April 1: Despero, on the advice of his majordomo L-Ron, sets his sights on Earth’s champions. He attacks the Hall of Justice while the members of the Team who used to live at the Cave are at the Hall to remove their belongings. Mal becomes the new Guardian to help in the battle. Elsewhere, Captain Atom attends a private meeting with the Reach ambassador and Black Canary interviews the Team members and teenagers abducted by the Reach, including Tye Longshadow and Virgil Hawkins. April 2: The Reach ambassador uses his technology to remove the dome Despero had created around the Hall, but exposes the existence of the Watchtower to the public, which G. Gordon Godfrey uses as ammunition against the Justice League on his show. M’gann decides to take up residence at J’onn’s apartment, where Conner confronts her about her strange behaviour during the battle. Meanwhile, April 7: Bumblebee and the Atom try to remove the Scarab from Jaime’s back but find that its defenses are too strong. April 8: Robin, Blue Beetle, Impulse and Arsenal are sent undercover to investigate LexCorp’s new partnership with the Reach, crop additives being tested in Smallville. April 9: Sportsmaster requests payback against Black Manta for what happened to Artemis, only to find that the Light expected him to be disgruntled and replaced him with Deathstroke. He flees, and later Vandal Savage calls in Psimon to try and salvage Kaldur’s mind for Manta. At the LexCorp lab, the Team procure a sample of the Reach’s work, but Arsenal blows their cover and they end up fighting Black Beetle. They are saved by the Green Beetle, a Martian who chanced upon a Scarab like Jaime did and now wants to help stop the Reach. Lex Luthor and Vandal Savage meet to discuss the break-in and that the team did not discover the true purpose of the lab which involves some Reach chemicals entering the food and drink supply. Luthor suggests that they put together their own team of young enforcers.
Black Canary shares her deductions about the Reach with her teammates. Against the wishes of Impulse and the Scarab, Jaime informs the League about his role in the Reach Apocalypse of Bart’s time and asks that they find a way to get the Scarab off him.