Bruce prevents Jean-Paul from killing Tobias Whale's henchman Nikka, a voice is heard stating that the dome will fall as the champions from the other areas will need to fight for their survival.

[volume & issue needed] Back at the Batcave, Damian is displeased with his father's welcoming attitude toward Jason Todd returning as vigilante Red Hood in Gotham.

Vic Sage (Question) of Earth-Four reports on this as a group of protesters called the Madmen face the National Guardsmen led by Captain Allen Adam.

[citation needed] Catwoman's main objective is getting Sally to safety, but Intergang catches up, finds Batman on the roof with her, and assumes correctly that he's been sent to fight for the survival of Kingdom Come Gotham City over Pre-Zero Hour Metropolis.

[volume & issue needed] Catwoman hurls an EMP device at Batman, causing the electronics in his suit to shut down and sends him crashing to the ground.

Catwoman assumes from what she knows of her own Batman that this one won't simply trust the words of their captor Telos, and he admits that he does not take orders from anyone.

As the dome falls around Earth-Three's Metropolis, the Crime Syndicate's powers return; they turn on their captors to ensure they pay for killing Superwoman.

[volume & issue needed] Harley returns to the home she shares with Louie while hallucinating the goldfish from Dr. Elstree's office was swimming between her fingers as she began cutting vegetables for dinner.

[volume & issue needed] Strangely, it appears he's selected Harley Quinn as this city's champion to fight a cartoon rabbit from one of the other domes.

[volume & issue needed] When Harley had encountered Pig-Iron, she hadn't actually killed him; it was Brainiac's drones who discovered him as an intruder and transported him away, leaving only a pool of oil behind.

[volume & issue needed] After spending all night attempting to escape the dome, Wally returns home to his kids, who are late for school.

Wally is interested, but they are prevented from talking further by the arrival of another time's Wonder Woman who has brought an army of Amazons to fight for her city's survival.

While feeling like he is living in Superman's shadow, Superboy hears a voice ring out from beyond the dome warning that it will soon disappear and champions from other cities on the planet Telos will be made to fight for the survival of their homes.

Filled with joy, he tears open his shirt to reveal his Superboy costume, unaware that he is being watched by the Red Robin of another world.

[volume & issue needed] Dubbilex determines that Red Robin is Dick Grayson, but he appears to be fifteen years older, suggesting that both he and the Flash are not the versions of themselves that Superboy knows.

[volume & issue needed] Excited but nervous, Lex has Matrix fly him to his lab, where he searches for a way to ensure that they can leave the planet on which they've been imprisoned.

Handing Matrix a device, he orders her to use it to track the energy source of the teleportation technology that captured them and bring it to him before one of these other cities' challengers defeats her.

[volume & issue needed] Meanwhile, in The Verge, Lady Quark and Lord Volt observe the citizens of their opponent city and feel unsympathetic toward them.

Their bickering proves a useful distraction, allowing her to return from her mission of finding the energy source, but the device Lex gave her doesn't seem to be working.

[28] Following one year without having his powers, Superman is patrolling the streets of Gotham City in a black outfit with his face covered while his wife Lois Lane is on the cusp of giving birth to their child.

Receiving another page, he exits the cab to make a call back to Josie, who warns of an urgent crime scene investigation where he's needed.

[volume & issue needed] Climbing to a high vantage point on the edge of Gotham, Barry realizes with horror that this isn't Earth at all and there are other cities out there.

[32] After the announcement of the overhaul of DC Comics' publishing line, Dan DiDio compared the company's plans for post-Convergence stories to the One Year Later storylines that followed Infinite Crisis in 2006.

Didio stated that "in terms of expectations and challenges, the lessons learned in the 'One Year Later jump' were applied to insure [sic] our June series (hopefully) don't experience some of the same pitfalls".